Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 226 Treasure Ship Blueprint Appears

Under the leadership of Zhao Daniu, Zhao Wen quickly rushed to that corner.

Zhao Daniu pointed to that corner, looked at Zhao Wen, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, I found it here."

Zhao Wen crouched in the corner, observing the corner carefully.I saw that this corner is different from other places.

The other places are neatly paved with blue square bricks, but the square bricks in this corner are not only not neatly arranged, there are actually many cracks.

Under careful observation, the square bricks in the corner are much taller than the square bricks next to them.

Obviously, these square bricks were laid by people later.

Looking at these square bricks, Zhao Wen frowned tightly.

"General Zhao, these square bricks are a bit strange." Cao Huachun squatted beside Zhao Wen, with a solemn expression on his face.

"Yes, the square bricks in this corner seem to have been laid later, and this place is obviously much higher than other places." Zhao Wen bent down, and gently tapped these square bricks with his hands stand up.

"The bottom here is not solid, it's floating soil." Zhao Wen's eyes lit up when he heard the voice, and then he said to Zhao Daniu: "Come here, dig this place for me."

"Yes, my lord." Zhao Daniu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then led a few guards outside to look for tools.

After a while, Zhao Daniu came in with a shovel.The guards behind him were also holding various tools.

Zhao Daniu walked to the corner, pushed aside the square bricks, then spit on his hands, and then dug up.

Not long after, a large pit appeared in the corner.

Zhao Wen looked at the big hole, and looked at Cao Huachun with some doubts, "It's been dug so deep, the house won't collapse, right?"

Cao Huachun waved his hand and said indifferently: "No, don't look at the dilapidated place, but this was supervised by the great grandfather himself, and the foundation was deep. Where have you dug it now? It's still too early to collapse."

Zhao Wen nodded, then looked like Zhao Daniu.

At this moment, a crisp sound sounded from the pit.

"My lord, there seems to be something down there." Zhao Daniu stood in the pit and looked at Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wendao: "Dig it out, I want to see what it is."

At Zhao Wen's order, Zhao Daniu replaced the shovel with a small pickaxe, squatted in the pit, and started digging carefully.

Zhao Wen squatted beside the pit, looking nervously at the pit.

It is absolutely no accident that the booklet of Zheng He's voyages to the West appeared here.Maybe, the charts and treasure ships of Zheng He's voyages are all here.

Zhao Daniu's movements became smaller and smaller. After a few quarters of an hour, Zhao Daniu dug out an iron box with a width of more than one foot.

Maybe it's been too long, the iron box has begun to rust, and in places where there is no rust, the raw lacquer painted on it can be vaguely seen.

If it wasn't for the raw varnish on it, the iron box would have been completely corroded long ago.

Zhao Daniu carefully held the iron box, took it out, and handed it to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen put the iron box on the ground, his heart pounding non-stop.He was short of breath and looked at the iron box on the ground with extreme nervousness.

"General Zhao, the shape of this iron box seems to be from the Chenghua period. Could it be the nautical chart drawn by Zheng He when he sailed to the West, or the manufacturing map of the treasure ship?" Cao Huachun pointed to the iron box on the ground with a look on his face. dignified way.

"I don't know, let's open this iron box first." Zhao Wen replied casually, then drew a short knife from his waist, and walked towards the rusted iron lock.

After a while, Zhao Wen pried open the rusty iron lock.

Zhao Wen directly opened the lid of the iron box and looked inside with excitement.

I saw that there was a thick layer of oil paper in the iron box, and the oil paper was smeared with some kind of animal fat, which felt extremely sticky.

Zhao Wen slowly took out the contents and put them on the ground.

"Now I feel more and more that there is a high possibility that this is the design plan and sea chart of the treasure ship." Zhao Wen looked at the things wrapped in oiled paper on the ground, said in a deep voice, and then slowly opened the oiled paper.

Cao Huachun, who was squatting beside him, watched the movements of Zhao Wen's hands nervously, for fear of missing something.

When the greased paper was opened, an inch-long yellow booklet appeared in front of Zhao Wen.

There is nothing on the cover of this booklet, the whole page is covered with mulberry paper.

Zhao Wen took a deep breath, held his breath and slowly opened the booklet.

"Hiss!" Zhao Wen gasped when he saw the contents inside.

I saw that the inside was full of dense lines. Looking carefully, Zhao Wen found that these lines turned out to be the manufacturing drawings of the treasure ship.

