A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 465: Sea-going ship improvements will shine the glory of Daqian overseas
After the imperial court decided on a policy, it quickly implemented it.

After learning that the imperial court would no longer grant land to adults, there was not much turmoil in the states and counties in the world. After all, the number of land grants from the court had decreased since more than ten years ago, and later there was no land grant for ten years.Therefore, many people have already expected it.

However, although Chengding's land grant has been cancelled, military industry's land grant still exists. If you really want land, you can join the army and achieve military exploits, and you will be rewarded with acres of land based on your military exploits.

The minimum starting point for land conferred by military merit is [-] acres, but most of the land conferred by military merit is on newly conquered land.The imperial court's granting of land in this way can firstly increase the number of people working on these lands. Secondly, with the presence of these soldiers, they can guard the land. Once someone rebels and rebels, these soldiers can wipe them out. Thirdly, it can save a lot of money and food.

In addition to land, the imperial court would also distribute captured women and children to soldiers as wives or concubines, which could be said to make the most of various resources.

The imperial court has been adjusting its policies in order to encourage people to expand overseas.

On the peninsula, a group of navy soldiers had just docked from a large, dilapidated ship. There were already slaves, doctors, and craftsmen nearby, who immediately stepped forward to carry the injured soldiers off, and then began to conduct various measurements on the ship.

This ship is a sea-going ship that Daqian has been continuously improving. Since the last time Daqian succeeded in attacking the peninsula across the sea, the imperial court began to vigorously support the construction of sea-going ships and various navigation issues.

The last successful crossing of the sea was largely due to the artifact of the Wind Control Banner. Therefore, after the end of the campaign, Daqian continued to improve these ships.

Sea-going ship improvement is not a simple issue and involves all aspects.Wang Xin handed this matter over to Wang Yun. In this era without knowledge of fluid dynamics, ship design, etc., Wang Yun could only make improvements based on experience and continuous testing.

This kind of testing not only requires a lot of time, but also costs a lot of manpower and material resources.Almost every test results in casualties.

After the cross-sea voyage, the imperial court repaired and improved the ship's problems, and then recruited warriors for sea testing.Every voyage to the sea is very dangerous and requires experienced sailors, and it is also necessary to ensure that the ship can return home in the end.

Then it will be improved and perfected based on the condition of the ship and the stories of the experienced sailors.After more than a dozen, or even dozens or hundreds of tests, the imperial court will gain a lot of navigation experience, ship improvement data and marine hydrological environment.

It can be said that all this was done little by little with money and human lives.

Hundreds of craftsmen inspected the hull. After recording, they began to repair the hull. On the other side, doctors also began to treat the sailors, and the craftsmen next to them questioned them.

After sorting it out, the craftsmen began to improve the ship. After completion, the seagoing ship was tested again.

In the past few years, with the strong support of the imperial court, the ships of the Dengzhou Navy have undergone several large-scale improvements, and there have been as many as a dozen small improvements.Today's ships are much better than the original ships in terms of safety and seaworthiness.

After improvements, the Dengzhou Navy also began various trainings.Now the navy has been able to go all the way south from Dengzhou to Suzhou.However, this kind of sailing is all sailing on the sea close to the coast. The wind and waves are not big. If you encounter danger, you can dock as soon as possible.

After some training, the navy has completed several long-distance voyages.After Wang Yun personally led the navy to sail several times, he began to explore overseas.At that time, our ancestor Zijue left a nautical chart and marked many islands on the chart.Now he plans to occupy these islands first.

The imperial navy is now equipped with the best telescopes and compasses in Daqian, and is accompanied by officials from the Qin Tianjian, which are specially used to determine the location based on the stars. Combined with the sea map, it is not dangerous to go to these offshore islands. things.What's more, Wang Yun also has the sacred weapon Wind Control Banner in his hand.

With the wind flag in hand, the ocean poses no danger to him.Even if the ship sinks, Wang Yun can use the wind flag to fly back to Daqian.

The longer Wang Yun held the Wind Banner in his hands, the clearer Wang Yun became about its various functions and how to use it.After constant familiarity and manipulation, this wind-controlling flag has become more and more handy.

At first, Wang Yun just thought that the Wind Banner was used to control the wind to control waves and ships. However, after getting familiar with it over the past few years, he realized that the Wind Banner was an almost omnipotent artifact.

The control of the Wind Banner can create storms that span hundreds or even thousands of miles, and can also create strong winds between sizes.Moreover, when the Wind Control Banner is used on a very small scale, it does not consume the family's heritage, or in other words, it consumes very little family heritage.

For example, if he controls the wind flag to blow himself up, he doesn't need to consume his family's heritage.But once it exceeds this range, the family heritage will be consumed immediately.

The wind is invisible and colorless, but it can change its shape at will. After getting more familiar with the Wind Banner, Wang Yun discovered that this treasure is extremely powerful for attack or defense. He can easily use the wind to blow arrows to attack, defend, or Directly control the wind to turn into wind needles to attack.Of course, this kind of behavior also requires the consumption of family heritage.

After understanding the power of this artifact, Wang Yun did not dare to use it casually, and would only use it when it was dangerous.

The Daqian Navy made some repairs in Gusu, replenished water and food, repaired the ships, and then chose a sunny day to set sail to the islands around the Daqian Sea.

There are many islands around Daqian. The navy will record the ordinary small islands and mark the valuable islands.

Wang Yun's purpose of going to sea this time was the Ryukyu Islands, because Fuso had a large amount of gold and silver deposits, and the land was also vast. The court wanted to find a safe sea route to Fuso.

At the same time, the imperial court also wanted to occupy the islands around Daqian.For example, the Ryukyu Island in the chart, which is very far away from Daqian, is said to have a warm and humid climate. Millions of acres of fertile land can be cultivated, enough to house millions of people.

In addition to the Da Liuqiu Islands, the Xiao Liuqiu Islands in the northeast can be extended all the way to Fuso.

If the imperial court can occupy these islands, after a period of operation, these islands can be used as transfer stations or bases for the Daqian navy at sea.

With these transfer stations and navy bases, the imperial navy could naturally sail all the way to Fusang.When navigation technology continues to develop, ordinary ships will be able to travel between Fuso and Dagan. By then, the gold and silver and other minerals and various resources on Fuso Island will all belong to Dagan.

(End of this chapter)