Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 47 Fear originates from the unknown
In the morning, boarding the huge boat that was comparable in size to the mainstream warships of later generations, Zhu Yuan suddenly realized.

I am systematic.

I also have a grandfather.

These two are called 'Zhu Yuanzhang'.

Lao Zhu was so kind to himself, so good that when he started to appreciate it, he also felt guilty about his fakeness, but it was impossible to confess.

will die.

Moreover, it wasn't just this big boat that was as long as at least ten buses in later generations, it wasn't just that Zhao Xu and Zuo Qi brought two thousand elites to serve as Zhu Yuan's personal guards, but also a series of edicts from the previous day.

Personnel.

For example, Mao Xiang, who was transferred from the Northern Expedition Army to serve as the commander of the Jiaozhou Guard, was the first commander of the Jinyi Guard. It can be said that he had escorted Zhu Yuan all the way before, so he got this job.

There will also be Si Shaoqing and Huai, who have come to discuss several times because of Zhu Yuan's family's garden repair.

Lao Zhu asked about the personnel arrangements in Jiaozhou. Zhu Yuan recalled that he had talked with Huaitou about how to build a house near the water to make it stronger. By analogy, it should be no problem to build a seaport, so he recommended him.

He Huai changed from being a general secretary to a prefect of a state.

Although it is a mediocre tune, it has not been promoted from the fourth rank to the third rank like Mao Xiang, but with a background in Hehuai, a craftsman in Chuzhou, after joining the army more than ten years ago, relying on his manufacturing skills and his own qualifications, he has survived step by step to the present. position, because he is only barely literate, and without special opportunities, it will be difficult to go up in this life.

This leveling is considered to have crossed a great threshold.

Done well, continue to improve, and it is not impossible to even be ranked in the middle school in the future.

Anyway... Yesterday when he got the transfer order, He Huai ran back to Houhu again with a look of excitement on his face, and helped Zhu Yuan to give advice on how to repair his mansion on the lake. He kowtowed, making Xiao Zhu feel that he had been deprived of a few more days of life.

There is also the newly established Jiaozhou.

According to the plan, the grain ship was transported from Mingzhou to Jiaozhou, and then it could turn to Jinan through the inland canal, then enter the Yellow River channel, and transport it to Bianliang.

Because it was the destination of the sea grain road recently determined by Zhu Yuan, the county was able to set up the state.

Also added a Jiaozhou Wei.

Of course, Lao Zhu must also see the strategic value of Jiaozhou Bay for a long time in the future, so he will agree.

All in all, student Xiao Zhu is in charge of making a wish, Comrade Zhu, the 'system' and 'grandfather', is in charge of realizing it, and the whole process is given the green light.

A green light is not enough.

Regarding the edict on grain transportation, it is obvious that Hua Gao is the leader, and Zhu Yuan is only an 'assistant'.

That is to say, Zhu Yuan must have contributed to this shipping errand if it was done well, but if it was messed up, the culprit is the leader, and the leader is Huagao.

This cover-up is too obvious.

Zhu Yuan can also understand Lao Zhu's painstaking efforts. This is his first errand. If he messes up, he will be completely blamed. What he wants to do in the future, even if Lao Zhu can act arbitrarily, he still has to consider the officials idea.

After all, there are rules in the court, and the most taboo is unclear rewards and punishments, regardless of merits and demerits.

Let Huagao be the leader and fail, there will always be an explanation in the future.

Obviously, Lao Zhu is still not optimistic about shipping. This is not speculation. Hua Gao, whose attitude towards Zhu Yuan has changed drastically for no reason, and who is even more obsequious, said as soon as he boarded the boat. Keep it up, and we can transport the grain to Zhenjiang in a few months.

A posture of righteousness and thinness that I, Lao Hua, have taken the scapegoat.

This……

In fact, thinking about the information that Lao Zhu got, it often drifted by more than [-]%. Zhu Yuan still doesn't believe it, but he hasn't got relevant information recently, but in short, Lao Zhu still thinks that the river transportation is more secure, even if it is slower.

As for certain things caused by lack of food in the north, the emperor always had a choice.

However, in Zhu Yuan's mind, the disheveled faces he saw the day before yesterday afternoon always lingered, and he always remembered the sentence that Xie Yi said when she was kneeling on the ground, worried that he would drive her family back to Shandong, "Many people died of starvation." '.

The gratitude and guilt for Lao Zhu, and the uneasiness about the situation in the north made Zhu Yuan start his own work after the ship was running stably, and did not hide in the luxurious and comfortable cabin specially prepared for him.

There are a total of seven floors of the cabin, up and down, back and forth, Zhu Yuan walked through it all.

