Chapter 267: Modern Wisdom Occasionally Flashes

In the tenth year of Jiajing, that is, in the middle and early 16th century, at this time, Western navigation technology began to slowly leave the East behind.

The so-called forbidden sea allowed the imperial court to destroy the technology of making large ships, and all the skilled and experienced shipwrights and shipwrights in the shipyards of Tianjin, Nanjing, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou were invited by maritime merchants and pirates to manufacture sea ships, and their sea smuggling and transportation naturally did not need too large ships.

Therefore, the degradation of navigation technology and the loss of shipbuilding technology were further exacerbated, and in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was extremely barbaric and backward, the so-called sailors were not much stronger than fishing boats, not to mention the tactics of large artillery ships.

The whites of the five-hundred-ton warship were still talking about it after hearing the translation, but a few of the Chinese shipwrights in the same room still showed eagerness, or a little fanaticism to be precise, and these people have accepted this way of measuring by the Westerners these days.

After all, ancient China was flawed in fine numerical calculations, and Europe was much stronger in this regard, so the old craftsmen and old shipwrights from Nanjing and Tianjin understood the concept of 500 tons. These are already curious about the things around them, and there are already so-called unfazed old people are excited, from Nanjing, faintly the head of the shipyard of the old man Hong, called Hong Lao Cha, there in the official dialect with a southern accent:

"Five hundred tons, this has to be a thousand or fifteen hundred, such a big ship, such a big ship is said to be built when the eunuchs of Sanbao went to sea, such a big ship, I listened to my father and mother talk about it when I was a child, and I thought that I would not see such a big ship in this life, but I didn't expect it to be built here."

There was a lot of embarrassment between the words, and several old craftsmen around him were also there to sigh, at this time, the atmosphere in this room had become a place for technicians to express their emotions, Jiang Feng couldn't help but be infected, and he also liked this atmosphere a little.

Back then, in modern times, he saw a few masters in the kitchen recalling the practice of a famous dish, and several people sighed with emotion, there will always be a lot of valuable things to bring to them, the apprentices and trainee chefs who watch and learn from the sidelines, and this joy seems to be the same.

A few white shipbuilders were still talking in a deep voice, obviously they didn't feel such excitement about all this in front of them, there were such superior docks at the foot of Yantai Mountain in Dengzhou, as well as abundant funds and abundant manpower, but now they could only imitate the small Spanish brig and build some armed sailing ships of about 200 tons, which was very incomprehensible, and under such conditions, a larger ship could have been built long ago.

In Europe of the same era, galleons with a displacement of more than a thousand tons and 200 guns appeared, although their number in Europe did not exceed ten.

However, according to the information that Jiang Feng obtained from Monk Li and the former Xia family, on the sea surface of East Asia, even counting the sea leading to Tianzhu, that is, India, the gunboat of about 300 tons can already be counted as the overlord of the eastern sea, and even the main force of the colonial fleet of Luzon Spain is only four gunboats of 300 tons, which can already be regarded as a domineering appearance.

Incidentally, at the beginning of China's modern and humiliating history, the beginning of the Opium War, the largest warship dispatched by Britain was only a ship of 1,700 tons, and incidentally, this kind of battleship in the British Navy was only a third-class battleship, from the beginning of the Age of Discovery to the end of the nineteenth century.

The main warships of Europe were almost not present in the eastern seas, and even then they dominated the seas.

Jiang Feng didn't think so far-reaching, but he knew that if he mastered such a sea power, his current situation on land would immediately change differently, and the arrival of these Dutch whites would really change something.

As the supreme commander of the Dengzhou battalion, the drawings of the shipbuilding should be looked at by Jiang Feng even if they were out of courtesy, and after Jiang Feng stopped his thoughts, he also began to pay attention to this drawing, and saw the shape of the sailboat, of course, the internal section would not be shown to such a layman.

The more vivid description of the drawings shown to him should be a formed effect drawing, but such a ship is very different from the limited memories in Jiang Feng's mind, the first thing that feels particularly incongruous is the tall shipbuilding, in Jiang Feng's impression, such a shipbuilding has never appeared in his memory.

In his memory, whether it was a video game, a film or a television magazine, images or photographs of old European sailing ships, there was nothing else on the deck except for sailboats and some low installations, but the height of the hull of the drawing was almost the same height as the height of the shipyard.

