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The new ship was finally launched, and in the eyes of everyone or longing or questioning, this scissor hull was a hybrid product with a hard sail slowly sailed out of the port, and then under the captain's order, the full sail gradually accelerated away from people's sight, and a Cangshan boat for rescue purposes was gradually pulled away, even if the sailors used their strength to paddle could not catch up with the scissors in the distance. Everyone knew that the ship was fast, but no one expected it to be so fast, and although those who stayed on the shore could not intuitively see what its speed was, at least at this moment, the truth that the slender ship could run fast was deeply ingrained.

Standing on the shore blowing the sea breeze, Zhang Huan, who was as dark as Jiang Tian, looked at the sail shadow in the distance, and excitedly tugged at Jiang Tian's sleeve: "Sir, sir, this ship is the best in the world, right?" ”

"It's not the best, at least I can make a lot of improvements to it, but with our existing technology, this is already the world's leading, and it's a little powerless just to be used as a merchant ship." Jiang Tian also looked at the sailing ship in the distance, but he knew that this ship was not a warship in the strict sense.

Liu Baokai, who has always had a businessman's sense of smell, rolled his eyes: "Last year, I heard that Mr. was going to design a special merchant ship, I don't know when I can see it?" ”

Jiang Tian rubbed his glasses that were a little sour and replied casually: "Design is not a problem, but I have already handed over that type of ship to King Ji's shipyard to buy out, if your family wants to buy a ship, you have to talk to King Ji." ”

The lust @ wolf and the false prince chuckled in their hearts at the same time, and sure enough, in the next moment, they heard Zhang Huan ask: "The emperor...... Does the royal family also want to build ships? Isn't Uncle Wang from a cavalryman? ”

Wu Yuan knew that he almost said the word "Uncle Huang", but he was not in a hurry to change the topic, he wanted to hear what Jiang Tian had to say. So I watched Jiang Tian turn around and walk back, and said as he walked: "It's nothing for the royal family to engage in industry, isn't my emperor's senior brother still occupying the glass factory and not letting go, but it's rare for a cavalryman to be able to settle down and build a ship, I don't believe that he can run it well, but he is a prince, and with the technical support of my side, it is not easy to close the door at a loss." ”

Jiang Tian is telling the truth, although there is a law to protect intellectual property rights in recent years, the common people do not have any concept of infringement, as long as your secret is exposed, there is no possibility of rights protection. Therefore, whether it is a clipper boat type or a birdcage keel, as long as it is a part that can be understood, there is no possibility of secrecy. He is the only one who can rely on the violent organs of the state to defend his rights, and he is one of the few who can rely on the violent organs of the state to defend his rights......

The trial voyage of the new ship is not mentioned for the time being, Jiang Tian and others are involved in the construction of the new ship, this time because of the use of a new keel design, so the length of the ship is no longer limited by the length of the suitable wood, but the use of a more avant-garde design, this time Jiang Tian simply used all the metallurgical capabilities of Tianjin Wei, ordered a steel keel up to one hundred and twenty meters long, in order to ensure the strength requirements of the world's first steel keel, the research institute recruited all the blacksmiths within two or three hundred kilometers around by executive order, Of course, because the 10,000-ton hydraulic press still belongs to Zenith technology in this time and space, this keel also adopts splicing technology, and it is also a splicing method used for riveting and welding at the same time, in order to ensure that its strength can meet the design requirements.

When all the blacksmiths listened to the technical analysis, the gang all looked at Jiang Tian with an incredulous expression, just because the rank of this official master was too high, and the fine tradition of the Chinese has always been "Juguan", so no one dared to stand up and express dissent. Besides, the institute made it clear that each craftsman not only has a good salary, but also can be exempted from a certain amount of taxes with the invoices issued by the institute. With this kind of condition in front of you, you officials can do whatever they like, and of course they have no opinion on these workers.

