The Italian missionary Camilo ran after the emperor almost all the way.

After visiting the Bao'en Temple in Nanjing, Camilo heard that the Chinese emperor had come. He was about to go to the audience, when the emperor suddenly took a boat to Zhenjiang, and when he chased to Zhenjiang, the emperor ran to Suzhou again.

The emperor finally stopped in Suzhou, and let the famous prostitutes wear military uniforms to compete.

Upon hearing the news, Camilo knew that the Chinese emperor was ridiculous. He prepared a novelty to offer, but there was no way to meet him. Once, he rushed out of the car, but before he could get close to the royal car, he was beaten by the soldiers of the Beijing camp and thrown into the ditch.

On the twentieth day of the first month, the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang.

Zhang Mu came over and said, "General system, the monk has been waiting for half a month, do you want to invite him to see him?" ”

"Almost, let him in." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Camilo originally just wanted to make a move, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity, so he simply knelt down and bowed: "The outer feudal monk Ke Yu said, meet the Governor of the Celestial Empire!" ”

Wang Yuan couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Have you learned to kowtow?" ”

Camilo replied: "When I meet the Governor, I can't help but want to kneel, this is the admiration of the hero." ”

"I learned Chinese well, and I can actually use idioms." Wang Yuan said approvingly.

Camilo said: "The Chinese culture is vast and profound, and our vassal barbarians naturally admire it, and they can't wait to wander in the ocean of Chinese culture all day long. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "I don't know if you have heard it, there is also a saying in China, which is called 'Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief'." You kneel and kowtow, and you flatter and flatter, what do you want from me? ”

Since Wang Yuan directly pierced it, Camillo didn't hide it: "I want to see Emperor Ming." ”

Wang Yuan sneered: "Preaching to His Majesty the Emperor? ”

"No, no, no," Camillo knew that this issue was very sensitive, having spent a year in China, "I just want to offer the emperor a treasure to show my adoration and respect for China and the Chinese emperor." ”

Wang Yuan asked, "What to offer?" Show me. ”

Camilo took out an object from his arms, stepped forward and handed it to Wang Yuan: "Lord Governor, this is ...... Uh, I don't know how to translate. ”

Wang Yuan took it and looked at it, but it was a pocket watch the size of a palm. And there is only an hour hand, no minute and second hands, and the devil knows how big the error is every day.

Camilo explains: "This thing can be used to keep time. ”

Wang Yuan said: "Then translate it as 'table'." ”

Camilo was a little puzzled and asked, "Why is it called a watch?" ”

Wang Yuan explained: "There is a kind of timer called the sundial in China, and its benchmark and stone pillar are called 'watches', and its shadow measurement stereotype is called 'Gui', so the folk are also called 'Gui watches'. Your things are also time-keeping, and they can also be called 'watches.'" ”

Camilo complimented, "The Governor is very knowledgeable. ”

Wang Yuan asked: "Do all Western chronographs have only one hand?" ”

Camilo said confusedly: "What do you want so many pointers for?" ”

Wang Yuan was stunned, and then laughed, it turned out that Europe at this time was not very good.

The originator of mechanical clocks is the water transport instrument platform built by Su Song, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, which has the core escapement of mechanical clocks - when the clock is running, the ticking sound is emitted by the escapement.

Probably in the Southern Song Dynasty, the clock escapement technology was introduced to Europe, and was improved and invented, and mechanical bells began to appear in European monasteries.

About a decade ago, European clocks became miniaturized and pocket watches and small clocks were invented.

However, these European clocks have only one hour hand.

As for why there are no minute and second hands, the reason is very simple, technical limitations cannot be made.

The pocket watch presented by Camelo, not to mention taking it to China, is also a treasure in Europe. It's only the size of a palm, and it's the smallest clock in Europe, and there may only be dozens of them in the world.

Wang Yuan played with his pocket watch for a while, threw it to Camilo, and said, "Let's go, go to see the emperor." ”

Zhu Houzhao is in the shipyard again today, because the newly cast Franco cannon has arrived.

