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The large ships still had to be built, of course, but there was no need to rush. The Han Tribe could take its time.

Now that You Fu had opened up the sea route to Bamboo Island, the Han Tribe needed to build a large number of small vessels, whether to establish new harbor bases or lease fishing boats to the Xin Tribe. These would mainly be Two-Masted Sailboats. However, it was impossible for all these ships to be produced by the shipyard in Liuyang Commandery, as that would seriously delay the Han Tribe's progress in building large ships.

Thus, Luo Chong planned to gradually distribute the production orders for small boats. First, he would establish a shipyard at one of the coastal bases and transfer some workers there. The shipyard in Liuyang Commandery could then focus on building large ships and developing new vessel designs.

The new vessel designs would naturally still focus on fishing boats, but they had to be large enough to guarantee a good catch on every voyage. To maximize their cargo capacity, Luo Chong had set an initial target of a ship eighty meters long and sixteen meters wide, with at least six masts, a depth of more than four meters, and a full-load displacement exceeding two thousand tons—a true behemoth.

Such a ship would be twice as large as the biggest vessel currently owned by the Han Tribe, but compared with modern ocean-going fishing boats, it could still only be considered a little brother. Luo Chong was not in a hurry, though. After all, a meal had to be eaten one bite at a time. If the target was set too high all at once, all sorts of problems would emerge later. Failing to build it would still be the better outcome; if they