Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 217 Farewell
Northwest of Poseidon Port, at the entrance, above the three-story fortress.

Holding the binoculars in his hand, Taichang scanned for a long time, then nodded in satisfaction and said: "Well, according to this progress, the entire port will be completed in at most one month."

At this moment, the guards of the two cities had already been repaired, and all the [-] young men recruited by Guozheng were busy working in the port.

The port docks, fort forts, barracks towers, warehouse sheds and other buildings are almost half completed.

This Sea God Port already looks completely different from the traditional cities and ports of Ming Dynasty.

The four three-storey fortresses built on the hillside are not in the same style as the traditional tower structure of the Ming Dynasty. This style is more like a multi-storey bastion specially designed by Europe to take advantage of guns and artillery.

The port wharf is also very different from the general wharf, not to mention the rows of small wharves, which are specially built for docking small and medium-sized warships, and its structure is similar to that of ordinary wharves. However, the two sides of the wharf Rows of towering forts are not found in other places.

There is also the large wharf that is more than one foot above the water surface, and it has not been built in the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years. Its huge size, and the big blessing boat with thousands of materials docked beside it is like a small sailboat.

This kind of dock was naturally prepared for the galleons of the Spanish fleet.

According to the Spanish envoy Carlino, the Galen ships they used for ocean transportation all have a load capacity of about 150 million pounds, which is at least 120 kilograms or more, that is, [-] to [-] tons.

Based on this calculation, their large ocean-going Galen ships are almost equivalent to the Zheng He treasure ships of [-] materials.

The deck of the [-]-material Taifu boat is more than one foot high from the water when it is empty, so Taichang finally set the height of this large dock at more than one foot, which is almost level with the deck of the [-]-material Taifu boat.

There are currently two such piers planned, each with ten berths, that is to say, the length of the piers alone is 300 meters!
It is really hard to build such a large wharf at the moment, because the materials that can be used to build the wharf are only wood and stone, and there is no cement and steel bars at all.

Taichang was even thinking about whether to get the cement out first.

If there is cement and some steel bars can be remade, it will be much more convenient to build cities, fortresses, docks and bridges.

Of course, this is not the most important thing right now.

No matter how difficult it is to build a large wharf, it is almost finished, and the sea god port is almost completed, so these are not a problem.

The most important thing right now is how the remaining soldiers of the Shenji Battalion can resist the severe cold here!
You must know that this is the Little Ice Age, and it is unimaginable how cold it is here in winter.

He also sent scouts to investigate the surroundings, and the news he got was quite shocking. There were no people within a radius of more than a hundred miles here!
In other words, almost all of the original Haixi Jurchen tribe migrated to the south.

It is conceivable how terrible the severe cold of this Little Ice Age was.

Of course, the main reason why the Haixi Jurchen Department moved away is that they are not good at building masonry houses. If there are thick brick walls to block them, and the hot kang that burns non-stop, no matter how cold the weather is, it will still be a problem here. Can live.

At this moment, the barracks in Poseidon Harbor are all brick and stone structures, and there are big kang heads made of stone slabs inside.

However, Taichang was still worried.

He took a group of civil servants and military generals to the barracks built on the second floor of the fort to have a look, and then said carefully: "General Qi, the severe cold here is not a joke, you must pay attention to it in winter, try your best to Tell the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion not to go out."

When Qi Jin heard this, he said quite confidently: "Don't worry, the emperor, the winter in the capital is actually quite cold, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion have already gotten used to it."

Uh, this old general is from Nanzhili, so he probably doesn't know much about extreme cold.

There is no such thing as temperature at the moment, how can I explain it to others?

Taichang shook his head again and again and said: "General Qi, it can only be considered cold in the capital. Even if you walk outside in winter, you won't be able to freeze people. It's different here. It's certain that splashing water will turn into ice, maybe If you blow your nose outside, your nose will freeze. If you accidentally expose your ears and touch them, your ears may freeze off. You have to be careful!"

Is it so scary?
Hearing this, Qi Jin couldn't help frowning and said: "Your Majesty, what should we do? The soldiers can't stay in the house all winter, can they? Even if they are on guard, they can hide in the house, carry coal and firewood to fetch water, etc., they have to go out!"

This is actually a problem.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said to Wang Zheng: "Liangfu, go back and tell Marquis Meng that the military uniform factory rush out to make [-] sets of thick cotton clothes. You must have hats, gloves, cotton boots and so on, and you must wrap them tightly. , especially the hat, it’s enough to keep the eyes outside to see things.”

Wang Zheng hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang thought for a while, then slapped his forehead and said: "By the way, you just mentioned the problem of water fetching, and this has to be solved. After all, there are at least tens of thousands of horses stationed here, and it is not easy to pull water trucks to fetch water dozens of miles away every day." It’s not a way. Otherwise, when the port is built, you can ask the young and strong of the subordinate country to dig a small river. This small river doesn’t need to be too wide or too deep, as long as it can guarantee drinking water for tens of thousands of people.”

Uh, dig a river forty or fifty miles long!
Well, if you count by steps, fifty miles is only [-] steps, that is to say, if [-] young and strong come to dig such a river, there are two people at each step.

It should not be a problem for two people to dig a river channel about one step deep and wide.

Qi Jin made a rough estimate, then cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

What's next?

By the way, there are artillery.

At this moment, a lot of forts have been built, but unfortunately, there is not a single large artillery on it.

Thinking of this, Taichang asked again: "Liangfu, how is the large Thunder God Cannon at Chuyang doing?"

Wang Zheng said in embarrassment: "Well, Chuyang has already made the molds for the five hundred catties and one thousand catties of Thor cannons, uh, your majesty has been urging to change the wheels, so he can only wait caught."

At this moment, the wheels can't be changed too much, because the rubber is not enough, and the artillery is a must.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "After we go back, let Chuyang try our best to make [-]-jin and [-]-jin Thor cannons. These barbarians are not so easy to deal with. If the forts are all empty, there are only some small Thor cannons. I can't scare them. After all, one of their gunboats has hundreds of cannons, and their artillery ranges are farther than small Thor cannons. Only to be beaten."

At this time, it is not necessary to cast as many large artillery pieces as you want, because copper is used in many places at the moment, and copper is simply not enough!
Wang Zheng thought about it, and then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, how many such large Thunder God cannons do we need to cast? As you know, we have never had any surplus of copper."

Alas, this is true.

If the Spaniards don't send over 1000 million catties of copper every year, with the current copper output of Ming Dynasty, even if the building boats and gunboats are built, there will not be enough copper to make cannons!
Taichang made a rough estimate, then nodded slightly and said: "All right, let's cast [-] Thunder God cannons of [-] catties and [-] catties first, and they must be cast in the first half of next year. The ports and cities in Taicang Prefecture It’s almost finished, and a hundred cannons will go there by then.”

It is not a big problem to cast 15 pieces of [-]-jin and [-]-jin Thor cannons each, which is [-] jin of copper.

Taichang took a group of civil servants and generals around the port so many times that day, and he explained everything he could think of.

The reason why he explained so tirelessly was because he was going back to Beijing.

Because it's only a matter of time before the Sea God Port is completed, and it doesn't matter if he's here or not.

Moreover, at this moment, the Shuangcheng Weicheng and the city wall fortress at the entrance here have been repaired, and it is useless for Jiannu to rush over. It is enough to leave Yuan Keli and Qi Jin here to guard.

He has been out for more than a month, and it is time to go back.

In the early morning of the next day, amidst Yuan Keli, Qi Jin and other generals saying goodbye, he took the accompanying officials and guards to board the cart and set off for Beijing.

(End of this chapter)