Jinling Longjiang Shipyard can be said to be the shipyard with the longest history in the Ming Dynasty, and its history can be traced back to before the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought together, and they supervised the construction of naval warships here, and then, Zheng He went to the Western Ocean for the first time, and all treasure ships were also built here.

Such a long-established shipyard, if it continues to develop, its shipbuilding capacity may shock the whole world, you know, the legendary Zheng He treasure ship is more than 40 zhang long, just like the small aircraft carriers of later generations!

This shipbuilding capability was established more than 100 years ago, and how terrifying it would be to continue to develop for more than 100 years!

It's a pity that Da Ming chose the policy of sea ban, and this long-established super-large shipyard was slowly abandoned because there were no ships to build.

After Yang Cong took Wang Xuan and a group of elite disciples of the shipping school around the Longjiang Shipyard, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

It's a pity, it's a pity!

Such a terrifying super-large shipyard, such advanced shipbuilding technology, is so deserted.

Although Tu Dashan restarted the Longjiang Shipyard, he did not restore the entire shipyard to the appearance of the beginning of the dynasty, this guy, maybe the money is not enough, the entire shipyard he only restored about one percent, like the kind of super-large dock waterway more than ten zhang wide, he just repaired half of it, only for the use of building Cangshan ships, and he only repaired one of the several super-large waterways in a row, and the others have not even moved.

It seems that it will be a long time before this historic megayard is fully restored.

Yang Cong sighed with emotion, and took Wang Xuan and his party to the dilapidated shipyard yamen.

He casually found a large room, ordered someone to bring a large square table, and asked people to prepare the four treasures of the study, and then arranged for his guards to invite a few foremen of the shipyard over.

These foremen can be said to be veterans among the craftsmen, and there is nothing to say about the technology, but they don't know anything about the power struggle, and they are even more blank in their understanding of the situation in the court.

At the beginning, at the request of Tu Dashan, the governor of the heavens, they summoned craftsmen to build warships, and they were even happy.

They thought that the Longjiang Shipyard had finally restored its shipbuilding capacity, and everyone would have a stable livelihood in the future.

Unexpectedly, this Tu Dashan actually gave all the warships they built to the pirates and pirates.

Oh my God, don't you want their lives!

It is rumored that the new governor is Tu Dashan's sworn enemy, and his methods are very ruthless, and they are afraid that these "accomplices" will have to shed their skin if they don't die!

When several foremen heard that the Governor had summoned them, their faces changed in fright, and everyone thought that they were afraid that it would be the end of the matter at this time, and if they were not dragged out by the Governor, they would be considered to have burned high incense.

I never thought that after coming to the shipyard yamen, several officers and soldiers did not take them to any public court to try the case, and what they entered turned out to be an ordinary room, in which there were a few men in Confucian robes surrounding the two officials, and there were no fierce executioners at all.

What's going on here?

Just as they were puzzled, the leading officer and soldier turned to one of the young officers and said, "Your Excellency, the foreman of the shipyard has been brought." ”

Governor, Governor, Governor!

Several foremen were stunned, where did they think that the amiable young man in front of them was the rumored and extremely ruthless governor.

They were stunned for a while, and they didn't know who took the lead to lie on the ground, and then, several people all lay down, and they were all so frightened that they lay down in front of Yang Cong, trembling, and couldn't speak.

Seeing this, Yang Cong couldn't help but shake his head and smiled bitterly: "What's wrong with you, this official didn't call you over to cure your crimes, you don't need to be afraid, get up." ”

When the foremen heard this, they carefully got up from the ground and stood there with a frightened face, like prisoners waiting to be sentenced.

Yang Cong could only continue to shake his head and smile bitterly: "Don't stand there in a daze, come and see, can you build this ship?" ”

Hearing this, several foremen cautiously approached the square table, stretched out their heads to see, it turned out that the square table was actually a huge warship drawing, judging from the bottom structure and keel frame, it should be similar to the Daifuku ship system, however, the structure on it is a little strange, there is not even a sail.

What kind of ship is this?

Several foremen looked puzzled, they could be sure that Da Ming must have never built such a ship, because such a big ship must have sails to be able to drive, relying on oars, it can't be rowed at all.

Yang Cong saw that they were all inexplicable, and hurriedly explained: "This is the latest type of Fuchuan battleship, the bottom and keel frame are borrowed from the Daifuku ship system, however, this cabin is different, it is divided into several layers, and each layer is about the same width as the entire hull, you see, this kind of warship, can Longjiang Shipyard build it?" ”

How do you say this?

If it is the kind of Zheng He treasure ship that is more than 40 zhang long, with the current technology of Longjiang Shipyard, it will definitely not be able to build it, if it is only this kind of Dafu ship more than 10 zhang long, they can barely build it.

However, this ship does not even have a sail, how can it be driven, and what is the use of building it?

A foreman couldn't help but speak: "Your Excellency, we can barely build this ship, but this ship doesn't even have sails, I'm afraid it won't be able to drive it!" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he hurriedly unfolded another drawing and explained in detail: "The official is afraid that you won't understand, so he only showed you the structural diagram of the cabin, in fact, there are many things outside the boat, you see, this is a rowing wheel, just like a rowing wheel like a wheel, there are roughly five to eight groups of rowing wheels on both sides of the entire hull, with these rowing wheels, won't the boat be able to start?" ”

Are you kidding?

Rowing the wheel!

They naturally know how big the boat is, this big fortune boat is not comparable to the wheel, to use the rowing wheel to drive such a big boat, how big is the rowing wheel?

Judging from the proportion of the entire hull, this rowing wheel is afraid that it is not as wide as a zhang, who is so strong and can step on such a large rowing wheel?

Another foreman couldn't help but ask, "Lord Governor, I'm afraid one person can't step on such a big rowing wheel, right?" ”

Well, these people, there is a professional level, otherwise they would not have seen the motivation problem at a glance.

However, their professional level is limited to the existing technical level, and they probably do not know anything about the new thing such as steam power.

Yang Cong could only patiently explain: "You don't have to worry about this, the rowing wheel is not driven by manpower, but by a steam engine." ”

Steam engine?

When several foremen heard this, they all showed thoughtful expressions.

In fact, they have not seen steam engines, because there are workshops for making muskets and artillery in this Longjiang shipyard, and there are new machine tools in them, and they don't know where Zhao Wenhua and Tu Dashan got them, in short, they don't know anything about steam engines.

However, compared with the steam engine of more than 10 zhang long, it is not a concept at all.

Can that thing move such a big ship?

Of course, Yang Cong knew what these people were wondering about, he thought for a while, and then explained: "Fire dragon car, you have all heard of it, a fire dragon car with ten carriages, also more than ten zhang long, such a big iron pimple steam engine can be moved, can this wooden warship steam engine not be moved?" ”