Chapter 660: Changing routes on the way home and looking forward to the iron ship
With the whine of the steam engine, Zhu Yuanzhang's team set off back to Nanjing.
This time, Zhu Yuanzhang walked down the Huangchi River into the Yangtze River and wanted to see the scenery on the other side.
People from the other 21 villages, including Xihe Village, were waving goodbye. They had just arrived. After coming to greet His Majesty, they went back to harvest soybeans and other crops.
The ground in Xiaqiu Village was even more fully raked. A large number of small steam engine equipment was left in the village. Twenty-one villages drove large carriages to haul some away.
After returning home, I plowed the land for my village and changed the components to a small harvester. It is not as good as the big one, but it is easy to operate.
It was agreed that Xuancheng County wanted to mechanize agriculture, so they hitched four horses to the cart, fearing that it would not be able to pull it.
Also prepare a large number of empty trucks to follow. Once the wheel breaks, replace the truck immediately.
As soon as the fleet entered the Yangtze River, Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the bow of the ship and looked through the telescope.
The Yangtze River was very lively at this time, and ships of all sizes sailed on the river according to rules.
There are many boats, and they will line up on the wide river. Small boats give way to big boats, and upstream boats give way to downstream ones. There is a gap on the river where no boats can go.
The boats would rather queue up and go slowly than go to the free space. Of course, the line is not so accurate, but there are indeed places where no boats can go.
This is an emergency channel and does not require government regulations. All shippers know and abide by it.
Once there is a problem with a ship, those who are able to rescue it should go to the rescue, and those who have no other choice should immediately enter the emergency channel to escape.
The boat crossing the Yangtze River is not a casual crossing. The docks or ferries on both sides must correspond. Anyone who dares to control a boat to jump around on the Yangtze River is guaranteed to be beaten.
Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet took the emergency channel, other ships tried to avoid it, and then created a small emergency channel.
It is now the time of the autumn harvest for the envoys, and the people have food in their hands. The merchants transport goods to various places to sell, and then collect the food and sell it in another place.
The rice in Sichuan is harvested one month earlier than that in Xiaqiu Village. The merchants harvest the old rice. Sichuan grows indica rice. When the new rice comes out, the old rice can be sold. The merchants harvest Make rice noodles and rice noodles later.
"Yichang, have you ever seen a ship with a load of ten thousand stones?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the ships passing by, put down his telescope and turned to ask the captain.
"I've seen it in pictures, but I've never seen it in person." The director shook his head. When he went back, he could see a large ship with ten thousand stones parked in Nanjing.
The Wanshi ship made of steel has been built and is waiting for trial sailing.
There are two steam engines on it, four wheels, two at the front and one at the front, and there are sails.
This is the first real steel sea-going ship in the Ming Dynasty, which is lighter than a wooden ship of the same volume.
Although iron is heavier than wood, the wood used in shipbuilding is all good solid wood, and in order to stabilize the structure of early wooden ships, large wood must be used as the keel.
Like a coverIn a house, beams made of wood weigh the same as beams made of steel. With the same strength, wood beams are several times as heavy as iron.
Wooden boats need to be repaired, usually once a year, and a layer of wood is added after each repair. Usually they are not repaired after six years, and they are either left hanging offshore or dismantled to make other things.
Even if you apply layers of tung oil, bugs and mice will still damage it.
The key is that the wind and waves at sea will damage the structure, so when repairing it, you can only add wood, but you cannot dismantle the front and reinstall the wood.
Today’s wooden ships and large ships have good technology and have watertight cabins, but they are still inferior to iron ships.
"We have never seen it. If it succeeds, the wood will be saved to build the palace. In the future, the inland river ships and sea-going ships of the Ming Dynasty will all be made of steel.
Well, you need to bring gourds and dryers. Dry bamboo tubes, otherwise they will be useless, and wooden boats can still float.
Now there are also floating rings, which have been passed down from previous dynasties, and all boats in the future will be equipped with them. ” p>
Zhu Yuanzhang has not forgotten to stop Zhongdu Construction to use wood to build ships. In the future, steel ships will be used, and wooden ships will not be built again.
The wooden boats that had been built continued to be used. At least they helped resist the attacks of Japanese pirates and caught a lot of fish. The fishermen along the coast had a job and stopped smuggling.
There was an admiring look on his face, "Your Majesty is thoughtful and loves the people like a son."
The officials around him ""
They just can't understand, you Zhu Yichang needs to think about praising His Majesty all day long. Your status is only achieved by praising him
"Easy to say, easy to talk". Zhu Yuanzhang took the "ship carrying ten thousand stones" in Jiulian City this winter. Will it freeze in winter?"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want a ship to go out and feel lonely, even though it carried ten thousand stones.
I was about to wander around Daming, but suddenly I forgot whether Jiulian City was frozen or not.
“Not necessarily. Sometimes when it’s cold, Dagu freezes, Jiulian City freezes, and even the Yangtze River may freeze.
In fact, the ship is in the Yangtze River It can also be used for navigation, and it can save a lot of manpower when transporting.
Especially when the temperature drops and the tracker’s hands and feet feel very painful and numb from the cold when the temperature is below ten degrees. ”
The chief suggested that the ship be transferred to the Yangtze River to help transport goods. It could transport 500 tons at a time, it was fast, and there were lights for lighting at night.
Find someone who is familiar with the waterway to be the pilot. He will not be afraid of hitting the rocks and the four wheels will be easy to adjust.
“Let’s see if it works first. If it works well, build more. Some craftsmen’s families have already come to Yingtianfu, where factories are being built, and the docks on the Yangtze River are expanding.
We have to hold back in the past two years, don't be anxious, and wait for things to be built before we can develop outwards.
Beiyuan cannot fight back for a while, Yunnan and Yunnan will wait for us. Someone has been sent over."
Zhu Yuanzhang comforted himself. He was anxious. He didn't have so much help before. He was used to it.Normal people’s thinking and living patterns.
There are a lot of good things coming out now, and he wishes he could make them all tomorrow.
His thinking was quick, and he changed the topic and talked about the Prince of Liang in Yunnan, Bo Erzhizazawalmi.
He sent people again and again to recruit surrender, especially after the attack on Sichuan.
We sent someone again last year. Just like in history, the person sent was named Wang Yi. He arrived last year and was waiting for King Liang to agree. After all, the previous rebels of the Xia Kingdom had all been given titles. Danger to life.
Zhu Wentian listened with a naive smile on his face. He was also considering the issue of Yunnan, because Yunnan can grow tropical crops.
According to history, Wang Yi was about to die in the winter, because the envoy from the Northern Yuan Dynasty arrived in Yunnan, and the King of Liang was waiting, hesitant.
Historically, Xu Da lost the Northern Expedition, so once Tuotuo forced King Liang, King Liang felt that Bei Yuan could still win, so he killed Wang Yi.
In history, Zhu Yuanzhang knew where his mistakes were, so he endured them. After eight years, he defeated Beiyuan and stabilized the situation. Then he turned around and dealt with King Liang of Yunnan.
Zhu Wentian’s understanding is that Wang Yi will not die today, unless King Liang is unscrupulous, Bei Yuan will be beaten away, and He Lin will be thrown away.
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