Tianjin Wei, seaside port area.

What was once a small and dilapidated waterfront pier has now become a huge construction site. Countless people come and go like ant colonies, carrying carts with their burdens. I am working hard in this cold winter season.

These people are not in servitude. In this cold season, if the people were really forced to do their labor, they would basically not find anyone. I can't catch it, and all the people have already run away.

To be able to make so many people in this cold season, and even most people still wearing tattered single clothes, take the initiative to come to this cold seaside to work, is naturally the power of silver.

When you come, give a change of clothes and a green cotton coat! Regardless of food and housing, wages are settled every day. As long as you can complete the assigned work within the specified time, you will be able to get full wages!

Five dollars a day per person! For these rural peasants, this kind of wage is completely an amount that they have never dared to think of! In an age when most people were very simple, it was rare for these recruited farmers to be cheating and cheating. They're all working hard at work.

On the newly built cement wharf, Wang Wu, wearing a camouflage military coat, sat on the cement pier and smoked alone. His face was very haggard.

Some time ago, his daughter-in-law Hongxing went out of the wall and caused a big storm. Stormed the Guozijian and fought with the officials of Jingying and Shuntianfu. He was arrested and tortured in a prison. Then the army attacked and coerced the Jingshi to save people. Later, Gao Yang used this incident as an excuse to enter the city for a bloody night. So many things happened one after another, and it naturally beat Wang Wu's reputation out. It's not a good reputation, though.

Wang Wu's daughter-in-law committed suicide by throwing herself into a well after he left angrily. There is no way to kill herself, according to the law of Daming, she will not end well.

As for the adulterer, he had already been beaten to death by Wang Wu. The lord of Shuntian Mansion also died in the prison. At that time, the domestic servants who were in the Guozijian to do it to the new army. All of them were sent to work as coolies in the mines. It is estimated that he will not be able to come out in his lifetime. But Wang Wu has still become a laughing stock for many people.

After returning from injury, Wang Wu became extremely silent. When this kind of thing happens, no man can stand it. Correspondingly, his technical non-commissioned officer exam also failed. Wang Wu is still an ordinary soldier who carries cannonballs. But the almost ubiquitous pointing made Wang Wu extremely sad, and even had the idea of quitting the army for a while.

Later, an internal notice was issued in the army, and the national division was ready to establish the imperial naval division of the Ming Empire, and recruited soldiers in the new army to take the initiative to participate. Military promotions will be carried out according to individual ability.

In this era, the status of the sailor is even inferior to those foot soldiers. In the eyes of almost everyone, the so-called sailors are just a group of water bandits. There are very few people in the new army who are willing to take the initiative to go to the water division, and Wang Wu is just one of those who are willing to go. He has a good water nature.

declined Li Gouyu's retention. Wang Wu, who was anxious to get rid of the shadow of the past, followed the brigade to Tianjin Wei. From then on, it was the base camp of the sailors.

"Why is there another person smoking here? It's almost time to eat, why don't you go back? Zhou Qi, who was tall, came to Wang Wu's side and asked in a low voice.

Zhou Qi was originally an elite person who did not collect troops at night. This time, he unexpectedly chose to join the sailor, which made many people break their glasses.

In fact, Zhou Qi's mother took the initiative to let him go out more after he recovered from his illness, and he didn't always want to stay at home and serve his mother. The man wants the Hejaz to be in all directions, and Zhou Qi is still so young now, there is no harm in going out and exploring more.

Zhou Qi's younger siblings have grown up. You can do household chores at home. And as military dependents, there is no problem with their treatment and safety. Therefore, Zhou Qi, who also wanted to go out and walk more, chose to come to the water division. Anyway, they all do things under the hands of the national teacher, and it's the same everywhere.

"Upset." Wang Wu lowered his head and looked at the cigarette in his hand. Said in a muffled voice.

"Manly man, do you say you're as good as you? Are all the good women in the world dead, or what? Look what you look like now?! Zhou Qi scolded with a calm face.

Because Gao Yang used this incident as an excuse to purge the magnates of the Jingshi, the most direct result was that Wang Wu, who was the cause of the Great Purge, became famous. Almost everyone knew that his wife had cuckolded him. Almost every day, someone is pointing at him behind his back, and any man can't stand this kind of thing. During this time, Wang Wu had been imprisoned several times in a row for fighting with the robes who laughed at him.

Wang Wu hung his head. Silent.

