The fleet went down the Yangtze River, and Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the high bow deck, looking high-spirited.

Zhu Wentian stood next to him, feeling very ordinary, the ship with a load displacement of 600 tons was not very big.

However, after more than 2,000 people came up, they could still carry a lot of things, and now they just went out for a walk, not far across the ocean, and the supplies of the fleet were enough.

The steam engine ship is indispensable for coal and fresh water, and the remaining space and displacement can be used for personnel and other supplies, and finally left for loading.

Zhu Wentian thought about it like this, and felt that the ship with a displacement of 10,000 stones was too small, and it was too dangerous to go to the Americas.

It is better to have 30,000 stones, no matter how big the sail is, the speed is too slow, and the old shipwrights have to continue to study according to the current structure and strength of the ship.

According to the current situation, there is no need to install cannons on the ship, which can save a lot of load capacity and space.

"Yi Chang, it seems that our Daming's steam engine ship does not need to bombard the enemy, there are some rockets in the firearms, the accuracy is not very good, launch a few more rounds, and finally be able to ignite the opponent's sail."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and talked to the chief, he also thought of the problem of the cannon, the cannon is too heavy, a cannon is a few thousand catties, how many cannons and shells can be loaded, what else can the ship load?

"That's true, we have a steam engine, and when we go downwind downwind, the enemy's sails can only be used to escape." The lieutenant echoed.

"Build a few of these first, and patrol the sea around our Daming. The pirates are like rats, jumping around, and we have to find their lair. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't mention the matter of building a big ship for the time being, and now he has built a ship of 10,000 stones, and the craftsmen have experience and are just a lot familiar with it.

The boat can only go to the south of Hukou Waterfall, which is the location of Huayin, and then you can enter Weishui, where it is convenient.

The Yangtze River can run to the Sichuan side, as well as the rivers in Guangdong, and some are suitable for such large ships to navigate.

At present, the main thing at sea is to find the nest of the Japanese and prevent the Japanese from sneaking up on the coastal villages, and the people along the coast no longer engage in smuggling.

There are too many boats and people in the Daming Sailor, and it is easy to be caught playing smuggling, and the most terrible thing is that the insiders report it.

In addition, the Yi people were also reluctant to buy smuggled goods, and they were found to have cancelled their quotas directly, and at the same time confiscated all the goods.

"Your Majesty, when there is little water in winter, it will be blown up, and many ships will be destroyed every year in places where it is easy for ships to hit the rocks, so that countless families will lose their pillars."

Liu Bowen took a turn in several positions on the ship and came back to propose to Zhu Yuanzhang.

He is not returning to his hometown now, but he has not been given any real official position, and he is currently a free man.

He wants to see the master the most, to show others a look or something, so far he has seen the people of Xiaqiu Village, none of them meet the characteristics of the master.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed: "Bomb, it must be fried, the Yellow River has to be blown up even more, the upstream is frozen, and the Sanmenxia downstream is cleaned up." ”

"Second brother, I can't walk such a big boat in that place, and many places in Fenshui are shallow." Zhu Li stayed on the boat and talked to Zhu Zhang.

He also wanted to be easy to transport, and people would be exhausted by land, so he could only rely on those two rivers.

Zhu Fan patted his younger brother on the shoulder: "I can't go with 2,000 stones, but it's no problem to get a cargo with 200 stones, build more, and transport a large number of them when there is water in spring, summer and autumn."

You want to! If you build 200 ships, the total transportation capacity is 40,000 stones, which is key and flexible, and the people along the way can use it all.

You build a big ship, and the people are waving to take the boat, stop or don't stop?

There are not so many problems with the small ones, Fenshui Yuntou is in Lan Mountain and Guan Shu Mountain, and a little further north is out of your fiefdom.

You tell me how much capacity Fenshui can provide for you, and remember to ask someone to clean up the river. ”

"I want to go to the domain now, who can Xiaqiu Village send to follow me?" Zhu Li, the sixteen-year-old King of Jin, is in a hurry!

He thought that he couldn't go over, no one really worried about his fiefdom, and if he didn't develop it quickly, the gap between him and the fiefdoms of the second and fourth brothers would be too big at that time.

He also knew that his ability was not enough, so he hoped that Xiaqiu Village would send someone to help, and he didn't believe any of the officials in the fiefdom.

If officials are useful, why are they so poor?

"Third brother Shao'an, don't be in a hurry, just change the big boat, let's drink on the boat."

Zhu Fan hurriedly persuaded that his younger brother was still young and could not be a vassal.

The lunch that was supposed to go back for dinner, due to the change of itinerary, could only be made on the big boat, and the small boat made there in Nanjing sent a small boat to tell me and send it to the library.

The people of Xiaqiu Village use a pressure cooker to stew chicken for the children and the women in the palace first, and boil white shrimp porridge for the children.

Then the rice was steamed in a large pot, and the sergeants served a meal of pickles and soup.

The boat ran around on the river to buy things, and there were vegetable patches planted by people on the riverside, and they went to the garden and left a letter asking the other party to go to the local government to find someone.

There are fish, shrimp and crabs that have just been caught by a fishing boat, all of them have been collected, and they have been dealt with for a while, and they are caught up with the big boat and hoisted up.

The speed of the fleet was not fast, for fear of causing a collision, and went down the river to the sea, and the steam engine was not connected to the wheel, but it burned slowly, and it was good to wait until it entered the sea.

Fifteen thousand people, all floating on the river, and the other boats had to be rowed with oars.

The things were bought in time, and the sergeants ate rice bowls on one ship after another, and there were vegetables, not just pickles.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not busy eating, he drank wine first, fried river fish, cucumbers, steamed crabs, boiled shrimp, and broad beans for children as snacks became snacks.

To eat crabs, you naturally have to drink rice wine, this weather does not need to be warm, and there are no impurities in the wine.

"Zhuqing, drinking, the conditions are difficult, let's make do with two bites!" Zhu Yuanzhang served the wine bowl and said to the ministers.

Everyone raised their bowls in unison to thank them, and they didn't feel that it was hard.

Everyone knows what the situation is, when they are going home for dinner, and the meals at home are ready, they suddenly change their itinerary.

Under such conditions, meals can be prepared in time, and even the most picky person has to admit that there is nothing wrong with it.

This is the result of the joint efforts of the people of Xiaqiu Village and Guanglu Temple, and His Majesty is capricious today.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care what the ministers thought, anyway, he was happy.

After eating, the boat in the team quickly stepped forward and went downstream to buy something.

I couldn't come back today, from the previous dock to the sea, there were more than 700 miles, and the big ship could not accelerate, and when it reached the sea, it was dark.

The meal for the evening and for the morrow morning must be prepared, and then there will be no other boats, and they will not be able to enter the sea.

Most people need to find a place to rest and solve the problem of eating at the mouth of the sea.

"You say, if that person had this kind of boat at that time, how would we fight with others? You can only use rope and grass to entangle the wheels, and then climb up and fight hard, it is useless to set fire to it, it is all iron. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned the Poyang Lake water battle with Chen Youliang again, and that battle made him afraid and palpitated.

At that time, Chen Youliang had a ship of this size, and he couldn't fight at all, so the small steam engine ship was flexible! Able to quickly intersperse on the surface of the lake, the arson boat simply could not get close.

(End of chapter)