Quanzhou Bosi, Meizhou Bay Shipyard.

After Jin Ying arrived in Quanzhou, he first ordered someone to escort the king of Zhancheng into Beijing to restore his life, but he stayed, as if he was waiting for someone.

When he had nothing to do, he wandered around, remembering that the emperor had decreed the establishment of the Navigation Academy, and that the current dean, Hong Bao, was Zheng He's deputy and one of the models in the eunuch world, so he took someone to visit.

When he went to the Western Ocean for the seventh time, Zheng He died of illness in a foreign land, and it was Hong Bao who brought the fleet back to the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Jin Ying was still young and didn't feel anything about it, but now that she has gone through it in person, she knows the hardships.

At the same time, his admiration for his ancestor Zheng He in his heart was a little more.

Walking on the street, I found that Quanzhou has become very lively, and there are even some businessmen from foreign countries.

In the era when Zheng He went to the West, it was the most prosperous port in the Ming Dynasty.

Since six years of Xuande, these treasure ships that once spanned half the world have never left the harbor again, but have quietly anchored in the harbor, slowly becoming decaying.

Finally, after twenty years of silence, the shipyard is buzzing with activity again.

Hong Bao is old, his body is really weak, he is sick in bed all the year round, and when he heard that Jin Ying also went to sea with the ship, he couldn't help but look at him differently, and arranged a special person to take them to visit the shipyard.

At this time, in the huge drying plant, craftsmen are drying the wood with smoke.

This technology was proposed by Hong Bao, in fact, in Zheng He's later years, he had proposed to replace the drying technology with the drying technology.

The so-called drying is to use smoking to accelerate the evaporation of water in the wood.

This technique comes from the Shang Dynasty's bamboo slips, and the books at that time were mainly bamboo slips.

When making bamboo slips, we first need to choose the best green bamboo, then cut it into rectangular bamboo slices, and then dry it with fire, and when roasting, the fresh and moist green bamboo slices are roasted like water droplets and sweat, so it is called sweat green.

It takes three years to build a treasure ship using traditional shade drying techniques, while it takes only ten months to smoke drying.

In this way, the time required for shipbuilding can be significantly reduced.

However, when Zheng He proposed this technology, the Ming court gave up going to the West on the grounds that the treasury was empty.

Throughout Zheng He's life, he has been magnificent, with great contributions, but also with great regrets.

Jin Ying came to the gate of the Navigation Academy and was surprised to find that there was a statue of Zheng He standing here.

In front of the statue, there are four sentences engraved: If the country wants to be rich and strong, it must not ignore the sea, wealth is taken from the sea, and danger also comes from the sea!

Mengdi, he was moved to tears.

I used to be young and ignorant, but now I know that these four sentences are the truth!

Woo –

A long whistle pulled his thoughts back to reality, and he looked ahead, something made a low noise.

"What's that?"

"Back to my father-in-law, it's the Navigation Academy that is developing a steam engine."

"Steam engine...... What is it? ”

Jin Ying's face was full of doubts, this thing was made by Zhu Qizhen after he left Beijing, so he didn't know about it.

"This thing is amazing, when you put it on a ship, you don't need to hang sails, you can run by yourself as long as you burn coal."

When Jin Ying heard this, she smiled dumbly.

"Don't you think we've ever seen a ship? If you don't hang the sails, how can you go? Unless it's a god! ”

"My father-in-law joked, this thing is really a god, because it was designed by the emperor, and the Navigation Academy has verified that it can indeed replace the sail, and now it is being transformed and trying to find a way to install it on the ship."

As soon as he heard that it was designed by the emperor himself, Jin Ying immediately closed his mouth.

Because he knows that the new firearms were designed by the emperor himself, and it shouldn't be difficult to design a cannon of that power and design a ship that doesn't use wind, right?

"Let's go, take our family to see!"

When I came to the steam experiment workshop, I saw some students dressed up and some craftsmen dressed up, discussing together.

"To take into account the weight of the steam engine, there must be plenty of coal, and the hull must be large!"

"However, if the hull is enlarged, it means that there must be sufficient power, and in this way, the steam engine will be enlarged, and so on, will it not be endless?"

"The hull is not enlarged, and the wood material is simply not enough to support the weight of the steam engine itself."

"Then look for sturdy wood, in short, it can't be bigger!"

Seeing that the two were arguing with no result, Jin Ying suddenly said: "The wood material is not enough, you can use steel!" ”

Hearing this, someone immediately said, "Don't make trouble, how can steel float on water?" ”

"The wood is difficult to support, and if it is replaced by steel, it is strange that it can float!"