In the end, I really wanted to go to the lookout on the mast to have a look, but was firmly stopped by Huagao, who seemed to be forcing me to die, so I had no choice but to give up.

The conclusion is that there seems to be nothing to do.

For such a big ship, the ancients also thought of everything that Zhu Yuan could think of, and the ancients also thought of what Zhu Yuan could not think of.

You said fire prevention?

There is a complete set of procedures on board, including water, sand, and wet cloth.

You said lifesaving?

There are lifesaving boats on board, as well as life jackets designed by the ancients.

You say this is a hard sail, but people use soft sails for great voyages, advanced!

Bullshit!

At least under the current conditions, Zhu Yuan can't find a place to play against the giant boat under his feet.

Not without ideas.

Want to press a steam engine...

spit!
We still have to take it step by step.

Let's go back to the upcoming work itself, food transportation.

After reading all kinds of materials and asking people of all colors these days, Zhu Yuan has roughly formed his own ideas.

Is it feasible……

Still the same sentence, step by step.

In the evening, the fleet berthed in Jiangyin.

In fact, it is not a problem to sail overnight, so that you can arrive in Taicang tomorrow morning, and if you are lucky and have a favorable wind, you can arrive in Mingzhou tomorrow evening.

Hua Gao firmly disagrees.

Zhu Yuan made half of the compromise, and the other half was that he didn't disembark and didn't want to bother the small town of Jiangyin anymore. After all, there were more than 20 ships and more than 3000 people in this line, and it was a big bustle up and down.

Zhu Yuan's refusal to let people disembark is also regarded as training soldiers.

After all, many people on this ship will go to sea in the future, and they will not even think about docking for at least ten days or more than a month, so they should get acquainted with it in advance.

By the way, test the newly built instrument.

Astrology instrument.

Zhu Yuanqi's name.

Those who are familiar with ancient navigation have probably heard of astrology. To put it simply, it is to measure the angle of the Polaris to confirm the latitude.The ancients did not necessarily have the concept of latitude, but they also knew that the angles between the Polaris and the horizon were different in different locations.

The traditional star-strapping equipment is called a star-strapping board. Six large and small wooden boards are used for comparison. Which one is aligned with the Polaris is probably the result.

It's rough to think about.

Knowing the principle, Zhu Yuan's recently designed stargatherer is actually very simple. It is a three-foot-square wooden base with an observation copper tube the thickness of a pen installed on it to observe the North Star.The copper pipe is connected to the pointer that can follow the rotation. Next to the pointer is a semi-arc scale from zero to ninety degrees. Click once.

Furthermore, the four corners of the wooden base are equipped with levels, which are the ones that rely on the principle of liquid levels later to ensure that the base is level.In fact, the horizontal ruler also appeared very early, and it is not a new thing. It is recorded in the "Mengxi Bi Tan" that Zhu Yuan has been reading these days.

God cooperates, tonight is sunny and full of stars.

This observation not only attracted all the civil and military officials of the entire fleet to watch, but also set up a peripheral guard post to strictly prohibit idlers from approaching.A group of people seemed to be about to perform some mysterious sacrifice.

It's true that no one thinks this is a common thing.

It's like Liu Lian who has a "family background", when he sees the globe during the day, his eyes... It seems that a termite has found a large piece of wood, and Zhu Yuan is really afraid that he will chew on it.

The same is true for this stargazer.

Because according to the theory given by Zhu Yuan, if the instrument is really useful, the distance from Mingzhou to Jiaozhou can be measured relatively more accurately.

Very simple.

The diameter of the earth is 222 miles, and each latitude is about [-] miles. What's more, the star-tracking instrument is accurate to one tenth of a degree.

Although the error of this algorithm is very large, there is a longitude deviation, and the earth is not a standard circle, but it is more than enough to overthrow the current statement that thousands of miles of sea roads are used.

How can it be thousands of miles away?

Zhu Yuan remembers a saying that fear comes from the unknown.

The ocean is really too big, there are too many unknowns, which makes people afraid, so the ancients dared not explore easily for thousands of years.

At present, if the sea is no longer so mysterious, let alone exploring the sea, it will no longer be so daunting.This is also the reason why Zhu Yuan worked day and night to make the globe.

　PS: I introspected all night again, and realized that I will delete the single chapter and tail that affected everyone's reading before, so I can code with peace of mind.Just like the argument that is often said, I am an online article, not a banknote, and I cannot be liked by everyone.During this period of time, this book has been at the forefront of the new history book list, and I think it is already affirmed by everyone.I can't lose my mind because of a few comments, and I almost don't know how to continue writing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)