Chapter 573: The Treasure Ship Goes to Sea
Jiang Yue is in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he understands the importance of the room very well, so he sighed and said: "I see, the lowly position can only send some businessmen to Japan to listen to the news, but the adults have subdued their envoys, and the adults are a hundred times smarter than the lowly position, and the lowly position is really admired!" ”
Duan Fei heard a lot of flattering words, and he said disappreciatively: "You go and see if everything is ready, if everything is ready, set sail immediately." ”
Duan Daqincha's fleet finally set off, sailing along the Yinjiang River at Dinghai, and then heading south along the coast.
The sky was as good as the people wanted, and the northeast wind made Duan Fei's boat go fast, leaving in the morning and arriving in the waters of Fujian in the evening, and in the middle of the day, they had arrived at the small Hongshan Island under the jurisdiction of Funing Prefecture.
After the boat stopped, Wu Haiyan came over the boat and asked, "My lord, those boats are near Hongshan Island, as long as the signal is released, those boats will come and gather." ”
Duan Fei smiled and said, "The official originally planned to visit those shipbuilding places, since they don't welcome the official, then forget it, send a signal, the official can't wait." ”
Wu Haiyan only agreed, lit a rocket launcher and jumped into the air, blowing up a faint green, which was very eye-catching in the dark, and after a while, a row of boats turned out of the back of Hongshan Island, and those boats slowly approached, and the people on the official boat involuntarily used the angle of looking up, otherwise they could only look at the bottom of the boat.
The same thought came to everyone's mind: "What a big ship......"
The ten ships in front of him were really huge compared to the dozens of large and small ships that Duan Fei and the others were on, Duan Fei's ship looked extremely huge in the canal, but it was simply small compared to the ten big fortune ships in front of him.
Duan Fei couldn't help but marvel in his heart, a ship made of wood could be so huge, a hundred years ago, Zheng He led a super fleet of more than a hundred such big ships, all the way west, those barbarian small countries along the way, seeing such a fleet, how could they not be amazed and admired?
Duan Fei waited for the rope ladder to be lowered on the big boat, and then took the lead in climbing onto his new boat, and when he came to the big boat and looked down on the side of the boat, he found that his original car was so small.
The boats in the canal are really small and pitiful compared to this super huge Dafu ship, Duan Fei visually observed that the deck length of this ship is definitely more than 100 meters, and Wu Haiyan came up and introduced that these boats are not exactly the same because of the slight difference in the quality of the materials used, so the length is not exactly the same, roughly between 45 zhang (about 140 meters in modern times) and 43 zhang.
Such specifications have exceeded the standard of Daifuku ships, and this is clearly a real treasure ship!
Duan Fei happily walked around the ship, touching everywhere, Wu Haiyan really built this ship very solid, it can be seen from the texture and workmanship of the wood, Duan Fei even felt that the craftsmanship of this ship was better than the ship he sat on, it was a royal ship refined by Nanjing Bao Shipyard and used by the emperor!
When Duan Fei mentioned the question in his heart to Wu Haiyan, Wu Haiyan smiled and said: "My lord, since the sea has been banned, the treasure shipyard is not as good as before, they will give the emperor a big deal to build a ship, just don't be too bad, when will the emperor board the ship once?" How can the grass people make a boat that can sail and fight? The craftsman I was looking for was the fourth-generation descendant of a craftsman who built the Great Treasure Ship for the Three Treasure Eunuchs, and the grass people carefully advised him, so he couldn't find fault with these boats. ”
Duan Fei said happily: "Okay, such a talent is really rare, Boss Wu, if you have time to give him a waist card of Jinyiwei, just say that this official supports him to officially open a shipyard, and the ships used by Jinyiwei will be handed over to them to build in the future, unless they are too busy, otherwise this official doesn't want to work for others anymore." ”
Wu Haiyan said with a smile: "The grass people must pass things on for the adults, and with the support of the adults, he will definitely do a great job." ”
Duan Fei said: "Well, Jiang Yue, I'll go and get a waist card for Boss Wu later, now hang the flag on the ship, prepare to set sail, and target Fuzhou!" ”
Duan Fei didn't want to leave when he came to this ship, with everyone's efforts, his things were quickly moved to the new ship, Guan Xiaohan was also amazed when he saw the new ship, but it was already dark, Guan Xiaohan quickly went in to rest, and Duan Fei stood at the bow of the boat, blowing the wind excitedly.
To be honest, these ships are more than twice as big as Guo Zhen's dozen or so ships, how many cannons can be loaded with such a long hull? With such a sturdy ship, maybe even the general's cannon can be equipped with a few pieces, and then it will be able to carry out long-range precision strikes and intensive bombardment at close range.
At the end of the time, the fleet entered the Jianjiang (Minjiang) estuary, and soon arrived in Fuzhou, when the Dafu ship entered the narrow river, the ship of the Fuzhou Inspection Department came to intercept, but suddenly saw such a behemoth, they were all frightened, and when they came to their senses, they saw the flag on the ship clearly, they didn't dare to put a fart at the moment, and hurriedly hid to the side, almost overturning the waves stirred up by the Dafu boat.
The old wharf of Fuzhou can accommodate all ships to dock, this is because Zheng He's fleet has also come to Fuzhou, Duan Fei saw that the night was dark, Guan Xiaohan was already asleep, he did not go ashore, and when the Fuzhou prefect heard the news and rushed to come, Duan Fei only ordered someone to reply to him: "The hour is late, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”
At dawn, many people living near the pier woke up one night to find many big ships parked on the pier, and they couldn't help but marvel, they had never seen such a big ship in their lives.
In the morning, the prefect of Fuzhou came to visit Qincha again, and brought a large number of Fuzhou officials, and Duan Fei received them on the deck of the ship.
After meeting with the officials of Fujian Province, Tong Boluo and other officials of all sizes who came to visit the Qin Cha asked cautiously: "I heard that the Lord was ordered to patrol Jiangnan and vigorously reform the bad law, and I am all looking forward to hearing it. ”
Duan Fei shook his head and said: "The reform of the three provinces of Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yang is just a pilot, and it will not continue to expand the scope of reform for the time being, if Fuzhou really wants to join the reform pilot city, you might as well wait patiently, it will slowly open up in the future. ”
Tong Boluo was surprised: "My lord, Fujian has not been attacked and plundered by Japanese pirates this year, and there are no Japanese pirates around Fujian, is it a mistake?" ”
Duan Fei smiled and said, "Master Tong, do you really think that there are no Japanese robbers in Fujian?" Or are you so deceived that you don't even know what's going on? ”
Tong Boluo bowed his head and said: "My lord is wise, the lower officials dare not hide it, the coastal prefectures and counties of Fujian have indeed been attacked and plundered by the Japanese pirates, but after verification, it was found that they were all pirates hiding on the coastal islands pretending to be Japanese pirates, and the losses were not large, so the lower officials made the decision and did not report it. ”
Duan Fei sneered: "Not a big loss? How many dead people are big? Like Ningbo? Whether it is a small person or a beggar on the side of the road, they are all the people of my Ming Dynasty! Is there a difference between being killed by one and killing 10,000? No matter who the murderers are, have you ever thought about arresting them to correct the law of the country? ”