In the face of doubts, Kim Young-young continued: "The hull made of steel can be reduced in thickness, and the weight is about the same as that of wood. ”

Everyone still shook their heads, thinking that this statement was too incredible.

At this time, a student squatted down and used a branch to write and draw on the ground.

Everyone was curious, so they asked, "What are you counting again?" ”

The man raised his head and said excitedly, "Ironclad ship! ”

"What?"

"I mean, make it an ironclad ship, and then the problem of the steam engine will be solved!"

"You're not in a bad head, do you think iron can float on water?"

"Come and see!"

The man pointed to the rows of numbers on the ground and said, "You only need to control the thickness of the steel, it can be achieved!" ”

Only then did everyone take it seriously, and after reading it, they couldn't help but be amazed.

Ironclad ships turned out to be feasible!

At this moment, Jin Ying suddenly became the focus, and in the face of everyone's admiring and respectful eyes, his heart was shocked.

He was a eunuch and was never respected by others because of his physical disability.

Even in the palace, there are countless godsons who are respectful to themselves, but these are all interests.

Today you have gained power, you are the godfather.

Tomorrow you can't, you're a grandson.

Today, however, in the eyes of these students, he sees true respect.

"Excuse me, sir, have you ever studied ironclads?"

Mr?

Jin Ying's expression was shocked, and at this moment, he suddenly felt that he seemed to have found his purpose in life.

"It's just...... Talk of experience, talk of experience......"

"Sir has ever been to sea?"

"I've been to some places, such as Sulu, Luzon and other countries."

"Sir, I'll take the liberty of asking, is Sir willing to guide us to build an ironclad ship?"

Jin Ying wanted to cry excitedly: "Yes, yes!" ”

From this day on, Jin Ying suddenly turned into a shipbuilding expert, and followed the students and craftsmen every day to study how to make ironclad ships.

Half a month later, a ship from the country of Sulu landed in Quanzhou.

"Godfather, national letter!"

Jin Ying looked at it, and sure enough, the Sulu Kingdom decided to sacrifice its land and return to Ming.

If the Ming could accept it, they could justifiably send it to conquer Luzon.

This matter, before and after, was all planned by himself, and opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty in disguise.

He stayed in Quanzhou, just waiting for this letter of state.

But now, in the face of such a monstrous achievement, he is not interested in it at all.

"You now send this letter of state to the capital with six hundred miles to expedite it."

"Godfather, aren't you going in person?"

The meaning is obvious, such a big credit, if you don't show your face, you can't say it!

As soon as the emperor is happy, it is possible to be knighted on the spot.

Jin Ying didn't care about it, and said, "Our family stays here, and there are more important things to do." ”

"Godfather, you're here...... What to do? ”

"Ironclad!"

"Ironclad? Ship made of iron...... Can you get into the water? ”

"I told you that you don't understand, okay, don't delay the business, hurry up!"

…………

Quanzhou to Beijing 5,000 miles, 600 miles urgent, every time you go to a post station, change horses do not change people, day and night rush, it takes five days to arrive.

When Zhu Qizhen saw the letter of Sulu, his first reaction was, is there such a good thing?

Although Sulu doesn't have much land, having such a province overseas is definitely a good thing for the Ming Dynasty's navigation!

What's more, the Ming Dynasty accepted this land, that is, now Luzon is attacking the Ming Dynasty.

You do it first, I'll send troops to beat you, there's nothing wrong with it, right?

It is very reasonable to knock down Luzon and put it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, right?

In this way, Luzon and Sulu, which is almost equivalent to the entire Philippines in later generations, were all included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Wonderful!

What are you waiting for, him!

The more Zhu Qizhen thought about it, the more excited he became, and immediately called Huai En: "Message, Luzon is attacking the Ming Dynasty, and I want to drive the expedition in person!" ”

Wynn was stunned for a long time, not knowing what to say.

"Hurry up to the cabinet, send the holy decree down, the military department and the household department will cooperate with all powers, I will set off with three thousand battalions first, and the five military battalions will be commanded by Yu Qian, and then follow!"

Zhu Qizhen couldn't wait to fly to Luzon soon, he was really fed up with those endless performances.

Wynne didn't dare to say anything, so he trotted to the cabinet to deliver the decree.

At this time, the eunuch who came to deliver the letter had the opportunity to say: "Emperor Qiqi, this letter of state is actually the credit of Gonggong Jin. ”

Zhu Qizhen was puzzled: "What did you say?" ”

"At the beginning, the slave maid and others followed Tang Hanlin to the sea, and when they went to the vicinity of Sulu, the ship encountered a reef and ran aground, and later took a merchant ship and came to Sulu.