Moreover, these papers seem to have been specially treated. Apart from the yellowing of the paper, the writing on it is still clearly visible.

The entire booklet is full of manufacturing drawings of treasure ships. In the last few pages, there are also precautions, types of wood needed for building treasure ships, and various things related to treasure ship manufacturing.

Not only that, but the drawings in this booklet are very detailed and comprehensive.From the overall manufacture of the treasure ship to a deck, there are detailed records on it.

Zhao Wen held the booklet, his body trembling violently.

This is a treasure ship. This 200-year-old thing is more powerful and advanced than the ships of the so-called ocean powers in the West.

With the treasure ship, even if there is no artillery on it, just a collision can knock over the small sailboats in Western countries at this time.

Holding the brochure, Zhao Wen was stunned for a long time, and after a while, he burst out laughing.

"Haha, what Europa, what gorse, what sun never sets, I washed my neck under my treasure ship and waited for the knife. The sea, I, Zhao Wen, took over."

Zhao Wen was holding the booklet, his eyes flickering with madness.

Cao Huachun looked at the maddened Zhao Wen, and his body shook involuntarily.

"There is another booklet under here." Cao Huachun suddenly saw another booklet in the oiled paper, and took it out by the way.

Zhao Wen took the booklet from Cao Huachun and examined it carefully.

"This is the sea chart, or the sea chart drawn by Zheng He back then." Zhao Wen looked at the booklet in his hand and said excitedly.

"It seems that Liu Daxia didn't burn the blueprints and charts back then. The miscellaneous people just said that a big-ass official not only was not executed after burning the royal property, but lived alive and kicking for more than ten years."

Cao Huachun looked at the manufacturing map and sea chart in Zhao Wen's hands, and said with a smile on his face.

"Haha, you're right, you're right. Now that you've got these things, I don't think it's too late. I'll go to Pidao in Dongjiang Town first, and you should go back to the capital first."

After Zhao Wen got the blueprint, he couldn't wait to make this treasure ship.

After all, the sooner a treasure ship is built, the sooner it can compete for ocean supremacy.

Zhao Wen stuffed the two booklets into his arms, and said to Cao Huachun, "Eunuch Cao, thank you so much this time, if you have anything to do in the future, just let me know, as long as I can solve it, I will give it to you." solve."

"General Zhao doesn't need to be like this. Helping you is just helping me? As long as we can build the treasure ship one day earlier, we can make a lot of money one day earlier. By the way, have you solved the craftsman who built the treasure ship? Do you need me to help you?" The Craftsmanship Bureau in the Palace sent a batch to you? Or transferred some for you from various places in the south?" Cao Huachun looked at Zhao Wen with a smile on his face.

Zhao Wen laughed, and said, "That's a good thing. If that's the case, then I'm not going to be polite. I don't need the craftsmen of the Craftsmanship Bureau. You just send me a batch of craftsmen who know how to build ships in the south. I Although many craftsmen have been recruited, the number of craftsmen is still somewhat small."

"Okay, if that's the case, then Zajia will transfer the craftsmen from Longjiangkou to you first. After all, many of these people are descendants of craftsmen who built treasure ships."

Cao Huachun may not be able to mobilize the army, but it is still no problem to mobilize some craftsmen.

After all, Cao Huachun is very favored by Chongzhen now, and mobilizing some craftsmen is simply trivial.

As for being known by Chongzhen?This is simply impossible, with Cao Huachun's means, if you want him to know, let him know, if you don't want him to know, don't let him know.

Besides, some craftsmen, even if Chongzhen knew about it, he probably wouldn't care.After all, this is not the army.

A few days later, Zhao Wen left by boat with Zhao Daniu.

And Cao Huachun himself also came to the home of Wan Yu, Shangshu of the Jinling Ministry of Industry.

The craftsmen in Jinling are artisan households, which are under the jurisdiction of Jinling's Minister of Industry, and Longjiang Bao Shipyard is on the boundary of Jinling, so these craftsmen also naturally belong to the management of the Ministry of Industry of Jinling.

Sitting in the hall of Wan Yu's home, Cao Huachun mobilized more than 1000 craftsmen to head towards Dongjiang Town under a combination of carrots and sticks.

Among the more than 1000 people, almost half of them are craftsmen of Longjiang Treasure Shipyard, and basically all of them are descendants of craftsmen who built treasure ships.

