Chapter 663: Reminiscing about the journey to the east of the Yangtze River
The fleet went down the Yangtze River. Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the high bow deck, looking high-spirited.
Zhu Wentian stood nearby and felt that it was very ordinary. The ship with a load capacity of 600 tons and a displacement of 600 tons was not that big.
After more than 2,000 people came up, we could still pack a lot of things. Now we are just going for a walk, not going far into the ocean, and the fleet’s supplies are enough.
Steam engine ships are indispensable for good coal and fresh water. The remaining space and displacement can be used for personnel and other supplies, and the remaining space is left for loading.
When Zhu Wentian thought about it, he felt that the ship with a displacement of 10,000 stone was too small and would be too dangerous to go to America.
It is best to be thirty thousand stones. If it is larger, the sail will not be able to bear it and the speed will be too slow. The old shipwrights will have to continue to study it based on the current structure and strength of the ship.
According to the current situation, there is no need to install cannons on the ship, which can save a lot of load capacity and space.
"Yi Chang, our Ming Dynasty's steam engine ships don't seem to need to use cannons to bombard the enemy. There are some rockets in the firearms, and the accuracy is not very good. If you fire a few more rounds, you can always set the opponent's sails on fire."
p>Zhu Yuanzhang turned back to talk to the commander. He also thought about the problem of cannons. The cannons were too heavy. A cannon weighed several kilograms. How many cannons and shells could be loaded into the ship?
< p> "That's true. We have a steam engine. When we are upwind and downwind, the enemy's sails can only be used to escape." The chief agreed."Let's build a few boats like this first and patrol the sea around our Ming Dynasty. The Japanese pirates are like mice, jumping around, we have to find their lair."
Zhu Yuanzhang Let’s not talk about building big ships for the moment. Now we have built a ship worth ten thousand stones. The craftsmen have experience and are familiar with it.
The boat trip on the Yellow River can only go to the south of Hukou Falls, which is where Huayin is, and then you can enter the Weishui River, which is convenient for the second time.
The Yangtze River can reach the Sichuan side, and there are also rivers in Guangdong, some of which are suitable for navigation by such large ships.
The current affairs at sea are mainly to find the lairs of Japanese pirates and prevent Japanese pirates from sneak attacks on coastal villages. People along the coast no longer engage in smuggling.
The Ming Navy has too many ships and people, so it is easy to be caught smuggling. The most terrifying thing is to report it from insiders.
In addition, the Yi people are not willing to buy smuggled goods. If they are found out, their quota will be cancelled, and all the goods will be confiscated.
"Your Majesty, when there is less water in winter, we will explode when necessary. Many ships will be destroyed every year in places where it is easy for ships to hit the rocks, and countless families will lose their backbone."
Liu Bowen is here I walked around a few places on the ship and came back to propose to Zhu Yuanzhang.
He will not return to his hometown now, but he has not been given any official position with real power. He is currently a free man.
He most wants to meet an expert and give them a profile or something. So far, none of the people from Xiaqiu Village he has seen fit the characteristics of an expert.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Blow it up, it must be blown up. There are more explosions in the Yellow River."It has to be exploded, the upper reaches are frozen, and the lower reaches of Sanmenxia must be cleaned up. ”
“Second brother, I can’t carry such a big boat in my place, Fenshui is shallow in many places. "Zhu Fan stayed on the boat and talked to Zhu Ping.
He also wanted convenient transportation. Taking the land route would tire people to death, so he could only rely on the two rivers.
Zhu Xi patted his younger brother on the shoulder, "You can't walk with two thousand shi, but it's no problem to get one with a cargo of 200 shi. Build more of them and transport them in large quantities when there is water in spring, summer and autumn."
If you think about it, if you build two hundred ships, the combined transport capacity will be 40,000 stones. The key is flexible and can be used by the people along the way.
You build a big boat, and the people are waving next to it and want to take the boat. Should it stop or not?
There are not so many problems with small ones. Fenshui Yuntou is in Kelan Mountain and Guan Cuishan, a little further north is your fiefdom.
Tell me how much transport capacity Fenshui can help you. Remember to ask people to clean up the river. ”
“I want to go to feudal lord right now. Who can I send to Xiaqiu Village to follow me?” The sixteen-year-old Jin King Zhu Fan was anxious
He considered that he could not go there because there was no one. He is really worried about his fiefdom. If it doesn't develop quickly, the gap with the fiefdoms of his second brother and fourth brother will be too big.
He also knows that his ability is not enough, so he hopes that Xiaqiu Village will send people. Help, he doesn’t trust any of the officials in the fiefdom.
If the officials are easy to use, why are they so poor?
“Third brother Shaoan, if we are not in a hurry, we will just change the ship. Drinking on the boat. ”
Zhu Feng quickly advised that his younger brother was still young and could not accept the vassal status.
The lunch that was originally going to go back for lunch could only be cooked on the big ship due to the change of schedule. It was cooked in Nanjing. They sent a boat over to tell them to deliver it to the library.
The people in Xiaqiu Village used pressure cookers to braise chickens for the children and the women in the palace, and cook white shrimp porridge for the children.
Then steam the rice in a big pot and let the sergeants have a meal with pickles and soup.
The boat ran up and down the river to buy things. There were vegetable fields growing on the riverside, so I went there. Stop the business and leave a letter asking the other party to go to the local government to find someone.
Collect all the fish, shrimps and crabs that were just caught by the fishing boat, process them, and catch up with the big boat to hoist them up. >
The fleet was not moving very fast and was afraid of causing a collision. It headed for the sea along the current. The steam engine was not connected to the wheel and was just burning slowly. It would be fine once it entered the sea.
Ten thousand. Five thousand people were all floating on the river, and other boats needed to be rowed with oars.
Things were bought in time, and the sergeants had a rice bowl with vegetables on one boat, instead of just eating pickles.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not busy eating, but drank first. Fried river fish, sliced cucumbers, steamed crabs, boiled shrimps, and broad beans as snacks for the children became dishes to go with the wine.
To eat crabs, you must drink rice wine. The weather does not need to be warm, and there are no impurities in the wine.
"My dears, the conditions for drinking are difficult, so just have two bites." Zhu Yuanzhang served the wine. Bowl, tell the ministers.
Everyone raised their bowls to express their thanks, not feeling that it was any more difficult.
Everyone knows what the situation is like. Just when we were about to go home for dinner and the meals at home were ready, we suddenly changed our itinerary.
Under such conditions, the meals can be prepared in time, and no matter how picky you are, you have to admit that there is nothing wrong with it.
This is the result of the joint efforts of the people from Xiaqiu Village and Guanglu Temple. His Majesty was willful today.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t care what his officials thought, he was happy anyway.
After finishing their meal, the boats in the team quickly moved forward to buy things downstream.
I can't come back today. It's more than 700 miles from the previous dock to the sea. The big ship can't speed up. When it reaches the sea, it will be dark.
The meals for the evening and everything for tomorrow morning must be prepared, and then there will be nothing to worry about other boats, they cannot enter the sea.
Most people need to find a place to rest at the mouth of the sea and solve the problem of eating.
"You said, if anyone had such a boat at that time, how could we fight with them? We could only use ropes and grass to wrap the wheels around, and then climb up and fight for our lives. It was useless to set fire to them. It was all iron. ."
Zhu Yuanzhang once again mentioned the Poyang Lake water battle with Chen Youliang. That battle always made him afraid and frightened.
At that time, Chen Youliang had ships of the current size, which could not be attacked at all. Small steam-engine ships were flexible and could quickly cross the lake, and the arson boats could not get close at all. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft, free to find books and add books, you can join the qq group 952868558