It's March. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Shi, who was very favored by Chen Ming, was pregnant, and Ximai was diagnosed in February, but with the blossoming of the previous three children, this news was no longer taken seriously. Now everyone's eyes are on moving the capital!

In March, Chen Ming went out to patrol Jiangnan, and in addition to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, he left with him, first of all, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and they officially moved.

This is not the first batch of relocations of the Fu Han Army, since the first month, there have been departments moved to Nanjing, including the Ministry of Communications and the Construction Bureau that Chen Cong ordered to supervise the river works to the south.

However, Lushan's status in Chen Han is still undoubted, and it is still the most important and reliable steel base and military base in Chen Han. It is also imperative to set up a left-behind in the future. Chen Hui is also ready to learn Zhu Ming's old skills and set Lushan as the central capital. Chen Ming did not object.

The mighty team passed from Nanyang to Xiangyang, and Chen Ming went down to Jiangnan this time, not as a routine trip, but as a front stop for Chen Hui. The entire Prince's Mansion and the entire Metropolitan Governor's Mansion are in the process of being relocated. Officials at all levels, their dependents, and accompanying soldiers marched south from Xiangyang to a fleet of twenty miles long.

Zhou Tiancai wiped a handful of sweat, and the strength of his body also passed with the flow of sweat. Next to him stood Liu Zhixie, who also had a pale face, and his dark eyes seemed to have a pair of glasses.

As the person in charge of Chen Ming's trip to the south of the Yangtze River and responsible for raising sailors for the ship, Zhou Tiancai and Liu Zhixie have been busy since the first month, a whole month.

"Brother, we're finally done." Liu Zhixie felt as if he had come back to life.

"I won't drink with you yet. Dude, I'm going to get a good night's sleep. What's the matter, I'll talk about it when I wake up. ”

"I'm going to sleep with him for three days and three nights."

Although the fleet stretched for 20 miles, although a large part of the reason was the narrow surface of the Han River, for the sake of safety, it could only accommodate three or four ships in parallel. There can be at most forty or fifty boats in a mile of the river, but the length of the first and last twenty miles is also a frightening number.

"I'm going to sleep with him for three days and three nights. The sky fell and I didn't wake up. "Even if the crown prince is assassinated, even if the ship leaks, if you want to cut off your head, cut off your head. Let him get a good night's sleep! At this moment, Zhou Tiancai was not afraid of death.

After worrying about fatigue for a month, the whole person was stunned. At the beginning, he secretly hated Liu Zhixie, and Liu Zhixie also secretly rolled his eyes, but soon, as the number of officials and dependents increased sharply, and as the scale of ships and sailors expanded and expanded, the two quickly came together.

"After the little brother wakes up, he will drink with Lord Liu again."

The entourage had already summoned a carriage, and Zhou Tiancai was almost carried into the carriage by someone. The carriage had not gone far in a round, and a carriage of similar specifications also stopped beside Liu Zhixie, lying in the carriage exactly the same, and Liu Zhixie quickly fell asleep.

At this time, Chen Ming, who was facing the river breeze and reading the information that had just been sent to Sulu City by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, did not know that the two officials in charge of the ship's sailors had been carried back to their residences like patients. Chen Han is still a little lacking in manpower, and he lacks work efficiency in many things, especially the logistics personnel who have been trained in the beginning are still in the logistics, otherwise how can Liu Zhixie and Zhou Tiancai be as tired as dead dogs?

Qianlong and Kang Mazi both went down to the south of the Yangtze River, dancing dragon boats in the water, and churning waves for thousands of miles, so wouldn't it be smooth sailing?

Just like Lu Shan before, Ding Dian was not affected by this incident, because this matter that should have been coordinated by many people was simply and rudely thrown to a limited number of people. The latter was tired of being a dog, but they did it, and everything went smoothly.

"Your Highness. If the nobles of this Sulu country dare to openly rebel, it must have something to do with the Spaniards. ”

"I'm afraid it's not just the Spaniards, but the Dutch don't want to see us take Sulu into our pockets." Moreover, the Fu Han Army has already broken ground in Singapore.

Abubeka's sons who stayed in Hele had no outstanding skills, but they also had no great ambitions, and they respected and fully cooperated with the envoy who Chen Han rushed to. Abubekka is now successful with big thick legs, and he has also earned the title of a marquis, which has basically kept the basic plate of the Sulu royal family stable. even made some small Sulu nobles who were originally separated from the gap between the two major power groups choose to take refuge. Therefore, although the nobles of Sulu have now set off a wave of rebellion, they have not been able to overthrow the rule of the Abubeka family and capture Hele for a while.

"Sulu is in the South Seas, so naturally the South Sea Sailors are dispatched."

"Say hello again, transfer Nanhai No. 1 back, and the small boat produced in the Zhoushan cabin. A part of the trainees will be separated. ”

Intuition told Chen Ming that this battle would not be easy. The Spaniards and Dutch would not attack on the surface, but behind the scenes, they could allow armed merchant ships and even pirates to attack.

Sulu is just a façade, in fact, this is a contest between Chen Han and Xihe.

