Win the Ding 1617

"Slow down! Slow down!"

On the route from Luzon to Fujian, the sailors and potbellied merchants on the slow-moving blessing boats were either stunned or terrified to see several strange-looking ships flying past them at an astonishing speed. As if passing by, the waves swept by the ship surged and almost splashed onto the deck of the Fuchuan.If you love to play and watch, come to WWW. LWXS[-]. COM

These lucky boats took the charter and the Guan Wen of the sea trade to Luzon to sell rice, raw sugar, tobacco and other goods back to Fujian for sale. I saw these ships galloping on the sea during the season, and I also saw them in Luzon. These boats were resting at the pier, not wanting to be caught up by them even though they had left two days early.

Under the envious and terrified eyes of the businessmen, they didn't know how much the sailors on these clipper ships had suffered behind the seemingly beautiful scenery.

The boys who had just graduated from the Naval Academy were obviously rookies. After experiencing such a high-speed voyage, they couldn't help but turn pale. Coupled with the turbulence brought about by the high speed, the morning meal, gastric juice and even bile turned into Food for fish, shrimp and seabirds in the sea.

The main mast of the leading flagship flies majesticly the handsome flag of Zheng Zhilong, Admiral of the Navy of the Southern Guangdong Army. "Master Admiral! This ship is really powerful!"

Standing in the rudder tower of the ship's bow, Zheng Zhilong narrowed his eyes that were reddened by the sea wind. Through the lens of the telescope, he speculated and estimated the speed of his own fleet with the speed of the nearby Fuchuan as a reference.

"The chain rope can be collected!"

After looking at it for a while, he probably had a basic idea of ​​his sailing speed.In a low voice, he ordered Chen Peng to pass down the order and put up the chain rope used to measure the speed. He had to have a full understanding of the speed of the ship.

After a while, Chen Peng came in from outside the cabin angrily.

"This group of guys are so clumsy! Even a chain is so slow! If our old brothers were here, this thing would still be useful..."

"Shut up! Talk about the chain!"

After the Battle of Xiamen, Zheng Zhilong's subordinates and those maritime merchants who surrendered.After being incorporated by the Navy of the Southern Guangdong Army, it was sent to the camp of the Naval Academy for three months, mainly to teach the sailors to read, and then to train various systems and disciplines in the Southern Guangdong Army.After completing this process, these sailors are numbered from one to ten by the Naval Academy according to their profession and technical level.Divided into ten large pieces.Then divide.Even Zheng Zhilong himself found it helpless.Even on his flagship, the Fubo, the original ship of Shouhan, the captain Chen Peng and dozens of his own soldiers are more familiar.

Complaints and dissatisfaction can only be in my heart, and I dare not show the slightest bit.However, over time.People gradually became familiar with and merged together.There is no longer any distinction between the original Zheng Zhilong gang and the old Nanyue Army Navy.Fujianese, Cantonese, Arakanese, Japanese, and Siamese are all on the same boat.Operate according to the boss's password. This name is an old name, but the boat is a new boat that has recently been launched.

This ship can be regarded as a comprehensive manifestation of the current technical strength, economic strength, and technological level of the Southern Guangdong Army.

The aspect ratio is greater than 6:1, the long and sharp curved scissor-shaped stem, three masts with a height reaching three-quarters of the length of the ship, divided into five layers and covered with huge sails, on the top There are also moon sails and stay sails on the mast, and there are outriggers on both sides of the ship, which are called wing sail booms. They could have hung wing sails to increase the speed, but because the sailors couldn't adapt to the high speed for a while The huge physical and psychological impact they brought had to be empty and let the sea breeze pass by at high speed.

The curvilinear scissors-shaped stem uses a posture that is extremely good at running at high speed, constantly splitting the waves on the sea surface, reducing the resistance brought by these waves to the ship, and because the curvilinear stem extends the hull, the bow protrudes outward. There are also several triangle sails hanging from the slash.The increase in the number of sails greatly improves the power of the ship, and the underwater shape designed as the surface of least resistance plays a key role in reducing resistance and increasing speed.The hollow bow makes it easy for the boat to raise its head in the waves and improves its heading stability in the waves.The sloping waterline of the rear body that gradually becomes thinner transitions harmoniously into the narrow round stern, blending harmoniously with the graceful bow shape.

Looking at the five almost identical ships on the sea with a somewhat intoxicated look, Zheng Zhilong secretly sighed in his heart, even if he was the one who won the battle in Xiamen that day, he would be heaped to death by the huge advantage of the Nanyue Army.

His son Zheng Sen was studying in the Naval Academy, and wrote letters to his father almost every day, telling what he had seen and heard. The more he knew about the Nanyue Army group, the more terrifying it became.

Take the Fubo in my hand as an example, there are special people who design the shape, calculate the speed, how to increase the sail and reduce the resistance for the speed, in order to achieve the best design effect, it is the old Galileo, the math addict Descartes and others also went into battle together.