"You people will be divided into several groups, each team is responsible for the forging of a section of steel beams, I require that the size must be very accurate, otherwise which group has a problem, I will deduct whom's money!" Of course, Jiang Tian will not tell them what this extra-long steel beam is used for, and the final riveting work is also completed by the technicians of the research institute, so this requires all blacksmiths to produce qualified products in accordance with the standards, they will build a length of no more than five meters, similar to the shape of a section of the I-beam keel, these standard parts will finally be sintered by the technicians of the research institute one by one, and finally riveted with a reinforcing steel plate at the seam of the reserved hole, and in order to ensure the quality of the entire steel keel, The material steel is provided by the Institute.

In fact, there is no need to spend so much time at all, in the original time and space, it was the riveting technology that was also used in the era of ironclad ships. It's just that Jiang Tian doesn't know how to build ships, and he doesn't dare to take risks casually, so he compromised to use such a stupid method to test, and the whole keel that is spliced is also required to be tested for strength, so the keel order of the same quality is two, one is used for testing, and the other is used for shipbuilding. Since the keel is made of steel, the ribs have naturally become steel, except for the hull or wood, the main load-bearing parts are made of steel, and this ultra-cutting-edge test ship that has crossed several technical thresholds has been built in the Bohai Bay little by little.

The most exciting thing in the whole process was not Jiang Tian as the chief designer, but the research and development work like a science fiction story becoming a reality made Zhang Huan forget to sleep and eat. He even proposed to simply replace the hull with riveted steel plates, so as to build the ironclad battleship he had in mind in advance. However, in the end, he was denied by Jiang Tian, because he knew that it was easy to pull the egg if he took too many steps, and now he felt that he couldn't control the progress of research and development, and piling up advanced technology without his life was simply seeking his own death. Fortunately, when Zhang Huan led a petition from a researcher who was also not too big to watch, the ship returning from the trial successfully diverted their attention. Looking at the smug expression of Zheng Hongming, who was tanned and reddened with the ship, everyone knew that this trial was very successful, but they didn't know how successful it was.

"Your Excellency's calculation is good, this ship did run out of eighteen kilometers of speed when it was downwind, that is, when it was headwind, it was much faster than the Cangshan boat propelled by oars, I waited for this time to go to Weihaiwei, and compared with the largest lucky ship there, our ship still looks very mighty!"

Looking at Vice Dean Zheng with a proud face, Jiang Tian was not as excited as others, and just said softly: "The ship is pulled into the dry dock, the whole ship is inspected, and then the weapons outfitting operation is prepared, and when these are done, we will go to Weihai again, and let those guys in the navy know that it is time to change the style of naval warfare." ”

Now everyone hears Jiang Tian say this bold remark without any sense of doubt, because the results of the sea trial fully illustrate the performance of the flying clipper, once this kind of warship faster than any ship appears on the sea, then the old ship will be powerless in the face of its blow, maybe it is not as good as the European battleship with dozens of guns at every turn when it comes to gunwales, but it can force a better firing position with its flexible maneuver, so that the other party has no chance to play the advantage of firepower. Our artillery equipped with flowering shells has a great chance of igniting the opponent's gunpowder and causing it to explode.

However, Zheng Hongming was still taken aback when he saw the construction plan of the new ship, he couldn't believe his glasses, Jiang Tian would build a huge ship with a length of more than 100 meters! In the next generation, a keel of 120 meters is indeed not a big ship, but in this time and space, a ship with a length of more than 100 meters is definitely at the level of a giant, not to mention that this ship also inherits the length-to-width ratio of the previous test ship, so the deck width of this ship will be more than 20 meters, which is enough to configure a large number of guns side by side. In addition, the draft of this ship will definitely be higher than nine meters, so the standard displacement of this ship is probably close to 10,000 tons! What is this concept? You must know that during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Nelson's flagship, the British Royal Navy's first-class sail battleship Victory, was only 69.3 meters long, 15.8 meters wide, 8.8 meters deep, and 3,556 tons of standard displacement. The "Great Republic", the pinnacle of the clipping ship of the later generation, is only 93 meters long, 16.2 meters wide, 9.1 meters draft, and has a displacement of 3,400 tons. I am afraid that the displacement of the 20,000-ton Zheng Hebao ship recorded in the history books can be compared with it, which shows how big the size of this No. 2 test ship is.

