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After bathing, Ye Yingwu put on a dry robe, stood at the table, and the brush in his hand splashed ink, which was written by Su Shi and Su Dongpo's "Waves of Sand, Red Cliff Nostalgia". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Standing behind him, Su Niang looked at Ye Yingwu's back a little nervously.

"Wen Songrui and Shizun met at Yanzijitou, but they just talked a few words and left?" Ye Yingwu's hands did not tremble in the slightest, and he still walked like a dragon. He was originally good at writing with a brush, and he has been writing with a brush for the past two years, and he usually likes to paint and paint, so he has reached a higher level than when he came, and it can be regarded as a small achievement. Especially now that Ye Yingwu has come to this position, there is a strong and strong force in the words he writes, and there is no way for other great calligraphers to imitate it.

In other words, in more ethereal terms, it is a little more kingly.

Su Niang nodded: "I can't hear what I said about the six doors, and then the two of them went back separately and didn't exchange letters again." Originally, such a trivial matter did not need to be taken to heart, but now at this juncture, there is no room for the slightest omission. ”

"Of course, those old and young remnants of the previous dynasty can't sit still." Ye Yingwu chuckled and said, "Being able to invite the master to go out of the mountain can be regarded as having some skills for them." ”

The military reform has already made them smell the danger, and after the army is finished, they will naturally become civilian officials. At that time, the imperial court will inevitably cut off a large number of useless official positions that receive empty money and grain, and these official positions are now often held by the remnants of the previous dynasty.

It's impossible to say that they're not worried.

"That husband ・・・・・・ now," Su Niang hesitated.

After Ye Yingwu finished writing the last word, he sighed twice before he smiled and said, "Don't worry about them." Song Rui didn't know anything, so naturally he wouldn't say anything to Shizun. What's more, a certain person also believes in him, even if he knows, he won't say it, he has always been like this, and there is a clear distinction between public and private. ”

After a pause, Ye Yingwu looked up at the window: "What's more, this is my Daming, my world, if I can't even clean up such a group of moths, how can I talk about sitting in the world!" ”

Su Niang responded, and immediately saw Ye Yingwu holding his waist and walking outside, and couldn't help laughing. It's rare that my husband exhausted the two girls of Shu'er and Huiniang, and was able to write two words here safely.

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Throughout the ages, for dynasties in the south, sailors were often their best troops. And this military superiority reached its peak in the Southern Song Dynasty, when the sailors and warships of the Huaishui River were once a nightmare for the Jurchens and Mongols. Although the Mongols later also focused on the development of sailors, but before their sailors became stronger, they were consumed in one after another water battles, and in the end, only the sailors of the Southern Song Dynasty were left to run rampant.

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Navy Division naturally attaches great importance to it, although during this period, including many people in the military department have had the Ming Land Division rampant in the world, the Northern Expedition Navy Division useless remarks, but soon the Navy Division proved itself in the Ming Dynasty's Nanyang strategy, in the conquest of the South Seas in several sea battles, the Navy Division relied on the strength of the ship, although it was difficult at the beginning, but soon showed the style of the world's first.

And the Yizhou Sailor also became the Nanyang Sailor in this naval battle, turning the huge Nanyang Cornucopia into his own swimming pool, which really made the eyes of the Lianghuai Sailor, Xingzhou Sailor and other inland watermen hot.

The reason why the Yizhou Naval Division was able to survive the Great War and remain strong was that there was a steady supply of warships behind it, including a large number of flying clippers that were launched and gradually became the main force of the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships, and large sea ships that could place flying thunder cannons and bed crossbows.

All this is still due to the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry to the Liujiagang shipyard on the river as the center, to the south to the north set up a large number of coastal shipyards, more than 10 large shipyards and hundreds of small shipyards have sprung up, but also to completely speed up the construction of the Daming Navy fleet, some people see a shipyard at the same time to start the spectacular scene of fifteen large sea ships, once amazed called "dumplings".

Naval divisions and navies are the most direct and distinct embodiment of a country's comprehensive national strength, no matter which dynasty it is in history.

Daming's national strength did not live up to Ye Yingwu's expectations, and Daming's Ministry of Industry did not live up to Ye Yingwu's expectations. The launching of large sea ships, flying clippers and even gunboats specializing in shelling made the strength of the Ming sailors increasingly large. It is precisely because of the increasing deterrent power of the Daming Navy Division that Ye Yingwu was able to retreat the Shenwei Army from Nanyang one after another, leaving only the Xuanwu Army to guard Nanyang.

However, in Ye Yingwu's view, these are still pediatrics after all, what he wants is a sailor who can have long-term ocean-going strength, of course, such a sailor is no longer a sailor, but a veritable navy.

Now Liujiagang Shipyard has finally come to this point, and a big treasure ship that has been busy preparing since the beginning of winter last year finally ushered in the launching ceremony today. Although none of the five masts on the deck had been installed, and even the ship's tower was empty, just the fact that this huge treasure ship was lying here was enough to make everyone intoxicated and cheer.

