Become a feudal king from today

The palace. read

Ma Jin left, and Zhao Xu returned to the study from the living room.

Taking a piece of paper, he drew the important mountains and terrain of Jinju based on his memory.

This picture is naturally not comparable to the rough picture Ma Jin brought.

What he relied on was a map of the contemporary world in his mind.

Geographical detail is much better and precise.

Most importantly, this is a scaled map.

As long as the general holds the map, measures it with a ruler, and calculates it, he can know how far his position is from the position he wants to reach.

He continued painting until it was completely dark, and Zhao Xu stopped writing.

Then he asked Feng'er to find someone to copy it.

When the troops are sent to Jinzhou, these maps will be handed over to the generals to facilitate their marching operations.

the next day.

Zhao Xu got up early and headed to Pingcheng with the recruited craftsmen, apprentices and handymen as planned.

More than a day's journey.

The vast team arrived at Pingcheng.

Chen Shou had known in advance that King Yan was coming and was waiting in Pingcheng.

"I have sent you so many manpower, so your Ship Department must support me and launch the warship as soon as possible." Zhao Xu said to Chen Shou at the entrance of the Ship Department's office.

Chen Shou's face blossomed with a smile. He looked at the crowd of craftsmen as if he had eaten honey.

He led Zhao Xu to sit down in the ship department, and he personally brought Zhao Xu a cup of tea.

He has always been upright in nature, and serving tea in person can be said to be truly grateful to King Yan from the bottom of his heart.

First, the ships in Jinghai County were destroyed, and King Yan did not blame him.

Now, he has been provided with so many conveniences.

This made him deeply feel King Yan's expectations for him.

Even when he was in Ningjin Dusi, his boss never treated him like this.

"Your Highness, this is certain." Chen Shou's eyes were full of determination.

Then he said: "If it hadn't been for the last accident, the battleship would have been given to His Highness in the second half of this year. This time, in order to avoid Zaoci from suffering the last accident, I specially placed open and hidden sentries near the shipyard, as well as cavalry. Daily patrol.”

"Well, that's right." Zhao Xu nodded.

Obviously, after suffering a loss once, Chen Shou also had a long memory.

This is the first time that Zhao Xu has come here since the establishment of the Ship Division.

He asked Chen Shou to introduce the officials of the Ship Department.

Understand how the Ship Division operates on a daily basis.

He was slightly satisfied when he learned that the officials were performing their duties, some were responsible for purchasing wood, some were responsible for the craftsmen's daily living and food, and some were responsible for the expenditure of silver. They were in an orderly manner.

From this we can see that Chen Shou has experience in supervising the construction of warships.

After asking about the preparations for shipbuilding, Zhao Xu handed over the craftsmen he brought to the officials of the Ship Department.

He asked Chen Shou to take him to the shipyard beside the canal.

"Your Highness, in order to be quiet and avoid attracting attention, I specially chose this dead end waterway. I also pulled several ropes on the river to prevent other ships from entering." Chen Shou pointed to the river in front of him and said.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Starting from Pingcheng City, they stopped ten miles away from the dock.

Here, a very wide river ends here.

"It is rumored that the canal was to be dug from here, but then the Wu Dynasty was overthrown and the work stopped." Chen Shou continued.

After the canal enters Pingcheng, it takes on an L shape.

Pingcheng Pier is at the angle, and the shipyard is on the short side.

So the channel is still as wide as a canal.

But it's cut off here.

Therefore, there is basically no boat traffic on this river.

Now Chen Shou tied a rope on the river and put up a sign to prohibit ships from entering.

It will be even more secluded here from now on.

"How deep is the water here?" Zhao Xu thought of an important question.

Due to the large size of the battleship, the draft is also quite deep.

If it's too shallow, the boat will run aground.

"The lower official has had it measured. It's about twelve meters, which is enough." Chen Shou said.

After unifying the weights and measures of the War and War Department, he also sent the weights and measures standards to the Ship Department.

The Ship Division is required to follow the new weights and measures from now on.

Therefore, the rice mentioned by Chen Shou is the contemporary standard rice.

After a pause, he continued: "For the shallower areas, the official is sending people to dig and clean up the mud."

Zhao Xu has no objection to this depth.

Deep-water port does not mean how deep the water is. According to contemporary standards, water with a depth of fifteen meters can be used as a deep-water port.

This is because the draft of large container ships is 14 meters.

Naturally, there are no giant container ships here in Dasong.

Even the tonnage of the built warships is not large, so twelve meters is enough.

And many contemporary deep-water ports also have twelve meters.

"Not bad." Zhao Xu looked satisfied.

Looking at the craftsmen who are busy on the river beach.

He remembered another important thing during this trip.

Although Chen Shou had experience in supervising the construction of warships, his shipbuilding methods were still very primitive.

It is built directly on the river beach.

Building small boats this way was okay, but building warships seemed a bit troublesome to him.

If you are not careful, the battleship under construction may tip over.

And because the battleship is very high, it will be troublesome to send the wood up later.

"In addition to giving you a gift, this king will teach you a good thing this time." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

Chen Shou smiled when he heard this.

He had long heard that His Highness King Yan had many unique ideas.

Does His Highness King Yan still know how to build ships?

So he said: "I hope your highness will give me some advice."

Zhao Xu simply squatted down on the river beach, picked up a branch and started drawing.

"This thing is called a dry dock. To put it simply, it means digging a pit slightly larger than a battleship, and pouring some square piers at the bottom of the pit. These square piers are called keel piers. When building a battleship, the keel can be fixed on it..." Zhao Xu explained as he drew.

Because Chen Shou still doesn’t understand what cement and concrete are.

He explained again and told him that the square piers were made of concrete.

"This dock is connected to land on three sides and water on one side. When building warships, scaffolding can be built around it to facilitate the construction of the craftsmen." Zhao Xu continued.

Scaffolding in modern times is a frame with steel pipes tied vertically and horizontally. When the building is high and cannot be reached, workers can climb through the frame.

Dry dock scaffolding is the same thing.

But he couldn't make steel pipes, so he could use wood instead.

"Scaffolding." Chen Shou learned another new word.

At the same time, the battleship is at the bottom of the pit, so it is much more convenient to transport materials. You can just hoist the materials directly from the ground.

Hearing this, Chen Shou's eyes lit up.

This hoisting of timber is indeed a waste of manpower.

The dry dock that King Yan mentioned is equivalent to building a ship in a pit. It is much easier to throw the materials down than to throw them up.

"After the warship is built, the water gate on the side facing the water will be opened. The river water will pour into the pit, and the warship will float and go out of the dock." Zhao Xu finally said.

Hearing this, Chen Shou seemed to have obtained a priceless treasure.

He said to an official: "Immediately get a pen and paper, copy what His Highness drew, and write down every word His Highness said. That's great. Shipbuilding in this dry dock is really getting twice the result with half the effort."