Chapter 414 Improvement of Sea Ships Shine the glory of Daqian overseas
After the imperial court decided on the policy, it was quickly implemented.
After learning that the imperial court no longer grants land, the turmoil in the states and counties of the world is not great, after all, since more than ten years ago, the imperial court has given less land, and then there has been no land for ten years. So many people already had an expectation.
However, although the field grant by Cheng Ding has been cancelled, the military industry still has the field, and if you really want the field, then after you have made war exploits in the army, you will be rewarded with acres of land for your military exploits.
The minimum amount of land awarded for military merit is also 100 acres, but most of the fields awarded for military merit are in the land that has just been conquered. In this way, the imperial court can firstly increase the number of cadres on these lands, second, with these soldiers in the field, they can guard the town, and once someone rebels and rebels, these soldiers can exterminate them, and third, they can save a lot of money and food.
In addition to land, the imperial court will also give those captive women and children to soldiers as wives or concubines, which can be said to make the best use of various resources.
The imperial court has been adjusting its policies in order to encourage the people to open up outward.
On the peninsula, a group of sailors had just docked from a tattered ship, and slaves, doctors, and craftsmen immediately stepped forward to carry the wounded soldiers down, and then began to make various measurements on the ship.
This ship is a sea vessel that the Great Dry has been constantly improving, and since the last successful attack on the peninsula by the Great Qian, the imperial court has begun to vigorously support the construction of sea ships and various navigation problems.
The last successful sea crossing was largely due to the artifact of the Wind Banner, so after the end of the campaign, Daqian continued to improve these ships.
Ship improvement is not a simple issue, it involves many aspects. Wang Xin entrusted this matter to Wang Yun to be responsible, in this era without knowledge of fluid dynamics, ship design, etc., Wang Yun can only improve according to experience and continuous testing.
This kind of testing not only takes a lot of time, but also requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Almost every test resulted in deaths and injuries.
After sailing across the sea, the imperial court repaired and improved the problems that arose with the ships, and then recruited warriors to test them at sea. Every voyage is dangerous, requires experienced sailors, and it is necessary to ensure that the ship will eventually return to the sea.
And then according to the condition of the ship, and the stories of those experienced old sailors, it will be improved and perfected. After a dozen, or even dozens of hundreds of experiments, the imperial court will also gain a lot of nautical experience, ship improvement data, and marine hydrological environment.
It can be said that all this is smashed little by little with money and human lives.
Hundreds of craftsmen examined the hull and recorded it, and then began to repair it, while doctors began to treat the sailors, and the craftsmen next to them questioned them.
After the finishing, the craftsmen began to refine the boat, and when it was finished, the sea vessel was re-tested.
Over the past few years, with the strong support of the imperial court, the ships of the Dengzhou Navy have undergone several large-scale improvements, and there have been as many as a dozen small improvements. Today's ships are much safer and more seaworthy than their original ones.
After the improvement, the Dengzhou Navy also began various trainings. Now the navy has been able to go all the way south from Dengzhou to Gusu. However, this kind of sailing is sailing on the sea close to the coast, and the wind and waves are not heavy, so if you encounter danger, you can dock as soon as possible.
After some training, the navy has completed several long-distance voyages.
After personally leading the navy on several voyages, Wang Yun began to explore overseas. At that time, the ancestor Zijue once left a nautical chart, and marked many islands on the nautical chart. Now he was going to take the islands first.
The imperial navy was now equipped with the best telescopes and compasses in Daqian, and was accompanied by officials from the Qin Heavenly Prison, which were specially used to determine the location with more astrological signs, and with nautical charts, it was not a dangerous thing to go to these islands in the near sea. What's more, Wang Yun also has the artifact Wind Banner in his hand.
With the Wind Banner in his hand, there was no danger to him from the sea. Even if the ship sinks, Wang Yun can fly back to Daqian with him with the wind banner.
The longer the Wind Banner was in his hands, the more clear Wang Yun became about the various functions of the Wind Banner and how to use it. After continuous familiarization and control, this wind banner has become more and more handy.
In the early days, Wang Yun just thought that this wind banner was used to control the wind to control the waves and ships, but after several years of familiarity, he realized that the wind flag was an almost all-powerful artifact.
The Wind Banner can be used to create storms that can travel hundreds or even thousands of miles, as well as create gales between sizes. Moreover, when the wind banner is used in a very small range, it does not consume the family heritage, or the consumption of the family heritage is extremely low.
For example, if he manipulates the Wind Banner to blow himself up, he doesn't need to consume the family heritage. It's just that once it exceeds this range, it will immediately consume the family heritage.
The wind is formless and colorless, but it can change its form at will, after becoming more familiar with the wind banner, Wang Yun found that this treasure is extremely powerful for attack or defense, he can easily use the wind to blow the arrow to attack, defend, or directly manipulate the wind power into a wind needle to attack. Of course, this kind of behavior also needs to consume the family heritage.
After knowing the power of this artifact, Wang Yun did not dare to use it at will, and would only use it when it was dangerous.
The Daqian Navy carried out some repairs in Gusu, replenished clean water and food, repaired the ships, and then chose a good day with a good wind and sunshine and began to go to sea to the islands around the Daqian Sea.
There are many islands around Daqian, and the general small islands will be recorded by the navy, and the valuable islands will be marked.
Wang Yun's purpose this time was the Ryukyu Islands, because Fuso had a large amount of gold and silver deposits, and the land was also vast, and the imperial court wanted to find a safe sea route to Fuso.
At the same time, the imperial court also wanted to occupy the islands around Daqian. For example, the Ryukyu Islands, which are far from the Great Qian, are said to have a warm and humid climate, which can reclaim millions of acres of fertile land, enough to house a million people.
In addition to the Great Ryukyu Islands, the Lesser Ryukyu Islands to the northeast can be extended all the way to Fuso.
If the imperial court can occupy these islands, after a period of operation, these islands can be used as a transit point or base for the Great Dry Water Army at sea.
With these transit stations and naval bases, the imperial navy could naturally sail all the way to Fusang. When navigation technology continues to develop, ordinary ships will be able to travel between Fusang and Daqian, and all the minerals and various resources such as gold and silver on Fuso Island will be Daqian.
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