Win the Ding 1617

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A pirate prisoner spat fiercely on the ground, turned his head and carried the heavy stone on his back and walked forward.

Behind him is the ever-expanding Hongji Port, which Li Shouhan named after plagiarizing someone else's name.

In the harbor, more than 30 ships that had just been seized from pirates lowered their sails and moored there quietly.In the past, the bloodthirsty pirates who operated these ships across the world temporarily played the role of coolies, contributing their own strength to the basic construction of the Shouhan territory.

Following the direction spurned by the pirates, we can see that at the entrance of the port, there is the Yuehai Tower built on the mountain with countless manpower.

It's a building, but if you think so, you're wrong!

The building is just this building, or a part of this group of buildings.This building is actually a mixture of a bastion and a fort.

Relying on the mountain, five thousand officials and slaves worked hard for nearly half a year, and finally completed the fortress.Only Shou Han knows the hard work involved.

"Damn! In order to build this gate, I spent almost half of my cement and lime, and thousands of stones of gunpowder."

Fortunately, there is also the application of the original pulley block crane, which makes it less strenuous to transport the big rocks blasted by gunpowder, but it is also extremely hard work.

Carts of crushed stones were transported to the foot of the mountain, and a small cart full of stones was dragged by a huge winch up the mountain along the slide rail. "Construction and construction in the interior, transporting large wooden boulders means sliding on ice in winter. Annan is hot, and the military situation is urgent. It is impossible to use this method. Fortunately, the general pointed out the slide rails, and he did not hesitate to spend to build them with high-quality precision iron. In this way, the transportation of stones will be much faster." Lei Mingsheng, one of the masters of the workshop who presided over the construction, was full of praise.

However, the group of captives carrying stones in the port don't think so.

"Lao Hai, if we kill the guards and jump into the sea to the nearest boat, what do you think we have a chance of escaping?" The pirate who had just spit came to his companion and asked in a low voice.

"I advise you to give up your heart! I have seen the terrain at dawn. This fortress is extremely tricky. The artillery fire on three sides, one facing the harbor, blocking the waterway on the other, and the other side is right Facing the sea. As long as the gunner is not blind, even if we win the ship, we are afraid that it will be sunk before leaving the port!" The prisoner known as Lao Hai stared at Yuehai Tower with a gloomy face.

"Son of a bitch! I don't know which vile guy built such a wicked fortress!"

"I curse him that everything is not going well today!"

At this moment, that sinister guy is convening a meeting in the large meeting hall of Yuehai Building.

Zuo Tianpeng headed north to smuggle, oh, several captains, bosuns, gunners of the trade fleet, and various functional departments of the general's mansion, according to the so-called household houses, official houses, military houses, workshops, and ceremony rooms, except Except for Bao Zhongchen, who hates ghosts, did not come, the rest were present.

Well, several big shopkeepers of the Hanyuan firm are also in power.

"Everyone, how is it here?"

The guard ordered the men to open the windows on all sides, and gusts of sea breeze blew through.It makes people feel refreshed immediately.

Lei Mingsheng, who was in charge of the construction, stood up very reservedly, bowed to the guard, then turned around and bowed in circles around. "Everyone, I was ordered to build this place in the next day. I thought it was to build a Jincheng Tangchi. Unexpectedly, after getting the design from the adults, I was so scared that I jumped!"

"My lord actually asked the little old man to use crushed stone, lime, and burnt ash to build the building, and to use steel rods as the bones. Think about it, everyone, what a price the steel rods are. My lord, this is almost like using silver to beat the wall!"

"That day, the little old man tried to argue a few words, but the adults said with a stern face that he would be tied up and beheaded for disrespecting the general's order. He also threatened the little old man that he would use newly-made cannons to test it when the project was completed. If the artillery fire destroyed the parapet and emplacement , then the head of the little old man will not be guaranteed.”

"Master Lei, why is your six and a half catties still around your neck?!" A bosun laughed and teased Lei Mingsheng.

"This way, it's an adult's way. With steel as the bone, stones, sand, burnt ashes, and lime are mixed together, but it is extremely strong. On the other hand, the little old man's life should not be lost, and he must die again." To serve the adults. It has been fired with more than a dozen cannons, and there is no damage at all. The little old man is ordered to have tea and talk with you here."

"Old Lei, the Yuehai Building is finished, you should hand over these 5000 people and let them go to do work for me. But you shouldn't continue to take up these labors!"

