Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 570 The power to promote the progress of the times

Speaking of voyages in Chinese history, there were times when the world was brilliant. Especially during the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He even reached Africa at the furthest point.

It's just such a pity, because of the ruler's closed-door policy, navigation gradually declined, and even in the Qing Dynasty, the ability to sail in the ocean was completely lost.

In fact, no one has ever seen Zheng He's treasure ship. Although there are many studies and imitations of Zheng He's treasure ship in modern times, the specific shape, structure and scale of Zheng He's treasure ship have always been controversial.

There is even a saying that Zheng He’s Treasure Ship is the general name of Zheng He’s voyages to the West. Zheng He’s fleet is composed of a variety of ships of different types, sizes and purposes. .

Regardless of whether the Zheng He treasure ship really existed or not, Lu Yan couldn't imitate it. Even if the system gave the blueprint, it would take countless time and manpower to make it out.

But now the blueprint of this kind of three-masted sea-going ship is right in front of us. With a little modification, combined with the shipbuilding level and technology of this era, it should not be a problem to launch into the water.

With this more flexible warship, Cao Jun's water warfare tactics will be more abundant.If you can defeat Liu Biao first, and then go down the Yangtze River, you will have a huge advantage in dealing with Jiangdong!
Just having a boat may not be enough in Lu Yan's opinion.

In this era of water warfare, the main mode is to connect two ships and board the ship.Farther away, it is assisted by long-range attacks such as bows and arrows and stone throwing.

In addition, the hard side of the large ship will directly hit the opponent, but this method of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred is rarely used.

If the mobility is enough, the combat power will naturally have to keep up.Today's trebuchets are actually pretty good, but bows and arrows are indeed a lot worse.

But isn't the trebuchet itself just excessive?Since you want to play, then play a big one!
Lu Yan rode a white dragon horse, wearing only the simplest clothes, and hurried to the general prison.

Many craftsmen who will be prisons also brought their families here.

Thanks to the fact that it can retain its own sales department and channels, Jiang Zuojian can now be regarded as the wealthiest group in all departments of the Han Dynasty.

The salaries and rewards of the craftsmen do not even need to be paid by the court, and the supervisor can satisfy all the officials and craftsmen by himself.

Moreover, there will be subsidies, incentives and so on every now and then. I don't know how many literati and ordinary people have died of envy.

When the craftsman’s family comes, they need a house; when there are crowds, they naturally need to live. Therefore, the rich and powerful Jiang Zuojian simply built a circle of houses around the original workshop for the craftsman’s family to live in.

Slowly, the residential area became wider and wider, nearly doubling the overall area of ​​the prison.

Seen from a distance, it looks like a bustling town.

At the outskirts of Jiangzuo Prison, there are still garrison soldiers responsible for the most basic security and protection measures.

Someone saw Lu Yan's arrival from a distance, so when Lu Yan passed through the outer residential area and came to the core workshop of the town, Geng Liang and Ma Jun had already been waiting for a long time.

Geng Liang's official rank is not high, but it makes countless people jealous, after all, he has really grasped huge benefits.

But he was an old man who followed Lu Yan from the beginning, and no one dared to attack Geng Liang or Ma Jun at this time.

Geng Liang has been with Lu Yan for more than ten years, and he knows that every time Lu Yan comes in a hurry, it means that he has a new idea or something new to come out!

"Lu Huqi, long time no see!" Geng Liang has become too rich now, and it seems difficult to even bow to salute.

"See Lu Xiaobiao. Riding!" Ma Jun's stuttering problem is still not healed, but he is a technical nerd, and his stuttering does not affect his performance.

Lu Yan raised the blueprint in Yang's hand, and said bluntly: "Get me the best carpenters and blacksmiths in the workshop! Also, call the veterans in gunpowder!"

When Geng Liang and Ma Jun saw the situation, they immediately knew that there must be something extraordinary in the blueprint!

Not to mention Ma Jun who has been pursuing new technologies, even Geng Liang, who has been at ease for a long time, couldn't help feeling a little excited in his heart!
"Lu Hussar, follow me to rest first, and I will immediately call all the best craftsmen to see you!"

After Geng Liang said something, he immediately disappeared from Lu Yan's sight at a speed that didn't fit his figure at all.

An hour later.

Beside a table, a group of blacksmiths were racking their brains around a half-sheet of blueprints placed on the table, arguing fiercely about something.

At the other table, a larger group of craftsmen surrounded the complete blueprints on the table, looking at each other in silence.

Half of the blueprint was naturally made by Lu Yan, which is the classic long-barreled, spindle-shaped front-loading cannon used for battleships.This kind of cannon was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty and was quickly imitated. Later, all cannons of similar design were collectively called Hongyi Cannon, also known as Hongyi Cannon.

The structure of the cannon in red looks relatively simple, but there are still many details in it. The point of contention among the group of blacksmiths lies in these details.

But the three-masted battleship with complete blueprints had too many things and lacked craftsmen with actual shipbuilding experience, so no one dared to express their opinions.

Lu Yan walked to the table of the three-masted battleship, and after understanding the actual situation, he knew that the three-masted battleship was not in a hurry.

So, he said to Geng Liang: "Old Geng, you are now preparing to recruit craftsmen with experience in shipbuilding."

Geng Liang responded, "Here!"

Lu Yan thought for a while, and added: "Be careful not to be too obvious when recruiting. You should know why I built the ship, right?"

Geng Liang nodded and said softly: "This subordinate understands!"

"Very good!" Lu Yan walked from the three-masted battleship table to the artillery table with his hands behind his back, and said, "Although the ship is not in a hurry, the artillery should not be a problem with our current level of ironmaking and forging." Bar?"

"Absolutely no problem!"

The most prestigious old craftsman among the blacksmiths, although he is already in his sixties, he can still slap the tendons on his chest loudly, "Don't worry, Lu Hussar, if you can't make cannons, the old man will come to see you." !"

Lu Yan smiled and said, "Old Huo, I can't bear to part with such a precious craftsman as you!"

The old blacksmith named Huo Lao grinned and said, "Haha! You are the only one who treats us like a treasure!"

"No, no, no, once the artillery comes out in the future, the most precious thing in this world is you craftsmen." After Lu Yan finished speaking, he pointed to the three-masted warship and said, "And you guys, too. Equally precious. Because you are the biggest contributors to the advancement of the times!"

"Promoting the progress of the times."

"Are we?"

The vast majority of craftsmen do this business just to make a living. Those who come from a family like Ma Jun but do it out of interest are very rare.

But no matter who they are, none of them thought that craftsmen would one day be called "the greatest contributor to the progress of the times."

The most valued by various countries in later generations are all kinds of scientists and engineers.So no one here understands the ability of this group of people to change the world better than Lu Yan.

Not only the craftsmen, but also Ma Jun and Geng Liang stared at him in surprise.
Lu Yan didn't panic at all, nodded as steadily as Mount Tai, and said:

"Trust me! You will be famous in history!"

(End of this chapter)