The prince Zhu Fan and Zhu Chun walked quickly to the Ship Division.

They want to change the power of the ship to a steam turbine and build an advanced steam ship. In the past, the ships of the Ming Dynasty relied on wind and manpower to row, and even the warships of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to conquer the Wa Kingdom relied on manpower and sails.

The power of the steam turbine is amazing, a very small one can provide strong kinetic energy, and even modern aircraft carriers use steam turbines.

Pushing those wooden sea ships of the Ming Dynasty is absolutely a breeze.

The shipping department is located in the inner port of Yingtianfu - Jinling Port, which has been extremely large-scale.

Daming's current shipbuilding industry has ranked first in the world.

Since Lao Zhu knew the importance of the sea, he began to vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry. There are ship divisions along the coast of the country, and there are two in Yingtianfu alone, namely the Jinling Ship Division and the Pukou Ship Division.

Overseas trade requires a large number of transport ships, overseas expeditions require large ocean-going vessels, foreign conquests require warships, and fishermen need fishing boats for sea operations......

Although the warships used by Zhu Di to conquer the Japanese state were provided by Goryeo, the Ming Dynasty was not idle, and they were constantly manufacturing, and they continued to go to Goryeo Busan Port to support Zhu Di's conquest.

So many places need to use boats, and Lao Zhu will definitely develop vigorously.

At present, there are at least 10,000 ocean-going ships, transport ships, war ships, and fishing boats in the Ming Dynasty. On the coastal sea, there are many ships, and when the sails are raised, the sky and the sun are endless.

In the past, when Lao Zhu and Chen Youliang fought the naval battle of Poyang Lake, they suffered because of the lack of warships.

So in fact, he knew the importance of ships a long time ago.

Lao Zhu now has a plan to set up a maritime governor's office, and after Zhu Di returns from conquering the Japanese kingdom, he will appoint him as the first maritime commander-in-chief to command all the sailors of the Ming Dynasty.

Tang He was the deputy commander.

Jinling Port, Jinling Shipping Division.

"Xiaguan see His Royal Highness the King of Shu, His Royal Highness the King of Qin!" As soon as he entered the ship division, Wang Yundao, the iron-making envoy, stepped forward to greet and salute. There were also iron-making furnaces in the ship's division, and although there were no iron ships at this time, iron-making was also needed elsewhere on board.

"Excuse me!" Zhu Fan said.

"These are the drawings of the steam turbines, turbines, and bearings, and you ordered the craftsmen to work day and night to build them as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Wang Yundao took the drawings.

"Fifth brother, I'm here to instruct them to build steam turbines and turbines, you go to the shipbuilding bureau and teach the craftsmen to build seagoing ships that match the steam turbines, and assemble them together after the two sides are completed." Zhu Fan said to Zhu Chun again.

"Good!" Zhu Chun turned and left.

"His Royal Highness King Qin, what are these things, and what are they for?" Wang Yundao took the drawings and looked at them for a long time, feeling that these things were simply unheard of and unseen.

"You don't care what it is, you will know it when the new ship is launched." Zhu Chun didn't bother to explain to him, "You just need to tell this king whether you have the ability to build it." ”

"These things look very delicate, especially the gears on this thing called a bearing, which is a bit difficult to build. And these blades, which also require extremely skilled craftsmen to complete. Wang Yundao, as an iron-making envoy, can be regarded as a master, and said, "In the past, everyone built things like iron anchors and mast parts, and rarely did this kind of delicate work. ”

"This is a test for them, but Xia Guan believes that as long as they put their hearts into it, they should still be able to build it."

"Steam turbines are precision instruments, and they must be exactly the same size." Zhu Chun said, "In the future, we need to manufacture these machines on a large scale, and you let the craftsmen work hard to improve their building skills, and after a period of time, those who are not up to the standard will be eliminated." ”

"Yes!"

"Let's go, let's go inside together, and this king will personally instruct them to build."

Inside the workshop, the heat was suffocating, reaching a suffocating 50 degrees.

Iron ingots were thrown into the blast furnace.

Fiery molten iron flowed out.

Now blast furnace ironmaking and steelmaking have been popularized in Daming.

Not long after Zhu Chun entered, sweat soaked his clothes.

After seeing this, the craftsmen began to study the drawings, and after looking at them for a long time, the master said: "To forge these precision workpieces, the requirements for the production of molds have increased." ”

I was afraid that the King of Shu wouldn't understand, so I introduced him: "The so-called mold is the groove of the workpiece model made in advance, and the hot molten iron is poured into it for casting. We have never forged such a precise workpiece before, so the requirements for the mold are not high, and after pouring and molding, it is forged by hand into the required workpiece. However, these workpieces in the drawings must be poured in the mold in advance, and it is difficult to complete them by hand. ”

"Then you will transition to fine mold technology in the future." Zhu Chun said.

"Yes!"

"Can you do a good job of molding these workpieces?" The King of Shu asked again.

"The subordinates are sure!" The old craftsman said.

After a few hours, the precision mold is made. The craftsman then pours molten iron into it, cools it and then quenches it into shape.

The rest of the process is completely manual, and the workpiece is polished to the required size by hand.

This is a time-consuming and laborious work, and the steam turbine has relatively high requirements for the size of the workpiece, and it is estimated that it will not be completed in a while and a half.

Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, came out of the shipbuilding department to build the hull of the ship that matched the steam turbine.

Compared to conventional boats, steamships have also undergone significant changes.

……

Just when several princes and princesses were busy in the workshop, something big happened in Yingtianfu City.

Notices are plastered all over the streets and alleys.

"Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty announced to the subjects of the world: Confucianism has ruled Chinese thought for thousands of years, and there are 100 heinous crimes: first: to control the people with the law of stabbing dogs, second, to confuse the dynasty, and third: to suppress the creativity of the people...... As a result, I decided to completely abolish Confucianism and return the land of China to a clear state. Expelled the Yan Shenggong, exterminated the nine clans of Cheng Zhu, and paraded the streets of the Ming Dynasty, provinces, states and counties. ”

"Chin this!"

The back is also stamped with a vermilion seal.

This proclamation was too big to be written on a single piece of paper, but it was written on five sheets of paper and plastered all over the city walls.

The content of the notice is 10,000 words long.

The soldiers who put up the notices beat gongs and drums, attracting crowds to come and watch.

Soon, a large crowd gathered under the sign.

After reading the notice, some residents of Ying Tianfu understood the root cause of this turmoil.

"Confucianism has so many sins? It's incredible! Someone said in surprise.

"How incredible? Aren't their various charges clearly written on the proclamation? A scholar said, "If you don't wake up now, your brain is in water." ”

"Not bad! Indeed, they are guilty, and their sins are great! In the past, the people of the world were enslaved by them like dogs, and we didn't even notice it, what a tragedy! A young man said.