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"50,000 yuan Galen ship model", looking at Huangshi, who was already sitting opposite the desk, Qi Ye repeated, "What kind of model is so expensive!" Is it to be inlaid with gold or silver? ”

Huang Shi, who just wanted to reply, saw the young woman at the front desk at the door come in, so he stopped, and the young woman gave Huang Shi a cup of tea, "Xie Lu Xie", Huang Shi felt that this young woman seemed to have some impressions, and after a few years of not seeing her, she also changed from a young girl to a young woman with a flower letter, and when she walked out, Huang Shi said to Qi Ye, "She is your wife, right?" ”

"Hmm", Qi Ye responded sullenly, and turned the topic to the model again, "Where did you get this model list?" ”

"It was introduced by the guests from Canada, who were going to engage in muskets and artillery", Huang Shi also came casually, "They are going to build a real Galen ship in Canada to play, and before that, they have to prepare some things, including the models of these modern Western ships." ”

It turned out that Huangshi also considered whether he could build a treasure ship to test the water, but after searching the information, due to the implementation of the sea ban policy from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the later, Zheng He's construction skills gradually disappeared, and now the Jiaqing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually issued such an order that "it is not allowed to make large ships with more than two masts, and all prohibited ships will be destroyed". The local governments of the coastal provinces have also issued orders one after another: "Those who privately build large two-masted ships and go to sea must be caught and dealt with in everything", "Those who check the sea ships but have two masts will be arrested", "Coastal soldiers and civilians, private and thief markets, and those who do not raise new neighbors will sit together", and so on.

Under the continuous influence of this forbidden sea policy, the warships of the Ming Dynasty rarely had more than 400 materials, and the displacement of the 400 material ships was only 250 to 300 tons, and the mast was only two masts. Now it is obvious that the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty has been seriously stagnant and regressed, so Huangshi can only find another channel on its own.

"Oh, isn't the Galen ship model available everywhere on the Internet now, and it doesn't have to be so expensive, is it so easy for foreigners to make money?"

"Hehe, you're wrong to think so, of course, what people want is not a lot of rough imitation models on the Internet, but the first batch of such high imitation models, this ship has three sizes, small, medium, large, you have to find a way to restore it for others."

Yellowstone spent time searching on the Internet in the past two days, and this kind of Galen sailing ship is divided into 3 representative sizes, including small (100-400 tons), medium (500-800 tons), and large (900-1200 tons). The British, Spanish, French, Danish and Dutch all developed their own unique designs.

In the UK, the wall panels of the lower hull were through, so that heavy guns could be placed on the lower deck. The full-bodied shape inherited from the Clark sailboat has been modified so that the keel is three times as long as the width of the boat. The shipbuilding structure was simplified, especially the front shipbuilding, which was greatly reduced in size. In the mid-17th century, the British preferred to use small galleons of 300 to 500 tons, while the Spaniards used some 1,200-ton behemoths in their fleets to transport treasures.

"Ha, these foreigners are really interesting, why don't they engage in Clark sailboats, isn't it more famous in the Age of Discovery, I played Age of Exploration 4 back then, but they all used this kind of ship, mighty and domineering."

"Foreigners also have to be practical, and the Clark sailboat itself has a huge design problem. The huge front and rear buildings make the center of gravity of the ship too high, which can easily capsize the ship in the event of a strong storm. The cosplay of foreigners will use this ship for nautical practice in the future, so they chose this kind of Galen ship. ”

It turns out that Yellowstone also considered the "Clark Sailing", because the "Clark Sailing" was the first well-documented fully sailed ship, it was also the first ship to incorporate the shipbuilding structure into the hull, and it had enough space for a large crew to live in, as well as to accommodate the cargo carried on the return voyage. In the era of the Great Voyage, the "Clarke" was a much-loved ship, but later the imposing "Carac" of the Spanish Empire's Armada was also defeated in the naval battle of July 1588 by the British fleet of smaller tonnage "Galen" sailing warships, which marked the decline of Spanish maritime supremacy and the rise of the British Empire.

It is said that it was because of Elizabethan John. Sir Hawkins saw a design problem with the Clark sailboat, so he chose to lower the bow and stern, especially the bow tower, and replace the round stern with a square stern, which was relatively long, fast and maneuverable against the wind.

