In fact, whether it will succeed or not, Hao Fenglou is not too sure, he has only heard of this method, but it is unknown how it is.

But since you are not sure, it is good to conduct an inspection.

It only took two days to erect an airtight shed.

This workshop is very ordinary, the only difference is that there are no doors and windows here, the stonemasons dug a ground dragon underneath, and then, Hao Fenglou ordered someone to burn the earth dragon.

The earth dragon is a very luxurious thing, even in the Forbidden City, there is only this thing burned in the warm pavilion, which is nothing more than digging a pit under the ground, and then burning smokeless charcoal, coal, and the like.

It didn't take long for the brick workshop to start steaming hot.

Almost all the carpenters were here to observe, the inside and the outside three floors, but Hao Fenglou was present, they didn't dare to whisper casually, so they all held their stomachs and looked at the white smoke gradually rising from the workshop.

The weather in Annan was already hot and dry, not to mention the burning of the earth dragon, and many people couldn't help but be stunned when they saw this steaming workshop.

Hao Fenglou waved his hand and said, "Transport." ”

After Hao Fenglou gave the order, dozens of shirtless men carried the cut wood in, and these planks were sawn off from the ship's wood, and after processing, they became regular longboards.

However, the moisture of the wooden board is very heavy, and the method used by Hao Fenglou is very simple, that is, to use dry steaming to quickly dehydrate the wood, so as to achieve the effect of exposure to the sun for several years.

This method is quite popular in modern Europe, after all, it takes too much effort to expose the ship's timber. In fact, to put it bluntly, sun exposure is just dehydration, and it is much easier to understand the principle.

Timber was sent in. Then there is the wait, which takes at least two to three days.

However, some carpenters are in charge of this, and every once in a while, they take out one or two planks and compare them to see how much water is still in them, and whether they are still strong. Whether it is softened and deformed.

And Hao Fenglou doesn't care much about these things anymore, he is not a person who likes to dwell on something and chatter. Therefore, he can never become a skilled craftsman, and besides, there are all kinds of waste to be done at the moment, and the matter of ship materials is only the smallest of this link after all.

Naturally, if the ship material can be successfully dehydrated in the case of sweat steaming. Undoubtedly a great thing for the shipyard.

This means: As long as the shipyard has enough materials, it can build ships without restrictions. Completely solve the constraints of Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard, and the ships that come out in three or four years can be manufactured in a year or even only half a year.

In this regard, Hao Fenglou was quite looking forward to it, and after three or four days, the good news came, after sweating, the wood was really dehydrated. But...... After comparison, the craftsmen felt that the dehydration of some ship materials was not ideal. After dehydration, some timber is no less than three years of exposed timber.

As for the formation of this kind of error is not Hao Fenglou's control, it is nothing more than to let the carpenters continue to feed and compare, figure out the reasons, and avoid some operational problems, that is to say, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the problem of dehydration, Hao Fenglou does not need them to understand the principle of this kind of thing, only they need repeated experiments, so that they can record the various dehydration conditions of the wood under different temperatures, and then according to the debugging, the plank can be dehydrated on a large scale.

There are always endless troubles in the shipyard, the matter of the ship board has just come to an end, and the craftsmen in the craftsman's workshop led by Hao San's organization are chattering endlessly, the crux of the problem is that Hao Fenglou revised the sketches, originally these drawings were all from the Longjiang shipyard to get all kinds of ship drawings, among which the drawings of treasure ships, boats, horse ships, and warships were determined after some modifications.

And Hao Fenglou thought about it and decided to play a big one.

It must be understood that this is an era in which imperial power decides everything, and in this era, a male lord has just ascended the throne, and this moment is an era of great joy.

What is good and great joy is to do it, and to do it best. Since this is the case, then it is necessary to build the best and largest ships, and only in this way can the appetite of the Son of Heaven be satisfied.

Hao Fenglou thinks that he is not a gentleman, nor is he a saint, he is just a person, a worldly person who can no longer be worldly. Now that he is standing in the temple, with the new appointment of the Son of Heaven in the Ming Dynasty, he must continue to consolidate his position.

If you want to be stable, you have to do what you like, and the biggest wish of the son today is to have a fleet, to have a large fleet.

So...... Hao Fenglou had no choice but to fight.

He gritted his teeth and revised all the drawings. And the shipwrights were almost dumbfounded, taking the treasure ship as an example, this giant treasure ship has now increased a lot under Hao Fenglou's modification.

It is not easy to enlarge the wooden hull, and when people in later generations look at the treasure ship, some people scoff, thinking that this treasure ship is just big, and it is not worth mentioning compared with Western ships. There are many such people, but these people don't know that the size of the ship is the most test of shipbuilding skills, as well as the skills of shipbuilding.

