Win the Ding 1617

Zhang Xiaohu frantically trained the six thousand sailors in Jinlan Bay for his own ideals, so that they could quickly familiarize themselves with the various rules and regulations of the Nanzhong Army Navy, and learn to use the rules and regulations to perfect their own words and deeds. Life and everything on board.

When the recruits were complaining about the heavy military training and the exhaustive recitation of the inspection regulations, the guard quietly took his own soldiers and guard battalion and returned to Hue on the Changsheng.

The reason is simple. Yanmeier, Meishan, and Shilin are about to enter labor.

Thinking about it, I felt sorry for my wives. It seemed that from Xiao Huamei to Li Muhua's birth to Xiao Huayu, Shou Han was not around, either to fight for this, or to deal with something somewhere.

Now, it is barely calm. Before the storm comes, it is good for my three women to walk around at this critical moment of life and death by their side.

Back at the Hue General's Mansion, before getting off the horse, under the leadership of Xiao Huamei, several children surrounded the defender like a group of cute little bears.

Huamei is very competent in playing the role of the eldest sister, bringing Xiao Huayu and Ah Liang, the daughters Shi Lin gave birth to Shou Han.

Seeing the excitement and happiness on the faces of the three babies, Shou Han couldn't help feeling warm in his heart.He carried Xiao Huamei onto the horse, and placed Xiao Huayu in Xiao Huamei's arms, "Hold my brother well!"

"Father, Daddy!" Ah Liang inherited the beautiful looks of her mother and aunt. As a cute baby, seeing her elder brother and sister was carried on a horse by her father.Careful eyes suddenly became anxious.Opening two small arms, waving them in front of Shou Han, that means, I want to get on the horse too! [

"Come on! Father let you ride a big horse!"

Shou Han hugged Ah Liang with both hands, put his precious daughter on his neck, let her ride on her neck and look around, this position and angle made Ah Liang feel novel, and couldn't help following Shou Han's movements And let out a creaking laugh.

In the courtyard of the palace, Shou Han saw a group of men with turbans on their heads.Wrap your legs with a piece of cotton cloth about ten feet long.Then roll the two ends of the cloth together, pass between the legs, and tuck it into the lower back.It suddenly looked like the bloomers of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing a group of guards huddling around Shou Han and bringing a few young masters back, those men don't even know Shou Han.I also know that this must be an extraordinary person.Hastily knelt down and kowtowed to salute.

"Who are these people?"

Shou Han was a little strange.He turned around and asked Huang Meiyu, a battalion officer in charge of the inner house and the defense of Hue recently.

Huang Yingguan had not had time to return.Xiao Huamei, who was holding her younger brother on horseback, spoke first.

"Father! It's the grandparents from Siam! Because Aunt Meishan and Aunt Shilin are going to have younger brothers and sisters, I came to see the two aunts."

It turned out that it was my cheap old man who came!Shou Han couldn't help being amused for a while, and then sad for a while.Both of Yanmei'er's parents died since she was a child.Li Muhua's father was murdered by treacherous ministers, not to mention Xiuzhu, who didn't even know his real name, only sister Meishan could be regarded as having both parents.

Mei Shan's father is a member of the Siamese royal family, and his title is Pa Weng Chao, which is a bit similar to the two-word king among the royal family members of my dynasty, or the standard rank of county king.If they didn't have such bloodlines, it would not have been the turn of Meishan sisters to come out of the city to make a kiss.

However, Shou Han did not treat the father-in-law and mother-in-law badly. In addition to the constant communication of messengers, whenever Nan Zhong produced something new, he would immediately send a boat to Ayutthaya and give it to his father-in-law Bamo for his enjoyment. It is to hand over the land and farms in the Chao Phraya River Basin to Lord Bamo.In addition, Lord Bahmo is also the agent of Nanzhong's ironware, salt, glass mirrors, cloth and other products in Siam. These things add up to the accumulation of exhausted wealth and contacts for Lord Bahmo.Before coming, the King of Siam learned that he was going to visit his relatives in Hue, Nanzhong, and specially issued an edict to promote his title to Zhaofa. This title is the highest level that members of the royal family can obtain.

That night, they hosted a banquet for the couple in the Crystal Palace. Shou Han was half out of sincerity, half to win over the couple, and kept calling Lord Bahmo "Master Father" and his mother-in-law "Master Mother." .”

Even the servants and guards who came with the Bamo couple were rewarded with money, goods, cloth and silk, etc., and more than ten tables of banquets were set up outside, and people were ordered to accompany them for dinner and wine.

The two Meishan sisters who are potbellied are very relieved to see their husband treat their parents like this, and they can't help thinking in their hearts. When the fetus is born in the womb and they take care of themselves, it is the husband who proposes how to embarrass people in the room. , It is also true to do so, and he must let the minister open his heart so that his pretentiousness is not in vain.

Only Li Muhua saw such a scene, felt a little bitter and jealous, remembered the prosperity of the past, even though he was a puppet with power left behind, he was also the princess of a country, now, alas! [

After eating a few glasses of wine, he complained that he was a little tired, got up, apologized and left the table.

