please make me king

Chapter 1538 Shipbuilding Plan
"Uh..." Zhang Zizhou was taken aback when he heard the words, instead of happy and worried, he opened his mouth and said.

"Your Highness, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. I just once served as a supervisor. I have no shipbuilding skills, no shipbuilding craftsmen, and no shipyards. How can I do it?"

"There are shipyards in Tianjin, Tongzhou, and Linqing. This king can order the craftsmen and materials to be moved there!" Zhang Shun thought for a while and put forward his own opinion.

"After you go to investigate, write out an expansion plan, and then rebuild."

"As for the three-layer plywood battleship, we can postpone it for the time being, and help me manufacture and transform a batch of warships and troop carriers first."

"Linqing, that's a good relationship!" Zhang Zizhou, who was originally frowning, couldn't help being happy when he heard this.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but wondered when he saw that he was alternately worried and happy.

"Your Highness doesn't know that Linqing is originally one of the three major shipbuilding factories of the imperial court!" Zhang Zizhou couldn't help explaining.

"Which three? Nanjing Longjiang, Huai'an Qingjiang and Linqing Weihe!"

"Among them, Nanjing Longjiang is good at building sea-going ships, Huaian Qingjiang is good at supervising inland water tank ships, and Linqing is good at building both water ships and ocean-going ships!"

Although its hull is huge, its speed is on a par with sand boats and bluff boats, and it is suitable for fighting in coastal waters, so it has become one of the standard equipment of the Ming army.

Although Linqing Weihe Shipyard is not as good as Longjiang Shipyard, at least it has experience in building seagoing ships.

The bird boat mentioned by Zhang Shun was popular in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the early years.

At first, this kind of "Big Bird Ship" was originally a merchant ship at sea. After being captured by the pirate Liu Xiang and others, more than ten cannons were installed and used as warships, making it difficult for the Ming army to resist.

The third step is to design a three-deck ocean-going warship based on the Ming Dynasty Fengzhou after the technology matures.

"I see that the bird boats mentioned by His Highness are generally about 250 pieces of wood, and about [-] pieces of wood should be used. If you build [-] ships, you will need a total of [-] pieces of wood."

The first step is to initially establish a sea shipyard to manufacture this kind of "little bird ship" suitable for coastal operations.

It's just that he agreed happily on one side, but Zhang Shun couldn't sit still on the other side.

The Ming army did not dare to show weakness, and also built big bird ships to resist, and even absorbed the structure of the "Far West plywood ship", and developed a double-deck warship.

Three kinds of warships, one target, from near to far, go deep into the ocean!
"This..." Zhang Zizhou pondered for a moment when he heard the words, then nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I will sell my life to Your Highness!"

In the second step, on the basis of the "Little Bird Ship" warship, a series of "Big Bird Ship" warships with double decks suitable for offshore waters will be developed.

However, although the two sides are similar in size, in fact, the bird ship has already eliminated the Fuchuan warship in the order of the Ming army, and has become the first choice for the new generation of warships.

"If the old factory is available, the old factory will be expanded while building ships; if the old factory is not available, the old factory will be prepared first, and another site will be selected for construction."

"Pine and fir are the lowest, followed by camphor, elm, teak, chicken wing wood, huanghuali, iron wood and even nanmu."

"Ah?" Zhang Shun was startled when he heard the words, "Then, is this branch factory enough?"

"I don't know if you have a plan in your heart, tell me and let me take a detailed look at it!"

"The Guangzhou boats all use iron wood, so it is as hard as iron, and anyone who collides with it will be broken instantly!"

"What's the matter?" Zhang Shun suddenly had some guesses in his heart, and couldn't help asking.

In the original historical line, this kind of ship eventually developed into the main sailing warship of the Manchu and Ming Zheng Navy, capable of loading 24 cannons.

Its system is "six feet long at the bottom, one foot long at the tip; one foot long at the head, one foot wide at the bottom, and seven feet eight inches wide at the bottom", which can carry grain and thousands of stones.

It's a big deal, don't let me lose the chain!
Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help asking: "This matter is no small matter. If it delays my king's business, beheading is a small matter, but it will ruin my king's plan."

"There is only one matter, which is extremely important, and it cannot be done without His Highness!"

Of course, Zhang Shun at this time did not know that this "big bird ship" would eventually develop into a typical Chinese-style sailing warship, but he also discovered this new appearance from various books and atlases of the Ming court. The "big bird ship warship".

Zhang Shun couldn't help but feel relieved seeing that he was quite organized.

"However, since the third year of Jiajing, Linqing Weihe Shipyard was abolished and merged into Linqing, Huai'an. Now there is only Yiweihe Branch Factory left." Zhang Zizhou said again.

And besides this kind of "small bird boat", it has also developed a "big bird boat" that is more than ten feet long.

"To tell you the truth, my king may use troops at sea in the near future, so I plan to build [-] bird ships first, and other fire ships and exploration ships will be built according to demand."

This ship was originally developed from the wave-opening ship in the Jiajing period.

"Mu Zhi!" Zhang Zizhou said decisively, "Where to build a ship, you must use big wood, not hard wood."

"As usual, pine and fir are often used to build tank ships, and they need to be repaired every three to five years. It's really a wait."

"What kind of warship does Your Highness want to build?" Zhang Zizhou frowned upon hearing this, and asked without answering.

Hearing this, he said with a smile: "The king also knows that this is a big deal, so he first builds a small boat, and after he is familiar with it, he builds a medium boat, and then builds a big boat!"

"There are [-] factories under this Weihe branch factory, but because of chaotic management, only a hundred or so tank boats are built every year."

Its system is "seven feet and five feet long, one foot long at the tip, nine feet deep in the cabin, and two inches and nine minutes thick in the board", except that the cabin is one foot deeper, and its other dimensions are almost the same as the No. [-] Fuchuan Haicang Ship.

Zhang Shun's mind is very simple, that is, he is going to adopt a "three-step strategy".

"If your Highness wants to rebuild the shipyard, you have to recruit its craftsmen, collect its ship materials, and start a new stove, so as not to suffer its disadvantages!"

From tank boats to warships, from river boats to sea boats, he agreed without saying a word about the difficulties and obstacles in between.

The so-called Zheyang boat is the style of the Ming Dynasty marine tank boat.

"Thousands of difficulties are difficult, and everything is difficult at the beginning!" Zhang Zizhou said after hearing this, "I think that if you want to accomplish this, the first step is to go to the vicinity of Dagukou to inspect the factory site."

"To build sea ships and warships today, even if you use pine and fir wood to do your best, you still need strong wood for the keel, rudder, mast, etc."

"Among them, paint, jute, tung oil, and iron parts can all be used as finished products in Tongzhou, Linqing and other places. As for other common auxiliary materials, they can be repurchased."

It got its name because of its "small head, swollen belly, long body, straight body, two sides of tail, two urging sculls, windy sail, no wind swaying, easy turning, long canopy and swift scull, like a bird flying".

"There are no forests or big trees near Tianjin. I don't know how to do it?"

"Seven thousand five hundred roots?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but gasped when he heard the words, and then said truthfully, "I don't know if this king wants to import it from Liaodong?"

"Liaodong?" Zhang Zizhou was taken aback when he heard the words, and said in his heart: Now that Houjin is stealing Liaodong, how will you enter it, Your Highness?

However, this is a big matter, and he, a small head of the Ministry of Industry, can't talk about it, so he replied: "That's fine, Liaodong is bitterly cold, and the trees are harder. If you have any useful materials, you should use them!"

(End of this chapter)