"If it is equipped with teak and oak armor, it has a certain ability to resist shells, has one or two layers of gun decks, bulwarks and gun muzzles in columns, can be equipped with dozens of guns on both sides, has a low center of gravity, and is stable in navigation and not easy to capsize. The steering is also more flexible. Such specialized warships were sure to defeat Spanish galleons. ”

Boss Zhang thought for a while and said: "Young Master, your analysis is very reasonable, my Ming Dynasty has never been separated from civilian ships in terms of ship type, they are both military and civilian, and I have never designed a real professional warship designed for combat needs." Just like the branch of the lucky boat under our feet, the improved ship type is also used by the sailors. ”

Li Jing said: "It's a pity that two hundred years ago, the ship type drawings I went to the West to the Three Treasure Eunuchs were missing, and we can only explore the shipbuilding ourselves today."

"Does the young master want to develop such a corvette and a separate cargo ship?"

"We talk so much tonight, in fact, we are talking about the road that people have walked in the past, whether we admit it or not, we have lagged behind in navigation technology and shipbuilding technology. We follow behind others and will never catch up with them. We don't have the need for ocean-going at present, and we don't have to go to the South Seas to fight with the Franco. What we need is to design suitable warships and merchant ships that meet our activities in the coastal waters of Daming according to our purposes. How big it is, what type of ship to build, step by step. Each improvement contributes to our current business, and only then can we develop a ship that suits our needs. ”

"I plan to buy the flat rocky beach along and in the middle of Houjiang Bay on Nanao Island, and build a shipyard and deep-water wharf in Houjiang Bay. The shipyard outside the city of Chaozhou is an estuary port, which is easy to silt up and the water depth is not enough, so it is not suitable for future shipbuilding base, and although the beach cannot be planted, it can be used to open workshops. If it is possible to buy the whole Nanao Island, it is the best, but there is a general town government on it, although there is no one, after all, it is not easy to do it is the government. ”

"If the young master wants to build a new shipyard, I can find my brother back then, there are about 20 people, all of whom have worked in the shipyard in Batavia for many years. If you can afford a salary, I don't think they want to give up what they've done all their lives. ”

"Okay, if you can do this, I will ask you from my second uncle, and let you concentrate on helping me take care of the shipyard and be the first steward under me."