"In the middle of the 15th century, the Turks captured Constantinople, and the passage of Europeans to the East was closed," the Sailers said. Spanish and Portuguese shipbuilders sailed across the seas in search of new fortunes in search of bigger and better ships, merging wine ships and clippers to form three-masted schooners.

The French writer Victor 61 Hugo praised it as "a great masterpiece of mankind".

Its hull structure is more rational, it has three masts, can travel with wind within a 65-degree angle, can carry a lot of necessities, can stay at sea for months on end, and can even sail around the earth. ”

Hengfan Party said: "Zheng He, a famous navigator of the Ming Dynasty, successively commanded more than 100 seagoing ships and a huge fleet composed of 20,000 or 30,000 naval officers and soldiers to go to the Western Ocean seven times, wading more than 100,000 miles through more than 30 countries in Asia and Africa.

The scale of its navigation, the number of ships and the number of people, and the wide footprint can be called a great feat in the history of sailing in the world.

Zheng He's voyage to the West broke through the previous Western routes, and Zheng He's fleet repeatedly reached the hemp forest land on the East African coast, and opened up a number of long-distance routes across the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea coast of the Arabian Peninsula and various ports on the East African coast. As far as Dabira, which is now the port of Mozambique, and as far as Sunra, which is now the port of Sofala.

Zheng He's voyage to the West was the first in the world to engage in ocean-going navigation and exploration activities on an unprecedented scale, connecting the sea routes of the East and the West, and thus connecting large seas in Asia and Africa.

Zheng He took the lead in making important contributions to mankind's ocean-going navigation, pushing the great navigation industry to its peak and paving the way for the opening of new shipping routes in the world. ”

The Sailers said, "And then? What did you gain from Tianwei after publicizing it? ”

"That's better than colonialism, which brought suffering to the people of Asia, right?" ”

After the test pool was built at the Anjiang Shipyard, Wu Jie, the director and technician, Fan Xiu, began to build ship models again. In order to make the test a little better, they set the ratio at 1:10.

Technician Fan Xiu said: "Ha, I have never made such a large ship model - we are fortunate to have drawings." ”

Director Wu Jie said with a smile: "I haven't done it either, in that world, where do we have that kind of financial resources and energy?" How good it is now......"

"Yes, Director Wu, if it weren't for the work task, I would have been able to sleep until I woke up naturally every day...... But I can't sleep anymore. ”

"Who knows why? Luckily, the quality of the oak we have preserved is quite good. ”

When making the model, they were not willing to use the stock materials of the original ship repair yard, and directly used the wreckage that was blown to pieces during the siege...... At that time, according to the request of Director Wu, the large pieces of wood that might be used were kept in the hope that they could be used in the future...... Sure enough, it worked.

The two of them carefully processed the ship model according to the drawings, and at the same time, with the help of CAD modeling, with the help of modern equipment, they quickly processed two types of ship models: crosssail and longitudinal...... However, the materials used are all from this plane.

The rigging is twisted from jute, the sails are cut from broken sails, the small pulleys are specially made by the Red Star Machining Factory, and the tung oil and lime are also ready-made......

"The advent of the three-masted schooner by European craftsmen changed the history of the West's backwardness in shipbuilding technology to the East, and also changed the position of the West in world trade, and the subsequent 'great geographical discoveries' were inseparable from this schooner and the new seafaring technology," said the schooner.

In the minds of all navigators and shipbuilders, the construction of the schooner was almost perfect.

Do you understand? We must bring out the highest level of its ability to make all the other schooners on this plane scum. ”

Hengfan Party said: "The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty will inherit from their ancestors, and the shipbuilding technology that has been continued for too many years, such as watertight cabins, balance rudders, remote keels and wheel boats, for example, iron nail and iron shovel connection technology, for example, stern sealing and maintenance technology, and for example, tung oil and paint sealing technology, etc., are applied to shipbuilding."

These concentrations represent the essence of Daming sailing boat manufacturing technology!

Did you know? These are technologies that have been leading the world for centuries, although they do not understand the technological blockade, and many technologies have been stolen by Westerners, although these are nothing in our eyes, but they are still the ultimate in the manufacture of wooden sailing ships.

Let's use these technical specialties to make all the other schooners on this plane scum. ”

Director Wu Jie stood in the pool, facing the wind blowing from the electric fan, adjusting the rigging and sails from time to time...... After technician Fan Xiu set up the DV, he listened to the request of Director Wu Jie and adjusted the angle of the electric fan from time to time...... Then write down the number jù reported by Director Wu Jie to the notebook.

Technician Fan Xiu squatted on the edge of the pool and persuaded Director Wu Jie to say, "Director Wu, let me go down to the pool......"

"No hurry, no hurry...... You go and open the gate at Gate 3 and see what effect the side current has on the sailboat. ”

The two of them worked quietly for a week, and came up with the basic numbers of the schooner and the schooner......

He began to build a flying clipping model...... Due to the small size of the original ship, the ship model was relatively easy to build.

The Sail Party said: "In "The Age of Discovery", remember the formula of the sails, right? Schooners have high speeds that are not found in schooners on most occasions.

A sailboat is more difficult to operate than a schooner, let alone a headwind, and if you haven't learned how to handle the sail and you're new to sailing, using a sail is purely masochistic.

