The strength of the Ming Dynasty in this era, is very strong, as early as Jiajing to Wanli years, only in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Ming Dynasty division of the warship model reached 21, if you add Fujian and Liangguang, the Ming Dynasty division of the warship model is even more.

With the large-scale application of firearms, the naval tactics of the Daming Navy Division have also undergone major changes, and the famous anti-Japanese general Yu Dayou once proposed in a timely manner that "naval warfare is nothing but a big ship to defeat a small ship, and a big gun to defeat a small gun; Many ships are better than few ships, and many guns are better than few guns. It can be seen that the naval warfare of the Ming Dynasty entered the modern model very early.

As early as the Jiajing period, more than half of the fighters of the Ming army's warships used firearms, and in the Wanli period, the proportion reached seventy. The equipment of the Daming Sailor is mainly based on the Fu boat, which is a general term for a type of ship born in the coastal area of Fujian, with a wide bottom tip, a wide head and a wide tail. The building materials are mainly pine, cedar, camphor and nanmu from Fujian. There are six in total, and the fortune ships used in naval warfare refer to the first and second ships.

Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, Zeng Yun: "The fortune boat is as tall as a city, non-human can be driven, and it is all in the wind. Fighting boat power but not fighting manpower"

According to the "Wubei Zhi" cloud, "between firearms and waves, ups and downs, may not be able to get caught in the thief." Even if it is successful, it is not geometrical, but it can be faked to scare the enemy's heart. There are two things to do: to launch the Franco. It is the only one who is not in it, and there is no ship or powder in the middle, one also. With fireballs and the like on the bow of the ship, when they meet, they are thrown from the high, and the fire is fired, and the thief ship burns, and the two also".

It can be seen that even in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming army sailors

The warships still have the advantages of large ship size and high freeboard, and have obvious advantages in close battlefields such as collisions.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Liu Yan went to Lingshanwei to sit in the shipyard this time, and the new Ming naval division to be built is actually still based on the Fu ship, but it is equipped with a new Fu boat, which is larger than the No. 1 and No. 2 Fu ships equipped by the original Ming Army Naval Division, and can be equipped with more artillery.

In addition, Liu Yan is also preparing to improve the new type of Fu ship equipped by the new sailor from a hard sail to a soft sail, so that the Fu ship can obtain more flexible mobility and take the lead in naval battles.

Of course, these are Liu Yan's plans, and the specific drawings for the improvement of the warship still need to be carefully discussed by the craftsmen in the shipyard to draw the final drawings.

As for the improvement of the sails, Liu Yan planned to ask the shipyard to send people to Ho Kiang O, that is, Macao, to recruit Portuguese craftsmen there, and use these "foreign aids" to assist the shipyard in improving the sails.

Ten days later, Liu Yan and Miao Shao led more than 1,000 soldiers to arrive at the Lingshan Acropolis, rested here for three days, and used these three days to inspect Wangjiazhuang, Dapanbao, Xiahezhai Qianqianhusuo and other places.

Chen Jiang's family, Chu Yunfei, Gao Yunshan, Han Feng, Qian Soap, Song Guan and others are no longer on Lingshanwei's side at this time, Haiyan Trading Company, Iron Yard, Soap Workshop, Wine Workshop, Glass Workshop and other workshops have now established corresponding trading companies, and the business side is the whole of Shandong, and even the business and workshops like soap and pot wine have spread all over Beizhili and Nanzhili.

So now everyone has scattered all over Shandong, such as Chen Jiang's family has gone to Ji

I lived in Nanfu City, and I heard that I also bought a house in Beijing City.

Chu Yunfei settled in Qingzhou Mansion City, and now he is the largest wealthy businessman in Qingzhou Mansion City, and the rest of the people also have properties in various places, and they are very busy running around on weekdays.

Liu Yan inspected and saw that the industries in Lingshanwei were thriving, and the output had increased a lot compared to before, and he was very happy. It's just that this time he returned to the "hometown", Liu Yan didn't see any old acquaintances, and even the old Taishan Wang Jing was not in Wangjiazhuang, it is said that he had gone to Dongchang Mansion at this time, saying that he was going to Dongchang Mansion to buy shops and prepare to open a branch of Wanfu Oil Mill in Dongchang Mansion.