Although it is already the end of March, and even the end of spring, the wind is still cool. Standing on the high platform of the shipyard, Guo Shoujing stretched out his hand to grasp the railing, his eyes revealing strong anticipation and excitement. Those who know him know that this Guo Shilang is knowledgeable, not to mention, he has always been known for his steady personality on weekdays, and it is said that the last time the cannon of the Ministry of Foreign Engineering of Chengdu Prefecture was powerful and swept away thousands of troops, this Guo Shilang did not even frown, but was calculating the data in an orderly manner.

But today, Guo Shoujing's hands and even his body were obviously trembling.

Looking at this behemoth on the slipway, Guo Shoujing's eyes were even a little moist.

This huge treasure ship is 35 zhang long and 15 zhang wide, and the weight is 30,000 materials (author's note: in the Song and Ming dynasties, "material" was the unit of measurement of the weight of the hull, one material was equal to about 0.3 tons today, and 30,000 materials were 9,000 tons. According to the archaeological discoveries of later generations, the displacement of Zheng He's treasure ship in the West in the Ming Dynasty should be about 20,000 tons. ）

This is the largest treasure ship that Liujiagang Shipyard has built since its establishment, and Guo Shoujing dares to pat his chest and assure that this is definitely the largest sail warship in the world. You must know that the heaviest sea ship built by Liujiagang Shipyard for the Nanyang Naval Division is only more than 5,000 materials, so the construction and launching of this big treasure ship is a supreme glory for Liujiagang Shipyard. At the same time, for all the shipbuilders of this era, it is not a lifelong honor to be able to participate in it?

Not only Guo Shoujing, but the entire crowd of people on the slipway who were busy with black pressure, their hands were shaking the same at this time, and their hearts were beating the same.

Outside the shipyard, the people of Jiangnan and Jiangbei who heard the news had rushed to the riverside to wait even in the morning light, although they could not see the scene in the shipyard clearly, but such a large treasure ship was launched into the river, and the entire north and south banks of the river could be seen clearly.

There were even people from Nanjing City, who had already rushed to the vicinity yesterday to wait.

For them, the launch of such a large warship means that such a large merchant ship will be launched in the future, and behind this is a steady stream of gold and silver and more economical expenses.

It is not bad to describe this event as "highly anticipated".

"Your Majesty, please." Chen Yuanliang made a respectful gesture while leading the way.

Since Ye Yingwu promised to ascend the throne, the ministers of the court and the central government have all changed their words, although Ye Yingwu is still His Royal Highness King Ming, but they have all been called "Your Majesty". Ye Yingwu didn't interfere too much in this regard, anyway, it was just a matter of changing the problem to satisfy the enthusiasm of these guys.

Guo Shoujing saw Ye Yingwu coming, and hurriedly walked down the steps: "Minister Guo Shoujing see Your Majesty." ”

Ye Yingwu nodded: "Aiqing has worked hard. ”

Xiao Yangzi and the others had already stopped at the foot of the steps and waited very interestingly, while Ye Yingwu, Guo Shoujing, and Chen Yuanliang strode up the steps, and above the steps was the flying bridge, from one end of the entire dock to that end. Standing on the flybridge, you can clearly see the entire treasure ship.

The three of them just leaned against the railing, and no one spoke.

And in the eyes of Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang, there were faint tears flashing. They remembered clearly that the promise Ye Yingwu made when he met them for the first time and the bright future he had woven for them had all become a reality once upon a time.

The huge treasure ship that Ye Yingwu hastily sketched on the drawings given to them has now become a reality in front of them and everyone. Everything Ye Yingwu once promised did not become empty white slips, nor did it become a billowing cloud of smoke in time, but lay quietly in the dock, lying in front of everyone.

"Your Majesty, the launching ceremony is about to begin." A soldier walked briskly onto the flybridge and said respectfully.

Ye Yingwu looked at Guo Shoujing: "Let's go down." ”

On the high platform in front of the treasure ship, rows of fine wine were spread, and fat pigs, cattle and sheep were still lifting up like flowing water. A famous shipwright stood on all sides of the dock, and a pair of eyes fell on the treasure ship and Ye Yingwu's body at the same time.

The launch of the treasure ship is the biggest blessing in the new year of the Daming Naval Division, so including Zhang Shijie, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Liu Shiyong, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, the generals of the Ministry of War and the Naval Division gather here, which is definitely a rare event.

"Your Majesty!" As soon as Ye Yingwu came over, Zhang Shijie and the others had already saluted respectfully.

And Ye Yingwu is also full of etiquette, but what he has been looking at is the huge treasure ship in the dock. Not all ships can be successfully launched, especially in the seven hundred years ago when there was no intelligent and mechanized production, the success or failure of every detail is determined by people, even if it is to build this treasure ship, Liujiagang Shipyard has gathered the best shipwrights in the entire Ming Dynasty, and it does not mean that it can pat its chest to ensure that nothing will go wrong when the ship is launched.

Squinting his eyes slightly, Ye Yingwu didn't say anything.

