Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 206 I Appoint You as the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu!

Lu Daqi also looked at the steamer from the side.

In his opinion, this small warship is really weird. It doesn't have oars and oars. The ship is still burning and smoking. Isn't it afraid of burning the ship?

Here, Aimee Zhu came back to her senses and asked Hua Mude, "How fast can this boat go?"

Hua Mude said: "I would like to report to Jian Guo that when the wind and waves in this lake are calm, the speed of the boat can reach more than nine knots by means of steam engines and propellers."

Naturally, Daming did not have the habit of calculating the speed in knots at this time, and only had vague statements about the number of miles traveled per day.

Therefore, Zhu Yu introduced the speed unit "knot" when teaching the blueprints and methods of manufacturing ships to Hua Mude and other craftsmen and shipbuilders.

Although this is a nautical unit originated from Westerners, it is also a common speed unit for later generations. Many data and data have used it, so it is still necessary to introduce it to Ming Dynasty.

One knot of speed is one nautical mile per hour, and one nautical mile is 1.852 kilometers.

The speed is more than nine knots, which means that it can sail thirty or forty miles in one hour.

Non-stop 24 hours a day, it can sail almost eight or nine hundred miles, which has already reached the standard of a "thousand-mile ship" in the Chinese idiom.

If it is going down the river, the speed will increase, and the speed will definitely be faster. It may travel one or two thousand miles a day and night, or even farther.

According to Auntie Zhu's understanding, the speed of the warships of the Ming Dynasty at this time was only between 4.5 knots and 7.5 knots even with a large number of oars and oarsmen.

That is to say, even this steamship, which has just been trial-built, has a speed far exceeding that of oar boats at this time.

Moreover, the real advantage of steam ships is not high speed, but endurance.

Even if the manpower of the paddle boat reaches a speed of eighty-nine knots, it will certainly not last long.

But this steamship can sail at a speed of 9 knots until the coal on board runs out.

What's more, 9 knots is only its speed at this time. According to the information provided by Hao Guangming, the first Western propeller that was originally born by accident also reached a speed of 12 knots.

Therefore, as long as Hua Mude and others work hard to improve the steamship, they will definitely be able to increase its speed by a few knots.

It wasn't that Hua Mude and the others believed what Aimi Zhu said, so she smiled and nodded, and then said: "I am here to watch, you guys should let people try the sea first."

Li Feng on the side asked: "Jianguo, do you need a ceremony?"

Auntie Zhu smiled and looked at this young eunuch who was working hard, and said: "Don't mess with these vain people, doing things with your heart is better than anything else."

Li Feng's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said: "This servant knows."

So I hurried to arrange a test voyage.

Because Li Feng and the others reported the good news after they had prepared everything, the steamship soon set off.

As the billowing black smoke rushed straight into the blue sky through the smoke, the steam wooden ship rushed towards the depths of Mingyuan Lake like an arrow leaving the string!
Break the waves without wind!
Fei Zhen'e, Lu Daqi, the maids, and the female soldiers from the Zhuque Camp who followed Aunt Zhu came over, some of them looked excitedly, while others were dumbfounded.

Lu Daqi was one of the people who were dumbfounded.

He didn't quite understand what Auntie Zhu said in the conversation with Li Feng, Hua Mude and others about "steam ships with a speed of nine knots".

Because he didn't know how fast nine knots was.

But now he knows.

Although he was the governor of Jiangnan for a short time, in the 16th year of Chongzhen, he organized an army to stop Zhang Xianzhong who wanted to enter Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang through the Yangtze River, so he also had a good understanding of warships.

It was because of the understanding that he was shocked.

At this time, Auntie Zhu also noticed Lu Daqi's shocked look, so she asked with a smile, "Mr. Dong Chuan, what do you think of this steam ship?"

Lu Daqi swallowed his dry throat, but couldn't get back and said: "A god, it's really a god..."

Auntie Zhu said with a smile: "Steam steamships are a thing of later generations, and Westerners will develop them 200 years later, and then use them to run across the ocean and bully other countries.

The steam wooden steamer in front of me is still in its infancy, and there are still many shortcomings. In the future, the speed will be increased, and the speed can reach more than [-] knots. It is not a problem. "

At this moment, Lu Daqi finally came to his senses, and said, "Excuse me, Jian Guo, what is the speed at this knot?"

