Chapter 921 Your Majesty Is Really a Playboy (Thanks to Aoyu for the Silver Alliance)
In a warehouse by the sea, hundreds of boatmen are working hard to build ship models, and there are two ships at the same time, a treasure ship and a dhow.
Why do you need so many people to build a model ship?
Do you really think that their ship model is to build the kind of ship model that can be held in the hand and played with? No, the ship model made by these craftsmen is 10 times smaller than the size given by Jiang Hao. When it is completely a ship Boat.
Captain Treasure is more than 120 meters long. The model of the ship being built now is 12 meters long. The triangle sailing ship is more than 60 meters long.
After the ship model is built, it is a ship that can be launched completely, and then it will be tested at sea and various analyses.
These craftsmen are highly skilled, and the building speed is very fast. The skeleton came out on the first day, the hull was finished two days later, and the prototype was basically built after three days. As for other parts on the ship, such as the most important cables and sails, the craftsmen here are not If it is missing, it will be done long ago.
It took only five days and with the efforts of hundreds of craftsmen, two model ships were built.
The weather was calm that day, and the craftsmen pushed the model boat out of the dock and rushed into the sea along the water tank. Jiang Hao, Lu Zhou, Cao Can and a dozen big craftsmen boarded the boat for the first trial voyage.
Jiang Hao didn't know much about sailing, but he just quietly watched the sailors operate, the sails were raised, the sails were blown by the sea wind, and the treasure ship began to sail slowly. Other craftsmen were observing the various conditions of the ship, checking for question.
Lu Zhou stood on the side of the ship and watched carefully, and after a while he said to Jiang Hao: "My lord, according to my experience, the design of these two ships is very perfect, very suitable for sea travel, and the treasure ship is even better. Larger rides are more stable, while toothed boats are faster, better at cleaving waves, and have stronger sails."
Jiang Haoxin said that these sea-going ships are all classic ships of later generations, which have been tested by the sea, otherwise he would not use them.
The treasure ship followed the name of the Ming Dynasty. As for the triangular sailboat, Jiang Hao named it the Yachuan. Why is it called the Yachuan? The Spanish galleon is called the Yachuan for short.
"Is there a problem with building it to the original size?" Jiang Hao asked.
"Although it is infinitely more difficult to build according to the original size than the model, it is not impossible. It is just that the treasure ship needs super-large timber as the keel. In my estimation, we can only build about 30 ships with the existing large timber, and the new timber may have to wait. A year or two."
30 treasure ships, not a lot.
Just a treasure ship can pull more than two thousand people, and the bottom warehouse can hold countless supplies, such as cattle, horses, pigs and sheep.
"And what about the galleon?"
"The sailing ship is 30 feet long, which is much simpler than the treasure ship. It is no problem to build a hundred and eighty ships." Lu Zhou said confidently.
He is the supervisor here, and he knows the situation here. Jiang Hao nodded. It seems that his future fleet will be of this size.
"Now there are more than 6,000 craftsmen here, and they are working hard to build it. I will officially set sail in the spring of next year. Before that, the ship must be fully prepared. You are the shipbuilding supervisor. Just concentrate on building the ship. Cao Shen will be there to assist you with all your strength." Jiang Hao said.
Lu Zhou bowed, "We must live up to the great trust of the national teacher."
The shipbuilding matters are almost arranged, and the rest is to wait. Jiang Hao thought of Goguryeo, and it is time to prepare.
"Cao Shen, move all the 20 built ships to the harbor and replenish supplies on board, Ji Bu, send a hundred people to guard the ships at the port." Jiang Hao ordered.
"yes!"
Cao Shen and Ji Bu all bowed together.
Something happened here, Jiang Hao returned to Haicheng by car, Haicheng is not big, there is only one residential street, it is a county with a population of only 20,000 to 30,000 people, when Jiang Hao's people came, the original Haicheng immediately changed Gotta be lively.
When Jiang Hao returned home, Lu Zhi came out to welcome him. It was summer and the weather was hot. Lu Zhi undressed Jiang Hao and said, "Your Majesty, the shipyard can make arrangements."
"It's all arranged, alas, the weather is really hot, I want to take a shower, and the pheasant is here to wipe your back." After speaking, he led Lu Zhi to the bathroom.
After taking a bath, Jiang Hao was refreshed, put on a thin disguise, closed his eyes and lay down on the couch to rest, while Lu Zhi fanned him beside him with a fluttering fan.
Cozy!
"Lang Jun, Uncle Xiao has a letter. The letter said that he personally found the governor of Surabaya. The governor is very cooperative. Now he has ordered all counties in Sishui County to gather the boatmen, female slaves and orphans we want."
"At the same time, he also sent people to Dang County, Taishan County, Donghai County and other places. With the name of Lang Jun and the National Teacher, those county guards will definitely cooperate."
"By the way, my father also sent a letter, saying that the kiln has been re-fired, and the craftsmen sent by His Majesty to learn how to make porcelain are studying by the side. I think new porcelain will be produced in half a month. This batch of porcelain has been ordered by the imperial court. I am going to send it to His Majesty the First Emperor."
Jiang Hao nodded, "Let them learn from each other, and when new porcelain comes out, send a cart here every time. The more beautiful the better, we will take it with us when we go to sea."
"Good sir."
"By the way, where is Susu, what have you been up to recently?" Jiang Hao asked with his eyes closed.
Lu Zhi turned aside Jiang Hao, pouted his small mouth slightly, and pretended to slash twice in the air with the fluttering fan in his hand, and then obediently fanned the man.
