At the words "refit the warships," the clan elders, sailors, helmsmen, and master craftsmen present all lit up. It was here—just as expected, it was here again!
Decades ago, their ancestor, Lord Shen Yue, had received a dream from the founding ancestor and learned superb craftsmanship. He built dragon-bone waterwheels, mountain-climbing tools, and refitted seagoing ships—
These were skills passed down through the same lineage!
These craftsmen had struggled and tinkered on their own for ten or twenty years, even decades, yet it still could not compare to a single lesson from an immortal in a dream!
"What secret techniques and wondrous methods does the founding ancestor have to teach us?"
The leading master craftsman stepped forward, spreading his two rough, cracked hands. Even his voice trembled.
"What kind of ship are we building? How do we build it?! Can this old man bring his sons and grandsons to learn? We need no wages, no rewards—just feed us! If any of them fail to learn properly, this old man will whip them himself!"
"Learn. All of you can learn." Shen Le smiled. In his previous life, he had ultimately taught only the Shen Family's method for building four-hundred-liao seagoing ships—well, the construction method for Great Ming warships.
He had left behind the blueprints, led them through the building process a few times, and once he was sure they could construct them on their own, he had dusted off his hands and gone to attend to other matters. After all, there was simply too much to do to set the entire family on the right track:
For brocade weaving, they had to build Flower Tower Looms, preserve the loom manuals and Design Drafts, and train craftsmen and embroiderers;
For porcelain firing, they had to build kilns and train workers to construct