In mid-June, the east is avant-garde, and the west is the bay.

Here is a long bay, about 20 miles long, about 1 mile wide, there are entrances and exits on both sides, is a natural harbor.

Dongfan, there are many natural harbors like this, but there were not many ships in the Ming Dynasty at this time, and many harbors were deserted there and no one used them.

This Xiziwan is quite good, because the station of the Dongfan avant-garde is at the north entrance of Xiziwan, so a large port has been built in the harbor, and the two sides of the harbor are relatively flat after several years of cleaning, which is very suitable for building buildings such as cities.

Originally, Zhang Bin had no plan to develop here, because there were only four or five hundred thousand people in Dongfan at this time, and a large city was enough to fit into millions, and there was no need to build a big city in other places, just surround a small city of tens of thousands of people for the guards and traders to trade.

However, after the Dutch attacked the eastern defender and fled in a hurry, the place became lively.

On the coast, tens of thousands of guards are building a strange-shaped city, more than 10,000 soldiers on both sides of the harbor are building two-story fortresses, and five super battleships captured by the Dutch are docked at the Xiziwan dock.

On this day, in Xizi Port, colorful flags were flying, and the commanders Yang Geng, Zou Weilian and Sun Yuanhua were waiting at the dock with thousands of soldiers.

Dozens of wheels slowly approached the dock, and soon, Zhang Bin walked down from a wheel boat accompanied by a group of guards, Yang Geng, Zou Weilian and Sun Yuanhua hurriedly greeted them, and after a while of greetings between the two sides, they immediately boarded a super battleship moored in the port together.

Although Zhang Bin boarded the five captured super battleships more than once, they all passed by in a hurry, did not stay on them for a long time, and did not even enter the cabin.

This time it was different, this time, he was specially here to guide people to imitate the super battleship, so he looked very carefully, especially after entering the cabin, he paid great attention to every detail.

At this time, the super battleship was full of craftsmen wearing uniform uniforms, which was also specially stipulated by Zhang Bin, all kinds of craftsmen should be issued uniform when they were gathered together to engage in some kind of work, and it can be seen from the uniforms of these people that they are craftsmen who are specifically responsible for shipbuilding.

At this moment, these people were measuring on the ship with something similar to a wooden ruler, and from time to time they were holding charcoal pens and writing down something on manuscript paper.

Zhang Bin did not alarm them, but took a group of people to check carefully in the cabin, the development of the Dutchman's shipbuilding technology is really rapid, according to historical records, more than 100 years ago, the Western barbarian shipbuilding technology could not be compared with the Ming Dynasty, but now, when looking at the Dutch man-made ship, it is obvious that they have gradually caught up with the Ming Dynasty!

Zhang Bin was watching and sighing there, when a capable old man with bright eyes suddenly walked up and arched his hand: "I don't know if you adults are here, and you are not welcomed, but I also hope that your adults are Haihan." ”

This old man, Zhang Bin didn't know, but Zou Weilian seemed to be very familiar with him, after the two sides met, Zou Weilian immediately introduced: "My lord, this is the director of Fuzhou Nantai Shipyard, who is responsible for the structure of the cabin, and he is also surnamed Zhang." ”

Zhang Bin took the opportunity and said cordially: "Director Zhang, we are both in Fujian, and we are all surnamed Zhang, five hundred years ago, it must have been a family." ”

Director Zhang was flattered and said: "Don't dare to climb high, don't dare to climb high, the adult laughed, the villain is also a shipbuilder, what is the identity of the adult." ”

Zhang Bin laughed and said: "What identity is not identity, the ancestor of this official is also a tunwei who farms, everyone is from a similar background, but the work they do is different." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone was surprised and inexplicable, this time is quite particular about identity, a governor is actually related to a craftsman, how can it be incredible.

Zhang Bin looked at everyone's expressions, and immediately reacted, his mind was a little confused, as soon as he saw something related to technology, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he was engaged in design in his previous life, what kind of identity did he talk about at that time, everyone was like a family, working together to develop research and development, workers, engineers just had different salaries, and there was no dignity or humility.