"My sister has been very busy recently, leaving early and returning late all day long. I selected a group of literate servants from the servants I bought, about 130 people, and rented a place in the city to teach them medical skills. By the way, That Dr. Hu is now an instructor, and her first batch of students can help her now."
"Can you arrange guards?"
"arranged."
"Tell Susu not to get tired, just take it step by step." Jiang Hao said.
"Don't look at Susu's weak and quiet appearance. In fact, that girl has been very obstinate since she was a child. I dare not provoke her too much. Last time when the husband said that he needed a doctor, she remembered it in her heart and wanted to share his worries. " Lu Zhi said.
Jiang Hao sighed softly, stretched out his hand to take Lu Zhi into his arms, stroked her back with his hand, and said, "It's my great fortune to have you sisters here."
Lu Zhi felt sweet in his heart, and lay obediently in Jiang Hao's arms.
At this moment, Jiang Hao said: "In a few days, when the crew recruits a group, I am going to Goguryeo."
Lu Zhi's body stiffened slightly, and he opened his mouth and bit Jiang Hao's shoulder fiercely. The bite was not hard, but it was enough to make the man feel his anger.
"Just now I said that it is a great fortune to have our sisters, and I will go to pick up other women in the next moment. Mr. Lang is really very playful." Lu Zhi said with a small mouth.
"It was a reward from His Majesty." Jiang Hao argued.
"But how did you hear that the pheasant heard that the Lord Lang asked His Majesty to reward you? The Lord Lang said that he dreamed of a woman in his dream, who claimed to be Princess Yushu of Goguryeo. According to divination, that foreign woman was destined for you, isn't that true? "
Lu Zhi looked at Jiang Hao with a little resentment and asked.
Jiang Hao was stunned. It was indeed the case, but how did Lu Zhi know.
"Who did you hear that from?"
Lu's pheasant curled his lips, "Cure the plague, draw the fairy talisman and the moonlight in the sky, build a Taoist temple with golden light, go to Lishan Mountain and fly in the sky, ask the gods to rise and break the dragon stone with one hand, there is a destined woman in the dream of thousands of miles away, your majesty is the teacher of the country If you don’t listen to the angry decree, millions of soldiers will attack it, don’t you know that all kinds of legends about the master of the state are flying all over the sky in Daqin now.”
"My slave, it's hard not to know." There was a sour taste in this tone.
"Am I that good?"
"It's amazing."
"I didn't even know that it had already been passed down as a true god by the people, ha ha."
"Master Guoshi has profound magic power, flies to the sky and escapes from the earth, enjoys immortal blessings forever, and lives as long as the sky." Lu Zhi said.
Jiang Hao glanced at this girl, his tone was teasing no matter what he heard, "If you don't pay for the house for three days, it seems that you have learned less."
get up the next day,
Jiang Hao sat in the room, squinting his eyes and thinking about something, suddenly took the silk cloth beside him, and began to write on it.
Lu Pheasant was curious and didn't know what Lang Jun was doing, but every time Lang Jun wrote something, something extraordinary would appear.
Mung beans, soybeans, tea leaves, kimchi, dried fruits, persimmon leaf tea, limes, plenty of alcohol.
One name after another appeared on the silk cloth, but Lu Zhi couldn't understand why.
"Lang Jun, what are these?" Sensitive and eager to learn, he was not ashamed to ask, and Lu Zhi asked directly.
"We will sail on the sea in the future, and it may take a few months to go. The human body needs vitamin supplements. If the lack of vitamins is terrible, you will suffer from a disease called septicemia. The above things are just supplements. For vitamins."
"Mung beans and soybeans can produce bean sprouts, tea soaked in water can also supplement vitamins, kimchi is easy to preserve, and can be eaten as a vegetable, and dried fruits can be preserved for a long time. As for persimmon leaf tea, it uses persimmon leaves to make fermented tea. The ability of vitamins is great, better than the previous ones, as long as each person drinks a cup of persimmon leaf tea a day, it is enough to supplement the vitamins needed for the day."
Although Lu Zhi didn't understand what vitamins meant, she knew that since the man said it, it must be very important.
"Then what are you doing with this lemon and a lot of wine?" Lu Zhi asked.
"Fresh water storage has a time limit, and it will become smelly after a long time. However, if you add lime juice to the bucket, you can greatly extend the storage time of clean water. Generally, in this case, we can add fresh water halfway through."
"But sometimes there will be extreme situations at sea. If the fresh water deteriorates and no new fresh water can be found, we can quench our thirst with wine, which can be stored for a long time." Jiang Hao is talking about low-alcohol wine here, which is now The kind of wine that Daqin people often drink.
This is also the reason why the sailors at sea in ancient times were all drunkards. One was because of loneliness, and the other was to quench their thirst.
What Jiang Hao is writing now can be found in China.
Handed the list in his hand to Lu Zhi, "Phee, you should send someone to prepare these things, you need to prepare a lot."
"The pheasant understands."
Jiang Hao had already explained these things to Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi immediately ordered his men to prepare. The next day, Jiang Hao took Lu Zhi into a carriage and went to a beach in the outer suburbs of Haicheng under the escort of a group of soldiers.
Lifting the curtains, Jiang Hao pointed to a large tidal flat in front of him and said, "I've already asked Donghai County Sheriff to come over here, and wrote the land deed. From now on, this land with a radius of ten miles is ours."
Lu Zhi looked at the deserted tidal flat and asked in surprise, "What does Mr. Lang want here?"
"Hehe, drying salt."