"Let's go, go to the shipyard."

Later, Liu Yan and Miao Shao led their troops to the shipyard south of Lingshanwei, only to see that the shipyard at this time had been fully completed, and the scale was much larger than when it was originally designed, and there were as many as eight docks.

Next to the shipyard, a specially built firearms workshop has also stored a large amount of iron and gunpowder raw materials, and has cast thirty Hongyi cannons for naval warfare in advance in accordance with Liu Yan's instructions.

This kind of Hongyi cannon has a longer body than the artillery equipped in the army, and the firing range and power are also greater, and the weight of each cannon is about two or three thousand catties.

At this time, the director of the shipyard had received a notice in advance that he would not receive the night, the shipyard was subordinate to the Ministry of National Defense, and the director of the shipyard was at the same level as Xu Le, the director of the Armor Supervision Department, and Tan Xiaoda, the director of the Firearms Supervision Department.

"Song Wanli, director of the shipyard of the Ministry of National Defense, meet Liu Gelao!"

Liu Yan turned over and dismounted, strode forward with Miao Shao, and smiled to let Song Wanli follow

Many shipyard officials in front of them stood up: "Everyone get up, don't be polite, let's take a look everywhere." ”

Subsequently, Liu Yan and Miao Shao, accompanied by Song Wanli, visited around the shipyard.

Today's shipyards began to purchase large-scale materials such as wood for shipbuilding, as well as a large amount of tung oil, sailcloth, iron, copper, and other materials after the completion of the shipyard according to the instructions of the imperial court, and recruited a large number of sailors, shipbuilders, and other technical personnel with high salaries.

It can be said that as long as Liu Yan gives an order, the current shipyard can start building Fu ships day and night at full capacity, after all, there is no shortage of manpower and various materials.

After Liu Yan inspected the shipyard, he went to the wharf surrounded by everyone, only to see that four trestle bridges had been built on the wharf, and each trestle could dock twenty ships the size of No. 1 Fu Boat.

"Well, that's good!"

Liu Yan's face showed a look of joy, and everyone was very happy to see it, and then Song Wanli said: "Pavilion Elder, the council hall is ready, is it now in the past, please ask Pavilion Elder to deploy a strategy for everyone?" ”

Liu Yan nodded, and then everyone surrounded Liu Yan to the council hall in the shipyard, Liu Yan was in the right position, Miao Shao was in the second position, Song Wanli was the second place, and the rest were several officials in the shipyard, as well as several leading craftsmen.

After everyone sat down, Liu Yan said to everyone with a smile: "The shipyard has been built for so long, and you have all worked hard and worked hard. ”

"Serve the country, share worries for Your Majesty, we will do our duty!"

Then Liu Yan went straight to the topic, that is, to discuss with everyone to prepare for the establishment of a new style of water division in the Ming Dynasty

The first point of detail is to determine the style of the main warship of the new sailor.

First of all, it is a No. 1 fortune ship, with three towers, a wide bottom, a high head and tail, which can accommodate 200 people, "the draft is too deep, the start and end are delayed", and the maneuverability is not good;

The second is the No. 2 Fu Ship, which is slightly smaller than the No. 1 and is "commonly used". The fortune ship is as tall as a building and can accommodate 100 people. The bottom tip is wide, the bow is raised and opened, the tail is towering, the draft is about 3.5 meters in later generations, the bow is equipped with 1 head gun, 6 jack Franc machines on both sides, 3 bowl-mouth guns, 20 thunderbolt guns, 60 spray canisters, 10 gunpowder crossbows, 300 rockets, 100 fire bricks, and 1,000 cold weapons.