Seeing her disappearing outside the Crystal Palace, the Meishan sisters couldn't help but exchanged glances, and they both understood each other's meaning from each other's eyes.

"Today is a family dinner to welcome my parents. If you don't give our sisters face, don't blame us for not giving you room!"

After the banquet, the mother and daughter went to the room to talk, Yan Meier and Xiu Zhu also stood up and left, leaving only Lord Bamo to stay in front of the guard and talk about the story.

"Marshal, this year the Chao Phraya River also has good harvests." Ba Mo, who is in charge of dozens of large and small farms in the Chao Phraya River area, only asked his son-in-law about the harvest, so he opened his mouth first, intending to Try to take the initiative, so as not to cause trouble for your precious daughter in front of this arrogant son-in-law.

Chumphon, Krabi, Nakhon Si Siam, Taogong, Pattani, Phang Nga, Gaodulun, Phuket, Ranong, Satun, Songkhla, scattered in southern Siam Dozens of farms in fourteen provinces, including Suratthani, Trang (Shitian), and Yala, are planted with cinchona trees.Or plant economic tree species such as rubber trees called teardrop trees, and rice is still the most planted in the Chao Phraya River Basin. In addition to these, there are more than a dozen logging camps in several mountain forests, with nearly a thousand heads Elephants and tens of thousands of workers work here.

"Father-in-law, don't talk about the harvest. If you want to pay, please go to the inner accounting room to go through the formalities with the gentlemen. I invite you to talk because there are other matters."

"What! Purchase giant wood!"

After listening to Shou Han's speech, Lord Bamo's first reaction was that there was another fat pig arching the door!

Today, Shou Han is one of the best among the sea forces from the east coast of the Indian Ocean to the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.This is true both in terms of the number of artillery pieces and the technical performance of ships.Especially after several battles in Liuluowan and Nan'ao Island.The influence of the Dutch and the pirate group was wiped out in sevens and eighties, and then gained a good development period.So, he prepared a crazy shipbuilding plan!

"What! Twenty giant trees no lower than 65 meters?!"

Shou Han's request made Lord Bahmo go crazy.Although Siam is located in the tropics.It has always produced high-quality wood, and many ships of the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants are purchased and manufactured here, but it has never been heard of such a large ship.

"I want to build a big ship, a big ship that you have never heard of or seen!"

At the meeting with everyone in the shipyard, Shouhan solemnly announced this crazy shipbuilding plan in front of Galileo, Descartes, Bamo and others who attended the meeting.

"Build five berths first, the kind that can build a [-]-ton ship!"

Others are fine, they are used to seeing the lord's generous writing or shocking words, but for Lord Bamo, who is the first time to have close contact with his son-in-law, he can't help but click his tongue.Obediently!Five thousand tons? !

Over the years, he has worked for his son-in-law, and he also knows the inside story of the South China Army. He still knows the concept of 65 tons.It seems that it is reasonable for the son-in-law to ask for this [-]-meter-high log.

After the construction of these five berths is completed, the so-called frigate-class ships of Shou Han will be built at one go.

As a mathematician and physicist, Galileo was mainly interested in the performance parameters of this ship. Through the drawing on the wall and the various parameter indicators written by Shou Han, the Italian could not help but I am also secretly amazed, God!What do you want this mad oriental monarch to do? !

The total length of the hull is 63 meters, the width is 14 meters, the draft is 7 meters, the design displacement is 2200 tons, and the design speed is 13 knots. In order to achieve this speed, the number and area of ​​sails are astonishing. The sail area has reached an unprecedented 3969 square meters. The gun decks on both sides of the ship are equipped with 28 24-pound and 10 12-pound guns, not counting the mortars and Cron guns that may be temporarily strengthened, and the crew has reached as many as 400 people.

Calculated in this way, these five ships will occupy at least 2000 sailors. Fortunately, a large number of sailors were captured and recruited. Otherwise, a shipyard craftsman shook his head and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

However, his surprise was yet to come.

When Descartes asked whether he had so many wood processing capabilities, Shou Han corrected his statement, which made everyone almost have the urge to run away.

"Mr. Descartes, I have to correct your statement. Not five frigates, but four. There is a slipway to be left for this."

A personal soldier unfolded the scroll in his hand and hung it on the wall. A gigantic ship suddenly appeared on the wall. Under the visual inspection of the craftsmen, this huge ship was bigger than the so-called ship just now. The frigate is even bigger.From the guns densely covered on both sides of the ship, we can know that the firepower of this ship is far stronger than that of the frigate just now.

"This one is going to be the flagship of my fleet in the future." Shou Han endorsed the status of this ship. "In the future, the left and right wings of the Navy, the practice fleet, and the fleet that I am directly under will all choose such ships as their flagships."

Looking at the three tall masts on the drawing, Lord Bamo couldn't help exclaiming in a low voice, "Buddha! Now I know why you are looking for such a tall tree, son-in-law!"

