Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 167 Go to sea and set sail!

Looking at the group of officials below, Zhu Di said in a calm tone

"No matter what others say about going out to sea to build ships and cruise ships, or how future generations scold me, I have only one wish. I, the great Ming Dynasty, want to show off my power and integrity."

Speaking of this, Zhu Di's expression became even more exciting.

"Friendly neighbors bring blessings to all directions!"

"I want to sail the voyage to Yongle ZTE!!"

The voice was deep and powerful, echoing in the hall.

The ministers kowtowed and shouted loudly:

"Promote the prestige of our country and benefit our friendly neighbors everywhere!"

"The Ming Dynasty is mighty, the Emperor is mighty!!"

"Ha ha."

When Bai Chu received Zhu Di's imperial edict, he sighed with a look on his face. As a dragon tied to Zhu Di, he didn't say anything and accepted the imperial edict honestly.

It seems that Zhu Di is preparing to attack the Japanese pirate country according to his own method.

Bai Chu thought like this, and with the imperial edict, Bai Chu first exchanged a bottle of potion from the mall. The function of this potion is to master various skills of god-level craftsmen, including the top technology of shipbuilding.

After drinking the potion, Bai Chu instantly felt that all kinds of technical knowledge had increased in his mind. Bai Chu also discovered that there was gunpowder and cannon development technology in it. Bai Chu was very happy.

With these things, why would the Ming Dynasty not be able to dominate the world?

Holding down his excitement, Bai Chu opened the imperial edict. According to the arrangements in the imperial edict, Bai Chu first selected a few people to follow him and made strict arrangements later.

With Zhu Di's arrangement in front, Bai Chu can use whomever he wants, so Bai Chu initially selected Li Guangyi, Huo Zhen, Wang Cong, Zhen Yi, Wang Bingwei and others.

First, Li Guangyi was appointed to post notices, seeking more sailors to come.

Then arrange for Huo Zhen and Wang Cong to go to the place outside the city where the shipbuilding is arranged.

This shipbuilding task was huge. Bai Chu directly organized a group of shipbuilding factories to lay a solid foundation for this shipbuilding task.

Zhu Di wanted to mobilize the whole country to build the most powerful ship in history, while Bai Chu was preparing to build the most powerful ship on the basis of Zhu Di's work.

The turbulent shipbuilding project began. Bai Chu first selected a group of outstanding shipbuilding craftsmen, and then selected the required materials. Bai Chu took several people behind him to do it step by step, and trained them well before the ship could be built. better.

Everyone followed Bai Chu all the way and learned a lot in a short time. Even people who claimed to be old craftsmen felt that Bai Chu knew more and more details than they did. For a while, Bai Chu was very aware of these things. In the eyes of people, it is simply not too awesome!

From his disdain for Bai Chu at the beginning to his starry eyes now, Bai Chu has become the master of everyone in the shipyard.

A few days later, the shipbuilding yard outside the city had begun operations.

People were coming and going in the field, craftsmen were polishing the wooden boards in their hands back and forth, workers were carrying the materials back and forth, and there were even young guys standing at a high place to operate and look at the things in their hands.

At this time, Zhu Di was thinking about his shipbuilding career, so he quietly brought a group of people to watch.

Someone recognized it and shouted loudly:

"The Emperor is here, the Emperor is here"

Bai Chu was talking to Huo Zhen and others when he heard loud shouts from around him. Bai Chu turned around and saw a group of people coming from a distance. At the front, Zhu Di was wearing casual clothes, followed by several people, heading towards Come this way.

"Long live my emperor, long live my emperor"

Zhu Di laughed loudly and said to the people around him who were kowtowing.

"No need to be polite, I just came to take a look, you continue

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Master is here too!"

The little eunuch who was following him came forward and said to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di looked along, his eyes suddenly brightened a lot, and his steps accelerated a lot, heading in the direction of Baiguang.

As he walked, he shouted to Bai Chu:

"gentlemen."

Bai Chu nodded slightly.

After walking in, Zhu Di looked at Bai Chu who was wearing a gray robe in front of him. There were two people standing next to him, one was Huozhen and the other was unknown. Zhu Di asked in a low voice:

"I took the time to take a look at this place today. I wonder what you are doing, sir?" "I am telling them some shipbuilding techniques."

Zhu Di heard this and said curiously:

"Sir, can you do this too?"

In Zhu Di's mind, Bai Chu was quite powerful, but Bai Chu probably had never learned this kind of technical work.

Bai Chu couldn't help laughing and said:

"Yes."

Hearing Bai Chu's humble words, the old craftsman standing on the other side couldn't help but interject:

"Your Majesty, Master Bai is really very good. All the craftsmen in this place were taught by Mr. Bai step by step!"

After hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Mr. Bai is really amazing. I have a small heart, I really have a small heart!"

Next, Bai Chu personally took Zhu Di around the entire shipbuilding site, followed by Xia Yuanji.

Looking at the heated shipbuilding affairs around him, Zhu Di felt very satisfied and couldn't help but ask:

"I heard that the ships built during the Song Dynasty were very big. I wonder if our ship will be bigger than hers?"

"Don't worry, our ships will be bigger, better and more powerful than those."

Three more words made Bed Fan even happier.

Bai Chu continued:

“But for our long voyage, sand ships are not enough.

It is necessary to build two thousand feeders, which are sharp-bottomed sea vessels that ride on pontoons. "

Before Zhu Di could speak, Xia Yuanji behind him said anxiously:

"Your Majesty, this is both a sand boat and a pontoon boat. Spending money is like quicksand. Where will the good fortune be?"

Zhu Di's expression remained unchanged as he asked the other party:

"Xia Yuanji, do you know anything about boats?"

"I don't understand ships, but I know that building ships costs money.

Xia Yuanji said with a pained expression.

Zhu Di ignored the pained expression on the other person's face, glanced at him and said:

"If you don't understand the people on the ship, you should understand the arrangements of the people on the ship. When you need to spend money, it's not too late to interrupt. The money hasn't been spent yet, so why are you in a hurry?

Xia Yuanji had no choice but to take a few steps back and stood behind the two of them, with a look of depression on his face.

Zhu Di ignored him, smiled at Bai Chu and said:

"Sir, don't worry about it. I still have the money to build the ship."

When Xia Yuanji behind him heard this, his expression turned ugly.

Although Xia Yuanji didn't know much about shipbuilding, he knew that the cost of shipbuilding was definitely not a small sum.

After all, whether it is shipyards, shipbuilding equipment, shipwrights, shipbuilding raw materials, and manpower to go to sea, this is destined to be an astronomical sum.

Now there has just been a war, and the national treasury has consumed huge amounts of money. Now there is no time to relax, and a big project like shipbuilding is about to be launched. This makes Xia Yuanji feel bad.

If there is not enough money by then, or the ship is destroyed by a storm as soon as it goes to sea, wouldn't the money be wasted?

Xia Yuanji felt a twinge of pain when he thought that thousands of taels of silver would be lost in the sea.

This amount of money was accumulated bit by bit over the past ten years.

The belongings that came out looked like they would be gone soon.

But what Xia Yuanji didn't know was that what happened next made him feel even more painful.

(End of this chapter)