Only Sun Kewang and Li Guo followed Gao Jun Mountain to the treasure ship, and Liu Wenxiu took his Cao Gang brothers to guard the shore under the boat. Gao Junshan asked Li to learn more about the navy, so he also took him on the treasure ship.

Sun Kewang and Li Guo were also embarrassed when they saw such a big treasure ship.

"This is the handsome ship of my peace?" Gao Junshan asked.

Li Shiqi replied: "According to the old man of the Jiangnan Navy, Zheng He went to the West on the same type of treasure ship. ”

"Since it is certain that it is undoubtedly Zheng He's handsome ship, then this ship will be my command ship, and you will lead me down to the bottom cabin to take a look."

They are now on a three-story deck, the three decks of the treasure ship are the size of a football field, but there are many masts on the deck, which looks very messy, the front of the deck is the cockpit, and the rear has three floors, which are the combat cabin and the rest cabin.

Li Shiqi heard that the emperor was going to go down to the bilge, so he hurriedly dissuaded: "Back to Your Majesty, the bilge is being renovated, so it's better not to go down yet." ”

"How did you remodel your bilge?"

Li Shiqi replied: "The bottom tank was originally a ballast for soil and stone, and now the bottom bilge is being changed to a steam engine room according to the style of 'Xiangyang No. 1', and the dead weight of the steam engine and coal is used to replace the earth and stone to press the bottom bilge, which can kill two birds with one stone." ”

"Have you ever thought about coal getting lighter?"

"That's what we thought about. As the voyage progressed, there would be less and less coal, so we considered a coal carrier behind the treasure ship, so that the burned coal could be filled in time. Li Shiqi replied.

"No, you're thinking too badly. First of all, whether the speed of the coal carrier can keep up is a question; This time, if there is an exchange of fire, your coal carrier will not be able to get close to it. ”

Li Shiqi self-examined: "We have ignored this problem, and we must seriously rectify it." ”

Gao Junshan reminded: "The chimney must be big enough, so the nine masts and twelve sails on the deck are all gone." ”

"Don't want it all?" Li Shiqi thought he had misheard.

"That's right, all of them are knocked down."

Li Shiqi reported: "Your Majesty, it's not okay if you don't want this sail, our treasure ship uses dual-system power propulsion. ”

"What's the dual system propulsion?"

"While increasing the power of the steam engine, we retained the original manpower shaking system, and the two systems coexisted at the same time, so that in case of a steam engine failure, the manpower system could be used to sail the ship."

Gao Junshan cut the railway: "It must be completely changed, as long as the steam engine system." If you keep the manpower rowing, then you will have to add extra boatmen, and you can't push this treasure ship without hundreds of boatmen. Think about it, how much logistics will be added to these more than 100 people? ”

Li Shiqi once again made a self-examination: "It's all because we didn't think it through, we must rectify it, and push all the masts and sails on the deck." ”

"The propeller must be selected precisely, and the manufacturing process must be followed up by engineers." Gao Junshan indicated.

Li Shiqi said: "We have learned the lesson of last time, and we will not be sloppy again." Lofting processing is carried out in strict accordance with the size of the drawing. ”

Gao Junshan further instructed: "The proportion must be mastered, if the propeller of this treasure ship is not big enough, the thrust will be affected." ”

Li Shiqi said with confidence: "We enlarged according to the size ratio of 'Xiangyang No. 1' to ensure that there will be no mistakes. ”

"How many steam engines are you going to install in the bilge?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Sitai."

Gao Junshan was very dissatisfied: "Eight units must be installed." It seems that you will have to stop work, redesign it according to my opinion, and draw a master plan for me to see before you can start work. ”

Li Shiqi broke out in a cold sweat: "Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order!" ”

Gao Junshan comforted him and said: "You don't have to be nervous, after all, it's the first time, and it's inevitable to have no experience." It was also because I was in a hurry that I didn't let you report to me first, so I can't blame you entirely, I am also responsible. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Gao Junshan waved his hand and said, "Take us to the second floor cabin to have a look, right?" ”

"Yes!"

Li Shiqi didn't dare to say no this time, he led Gao Junshan and his party down the suspension ladder on the deck to the next cabin, which was the second cabin that Gao Junshan said.

The second floor is a storage cabin, and when you go down to this floor, you can clearly see a variety of signs, including living cabins, fresh water cabins, Hyogo cabins, and sundries cabins.

Obviously, this is managed according to the storage compartment of "Xiangyang No. 1", Gao Junshan was very satisfied after seeing it, and finally emphasized the need to strengthen the awareness of fire prevention and rodent prevention.

Back on the deck, Gao Junshan asked to see the cockpit in front of him, the cockpit is divided into two levels, and the top floor is actually a watchtower, because it is in the renovation stage, and things are also very messy.

The rear of the treasure ship looks different, it is a three-story building, the fence is carved mahogany, it is very luxurious, even the staircase is cleaned and spotless, and it looks like it has been carefully prepared.

"Your Majesty, please take a look at the rest cabin at the back." Li Shiqi suggested.

Gao Junshan agreed, so, under the guidance of Li Shiqi, he came to the back of the third deck of the treasure ship, and went up the ladder to the fourth floor, as if returning to the palace, because everything here is designed by the palace and is very luxurious.

Gao Junshan didn't believe his eyes, and asked Li Shiqi: "Is this indeed Zheng He's treasure ship?" ”

Li Shiqi replied: "Returning to Your Majesty, it is true." We haven't touched anything, we've just cleaned it once, and it's a place for the senior generals to rest. ”

"What about upstairs?" Gao Junshan asked.

"Above is the fighting compartment, and there are gun holes on both sides of the ship's side."

Gao Junshan first visited the rest cabin, and then went up to the fighting cabin on the fifth floor.

There were gun emplacements for twenty guns on each side of the fighting compartment, but the guns no longer existed, and in the center there was a warehouse for storing gunpowder.

"Where is the soldier's rest pod?" Gao Junshan asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the storage cabin on the second floor was originally a rest cabin for soldiers, but because it was converted into a storage cabin, there is no rest cabin for soldiers at present."

After Gao Junshan listened to Li Shiqi's explanation, he did not make a comment, and asked Li Shiqi to take everyone to drink tea in the rest cabin on the third floor.

Li Shiqi was very well prepared, there was not only tea on the ship, but also snacks, and everyone sat in the luxurious rest cabin on the third floor to taste tea and eat snacks.

After eating snacks, Gao Junshan put forward his opinion to Li Shiqi, and he asked Li Shiqi to make a record seriously.

First of all, this ship is a steam engine warship, not a pleasure boat, and this tone cannot be changed. Following Gao Junshan, the issue of armor was raised, and the fighting compartment must be armored to improve its own protection capabilities.

The cockpit must also be protected by thicker armor, and the lookout above the cockpit, which doubles as a briefing room, and has antennas erected.

Commands in the cockpit must be able to be communicated to each cabin in a timely manner, and at the same time, it must be able to receive information from each cabin in a timely manner.

In addition, forty guns were not enough to cope with future naval battles, so Gao Junshan proposed to install forty guns on both sides of the third layer (that is, the deck level), and install a main battery at the front of the deck, which could be rotated and fired at 360 degrees without dead angles, so as to make up for the inflexible steering of the treasure ship.

There is also the design of some shooting holes in the fighting compartment and deck for the Minnie gunners to use.

Finally, Gao Junshan suggested that the fifth and third floors be vacated for rest cabins for soldiers and boatmen, as well as sailors.

The above are the revisions proposed by Gao Junshan to Li Shiqi.