Two ships!

Sharp and deep boat type!

Deck Connection!

Fully rigid connection!

Row three mainmasts!

A four-cornered mainsail forty or fifty meters long!

Double masts! Double front spinnaker! Double Anchor Ingots! ……

When Chu Fan said these concepts one by one, which sounded incomparably fresh but traceable, Situ Xiong only felt that his not loud voice was like thunder in the sky, exploding in his heart in turn.

When Chu Fan finally explained all the concepts with a dry mouth, such a scene appeared in Situ Xiong's mind:

Two extremely narrow and tall ships, the keels of which were joined together by a huge wooden tenon of great thickness and hardness; A wide deck of thirty or forty meters wide was laid on top of the giant tree, and if viewed from a high vantage point, the whole ship would look slightly square; In the center of the wide deck, three horizontal masts are inserted deep into the giant tree, and the beams are connected end to end to form a mainsail that has never been seen before!

Just thinking about such a scene was enough to make Situ Xiong's heart beat faster, his head sweated, his eyes were full of stars, and he even had to hold on to the railing next to him to keep standing.

He was excited, and Ge Bi, who had been listening with his ears pricked up, was even more excited than him!

Of course, what makes him excited is different from Situ Xiong, after so many years of sailing, Ge Bi knows too well the importance of force: the Chaoyang is 38 meters long and 18 meters wide, and it can already be equipped with four ballistas and six 6-pounder Furlong cannons; How many ballistae can this strange ship with a length of 50 meters and a width of more than 40 meters in the mouth of the boy be equipped with? 8 doors? 10 doors? Not to mention that when the side is longer, the Franc cannon can be loaded more!

"Childe, when will this ship be launched? We must be given the First Fleet! Ge Bi asked anxiously, raising his voice and emphasizing without waiting for Chu Fan to answer.

"Poof~~!" Chu Fan, who was holding a water bladder to drink water, sprayed all the water on the deck, and after wiping his mouth, he said to Ge Bi with a wry smile, "Uncle Ge." I've just started to talk to Situ about whether this kind of ship is possible...... You're thinking about going into the water, where is it? ”

After speaking, he looked at Ge Bi's face full of disappointment, and couldn't help but smile again, "You didn't cry or mourn, the most important thing about this catamaran is the strength of the giant wood that is connected...... As long as the strength can withstand the torsion of the various parts of the hull in different directions. The rest is not much of a problem. ”

What "strength", what "torque", Ge Bi was ignorant, but Situ Xiong understood, frowned and said, "Yes...... The requirements of the giant wood are too high, and there is the tenon joint between the giant wood and the keel, as Childe said, how to prevent twisting......"

Speaking of which. His brow furrowed even tighter, and he fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Chu Fan didn't interfere with him anymore, and instead paid attention to the various tests of the Chaoyang.

There are many test items, especially when sailing in crosswinds, the coordination of the wingsail with the spinnaker and the waist rudder; and so on.

Chu Fan kept measuring the speed of the Chaoyang - the current wind is relatively small, and the Chaoyang can reach a speed of about 10 knots, Chu Fan predicts. If the wind is stronger, the extreme speed of the Chaoyang can run 13-15 knots; Extrapolated from the speed of the ship sailing in crosswinds. Even when sailing against the wind, the Chaoyang can reach a speed of 4-5 knots, which is already the speed limit of many Chinese-built sailing ships in this era.

"Childe, I thought of a method," I don't know how long it took, Situ Xiong suddenly ran to Chu Fan's side and said. "When I was in Macau, I heard the red-haired old shipwright say...... When they don't have a thick enough keel, they have used a multi-layer tenon joint method to thicken the keel, although it is not as strong as the whole material, but it can be used reluctantly...... I would like to try this multi-layer mortise joint. Maybe it will solve the problem of giant trees and keels. ”

Chu Fan nodded with a smile, and just as he was about to speak, he heard the sound of a conch coming from the Wangting Pavilion.

Ship spotted ahead!

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At the moment when the Chaoyang encountered the ship, it was on the pier of Jeju City.

Chu Meng was dressed in a standard North Korean short dress, squatting beside a small car with large and small cages with his sleeves in his hands, and looked at Ling Ming, who was negotiating with a North Korean shipowner not far away, with his mouth half-open.

He looks like a fellow of a Korean cloth merchant - after Ling Ming's patient training and correction these days, the unique temperament of the Ming people in him has finally been completely concealed, and now his every move is no longer obvious from the local Korean next to him.

Of course, what he is pretending to be this time is still a mute, no way, and this is the only role he can play until he stops stumbling in Korean.

This prodigal son in Dengzhou now seems to have changed as a person, and he can no longer see the appearance of seven or eight green skins fighting with people on the streets of Dengzhou.

There may be a lot of things to do with this, but two are important.

One is related to Chu Meng's experience in Jinan Prison. Many people experience a great change in their hearts after a major setback, and Chumeng is no exception - the change is not that he has become tame as a sheep, but that he has learned how to control the ruthlessness in his body, and that being brave and ruthless is not a sign of a mature man.

The second, and most crucial, was that Ling Ming opened a door for him, a door that made him obsessed and intoxicated.

He loves everything he does now: playing a variety of roles and experiencing a variety of lives; Observe people's expressions carefully and figure out what is going on in their hearts; Learn how to quietly follow a man so that he will never find out; Even Ling Ming had told him about kidnapping, poisoning, and assassination before he had time to practice......

Just as he was distracted, the North Koreans next to him kicked him - to be precise, Chu Meng was dressed as a deaf and mute man who could neither speak nor hear, and the reason for this design was to cover up the fact that he did not understand Korean very well.

Raising his eyes, Ling Ming and the North Korean boat owner were already talking in the direction of the trolley, and Chu Meng quickly stood up.

“…… Landlord...... Cloth Merchant ...... Seoul ......"

Ling Ming's tirade, Chu Meng could only understand these few words, but he noticed the North Korean shipowner's gaze, and kept sweeping between the boxes on the cart.

This is another money-grubber!

Chu Meng secretly pursed his lips in his heart, and sure enough, he saw Ling Ming take out a small bag of silver from his arms and hand it to the other party.

But the eyes of the North Korean shipowner were not diverted by the receipt of the money, and this time his gaze was full of caution - he was going to check!

At Ling Ming's signal, Chu Meng untied the ropes tied to the cages with trepidation—although these cages were disguised with various Jeju souvenirs, the weapons placed in the bottom compartment of the box were found if they were discovered......

Under the intently gaze of the North Korean businessman, the box was slowly opened...... (To be continued.) )