At this time, he couldn't be like this, he smiled awkwardly: "Just kidding, just kidding, Master Zhang, is there anything you don't understand in this cabin?" ”

Director Zhang thought about it for a while, and said honestly: "There is not much of a problem with the structure of this cabin, we can make it completely according to the gourd painting scoop, but there are some things, and the villain really doesn't understand what it is for." ”

Zhang Bin said with interest: "Oh, if you don't understand, let's talk about it." ”

Director Zhang respectfully led Zhang Bin and the others to the middle of the cabin on the first floor, and then pointed to a funnel-shaped thing and said: "For example, this thing, the villain doesn't know what it does, it looks like it is ventilated or watered, but I asked people to take it down and see it, and it is not open in the middle." ”

Zhang Bin knew at a glance that it was a microphone, there was no telephone at this time, there was no walkie-talkie or anything, no matter how loud the commander of the battleship was, it was impossible for everyone in the three-story cabin to hear it, and at this time, it was necessary for someone to transmit the voice to the microphone.

This thing, in fact, he asked his guards to use it in the Yamen of the Guangdong Dusi, but it was made relatively simple at that time, and it was not as regular as in this super battleship.

He stepped forward and took a closer look, and the thing was mounted on a pole, about six feet above the deck of the ship, and the shorter ones probably couldn't reach their mouths and ears, but his height was just right.

He raised his hand and flicked it, feeling it, copper, and then he looked carefully along the connected official road, this is straight to the top, no wonder people can't figure out what this thing is, looking at it in a single cabin, they definitely don't understand, because it has nothing to do with other things in this cabin.

He thought about it, turned back to the taller Wang Er and said, "Second son, you know what this is for, go up, find another funnel, and say a few words casually." ”

Wang Er naturally knew what this was for, they had been playing with this thing on the roof for many days, as soon as Zhang Bin finished speaking, he immediately said yes, ran out of the cabin, and ran to the second floor.

Everyone was amazed, this thing, even the guards under the adults knew what it was for, how could they not know!

After a while, there was a slight buzzing sound from inside the copper funnel, Zhang Bin immediately put his ears up, and Wang Erzheng repeated there vigorously: "My lord, did you hear it, my lord, did you hear it?" ”

The sound was very clear, after all, people were connected with copper pipes, which was different from what he had casually found at that time to connect to.

Zhang Bin smiled and said, "I heard it, you wait, I'll let Director Zhang try it." ”

After saying that, he put his ear up again, and after hearing Wang Er's reply, he immediately beckoned to Director Zhang and motioned for him to come over.

Director Zhang came over and tried it like Zhang Bin, and was immediately embarrassed, because he was less than six feet tall, and he could yell into the funnel when he spoke, but his ears couldn't reach it.

Zhang Bin swept around, and then pointed to a small bench of about one foot and said to Sun Biao in the back: "Go, move over and give Director Zhang a foothold." ”

When Sun Biao heard this, he hurriedly rushed over, moved the small bench over, and put it at the feet of Director Zhang, Director Zhang hurriedly stepped on the bench and put his ears up like Zhang Bin, and Wang Er's clear voice suddenly came from inside: "Director Zhang, did you hear it, Director Zhang, did you hear it?" ”

He looked at the copper funnel in amazement, and then shouted inside, "I heard, I heard." ”

Zhang Bin saw that he could use it, so he smiled and said: "This thing is actually used to convey orders, and the one standing here should be the commander of this layer, he can hear the instructions of the upper layer when he stands here, and then order the artillery on this level according to the instructions, do you understand?" ”

Director Zhang bowed his hand convincingly: "The villain understands." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and then reminded: "Not everyone in our sailors is as tall as Hongmaofan, all, this microphone can be installed at a height of about five feet, don't install it too high." ”

Director Zhang nodded again and again: "The villain understands, the villain understands." ”

Immediately afterwards, he invited Zhang Bin to the location of the gun gate and raised some questions about the structure of the gun door and the structure of the gun carriage there.

These, mainly a matter of knowledge, in fact, as long as you know its function, you can understand why you do it, although Zhang Bin has not seen how the Dutch operate, but a little thought about it can be understood, he explained it casually, and Zhang couldn't help but open it.

Everyone walked around the cabin again, until there was no problem with Director Zhang, and then Zhang Bin said to Zou Weilian: "Dehui, you have people go and call all the directors to the deck, and the officer will talk to them." ”

When Zou Weilian heard this, he hurriedly explained to the principal in detail, and when the principal ran out in a hurry, he led his hand and said, "My lord, please." ”

Zhang Bin nodded and led everyone to the deck.

When they came to the deck, several stewards were already standing there and waiting respectfully, these people, some were in charge of the keel, some were in charge of the hull, some were in charge of the rudder, and some were all experts invited by Zou Weilian from the official shipyards in Fujian and Guangdong at the request of Zhang Bin.