There were a total of fifty steel cannons in this batch of Franco, eight of which belonged to the 2,000-pound cannons. In order to create such a cannon, the number of steelmaking furnaces in the steel mill was increased by a factor of four, otherwise it would not be possible to train so much molten steel at the same time.

Eight two-thousand-pound cannons, ten thousand-pound cannons, thirty-two five-hundred-pound cannons, and many ballistae that could shoot rockets, all of which were installed on the treasure ship that was about to be launched.

Regardless of naval combat technology, in terms of tonnage and firepower alone, it has already crushed Portugal's only two superships. Those two super-large ships have been staying in Europe to fight, and the warships sent by Portugal to Asia cannot be compared with the heavily armed treasure ships.

However, the maneuverability of the Daming treasure ship is far inferior to that of the Portuguese warship. Really fighting in the open sea, the treasure ship is more like a water fortress, a big turtle with strong firepower.

Therefore, there is a need for bird boats as a mobile force, and bird boats are extremely fast sailing speed, which is very suitable for flexible operations at sea.

European spinnaker technology, by the way, has already been sent to shipyards.

But the Chinese shipbuilders scoffed at the spinnaker, the weakness of this thing is too obvious!

A ship with a spinnaker must have a high mast. In order to prevent the mast from breaking, it has to be reinforced with a large number of ropes, and the sail cannot be rotated flexibly.

In addition, the downwind utilization rate of the spinnaker is very low, and it cannot outrun the crosssail at all in the downwind state.

The advantage of the spinnaker is that the utilization rate of wind measurement and headwind is high, making it suitable for long-distance voyages in the deep sea. The Chinese sail can use the eight-sided wind, and the headwind can also be used, but it is far less than the headwind utilization rate of the spinnaker.

In other words, the spinnaker runs faster against the wind and the wind, while the sail runs faster downwind.

Since Wang Yuan wants to play big sailing, he naturally has to engage in deep-sea ocean sailing, and the spinnaker is a must-have technology. The shipbuilders were dismissive, but Wang Yuan forced them to improve, so a combination of a crosssail and a spinnaker appeared.

It was designed by a physicist left by Wang Yuan, together with shipbuilders and sailors.

That is, the combination of crosssail and spinnaker can be applied to downwind at the same time. However, this kind of sail warship design can only be used on large ships, and sea ships under 2,000 materials cannot play at all. Even if it were taught to the Portuguese, there were only two superships in Portugal that could be refitted.

The treasure ship that is about to be launched in the shipyard is a crosssail and spinnaker composite battleship!

In fact, the effect is better with the support sail, but at this time, China and Europe still don't know what the support sail is.

However, since the shipbuilder adopts the composite sail design, the crew should be able to find practical problems in the process of sailing in the future, and the support sail can be invented naturally.

Wang Yuan took Camillo to the shipyard to meet the emperor, and the treasure ship was being installed with Franc cannons and ballistas.

Large treasure ships have eight floors, while small treasure ships have six floors.

Sand and gravel ballast is usually placed on the ground floor to ensure smooth navigation of the ship. The second and third floors are loaded with cargo and food, and from the fourth floor there are gun emplacements, and the crew also lives on the fourth floor. As for the fifth and sixth floors, there are captain's rooms, infirmaries, helm rooms, office rooms, kitchens, yin and yang rooms (astronomical and meteorological work), etc., and a shrine is reserved for Mazu.

Zhu Houzhao was watching the excitement on the boat, stroking the two-thousand-pound cannon, and said to Wang Yuan: "Erlang, this cannon is really powerful, I want to try it now." ”

"After entering the water, Your Majesty has a chance," Wang Yuan said with a smile, "This Buddha monk said that there are treasures to be offered to Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Houzhao stared at Camilo for a few moments, and wondered: "Why is this Franco not red-haired?" It's the same black hair as the Han people, and the eyes are blue like ghosts. ”

Camilo suddenly knelt down and bowed: "Brother Tessie said, meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire!" ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed: "Haha, it turns out that you can speak Chinese." If there is any treasure, please offer it quickly, if it is really rare and difficult to find, I will definitely reward it heavily. ”