Madu shipbuilding is naturally for the purpose of running away in the future, so it has always tried to avoid people's eyes and ears, and even the sea trials are arranged at night, but in the end they still did not avoid Lao Zhu's eyes and ears, and even the time of the sea trials can be checked clearly.

Now he can't hide if he wants to, Ma Du had no choice but to obey Lao Zhu's wishes, and asked Lao Liu to invite Bo Qi over, Bo Qi was the emperor in the end, I heard that Lao Zhu was going to participate in the sea trial, and his face still did not change, and he warmly welcomed Lao Zhu to come and guide.

At that moment, everyone stopped eating, and took a boat from the wharf near Fangshan and went straight down the Yangtze River. Night has fallen, and a bright moon hangs over the surging river, reflecting the waves on the river, like the shining scale armor of a winding dragon, which makes people feel refreshed.

The cool river breeze blew away the heat, blowing the short brown that Lao Zhu untied to make a hunting sound, Lao Zhu stroked his chest hair and praised: "It's so happy!" I have been working hard all day, and I haven't been boating on the river for a long time. ”

Yuan Sheng persuaded on the side: "The emperor should tie his clothes, beware of the cold." ”

"I'm in good health, what is this Jiang Feng, but is there still wine to cheer up?"

"The villain has wine here!" Lao Liu took off a gourd from his waist and held it in front of Lao Zhu, Yuansheng habitually took it and prepared to test the poison, but was snatched by Lao Zhu, "Liu Chujiu used to be my personal soldier, if he poisoned me, then everyone wanted to harm me." ”

Lao Zhu said and poured two big mouthfuls of the gourd into his mouth, "Good wine, good wine!" ”

"Your Majesty, you should drink less, if you learn from Li Taibai and fall into the river, the grass people will lose their heads tomorrow."

"It seems that who is rare in your head, speaking of Li Taibai, after I captured Taiping, I also went to his grave to see it, and a generation of poets died like this, I also feel sorry for him."

Lao Zhu said and handed the wine gourd to Ma Du, "Recite a poem by an old monk to accompany the wine!" ”

Looking at the shiny saliva on the mouth of the gourd, Ma Du waved his hand and said, "Weichen can read it without drinking." ”

"Fake clean!" Lao Zhu squinted his eyes and cursed, and handed the gourd to Bo Qi again. What is it for the king of the dead country to eat some saliva, Lao Zhu is already very kind to let Gou Jian eat without a teacher, Bo Qi hurriedly took it and thanked him, drank a small sip and returned it to Lao Zhu.

"Read it, take some dry goods out, don't fool me!"

"The grass people obey." Ma Du cleared his throat and read aloud: "The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice and snow, looking at the Great Wall inside and outside, there is only recklessness,...... Genghis Khan, a generation of Tianjiao, only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle. All the past, count the romantic characters, and look at the present! ”

When he read the last sentence, Ma Du turned his hand into a palm and led to Lao Zhu beside him. I'm really sorry Taizu, the kid plagiarized your words were also forced, but the same Taizu, I think you and Lao Zhu will have some resonance.

Ma Du apologized silently in his heart, looking at Lao Zhu with a pair of eyes, at this moment Lao Zhu stroked his beard and kept muttering, "I want to compete with Tiangong", "There are so many delicate rivers and mountains, leading countless heroes to bend their waists", "Several romantic characters still look at the present day"

"Hahaha......" Lao Zhu suddenly laughed, "Although the literary style is not as good as the "Linjiang Immortal", it is impassioned and proud, especially a hundred times." ”

Bo Qi echoed: "Especially in the last sentence, the number of romantic characters still looks at the present dynasty, and the emperor's achievements cannot be compared with the emperor's achievements in the past dynasties!" ”

Madu almost forgot that there were also descendants of Genghis Khan here, and he didn't seem to care that Madu only arranged for his ancestors to shoot eagles.

"Just now in Uncle Guo's house, I said that slaves and maids can make sycophants, where can slaves and maids compare to you, you are this!" Yuansheng gave Ma Du a thumbs up.

"What Yuan Sheng said is right, no one can compare to Xuanzhong!" Lao Zhu drank the rest of the wine, and threw the gourd into the river, he really drank other people's wine without conscience, and threw away other people's gourds, which is really not worth it for Lao Liu.

After walking a short distance, the boat slowly docked near the dock, in fact, this is a large pond on the riverside, repaired with cement and stone, surrounded by lush reeds, you really can't see it if you don't look closely.

Everyone went ashore, walked along a concrete road, and suddenly became cheerful when they went around the reeds, and a huge thing appeared in front of them, this huge ship was in the style of a lucky ship, but it was much larger, and on the surface there was no difference except for an extra chimney in the stern.

