The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 671 A Better Shipbuilding Method
At this time, Huang Taiji could not do anything to Ding Yi, and Ding Yi could send troops from Beigou and Yizhou at any time to attack Manchu from the south and east.

Now that Mongolia can be plundered and fought, they have wiped out all the birth girls, and there is no place for Huang Taiji to recover blood.

To the north and west are our own people and Mongolian allies, to the southwest is the Ming Dynasty, and to the east and south is Ding Yi.

He couldn't beat Ding Yi, so he could only fight southwest.

So in January of the 13th year of Chongzhen, two months earlier than in the original history, Huang Taiji launched the Battle of Songjin.

Huang Taiji decided to learn from the lessons of the past storming of Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and formulated a long-term siege to force him to surrender. Yizhou Town, Yixian County, Jinzhou, not North Korea’s Yizhou).Yizhou is located on the banks of the Daling River between Guangning and Jinzhou. The terrain is open and the land is fertile. Building a city here is actually an outpost for attacking Jinzhou. At the same time, once Jinzhou is attacked, this place is an excellent logistical supply. base.

The Qing soldiers are now building the city, and they all come according to Ding Yi's standard.

Digging pits outside and building bunkers on top of the city, after this kind of city was built, Ding Yi, who had no gasoline bombs before, was unwilling to fight.

Huang Taiji repaired Yizhou first, and then prepared to capture Jinzhou and Songshan.

Once Ding Yi's soldiers and horses come to help, he will let the Qing soldiers retreat to Yizhou, and Ding Yi can't do anything about him.

So in January, the Manchu Qing mobilized [-] peasants and began to build Yizhou City.

The news spread to Jinzhou defender Zu Dashou, but Zu Dashou didn't take it seriously.

Because if the Qing soldiers came to attack Songshan in Jinzhou before, they would be directly pressed by a large number of troops, and they had not built the city first.

He thought that the Qing soldiers already knew that they would not be able to attack Songshan in Jinzhou, so they built a city and set aside land for defense in the future.

Thirteen years after Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was busy destroying the peasant army everywhere, Li Zicheng was busy fighting everywhere, the Qing soldiers were preparing to launch the Battle of Songjin, and Ding Yi was on his way to Dayuan.

At the end of November last year, a ship came from the senior staff, saying that the Italian Prier had returned from overseas and found what General Ding wanted.

Ding Yi was overjoyed when he heard the words. He set off from Dengzhou at the end of last year, and then followed the old routine, collecting craftsman talents everywhere along the way, and got a batch from Songjiang. When he finally came to Dayuan, it was already in January of the 13th year of Chongzhen.

The last time he left Dayuan was in November of the tenth year of Chongzhen. He came back to Dayuan again after more than 20 months. He hadn’t been here for more than two years. not coming out.

Dayuan Port is now the same as Dengzhou, with two ports. The North Port is the docking point for merchant ships, and the South Port is the docking point for Ding Yi's own ships, which is also near the Longshan Shipyard.

Ding Yi passed through the North Port first, and from a long distance, he saw merchant ships like clouds, densely packed, because there were too many merchant ships in the port, and many merchant ships lined up to the distance. This kind of grand occasion can only be seen in Quanzhou, Hirado and other large ports. Pass.

The accompanying Ruan Siqing and others were overjoyed: "The last time I came here, there were not so many ships. Now our port can be compared with Quanzhou and Hirado."

The most prosperous port in the Ming Dynasty was Quanzhou, and the most prosperous port in Japan was Hirado. Ding Yi's current Dayuan Port is similar to these two ports, and there are so many ships passing by every day.

Of course, looking at the whole year as a whole, it is still worse than Quanzhou and Hirado. In particular, there are fewer large ships coming over. This is the gap between Dayuan and Quanzhou Hirado itself.

After all, Hirado, Quanzhou is a big city with tens of thousands of people, and the manpower and local resources of the big officials still cannot be compared with these two places.

But overall, it's pretty good.

After passing through Beigang, I came to Nangang. There are relatively few ships here, and Ding Yi's own boats come in and out and stop. The Longshan Shipyard is just below.

When their boat was slowly coming ashore, Zhao Dashan and others on the Dayuan's side also got the news and came to the shore in advance to wait.

Every time Ding Yi comes here, he sends all kinds of talents and resources, and this time is no exception. There are also craftsmen, teachers, doctors, strong men, and refugees, as well as two thousand Lumi blunderbusses, one thousand flintlock guns, 6-pound guns, Buddha There are dozens of cannons.

This time I didn’t bring any salt, because the boss already has his own salt farm here, so he can cook and dry it by himself.

"My lord, I miss you to death." Zhao Dashan is like this every time, and Ding Yi rushes to hug him when he gets off the boat.

"Nun Niang, always say this." Ding Yi cursed, but still hugged him, Zhao Dashan's eyes were red, and everyone around him was also smiling.

In the past few years, Ding Yi has more and more troops, his power is getting stronger, and his people are becoming more and more dignified. Everyone doesn't talk about it, but they also know what may happen in the future.

But Lord Ding is still the same as before, if Zhao Dashan can hug him, then they are still brothers.

At this moment, Zhao Dashan backed away, and Song Fei stood beside him, thinking about not moving.

"Seinfeld, you bastard, why are you shrinking back?" Ding Yi cursed, walked over and hugged him, and the two brothers hugged him well.