"This, however, is not up to the little old man to decide. He has to listen to the adults and the council."

After some jokes, Shou Han signaled everyone to start a discussion.

"Xiaopeng, logically speaking, you should be allowed to rest at home for the whole day like the sailors, but after all, you are not comparable to ordinary sailors and gunners and helmsmen. Therefore, I let you come after resting at home for two days, don't blame me .”

Speaking of this, Shou Han stood up and saluted the group headed by Zuo Tianpeng, and several captains and bosuns knelt down and kowtowed in return in a hurry.

"Just talk about the things along the way to the north this time. Don't talk about those customs and customs, and save it for the banquet."

Zuo Tianpeng, who was born as Li Shouhan's personal entourage, knows the meaning of Shouhan well. He needs to understand the achievements and problems that occurred during this journey to the north. Those are man-made and belong to institutional problems, and which are technical problems. fixed.

"My lord, on this trip to the north, the brothers all said that the peat-burning stove equipped on the ship is a good thing, so that everyone can have hot food and soup at any time, and the fifty-liter barrel of sugarcane wine is also a good thing, It quenches thirst and relieves fatigue, if you go out to sea again in the future, you need to prepare more!"

"Okay! These are good, let's talk about your difficulties! Don't talk about your grades, you can't escape, and don't talk about your problems!"

If you don't talk about your grades, you can't run away, and if you don't talk about your problems, it's a big deal!

Shou Han's words made all the people present quiet down, and they carefully pondered the meaning of Shou Han's words.

"My lord, everyone, then, Tianpeng will dare to offend you!"

"My lord, the Gale Ship was built by you alone. It is indeed a good ship, and it travels fast. But,"

Hearing Zuo Tianpeng say but, Shou Han's heart sank suddenly.

"It's because the speed of the boat is too fast. Once the wind hits, the boat is difficult to control. This time we went north, we encountered two westerly winds. The brothers felt that the boat we were waiting for was almost blown away from the water. The little boy hugged the mast and wept unceasingly, but Master Zuo ordered that anyone who dared to disturb it would be punished immediately. This made the whole ship quiet."

"And this cannon, my lord loves us and entrusts us with more than two hundred large and small cannons. However, compared with the newly cast steel cannons, the copper cannons made in the Wanli and Jiajing years have a shorter range. In other words, the charge is also small, and the shooting speed is slow."

"And it's much heavier," said a gunner beside him in a muffled voice. "The newly cast artillery has a uniform caliber, smooth inner wall, and the same bullet weight. The artillery itself is much lighter, which is not the case with the old-fashioned artillery. In order not to make one side of the ship too heavy, we adjusted the gun position once on the Leizhou Ocean. The layout should make the loads on both sides as similar as possible to prevent the ship from rolling over while traveling at high speed. But in this way, the gun positions are not uniform, and in the artillery battle with the pirates, the shells cannot hit the opponent's ship."

The gunner surnamed Shen talked eloquently, and it can be seen that this is all his real experience. The several masters of the workshop present either quickly recorded it on paper with charcoal pencils, or whispered to the apprentices and nephews beside them. Write it down for yourself.

"Those bowl-mouth guns and the like, after marking the suggestion, don't appear on the boat. They are both in the way and don't seem to have any effect."

"This trip to the north, my lord handed over two hundred guns, large and small, to us. Although the firepower is powerful, there are also a variety of types, with different calibers and types of ammunition. In order to operate these firearms, we had to disperse skilled gunners to each A firearm. Only in this way can the artillery be fired according to the captain's order."

"The types of guns are different, the calibers are different, the weights of the bullets are mixed, and the ranges are also different. If it weren't for the rockets on each ship, the outcome of this confrontation with the pirates is still in the balance."

Although Shen Quan's words were miscellaneous and uncoordinated, they were the practices he discovered from his actual operation, which made all the people present nod their heads after hearing it.

However, Hu Licheng, an old fox sitting in the crowd, peeked at Shou Han's face. There was no trace of joy, anger, sorrow or joy on that young face. I write quickly, and I don't know what I'm writing down.

"I hope I'm not writing black accounts." Hu Licheng couldn't help but sighed in the deepest part of his heart.