Zhou Qi sighed lightly and sat down beside Wang Wu. "Don't think about it so much, I'm going to board the ship tomorrow." Wait until after going to sea. Look at the endless sea and the mood will be good. ”

"Hmm." Wang Wu also knew that he was in a bad state at the moment. But this kind of thing can only be diluted by time. He couldn't do it any other way.

Zhou Qi set his sights on the larger dock not far away. Over there, more than a dozen massive first-class warships were docked there.

Look at the towering three masts. Thinking back to the scene when they unfurled all their white sails like a huge wall of clouds. More than 100 heavy guns are arranged on the three decks of the battleship, and the hull is huge and sturdy. Shell wrapped in copper skin. Just looking at it here makes you feel agitated!

These sail battleships are all industrial products brought by Gao Yang from modern time and space. As early as last year, the construction of these ships began at a rapid pace. Gao Yang originally planned to leave these warships to the Song Dynasty. It's just that after thinking about it later, I felt that after defeating the northern nomads, the opponents faced by the Great Song Dynasty overseas were all extremely weak. These warships are far less useful than they were in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, when all these warships were built, Gao Yang was already preparing to close the space-time channel with the Northern Song Dynasty. In the end, Gao Yang still chose to transport these ships to the side of the Ming Dynasty.

As for why use sail battleships, and not directly on metal battleships. At the very least, it had to be a metal fishing boat or something. In addition to the fact that the technology is too advanced, it will affect the security of the space-time channel. The biggest reason is that if Gao Yang really brought a large number of metal ships over, after using them here for a period of time, even the most basic maintenance could not be maintained!

Moreover, in the time and space of the Ming Dynasty, these sail warships produced by modern industrial society were enough to cope with all the challenges and threats from the sea! In the European countries of this era, the Spanish Armada had long since been destroyed. England was actually far less combative than it was later. The royal sailors of the Ming Empire with these warships are enough to be invincible in the world!

Gao Yang didn't know how long he would be able to stay in the Ming Dynasty plane. But he had to leave one day. What will happen to those metal ships then?

The metal ships produced by modern industrial technology, from a small screw to the motivation to provide strong power, are all supported by a whole industrial chain behind it! Once Gao Yang leaves, the Ming Dynasty won't even be able to make a small hexagon screw! As a result, the metal ships that were used to control the seas, deter all enemies, and connect the homeland and the colonies were all turned into a pile of slowly rusting scrap metal! I can't even paddle even if I want to! It's too tm heavy!

If these sail warships are used, then there will be no problem. The technology of the sail battleship can be mastered quickly under the careful training of biochemical warriors. With technology and the availability of raw materials everywhere, coupled with a large number of skilled workers, at least until the advent of metal battleships. The Ming Empire will be ahead of the whole world.

As for metal warships, they can only be considered after the construction of the basic industrial chain. It's just that by that time, Gao Yang would have already left. That should be another story.

The prototype of these more than ten large warships brought by Gao Yang is famous. The Royal Navy's First Class battleship HMS Victory, anchored in Portsmouth Harbour in the middle of modern time and space!

The USS Victory was a first-class sail battleship. As a wooden sailing ship, its displacement reached a staggering 2162 tons! , the width of the ship is 15 meters. The ship is equipped with 3 huge masts. After all the sails were deployed, the area was over 5,000 square meters! The total length of the cable alone is 42 kilometres.

The Victory is set up with three gun decks, and a total of one hundred and four guns are loaded! It is one of the well-deserved maritime overlords of the Age of Sail.

Gao Yang chose it as the prototype ship mainly because the battleship was a witness to a brilliant victory at sea. At the same time, it is also a class battleship that has always been in the catalog book! At the same time, the name is also quite good. Since you have chosen a sail battleship, it is better to use the Victory.

Twelve 1st class battleships. All were built by the United States. Each one requires more than 100 acres of century-old forest. And it has to be high-quality oak that grows in the plains at an altitude of 7oo~8oo meters. Of course, Gao Yang doesn't care about how many high-quality trees the United States has cut down. He just gave the requirements and the time, and he didn't care about the rest.

After the improvement of modern industry, these warships are far more powerful in all aspects than the prototype ship of the Victory, which will be launched more than a hundred years later. The construction process, material processing technology, and even the design ideas used by the two sides are very different.

The Victory was pointed out to have major flaws just after it was launched. It took a lot of makeovers before it finally became Nelson's flagship. And these mistakes certainly don't happen to the designers of the modern plane.

Although the prototype is the Victory, the difference between the two sides is somewhat obvious. Of course, it's a better difference! (To be continued!)

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