Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 538 Ironclad Ship

"Of course, when building a city, I can't build it for you for free. You have to pay the cost, which can be silver, cattle, sheep, or war horses.

All in all, I can't build a city for you for free, but I can give you some discounts so that you won't empty out your tribe just to build a city. " Zhao Wen said again.

"Understand, understand, we understand this matter. There is no free lunch in the world, and we understand this truth. After all, the city is not a commodity." Omubu said to Zhao Wen with a smile on his face.

Ombu has wanted a city for a long time, and now the situation of the grassland has been settled, each tribe has its own exclusive pasture, and when grazing, they graze in their own pasture.

In this way, their range of activities will be limited, so that they can only graze in their own pastures.And their grassland area is not infinite, and the span is limited, so they are destined not to run too far.

If there is a city, in winter, the herdsmen's cattle and sheep in the tribe will be moved to the city for the winter, and then released in the spring.

Nowadays, the weather on the grassland is getting colder and colder. Many cattle, sheep and herdsmen freeze to death every year. If there is a city, the casualties in the tribe will be much less.

In any case, there is a city that has always been the most hopeful thing for Omubu and others.

If relying on Omubu himself, I am afraid that even if it takes 100 years, there will be no way to build the city, not to mention, there will be no manpower to build the city.

Omubu is not afraid of paying, but he is afraid of not being covered.

Although Omubu has been squeezed by Huang Taiji in recent years, he still has some property at the bottom of the box.In addition, Zhao Wen just said that cattle, sheep, war horses and other things are also available, so there is no need to worry about money.

It's easy to talk about money, but it's not easy to talk about the city.

Building a city on the grassland is not that simple. One is that there are no people who can build a city, and the other is that there is no material to build a city.

The herdsmen on the grassland are good at herding cattle and sheep, but if they are allowed to build a city, it will be really difficult for them.

Even if you know how to build it, it's useless if you don't have the materials needed to build the city.The soil on the grassland is soft and not as viscous as loess, so without special building materials and personnel, it is difficult to build a city on the grassland.

Otherwise, people like Omubu would have built the city themselves, so how could Zhao Wen be used?

"It's easy to talk about silver cattle and sheep, as long as the adults build the city for us, everything is easy to talk about!" Emubu smiled and looked at Zhao Wen flatteringly.

Zhao Wendao: "I will determine the size of your city according to the size of your meritorious service. Remember, after the city is built, it must be well protected. It won't take two or three years for it to be dilapidated.

As for the form of the city, it will be done according to the form of Horqin. What do you think? "

"Everything is up to the adults, and everything is up to the adults." Omubu's head was like a chicken pecking at rice, and he kept ordering.

Zhao Wen nodded, "Since that's the case, then you guys should hurry up and come up with a charter to find out where to build it."

Zhao Wen built the city for these people not because Zhao Wenxian had nothing to do, but to use the city to fix these people.

The biggest instability of the nomadic people is that the nomadic people live in no fixed place and live with the grass. In this way, the rule over these people will be reduced.

If you want to completely solve the problem of nomads, you must find a way to make them settle down and then assimilate them with culture.

Earlier, Zhao Wen built Horqin City for Horqin. Although it took a lot of effort, the effect was remarkable.

Today's Horqin has stabilized, even if it is a nomad, it will not run too far, basically around the city of Horqin.

Build cities for these grassland tribes, and these grassland tribes will gradually stabilize like the Horqin tribe.

Once stabilized, they will use cattle, sheep and war horses for profit, and lock all these people on the grassland.

Once these people get used to being stable and want to be nomadic, it is not so easy.

"After these treasure ships have finished carrying the goods, I plan to go back, and then you will go back with me. When I arrive at Xuanzhen, I will start to build the city for you. Remember, the place must be chosen for me, don't It's too remote, and if it's remote, it's not easy to transport supplies." Zhao Wen murmured, beating on the table.

All the people in the house replied in unison: "Everything is subject to the adults, everything is up to the adults!"

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After about five or six days, all the cargo on the treasure ship was finally unloaded, and it was time for Zhao Wen to return.

During the time of unloading, Akdan had already taken his children, together with the leader, and was escorted by the people sent by Mao Wenlong towards their tribe.