According to the description of the "Wu Bei Zhi", this kind of giant ship is set up on three floors. Its side are all guarded plates, protected by thatched bamboo, erected like a wall, its sail mast two, there are four layers, the lower layer is equipped with ballast stone, the third layer is placed fresh water tank, and the second layer is the place where the soldiers live. The top floor is the terrace, which needs to be climbed from the ladder on the third floor, and the two sides are railed with board wings, and people lean on it to fight, and the arrows and stone artillery are all overlooked, which is really a sharp weapon for naval warfare.

The disadvantage of the Fu ship is that the maneuverability is not good, "tall as a city, non-human driveable, all with the wind and tide, and the return to the inconvenience of the flight, and its draft is deep, but the advantage is empty and the ocean, in the Caspian Sea is easy to glue shallow, must be with the sentinel ship."

The third number of the Fu Ship is called the Grass Skimming Boat, also known as the Sentinel Ship, which is smaller than the Fu Boat. The fourth of the Fu ship type is called the Haicang ship, which is about the same as the sentinel ship, slightly smaller than the Fu ship, with a draft of about seven or eight feet, and the wind is maneuverable, which is in line with the Fu ship.

The armament of these two types of ships includes four jack franc machines, three bowl-mouth guns, and three gun-guns

Six, fifty spray cans, eighty smoke canisters, ten artillery, fifty fire bricks, and two hundred rockets.

The smallest of the Haicang ships is called Cangshan boat, also known as Cangshan Iron, the hull is smaller, high above the water, the draft is five feet, there is a oar, the wind is smooth, the sail is smooth, and the wind is swinging. The ship was light and dexterous, and was mainly used to chase the enemy and capture the head.

According to the records of the "Wubei Zhi" in the period of the Great Ming Dynasty, as the warship of the Ming Dynasty, the Fu Ship is divided into six models from large to small: the No. 1 Fu Ship, which is also the largest Fu Ship, which is converted into the measurement of later generations, and has a displacement of about 800 tons; The No. 2 Fuchu ship has a displacement of about six or seven hundred tons; No. 3 sentinel ship of two or three hundred tons; The No. 4 winter ship, also known as the Haicang ship, has a displacement of about 100 tons.

As for the No. 5 Bird Boat and No. 6 Clipper, they basically have a displacement of tens of tons.

Liu Yan saw Song Wanli and a group of craftsmen in the shipyard explained in detail the situation of the six types of warships mainly equipped by the Daming Naval Division, thought for a moment, and then said: "The new naval division to be built by the imperial court this time will take the No. 1 Fu Ship as the main force, the No. 2 Fu Ship as the supplement, and the No. 3 Fu Ship as the sea scout, and the three ship types complement each other. ”

"In addition, all the styles of the Fu ships should be improved, the hard sails should be changed to soft sails, the size of the No. 1 and No. 2 Fu ships should be increased by 30%, and a gun deck should be added, and the specific design drawings will be detailed by the craftsmen."

"In addition, to optimize the internal structure of the existing Fu ship, there are only two requirements for this father, first: the warship is larger and stronger, and second: it is equipped with more artillery!"

Song Wanli and many shipyard craftsmen and officials present here all looked embarrassed, Liu Yan proposed

The requirements are very high, this has basically overturned the original design of several models of Fuchuan, and it is completely necessary to redesign the sailor warship of the Ming Dynasty!

"What, you're in trouble?"

Liu Yan looked at everyone's frowns, and said with a smile: "It's okay, there are difficulties, yes, as long as you have the confidence to overcome them, this duke will definitely support you on behalf of the imperial court, you don't have to worry about money and food, the time is still abundant." ”

Song Wanli immediately said: "It is indeed difficult to achieve the few requirements of the elder Ge, after all, the blessing boat equipped in the current sailor division has been improved for many years, and if you want to go further, unless it is overturned and restarted." ”

"It's okay to tear it down and start over!"

Liu Yan said: "You must have the courage to open up the world, the predecessors can build all kinds of huge sea ships, and even build thousands, tens of thousands of treasure ships to go to the Western Ocean, then you must also rely on your own wisdom to build several new types of sailor warships for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were all enthusiastic, and Song Wanli immediately took over the task on behalf of the shipyard.