Unlike the design of official ships in the mainland, a few craftsmen modify and modify the fancy drawings drawn by officials, and then make ship planks and keels based on the experience in their own minds, spending a few hours on the slipway. A month later, cumbersome and complicated decorations were carried out, turning the ship that was supposed to pursue speed, capacity and firepower into a quasi-dock that moved slowly. Isn't it also an obvious target?

For those blond-haired and blue-eyed red-haired barbarians, Zheng Zhilong thought nothing more than that at first.Apart from casting guns, he could only do some calculations, but when he saw the five ships lined up in the dock in the shipyard, he was surprised.When he knows that a large part of the credit here is Mr. Descartes.It became more and more unclear.

In fact, it is worthless to say it.

This is Descartes' application of his own coordinate system theory research results in actual production.Everyone has found their seats in theaters, stadiums and other places. You only need to find your position according to the seat number marked on the ticket. This is actually the simplest practical application of coordinate system theory in daily life.

Descartes turned the completed drawing of the clipper ship into a huge coordinate system, compiled every keel, every board, and every deck in this coordinate system, and calculated the size at the same time.

Each ship board and each deck has three data representatives of A, B, and C.The position marked by the three data is the position of the plate on the ship.These data marked with size, thickness, and wood quality requirements are held for public bidding one by one, and suitable wood is purchased from wood merchants in central and southern China.You only need to process the wood we need according to the size provided to you and ship it to the delivery place designated by me, then you can get the price according to the contract.

In this way, the links that would have required a long period of time to dry wood, decompose it, and process it into a suitable size no longer appeared in the shipbuilding process of the Nanyue Army.The craftsmen only need to combine the huge and thick plates with the keels made of wrought iron according to the drawings.

this way.Some low-tech links and processes can be outsourced to the greatest extent.And don't have to worry about leaks.Any contract has been jointly reviewed by several major intelligence agencies and shipyards. No matter how collaged it is, the design of the ship will not be exposed, and the secret is kept to the maximum extent.

At the same time, according to the suggestions of these mathematicians, in addition to the design of the hull to reduce seawater resistance, the hull structure of the five flying shear ships has also undergone major changes to make full use of the stability of the triangle.took three

Angle structure stress support method, in this way, not only saves the space inside the cabin, but also greatly reduces the cost.

"This group of red-haired barbarians are really evil!" Although Zheng Zhilong didn't understand why Li Shouhan let these people intervene in everything, he had to say something convincingly.With these people, many things seem to be very simple.

"My lord! The speed statistics are out!" Chen Peng was very excited.There were even beads of sweat on his face.

"How much has it been?"

"Twelve nautical miles!"

As soon as this statement came out.Suddenly the sailors were in an uproar.

Also fully loaded with cargo, compared with this clipper ship, Fuchuan's speed is at most seven knots.As for the five ships of Zheng Zhilong and his crew, in addition to the task of adaptive training, they also loaded tens of thousands of shi of rough sugar, tobacco, etc. It is also a business that the firm entrusts them to traffic on their behalf.

These roughly processed cane sugar, as well as the high-quality tobacco produced in Luzon Island, are subject to high taxes according to the tax regulations of the Southern Guangdong Army.Tobacco is subject to a 17.00% value-added tax when it is purchased in the field, and a 40.00% consumption tax when it is sold out, but the supply to Jiangnan, Central Plains and other places is still in short supply.With such a huge benefit, Zheng Zhilong naturally had to be more careful.

This is one of the reasons why Zheng Zhilong did not dare to raise all the sails, and another reason is that these sailors are really good.However, if you ask yourself, Zheng Zhilong has never encountered a ship that can still pass the water even when it is fully loaded.

"Such ships, if all sails are hoisted, and they only transport people but not so many goods, even if they go from the Hue Palace to the capital, they can go back and forth within a few days."

Zheng Zhilong began to calculate carefully in his heart.

Thanks to the courses offered by the Naval Academy, sailors can now navigate without reference objects, that is to say, they can avoid those islands, return to the position of the stars and other factors, and use the sextant to calculate their own. The technical level of the location.

If it is used to transport goods, then thoroughly train the sailors in front of them, so that they will not be frightened and crying when they are speeding at sea. I am afraid that the speed of this ship can be faster. At least it can reach more than double that of Fuchuan.

Zheng Zhilong didn't know that such a ship was based on the industrial standards of the Nanyue Army in the Nanzhong area for many years.It is completely possible to form an assembly line production, as long as his sailors can be trained quickly, there will be as many such ships as there are.

Using flying shear ships as the main ships for rapid deployment and rapid transportation, and Fuchuan as the fleet for large-scale transportation to the inland, such echelon deployment is the consensus of the Southern Guangdong Army on the construction of maritime power.In this way, the respective advantages of several ships can be brought into full play.

Zheng Zhilong delivered the cargo at Xiamen Port.Just as he was about to set sail and sail to Hue, Zheng Zhibao's boat appeared on the sea.

