On the shores of the sea, beside the woods. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 There are also hundreds of people in full swing, and the construction of the dock has already taken shape, and inside the dock is the keel of three seagoing ships, the keel has been laid, and the construction of the cabin has begun.

Sea vessels are different from river vessels. River vessels can be turned directly into flat-bottomed boats, which can also facilitate loading.

How many pointed bottoms of sea vessels, first, the resistance will become smaller, second, it is conducive to breaking the waves, and third, it is conducive to pressing the bottom of the ship with heavy objects, which is conducive to maintaining balance, such as the tumbler principle. Another important point is that the culet boat will not run aground when it encounters a reef or the like, the flat bottom will be stuck directly on the reef, and the culet will spin directly when it encounters a general reef and will not be stuck. Even in shallow water, the culet is easy to break away from the sediment, because the buoyancy of the water is still next to the culet. If the flat bottom is stranded in a shallow sea, it is basically immobile.

The manufacturing process of the pointed bottom boat is naturally several grades higher than that of the flat-bottomed boat, the most important of which is the design of the craftsman, from the design of the hull on both sides of the extremely symmetrical, the construction process also needs to be implemented in strict accordance with the design, otherwise it is easy to launch and roll over. In Zheng Zhi's impression, this kind of thing is most famous in India, and the warship that has just been built sinks when it is launched, and the whole world sees a joke.

Zheng Zhi walked around the dock, and also took a closer look, beside him was a craftsman sent by Tong Guan, this craftsman was originally a southerner, named Feng Hui, in his forties, his face was black and shiny, all of which were carved by the sea breeze for decades.

Zheng Zhi looked at it for a moment, some could understand it, and naturally some couldn't understand it, and there were many doubts in his heart, and he kept thinking back to the appearance of the ship he had seen in his previous life, and compared it with the sea ship in front of him that was installing the cabin.

Zheng Zhi walked around, looked at the main ship in front of him, sixty or seventy meters long, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, during the Great Song Dynasty, it was naturally beyond Zheng Zhi's expectations to be able to build such a large ship.

When he looked at the bow of this ship, Zheng Zhi suddenly felt a little different from what he had seen, and asked, "Master Feng, why isn't the bow of this ship pointed?" ”

This Feng Hui heard Zheng Zhi suddenly asked, and he also looked at the big ship in front of him, he never thought about why the bow of the ship should be sharp, Feng Hui has been building ships with his father since he was a child, how his father built it, how Feng Hui built it, and suddenly was asked by Zheng Zhi like this, Feng Hui couldn't help but be a little confused.

"Xianggong, this... Is there still a ship with a pointed head? Feng Hui asked a little puzzled.

Zheng Zhi was stunned when he heard Feng Hui's answer, he thought that Feng Hui would have an explanation, but he didn't expect Feng Hui to come to such a sentence.

"The bow of the ship is the same as the bottom of the ship, if it is pointed, it can reduce the resistance of wind and waves, make the ship faster, strengthen the bow, and add the pointed head to hit the wood, which can directly hit the enemy ship during the battle." Zheng Zhi explained.

But Zheng Zhi didn't know that during the Song Dynasty, where there was any naval warfare, there was basically no need for the Great Song Dynasty to use ships to fight on the ocean, even on rivers and lakes, the main role of warships was to transport people. Because from the Song Dynasty to now, the area covered by the southern water network has long been unified and pacified.

Feng Hui naturally didn't have the concept of battleship combat in his mind, and when he heard Zheng Zhi's words, he just nodded again and again: "Xianggong is right." ”

It's just a matter of reasoning, if you want to change the design plan, it is almost the whole thing that needs to be redesigned, and it is no longer a matter to consider now, and the imperial court is just asking three large ships to go to the land of Liaodong.

Zheng Zhi saw Feng Hui's appearance, shook his head, looked at Feng Hui and asked, "Master Feng, this ship is built, how about staying in Cangzhou?" A certain heavy money hired you to continue shipbuilding? ”

When Feng Hui heard this, her face was naturally full of smiles, a craftsman is a craftsman, he uses his craft to support his family, and someone asks him to work, so naturally there is no reason to refuse, and he thanked him again and again: "Thank you Xianggong, I don't know how many ships Xianggong wants to build and how many manpower he needs." ”

Feng Hui's words are naturally for the sake of the hundreds of craftsmen who have followed her, if they can all stay and work, it is naturally the best, and the opportunity to make money to support their families is lacking everywhere.

"I want to build countless big ships, after this matter, you go and ask your craftsmen, if you are willing to stay in Cangzhou, you can stay here and continue to build ships, and your family can move to Cangzhou and make arrangements." Zheng Zhi is naturally fascinated by navigation, and Zheng Zhi has heard too much about the story of the battleship and the giant cannon, and he is naturally very longing in his heart.