Seinfeld's eyes also turned red immediately.

He was the earliest old brother with Ding Yi, and his sense of presence was relatively low in the past few years. The main reason is that Ding Yi let him learn artillery and sailing.

Then they went to Japan, North Korea and Lushun to sell guns and guns to Japan and North Korea.

It was only a few years ago that he was sent to the senior officials.

He participated in fewer battles, and his presence in Dongjiang Town became less and less, but in Ding Yi's eyes, he was always an old brother.

At the scene, only these two people can cuddle with Ding Yi, and others can only envy.

After disembarking, people were arranged here to unload the cargo and resettle the newcomers, while Ding Yi led people to follow around to look around.

This time, I went to see the shipyard first. Ding Yi was most concerned about the progress of the shipyard here, especially the Longshan Shipyard is now mainly engaged in the production of third-tier battleships.

Longshan Shipyard was completed in April 11 in Chongzhen, and shipbuilding began in July. It took nine months to build the first third-tier battleship.

The second ship took eight months. It is in the final stage of finishing and equipping the artillery, and it will be ready soon. After the first ship is built, it will take two to three months to install the cannon and equip the weapon personnel. On average, one year can be built. A third-tier battleship.

In addition, Tainan Shipyard has built a total of three thousand-material warships since Ding Yi left in November of the tenth year of Chongzhen.

Ding Yijue's speed is still so-so. He now has six shipyards, two in Lushun, two in Jeju, and two in Dayuan, including Changsheng Island in Lushun, Yongshan Shipyard in Dayuan, and Longjiang Shipyard in Jeju. It is specially built for Tier [-] battleships.

He now has six shipyards, with an average annual output of three third-tier battleships, twelve-fifteen or so other ships, ranging from three hundred to one thousand.

Basically, a naval battalion can be equipped in one year.

Now it is in the state of replacement, and the old ships are gradually replaced.

The old boats that were replaced were fishing near Lushun, Dayuan, and Jeju, and doing business near the sea.

Only in the process of replacement, it will take at least four or five years to replace all of his six naval battalions.

In the next four to five years, we will train more sailors, and after five years, new sailors can be expanded.

But his current navy also has a problem, that is, the ships are not used.

Ordinary [-]-material and [-]-material ships can basically only be used for about four or five years.

The third-tier battleships can only be used for about two to three years.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the shipyard, he was approached with advice.

"Dear General Ding, there are sequelae in your shipbuilding like this. We should use better shipbuilding methods." At this time, Arthur, the new recruit of the senior staff, stood in front of Ding Yi.

Arthur's Dutch shipbuilder, Ding Yi's old friend Putesman introduced him, and he was also the chief craftsman who drew the sail battleship for Putesman.

This is the benefit of Ding Yi's trustworthiness.

After returning to the Netherlands, Putesman was interrogated for three months and imprisoned for seven months.

It took nearly a year before he was released, and he returned to the senior official very quickly. Ding Yi was not there at the time, but Zhao Dashan remembered Ding Yi's order, and readily gave him [-] silver, plus a lot of gifts. became good friends.

Seeing Ding Yi's sincerity, Putesman introduced the boatman after returning home.

Not long after, Arthur brought more than a dozen excellent shipwrights from the Royal Dutch Navy Shipyard and defected to Ding Yi.

Ding Yi divided them into three, Lushun, Jeju Island, and a few of the senior officials.

With the joining of these people, the shipbuilding technology of Ding Yi Craftsmanship Bureau has improved by leaps and bounds. In recent years, through the collection of rewards, the introduction and introduction of businessmen from various countries, the number of various foreign craftsmen of the big staff has exceeded 200, which makes Zhao Dashan had no choice but to set up foreign language classes in Dayuan to train translators.

This is also one of the reasons why Ding Yi opened a translation course at Lushun University.

Arthur said that in general, the slower the better when building a ship, but General Dante, your ships are all too fast.

In our Netherlands, it takes at least two years for a Tier [-] battleship from start to launch.

Of course, during wartime, we will speed up, and we can build one at the earliest in three months.

The speed of building a ship depends partly on the number of shipbuilders, the number of workers, and the preparation of materials. If the shipbuilder has more workers and sufficient materials, the speed can naturally be accelerated.

The other part depends on how dry the boat wood is.

In the Netherlands, the wood used for shipbuilding is at least ten years old, and some are even more than 20 years old. As long as the ship is not broken up, it can be used for 20, 30, or even 40 or 50 years. .

And General Ding, you don’t have enough time to process the wood here. I’ve seen the best wood between eight and ten years old, all of which are used to build sail battleships, but these woods are not the best wood for shipbuilding. Instead, some of them are used to make small boats. Four or five years of wood is better than this.

According to Arthur, the Netherlands may not use as much as Ding Yi in terms of material preparation and the number of workers.

Because there are many shipyards in the Netherlands, the shipbuilders are not in a hurry to do things. Usually dozens of craftsmen and one or two hundred workers start to build a ship, slowly, and it takes one to two years to build a ship.

Ding Yi employs a lot of people here, usually one hundred or even two or three hundred craftsmen and thousands of workers start work at the same time, so the speed is a bit fast.

But the materials in the Netherlands are better than here. Ding Yi’s early wood was cut near Phi Island. Although it has been dried in the shade for more than ten years, it is not the best shipbuilding wood.

(End of this chapter)