"If you don't distinguish between turbidity, the Great Song Dynasty will be in danger! If the corrupt officials are not eliminated, the Great Song Dynasty will die! ”

"Guangyan Road! Tax cuts! Or merger! ”

Zhao Xingde stood by the wall, listening intently, and the noisy sound was faintly audible. After a while, the marchers gradually moved away, and silence returned outside the wall, and Zhao Xingde sighed and sat down. From Ezhou, to all prefectures and counties, up to the royal family, prime ministers, and down to the common people, they are all churning in this oil pot at this time, although the mansion of the Marquis of Wuchang is quiet, but you can also feel the blazing temperature outside.

In the Great Rites Law, the rights of the Prime Minister, the Six Ministries, the prefectures and counties, and the ordinary scholars are clearly written, and it is precisely in this way that every aspect makes the best use of their rights, and the places that are not yet proper in the Great Rites Discussion are suddenly exposed. For example, the scholars' right to discuss, march, and write was vividly used by the students in various places, and once the yamen intervened, they would be charged with suppressing speech or even attempting to rebel.

According to Zhao Huan, Ezhou is still good. In some places, the Qingliu was in power, and severe punishments were imposed on the vulgar people, making the gentry and wealthy families who were not Qingliu miserable, and even fled to other places. In other places, the vulgar gentry controlled the government, and used the Qingliu Law to deal with the Qingliu people, and a large number of Qingliu scholars who committed minor crimes were sent to prison for questioning, and a small half of the death row prisoners sent to Ezhou were convicted because of this. Armed fights broke out among the people in other places, with as many as 10,000 participants, and the local government did not dare to call for local regimental training, so they could only ask the imperial court to transfer officials and troops from other counties to quell the chaos.

In the chaotic situation, the Marquis of Wuchang Mansion is a backwater. In addition to Zhao Xingde's body every day, he can only read and write, and chat with Zhao Huan from time to time to relieve boredom. There was no end in sight to the days of house arrest, and in addition to writing articles on "The Way of a Gentleman", he drew some mechanical drawings that he remembered in his previous life, and bound them into a book. Based on the understanding of the current technology, various small models are made, and various parameters are calculated and inferred. Zhao Huan was most afraid that something would go wrong with him, and when he saw Zhao Xingde using this to dismiss his feelings, not only did he feel that he was not doing his job, but instead gathered all kinds of craftsmen and accompanied him with great interest.

At this time, on the stone table in front of Zhao Xingde, there was a square rectangular wooden plank, and on the flat white paper, a ship was drawn, and the ship was equipped with four or five masts, various large and small square or triangular sails, and there were gun windows on both sides of the hull. In the longitudinal section of the middle of the hull, it can be seen that there is also a large compartment at the bottom of the ship, and a bamboo dragonfly is installed that looks like an upside-down bamboo dragonfly. Next to the largest drawing, there are also drawings for various purposes, such as the outer profile of the ship.

"What is this?" Zhao Huan held his cuffs and pointed curiously at the bamboo dragonfly-like thing.

"Whirlwind." Zhao Xingde explained, "Some people call it 'propeller', and I think 'spiral' is more appropriate. Always under the water, it works more like an oar, which is traditionally called a 'oar' where there are no oars. He was dressed in a kudzu shirt, with the hems of his trousers and cuffs tied with ropes, and he pulled out a large picture of the construction of the propeller parts, in which a hundred boarding pedals were placed, and by means of a gear set and a slender screw, he turned two rows of "spiral oars" that were attached to the bottom of the boat.

"Well, I think it's like I've put the wheels on both sides of the boat down and put them on the stern." Zhao Huan drew a circle with his two hands, pressed it on the side of the hull, and said suspiciously: "Then the wheels will be bigger, so there won't be so many." After seeing all kinds of strange things painted by Zhao Xingde, she went to the Ministry of Industry to find drawings for reference, and she also gained a lot of knowledge.

"In that case, it would be a lot of effort for the paddles to enter and exit the water." Zhao Xingde pointed to the rows of squares on both sides of the hull and explained, "And there are also gun windows on both sides of the hull." He pointed to the mast and the sail road, "Sailing on the sea is mainly based on the power of the wind, but when there is no wind or when there is a war, the warship will be much better if it has its own power." For example, the chariots and ships in Shu and the galleys in Xiyi are all like this. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Huan thought for a moment, and then said with a smile, "If the sailor has such a warship, he can expel the pirates." ”

"It's just on paper." Zhao Xingde shook his head and said, "Without the experimental process, it can't be made suddenly." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Huan nodded, what Zhao Xingde said about "experiment", she can be regarded as having a profound experience.

As far as the hull of the ship is concerned, Zhao Xingde first made a wooden model based on the Song and Xiyi sea ships he had seen, and through comparative experiments in flowing water, he believed that the ship shape of the Song sea ship was better. With this experiment as the foundation, he specially selected some size parameters related to the ship's center of gravity, hull buoyancy, displacement, and ship outline, calculated the resistance of the two ship types in the water, the size of buoyancy, and the performance of anti-capsizing. After learning that the Great Food Pirates had invaded the coast, Zhao Xingde handed over the optimized model of the sea ship to the Ministry of War along with the size scale.