Lao Zhu was not surprised, "It's not as big as Chen Youliang's giant ship back then." ”

"It's really not as good, but Chen Youliang's ship is going to capsize when it reaches the sea, and Chen Youliang's giant ship still needs to use manpower to sail in the rivers and lakes, but this one doesn't have to, as long as the wind and steam power can swim in the sea."

Lao Zhu followed the boarded plank to the boat, "Let's begin, let me see how extraordinary it is." ”

Ma Du asked Lao Zhu to come to the cabin and said, "Your Majesty, wait a minute, the grass people will go down and let them light the stove and prepare to set sail." ”

Lao Zhu waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”

Ma Du and Bo Qi got out of the cabin and went down the ladder to the second floor, and when he saw that there were no outsiders, Bo Qi lowered his voice and said, "How did he know that we were going to sea trials tonight." ”

"You have forgotten whose world this is, in fact, I also know that I can't hide it, you don't have to worry, I promised you what I promised, I will do it."

Bo Qi's eyes rolled and he gurgled, "Why don't I make some way to make this boat not open?" ”

"Don't be careful, don't look at who is up there, what to do or what to do."

"Okay, I'll go down and let people drive the boat, you go up, you don't understand anyway."

Ma Du returned to the cabin and said to Lao Zhu: "Your Majesty, wait a while, this ship will start soon." ”

"I'm not in a hurry, I'll be on this boat tonight anyway." Lao Zhu held his feet and neck in one hand, and held a fan in the other hand to fight mosquitoes by the way, this is an old farmer in the countryside.

Seeing Ma Du approaching, he said: "What are you doing so close, I want to fan you, it's so beautiful!" Oh, fan me! ”

Lao Zhu's advantage really couldn't be taken advantage of, until Ma Du felt that his arm was sore, and Bo Qi came up from the cabin, "Your Majesty, everything is ready, and you can start the boat at any time." ”

"Then let's get out of the boat!" The old man gave an order, and the sailors on board began to get busy, and after a while, they felt the hull of the ship shake slightly, and then began to move.

"Hey, without Zhang Fan, he really moved!" Lao Zhu showed a look of surprise on his face, "Take me down and take a look!" ”

"It's hot and dirty down there, and it's a bit dangerous, and you may not be able to see it, please come here with Weichen."

Ma Du took Lao Zhu through the back warehouse, until he reached the stern, and the fire was faintly visible, and there was a splash under the water, "There is an impeller below that can push the boat away as long as it turns up." Madu said as he gestured with his hand.

"It's as simple as that?"

"Naturally, it's not as simple as you think, otherwise Wechen wouldn't have to tinker for several years, and it will only be fruitful until now."

"So how did it turn? The people in the cabin couldn't see it. ”

Without electrical equipment, the control system could not have been placed at the front of the vessel, but at the bottom of the rear.

"Naturally, there is a person in front of you to command, and there is an iron pipe in front of you that is connected to the control room at the bottom of the ship, as long as you shout at the bottom, the people below can hear it."

"Let's go, take me to see." Lao Zhu was excited like a child, and ran around the boat with Ma Du.

"Hey!" Mado shouted at a tin pipe in the cabin.

Then I heard someone reply, "Roger, please instruct!" ”

"When the boat reaches the center of the river, turn the rudder 90 degrees to the right."

"Roger!"

"Although the people below can't see the direction, there are marked scales on the rudder, which is very accurate."

"Huh...... It really turned! Seeing that the boat was already going straight down the river, Lao Zhu leaned next to the iron pipe and said, "Turn the rudder 90 degrees to the left." Then he turned to Ma Du and said, "Am I right to say that?" ”

"The emperor is wise!"

Lao Zhu Bacheng was wine and excitement came up, and he kept shouting at the iron pipe: "Turn right 100 degrees, turn left 120 degrees, turn right 300 degrees......"

An angry voice came from inside the tin pipe, "Which bastard is playing tricks!" ”

The cabin was quiet, and just when Ma Du thought that someone was going to lose his head, Lao Zhu smiled, "This bastard is in a hurry, go, blow the wind with me to sober up, let this bastard open a little faster." ”

"Hurry up again! Speed up as fast as possible! ”

"Received, who was the blind command just now?"

"It's the emperor just now, bastard doesn't want to die, shut up quickly!" Ma Du scolded the iron pipe, and then walked out of the cabin to Lao Zhu's side, "Your Majesty, the grass people have already scolded that bastard for you, if you are not happy, I will whip him again." ”

"It's me who is a blind commander, how can I blame him, what kind of person am I can care about him, hehe......" Tonight's Lao Zhu is very free and easy, not like an emperor, but like a rough peasant man.