Aunt Zhu said: "A knot is a unit of speed used by Westerners. A knot is 3.65 miles in half an hour."

After listening to Aimee Zhu's narration, Lu Daqi looked at the steamship sailing like an arrow in the lake, and felt even more in awe of Aimee Zhu in his heart.

Immediately, he asked again: "I see that there are not many oarsmen on this boat, but there is a smoke rush that makes a piercing noise. Could it be driven by this thing?"

Hearing this, Auntie Zhu and Hao Guangming couldn't help but look at Lu Daqi again—this man is really smart, he actually figured out the way of the steamboat by himself.

Auntie Zhu nodded and said, "That's right, the machine that drives the boat is called a steam engine. It only needs to use medium to boil water, and it can replace manpower and animal power, and the power is stronger and longer lasting."

Hearing this, Lu Daqi looked at the steamship again, and felt that besides being shocked, he was still shocked.

Aunt Zhu continued: "Besides, this palace also asked people to manufacture iron-clad warships according to the blueprints of later generations of ships, covering the warships with iron armor so that they would not be afraid of ordinary collisions, shelling, and fire attacks.

In this way, with the addition of steam engines and propellers, steam ironclad warships can be produced. Only three or five ships can make our navy run rampant in the waters.

Therefore, Bengong decided to lead the navy to go down the river to Nanzhili in the spring.

One is to prevent the Qing army from going south to cross the river and harm the south of the Yangtze River; the other is to let the false emperor of Nanjing take the title of emperor, so that the officials in Liudu know that this palace is the Zhengshuo of the Ming Dynasty. "

Having said this, Zhu Wei paused for a while, and did not continue until Lu Daqi was shocked by the news.

"According to what I know from the later historical materials, if nothing unexpected happens, the Qing army will fight so hard that the pseudo-shun will be unable to gain a foothold in the north in the spring of next year.

At that time, the Puppet Shun Army will be divided into three groups, one of which will try to enter Sichuan, and the other two will go south, trying to occupy Jiangnan.

The Qing army will also shift its target, going south from the easternmost point to Xusi Huaiyang, with the intention of breaking through Nanjing and devouring the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

Just now, Ben Gong said that on the Jiangnan side, Ben Gong will personally lead the army.

But Ben Gong didn't intend to let go of the puppet army that intended to enter Sichuan from Hanzhong—it was not to destroy them, but to recruit them.

Li Zicheng has lost the hearts and power of the people, and has become a bereaved dog.However, many elite soldiers and powerful generals in the Puppet Shun Army were able to recruit and surrender to my Ming Dynasty.

If this is done, our army will be able to go one step further and compete with the Qing army for Shaanxi and Gansu, and even drive them out of Shanxi! "

Having said this, Aimee Zhu stopped again.

Because Lu Daqi looked at her at this time, the shock on his face was very obvious, obviously he was quite shocked.

Auntie Zhu simply asked him to wait a little longer before throwing an olive branch and asked with a smile: "There is still a shortage of candidates for the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. I know that Mr. Dongchuan once inspected Gansu. I wonder if he is willing to take up the post of Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu?"

Only then did Lu Daqi come to his senses, so he immediately saluted and thanked him according to the rules, "Your servant Lu Daqi accepts the order!"

After Aunt Zhu asked him to get up, someone couldn't help but said: "Now that Central Sichuan is initially established, Jian Guo will go through Guizhou and Shaanxi-Gansu. If Jian Guo goes to the south of the Yangtze River, is there any suitable person in Sichuan Central?"

Aimee Zhu was not surprised that Lu Daqi would think of this question.

Immediately tell her how to deal with it.

After listening, Lu Daqi was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a while...
After more than a quarter of an hour, the steamer came back from its trial voyage, and Zhu Yu took Fei Zhen'e and a group of Suzaku soldiers on board, ready to experience the feeling of being on a steamer.

Lu Daqi, Li Feng and the others were taken aback, and they knelt down to dissuade them: "You can't supervise the country. After all, this ship has just been built, and it has not been confirmed that it is safe and sound!"

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