"Xiangyang No. 1" is the first big ship launched by the Xiangyang Shipyard in Gaojun Mountain - a three-masted gunboat, this three-masted gunboat can accommodate 500 people, 25 zhang long, equipped with 12 Hongyi cannons, 50 thousand catties of Buddha Lang machine, because it was built in Xiangyang, so it was named "Xiangyang No. 1". In this Eastern Crusade, "Xiangyang No. 1" became the command ship of Gao Junshan.

On the shore of the Han River, a newly repaired wharf, "Xiangyang No. 1" docked at the wharf waiting to set sail, Gao Junshan stood on the top deck of "Xiangyang No. 1", watching the boatmen below retract the springboard, followed by the first mate began to anchor, Gao Junshan could clearly hear the impact of the iron chain, and then, the ship began to move slowly.

"King Qin, the ship has already anchored, let's go back to the cabin!" The chief of the guard, Sun Kewang, reminded Gao Junshan.

Gao Junshan pointed to the field in the distance and said to Sun Kewang: "Look, how beautiful! The green patches are all freshly planted seedlings. I'm going to take a few more looks, and when we get back, it'll be yellow-orange-orange rice!" ”

Sun Kewang sighed: "Yes, this year's harvest is in sight, looking at this green rice field, if my hometown is like here, maybe I will only keep my own one-third of an acre!" ”

Gao Junshan joked: "Look at your appearance! ”

At this time, the boatmen pulled up the sails, and hundreds of boats along the entire river went down the water.

"King Qin, it's windy, let's go back to the cabin and rest!" Sun Kewang pleaded.

"Good! Let's go back to the cabin. Gao Junshan strode back to the cabin......

The boat has five floors, the lowest of which is the oarsman's cabin, which is equipped with a row of 20 oars on each side, and these oars are mounted on sturdy mechanical arms, which will propel the oars when they swing them.

Rocking the oars is not an easy task, if an ordinary adult man shakes dozens of times in a row, not to mention the soreness of the arms, the muscles may be strained, only these professional oarsmen can continue to rock the oars for an hour or two. To keep the boat moving, the oarsmen had to rock the oars in shifts, so there were as many as 70 oarsmen alone.

The penultimate floor is the bilge, also known as the storage compartment, which is mainly used to store supplies for the whole ship's personnel and some life-saving products.

These two floors are designed to be relatively low, mainly to save space.

The third and fourth floors are the fighting compartments, each floor is equipped with 14 port guns, 14 starboard guns, and the third floor also has three forward main battle guns and three rear main battle guns. The main battle gun is a two-zhang long giant Hongyi iron cannon

The fifth floor is the command cabin, the captain is on this floor, divided into the front cabin and the rear cabin, the front cabin is the cockpit, there is a rudder in it, it is the place where the captain, the helmsman, and the lookout control the big ship to drive, and the rear cabin is the rest cabin.

Because the front compartment is the heart of the ship, iron plates are installed at the front and rear to protect against arrows and shells. Due to the extreme shortage of iron at that time, the cockpit could only be protected. Due to the extensive development of iron ore in the later period of Gao Junshan, the warships produced were all sealed with iron plates and equipped with steam engines, becoming ironclad ships that swept through Southeast Asia.

Gao Junshan entered the lounge of the rear cabin, there is a private room of Gao Junshan in the lounge, although the private room is simple, but compared with the 12 years of Rong Ma career, it is much more luxurious, in the past, Gao Junshan was marching on horseback to fight, today's expedition, but sitting in the private room, the sun is not rainy, so comfortable!

He sat on the Taishi chair, took a sip of tea, and then closed his eyes to recuperate, "Xiangyang No. 1" rippled on the microwave Han water, and the slightly rocking Taishi chair sent him to the realm of gods, and fell into a deep sleep in the shaking......

He didn't know how long he had been asleep, and when he opened his eyes, a pungent and tempting fragrance aroused his appetite, and he smelled his favorite braised prawns, and when he squinted, there was a plate of braised prawns on the table in the private room, and he couldn't help but stand up.

Sun Kewang, who was sitting by the door, saw Gao Junshan get up, and hurriedly said, "King Qin woke up?" The chef has just brought lunch to you, so eat it while it's hot! ”

After Gao Junshan enjoyed his lunch of braised prawns in oil, he invited Zhou Wenjiang to come over to discuss the matter. Zhou Wenjiang was in Gao Junshan's compartment, and when he heard Gao Junshan's summons, he immediately appeared in front of Gao Junshan's eyes.

"King Qin, are you looking for me?"

"Sit, sit!" Gao Junshan greeted warmly, "I didn't expect you to train a 30,000-strong sailor army in such a short time." ”

Zhou Wenjiang saluted before sitting down and said modestly: "If the shipyard didn't build so many ships at once, I wouldn't have the ability to train 30,000 sailors." You see, our command ship can fit 500 people, and I have never seen it in the Daming Naval Division for more than ten years! ”

Gao Junshan said lightly: "It's nothing, as long as our steel production comes up, with the technology mastered by Chongwen Academy, it will not be a problem to build an ironclad ship that can hold three or five thousand people." ”

Zhou Wenjiang was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth: "Three or five thousand people? My dear, how big a ship is it going to make? How many oarsmen do you need? ”

"You don't need an oarsman, you can go all over the world with a steam engine."

"Steam engine?"

Gao Junshan didn't want to explain more to him, after all, he was not a disciple of Chongwen, and he hadn't listened to Gao Junshan's lectures, and he might not be able to accept it if he suddenly wanted to explain to him something that was out of the times. Just coping: "You'll know when it's made." ”

"Can you go to the West like Zheng Chenggong?" Zhou Wenjiang asked with great interest.

Gao Junshan nodded: "Yes." Not only can you go to the West, but you can go to any corner of the world where you want. Where do you want to go? ”

Zhou Wenjiang said embarrassedly: "I, I haven't thought about it yet!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Let's fight the battle in front of us first." After taking down the whole Huguang, we will go back to fighting the Tartars. ”

"Hit the Tartars?" Zhou Wenjiang didn't understand and asked, "What about the imperial court?" There are so many troops in the imperial court, and we are still needed to fight the Tartars? ”

Gao Junshan said coldly: "At that time, it was a question whether Zhu Youzhen's country still existed!" ”

Of course, Zhou Wenjiang didn't know that Zhu Youzhen would hang himself in Coal Mountain in another two years, and at that time, Gao Junshan was facing the enemy Huang Taiji, of course, including Li Zicheng. But Zhou Wenjiang didn't know, he was very puzzled, and felt that Gao Junshan was very mysterious, but he couldn't tell where the mystery was.

"King Qin means that we will be able to ...... soon?" Zhou Wenjiang didn't dare to say anything further.

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "Zhu Youzhen's country is already crumbling, and the next one to sit on the country, hehe, it depends on whose strength is strong." ”

Zhou Wenjiang asked in disbelief: "Is the King of Qin saying that the Tartars are going to come and sit with the King of Qin to sit in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Do you think there is no such possibility? Zhu Youzhen is now in the midst of external and internal troubles, and is in turmoil. Huang Taiji is eyeing me in Huaxia, since Chongzhen, he has repeatedly violated my border, and even hit the feet of the Son of Heaven a few times, isn't his wolf ambition enough to alert us? Think about it, if Huang Taiji is our lord of China, how many heads will fall to the ground? How many families should be broken and their wives separated? ”

After hearing these words, Zhou Wenjiang hurriedly bowed in front of Gao Junshan: "King Qin, for the sake of my Huaxia clan, even if you are gallant, you must follow King Qin to protect your family and defend the country!" ”