"Brother Wang, what I want is a warship, this one you designed is clearly a merchant ship, no, no!"

With Wang Shouren's map, Xie Hong's preparations were much less out of thin air, but time was very precious, and of course he would not waste it. So, after settling down, all the work began naturally.

Xie Hong's most concerned about shipbuilding, he originally planned to hand over full authority to Wang Yun, who was also very dedicated, and had already summoned craftsmen in the capital to carry out research, and he was not idle on the road, and after settling down, he quickly took out the corresponding drawings.

The efficiency is very high, but this result is very dissatisfied in Xie Hong's eyes, he pointed to the structure of the warship on the drawing one by one and said: "The bottom of the ship is too flat, we want a ship that can sail in the ocean, some of which can be entered in a good port, and it is not a smuggling ship, what do you do to do this?" This is not conducive to maintaining stability in the wind and waves! ”

Wang Yun thought for a while, and then suddenly realized: "I said why the boats built by the dockyard in Jiangnan are all flat-bottomed, it turns out that this is the reason!" What else should I do, Brother Xie, you really woke up the dreamer with a word! ”

I'm rubbing, this is common sense, okay! Xie Hong was very depressed, it was easy to find Wang Yun, and he thought it was done, but he found that although the other party was talented, he was still influenced by the craftsman tradition after all, that is, how the master taught, he learned, and questioned that the master taught this kind of thing, which would not happen to him at all.

This is not good, how can there be progress without questioning? Xie Hong touched his chin, wondering if he should go back and make a school motto in the Ivy League, specifically emphasizing the spirit of questioning.

"This is the principle of the center of gravity, Brother Wang, you have also been to audit the physics tutorial, you should know this."

Of course, this is a bit far-fetched, no matter how high the teaching quality of the academy is, it can't solve the current trouble, he explained a few words, and then continued: "In addition, the ratio of the length and width of this hull seems to be a little wrong? It's close to three to one, it's too square, right? ”

In the records of later generations, Zheng He's treasure ship, the largest is forty-four zhang long and eighteen zhang wide, Xie Hong felt that this ratio of length and width was too unreasonable, and originally thought that the record was wrong, but when he saw Wang Yun's design, his confidence was a little shaken, and he felt that maybe the treasure ship was biased towards the square design idea.

"That's how treasure ships are designed, huh?" Sure enough, Wang Yun's words confirmed his guess, and Xie Hong listened to the other party speechlessly relaying his experience in this regard, "The ship will be more stable, and if it encounters wind and waves, it can also be connected to the cable to make a boat wall......"

Xie Hong said by Wang Yun can also understand that the burning of Chibi in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms doesn't mean that? The deck of the ship is square, so it looks very stable, and the formation is also very imposing, but in this way, the speed of the ship cannot be raised. It's not an aircraft carrier, there's no speed, there's no long-range power, so what's the point?

"Also, none of our craftsmen here are familiar with it, and there are few people who have even seen a boat, where did you build such a big ship in the first place?" Xie Hong's eyebrows were deeply locked, knowing that he had really thought about shipbuilding too simple before, thinking that a few shipwrights could solve it, it was indeed too naïve.

"But ......" Wang Yun spread his hands and said innocently: "It's Brother Xie, you emphasized that you must build a warship, if the ship is not big enough, how can it be loaded with enough soldiers, and how can it be called a warship without soldiers?" Even if Brother Xie plans to place artillery on the ship, the ship has to be big enough? Otherwise, as soon as the cannon is fired, the ship will capsize. ”

Wang Yun really felt that he was quite wronged, you must know that even if it is the fleet of the legendary Three Treasure Eunuchs, the mode of combat is mainly based on broadside battles, and the more ships and soldiers, the stronger the combat effectiveness, which is a recognized law.

There are also cannons, but they are all installed on the bow of the ship, and attacking the target with the bow cannon on the sea does not rely on gunnery, but on luck, and it is okay to scare people, and if you really want to sink the enemy with this attack mode, it is better to hit it directly. Well, direct collision is also one of the commonly used means of attack, moreover, this means also has requirements for the size of the ship.

As for attack methods such as arson, Wang Yun has heard of it, but he has never seen it, it belongs to a relatively high-tech attack mode, and he does not have the habit of pretending to understand, so he didn't mention this matter at all.

"This...... Xie Hong smashed his mouth, and he didn't know how to explain it. The sea is obviously the battlefield where the technical level is most considered, how did it become a brutal mode that can only rely on the ship and the number of adults?

Broadside battles? If you use this battle mode, how can you compete with Jiangnan Shiren? No matter how fierce the border army is, it is just a group of landlubbers, and it is pure nonsense to let them fight people on the ship, not to mention that he has limited manpower and can't afford to fight.

"Otherwise, I'll design the drawings, and I'll draw them in a few days, and then we'll study them together and slowly work out the details." Xie Hong patted his head, knowing that he couldn't hide from his leisure, relying on Wang Yun and the Navigation Academy itself, ten or twenty years might not be able to meet his requirements, and he could only do it once.