"That's fine. Anyway, if we want to intervene in the South Seas, we must see blood with West and the Netherlands. ”

"Urge the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ha Xian's matter will be settled as soon as possible. ”

The latter could serve as a powerful supply base for the naval divisions of the Fu Han Army in this battle. Otherwise, this position will be pushed to Hongji Port at once, with hundreds of miles of land in the middle.

Chen Ming now has a certain understanding of the strength of the Netherlands and Spain in Southeast Asia, regardless of the sea route, these two countries do not threaten the strength of Chen Han himself, but in the distant Southeast Asia, it is very unusual.

Spain and the Netherlands did not have many Caucasian troops in Southeast Asia, but both countries had large colonial armies in the hands of their local colonial governments. It's just that the two countries have different organizational forms.

In Luzon, the whole of Luzon was under the rule of the Spaniards, although there were large and small tribal leaders, but there was no sultan in the East Indies, so the total strength of the Spanish Luzon army was to control the whole island, numbering about 10,000 people, including the Spanish army in Manila; The direct subordinate troops of the governor of Batavia were much smaller, only 4,000 men, of which most were white Dutch soldiers. This was due to the fact that there were still a large number of local feudal lords in the Dutch East Indies, a large number of indigenous green and green nobles recognized by the Dutch, who obeyed the orders of Batavia, and at the command of the governor of Batavia, they could raise an army of 10,000 men or 20,000 men. Of course, the native soldiers of this army were armed with swords and guns.

The numbers are just their army. And the Navy!

Both Spain and the Netherlands had garrison fleets in Manila and Batavia.

The strength of these two fleets would make people laugh if they were put in Europe, but in remote Southeast Asia, they were two man-eating tigers patrolling their own territory.

What's more, both in Manila and Batavia, there are a certain number of armed merchant ships.

Thinking further, thinking more 'thoughtfully' about the governors of Spain and the Netherlands, since the Dutch and the Spaniards have officially intervened in the situation in Sulu, it is likely that both countries have prepared everything before the naval division of the Fu Han army has been mobilized, including contacting the vicious European pirates. It's not impossible!

"No matter how powerful the battleships of the Europeans are, the Nanyang Naval Division is tied up and down, and there are more than 100 large and small warships, can they still pacify the little Sulu?"

"Our artillery is no weaker than foreigners, and there are rockets ......"

Unlike Chen Ming's little worries, the people around him are full of confidence. No matter how many times Chen Ming emphasized the power of Western warships, they obviously didn't really take it to heart. didn't really suffer a loss, and was beaten, how many smart people are there?

"Rockets. Be sure to give them a top-up rocket! ”

Chen Ming didn't fight with the people around him anymore, and at this time, the self-esteem of the Chinese people was still very strong. For the Western world, it is completely a state of contempt and contempt, this kind of mentality is not something that Chen Ming can say in a few words, and they must let them experience it firsthand, so that they can learn to open their eyes and see people. So he instructed Liu Wudao.

"Your Highness, isn't it ......, do you want to give a little bit to the Nanyang Sailors?"

"The position of the Nanyang Navy Division is indispensable for contact with the sailing ships of foreigners, and the brothers Zheng Lianchang and Zheng Lianfu must know that they are powerful." To say that it is darker, if this will cause the Nanyang Naval Division to really suffer heavy losses, Chen Ming will also just take over the power. Compared with the Southeast Naval Division, the autonomy of the Nanyang Naval Division is too great.

"Tell Singapore to be careful of possible attacks."

After the Chinese New Year, Chen Han gave several overseas sites the level of 'city', Hongji City, Singapore City, Sulu City, and the future Ha Xian City. The level is equivalent to that of the prefect, and the territory is certainly not as huge as that of a prefecture in the mainland, but it has a certain amount of military power, which is something that the civilian officials in the interior will never touch.

……

Chen Jigong has returned to Shanghai. Don't look at the shipyard under his command is named 'Zhoushan', but the actual location is in Shanghai.

As the largest and most high-tech shipyard in the Fu Han Army, Zhoushan Shipyard not only built Western-style sailing ships, but also Chinese-style sailing ships, and even took orders to build large merchant ships.

After China's shipping entered the Qing Dynasty, it was much lower than that of the previous Ming Dynasty. By now, it is difficult for the people to see large ships with more than three masts, and the highest warships of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are only three masts.

However, last year, Zhoushan Shipyard successfully built two four-masted sand ships, both with a carrying capacity of more than 600 tons, and this year they will work hard towards the five-masted ships. The private shipyards along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian also quickly followed suit and moved towards four-masted and five-masted ships.

And if you want to build a bigger ship, you need to have bigger sails. Later generations used this to 'interpret' the doomed decline of China's sea-going ship manufacturing industry, because after the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was difficult to find the same giant wood as a mast in China when the treasure ship was used.

The tallest, most suitable tree has been cut down, and it is not a pillar that can grow in a decade or a few decades.

And the rest was pulled by the emperor again, and he wanted to build a palace and a tomb. The next one is also cut into sections for coffins. Without the right materials, you have to build boats.

