In the newly built port at the mouth of the Haihe River, in one of the hidden harbors, there is a closed dock, and at this moment, in a corner of the dock, Zhu Youzheng is holding a sharpened charcoal pen, standing in front of a wooden board, and constantly drawing something.

At that time, a very strange ship, the whole hull was very slender, it looked a bit like the Galen ship they built, but the length to width ratio of the ship was much larger than that ship, and the old man who was watching next to him estimated in his mind that the length to width ratio on this picture was almost six to one.

In other words, the length of the ship is six times its width, and its bow is sharp and slender, shaped like scissors, and the mere look at it gives a sense of sharpness. Elder Gao swore that he had never seen such an extreme ship, not even the plywood ship they had built themselves.

Zhu Youxiao kept drawing lines, and at the same time kept marking numbers and dimensions, and finally made a mark on the bow of the ship, writing two big words - hollow.

"Hollow?!" Gao Lao shouted loudly, and several other exclamations sounded at the same time, everyone's voice was full of incredible taste, the bow of the ship was hollow, which simply subverted their understanding of shipbuilding.

"Boss, what kind of ship is this, and why is it so weird?" Elder Gao couldn't help but ask, although the other people didn't say anything, they also stared at Zhu Youxiao tightly, for fear of missing a word.

These shipbuilders are typical technical nerds, as long as they encounter advanced technologies that they don't know in their field, they won't stop until they understand it.

"It's called a clipper, it's a kind of ship design drawing that I got by chance, and it has no other advantages, except that it's fast, very fast." Zhu Youxiao pointed to the figure he drew and explained slowly, his face was still not thick enough, and he was embarrassed to say that it was designed by himself.

"The design of this boat is characterized by its very large aspect ratio and hollow bow, and some other designs, such as a scissor-shaped tip and a bottom design with very little resistance, give it a very fast speed, its normal speed, about 12 to 14 knots."

"Huh? What unit is the section? ”

"A knot is a unit of speed of a ship, a knot is a nautical mile, and the speed of a ship is how many knots a ship can sail in an hour, well, and half an hour."

"Uh, what's in the sea?"

"Nautical mile is a unit of length at sea, one nautical mile is equal to 1.8 kilometers, eh, that is, 3.7 miles."

In this way, Zhu Youxiao kept explaining various terms, and finally explained the various technical standards and characteristics of the clippers. The clipper and the galen have a lot in common, but some aspects are magnified, and there is not much in the first place.

Then the appearance of various unfamiliar nouns made Zhu Youxiao keep explaining, one noun was involved in another, and he didn't know what these things were called in this era, so he had to explain them one after another, fortunately, there were not many unfamiliar nouns, and he finally finished explaining after an hour and a half.

It's just that he could finish it in an hour, but he was stunned and let him talk for three hours.

"Do you understand?" Zhu Youxiao put down the charcoal pen, poured a sip of water and asked.

"Boss, I don't understand a little bit of the ground." Elder Gao relied on the fact that he had met a few days ago and took the lead in asking questions.

"Here, I'll tell you......" According to the paper materials in his hand, Zhu Youxiao explained to him. His problem was not only on the clipper ship, but also on the Galen ship.

Looking at Gao Lao's picture of a young man being taught, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel satisfied, people's troubles are good teachers, and Confucius does not deceive me. He sighed in his heart, and by the way, he despised his abnormal mentality.

It's just that he didn't wait for long to enjoy it, and several other masters came up and asked nonsense, and at first a few questions Zhu Youxiao could still explain the information after reading it for a few days, but the masters asked more and more advanced questions, and he couldn't answer them at all.

"For you, see for yourself, don't ask me." Zhu Youxiao shouted and threw away the thick stack of materials in his hand.

"It's crazy." Zhu Youxiao was short, and finally got out of the encirclement of the masters. Behind him, several usually respected masters competed for the drawings and materials like vicious dogs grabbing food.

"Your uncle's Lao Gao, that's Lao Tzu, don't rob it." An old man slowed down and shouted angrily.

"Your grandmother's Li Jiuzhi, if Lao Gao robs you, you will come and rob me." Another old man cursed angrily.

Chaos happened, and the gang of masters didn't know if they had a festival before or what, so they started to fight with this stubble. You insert your nose and I dig out your crotch, you scratch your ears and I want your arm, all kinds of obscene and despicable actions, Zhu Youxiao next to me is extremely ashamed.

