Chapter 13: Zheng He
Just when the other 4 firms in the warehouse had a wrong impression of Liu Yifeng's strength, and Feng Shuo was convinced by Liu Yifeng, the seventh person went to the ring.
This man is in his early 1.7 meters tall, which is definitely tall in this era. He arched his hand to Liu Yifeng and said, "I'm not good at empty-handed, and empty-handed is not your opponent, can I use weapons?" ”
Liu Yifeng did not agree, not only did he not agree, but the officials who were watching did not agree.
Because even a wooden stick can do far more damage than an empty hand. They are very happy to watch the excitement, but once someone dies, they will be responsible.
Unexpectedly, when the man saw that he couldn't use weapons, he directly abstained, which caused the people in their trading house to be very dissatisfied.
After easily solving the eighth person, Liu Yifeng became the big leader of this warehouse.
The first rule he promulgated was that there was no longer a fight, and if there was a contradiction, the leaders of each firm should resolve it, and if it was a contradiction between two firms, ask him Liu Yifeng to resolve it.
The second rule is that the five firms take turns to sleep in different places, so that the two firms on the first floor that have been smoked to the point of failing their noses are satisfied, and the firms on the third and second floors that have long been panicked by the small space are also satisfied.
Unfortunately, they didn't get a chance to experience it, because the boat that picked them up arrived during the day the next day.
Liu Yifeng looked at the ship at the port, and the whole person fell into shock:
No, how do I think this ship looks like a Galen, are we going to be sold to the Francos of Europa or to the English?
After getting closer, Liu Yifeng found that those Galen ships were a little nondescript, and from a distance, they did look very much like the image of the most classic Galen ships in the Age of Discovery, but when they looked closely, they could find that there were many changes.
Like Liu Yifeng's impression of the Galen ship, this ship has a typical V-shaped bow and four masts.
The first two masts are hung with square sails, which are spread out to both sides, like the wings of a white goose. The back two masts are hung with spinnakers, and they are both soft sails made of canvas, not traditional Chinese hard sails.
But unlike the Galen ship in his impression, the layout of the ship's details is a very typical Chinese layout. Although the deck is also on the 3rd floor, it seems that there are not many gun portholes on the sides of the ship.
"Is it a merchant ship?"
Liu Yifeng remembers that one of the major changes in the history of human naval warfare occurred at the end of the 16th century, in the naval battle between England and Franc. That is, the powerful firepower composed of multiple cannons on the side of the ship directly changed the way naval warfare was mainly fought by ramming and jumping.
Since then, warships have countless gun portholes on almost all sides of the ship's side, which constitutes the general impression of ordinary people on ships in the Age of Discovery.
"Could it be that my Daming artillery technology has not yet been miniaturized, let it be on the ship."
"No, the imperial court has long since miniaturized the artillery and put it on the ship."
Liu Yifeng complained that his habit of talking to himself really needed to be changed, and at the same time he looked back at the person who answered his question, it was the person who surrendered directly after he refused in the face of his request for a weapon last night.
Liu Yifeng looked at him, this young man was about the same age as him, his appearance was very ordinary, he couldn't see anything special, he asked, "How do you know?" ”
The young man first saluted without humility or arrogance, and then said, "Great Chief, I asked for weapons yesterday because I came from the Southern Army. ”
He was very satisfied with his answer, but Liu Yifeng looked puzzled and continued to ask: "Oh, I know. But how do you know that the imperial court has long since miniaturized artillery and put it on ships? ”
The young man saw that Liu Yifeng didn't understand his answer at all, but asked, "The big leader is not from Dengzhou?" ”
"My hometown of Bashu, and besides, I'm asking you questions!"
Liu Yifeng began to be a little impatient, but the young man explained without humility or arrogance: "Oh, it seems that I misunderstood. ”
"Big boss, it's like this, although the navy has become an independent army, but before the establishment of the navy, it belonged to the sailors of the Fujian Metropolitan Division. After the establishment of the Southern Army, the Fujian Capital Division has been under the management of the Southern Army. Even now, the Navy has the best relationship with our Southern Army, so I will know what is going on on the ship. ”
Liu Yifeng understood that the predecessor of the Ming Navy belonged to the Southern Army, and this young man was born in the Southern Army, so he knew this. It's no wonder that when answering his own question, he answered it with his own background in the Southern Army.
"You're a soldier? How did you come to be a people's husband? ”
The young man turned his head, clearly not wanting to speak. Liu Yifeng didn't force him, everyone had their own secrets: "What's your name?" ”
"Li Hongji, Hongda's Hong, the foundation of the foundation."
Liu Yifeng glanced at him, and estimated that Li Hongji's background was not simple, and this name was not like that taken by the people with mud legs: "Where is your hometown?" ”
"Shaanxi rice fat."
"Why didn't the people of Shaanxi go to join the Western Expedition and run to the Southern Army to join the army?"
"Big leader, you are from Bashu, don't you come to Dengzhou Mansion thousands of miles away."
Liu Yifeng glanced at Li Hongji again, and he found that this person was different from Li Laosan and Feng Shuo, who were at the bottom of society, and they were likely to be educated, and their family background might be well-off.
Don't underestimate the well-off, in the future generations before Liu Yifeng crossed, there was no one who achieved a well-off life for all. In the pre-industrial feudal dynasty, being well-off was the goal that most people fought for all their lives.
"Li Hongji, have you ever been on the boat?"
"Yes, but it's not this kind of warship."
"This is a warship?"
Li Hongji nodded, and said in popular science: "Big leader, as long as you see that it is a pointed bottom bow and the canvas is a soft sail, it is basically a warship." ”
"The Galen is a warship? What the Hongyi people sold us? ”
"Who are the Hongyi people?"
"Well, that is, people whose eyes and hair are not black, and who have a very heavy body odor, and who look particularly hairy like wild monkeys."
"Big Boss, you're talking about the Furberry man."
"Yes, yes, yes, the Furlong of the Furlong cannon!"
This time it was Li Hongji's turn to take a deep look at Liu Yifeng, and was shocked by Liu Yifeng's erudition from Bashu: "The big leader, the galleon of the Francois man, is plagiarized from our Zheng He-class. ”
"Zheng He-class!?"
Liu Yifeng was shocked not only that the Francois copied the ship design of the Ming Dynasty, but also the term "Zheng He-class".
There is nothing wrong with naming a first-class ship after "Zheng He", an important figure in human navigation, but this naming method and the classification of "class" were not found in ancient China.
This was conceived by the British Navy in the 18th century when they gave their sail battleships six classes.
Then there was industrialization, and steam-powered warships appeared. The standardized production unique to industrialization has made the term XXX class popular. It was only with the empire that the sun never set that dominated the seas that this saying became widespread throughout the world.
Liu Yifeng's first reaction was that the person who designed the ship couldn't figure out if it was a traverser, and hurriedly asked Li Hongji who took the name "Zheng He-class".
"It should be the Ministry of War, the first ship of the Zheng He-class was built by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry."
Liu Yifeng asked for more details, but unfortunately Li Hongji didn't know it, which made him extremely regretful.
However, he began to suspect one thing, that is, the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Industry could not get a traverser senior!