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Chapter 313 New Warship Model

It's no wonder that Shen Kuo is like this. This is a new type of warship developed by him and a group of students from the Royal University, who have spent a lot of effort and gathered the wisdom of everyone and the highest technology in Dashun. How can we not be full of confidence in it?Even if this new type of warship is still a model at the moment, Shen Kuo has placed the greatest expectations on it.

Lu Chengqi took the model with trembling hands, and exclaimed from his heart: "What a handsome shape!"

After hearing this, Shen Kuo asked suspiciously, "What is handsome?"

Lu Chengqi didn't explain, because he couldn't accommodate anything other than the new type of warship in his eyes at the moment.Zhang Zai, who followed Lu Chengqi into Shen Kuo's research room, finally had room to express his opinion: "Master Shen, is this a new type of warship?"

The first official position Shen Kuo was appointed since Zhongdi was the head of the Ministry of Industry, from the ninth grade.Although the head of the Ministry of Industry is just a small official from the ninth rank, he is actually a real job, not a rank official.Many officials who use this high-level rank want to exchange this rank for this real position!

Shen Kuo nodded and said, "Yes, this is a new type of warship."

Zhang Zai had some objections, and said, "This new type of warship was designed in just over ten days, isn't it a little hasty?"

Shen Kuo was displeased when he heard it: "Lecturer Zhang, what do you mean, do you not trust me, Shen Kuo? Even if you cannot trust me, Shen Kuo, you also cannot trust those ten or so students with superb skills?"

Seeing that Shen Kuo was a little angry, Zhang Zai quickly waved his hands and said, "Master Shen, Zihou didn't mean that. Zihou just wondered whether he rushed out because of the urgent urging of His Majesty. Although Zihou didn't know anything about equipment, he also knew , this warship is related to the lives of the soldiers, if there are any omissions, I am afraid that tens of thousands of Dashun soldiers will be buried. This matter is related to human lives, so we should be more cautious."

Shen Kuo was about to refute, but Lu Chengqi also heard the words, gently put the model on the table, and said: "Zi Hou's words do have some truth. Shen Qing, don't be upset, make bold assumptions, be careful The proof is what I told you, and it is also the highest request for you. This matter of warship research is related to the future for thousands of years, and it cannot be rushed for a while. I am also in a hurry. But that doesn’t count as weather. It’s even more troublesome for pirates along the coast. The warship I want is a dual-purpose warship that can sail in rivers and lakes, ride the wind and waves, and adapt to the wind and waves at sea. It’s not that I don’t trust you Shen Qing, your ability, but this matter is of great importance, there is no big mistake in being careful."

Shen Kuo heard what the little emperor said, and for a while there were some factors of striving for victory, and he pointed to the model of the warship and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, I will tell you that this new type of warship is Where is the newness? Your Majesty, please see, this new type of warship is made by combining the advantages of all warships. The bottom of the lake boat can ford shallow, but the car boat cannot, so the bottom of the lake boat is used; the cover of the warship, The cover of the warship can be used to load trebuchets, bed crossbows, etc., and the bow and stern of the sea-going ship can break the waves. With these eight masts, it is not difficult to go to sea. Also, at the request of His Majesty, it is necessary to open gun windows on both sides of the ship's side. Underneath, near the keel, are the gun windows. There are six gun windows in total, three on each side. But now I don’t know when Tang Shilang and Su Jian will be able to cast iron cannons before they can be installed on this warship Above. Your Majesty, you see, these windows on the side of the ship are specially set aside for the purpose of lowering the sails and paddling with the oars when there is no wind. In this way, the speed of the ship will not slow down. .”

After Lu Chengqi said this, he had an intuitive understanding of the performance of this handsome warship.But he didn't know that such a warship would not be invented by a man named Feng Zhan until the Southern Song Dynasty in official history.And Shen Kuo's disturbance, the descendant Feng Zhan lost the opportunity to be famous in history.

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "Shen Qing can learn from others' strengths and develop such a warship that can sail rivers, lakes and seas, which is really a meritorious service of my Dashun. If the world is to be leveled in the future, Shen Qing will definitely be credited for it!"

Shen Kuo was also eager to win just now, and now he heard what Lu Chengqi said, and immediately became humble: "Your Majesty, I was only strong for a while, and the performance of the warship I mentioned may not be satisfactory. All parameters need to be launched from the model. It can only be obtained. As for the size of the hull, there are any modifications, which is not uncommon."

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "Boldly assume, carefully verify, use the least cost to get the best result, Shen Qing has deeply understood the essence of it. In this way, I can rest assured."

Hearing this, Shen Kuo was deeply terrified, and said: "These are the students who have worked hard to come up with such a blueprint. If only one person is included, even this model cannot be completed. If His Majesty rewards you, these students will be the heroes behind the scenes!" "

Lu Chengqi smiled and said, "No matter what, it's all thanks to my Royal University. By the way, Ting Zihou said that the pool dedicated to this model experiment has not been dug yet?"

Shen Kuo nodded: "Return to Your Majesty, the experiment must be rigorous, so it will take a long time..."

Lu Chengqi expressed his understanding. When he was about to speak, it was still sunny outside the house, but at some point, it was cloudy again, and a thunderbolt exploded.Immediately afterwards, there was a strong wind, and it looked like another storm.

The windows that were open for daylighting were constantly swaying by the strong wind.It was Lu Chengqi who was quicker, and bolted the window first.Seeing this, Zhang Zai and Shen Kuo hurried to bolt the windows.

After a while, the pouring rain poured down.The expanded experimental field is still a piece of loess.Those puddles hadn't been evaporated by the sun that had been out for half a day before, but now they were full of water again.

Lu Chengqi looked at the places where water accumulated outside the door, and couldn't help asking: "Shen Qing, where is your experimental pool built?"

Shen Kuo pointed to another room next to it. Looking at the newly built room, Lu Chengqi frowned and said, "Why not build it outside?"

Shen Kuo said: "Return to Your Majesty, in this way, we can artificially create weather and terrain that are similar to the real situation..."

Lu Chengqi was noncommittal, but pointed to the puddle outside the door and said: "It's raining heavily at this time, can that deep puddle be used for experiments?" The model will know.Anyway, he had originally planned that if the pool hadn't been built yet, he would go to the Feng River to experiment.But at this moment, God is doing good things with bad intentions. With such a heavy rain, with the uneven experimental site, there will soon be deep puddles of water.That's why Lu Chengqi asked such a question.

(End of this chapter)