"Quick, Li Tu, go up and pull people, go and pull people." After Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a while, he came back to his senses, and hurriedly shouted for people to stop, these old men are all his treasures, and it is not good to hurt any of them.

With Zhu Youxiao's intervention, these old men stopped, and then after looking at each other with their ancient necks and blushing necks, they reluctantly agreed to come down and study and watch together.

In the next few days, Zhu Youxiao was almost immersed in this small shipyard, discussing with these masters with his knowledge and insight far beyond ordinary people. At this time, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, almost all the ships floating in China were lucky ships, large and small, which constituted the main force of the pirates' battles and the fleets of maritime merchants who went to sea to trade.

However, Zhu Youxiao's shipyard has not built many Dafu boats, only some fishing boats, which can be regarded as training personnel. Zhu Youxiao came here, and his actions were not concealed, and he had enough manpower on hand, so he naturally wanted to build that big shipyard, and these masters would definitely be the main force at that time.

In the past few days, after continuous discussions, Zhu Youxiao and several master craftsmen have roughly reached a consensus that in the future, the main task of the large shipyards will be to imitate Western ships, until the shipyards have the ability to independently design ships on their own.

It's not that China's lucky ships are bad, but they are not suitable for this era, whether it is a watertight compartment, or a hard sail in all directions, or a V-shaped bottom design, any of which is beyond this era, the design direction of these ships, in the 21st century, still appears on those high-tech ships, enduring, enduring.

It's just that these things are not quite suitable for this era, or rather naval warfare for this era. At this time, it was already the era when the cannon far surpassed the beginning of naval warfare technology, and the gang warfare had been eliminated and outdated, and the advantages of the large cargo capacity and large number of people of the Fu ship were becoming less and less obvious, and his internal watertight compartment design and V-shaped bottom could not provide enough gun position and sufficient earthquake resistance, if the Fu ship was filled with artillery, after a shelling, the entire Fu ship might fall or be shaken apart by the recoil of the artillery.

It can only be that the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors was too advanced, and many of their designs would be very good technology in the twenty-first century, and in this era when the number of guns and speed were gradually used to judge the combat power of ships, the U-shaped bottom, large soft sails and transverse hull ribs of Western Galen ships could provide sufficient speed and solidity.

Western galleons are a very strange type of ships in the history of ship development, they are only suitable for this era, once this era passes, they will be outdated, unlike China's lucky ships, the wisdom and brilliance on it, even in the 21st century with advanced science and technology, have been shining.

However, the first task of Zhu Youxiao's shipyard was not to imitate the Western Galen ship, even if he picked up a Galen ship, and obtained relatively complete technical information after dismantling. In this sea where there are many strong men and their respective spheres of influence have been demarcated, if you want to gain a place, in addition to building a large number of warships, you will have to fight a sea battle to repel those invaders.

It's like the British fleet defeating the Spanish Armada!

Zhu Yo Xu also took this path, but it didn't start with the Galen ship, he found another way, planning to start with the clipper, so by borrowing the high speed of the clipper, he could achieve a certain advantage in the sea power in a short time, saving time and effort.

The clipper can be said to be the pinnacle of the development of sail boats, its speed is very fast, and the various designs are very distinctive, in addition to ensuring the necessary stability, all the designs are designed to improve its sailing speed. The appearance of clippers was at the pinnacle of the development of sailboats, and after that, ironclad battleships powered by steam engines appeared, and sail warships were quickly eliminated.

Therefore, there has never been a battleship in history with the flying clipper hull as the basic ship type, and at this moment, in this era of rampant galleons, the emergence of the flying clipper can be described as an epoch-making subversion, and no one knows what kind of impact it can bring.

Can clippers be fitted with a large number of guns as battleships? If not, then the combination of the characteristics of the Galen ship and the clipper ship can design a new type of warship with both firepower and speed? In this case, will the battle patrol with high speed and high firepower appear in advance?

These possibilities, for countless ship enthusiasts, are full of infinite attraction, so that they can't help but indulge in it. However, for Zhu Youxiao, these spiritual enjoyment is not important, the reason why he threw out the design of the clipper is to value its unparalleled speed, in this era, speed is money, speed is life.

And this unparalleled speed can quickly bring a huge advantage to his nascent fleet at sea, there is a saying among those who practice martial arts, saying that martial arts are three points higher, and they will be stronger, and this can also be put in the development of science and technology, and if the technology is three points higher, the strength of the army will be strong and boundless.

This was the case with the British fleet against the Spanish Armada, and the same was true with the Third Reich sweeping through Europe.