Chapter 34 Development End
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This question, it is estimated that many people will say that it is a more feasible way to buy good equipment directly outside and train the corresponding personnel. Biquge.info.vd.m{Premier}
After all, many countries in later generations have adopted this approach.
In particular, there is no heavy industry base at all, or there are all kinds of cheating countries, for example, a certain white elephant country with a cheating airline like FLY......
Compared with this, Zhang Jiashi originally planned to order ships and poach personnel from the homeland of Qi, which is still a relatively developed shipbuilding industry, and vigorously strengthen the speed of the naval forces.
However, when Zhang Jiashi found out that the building ships at this time were basically things that could only be cruising in the near sea, he was speechless.
If it weren't for Qin Min and the others reporting the situation to him, Zhang Jiashi might have jumped to his feet and scolded: "Damn! Why do I want these broken ships with long-distance sailing ability?"
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During the Qin Dynasty, shipping was not so much shipping as coastal transportation, and even the 3,000 boys and girls taken away by Xu Fu were estimated to be sitting on these building ships that had the ability to resist wind and waves, and basically did not have them, and set sail to sea.
It's not that Zhang Jiashi looks down on the current shipbuilding industry, but that this kind of building ship, which is the largest and most advanced in the Great Qin Empire, if it really leaves Bohai Bay, then, once something goes wrong, you basically don't even want to find a shipboard.
Because of such problems, Zhang Jiashi had to abandon the plan to arm these ships.
In Zhang Jiashi's calculations, the role of these building ships is now more equivalent to transport ships than sailor ships.
Is there any way to solve this problem?
It's not that there is no way, but it will take a long time to do it.
Zhang Jiashi compared the Qingyu Lingshu, after comparing the large sea ships that can carry out medium voyages with the current building ships, Zhang Jiashi found that the wood used in the Fu boats, as well as the corresponding resources, now have substitutes, but compared to this, the wood of a ship can not be made all at once.
There is no wood production for a year and a half or more, and it is estimated that the fortune boat made from this wood is a completely different thing.
However, after Bai Qi said a word to him, Zhang Jiashi had to give up his thoughts:
"You're not planning to go to Southeast Asia to hunt for treasure right now, so there's no point in asking so much for you. ”
Bai Qi's words clearly illustrate a truth, that is, although the naval division troops formed by these building ships can only be a "green water" navy no matter how you look at it, Zhang Jiashi does not need a "blue water" navy now. Because as long as Zhang Jiashi occupies Jeju Island, then even if he wants to land in Japan, it will not be a problem at all to catch some "monkeys" to do hard labor.
Unless Zhang Jiashi plans to gamble on the RP of himself and the officers and soldiers under his command during the typhoon season. Otherwise, the probability of problems is really low.
Liaodong County is also an area where some typhoons make landfall occasionally, but due to the geographical environment of Bohai Bay and the North Yellow Sea, the landfall typhoons have obviously weakened a lot according to the usual practice. Therefore, in the face of this situation, as long as these building ships are enough to take corresponding precautions, the problem is not big.
Therefore, in this case, Zhang Jiashi finally carried out a two-step treatment.
The first, the coastal convoy force, which is dominated by the building ship force, uses the ships purchased outside as the basis for increasing its strength.
This approach, since it has dealt a blow to the strength of Huhai's naval division, has also increased the strength of its own naval division in disguise.
The second, that is, Zhang Jiashi ordered these shipwrights who came with the ship, together with the original shipwrights in Liaodong County, to form the Liaodong County Shipbuilding that was named the first shipyard of Daqin in later generations.
The location is in the southernmost area of the current Liaodong Peninsula.
Although it is said that there is no Lushunkou and Dalian now, and even the two closest link areas of Bohai Bay are much farther away than in later generations.
However, the requirements for water depth in today's shipyards are not as demanding as those of tens of thousands of tons and hundreds of thousands of tons of large steel ships in later generations. Therefore, from the current point of view, many places can be regarded as deep-water harbors.