Feng Hui was overjoyed and said: "Thank you for your kindness, shipbuilding is a small ancestral craft, and in the past twenty or thirty years, there is nothing that will not be built from a small sampan to a big ship." ”

Feng Hui has the unique honesty of the working people of this era, so honest that as long as there is work to do, it doesn't matter whether what Zheng Xianggong said is true or not, whether he really wants to build countless sea ships. But he is also confident enough in his craft.

Zheng Zhi also smiled when he heard this, and nodded in response. I was also thinking in my heart that the sea ship I wanted to build was really different from what Feng Hui would build. Not only should the hull be long and narrow, but also the combined sails should be used, and there must be countless gun emplacements, which is the difference. These are also several basic memory points in Zheng Zhi's mind about the appearance of the ship.

The narrow hull of the boat is more in line with the streamlined design, and the pointed bow is one of the points. The combined sail, compared with the power combination of the single-mast sail and the manpower oar and the water wheel in this era, is naturally much more advanced, not to mention the gun position, the artillery is the basis of sea power.

Such a sea ship is not the same concept as the sea ship Zheng Zhi saw in front of him.

Zheng Zhi came to this shipbuilding place from the Mi tribe, naturally he came to inspect the progress of shipbuilding, and the progress was quite satisfactory. From ancient times to the present, and then to the future, China's low-level working people have always been hard-working, diligent, and can be said to be the best working people in the world.

After Zheng Zhi inspected the situation, he took everyone to Yanshan County directly, Yanshan is close to the sea, located in the east of Cangzhou, Zheng Zhi also wants to rush to Yanshan for the night tonight, Yanshan has such an acquaintance as Li Gang.

Not long after Zheng Zhigang set off with people, as soon as he entered the avenue, he met Yan Qing with more than a dozen horsemen looking for him, and galloped on this avenue.

Zheng Zhi saw Yan Qing and knew that something must be something. Yan Qing is doing errands like intelligence now, and it is impossible for her to come here to find Zheng Zhi without anything.

"Xianggong, there is something to report!" Yan Qing went out to find Zheng Zhiyu to report important things like this, and it was the first time, and Yan Qing also had some understanding of Zheng Zhi's temperament, so she opened her mouth straightforwardly, and did not come to that set of polite courtesies.

"Xiao Yi, what's the matter?" Zheng Zhi frowned and didn't look at Yan Qing, who had not yet stabilized his steps, and he was becoming more and more satisfied with Yan Qing in his heart, everyone has strengths, and this Yan Qing seems to be best at this kind of intelligence work.

"Wu Yong brought people into Cangzhou!" After Yan Qing finished speaking, her face was solemn.

"Wu Yong is finally here, where is the person?" Zheng Zhi said with a smile when he heard this, and he also knew in his heart that this Wu Yong would come, and Wu Yong came here to get this Zhu Tong to Liangshan, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, Zheng Zhi vaguely remembered in his heart that Wu used to find Zhu Tong in Cangzhou, it should be July, which is the time to enjoy the lanterns during the Midyear Festival in the city, and it is only about May at this time.

Why did Wu Yong come early, the reason is also simple, that is, this Liangshan was defeated in Dulonggang, and he urgently needed to recruit troops and strongmen. Zhu Tong's martial arts are not bad, and he is an old acquaintance with everyone, when he was the head of the capital, there are not many men in Yuncheng who have received Zhu Tong's favor, that is, Chao Gai Wu Yong, Song Jiang and others, all of whom have received Zhu Tong's favor, and the rest of the Jianghu men, that is, are countless, and recruiting Zhu Tong to Liangshan will inevitably be a big help.

Bearded Gong Zhu Tong, "Gong" itself is a highly respectful honorific title, and the beautiful beard is also a compliment. Jianghu people call Zhu Tong a beautiful beard, which also represents everyone's respect for Zhu Tong.

Yan Qing heard Zheng Zhi's question, his expression became more solemn, and he replied: "Xianggong, I didn't do a good job in this matter, where Wu Yong is at this time, but he hasn't found out yet, I only know that he entered Cangzhou from the mountain road on the border of Binzhou." ”

Zheng Zhi heard Yan Qing's words, and at this time he knew why Yan Qing had been dignified, and said with a smile: "It's okay, you go to the prefect's yamen in Qingchi City, and stare at Zhu Tong, Wu Yong came for Zhu Tong." As soon as Wu Yongyi appears, he will immediately report and say a word to Wu Song, and let him follow you on standby at any time. ”

Zheng Zhi was naturally happy to hear that Wu Yong had used it, before Zheng Zhi said that Zhu Tong could kill one person, Wu Yong naturally couldn't kill him, but there was another person at the same time, that is, Li Kui.

Zheng Zhi called Wu Song and Yan Qing together, that is, he knew that there was a festival between Wu Song and Li Kui, and Wu Song would do this thing, so it was naturally the best.