"Brother Xie, will you design sea vessels?" Wang Yun was surprised, the two had communicated many times before, and he knew that Xie Hong knew some shipbuilding knowledge, but it seemed to be all obtained on paper, and he had not gone through actual exercises at all, otherwise he would not have completely dumped the Navigation Academy to himself.

"Try it." Xie Hong thought about it, and was still a little sure, he definitely couldn't design a battleship, and he could only draw it as a model, but a smaller ship should still be able to be designed, not to mention Wang Yun's drawings for reference.

"This matter ......" Wang Yun saw that Xie Hong didn't have much confidence, a little unsure, and was about to argue again, when he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside, he was stunned, turned his head to look, but saw Jiang Bin walking in with an excited face.

"Brother Jiang, why are you so happy?" Xie Hong raised his eyes and asked curiously.

Jiang Bin smiled, pointed to the outside and said, "Brother Xie, someone has come to apply." ”

"Oh?" Xie Hong raised his eyebrows, but he was a little interested.

Shipbuilding was his primary concern, but it was not the only thing going on, although it was now in the middle of the month, and it was impossible to break ground, but to build a port, and there was a lot of preparation for the shipyard, and there were many that were not affected by the weather, and the recruitment of sailors and navigators was one of the more important.

In Xie Hong's expectation, the Ming Dynasty forbade the sea, and the ban was on large ships that could go out to the ocean, and ordinary small fishing boats were not managed. Relying on the sea to eat the sea, it should not be difficult for these people in the seaside place, and he does not require the other party to be familiar with the entire East China Sea, as long as he can be familiar with the nearby sea.

But as soon as the matter was implemented, he found that something was wrong, he was paid a very high salary, and there were many people who were tempted, but in ten days, it spread far and wide, and even people came from Fu and Gai Erzhou to apply, but no one echoed his request.

Sailors are okay, living by the sea can be more or less watery, and ordinary fishing boats can also hold neatly, but when it comes to going out to sea, no one has such an experience.

At this time, the Bohai Bay was not polluted, and there was no huge seafood market to drive fishermen to fish, but there were so many fish in the sea that fishermen did not have to go far to the sea to get enough harvest.

Moreover, it is quite dangerous to go out to sea with small fishing boats, and the fishermen near Lushun, even the Guanglu Islands in the northeast and the Changsheng Islands in the northwest, are rarely visited, but Xie Hong asks for people who know how to go to Dengzhou, or Tianjin, or even the sea route to North Korea, the gap is too big, so no one can meet Xie Hong's requirements at all.

No one has been recruited as a navigator, which makes Xie Hong a little worried, his geographical knowledge is maintained at the level of middle school students, and he is familiar with the general geography of Asia, but when it comes to a certain area, if the requirements are also detailed, he can only sigh with joy.

With someone like Wang Yun who has learned stargazing, it is not impossible to explore slowly, but Xie Hong does not think that he will have so much time. It seems to be calm now, but it's just because the news of the capital is difficult to come by, and he doesn't know what the soldiers are doing.

Moreover, even if there is nothing to do now, when his movements start to become bigger and more eye-catching, Xie Hong believes that Jiangnan Shiren will definitely react, and there is indeed not much time left for him.

"You're here to recruit navigators? Those who have been to Dengzhou are still ......" Xie Hongbao's hope is not high, the people of this era are very simple, and they don't understand what they don't understand, especially in the face of the official family, they don't dare to make rash moves, and most of the people who come can have some certainty.

However, the general environment is like this, even if there are some individual surprises, I don't think I will surpass others too much, at most, I have been to Dengzhou and the like by sea.

Jiang Bin nodded: "Yes, they said that they have not only been to Dengzhou, but also to North Korea, Phidao and Xuanzhou. ”

"Phi Dao?" Xie Hongteng stood up and said happily: "Great, that's what you want, Brother Jiang, Brother Wang, let's go and have a look." ”

"......" Jiang and Wang were both taken aback by him, and they couldn't understand why Xie Hong was so excited, could it be that there was something good on that Phi Island? Otherwise, with Xie Hong's calmness, how could he be happy like this?

However, doubts are doubts, and the two still followed behind Xie Hong.

Wang Yun is also very curious, there are many people who have gone out to the sea in the south of the Yangtze River, and the places they have gone to are far away, but they are all big boats, similar to those he designed, more than ten or twenty zhang long, several zhang wide, and the ability to resist wind and waves is very strong, far from being comparable to small fishing boats.

He had seen the sketch drawn by Xie Hong, and knew the summary of the sea area near Liaodong, although North Korea was not far away, it was also hundreds of miles away, and he sailed hundreds of miles on the sea in a small boat, not to mention anything else, this courage alone was already admirable, maybe it was really the person that Brother Xie needed.

(To be continued)