This group of people was mighty, and under the escort of the Jinyiwei Xiaowei and Dongchang Fanzi brought by Cao Huachun, they headed towards Pidao, Dongjiang Town.

When Zhao Wen came to Phi Island with the treasure ship manufacturing plans and sea charts, Mao Wenlong was already standing at the outlet built by Zhao Wen to greet him personally.

"Haha, brother Zhao didn't say anything in advance, so that I can be prepared!"

Mao Wenlong looked at Zhao Wen who got off the boat, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

Today's Phi Island has changed a lot. After Zhao Wen ransacked the Shanxi merchants' homes, he had a lot more money, so he invested a lot of money in Phi Island.

The roads on Phi Island were re-paved by Zhao Wen with cement. On both sides of the road stood countless shops, large and small. These shops were basically sent by Zhao Wen.

As for Mao Wenlong's General Military Mansion, it was also refurbished by Zhao Wen. Today's General Military Mansion looks unusually grand.

Today's Phi Island, it is almost difficult to see a refugee.

Without exception, these refugees were all taken to Xuan Town by Zhao Wen.

With fewer refugees, the environment on the island has naturally improved a lot.

Zhao Wen walked on the cement road, looked at the shops on both sides of the road, and said slowly: "I didn't expect that Pidao has changed a lot now, I really didn't expect it."

Mao Wenlong walked half a step behind Zhao Wen's right, and he said with a smile on his face: "Hey, all of this is thanks to Brother Zhao. Without Brother Zhao, maybe I would have been killed by that bastard Yuan Chonghuan long ago." It was killed. Where is the current scene?"

"Look at what you said. Helping you is helping me, isn't it? They are all brothers, what are you talking about? Hey, by the way, is there any movement in Jiannu now?" Zhao Wen stopped, looked at Mao Wenlong, and slowly asked aloud.

"How could there be no movement? At that time, Jiannu was defeated by Brother Zhao and lost countless elite soldiers.

After this battle, Huang Taiji's prestige plummeted, and Amin, Daishan and other beauties Baylor also became restless.

In order to re-establish his prestige, Huang Taiji is now leading his men to attack North Korea.The King of Joseon sent me several requests for help, but I threw them away. "Mao Wenlong said slowly.

"Attack North Korea? Haha, this Huang Taiji is nothing more than that. He can't beat me, so go squeeze the persimmons? There's nothing to say." Zhao Wen laughed loudly.

When Zhao Wen came to the General Military Mansion, Mao Wenlong had already set up a banquet.

After dinner, the sky has begun to darken.

Zhao Wen wandered around Phi Island with Zhao Daniu and Mao Wenlong's son Mao Chengzuo.

Zhao Wen stopped on a hillside, looking at the vast ocean not far away, "You said that a shipyard will be built here, how about it?"

Mao Chengzuo said: "My lord, look here. This is just a terrain that bends inward. If this terrain is modified, a shipyard will definitely be built."

Zhao Wen turned around, looked at Mao Chengzuo, and said with a smile on his face: "I can't tell, you still know how to build ships?"

Mao Chengzuo scratched his head, and said with a simple and honest face: "I don't know about shipbuilding, but I have been to the shipyard in the south of Daming to repair ships before, and I have also seen their shipyard, so I know a little bit."

"You're right. This is a good place to build a ship. The terrain is good, Daniel. Mark this place and start construction in a few days." Zhao Wen shouted at Zhao Daniu.

Zhao Daniu responded, and then patted a scribe next to him, asking him to write down this place.

When Zhao Wen returned to Mao Wenlong's General Military Mansion, Zhao Wen looked at Mao Wenlong who was boxing in the yard, and said with a smile on his face: "I have taken a fancy to a place on your island, and I want to live in this place." Build a shipyard."

Mao Wenlong stopped, took the towel from the entourage next to him, wiped the big man on his head, and said slowly: "Take it if you like it, what do we brothers do between you and me?"

"Haha, Mr. Mao is open-minded." Zhao Wen laughed loudly.

"Do you know what kind of boat I want to build?" Zhao Wen sat on the stone bench next to Mao Wenlong, looked at Mao Wenlong with a smile on his face, and asked mysteriously.

"What ship?"

"Treasure ship!"

"What? Treasure ship? You want to build a treasure ship? Did I hear correctly? The method of making this treasure ship has long been lost. Can you build a treasure ship?" Mao Wenlong looked at Zhao Wen in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)