"Tell me how far this ship can go in an hour."

"At the beginning of the design, it was thought that without considering the wind and water flow, an hour would be 30 miles normally, and the fastest hour would be 50 miles. Whether it can reach this speed depends on the results of tonight's sea trials. In fact, this kind of ship is not very fast, but it is better to be able to move at a constant speed for twelve hours a day without taking into account the consumption of manpower and the direction of the seasonal wind. ”

"An hour and thirty miles is three hundred and sixty miles in a day and night, and the cavalry is not much faster when they are tired and tired, and with such a ship, I can use troops at any time from Liaodong to the coastal areas of Liangguang, as well as on both sides of the Yangtze River."

Sure enough, he is still the emperor who has tied the fence, and he is afraid that he will not be able to get out of this acre and three points of land, and he wants to build an iron bucket-like country for his children and grandchildren.

"How much silver does such a ship cost?"

"The timber for this shipbuilding is transported to Fujian by the navy from the other side of the South Seas, so the raw materials are negligible, but the wages of the Fujian shipyard are indispensable, plus the large size of this steam engine is also specially made, and the cost of one is about 80,000 taels."

"It's really not cheap, if you transport 100,000 troops at a time, plus military food and grass, you will get seventy or eighty ships, and the ships of the navy will naturally have to be replaced, there will always be one hundred and ten."

Eighty thousand taels is still Ma Du said bigger, but I didn't expect Lao Zhu's tone to be even bigger, this is eight million taels, and the one who has always been slamming the door will be so generous, which is really unexpected.

"Do you think I don't have any money? I won't hide it from you, the city boss alone handed me 3.8 million taels last year, and I was only able to collect a total of 200,000 taels in the first year of Wu. Lao Zhu had the face of an upstart, stretching out two fingers full of emotion and pride.

I didn't know it, only 3.8 million yuan made your old Zhu happy to be like this, and the Zheng father and son could easily collect thousands of taels of protection money, but later Kang Mazi could only drink the northwest wind as soon as he was banned from the sea.

Of course, the commodity economy and maritime trade (smuggling) at the end of the Ming Dynasty were generally more prosperous than they are now, and there was more silver circulating in the market. Lao Zhu seems to have tasted the sweetness from sea trade, otherwise he would not have invested so much money on the navy.

"There are more than 10,000 people in the navy, and ten large ships can't be used, and some small boats are more than enough. This ship is not just built and put there, and it has to be maintained year after year, which is a lot of money over the years. ”

Lao Zhu rubbed his forehead, "It's because I thought badly, it seems that this ship still can't be built." ”

"Made, made, the grass people have an idea, please refer to your majesty."

"If you have an idea, I won't stop you."

Ma Du arched his hand and said: "After the emperor has built the ship, he can let the city ship company lease it to those merchants who do maritime trade, and this ship can pull up to their two ships, and it is not affected by the monsoon, and it will run several times a year." Not only can you earn rent, but you can also collect more goods in and out, and you can also charge more customs duties, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone. ”

Ma Du took a breath and continued: "The emperor doesn't have to worry that they will run away in a boat, how can the Daming Wuhua Tianbao be comparable to the overseas barbarian land, no matter how much money they earn, they have to return to Daming to enjoy it, and the big deal is to let them use the deed to get the bank as collateral." ”

Yuan Sheng said with a smile: "A group of businessmen borrowed their courage and didn't dare to pit the emperor's ship. It's just that this ship has been rented out, and when the court wants to use it, it can't wait for them to come back from the sea. ”

"It's not simple, then build more, rent them in turn, and the vacant ones just stop at the right time to be maintained at any time."

"Hey...... What is rented to them, is leased to you to run the sea to run business, in order not to let me monopolize this treasure ship, it is considered painstaking. ”

Ma Du said with a bitter face: "Obviously, it is a textile machine made up by the academy, but now the textile trade is about to be monopolized by the royal family, and the grass people just want to get some hard-earned silver from the sea."

The expenses of the academy are getting bigger and bigger, and if there is no steamer to expand the business in the future, it will really not be able to sustain it, anyway, the imperial court has more money now, or you let the household department take over the expenses of the academy, and the grass people will stop the business. ”

Lao Zhu stroked his beard, "It turned out to be called a steamer, but I didn't say that I wouldn't let you build it." You can be regarded as meritorious in this matter, don't be a grasshopper anymore, and I will give you a decree tomorrow. ”

Ma Du sighed and said, "This is to reinstate Weichen?" It seems that Weichen's arrangement is in vain, otherwise such a great merit may be able to be crowned. ”

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