Chen Ming was a little eager to extend his tentacles to the South Seas, also in order to use the wood of the South Seas as soon as possible.

Five large timbers that were more than two grades of domestic timber were transported to the shipyard, and the news was shocked by Chen Jigong. Now that he has become the captain on the surface, the matter of the secret camp has really been put down for a while, but soon Chen Ming added it to him again.

The southern dark camp is being split, and some of the people in it will work in the government and police stations, such as Xiao Jian and Wei Changkong; The other part remained in the shadows, but was split in two.

Some of them will continue to stay in the dark camp, and these people will become national security in the future. Not a lot of people!

The dark camp has completed a big slimming, and many peripheral personnel have been thrown into the army and the government, and some people have taken the opportunity to wash their hands and become ordinary people. There are not many people who can really be regarded as secret camps, and now many of them have been divided into the government to become middle-level officials, just like the rabbit has seen it, and the underground organizations have become officials.

A small group of elites selected will form an intelligence bureau in the future, which will be dedicated to the exploration and investigation of overseas intelligence.

With the development of exchanges between Chen Han and Europeans, not only Europeans will come in, but Chinese will also go out. They will be mixed in the middle, or they will become the trendsetters in the spotlight; Or become an obscure little maritime merchant.

Chen Jigong is now in charge of the former, and the person he holds under him will soon become the Shanghai State Security Bureau. At that time, Chen Jigong will continue to lurk underwater, and then his role will gradually become one of the platforms for communication between the two major intelligence agencies, both inside and outside.

"Owner, this is transported from Annan. It's a big cedar. ”

Chen Jigong has now evolved into half of the shipbuilding 'brick family', and it can be seen at a glance that among the five big trees, the largest two are fir wood, and the remaining three are teak. The latter is an excellent shipbuilding material, which can be used as masts, keels, hulls and ribs. But now the big teak is too hard to find.

"Take a closer look, check carefully." Old man Li shouted loudly.

Chen Jigong had already stood up and washed his hands, standing on a high place looking down at the five big trees undulating in the water.

"Boss, do you want to use the two largest masts?"

"You use these two teak wood to make masts, can the army give us more money?" Chen Jigong glanced at Zhu Wu.

But ...... "But aren't you from the public family?" Zhu Wu roared in his heart.

Chen Jigong raised his eyebrows, "I have a bonus from this shipyard." "Of course, I have to think about the future of the shipyard.

"You tell the people below that these two big teaks are properly stored, and the rest is used." Fir is not valuable, and it comes from a wide range of sources, which is different from teak.

Chen Jigong will wait until the technology of Western-style sailing is mature before considering whether to use these two teaks.

Whether in China or Europe, splicing is the only option when the timber used to make the mast is not long enough, when the way to live the timber is restricted. Large sailing ships have high requirements for the supply of mast timber, that is, the mast is required to be straight, and there must be a certain round diameter. It is better to have a separate straight lumber. In Europe, materials for shipbuilding are mainly supplied from the forests of Eastern Europe, especially Poland and Russia. On the south coast of China, it was very difficult to find such suitable timber - the treasure ship eventually became a masterpiece, and the traditional Chinese sailing ships rarely had such tall and straight masts, even a few small two-masted boats, some of which were also spliced.

It's the same way that the Europeans chose when timber was cut off.

Although the mast made of splicing cannot be compared with the natural whole straight timber mast in terms of overall strength, such a mast is not limited by the size of the wood itself, and basically any size sailing mast can be manufactured, which is too economical.

The mast splicing of Zhoushan Shipyard is a combination of Chinese and Western, with both Western traces and traditional Chinese tenon jointing techniques to ensure that the wood joints are more tightly occluded. According to the requirements of the technical data, the boatmen also need to nail rivets and other fasteners into the occlusal part to ensure the strength of the occlusal connection.

Then there are the hoops, each of which is custom-made to the size of the part, with the diameter of the hoop slightly smaller than that of the mast to ensure that it can be tightly clamped once it is attached. As for how to put it on, I always know the thermal expansion and cold contraction. Coupled with the 'screwdriver' and locknut invented by Chen Ming before, the composite mast manufactured is still up to standard anyway.

In the corner that many people in Lushan ignore, Zhoushan Shipyard, with the support of Chen Ming, has developed to the first level in China in two years. And along the route set by Chen Ming for it, it will unswervingly continue to move forward.

After looking at the wood, Chen Jigong did not turn back immediately, but went to the largest dock not far away. More than 100 boatmen were busy like ants, and a five-masted ship was lying quietly on the slipway.

"You have all given me your heart, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to go to Jiangnan. The ship built by our factory, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have a purpose. ”

"In April, the main body will be completely completed; In May, the decoration is finished, and then the sea trials are launched. "Before June, this five-masted ship will be thoroughly inspected, because this five-masted ship is going to pick up Chen Hui in Wuchang. It's a gift! There is no room for error.

"This is the ship's work to be handed over, and each of you will be rewarded with three months' wages." (To be continued.) )