I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 828

It would be wrong to say that the imperial court had no support for the fourth prince's eastward trip to Takumi.

In the 15th year of Zhenghe, because Koryo sent envoys to visit Guochao, Guochao ordered Mingzhou to build a so-called Shenzhou to return to Korea out of diplomatic etiquette.When the four princes led the crowd eastward to Tuohai, the imperial court handed over the two Shenzhou boats used for the return visit to the Tuohai team.

In Zhao Xi's memory, Guochao's shipping industry was quite developed, and he was not familiar with shipping, so he didn't interfere too much with Guochao's shipping development.

Ordinarily, the shipbuilding industry in Mingzhou, Dengzhou and other places should be the best in the world. In other words, the warships delivered by the court to the four princes should be advanced to a certain extent.

Shenzhou Construction is led by Fan Ziyuan. Although Zhao Xi did not see the warship in person, he also knew from the report that the stern of the ship is square, so that the stern has a large usable space, and three-story cabins can be built. The square stern structure ensures that most ships The plate is not deformed.

Therefore, the service life of the plank is increased, because most of the curved ship planks are bent, and the wood becomes brittle. The shipbuilder has a way to keep the plank from breaking, but he cannot ensure that the wood fibers are not damaged, and the resistance of the curved ship plank will be greatly weakened.

Fan Ziyuan also went to the forest quarry to monitor the use of different woods by shipwrights.Fan Ziyuan ordered the shipbuilder to use camphor wood for the "beam-holding ribs" on both sides of the Shenzhou's transverse interior, fir and camphor wood for other planks of the hull, and pine wood for a few unimportant places.

Under the supervision and guidance of Fan Ziyuan, the hull structure and shape of Shenzhou ships are designed very rigorously and regularly, and the materials used are high-grade and scientific, and should be thicker or thinner.The transverse side seams of the hull are all connected by tenon and tenon method, and then smeared with twisting materials made of tung oil, lime and hemp silk, and even communicated with the workshop city, trying to add steel to specific parts.

After the Shenzhou was built, it went on a trial voyage in a shallow sea area. During this period, the boat was stuck between several reefs because the boatman did not lower the sail in time.Several hours later, with the help of high tide, Shenzhou retreated.Due to the high-quality wood and solid structure, although Shenzhou has been beaten by waves and undercurrents for a long time, no water leakage has been found.

To be on the safe side, the boatman immediately drove the Shenzhou back to the shipyard for a comprehensive inspection. Fan Ziyuan found that the bottom of the ship was only a few unimportant bottom boards on both sides that were worn out by the reef, and other components were not damaged at all, and the seams of the outer plates were also damaged. There were no cracks or water leaks, so after only partial repairs with steel, it continued to test its other navigation functions.

After several trial voyages, without any omissions, the Shenzhou was used to visit Korea.

Zhao Xi didn't know how to build ships. At the time, the officials and workers commented that Shenzhou was the first in the world.

With such equipment, Takumi's team was defeated...
Zhao Xi asked Wen Liangchen, no matter what Wen Liangchen said or how he said, the fourth prince would not dare to intervene... No matter what the reason was, he could not get rid of his responsibility.

Fortunately, Wen Liangchen just stated the reasons in a summary, and didn't focus too much on the reasons for his decision... People from the old guard battalion didn't have this habit, and they didn't make one-sided evaluations of one thing.

"Prince Wang, dispatch the Ministry of War, Dushui Supervisor, Workshop City, Supervisory Office, and Imperial City Division to form an investigation team to interrogate all members of the Tuohai team. They must be separated for interrogation, and they will all be interrogated individually..."

"The reason needs to be evaluated. The imperial court needs people with different responsibilities and positions to tell the incident from their own perspectives..."

The words are the original intention, and Zhao Xi is not worried about any concealment or any deviation in the specific report, but really wants to understand the way of naval warfare at this time, and know the advantages and disadvantages of Guochao's naval ships, so that he can make a suitable response.

In any case, in fact, a team that Guochao went to sea was defeated. If it is small, it is a caravan, and if it is large, it can be said to be a loss of teachers and humiliation to the country.

Since Zhenghe, Guochao has never experienced such a thing, and it is impossible to turn a blind eye.Although Zhao Xi didn't say that those who bother me in the Song Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away, no matter whether it is territorial sea or territory, there needs to be an explanation.

Over the years, the imperial court has gained experience in multi-departmental collaborative investigations, and the dispatched personnel can be in place in time, and the cooperation with each other is relatively smooth, and the results of the interrogation come out quickly.

It turned out that the eastward Takumi team went to sea from Mingzhou. In order to avoid attracting the attention of Koryo, Fusang and Beiliao, and to hide the real purpose, the Takumi team did not go directly to the sea from Dengzhou.

Mingzhou is the largest sea port in Guochao, and the shipping industry has also started since then.

The Tuohai team found a guide in Mingzhou... Liuqiu didn't have any trading activities, there were very few ships going to Liuqiu, and even the local sea people rarely came to Liuqiu.

The guides were survivors who had encountered storms at sea and took shelter near Liuqiu.

Everything was going well, but within three days of going to sea, I encountered a wave of pirates...

Guochao warships have great advantages, and their personnel are fairly good. When they encounter pirates, they don't suffer, or they repel the pirates quite well.

At that moment, the guide suggested to return to the voyage……

The result of the first confrontation with the pirates made the fourth prince, including the entire Takumi team, a little swollen, and instead of listening to the guide's advice, they continued to march towards Liuqiu.

It's nothing, but after a day, the Tuohai team was stopped by densely packed pirates.At this time, the lack of preparation of the Tuohai team was exposed, or the gap in naval combat strength.

Archery, ramming, arson, hand-to-hand combat by jumping on board, these are the basic tactics of naval warfare, and some use trebuchets and rockets.

The Tuohai team has huge ships and a certain number of escort fleets.However, they lack experience in naval warfare, and most of the soldiers are half-baked in naval warfare. In addition, the musket shooting trained on land is almost useless on a bumpy sea ship.

After contacting the pirates, there was no way to limit the performance of the pirates. Whether it was archery or side jumping, the Tuohai team was at a disadvantage everywhere.

Not long after the battle, most of the escort fleet was lost.It was also at this time that Wen Liangchen directly ordered that regardless of any losses, with the power of the warship, he broke through the encirclement of the pirates and escaped...
In this battle, in addition to the personnel on the large ships, only less than 800 of the nearly [-] people in the escort fleet escaped.

Zhao Xi could imagine the situation at that time. Countless sea ships of different styles surrounded the Tuohai team and kept shuttling among the convoys. Hard to deal with, unable to fight back.

The musketeers of the Tuohai team, on the bumpy sea ship, pulled the bolt from time to time and fired, and the direction of the ammunition was shot aimlessly, which had no effect on the whole battle at all.

Regardless of whether it is a volley of guns or a single shot, it is useless to shoot mediocre ammunition.

This battle was really useless...
(End of this chapter)