Only then did Zhu Qizhen know that this letter of state was actually the masterpiece of Jin Ying and others.

Yes, there is a future!

"Where's the Golden Companion? Why didn't you see him return to Beijing? ”

"Back to the emperor, Gonggong Jin stayed in Quanzhou and studied with the students of the Navigation College...... Ironclad! ”

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help laughing, Quanzhou has already begun to study ironclad ships, amazing!

Since the new imperial examination, many strange people have emerged in the world, and with the rapid expansion of various industries, their talents have been put to use, and many novel things have also emerged.

For example, this ironclad ship, I originally planned to wait for the technology of the steam engine to mature before proposing it, but I didn't expect that people would start to do it themselves.

What's even more unexpected is that Jin Ying still has talent in this area.

"Spread my will, promote Jinying as the garrison eunuch of Quanzhou, and the vice president of the Daming Navigation Academy, with full authority to supervise the construction of steam engine ships."

At this time, there was a commotion outside, and I saw Cao Nai, Zhang Yi, and Yu Qian couldn't help but say anything, and went straight inside.

Wynn also persuaded on the side: "Three adults, wait for the slave maid to report first, you can't break the etiquette ......"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand at Huai En and said, "Three Qing families, why are you so flustered?" ”

Cao Nai said first: "Your Majesty, the old minister has read this national letter, if you give an order to send troops, the old minister will have nothing to say, but you can't drive the army at every turn, this is not appropriate!" ”

Zhang Yi then said: "In the land of Luzon, why do you need the emperor to drive the expedition in person? ”

Zhu Qizhen looked at Yu Qian, probably meaning, these two are finished, it's your turn.

Yu Qian was also honest and said: "The minister is the secretary of the military department, and he should go!" ”

Zhu Qizhen struggled for a while before he said, "You don't want to grab credit, do you?" ”

Yu Qian suddenly became anxious and said: "Your Majesty, you can't say that, as the secretary of the military department, of course he must set an example, and besides, when he goes to sea to fight, there are many unknown factors, and the minister does not dare to guarantee what chance of victory." ”

At this time, Cao Nai said again: "The minister thinks that although the troops of this Luzon State are not much, but the Sulu State is already difficult to support, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to send troops from Beijing, so it is better to give the King of Yu a decree to let the Shenji battalion go directly to the sea from Zhancheng and attack Luzon." ”

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said: "This is very good, the Shenji Battalion has replenished the ammunition, plus the soldiers and horses of the King of Jing'an, it must be enough to attack Luzon." ”

Cao Nai and the others glanced at each other, and at the same time put their hearts back into their stomachs.

It's so scary, you have to drive in person at every turn, what is this for?

Next, the cabinet drafted the holy decree, got the celebrant seal, and sent another 600 li to expedite, all the way from Guangxi to Annan, and then to Zhancheng.

Zhu Qiyu received the holy decree, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, so he took the Shenji Camp and set off.

Zhang Fu also counted 20,000 horses and sailed to Sulu by boat.

After all, people and horses have to take a boat, and there are too many to transport them, and there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses in Luzon, 20,000 is enough, and any more is a pure waste.

The state of Sulu could hardly hold on, and at this time, the Ming army arrived, and a cannon fire beat the Luzon soldiers to slag.

Immediately afterwards, the Ming army began a counteroffensive, all the way to Luzon proper.

At this time, Luzon was much worse than Annam, and there was not even a decent city.

The Shenji Battalion bombed the entire island in all directions.

When the king of Luzon saw the artillery like a god descending from the heavens, he dared to resist and immediately surrendered on the spot.

By this time, he hadn't understood, what had happened?

It was supposed to be good, but they were about to capture the entire Sulu country, but suddenly there was a earth-shaking change.

When he knew that it was the Ming army that attacked him, he was also puzzled.

Won't I just beat Sulu, even if you support him, as for hanging me up and beating me?

However, the Ming army didn't care about him, arrested all the royal bloodlines, and sent them all back to Beijing to ask for credit.

Zhu Qiyu held the map and couldn't help sighing.

In less than a year, he successively captured Annam, Champong, Luzon, and Sulu, who sacrificed his land for peace.

Today's Ming Dynasty has occupied half of the islands in the South Sea.

He held the map, and his heart was shocked.

It's only been a long time since so much territory has been explored.

As a vassal king, only the ancestor Yan ...... can achieve such an achievement Ahem!