Zhang Bin inquired about these stewards one by one, and then fell into deep thought, according to them, the length of this ship is about fifteen zhang, and the width is less than five zhang, that is to say, the length is about fifty meters, and the width is about fifteen meters, but Daming does not have a ship type similar to this size.

The Fu ship is not so big, and the recorded Zheng He treasure ship is more than twice as large as this, and the medium is more than twice as large as this, and even the small one is much larger than this.

Zhang Bin thought for a while, and then asked: "Has Daming ever built a slightly larger ship than this kind of ship in the past few decades?" ”

The directors looked at each other, and then the oldest one, the chief in charge of the keel, said: "Lord Hui, during the Wanli period, Nantai Shipyard once undertook to build a sealed boat, which was twenty zhang long, six zhang wide, and five zhang deep. ”

Zhang Bin had heard of it, it was not a warship, but a ceremonial ship used to canonize the vassal king, and to put it bluntly, it was used to show the demeanor of a great country.

This size is not bad, Zhang Bin nodded, and then Zou Weilian said: "Dehui, have the craftsmen who built the ship and excavated the waterway here?" ”

Zou Weilian nodded and said, "I've already come over, and I'm choosing a site over there in Kaohsiung City." ”

Zhang Bin thought about it, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's go over and have a look together, make a plan, and build the Kaohsiung shipyard as soon as possible." ”

Everyone doesn't know why the city built next to the Dongfan avant-garde is called Kaohsiung, and the shipyard next to it is even called Kaohsiung Shipyard, which is naturally Zhang Bin's meaning, because this is originally Kaohsiung in later generations.

This Kaohsiung city is indeed a bit strange to build, because it is a long strip-shaped city, and it is also divided into two parts, close to the east avant-garde station, it is a boxy, about 100,000 people of the city, but the east city wall has been extended to the south for more than ten miles, which makes the length of this city is about the same as Xiziwan, but the width is only more than two miles.

With such a long strip, the city wall near Xiziwan is still empty, which makes people feel strange no matter how you look at it.

Zhang Bin actually wants to build a large military factory here, the boxy city near the Dongfan avant-garde station is the real Kaohsiung City, and the long strip city extending to the south is a military factory!

In short, this will be a full-fledged military factory, and all weapons used at this stage, including warships, must be able to be built here.

At this time, only some shipbuilders were relocated here, and in the future, skilled craftsmen from all walks of life will be concentrated here, specializing in the production of weapons and warships.

The group came out of the harbor and walked along the coast for nearly half an hour or so before arriving at the location of the Kaohsiung shipyard chosen by the craftsmen who built the docks and excavated the waterways.

Zhang Bin led everyone to wait on the city wall, facing the open space in front of him, and said arrogantly: "The new type of warship will be built according to the size of the sealed boat, here, ten docks will be built, ten waterways will be excavated, and the scale of an annual output of about 100 warships of various types will be reached." ”

"Hiss", greeted him with a sound of inhalation, this is too exaggerated, if it is to build a hundred lucky ships a year, everyone will not feel strange, because it is not difficult to build a hundred lucky ships a year by gathering all the craftsmen of all the government-run shipyards in Fujian and all the government-run shipyards in Guangdong.

However, it is not the same to build a warship as big as a hundred sealed ships, you know, the length of the sealed ship can be more than twice as large as the largest Fu ship, if calculated according to the overall materials, the workload is at least four times more than that of the Fu ship, and it is simply impossible to build a hundred ships a year, at least for now.

Of course, Zhang Bin knew that it was impossible now, he just put forward a goal, and this goal must be achieved by many people's efforts.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered: "The new warship, the keel and hull are according to the size of the sealed boat, and a runner must be added to the front and rear, which is similar to the wheel, and the runner must be made larger, and many places must be changed to cast iron, and the outside must be protected by iron plates, this, Chuyang, you are responsible." ”

Sun Yuanhua hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My subordinates understand." ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Bin ordered: "This year, we will only develop two types of ships, one is similar to the super battleship, pure firepower battleship, and the other is similar to the Fu ship of the troop transport type warship, the bow and stern are equipped with a thousand catties of Franc machine, the keel, hull, and runner of these two types of battleships are made the same, how to build it, you are responsible for this Dehui." ”

Zou Weilian hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My subordinates understand." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, looked at the sea in the distance, and said solemnly: "The Dutch will definitely not give up, we must redouble our efforts to build the shipyard as soon as possible, and make new warships as soon as possible, so that we can be invincible!" ”