And Zhao Wen also took out some weapons from the warehouse for Mao Wenlong, including five 152mm cannon howitzers.

As for the 56 punches, there are not many of them. Even if they meet enemies in the future, they will be the Cossacks of this era, and the weapons of the Cossacks are simply not comparable to Zhao Wen's, so there is no need to equip all these soldiers with 56 punches.

In Zhao Wen's plan, the 56 and half of Mao Wenlong's army accounted for one-third, and the 56 Chong was only equipped for his personal guard battalion, and it was only half.

In addition to these weapons, there will not be many light machine guns with 40 fire and 120 mortars. As for the 107 rocket launchers, there are not many.

There are a lot of grenades and bullets left, after all, these things are consumables.

Compared with Zhao Wen's direct descendants, Mao Wenlong's weapons and equipment are nothing, but compared with this era, they are invincible.

Zhao Wen stood on the port of Nuergan, turned around and looked at Nuergan City, which was not far from the port and had not yet started construction.

Because of the cold weather and the continuous heavy snowfall, Zhao Wen only saw a vast expanse of whiteness.

"My lord, don't worry, I will take good care of Nuer Gancheng, just like taking care of my own son!" Mao Wenlong patted his chest and swore.

Zhao Wen nodded, "The former Akdan, if their tribe is willing to move out, they will be moved out. If the surrounding wild Jurchen tribes are also willing to come out, then they will be moved out and properly resettled. I specially Some soldiers who can speak Jurchen have been transferred to you from Buhe's command, and these people will be your translators in the future.

However, if someone burns, kills, loots, and is wild and unruly, you can't be polite to this kind of person.It should be killed, it should be punished.We only treat those who listen to us well, if we dare to grin our teeth at us, we will kill him!
After a while, all the defenders on Phi Island will be sent here, and you are ready to receive them.Except for these people, after the beginning of spring, I will send you some recruits to make up for the vacancies in Far East Town. "

"My lord, I know all of this!" Mao Wenlong patted his chest and said loudly.

"It's very important for us to work in this place, slave, I hope you..." Zhao Wen looked at Mao Wenlong and kept urging.

Zhao Wen let out a long breath and said, "Okay, that's what it is. In a word, take root here and develop here. I hope you will stay here like the Mu Palace in Yunnan!"

When Mao Wenlong heard this, his eyes lit up instantly.

Like Mu Wangfu, doesn't that mean that he will at least be a duke in the future, and he will still be a duke like Mu Wangfu.

Although this place is remote, even so, it is still a Duke, and also the first title under the royal clan.

"Thank you, my lord!" Mao Wenlong was so excited that he didn't call himself a subordinate or the last general, and directly called himself a minister.

Bu He's eyes were full of light as he listened to the conversation between the two.

"This guy can be a Duke in the future, and I should be a Duke at the very least, after all, my daughter gave her a pair of twins!" Bu He kept thinking about his future rewards.

"Okay, let's go here." Zhao Wen waved at Mao Wenlong, then turned and walked towards the treasure ship docked at the port.

Mao Wenlong stood on the port, watching the treasure ship drifting away, his heart was full of enthusiasm.

When the treasure ship disappeared on the sea, Mao Wenlong laughed out loud, "Haha, Duke Mu, my Mao family bet on the treasure this time, haha, Duke, Duke, this is the Duke!" !"

When a soldier fights, apart from defending his family and country, what he asks for is nothing more than being famous in the world, high-ranking officials and rich salary.

Mao Wenlong is not a saint, of course he also has fame and fortune.

"Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord!" Mao Wenlong's personal guard hurriedly flattered him.

"Congratulations for what? Congratulations for what?" Mao Wenlong looked at his bodyguard with a smile on his face.

"Hehe, my lord has just said that I will make you the Duke of the country in the future, so of course I congratulate you in advance." A personal guard smiled obsequiously.

"Haha, the horoscope hasn't been written yet, it's too early to say. Although the lord has released this rumor, we can't slack off just because of this.

Send an order to pull out all the Jiannu captives to me.Although the soil is frozen, other jobs can still be done. Let them go to the surrounding mountains to cut down trees for me. I can't support these people for nothing! "

Mao Wenlong looked at his personal guards, and shouted furiously.

Following Mao Wenlong's order, all the Jiannu prisoners were driven by the soldiers to walk towards the surrounding mountains.