Zheng Zhibao, as the general office of the Bureau of Reclamation, is responsible for the development and utilization of tidal flats, swamps, forests, saline-alkali lands in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and the coasts of Taiwan, as well as immigration and other matters.This time to Xiamen.It is also to go to Hue on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month to participate in the end-of-the-year activities held by the Southern Guangdong Army in Ningyuan Bofu.

There are also old people from the Southern Guangdong Army who call this end-of-the-year event a year-end summary and commendation meeting.

Not seeing each other for several months, the two brothers felt the changes in each other.

But for a while, I didn't know how to start it, so I said, "Zhi Bao, you just get on my boat, my boat is fast. You and my brother go together, so we can talk on the way."

"Brother Yiyi."

In the cabin.The two brothers didn't know where to start.Perhaps only they themselves can slowly taste the taste of changing from being the master of the house to working for others.

"Zhi Bao, have you ever done anything to mention on your tail when you came to Hue this time?" After a long while, Zheng Zhilong opened his mouth.What he cares about is his brother's work performance these days.Now that it is already under Li Shouhan's banner, then.If you want to settle down in the big group of the Southern Guangdong Army and let others think highly of the Zheng brothers, you have to show some real skills.

Zheng Zhibao didn't talk too much.He signaled his subordinates to take a rattan box.Four small tin jars were neatly placed in the rattan box.

"Brother, this is my achievement this year."

From spring to March, several brothers were captured, and the Zheng Group, which had been dominating the East Asian waters for many years, was completely annexed by the Southern Guangdong Army. Zheng Zhibao accepted the mission of the Fuzhou Reclamation Bureau to carry out tea and tung oil in some remote lands in the above-mentioned areas. Trial planting of commercial crops.

"This is a few tea trees transplanted in the forests of Taiwan. Although the tea leaves picked in autumn cannot be said to be of good quality, they have also spent a summer and an autumn in Taiwan, which shows that the tea trees can survive in Taiwan. of."

"I planted this near the saline-alkali land on the beaches of Guangxi, tung oil seeds."

Pointing proudly at the four unremarkable tin cans, Zheng Zhibao talked eloquently.

Tung oil, an excellent drying vegetable oil, has many physical advantages such as fast drying, light specific gravity, good gloss, strong adhesion, heat resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance, corrosion resistance, rust resistance, and non-conductivity.

For the industry of the Southern Guangdong Army, it is an indispensable raw material and component.Buildings, machinery, shipbuilding, weapons, vehicles, etc. need it for waterproofing, anti-corrosion, anti-rust, soldiers' ponchos, artillery gun coats, books and textbooks that are printed in large quantities and distributed free to school children around the world. , Soaps and scented soaps that are exported in large quantities to the south of the Yangtze River to earn a lot of gold and silver need it, and even various experimental drugs used to kill pests in farmland, and drugs to treat burns and scalds also need it.

For these reasons, the Southern Guangdong Army had to use a large amount of materials, weapons, armor, cloth, etc. to trade with various forces in various places in exchange for tung oil.

As the Ma family of Shizhutu Emperor, Qin Liangyu exchanged tung oil for the weapons, armor, farm tools and cloth she used to expand the army, restore vitality, and recuperate, and pulled up a team no less than the size of the white pole soldiers in their heyday.

And Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, who were wandering around Sichuan, also regarded this liquid, which was not edible and could only be used for painting, as a hard currency comparable to gold and silver.

Down the river, the Huige Fifth Battalion, which has been entrenched in the Dabie Mountains for many years, regards the tung oil forest in the Dabie Mountains as an important source of military pay and ordnance. Every year, thousands of tung oil is transported across the Yangtze River to Nanjing. Delivery, in exchange for all kinds of materials you need.

Guangxi's warm and humid climate is no less than a paradise for tung oil production and tung tree planting.This crop is grown in almost every prefecture and county in Guangxi, but Zheng Zhibao is determined to expand his planting activities to a larger scale.

After accepting the errand from the Bureau of Reclamation, Zheng Zhibao sent people to buy a large amount of tung oil seeds with tens of thousands of silver dollars, and ordered them to bring a large amount of silver dollars, cloth, and grain to Li Huabao, who was doing road construction in Guangxi. , Ask the second son to send someone to take them to meet the surrendered chieftains and local prefects everywhere, and use tung oil planting activities as an economic activity for these surrendered chieftains.

"This is the three-year tung tree, and this is the five-year tung tree. They are the varieties that I have promoted and planted in a large number of toast places in Guangxi."

Holding a few tung seeds taken out of the tin can, Zheng Zhibao showed a sinister smile on his face.

Zheng Zhilong is well aware of the infinite murderous potential hidden in the Southern Guangdong Army's approach. Like tea, tung oil, a crop that is inedible and cold, is bound to greatly reduce the area of ​​food planting once it is promoted in the areas where the chieftains belong.

At that time, these chieftains wanted to rebel and make trouble, and they only needed to cut off their food and other living supplies, and this group of people would be a group of turtles in their urns. )

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