After the liver trembled violently, Zheng Hongming did not have the hesitant look when he returned from the trial: "...... With all due respect, although the shipyard was built with the depth of the water in mind, the ship was still too large and the use of new technology was too much, and the lowly duty was worried about ......"

Jiang Tian waved his hand: "I know what you're worried about, in fact, I'm also worried, but I'm more afraid that when the country needs a navy, there will be no troops to send, although this ship can't be equipped with multi-layer artillery decks, but it can maintain a deterrent to the surrounding forces for a long time, and if a ship of this size can be built, then I can leave the work of perfecting the navy ship type to you." ”

Zheng Hongming was fooled by Jiang Tian's words and didn't know how to answer, in fact, he didn't know Jiang Tian's intention to suddenly let go of his hands and feet, because during his sea trial, Jiang Tian and others received a report from the imperial court, and those gentry in Jiangnan finally couldn't help but carry out the final resistance, they used their local power to incite and spread rumors, saying that the land would be completely confiscated by the public ownership of the land, and the inventory of the acres of land was to prevent the people from leaving private land in their hands, and the land rent could not be paid less. And in the future, the ancestors can only be used as cattle and horses for the emperor. The tenants who had no land were even more miserable, and in the future they could only be regarded as untouchables inferior to slaves, and were sent to the bitter cold land of the far north to serve as slaves to the army, and their children and grandchildren were not allowed to turn over. In the process of spreading these rumors, it was the various wealthy families who handed over the land like a show, and the servants who retired from the family made a look of waiting to be killed, which caused even more panic among the people, and finally broke out under the instigation of people in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Hubei provinces.

"I wonder, why didn't these people organize the peasants to resist to the end when the Tartars came over, and now they just let them change their careers and become merchants, and they have to fight to the death one by one?" Looking at the internal report, Liu Baokai easily saw the truth of the facts, of course, many people knew the answer to his question, but they were embarrassed to say it.

Jiang Tian could only shake his head at this situation, he was opposed to the national census with great fanfare, but Zhang Tao, who has always been tough, has long stopped looking at those hypocrites, and he naturally dislikes Jiang Tian's kind of reform strategy that swallows water and is not efficient enough. Now that the consequences have appeared, he Jiang Tian has no choice but to hide on the beach and continue to be the designer of this battleship, and he can no longer show up in court, unless Zhang Tao really can't resist the pressure of public opinion and throws himself, a reformist, as a target. He was not afraid that he would carry the black pot, but he knew that with Zhang Tao's temper, he was afraid that he would really kill a bloody storm this time, so he couldn't bear to watch this scene in the court and couldn't stop it. And if you really make a mistake and you have to bear this black cauldron, then you must try to leave a sufficiently advanced battleship design before you die. In addition to overseeing the construction of the steel keel, he is also responsible for overseeing the installation of the modular concept weapon system on the ship.

As the crown prince Zhang Huan although the status is extremely noble, but his young heart can not understand the choice of those Jiangnan gentry, in fact, in his eyes and in the words of these people around him, his father and teacher are regarded as the kind of people who have done their best for the country and the people, but their thoughts and thoughts exceed most people in this era, which seems incompatible with society, and he can accept scientific education, he can easily use scientific methods to calculate the gains and losses, and deeply study the "political zhì" He knows that the land issue is the foundation of his family's life, and now a group of people who are unwilling to give up their privileges have finally jumped out to challenge the imperial power, and he is the only prince of this dynasty, and he can't wait to lead a vote to slaughter these national thieves.