And it can be seen that the top of the ship building is also a place where artillery is placed, after Jiang Feng saw this, he couldn't help but ask with some doubts:

"Why is there a shipyard here?"

Seeing Jiang Feng's question, the interpreter hurriedly translated the question, and several Dutch craftsmen didn't expect Jiang Feng to ask questions about the construction of this ship, and they were stunned for a moment, and one of the older men came over, bowed down realistically, and then talked in a grunt.

This kind of shipbuilding is the common style of the current sailing ship, the most powerful Spanish and British navies at sea at present, the construction of such ships, the so-called top of the current warship, less than ten thousand-ton galleons are also in this style, which is considered a kind of industry standard.

When these people fled from the Netherlands to the sea, each of them brought with them the most precious things, such as Wisconson, which brought seeds that they considered priceless, others brought books, and of course some of them brought the most useless Christian scriptures.

Shipwrights and workshop owners brought drawings and various specifications for shipbuilding, and it was a pity that the tools were lost and rebuilt, and shipbuilding could be done with wood all over the earth, but for more and more refined and standardized shipbuilding, if there were no drawings, there were many details that could not be remembered by the human brain.

So they brought these things to the Ming Dynasty, and the changes in circumstances after Jason Hogan was awarded the title were also stimulating them, and it could be seen in this shipyard that all the skilled craftsmen were treated very well, and these shipwrights and workshop owners who were eager to be recognized were mobilized to work enthusiastically, and when they learned that the local shipyard in Dengzhou was studying the construction of big ships. They quickly got involved and quickly took the lead with a technological advantage that everyone could understand.

However, when it was brought up today, it was questioned by the highest military governor of Dengzhou about their decision, although it was sent to the fence, but this kind of technical problem still has to be argued, what they said is very simple, just followed Jiang Feng and said: The current designs and styles are the styles used by the world's most powerful Spanish Navy. Although these people are deeply hated by the Spanish royal family, it is fair to talk about things.

Hong Laocha from the local shipyard over there listened to the interpreter's words, and also said there:

"The big treasure ship of the three treasure eunuchs going to sea back then was also of this style, it is said that the ship is several stories high, amazing, it seems that this ancient and modern Chinese and foreign good things really have the same place!"

Hearing this old shipwright say this, Jiang Feng didn't have a good thought in his heart: When Lao Tzu was a chef in modern times, he had never heard of the invincible Spanish navy, only the invincible British fleet, and such a tall ship tower did not appear in his memory.

Using his modern knowledge to judge what was good and what was bad during the Jiajing period was very simple for Jiang Feng, what remained in his memory must be a good thing that has gone through hundreds of years of wind and rain and has been tempered and flowed down, and the reverse is not, it is so direct.

Of course, diseases such as the flu that have been tempered and mutated many times are not among them.

After these people finished speaking, although the expression on Jiang Feng's face was not moving, he still carefully recalled the limited visual memories of his previous life, and said slowly:

"You can't ask for this shipbuilding, put the guns on the ship's top into the ship, and the sides of the ship are slightly raised."

Speaking of which, there is nothing to say next, his official authority is here, and the people around him don't have the courage and spirit to argue, a few white people just muttered a few words there, and Hong Laocha whispered there:

"The big ship of the Three Treasure Eunuchs is tens of thousands of miles at sea, isn't it like this?"

Jiang Feng glared at him viciously, and suddenly he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, he looked down at the drawing, Jiang Feng stayed on the side and didn't rush out, while listening to the discussions and words of the interpreter around him who were constantly translating, the craftsmen on both sides at home and abroad had no other way to deal with this problem.

Gradually, the discussion turned to how to strengthen the deck and how to set up more cabin layers, this is already a discussion that is biased towards technology, Jiang Feng is naturally dizzy when he listens to it, today his own request has been placed here, he greeted the people in the room, turned around and walked outside.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he suddenly heard a loud shout from the person behind him, shouting something excitedly, Jiang Feng turned around a little stunned, and found that the person shouting was a white man, seeing Jiang Feng turn around, this white man was even more excited, and waved his hands at Jiang Feng again and again.

The interpreter hurriedly came over and translated:

"He said that you are a genius, sir, remove the ship's building, the center of the ship's weight will be very low, the sailing on the sea will be more stable, and we can build bigger ships!"