With each increase in the hull of a wooden ship, the number of skills required has increased many times.

A rivet alone, you can distinguish the superior, at present, all countries, most of the shipbuilding is made of wooden nails and bamboo nails, iron nails are easy to damage the hull, and wooden nails and bamboo nails made of the ship, often not strong enough, only suitable for manufacturing some small and medium-sized sea vessels, if the hull is too large, relying on these wooden nails and bamboo nails alone to connect the hull, God knows when the road will fall apart. And the iron rivets have appeared in the Sui and Tang dynasties, which is why the Ming Dynasty was able to make treasure ships, iron rivets, greatly increased the solidity of the hull, and now ...... The problem that Hao Fenglou has to face is that when the hull is larger than the current treasure ship, the rivets that should be there at the moment are obviously not enough to support the firmness of the hull.

Therefore, the blacksmith's workshop must come up with a practical way to come out.

In addition, there is paint, the hull must be painted with paint, the role of paint, naturally isolating the hull and seawater, although the ship wood can effectively prevent the erosion of seawater, but there is such a layer of paint, not only make the ship more beautiful, but also can extend the life of the ship.

The hull is larger, the draft is deeper, almost all the components of the ship, need to be improved, among which there is also the keel, the keel involves the solidity of the whole ship, the keel of the treasure ship has been improved many times on the basis of the predecessors, and now, obviously, this keel still needs to be improved.

This is bound to be a huge project, and at this time, most people in the craftsman bureau are sleepless, and their eyes are already red.

Many people have come up with various solutions, some of which have been tried and some of which have been rejected on the spot.

And Hao Fenglou, who proposed to build a giant ship, instead pulled out and occasionally walked around the dock, becoming a little idle.

However, it was not long before the news reached here. The news was transmitted by the Haiphong County Order, this county lord is also a liuguan, appointed by the imperial court, surnamed Cheng, Cheng County Commander actually came to pay homage when Hao Fenglou arrived in Haiphong, and later Hao Fenglou was busy with shipbuilding, so it was inconvenient to come.

Of course, if the county magistrate does not come, he is also to avoid suspicion.

Being an official in the domain is the most eye-catching, you can't disobey the will of the vassal king or prince, and you can't get too close, you are a liuguan, what is the attempt to get so close to them?

So Cheng County Ling didn't bother to come, he had made up his mind that except for the New Year's holidays or some special days, he would come over by himself to go through the motions, and try to be as reserved as possible at other times.

It's just a pity that I can't be reserved anymore.

Something happened, something big happened.

This Cheng County Commander sat in a sedan chair, arrived at the shipyard, and hurriedly rushed to Hao Fenglou's line to pay respects, but when he saw Hao Fenglou's line, Cheng County Ling couldn't help but shake his head.

This place is too simple, originally this place is close to the sea, the weather is humid, this line of work is so simple, it is a shame that this Hou Ye still looks at ease.

After handing over the name thorn, Hao Fenglou naturally invited him in.

Cheng Xian ordered to salute, and couldn't help but secretly look at this Hou Ye again, this Hou Ye is too young, so young that it makes people feel a little unreal, but the bearing is there, especially when sitting upright, there is a temperament between the eyebrows that makes people dare not force their eyes.

Cheng Xianling smiled and said, "Is Master Hou used to living here?" Haiphong is not far from here, why don't you go there and stay there? The lower officials can open up as soon as possible, and they can go to live in a few days. ”

Hao Fenglou shook his head and said: "I'm used to living here, I'm young after all, it doesn't matter where I am, Master Cheng, I don't want to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, I see that you look in a hurry, and it is expected that there is something wrong, so you don't have to talk about the hypocrisy of those officialdoms when you come here, it doesn't hurt to be blunt." ”

In fact, Cheng County Ling has been holding back, if he is too anxious, and he does not seem to be more stable, it is rumored that Hao Fenglou has been able to understand, at this time Hao Fenglou has been able to understand, he no longer conceals it, and said bluntly: "The news sent by Qinghua Mansion has been reversed in all counties in the south of Jiaozhi, especially in Guangnan and Guangping, the mob rushed into the official mansion, killed the official army, and snatched weapons, and another person claimed to be surnamed Chen, saying that he was a relative of the Chen clan and went to the people, and he was Chen Tianping's cousin, claiming to be the ......king of Annam."

When Hao Fenglou heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, this Jiaozhi is really a lot of things, it's only been too peaceful for a few days, and it's the other way around? Although he knew that the court was a little unkind, but now that this is the case, things are really tricky, needless to say, it won't be long before the court will be shaken.

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Students, the second chapter is here. (To be continued......)