Ming Zuo

Chapter 924 The Power of Linqing
When you really stand on the deck of Linqing, you can feel the grandeur of this ship.

Although standing on the shore, this ship looks much bigger than other ships.But being there, the shock is even more profound.

Sun Chengzong has been on many boats in his life, he has seen them all, ranging from large blessing boats to small water boats.However, compared with the Galen ship, which is the crystallization of the current level of human craftsmanship, those lucky boats and tank boats are nothing.

He even knelt down and stroked the mirror-smooth deck with his hands, puzzled.

"It's obviously made of wood, why is it so flat and there are no gaps?"

A shipbuilding engineer explained it to him.

"These pieces of wood have been processed with precision to ensure that they fit perfectly. So when they are joined together, even rainwater cannot penetrate."

Sun Chengzong raised his foot and chopped it hard twice, there was no "dong dong" sound, as if he was stepping on the solid ground.

From this point alone, one can imagine how strong the deck of the Linqing is.

He saw the cannon placed on both sides of the ship's side again.

"Lu Jiandou said that the guns used by your army are superior, is this true?"

Zuo Menggeng didn't mean to hide his secrets.

He walked to the side of the cannon and opened the breech bolt with his own hands, so that Sun Chengzong could see it more clearly.

"Mr. Ge, please see that the guns used by our army only need to be loaded from here. The speed of firing is far beyond that of front-loaded artillery."

Sun Chengzong seemed to be a curious baby, and even squatted down and lay on the breech bolt to look inside.

He obviously couldn't read it.

"How should this be loaded?"

Zuo Menggeng didn't explain it to him immediately, but said: "When we reach the sea, there will be artillery tests, and you will understand then."

Sun Chengzong nodded, but put away his eager thoughts and followed Zuo Menggeng to visit everywhere.

The lengthening of the hull and the reduction of cannons left a lot of space on the Linqing.And these extra spaces have all become the welfare of the officers and soldiers on board.

"Your Highness, this is our crew dormitory. You see, everyone has a bed, so they can finally sleep well."

Yes, Linqing is far superior to all ships in the world. It is equipped with a sleeping place for each crew member.

Not to mention Ming's ships, even today's Western Galen ships can't do this.

On Western ships, it is already a luxury for ordinary sailors to have a swinging net for sleeping.As for the beds, only officers and nobles can enjoy them.

Zuo Menggeng is well aware of the hardships of life at sea, so he put forward mandatory requirements for the use of extra space.

Under his suggestion, the dormitory on the Linqing made an overall plan.

The captain's cabin, which occupies a large area, was cancelled, and instead merged into the crew quarters.

Even the captain of the ship has a place to sleep and rest that is only slightly larger than that of ordinary soldiers.

The officer's dormitory is a room for four people, divided into upper and lower bunks, with an extra small desk.The soldiers' dormitory is for six people, with only one bed [-] centimeters wide.

When not sleeping, the bed can also be folded down and attached to the bulkhead to make a lot of room.

Although such a bed is not comfortable to sleep on, but thinking about how the sailors lived on the ship in the past, everyone is already very satisfied.

Not only that, but there are windows for dredging air and providing light in the officers' and soldiers' dormitories.The general style is similar to that of later generations, and they are all made of round glass.

Considering the hurricanes and huge waves at sea, the glass was deliberately produced to be very thick.But in any case, the windows can be opened when necessary, so that the soldiers can breathe fresh air.

In addition to the sailor's dormitory, the restaurant is the extra thing on the Linqing.

This is also a facility that does not exist on contemporary ships.

In the past, apart from generals, ordinary soldiers could only find places to eat.

But now there is a real crew dining room.

It can satisfy [-] people to eat at the same time at one time, and as long as it is rotated several times, it is enough for everyone to eat.

Sun Chengzong, Liu Zongzhou and others followed Zuo Menggeng, and looked at the whole ship from inside to outside, and the more they looked, the more surprised they became.

"Where is this a ship? It's like a moving castle. With these firearms, who in the world can fight against it?"

Sun Qifeng's emotion caused Zuo Menggeng to cautiously shake his head.

"Mr. Zhong Yuan doesn't know that there are warships much larger than this in the Western Ocean, and each one is equipped with more than a hundred cannons. Although they are not as powerful as ours, there are more warships and more cannons. .If we really want to compete, the outcome is hard to predict.”

When everyone heard this, they all changed color.

When I first saw the Linqing, I thought it was the most powerful warship in the world.

When they learned that such ships abound thousands of miles away, everyone felt that the world was so big, but they themselves became frogs at the bottom of the well.

"No wonder Zhongheng repeatedly emphasized that the future enemies will come from the sea. Now it seems that this statement is true."

As a great Confucian, Lu Shanji didn't know much about the ocean.And in his opinion, the ocean is not so important.

But after experiencing it personally this time, he completely changed his view.

Just think about the countless warships like the Linqing running to the seaside of Huaxia, with their black muzzles aimed at the shore, that scene is chilling.

Zuo Menggeng was overjoyed to discover his change.

This shows that more and more Chinese people are beginning to realize the importance of the ocean.

"With the completion of the Linqing, we have accumulated a wealth of experience, and the speed of shipbuilding will only get faster and faster in the future. Moreover, we have inexhaustible timber in the extreme north, and our warships will definitely be More and more. On this sea, we cannot be missing."

Everyone imagined, eagerly looking forward to the day when the Chinese warships covered the ocean.

When everyone came out of the boat, they saw that the shipment of supplies was coming to an end.

The supplies needed to meet the needs of a ship for about six months are simply massive.

However, Qingdao's wharf has already achieved semi-mechanization, and the application of various gantry cranes, tower cranes, and long-arm cranes has made the loading and unloading of materials very fast.

"Your Highness, all preparations have been completed, and I request to sail."

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were all ready to wait, and the people on the shore were looking forward to it, Zuo Menggeng's blood began to surge.

"Sail, set sail!"

Shang Kexi took the order, walked to his podium, and issued the first historic order to the whole ship through the loudspeaker.

"Anchor, let's go!"

The whole ship quickly became lively.

Four sailors rushed to the bow of the ship and pushed the winch together.

There was a non-stop rattling sound in the water, and the iron chain was pulled up continuously.After a while, the huge anchor broke out of the water, stirring up waves.

On a traditional Galen boat, in order to complete the action of pulling in the anchor, more than a dozen people must cooperate and pull it with all their strength.

The use of winches and pulleys on the Linqing made this work much easier, and only four sailors could complete it.

The anchor was retracted, the sail was raised, the huge hull shook violently, and then began to slowly leave the shore, and finally adjusted its direction, heading towards the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay.

The Linqing carried all the expectations of the people of Xia, and threw itself into the embrace of the sea.

　Thank you Wei Ai Qinger for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)