The great success of the "Galen" type made it the standard for the design of warships, including battleships, until the end of the sailing era, in which the requirements for seaworthiness and firepower were the overriding conditions in order to gain a good position and superior firepower in battle. Therefore, Huangshi thought that his future capital sailing ships should all be all low-side, cross-sail, and equipped with cannon guns on both sides, and a number of such ships were arranged in a long column to give full play to the firepower advantage of the two sides, so that the technical advantage of nearly 100 years ahead of this era, which country can be the enemy of it, it is exciting to think about it.

"Also, people still have other requirements, look at these pictures", Huang Shi took out a stack of drawings from his satchel, these are some of the historical Galen ship reconstructions he can collect, such as the "Santa Maria", "Golden Hind" and so on.

"There are so many, you can't do them all, right?" Qi Ye also has a big head at first glance, what about these dozen ship types, this money is really not easy to make.

Huang Shi smiled, "Of course not, we will show you the picture here, just let you have an intuitive impression, in fact, the most reluctant guests only chose these five", Huang Shi took away some drawings from it, and the remaining several Qi Ye looked at it, the map was marked with four British ones, and Spain was selected only one.

"These are the 'Queen's Ships' created during the time of Queen Elizabeth of England," Yellowstone pointed to a few of the drawings that looked a little smaller, and then pointed to the one next to him, "This is the Spanish 'St. Anthony', the absolute mainstay of their treasure fleet, a real behemoth."

Qi Ye looked at the ship in the picture, it had 4 masts, the front two masts were hung with sails, and the rear two masts were hung with spinnakers. The standard length is 60 meters, the draft is 8 meters, the displacement is 2000 tons, and there are also notes, there is a 7-story long deck, the aft building is very high, and it has a good endurance.

"That's all there is to it"? Qi Ye asked from the instinct formed in business in the past few years.

"Ah," Huang Shi took a sip of water, "of course there's more to it. ”

"Although this Galen ship was considered advanced back then, it must keep pace with the times in modern times," Huang Shi continued, "These gun emplacements must be sufficient, and some modern usable techniques can also be applied to the ship as much as possible, such as ......"

"Lao Huang, do those of your guests want to build models, or do they want to find someone to design ships?" Qi Ye teased Huang Shi.

"You props in the industry, it should be easy to find people who are interested in these and have research, I'll take out my profit of 10,000 yuan, how about you get these new plans", Huang Shi thought to himself, it seems that he has to add some more money to be motivated.

Seeing that Qi Ye was obviously a little moved, Huang Shi added, "You people don't say that you guys are costumes and props that help people cosplay or something, a list only earns one or two hundred yuan from others, not to mention the time-consuming and laborious efforts, and there is no deeper development, what about my list, not to mention anything else, at least in the future, I can give you the opportunity to leave a name in Qing history, these models can be named Qi Ye Type 1 and Type 2 in the future", Huang Shi laughed after speaking.

Watching Huang Shi use a pencil to write "Qi Ye Yi type" on that piece of paper, Qi Ye couldn't laugh or cry, he saw a few pieces of paper next to him, Huang Shi didn't tell him just now, he took it, and saw that it was the shape of some artillery, among which there were actually the "Hongyi Cannon" of the Ming Dynasty and the "General Cannon" of the Qing Dynasty, and then there were some more advanced cannons in the West, but they were all marked below, "M1558", "M1560" and so on.

"Hey, Lao Huang, you don't write these models correctly!" Qi Ye finally couldn't help but scream, because he saw an old-fashioned steam engine, which was obviously a modern product of the British, was actually written as "Talking about forgetting one".

"Whatever you write", Huang Shi glanced at it, of course he wouldn't say the real reason, "By the way, Xiao Qi, those sailboats, you have to find those who really know how to do it, and take a look, where are these boilers and steam engines more appropriate to put at the foot of the bed." If this list is done, brother, I will have a better list to send to you in the future! ”

"Okay, I'll look and see if there are any experts in modern ships, alas, these rich people really have quirks", Qi Ye didn't know how to describe this strange combination.

"The main reason is that people consider that their own group of people may be understaffed, and in case the people who are sailing at sea in the future are sick or quit or something, they can directly use these to continue sailing", Huangshi had no choice but to pull a somewhat incredible reason.

"Then we can't do this," Qi Ye asked.

"Of course, your boat should give them this place, and replace it with a few small motors of equal weight, and most importantly, make your model 50 to 1 in size, and make it detachable like a Lego toy."

"Ah, this kind of request!" The people who heard Qi Ye here were all stupid.