If it weren't for security reasons, Zhang Jiashi would not mind developing a naval base capable of producing ships on Linden Island (i.e., Phi Island) in later generations.
After all, the geographical location of Linden Island is very advantageous, and in the north, in the North Korean-controlled area of Minzi, it is less than a day or two away to obtain a large amount of high-quality timber from Changbai Mountain, and all that is needed is a sea-land transfer transportation facility for transit.
Of course, Zhang Jiashi has not considered such a thing as an ironclad ship, but before there is no effective anti-corrosion means, it is undoubtedly difficult for Zhang Jiashi to develop an ironclad fleet.
Because of the presence of various salts, the erosion ability of seawater to carbon iron is not ordinarily strong, and due to power and other factors, I am afraid that it is impossible to achieve a relatively thick hull now.
After all, if there was an ironclad ship weighing four or five thousand tons, similar in shape and design to those Western multi-pole sailing ships of later generations, Zhang Jiashi knew with his knees that relying on the power of the sails, he basically didn't want to move.
However, Zhang Jiashi then discussed with these craftsmen about the transformation of the building ship.
First of all, the superstructure of the building ship was demolished as much as possible, leaving only the mast and the superstructure design of the watchtower, wheelhouse, etc.
The hull was raised and designed as a three-storey interior. In terms of weapons, in addition to the decks on both sides of the ship, there are certain places to install bed crossbows and some weapons, and the interior building on the third floor has two rows of bed crossbow perforations.
The other corresponding designs will be modified again at that time. After all, this thing is an experimental solution, and the final finalization or something, without a certain amount of testing, can't be done at all.
This kind of ship was the mainstream of the ship style in Europe in the late Middle Ages. This idea was not conceived by Zhang Jiashi, but was considered out of tactical considerations, and this kind of later European-style multi-masted galleon was much higher in terms of maneuverability than things like fortune ships.
The pinnacle of the Oriental wooden sailing ship is Zheng He's treasure ship, but that thing, before the Fu boat is drummed out, it is impossible to achieve such a super-large ship. In addition, the design of the treasure ship also limits the development of mobility.
Like the kind of Japanese ironclad ship in later generations, in many ways, Bai Qi can't look down on it at all, maybe it does have the advantage of firepower and defense, but it is more inclined to Bai Qi in terms of mobility, so naturally this thing does not exist.
Of course, it's too early to say this, after all, the current Liaodong shipbuilding, that is, the personnel began to be mobilized, and some areas were built.
When everything is on track, Bai Qi doesn't know that the Year of the Monkey is over. This is the main reason why Bai Qi opposed Zhang Jiashi's original plan.
There are some things that cannot be done at this point where there is almost nothing, but it does not mean that after everything has developed, such things cannot be done.
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During Zhang Jiashi's trip in the past few days, a more interesting thing happened. That is, Bai Qi seems to have taken a fancy to the design of the watertight cabin.
Well, this time it was Zhang Jiashi's turn to be speechless, because the wooden sailboat wanted to make a watertight cabin, and the difficulty was not ordinary. At the very least, the design of the hull will have to be changed significantly.
In the end, Bai Qi still said to Zhang Jiashi in his mind: "This thing may be very useful." ”
The role of the watertight cabin is not ordinarily large, and Zhang Jiashi naturally knows this, but there are some things that are really difficult to do now.
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In the archives of the Great Qin Empire in the future, there is a record that has been sealed for I don't know how many years it has been found.
What is recorded on it is a relatively primitive three-view of the ship, with some lines on it, as well as some records of simplified characters, which are no longer legible due to the fading of ink.
However, from some handwriting, it can be recognized that the person who described this information is Zhang Jiashi.
After reaching this conclusion, the emperor at that time naturally could not be calm. He sent the appropriate experts to restore the sketch as much as possible.
As a result, it was a very primitive, but with a watertight compartment for the design of the ship.
