The next day, the whole salt port was jubilant.

The scaffolding and other objects on the "No. 1 boat" on the frame have been removed, and the working earth platform that has been erected has long been removed.

A kilometer away, a simple shed was erected.

In order to show his joy, he not only got some ribbons, but also made a big red flower out of red cloth and hung it on the bow of the boat.

Yan Zheng stood under the shed with the staff of Yangang and the main person in charge of the First Shipyard.

According to the process, Ah Lei stood in front of the shed and reported the progress of the shipbuilding project to Yan Zhengyu in 1510.

After the report, Yan Zheng said to all the craftsmen with a smile: "Comrades have worked hard, you are all pillars of the country, and your deeds will be written in the history of Dongfan!" Your deeds declare that the history of Dongfan's inability to produce ships on its own is gone forever......"

Yan Zheng silently read the set of words, and all the craftsmen listened in confusion, but they didn't dare to have the slightest impatience, and they all listened carefully.

“…… But there is no end to our career, we must guard against arrogance and rashness, continue to carry forward the spirit of ants gnawing bones, set great ambitions, do great things, and become great tools! It is necessary to turn the first shipyard into the cradle of the navy, and let the ships of Dongfan spread all over the world! ”

After speaking for about a quarter of an hour, Yan Zheng stopped, and several cadres behind him, as well as the soldiers, immediately applauded in unison.

Seeing this, the shipbuilders also clapped their hands one by one.

Yan Zheng glanced around, and then announced with satisfaction: "Go into the water!"

"Yes!"

Ah Lei respectfully agreed, and with a wave of his big hand, he began to direct the launching work.

All the craftsmen immediately ran to their respective posts and began the so-called inspection.

Liu Chengyun, as an important proposer of this launch, was also standing under the frame with sweat on his forehead at the moment, looking at all kinds of thick cables, as well as the full of silt not far away, he only felt that this time there was a lot of pressure!

Hell knows this ship is so big!

He used to use silt to launch the water, which was only a ship of 400 materials, but this ship looked like it was as big as 800 materials.

But now, he can only hope that such manpower may work!

This launch, almost 2,000 victims were mobilized!

Yan Zheng only saw that all kinds of cables were straightened, and then there was a large number of carpenters, grease and raise the frame of the ship little by little.

Because the frame has a certain slope, it is constantly raised slowly and with some grease to make the boat slide.

As the ship left the frame little by little, the cables on the left and right began to be particularly important, and the craftsman at the bow began to shout loudly.

Then a group of people pulled the ropes and began to pull them back in unison, their ropes passing through the pulleys on the seashore and transforming them into the forward force of the boat.

The ropes of several groups of people, taking on a strange triangular shape.

Yan Zheng watched from a distance, and his face was also surprised, thinking that this method was really smart.

Liu Chengyun was under a lot of pressure, and his back was already soaked with sweat.

Lin Zhaocai also frowned and watched, he kept observing the inclination of the boat left and right in the mud.

The silt is very thick, and there is a lot of bamboo in it, so the crunching sound is constantly sounding.

By the time the ship moved slowly to the seashore, all the laborers in charge of towing were out of breath.

Yan Zheng also saw the limitations of this method, he knew that he still had to build a dry dock, otherwise, no matter how big the ship was, it would have to be thousands of people!

"Stop!"

The old craftsman in charge of the command shouted, and Liu Chengyun also breathed a sigh of relief.

When you arrive at the beach, you can simply drag the boat into the sea along the frame that has been placed in advance.

This frame is actually equivalent to a wooden track.

Ignoring the mud, the carpenters immediately began to raise again little by little, until the whole ship was on the wooden frame on the seashore.

With a shout, the laborers responsible for pulling back pulled back like crazy, and the whole ship made a grinding sound, and slowly plunged into the water, splashing a lot of water!

Yan Zheng couldn't help but applaud, and said with a smile: "Look! This is the power of the common people, in the past, there were fools who moved mountains, and now we move ships! ”

After saying that, he waved to all the craftsmen and laborers, and the whole venue instantly rose into cheerful laughter.

Liu Chengyun was like a dead fish, lying on the ground panting heavily, and he was almost nervous to death.

Lin Zhaocai walked up to him with a smile and said, "Liu Gong, to be able to build such a boat, this life is worth it!"

Liu Chengyun gasped, turned his head to look, and found that the ship was floating quietly on the sea, like a small mountain.

"Yes! I'm afraid this ship can't even compare to the sealing boat of the imperial court! ”

In fact, some of the facilities on this ship are not installed, just a hull, including masts, guns and ballast.

And because there is no full-pass deck on the lower deck, the cannons can only open the gun windows one by one according to the cabin.

However, this has little impact, at most it is inconvenient to command in wartime, not to mention the breech 75 gun, which can be used directly on the upper deck, moved out during the battle, and put it back after the fight.

Therefore, the whole ship is generally equipped with two breech 75 guns, and 6-10 breech 75 guns, and in terms of firepower, one can be worth more than a dozen of Daming maritime merchants.

If you insist on being fully armed, you can get at least thirty-two cannons.

As for the sails, Yan Zheng planned to use a hard crosssail and a longitudinal soft sail.

Two masts, the foremast can be attached to the bow of the ship and a set of soft sboard sails are hung. Between it and the trail mast, a group of sails can also be attached.

The rear mast is hung with a hard sail and a set of sails that meet the stern.

This method of matching followed the opinions of Tian Wu and other old fishermen, who agreed that the spinnaker could run faster, but the operation was too complicated for them to fully control.

In addition, it is difficult to manufacture large soft sails, and the technology of sewing sails has not been produced in ancient China.

The soft sail was first made by the Arabs, and later European ships have always used soft sails.

After hundreds of years of process accumulation, special technologies have been formed, as well as special tools.

But it's not quite, Yan Zheng's opportunity to overtake in the corner is to make a large enough loom, so that he can weave a whole piece of canvas at one time, and even sewing is saved.

Yan Zheng took a few steps forward, looking at the boat, and couldn't help but feel surging.

According to modern standards, this ship is only a ship with a displacement of about 170 tons, but in ancient times, it could already be called a large ship.

It looks bigger than a 400-gauge ship!

He walked slowly to the beach, and what came to his mind was Deng Shichang's heroic charge that sank Yoshino.

Yan Zheng said with emotion: "Our Huaxia clan had the opportunity to become a maritime empire, but unfortunately in the end it was reduced to a land power empire, and we always set our sights on the barbarians in the north. When the capital was Jinling, the Ming monarchs knew how to use the wealth of sea trade, so they briefly became a maritime empire! ”

"What a pity! I don't know if it's fate, so that we have the ocean, and completely give up the ocean! On the basis of controlling the sea power in East Asia, the Ming Dynasty suddenly dismantled the fleet and piled up the charts in the warehouse to eat ashes! In this way, it is doomed, the Ming Dynasty, like previous dynasties, cannot get rid of its limitations, and can only roll up to death! ”

"Now, I only have one boat, but my eyes are on thousands of years later. In the future, in all the seas of the world, there will be Chinese ships! ”

"Here I announce that the No. 1 ship, with the port number 016, is called the Long March!"

——June 18 of the solar calendar, May 11 of the 12th year of Hongzhi in the Ming calendar, the Chinese Long March was launched!

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