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Zhao Wen stood on the deck of the leading treasure ship, wearing a woolen coat.

"The weather is really cold. It's only October now. If it's November and December, the sea will freeze over." Zhao Wen murmured, holding up his binoculars and looking at the sea.

The place where the fleet is sailing is the strait between Nuergandus and Sakhalin, also known as the Tatar Strait.

In the coldest time of winter every year, there will be a period of two to three months of ice cover, which is almost from November to January.

The sea is frozen and ships cannot navigate, which is why Zhao Wen hoarded a large amount of supplies in Nuergan.

"My lord, we've been here for more than six or seven months!" Li Xiaosan stood behind Zhao Wen, his hands tucked into his sleeves, trembling nonstop.

"Yeah, we came out in April, and it's already October now. It's the end of October, and it's been almost seven months." Zhao Wen put down the binoculars in his hand, turned around, "Okay, let's see you freeze to death." What's the matter, let's go into the cabin!"

Zhao Wen tightened his coat and walked into the cabin.

There are several braziers in the cabin, and just after entering, a warm current rushes over.

Zhao Wen sat on the stool in the middle of the cabin, put his hand on the brazier next to the stool, and warmed it up.

The high-quality coal burned in the brazier was brought before departure from Dengzhou.

Zhao Wen looked at the coals in the brazier and thought of the ironclad ship.

"Little San, bring the rice paper and my drawing tools!" Zhao Wen looked at Li Xiaosan.

Although Zhao Wen has not yet built a shipyard for the construction of iron-clad ships, this does not affect Zhao Wen's drawing of iron-clad ships.

Now draw the blueprint of the ironclad ship first, and after the shipyard is built in the future, you can directly arrange manpower to start building the ironclad ship.

Although relying on the treasure ship and the weapons in Zhao Wen's hands, Zhao Wen was invincible on the sea, but the wooden ship like the treasure ship was too slow compared to the iron-clad ship, and it also depended on the weather.

Now that the steam engine trains are out, it's time to throw out the ironclad ships.

Li Xiaosan hurriedly ran towards the bookshelves placed in the cabin.

After a dozen breaths, Li Xiaosan put some rice paper and Zhao Wen's drawing tools on the table next to him.

Zhao Wen carried the stool, walked to the table, and pushed the brazier under the table with his feet.

Seeing that Zhao Wen wanted to draw, Li Xiaosan hurriedly lit up the candles placed on the table.

Zhao Wen sat at the table, spread the rice paper on the table, and then picked up the charcoal pencil.

Looking at the drawings, Zhao Wen couldn't help but think of the Zhiyuan ship.

In later generations, Zhao Wen went to the Yellow Sea Battle Memorial Hall. Although he did not see the detailed design drawings of the Zhiyuan Ship, he did see the model of the Zhiyuan Ship.

On a certain treasure of later generations, there is also a model of the Zhiyuan ship.

Although it is only a model, it is a model restored in a certain proportion according to the real Zhiyuan ship.

Zhao Wen also bought a model online after visiting the Yellow Sea Battle Memorial Hall.

Because it is restored according to the real scale, this model can be disassembled.

However, this model has a very big disadvantage, which is that it is expensive.

When Zhao Wen bought this model, he spent thousands of dollars and suffered from pain for a long time.

After the goods are sent back, the model is a bunch of parts and needs to be assembled by myself.

In order to assemble this model, Zhao Wen put in a lot of hard work and studied the manual and parts for a long time.

Therefore, until now, Zhao Wen can still clearly remember the various parts and sizes on the Zhiyuan ship model.

"The model is made according to the real scale. Using the model as a reference, we should be able to manufacture the Zhiyuan Ship!" Zhao Wen turned the charcoal pencil in his hand, recalling the parts on the Zhiyuan Ship model.

After a few quarters of an hour, Li Bin bent down and began to draw on the rice paper.

The weather outside the treasure ship was extremely cold, and the sea breeze cut people's faces like knives.

The sailors on the treasure ship wrapped themselves like a ball and stuck to their posts.

The sun in the sky gradually set to the west, and the fog began to rise.

The damp and cold are intertwined, making people shiver from the cold.

　Thanks to the bookworm's father for the reward, thank you for your support! ! !

　　
　
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