Although, in the eyes of many experts, as well as in the shipbuilding drawings handed down back then, there is a problem, that is, Zhang Jiashi's design is very unreasonable. However, no one can deny that this information does prove the importance of watertight cabins.
One expert pointed out that even the design drawings of the first generation of ships with watertight compartment designs were the product of many trials and modifications.
It is very likely that this design drawing is the mother of the relevant design vessel.
This argument made many experts suddenly realize.
After that, in the Imperial Naval Academy of the Great Qin Empire, there was an additional marble engraving that was missing in many places, and what was engraved on it was the restored shipbuilding drawings.
And in front of this marble engraving, there is a line of words carved in front of the large and small in the back:
The foundation of the Great Qin Empire Navy, author: Zhang Jiashi.
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After dealing with the preliminary matters of Liaodong shipbuilding, Zhang Jiashi returned to Xiangcheng in Liaodong County again.
What he wants to carry out this time is the proposal for army expansion that Chen Ping mentioned some time ago.
After a few days of statistics, after removing the corresponding material purchase money, the profits obtained from a large amount of fine salt made Xiao He, who was in charge of finance, temporarily relieved.
However, Xiao He was noncommittal on the question of whether to expand the army.
The reason is also very simple, because Xiao He has followed Zhang Jiashi for a longer time than Chen Ping, and naturally knows very well that Zhang Jiashi intends to recruit not semi-professional county soldiers, but a regular army similar to the active troops of Liaodong County.
Such an expense is naturally expensive, which makes Xiao He unable to accept it easily. If Xiao He didn't know that there was indeed a need to expand the army, I am afraid that the person with the greatest opposition would naturally be the housekeeper of General Zuo's Mansion.
In the county guard mansion of Dingxiang County, Zhang Jiashi looked at the corresponding records handed to him by Xiao He, and for a long time, he basically asked Xiao He about the problems in the records.
After getting a more comprehensive situation, Zhang Jiashi said an idea: "If you set up a light armed team that is independent of the main force, do you think it is feasible?"
Chen Ping was slightly stunned after hearing Zhang Jiashi's words. It's not that they haven't thought of anything, but for this matter, Chen Ping thinks that the harm outweighs the good.
Because the current system does not support Zhang Jiashi to develop a relatively systematic military organization independent of the army.
In Chen Ping's heart, he was very clear about Zhang Jiashi's plan. That is, to unify the organization of the inter-village tour and maintain law and order.
There are some differences between this idea and what Zhang Jiashi thinks, but in essence, the two are indeed extremely close.
For example, isn't it exactly the public security system that Zhang Jiashi expected to establish, and it has similar functions?
Zhang Jiashi didn't expect that Chen Ping would actually oppose such a thing. He was puzzled, but he didn't get angry, but asked Chen Ping carefully.
Chen Ping didn't say the reason, but said slowly: "My lord, you can ask Secretary Li in detail about this matter. ”
Zhang Jiashi immediately focused his attention on Li Zuo's body, which had always been inconspicuous.
He had met Li Zuoche a few times, but for many reasons, he and Li Zuoche had no in-depth communication.
Li Zuoche naturally didn't expect Chen Ping to "sell" him so simply, but under Zhang Jiashi's gaze, Li Zuoche still slowly said his thoughts.
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Under Li Zuoche's explanation, Zhang Jiashi understood that it was not suitable to establish a unit that stood side by side with the army.
Although Liaodong County is a border county, it can be seen from many places that the situation in the border counties can actually be similar to those in the mainland.
If Zhang Jiashi does this, there may not be much opposition in Liaodong County, but if Zhang Jiashi pushes this situation to every corner of the Great Qin Empire in the future, then Zhang Jiashi will not be completely prepared, once such a plan is implemented, it can be regarded as more than worth the loss.
Li Zuoche said many aspects of the impact, so that Zhang Jiashi had to think deeply about the situation expressed in Li Zuoche's words.