The schooner has a high agility and low handling that the sail does not have.

Like naval battles, you can't never go against the wind, and you can't choose a zigzag route smoothly when you're against the wind.

In addition, when the schooner is headwind, the advantage is unmatched. This is not to say that it has a greater sailing coefficient when headwinds, but because it is easier to maneuver when headwinds. Are we still fighting? ”

"In Age of Discovery, my rank is that of an old captain...... What kind of sailors do we find in our current plane? It's all about fiddling with the sails.

Of course I remember the formula you said, if the sailor level of the two sails is the same, when downwind, the schooner x65% + the crosssail x85%; On headwind, sylvester x45% + crosssail x25%; In crosswind, the schooner x62.5% + the crosssail x62.5%...... Right? But think about what kind of sailors we can find? Which is the most? ”

"Schooner sailors, we can slowly train ......"

"There are ready-made sailors, and we don't use them?"

Director Wu Jie and Technician Fan Xiu spent some more time and finally prepared the number of the three ship types, and then they began to consider the fact of shipbuilding.

It's one thing to build a model ship, it's another thing to build a real sailboat. Truth be told, neither has practical experience...... In fact, the people of the whole Hantang Group have no practical experience.

In that world, where is the time and energy and money to build real sailboats for entertainment?

The two had to turn their attention to the Aketo shipwright of this plane.

Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, Fujian's shipbuilding industry has been leading the country, mainly because Fujian is rich in shipbuilding timber.

In the deep mountains of northern Fujian, there are a large number of fir and pine trees. The best time to harvest is when the frost falls to the vernal equinox, when the wood is solid and bright red.

At this time, the wood merchants in Jian'ou, Shaowu and other places brought "craftsmen" and "drifters" from all over the country to go up the mountain one after another. The giant trees cut down by the "craftsmen" were carried to the water's edge by the "drifters", formed into wooden rows, and flowed into the Minjiang River along the waterway between the mountains, drifted towards Haikou, and finally arrived in Fuzhou, or transferred to the sea and then transported to various places inside and outside the province.

If the shipyard in Fuzhou is because of the abundance of wood, then the advantage of Quanzhou lies in its long maritime history, and the people have gathered a large number of shipwrights and technicians. According to historical records, Fuzhou Shipyard has been called to Quanzhou Government many times because there are not many shipwrights.

As mentioned above, the Ming government has extremely strict control over the shipbuilding industry, and a craftsman household system can eat the Ming technicians who build ships to death, that is to say, the Ming government has the food relationship and household registration relationship of the Ming technicians in their hands...... It's that they have to open a letter of introduction or something when they go out...... Probably so.

In the real history, in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the craftsman registration was abolished, and the system of distributing the silver of the craftsman class into the acres of land was implemented, so that the craftsmen of the Qing Dynasty were no longer subordinate to the government, and gradually got rid of the fate of being driven in the official factory, and the limited free movement of the shipwrights became possible.

At this time, Xiamen attracted a large number of foreign craftsmen, according to historical records, "Xiamen civil engineering, gold, silver, copper and iron workers rate from outside, shipwrights are prosperous, and many people who live in peace move to Yan." ”

At the same time, the shipbuilding industry in southern Fujian has also reached a new climax. Around some official shipyards, there are often a large number of private shipyards scattered around.

The large number of these shipyards reflects the gradual recovery of the private shipbuilding industry. It's just that at that time, the manufacturing process of every ship going to sea had to be controlled layer by layer, and it was even stricter than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this is the later history, and the director of Wu Jie and Fan Xiu don't worry about those ...... at all At this time, in the air, those Ming shipbuilding technicians are the ones who take a fancy to them, and those who are interested in the real shipbuilding process.

At this time, after the Ming craftsmen began to build ships, the shipyard that generally made ten-ton boats needed to hire more than a dozen shipwrights, and a simple division of labor was sufficient.

And when it comes to making large ships of thousands of stones, that is, at least a hundred tons, much more people are employed.

Moreover, building a sea ship is a highly technical project, oil, ship, sail, canopy all require special skills, and there are special shipwrights, canopy makers, ship carpenters, putty makers, blacksmiths, rope craftsmen, bamboo craftsmen, etc.

Director Wu Jie and technician Fan Xiu stared at the Ming shipwright who had mentioned building yì, and after a careful interrogation, they found that the largest sailboat that man had built was only about 50 tons, and there were a few Dutch shipwrights, but they were mainly engaged in ship repair......

Fortunately, some craftsmen were recruited from Xiamen later, and after many calculations, the two of them summed up all kinds of information needed for a sailing ship of about 200 tons......

The Sail Party and the Crosssail Party were arguing for nothing, and then they realized that they should go to the shipyard to see what they wanted, and no one could say anything about it......

It's not interesting to hurt your feelings for such a small thing, after all, there are not many people in the Hantang Group who can play "Age of Discovery" together.

After they arrived at the Anjiang Shipyard, Director Wu Jie and Technician Fan Xiu took out all the actual information.

After watching it for a long time, they said angrily: "Director Wu, Technician Fan, don't you go to the forum?" ”

Technician Fan Xiu smiled and said, "I'll just see if I don't speak......"

Director Wu Jie asked strangely, "What did you say on the forum?" ”

The Sailers and the Sailers were so angry that they ignored him.