"... Also, our gun positions, now our new ships are all on the lower deck, and gun ports are opened on both sides of the ship, so that the guns can be fired. Mark your opinion, whether to cover the gun ports, use The hinges link the gun door covers, and when not in use, the gun doors are closed with hinged gun door covers to prevent seawater from entering the cabin and corroding the gun positions and cargo in the cabin."

Chu Tianlei, who was beside Shen Quan, stood up after Shen Quan finished speaking, clasped his fists and bowed to Shou Han, "My lord, I have something to say."

After being signaled by Shou Han to raise his hand, Chu Tianlei turned around and bowed in circles all around.

"My lord, gentlemen, what Gunner Shen said just now is the truth. I am fortunate to serve in the fleet going north this time. Traveling thousands of miles, although I am dull, I still have some experience."

"My lord, regarding the installation of the gun positions on the ship, I found that among the large and small artillery equipped on each ship, the two steel cannons at the stern and the four twelve-pound bronze cannons on both sides are more powerful than the other types of artillery. The most excellent. Between the two, it is my humble opinion that steel guns are better."

"Eh!"

"Oh?!"

"what!"

After listening to negatives and questions for a long time, I finally heard affirmative opinions, which greatly excited the workshop owner, craftsman association, shipyard, and Taipingdong workshop.

"I don't need to talk about the benefits of bronze cannons. Now I'll just talk about these ten newly cast steel cannons. Compared with bronze cannons, steel cannons with the same caliber and the same bullet weight have three advantages. [-]. The cannons are lighter. , easy to maneuver, the same [-]-pound cannon, the steel cannon is one-third lighter. Moreover, the draft on the ship is limited, the cannon can carry a catty of other materials if it is lighter, or the speed is faster if it is lighter. one cent."

"Secondly, the amount of charge is large. Biaoxia has conducted joint experiments with several gunners. Compared with bronze cannons, steel cannons can be loaded with one-third to half more charge. And there is no risk of bombing. The amount of charge Increase means that the range is far, or the lethality is strong."

"Third, it occupies less space. The copper cannon has a thick wall, and the steel cannon is light. The size has been measured by marking. The emplacement for three bronze cannons, together with operating personnel, ammunition, etc., can supply four A steel cannon fired."

"My subordinates have the courage to implore your lord to abandon the messy firearms of the past and equip them with steel cannons or copper cannons. Steel cannons are the best policy!"

Hearing this, a smile appeared on the corner of Shou Han's mouth.What I didn't expect was that my efforts in the previous period were nothing but a joke, and I was seriously teased by reality.What Chu Tianlei did undoubtedly gave Shou Han a good step forward.

I originally thought that scissor sailing would bring me an advantage at sea, but I completely forgot that scissor sailing has high requirements for sailors. These sailors who are used to controlling Fuchuan, no matter from the shape of the ship to the sails The use is to cross the river by feeling the stones.

But fortunately, this is only the experimental stage, and everything can be corrected in time.

What needs to be considered now is how to combine the advantages of scissor sailboats, or Western ships, with the advantages of Chinese Fuchuan.used to make up for each other's disadvantages.

As a result, the atmosphere in the meeting hall became heated again. Several leaders of the Craftsman Association, craftsmen leaders of the shipyard, big and small leaders, Chu Tianlei and Shen Quan, headed by Zuo Tianpeng, and others in the navy, started an almost quarrel. discussion.

People disagree on whether to adopt the scissor sailboat proposed by Li Shouhan in the future, or insist on presenting facts and data in the existing Fuchuan.Some swing teacups and teapots on the table, and some draw sketches on paper to try to convince each other.

Li Peilin, who stood beside Shou Han and didn't speak for a while, couldn't help being a little dumbfounded. How could he have seen such a scene before?

Finally, people's understanding gradually unified:

Disadvantages of Western Sailing Ships: [-]. The cost of Western Sailing Ships is too high due to the extensive use of high-quality wood as ribs.[-]. Western soft sails require more sailors than Chinese hard sails, and the operation is more complicated, while the Chinese Fuchuan has a wider hull and good stability, which allows it to load more cargo, and of course it can also load More personnel means more hand-to-hand combat.

Chinese sailboats have always used hard sails, which are generally woven with thin bamboo strips or cattail grass leaves. The advantage of hard sails is that they have high overall efficiency, can rotate around the mast, and can even fully utilize the ground wind from all directions. Compared with soft sails, hard sails can use wind power much more than soft sails, but because hard sails are too heavy, the larger the sail, the heavier the sail. Some large ships with hard sails are even "unable to move without hundreds of people". So the sail area will be smaller than western boats using soft sails.