In the end, Zhang Jiashi gave up on this idea.
In fact, in addition to hoping to establish an organization responsible for public safety, the most important point is that he hopes to achieve the separation of powers.
Although the counties in the interior, as well as the current system of the Great Qin Empire, can be regarded as a state of separation of powers, the county guards are responsible for government affairs, the county lieutenants are responsible for military affairs, and some low-level officials are in charge of justice.
Such a situation may be the main factor for the nobles of the six Kwantung countries, who have long been decayed, who hated it and resisted the Great Qin Empire. Because such a system fundamentally undermines the interests of the aristocracy, which concentrates almost all power among a small group of people.
It can be said that in many ways, the practices of later generations are not applicable to the Great Qin Empire.
Zhang Jiashi then also heard a sentence from Bai Qi: "When a person's mind is half a step ahead of the world, then he is a saint, but if a person's mind is one step ahead of the world, or more, then he is a madman." ”
After hearing this, Zhang Jiashi was powerless to spit out a sentence in his heart: "It should be said this sentence." Half a step ahead is called advanced, one step ahead is called a pioneer, and two steps ahead is called a martyr. ”
Bai Qi did not respond to Zhang Jiashi's vomiting, but said slowly: "The meaning is almost enough, some things, if you do it according to those practices of later generations, you will only be directly submerged by the current mainstream." This is the reason why no one supported the man named Marx at that time. Isn't it?"
Bai Qi's words made Zhang Jiashi fall silent.
After a while, Zhang Jiashi looked at Li Zuoche and said slowly: "What you said is very reasonable, I don't know what your name is?"
After Li Zuoche heard Zhang Jiashi's words, he smiled faintly: "It's Li Zuoche of Daijun in the next place." ”
After Zhang Jiashi heard the three words Li Zuoche, he suddenly had a messy feeling of a stroke: "No, when will it start, such historical celebrities will come over?"
Zhang Jiashi may never know that Li Zuoche joined his command only once...... Well, quite a beautiful misunderstanding.
In fact, if Zhang Jiashi knew that Li Zuoche was almost not surrounded by dozens of crossbowmen under his command, bending bows and arrows, and then shooting into a hedgehog, what kind of expression should he have?
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For Zhang Jiashi, such a thing as conscription was finally put on the agenda.
In the middle of September, in many places in Liaodong County, there were knights who were responsible for pasting, announcing the news that Zhang Jiashi's Zuo General's Mansion would recruit new soldiers.
It clearly states the treatment and standards of the relevant professions.
For example, knights and chariot riders had to ride horses or chariots, while crossbowmen had to know how to shoot arrows, etc.
The requirements for the recruitment of Lou boat soldiers are more relaxed, that is, they must know how to swim.
Well, Zhang Jiashi can't imagine that a landlubber being a shipwhart is a shipwreath boatman, no matter how you look at it, it's quite cheating, isn't it.
Of course, for Qianshou, who is confident in himself, these are not the point, the point is that the treatment of recruits is actually thirty bronze and a half taels a day, and he is in charge of three meals a day.
This standard is placed in later generations, and it can be regarded as a high-paying profession, and many people, after knowing this situation, flocked to the designated place for recruitment.
However, there are also some people who are very depressed, that is, those who join the regular army must have a passing status.
This is not available in many places.
Maybe some people did lose their confession, but they are embarrassed and have to ask you to leave.
This also caused a problem that Zhang Jiashi did not expect, that is, after the first day, many Qianshou had not yet taken their turn.
If it weren't for the hot weather now, it is estimated that the next morning, outside many recruitment offices, it is estimated that there will be many more people who will die of cold and starvation.
Zhang Jiashi, who learned of this situation, didn't know whether to cry or laugh in the end......
And Xiao He, Cao Shen and others, who were in charge of internal affairs, had a helpless and bitter face, and issued some orders overnight, which made the situation better.
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