The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 370 The Shipbuilder
The original intention of Zhu Linmei to set up the patent department was to encourage innovation, but she never expected that it would greatly increase the speed of shipbuilding.

In fact, the craftsmen of this era cherish their brooms very much, and almost everyone works in a different way.But sometimes it is small things such as the method of tapping the tenon or the color of the fire during forging, but it has a great impact on the processing efficiency.

When the first "bold" craftsman reported his ingenious technique of sanding the joints of wooden boards to the patent department, others still laughed at him.Unexpectedly, this technique was greatly promoted by the patent department in the shipyard, and the craftsman therefore charged one or two or six dollars a month for the patent fee.

The other craftsmen saw that it was indeed profitable, so they took out their stuff from the bottom of the box one after another.The Patent Department repeatedly selects and compares, and sets the best technology as the standard technology, so that all craftsmen can refer to it.

As a result, the efficiency of the entire shipyard has increased by at least [-]%!

Guan Xiangyun continued: "However, the [-]-ton ship can be built so quickly, and the shipbuilders from Luzon have contributed the most."

"It was Zheng Guangying who brought him back from Luzon?" Zhu Linmi recalled that this person seemed to have been rated as a master craftsman.He didn't pay much attention when he received Zheng Guangying's report at first, but unexpectedly this craftsman was so capable, "His name...what is it?"

"Return to Your Highness, this person's name is John Bent."

Zhu Linmi asked again and found out that this John Benyuan was considered a first-rate expert in the Spanish Manila shipyard. He had participated in the construction of [-]-ton ships several times and was quite familiar with the process.

Before he came to Daming, the craftsmen in Yongbeili were still groping and building.After he came, he immediately gave his experience to Daming Shipbuilder without reservation, which saved them a lot of detours and thus accelerated their speed a lot.

Just as Guan Xiangyun was talking, he suddenly saw a man in coarse clothes, holding tools and blueprints passing by not far away.

He hurriedly raised his hand and pointed, "Your Highness, that's him." Then he motioned to the attendant beside him, "Go and call Lao Yue over."

John Bent was brought closer, Guan Xiangyun hurriedly gave him winks, "Old Yue, this is His Royal Highness the Coordinator, why don't you pay a respectful visit?"

The interpreter at the side knelt down first, then turned his head and said a few words in Spanish to the boatman in a low voice.

Hearing the words, the latter hurriedly wanted to kneel, but was supported by Zhu Linmi. Only then did he see that his eyes were bloodshot, obviously he hadn't rested for a long time.

"Old appointment?" Zhu Linmei smiled slightly and asked, "It is said that your ancestral home is Zhejiang?"

John Bent was a little nervous. He listened to the interpreter's report, and then spoke in one breath for a long time.

The interpreter will translate for the two of them.

"Old Yue said that his ancestors were robbed by Japanese pirates and sold to Lu Song as slaves. It has been more than five generations. But his ancestors have always cared about Ming Dynasty, and always taught their descendants that they are Chinese people. Although they are trapped in a foreign country, they should never forget their origin. It was only with Master Zheng's help that I was able to escape and return to my hometown."

"Hometown..." Zhu Linmi couldn't help nodding with emotion, "That's right, Daming will always be your hometown!" He smiled and asked the boatman again, "Then do you have a Chinese name?"

"My parents didn't know Chinese anymore, so I didn't take a Chinese name." John Bent suddenly remembered that he was being called "Old Yue" and "Uncle Ben" all day long, and suddenly looked at Zhu Lin. Ming said, "The surname of my ancestors seems to be Pan, why don't you help me choose a Chinese name?"

"Presumptuous!" Guan Xiangyun reprimanded after hearing what the interpreter said, "How can you dare to accept the name given by His Highness?"

Zhu Linmei glanced at him, "Don't say that John has contributed a lot to my navy, but because he cares about Daming and has come back home from a long distance, what's the big deal about naming him?"

"Pan? Is the surname Pan?" He thought for a moment, and said to John Bent, "Since you have been loyal to Daming for generations, let's take this meaning and call him Pan Mingzhong."

"Thank you, Your Highness! I will have a Chinese name in the future!"

Zhu Linmi chatted with him for a while, and only then did she learn about the hardships of returning to the Ming Dynasty.

This Pan Mingzhong was also an important technician at the Manila shipyard, and was closely monitored by the Spaniards.Jin Yiwei Ma Yanzhen pretended to be a Guangdong maritime merchant and bought a boat at the shipyard, and only then did he have the opportunity to hook up with him.

After that, Ma Yanzhen spent a lot of money to buy off the guards of the shipyard, put Pan Mingzhong in the wine barrel, and only kept the bamboo tube to breathe, so he escaped many searches and brought him aboard.

As the sea was approaching, the shipyard sent people to search for the ship again. Ma Yanzhen and his men killed the Spaniards and had to set sail in a hurry without even replenishing the food.Each person on the boat only had three or two rations per day, and it was not until all the way to Qiongzhou that they could regain supplies.

Zhu Linmei couldn't help thinking of those technicians who had sharpened their heads and went abroad in later generations, and sighed in her heart. In the seventeenth century, Daming was the place that high-level talents yearned for.If my Ming Dynasty has always been strong and prosperous, how can there be such obsequious acts in later generations?
He glanced over the largest still vacant berth in the distance, and thought: Now that there is a master like Pan Mingzhong, a larger warship can be put on the agenda.

The blueprint was already drawn, and it was stored with Guan Xiangyun.Zhu Linmi didn't care about letting Pan Mingzhong rest for the time being, and dragged him to describe the warship on the blueprint in detail.

This boat builder is really good at it. It only took half a month to roughly learn the method of industrial drawing. At this time, with the help of the drawings, he quickly understood what Zhu Linming meant. Lun warship."

What he said was the imperial unit "dan", and the displacement of a ship with a maximum load of [-] dan was about [-] to [-] tons.

"Your Highness, I have never built such a large ship." He said truthfully, "But with your detailed drawings, I think I can give it a try."

"Okay!" Zhu Linmi was overjoyed, as the Daming Navy would be able to complete a great leap forward.

A warship of more than 800 tons has reached the standard of a third-tier battleship.At present, there is no such powerful warship in the entire Asian waters, even if it is placed in Europe, where navigation is extremely developed, it can be ranked first.

It can be foreseen that the day this ship goes to sea will be the time when the Daming Navy dominates Asia!
After talking about the plans for the third-tier battleships, Zhu Linmi ordered Guan Xiangyun and Pan Mingzhong to say, "While building [-]-ton warships, you can't let go of small warships."

After all, the construction speed of giant ships is relatively slow, and the cost is also very high. For a long period of time, warships of [-] tons and [-] tons will still be the main force of the Daming Navy.

"When the ships on the berth are completed, we will start building new warships immediately. Two warships of [-] tons and three warships of [-] tons.

"In addition, you can find some powerful private shipyards and let them build transportation and auxiliary ships. The more reliable ones can even send craftsmen to build [-]-[-]-ton Galen ships."

"The subordinate obeys the order."

Early the next morning, Zhu Linmi took a brief look around the shipyard, ordered Shi Lin to prepare a car, and went straight to Mawei Naval Port.

To be honest, building warships is not a big problem for him who is familiar with the technology of later generations, but training sailors is the difficulty.

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