The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 539 Busy Shipbuilder

Guan Xiangyun saw the shipwright's distressed face, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness means, just modify the style of the sails on the existing warship, change the paint color, etc., so that it looks like a warship of the Ezebalians from a distance. "

Pan Mingzhong spent the first half of his life building ships in the Manila shipyard. He was very familiar with the styles of Spanish warships and merchant ships. The boats in Manila are very different. It is impossible to paint the existing boats to resemble them.”

Most of the drawings left by Zhu Linmi to the shipyard incorporate some of the advantages of sailing warships in the [-]th century, such as the straight deck that almost runs through the entire ship, the addition of a second bowsprit and the installation of triangular sails, a low bow and Poop or something.These features enhance the sailing or combat performance of the ship, but it is easy to see the difference from the current warships from the appearance.

Pan Mingzhong frowned and looked around, and saw a near-completed Tier [-] warship not far from the [-]-ton giant warship.

According to the latest warship grading standard issued by the Ministry of War—of course, it was basically modified by Zhu Linmi from the British warship grading standard in the mid-seventeenth century—the new warships of the Daming Navy are divided into six grades, and one grade. outside level.The Galen warship with a design displacement of 120 tons and ten guns was just a Tier [-] frigate.

"The size of this ship is close to that of the auxiliary warships commonly seen in Manila." He pondered for a while, and hurriedly called a craftsman in charge beside him, "Old Zhang, let slipway C stop first, hurry up."

"Eh, okay."

Seeing that there seemed to be something going on, Guan Xiangyun hurriedly asked, "Master Pan, is he sure?"

"What His Royal Highness the Coordinating King ordered, I will do it even if I don't eat or sleep!"

Unexpectedly, Pan Mingzhong's words came true. In the next half month, he really only slept six or seven times.

"Yes, that's right there, build a seven-foot-high poop." On the No. C berth, he directed the shipwright on the deck loudly, "Hey, you don't need any patterns, you can just use wooden boards to build a shed... Yes, four windows on each side, one door, one staircase... as long as the sea breeze can't blow away.

"Xiao Qizi, drag the gantry crane to the rear. The wooden circle has been nailed, hang it to the stern and install it... Block the stern window? It's okay, just do it like this!"

After the arrangement here was almost done, he jumped on the wooden rail trolley and rushed to the dock on the east side. Although this wooden rail cart is usually used to transport materials, it is often used as a means of transportation when it is busy. After all, the shipyard spans Seven or eight miles, it takes too much time to walk with your feet.

Most of the wood near the damaged hull of Guangsignal has been dismantled, and the replacement parts are being manufactured in the shed beside it.

It was already dark at this time, but the whole dock was illuminated by seventy or eighty oil lamps about two feet thick, and the shipwrights were still busy working overtime.

The shipyard is full of wood. To prevent fires, all the lights are independently installed on three or four feet high wooden frames, and covered with huge glass lampshades, so that no sparks can fly out.There is also a special person who is watching from the side with a bucket on his back at any time, and one person is assigned to be in charge of every three lighting facilities.

These huge broken glass products are all custom-made from foreigners in Macau, and the price is very expensive, but in order to improve the work efficiency of the shipyard, Zhu Linmi bought thousands of them without hesitation.

Pan Mingzhong walked around the warship, and was basically satisfied with the craftsmen's handling. He only told the craftsmen at the bow, "The beams connecting the deck are also removed, and they will be replaced with new ones when the new bow is installed, otherwise The boards on the side of the bow will be blocked, and it will be slower to install.”

When he left the dock, it was already ugly time, he glanced at the No. A berth where the lights had just been extinguished—after all, people are not made of iron, even if they were on shift, the shipwrights were exhausted by now—he was about to go The sleeping craftsman in charge asked him in detail about the construction status of his [-]-ton "heart and heart baby" today.

After he was sure that he understood all the problems, he returned to his small workshop and dormitory, spread out the warship pattern on the table, and carefully analyzed the cause of the problem.Then he frowned and took out the scale model to look at it for a while, then he cut a pocket part and put it on, nodding slightly...

The city of Nanjing is almost crowded with people.

Originally, when the news of moving the capital came out, many merchants and gentry planned to move into the city. After all, at the feet of the emperor, the future will surely flourish.

And now, just in time for the imperial court to open a new list, because Zhu Linmi was in a hurry to employ people, the exam was simply held in October.

These people are no better than poor scholars, they are to be honored as masters, whoever doesn't have a few servants around him, and his economic ability is far beyond that of ordinary scholars.

Therefore, starting from inns, restaurants, bookstores and even brothels are full of customers and are very lively.

However, at this time, the assistant king of the Ming Dynasty ignored the bustling scene, and led a group of clan and vassals through the city and out of the east gate, and did not stop until they were near Xiaoling Mausoleum.

A pavilion at the foot of Zijin Mountain was already set up, surrounded by soldiers of the Dragon Guards. Zhu Linmi led the way into the pavilion, and motioned for all the descendants of the Zhu family to sit down.

"I know that all my uncles, nephews and brothers want to come to Xiaoling. After all, the ancestor's mausoleum has been stolen by thieves for a long time. This feeling is understandable, so I ignored those courtiers who only called 'ancestral system', Let's all come together."

Zhu Linming made a brief opening remark, waited for the servants to bring tea and snacks, and then continued: "However, the holy driver walks slowly, and this worship has to wait. I invited everyone here today for another reason. There is a good thing to say."

Gui Wang Zhu Youlang was quite familiar with him, and he was also one of the highest-ranking princes. He smiled and said, "I don't know what good news Uncle Wang has?"

"Well, the imperial court has been using troops one after another recently, and now it has to build a large number of warships to confront the captives. In addition to the plan to move the capital, it needs to use money everywhere." Zhu Linmi considered the words, "The Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are initially determined, and the taxes are actually collected. Not much, and in some places even the imperial court has to provide disaster relief, so the treasury has been unable to make ends meet for a long time.”

He cupped his hands in the direction of Xiaoling, "The ancestors single-handedly created the great foundation of the Ming Dynasty, but now most of it has been stolen by captives. Our generation can't recover the country for a day, and the time is like a knife stabbing..."

When he said these words, the vassal kings immediately couldn't sit still, they all got up and paid homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, saying: "The children and grandchildren are not filial, and they failed to help the emperor drive the country away."

Immediately, Zhu Youlang, who was the most "on the road", took the lead and said: "The imperial court is fighting with the eastern captives, and I can't do anything else, but there is still some money and food, which can be used to work for the army..."

(End of this chapter)