However, the biggest disadvantage of the soft sails of western ships is that the overall efficiency of the sail surface is low, so the mast needs to be built very high, and the mast is too high, which immediately brings about the strength of the mast. In order to increase the strength of the mast , and many ropes must be tied to the mast to increase the strength of the mast. In this case, the sail surface cannot rotate around the mast like a Chinese-style hard sail, and it cannot use part of the wind. Also because it is the reason utilization efficiency of soft sails is extremely low.Therefore, when the soft sail has the highest efficiency, it is when the wind is down. At this time, its efficiency per unit area is comparable to that of the hard sail, but the area of ​​the soft sail can be made very large due to its light weight, so When the wind is down, the thrust that can be obtained is far more than that of a stiff sailboat, and it can also drive larger ships.

Of course, it is impossible to sail with the wind most of the time when sailing at sea. According to the Bernoulli effect, the soft sailboat makes the most use of the wind when the wind is on the side. If there is no wind, you must use the triangular schooner.Although the triangular schooner is more efficient in utilizing sidewinds and headwinds, its efficiency is relatively low in downwind conditions, but the Chinese-style hard sails do not have so many concerns at all. As long as one kind of sail can use all directions, it is commonly known as Eight winds.The disadvantage of a hard sail is that the area cannot be too large because it is raised and lowered by the whole sail, otherwise people cannot pull it.The height of the mast should not be too high, otherwise the strength of the mast will be affected, or the soft sail will have no advantage over it.

Each of the three sails has its own advantages and cannot be generalized.For voyages around the world, large horizontal soft sails are most suitable for deep-sea long-distance voyages; while for intra-regional freight, hard sails with fewer people are a better economical choice, which can save transportation costs.For small fast boats that are known for their speed, the triangular schooner is more effective.

Of course, the masts of Chinese sailboats are also very different from those of Western sailboats. Because the height of Chinese sailboat masts is far lower than that of Western ships, the requirements for strength are not as strict as those of Western ships, which must be fixed with dense ropes.The masts of western sailing ships are composed of 3 or 2 du li masts through mast towers. The masts are towering, and some even reach 34 captains. The advantage of China is also obviously better than that of China.

In wind-powered sailing naval battles, high speed means higher flexibility of ships, allowing them to seize favorable positions faster and bombard enemy ships!In addition, increasing the aspect ratio means increasing the length of one side of the ship's side, and can carry more artillery on the same artillery deck, which means increasing the firepower density of weapons!Therefore, in terms of speed, flexibility, and weapon output firepower density, Chinese sailing ships are at a disadvantage compared with Western sailing ships.Generally soft sails have a very large area, hundreds of square meters of soft sails are everywhere, and the advantage is very obvious if the wind is down.

Once the problems are found, the next step everyone considers is how to solve these problems.

After coughing twice, Fatty Liao San, the leader of the craftsmen in the shipyard, who is known as Liao Sanye, touched his distilled nose and stood up to express his opinion.

"Boss, gentlemen, shopkeepers. My ancestors, the three fat ones, were in the Longjiang shipyard. It can be said that I grew up in the pile of shavings in the shipyard. If it weren't for the bad luck, I wouldn't have the fate to join the boss. Do this ancestral business."

"My lord ordered the new ship to be fast, employ less people, and have more gun positions. In my opinion, it might as well be used as a special gun boat and sentry boat to protect the Fuchuan team. And Fuchuan, the mast is properly installed. Increase the height, and try to change it into a soft sail used by the Hongmao people. At the same time, install artillery on the boat for self-defense.”

Fatty Liao San is indeed an expert in shipbuilding for many years, and he found a solution to the problem in a few words. The scissor sailboat is fast and has a lot of artillery, so I will use your speed and firepower advantages; , then I will use it for loading, transporting troops, and carrying passengers.

Looking at Fatty Liao San's gleaming bald head, Shou Han couldn't help feeling a burst of pride in his heart. He separated the artisans from the peasant households, allowing the artisans to have a superior social status, a stable economic income, adequate nutrition, and a well-rounded diet. There is more room for development and a reward mechanism that makes people see hope. These measures have already begun to see results.

Today, this summary meeting turned into a Zhuge Liang meeting. Countless cobblers sharpened and collided their ideas and ideas together, and sparks were sparked one by one.