In addition, because ordinary wooden ships could not withstand the power of artillery, Zhao Xingde considered using an iron-bone pontoon method to build gunboats. The keel, the ribs of the hull, and even the stringer beams under several decks are all cast in cast iron, forming a net-like iron frame, which is covered with thick wooden planks to form the hull profile. Artillery mounts, masts, rudders, shirters and other important components are also connected to the iron skeleton. The cabins are all pontoons of different shapes. The pontoons are fixed to the iron bones, and even if some of the cabins are pierced and leaking, it will not cause the ship to sink immediately. However, there are many other improvements to this iron-bone pontoon boat, because it cannot be reliably experimented, and like the placement of this "spiral oar", it only exists on the drawing.

It is impossible for Zhao Huan to hand over these strange things to the Ministry of War behind Zhao Xingde's back. Just as she doesn't believe that a small "whirlwind" can replace a big "wheel", she won't argue about it. While helping to collect the drawings, she said casually: "The drawings to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War handed over to the shipbuilding department, and the shipbuilding department said that they only controlled the shipbuilding, but in fact, the shipyard of the shipbuilding was managed by the transshipment department, and the drawings were transferred to the transshipment department, and later, there was no result." The Criminal Department is now strictly investigating the big iron nail case, and the Transshipment Department has already imprisoned more than 20 officials, and the rest are all in danger, and they estimate that no one can take care of the new ship. ”

"Oh." Zhao Xingde didn't have too much disappointment on his face, but asked, "The big nail case?" ”

"Hmm. The official of the South China Sea Stream said that the official ships built by Jianghuai are easy to break down and it is difficult to resist the strong winds and waves in the South China Sea, and suggested that an official ship yard should be set up in the South China Sea from now on, and all ships in the South China Sea should be built by Guangnan Road or the South China Sea. Chen Xianggong sent this recital to the Transit Division, and asked the Transit Division to discuss whether it was feasible? As a result, the Jianghuai Shipyard was very opposed, insisting that Jianghuai's ship had been in the South China Sea for more than 100 years and had never had any problems. The two sides started a pen and ink relationship, and as a result, Chen Xianggong sent the imperial historian Xu Xiaoyun to Jianghuai to find out who was right and who was wrong. Xu Yushi is a disciple of Wu Shangshu. ”

Zhao Xingde's face showed a different color, and Zhao Huan explained: "Chen Xianggong sent him, and no one else had anything to say, and he would be cautious." ”

"I see." Zhao Xingde nodded, his eyes showed appreciation, Zhao Huan's cheeks were slightly red, and he smiled slightly: "The corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the shipyard have prepared everything in the account books of materials and labor, and they thought that they had done a good job, but they all chose the Qingliu Law to defend themselves, and if there is no real evidence, they can't be tortured." Who knew that this Xu Yushi Ke, like his mentor, was an out-and-out madman. I heard that he actually started with the most difficult iron nails to examine. But I don't understand why the nails on the ship are the most difficult to inspect, do you know? ”

Zhao Huan froze and looked at Zhao Xingde with a smile, as if he wanted to test his appearance. After entering the house for a long time, the two husband and wife are not like husband and wife, friends are not like friends, and after getting along for a long time, she gradually let go of her thoughts, and she was not so restrained by Zhao Xingde, but got up casually. I don't know when she started to be called "husband", and it gradually became a habit.

"I saw it when I was in Liaodong, and the iron nails on the sea ship are indeed the most difficult to check." Zhao Xingde explained, "Iron is most prone to rust when it is damp, not only the nails are rusted, but also the surrounding wooden planks will be eroded, so that the wood will form a hollow, and over time, the ship will be destroyed." Therefore, when building a ship, in order to prevent the iron nails from rusting, the craftsmen not only have to knock the iron nails into the wooden board together with the nail caps, but also use putty material and hemp tendons to fill all the nail holes and seal them. Therefore, once the sea ship is built, it is extremely difficult to check the length of the nails. ”

"I see," Zhao Huan smiled slightly, "I asked several people, but I don't know what's going on, but my husband is still well-informed." In this way, Xu Yushi's approach makes sense. After he arrived in Jianghuai, he first asked for the account books of the materials used in the shipyards in various places, and then asked the major shipyards to send a new ship that had just been built to Hangzhou, and then burned several new ships of all sizes with a fire. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Xingde frowned, and listened to Zhao Huan continue: "Xu Yushi reported the number of iron materials for each ship from each shipyard and piled them up next to him, and the iron materials were pulled out of the burned shipwreck, which was less than half of the weight it should have. It is said that at that time, the faces of the officials of the major shipyards in Jianghuai were frightened white, Xu Xiaoyun sacrificed the Qingliu Law on the spot, and took down all the officials in the shipyard present, and played the impeachment of the imperial court that night, asking the criminal department to investigate the case exhaustively, and later the criminal department followed up the case, sent the relevant people to prison for interrogation, and investigated and dealt with many other things that were greedy for ink. However, among the students in the southeast prefecture and county, Xu Yushi's official voice suddenly rose. ”