Guo Shoujing: Their heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Watching this grand event, His Majesty is here, many generals of the sailors are here, all the shipwrights and most of the skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry in Liujiagang are here, and countless people from Zhenjiang Mansion and Nanjing City are also here. Everyone is looking forward to it, and everyone is silently looking forward to it.

If something goes wrong in the water, Guo Shoujing can hardly imagine how angry His Royal Highness King Ming will be, how the people will be in an uproar, and how he will face himself. His Royal Highness King Ming gave him the opportunity to realize his dream, bringing him all the conditions and conveniences he needed to go forward, and if he still messed up, then no one should be blamed.

Only to thank the world with death.

"The auspicious time has come!" The people of the Qin Heavenly Prison shouted loudly.

Without waiting for Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang to speak, Ye Yingwu had already rushed to the drum platform on one side in three steps and two steps, snatched the drum hammer from the drummer, and slammed it on the cowhide drum!

The drums rumbled, and with the loud and neat trumpets of the craftsmen on both sides, the dock door slowly opened, and the tumbling river poured into the dock, and the waves roared and lapped the hull of the treasure ship. As the water grew, the huge treasure ship slowly floated.

The treasure ship adopts the compartment design proposed by Ye Yingwu, and there is not much difference between sealing and not sealing in this era, but at the critical time when the cabin is flooded, even if it closes a door, it can block the flow of water for a while, so the treasure ship, which is a symbol of the power of the Ming Dynasty, adopts the sub-compartment design that is confirmed to be feasible after several tests by the Ministry of Industry.

In addition, unlike ordinary sailor ships, the treasure ship is equipped with not only trebuchets, bed crossbows and thunder cannons on the deck, but also a layer of artillery cabins below deck, all of which use the latest guns instead of flying thunder cannons.

Because the original sailor warship hit a wave, the deck had to be soaked, not to mention the lower layer lower than the deck, so there was no precedent for stacking weapons under the deck. This time, the sheer size of the treasure ship and its height three or four times higher than normal warships made this arrangement possible. In this way, with the armament of a treasure ship, it is not impossible to single-handedly challenge a fleet of sailors in the Ming Dynasty.

But even so, Ye Yingwu is also very clear that this is still very different from the normal sail warships of later generations, but starting from scratch is always the most important attempt and breakthrough, and now there is no problem for the sailors in his hands to run rampant in the world, let alone such a big treasure ship, so wasting time, financial resources, and material resources to accumulate experience is more important for Ye Yingwu and Daming.

However, it is naturally relatively troublesome to adopt such a complex design, and it is necessary to confirm that each cabin does not enter the water to ensure the successful launch.

One of the sailors' commander standing on the bow of the ship shouted: "The left cabin is intact!" ”

The one behind him was not to be outdone: "The right cabin is intact!" ”

"The second cabin on the left is intact!"

"The second cabin on the right is intact!"

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"The right thirty cabins are in good condition!"

"The cannon bay is intact!"

The last sound fell, cleanly.

The drumming also stopped at this moment, and only the sound of the wind remained.

Guo Shoujing took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Successfully launched!" ”

The next moment, the entire shipyard, the entire riverside, was overwhelmed by the shouts like the waves. Guo Shoujing, Chen Yuanliang, and several craftsmen who were mainly responsible were surrounded by the sailors and craftsmen who rushed up excitedly, and then lifted them up and threw them high into the air.

I don't know who thought of such a celebration ceremony first, but Zhang Shijie, who was in the crowd, dared to guarantee the ticket, and the first to do it was the personal guards around His Royal Highness King Ming.

So it goes without saying who instructed it.

The fireworks that had been prepared for a long time burst into the air, and a jar of wine was poured into the sea bowls as if it didn't cost money. The craftsmen rushed into the crowd with their sleeves rolled up, killing pigs and sheep. And the people on both sides of the river, looking at the towering figure like a green mountain between the water and the sky, are already shouting loudly in excitement.

Ye Yingwu threw the drum hammer and stood on the high platform, looking at the black crowd, listening to the celebrations and cheers like a wave.

At this moment, I actually didn't wait too long, but these craftsmen and these people have been waiting for too long.

This treasure ship is not only a simple ship, but also a symbol of the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, and a synonym for the glory of the Ming Dynasty and the rise and level of the four seas. Ye Yingwu leaned on the edge of the railing, looking directly at this treasure ship, and let the wind blow his sleeves.

I don't know when Zhang Shijie walked slowly to Ye Yingwu's side.

"From now on, the sailor can change his name." Ye Yingwu said flatly.

Zhang Shijie raised his eyebrows: "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"Navy!" Ye Yingwu spit out two words and said loudly.

Slightly stunned, Zhang Shijie muttered and repeated these two. sailors, fleets on inland waters; And the navy, the army that really faces the sea and goes to the deep blue!

At this moment, although he is no longer in charge of the water master, Zhang Shijie also feels the weight behind these two words.

He subconsciously looked at Ye Yingwu's back.

Your Majesty's ambition is to be in the four seas! (To be continued.) )