No, Fatty Liao San's idea of ​​separating military use from civil use is a good solution.

Shou Han knew that the Hunan Army Navy back then separated the warships from the supply ships and living boats, and thus won the water battles of Tianjia Town and others, and then controlled the Yangtze River, and the troops went straight to the city of Tianjing.

The idea of ​​​​the ship is solved, and the next step is the artillery.

There was no such tense and lively discussion on artillery.

On the contrary, Hu Licheng, who was sitting among the crowd of Hanyuan merchants, listened to Ling Zheng, the head of the Taipingdong workshop, arguing with several other people about the respective advantages, costs, and labor costs of the bronze cannon and the nine-turn steel cannon, er, "That's one Price-to-price ratio!" I couldn't help thinking, "If you don't need so much copper to cast cannons, if you just cast coins, the copper of those cannons will be enough to support you. Do you want to dedicate this thing to your lord?"

While thinking, his left hand kept touching the hard metal in his sleeve.Finally, he gritted his teeth, stood up, and walked out of the crowd.

"Hundreds of subordinates, Hu Licheng, have something to say."

A yellow metal block was placed on Shou Han's desk.

"My lord, we are not short of copper, at least we can find copper!" These were Hu Licheng's words. Although his hoarse voice of tobacco and alcohol was not so loud, it was clearly heard by the people in the meeting hall.

"Biaoxia received the grace of Master Meng, and handed over the franchising rights of Jing salt to him. Last month, the nephews and nephews of the family went to Chenla for trade and went to Bodhisattva. (It is today's Bodhisattva Province in Cambodia.) Trading with the local natives is trivial. Thousands of catties of raw copper were traded for hundreds of stones of fine salt. According to the local natives, there are many copper mines here, and the burial is very shallow. After returning home, the sons and daughters reported the matter to the bidder. I don't dare to hide it, but I brought this thing to today's meeting to report it to my lord."

Nima's!A caravan selling salt in the district brought back thousands of catties of raw copper, which shows the abundance of copper mines here.What if this is used to mint money?Li Peilin didn't dare to think about it, he just felt a little dizzy before his eyes.

On the contrary, Shou Han was quite serious, and the expression on his face was not as excited as the others.

"Old Hu, in this way, your copper and Han Yuan store has been accepted. You can use salt or cloth to pay. You should discuss this with a few shopkeepers. Regarding this copper mine, you go back and ask your nephews Write a post, preferably with a map attached. Also, the franchise of Tonghe Dyefang in this area has not been given away to anyone. If you are interested, you can pay 500 taels of silver and sign a one-year trial contract. yes."

The old fox!The feeling in the hearts of the few old people present was indescribable.Why can he bet on the right treasure every time?With just 500 taels of silver, he obtained the franchise of Tonghe Dyeing Workshop in Chenla? !

However, what people remember is not Hu Licheng's business progress.But the following things.

First, the General's Mansion officially stipulated that whenever there is a major event, outside the regular meeting every ten days, a Zhuge Liang meeting will be held, and after joint discussions, the general will make a decision.

Second, the large and small ships in the port, whether they are original or newly captured from pirates, began to be transformed.At the same time, the captured pirates began screening and education.

Third, the original old miscellaneous artillery began to be gradually replaced by the newly built nine-turn steel cannon.On the scissor sailboat named the Gale Ship, the artillery is equipped with twelve pounds as the main force.The weapons equipped on the Fuchuan are Francophones of three calibers, large, medium and small, ranging from ten pounds to six pounds.After replacing the replaced cannon, the copper was extracted and stored in the warehouse after returning to the furnace for smelting.Generals are said to have other uses.

Fourth, the Hanyuan firm added a new organization called the Business Investigation Office.All people or merchants who have dealings with Han Yuan companies, as well as large and small shop owners who handle tooth paste in Ha Tinh, must report to the office all kinds of local customs and customs involved in their business activities.All mountains, rivers, roads, towns, villages, fields, crops, weather, minerals, forests, ethnic groups, etc. are all included.

Progress comes from continuous introspection and self-denial. Every introspection may be accompanied by embarrassment or even pain, but our nation is also constantly realizing ourselves through this self-denial, and finally gave birth to our 5000-year-old civilization in China.Today's large-scale update is just to warn people today that being brave in reflection and being good at self-criticism is the biggest difference between a talented person and a fool.

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