The ship on the picture has 3 masts, the main mast is 63 meters high, the ship is 68 meters long, and the ship is 15 meters wide. More than a hundred cannons are worthy of such a size.

Descartes raised his hand to indicate that he had a question to ask.

"My lord. I want to know, if such a huge ship is built one at a time, and the four ships just now add up to a huge wood consumption, may I ask, do we have such a huge and stable source of wood? And these Timber must be processed into a suitable size according to your design requirements."

"In fact, the demand and consumption of wood. It is far greater than your imagination."

Shou Han nodded to Mr. Descartes.Thank you for his kind reminder. "Because in fact, my plan is like this. After making two ships of this flagship, the craftsmen and craftsmen have accumulated relatively rich experience. Then, our army can proceed to the next ship manufacturing activity."

He twirled each other with his thumb and middle finger rather frightenedly.After snapping their fingers, the other two soldiers opened the blueprint in their hands.

"These two ships are the final ships I want to build, take a look!"

Don't look at it.After watching it, almost everyone has the urge to throw the items in their hands at the guard's face.

The ship on the blueprint in the hands of the soldiers on the left is a warship with a four-layer gun deck, 60 meters in length, 17 meters in width, and 8 meters in draft.The number of cannons has reached more than 60. According to Shouhan's frenzied practice of strengthening artillery fire, the final number of cannons on this ship will not be less than 150.

As for the ship on the right, although it does not have a four-layer gun deck, it can still be described as frenzied.The hull length is 6405 meters, the hull width is 1811 meters, and the draft is 861 meters. Like the ship just now, there are about 120 gun positions reserved, but the difference is that, judging from the shape of the hull, it seems that this A ship can be equipped with large-caliber heavy guns instead of those small guns, but in this way, the amount of ammunition carried on board and the number of crew members will increase exponentially.Compared with the first frigate, I am afraid that the crew of three frigates will be required to operate this ship?

"My lord! To build such a ship, we don't have such a tall mast!" A craftsman expressed the difficulties.

"It doesn't matter, I have asked my father-in-law to find giant trees for our army to serve as masts for these ships."

Looking at the bitter Lord Bamo, Shou Han offered an astonishing price.

"Father-in-law, in this way, as long as you find the wood that meets the requirements and transport it to the port, and the weight of the wood is heavy, I will pay you the weight of wrought iron or ironware. What do you think?"

As long as the wood is suitable, can a catty of wood be exchanged for a catty of iron? !

Lord Bamo suddenly felt that his good son-in-law was the incarnation of the Buddha of the Western Paradise. He resisted the desire and impulse to kneel down and worship, and said as reservedly as possible, "You should do your best!"

King Chengzheng of the shipyard couldn't help laughing in his heart. He could exchange a catty of iron for a catty of wood in exchange for a giant wood that meets the requirements for making the mast of such a large ship. Big, dense and heavy wood was exchanged for wrought iron. He didn't know what status iron was with his good son-in-law now.

However, as the manager of the shipyard, he was both excited and worried about the behemoths to be built.

The exciting thing is, as a technician, a craftsman, who doesn't want to produce a few works that can be famous in history?And these ships will undoubtedly leave their names in the annals of history.

The worry is the huge investment and consumption.He silently calculated in his heart that just a few frigates would cost tens of thousands of towering trees. If he also considered using nine-turn steel to make the keel, although the consumption of trees could be reduced, the cost would go up again. up.

"No no no! If you can use steel, don't use wood. How long does it take us to smelt a furnace of steel? How long does it take for a big tree to grow into a material, and then transport it out of the forest? How much does it cost? How much energy wasted"

When he privately reported his concerns to Shou Han, he got such an answer from Shou Han.

"However, such a big ship costs a lot!"

He looked at the renderings of large ships hanging on the wall with love and hatred, as if he was looking at his beloved son who had caused trouble outside.

"It takes ten years to complete the work! It takes ten years to complete the work!" He kept chanting this sentence.On the notebook in front of him, according to the number Shou Han said, he wrote the following numbers: five frigates, four flagships of each fleet, at least one giant ship with four decks, and one giant ship with three decks .

"Yes, this is our first shipbuilding plan for the navy in the next ten years! In addition to the current Changsheng class ship, the brig and schooner are still built, but the main energy should be directed to these four ships. The direction of design and manufacture of this type of ship is tilted. I received a secret report that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Xiong Wencan, has already begun to manufacture three-masted gunboats. It's on our heads!"

Galileo, Descartes and others found it very interesting to see the monarch in front of him lose his temper with his ministers of civil and military affairs and factory owners because of his "big toy". In their view, since there is no shortage of funds for building warships, why Do not build it?After building a warship, you can better protect and develop your own commercial interests.

"Three gentlemen."

The guard bowed his hands to them, and the three blond and blue-eyed guys hurriedly stood up and hurriedly returned the salute. During this time, they already knew that in this country, it is a very solemn thing for the monarch to salute his subjects.

"Troubleshooting the three of you, please help with the overall calculation and arrangement of the shipbuilding, and make the most complete plan and report it to me." (To be continued...)