Wu Yuan, who knew more about the inside story, also shook his head together, he was not disappointed in the reactionary forces in Jiangnan, but knew that the reason why Zhang Tao agreed that Jiang Tian took Zhang Huan to the research institute to blow the sea breeze was actually because he had already received the news of the conspiracy of those people, not only for the safety of his son, but also because he didn't want him to see himself kill at a young age, so Zhang Huan's industrial tourism could be made. Here, neither conspiracy nor yang conspiracy can hurt the prince by half a point, so even if Jiang Tian does not open his mind and wants to rush back to the capital, he has to find ways to stop it, fortunately, Jiang Tian is not like Liu Baokai who has no sense of smell about the political crisis.

When his son and the most important scientists were protected, Zhang Tao looked at the urgent documents of the three provinces and only sneered. In addition to these three provinces, many provinces in the south of the Yangtze River also have signs of instability, and there are even provincial governors, saying that if the imperial court does not suspend the new policy, it is afraid that their own provinces will also be unstable! This is a naked rebellion against the palace, Zhang Tao did not think of compromise at the beginning, after the autumn harvest, these people did it, obviously wanting to embezzle this year's autumn grain at the same time, and at the same time, their henchmen in the court also fanned the wind and lit the ghost fire together, in a vain attempt to create the illusion of danger in the society to force the emperor to comply. For ten days, the emperor did not give any orders, which made the old guards who were in high love at the beginning gradually calm down, and they self-righteously launched an offensive of @ wave @ wave, only to find that the emperor didn't even pay attention to himself, and the smart ones had already realized that something was wrong.

But what about being smart? In the face of absolute power, a strategy seems so insignificant, just when the big guy is confused, he suddenly received a notice from the court, all the high-ranking officials in the capital are going to the court, if you shirk and don't want to go, someone will come to tie you up to the palace! So whether you guessed what Zhang Tao wanted to do or not, all the officials in the capital gathered outside the noon gate, and when they were about to pass through this famous gate, Zhang Tao stood on the tower of the noon gate and looked down on the officials.

Looking at the group of officials kneeling down in the city, Zhang Tao said in his own angry voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have convened you today to discuss the civil unrest in the three provinces, you don't have to worry that your yamen will be left unattended, I have already transferred the two forbidden armies of Tongzhou and Jizhou into the city to maintain order!" ”

Just this sentence almost didn't make the officials downstairs blow up the camp, what does this mean? In the words of later generations, it is very simple, Beijing City has been managed by the military @, you are now under house arrest, who has the ability to make trouble again? In fact, they can only blame these people for their poor memory, they forgot that Zhang Tao was an immediate emperor, a founding king who was killed in a sea of corpses and blood, and the courage to kill people was definitely not under Zhu Yuanzhang, but these people thought that he would not blame the public, and was frightened by the rioting peasants, but they forgot that Zhang Tao had long been thinking about the few wealthy provinces that were not poisoned by the war, where the excess population was relocated to the north, which has always been the goal that Zhang Tao wants to achieve.

Looking at the chaotic officials, Zhang Tao did not have a trace of pity in his eyes, but whispered to the people around him: "Do it!" ”

The guards next to him saluted and turned around without saying a word, and trotted all the way down the city tower, and then a group of well-armored forbidden troops came out of the city gate in a neat row, and slapped the attack formation in front of the officials, which frightened everyone like ashes, but this little life had to be explained here. But they didn't wait for the expected killing, but saw a eunuch walk up to the front of the army and read aloud in a soft voice: "Whoever reads the name of our family, don't let the sergeants bother, please stand up yourself......"

The long list in his hand was simply a reminder, and many officials whose names were read simply couldn't stand the high pressure of psychology and collapsed to the ground, and there was absolutely no hesitation about these forbidden soldiers, and all those who didn't come out were thrown aside by them like dogs.

After the people on the list were singled out, the eunuch Yan sù took out another holy decree: "Your Majesty has a decree, these officials colluded with bandits with the intention of rebellion, and now it has been ascertained that the actual evidence is the Ming canonical punishment, and the law will be corrected on the spot immediately!" ”

As soon as he finished saying the French word in his mouth, he saw dozens of forbidden army officers with bright armor pull out the waist knives they were wearing! (The novel "Qingguo" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )