my grandfather was qin shi huang

Chapter 219 Treasure Ship
Zhao Ying had actually been thinking about selling the quota for the venue, but limited to his own identity and personality, it was not suitable for him to come forward directly.

After all, how could the resolute, brave, benevolent and loving emperor's eldest grandson, like those merchants covered in money, put his eyes on money?

What I want now is fame, how can I get involved in such things as selling quotas and collecting people's wealth?
It is very appropriate for Shi Lu to come forward!
The first emperor's imperial steward, the loyal eagle dog responsible for collecting money for the first emperor, what's wrong with being a little dark-hearted?
That's reasonable!

Zhao Yingyun waved his hand lightly.

"Shi Shaofu is absurd, and I'm just picking up people's wisdom, just reminding me casually-to increase income and reduce expenditure, to collect money for the country, these important tasks, you still have to rely on you capable ministers and officials to make suggestions..."

For doing great things without taking credit, His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson, is still low-key and humble as always.

Others don't know, but as the first emperor's personal steward, Shi Lu is very aware of the contributions that Zhao Ying has made behind the scenes these days. Behind many major events, there is the shadow of the emperor's grandson.

But people don't fight or grab, and don't take credit for it.

This kind of xinxing cultivation is no less than that of the ancient sages. No wonder His Majesty values ​​this sixteen-year-old emperor's eldest grandson so much.

Your Majesty doesn't show His Highness's contribution, maybe it's a kind of test for His Highness?
Shi Lu felt that as a courtier, he should be good at understanding His Majesty's good intentions.

Therefore, the two people who were not on the same channel at all reached a consensus tacitly, and kept silent on the matter of selling access quotas.

The shipyard on the side of Shaofu was built on the edge of the Wei River. The scale is not large. The sea ships needed by the first emperor were mainly in Nanhai County. Nanhai County originally belonged to the land of Wu and Yue. , It has been able to build a building ship with a load of more than 60 tons.

After the first emperor unified Lingnan, he opened a huge shipbuilding workshop in Lingnan.

Most of Xu Fu's ships came from here when he went to sea.

However, what Zhao Ying wanted to do was an experiment, and he could no longer rush to Nanhai County to build a ship himself.

Seeing Shi Lu of the Shaofu personally brought His Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson, and the left and right supervisors of the shipbuilding workshop, leading a group of low-level officials, came out quickly to greet him.

With a smile, Zhao Ying stepped forward to personally help the left and right supervisors in front of him, and then bowed his head to the other low-level officials as a salute.

"You don't need to be too polite, you are here all day long, building ships for my Great Qin, not seeking fame and fortune, hard work, hard work..."

Zhao Ying's words almost brought down the tears of these low-level officials.

For so many years, except His Royal Highness, who has considered the difficulties of these low-level officials, who has read the credit of these low-level officials?

Daqin has clear rewards and punishments.

But also harsh.

All craftsmen must sign on the parts they are responsible for, and implement a strict backtracking and accountability system. All officials must be responsible for the part they are responsible for, and they will do their best to complete the task. If something goes wrong , Waiting for them is severe punishment.

That's what the Legalists suffered from. It was strict and thorough. In the eyes of the Legalists, everyone was a part of the giant Qin, not a living person.

Treating people like things, they must follow the laws of Qin and follow this behemoth closely.

Such a policy can be said to be in a corner of Guanzhong. There is a strong national power to deter it, and the power of the imperial court can radiate to all corners. .

But after the Qin Dynasty unified the whole country, if this set of policies that took more than 100 years to prove correct were to be copied to the whole country, problems would inevitably arise.

It can only be said to be a miracle that it can be maintained until now and has not collapsed.

Sometimes, Zhao Ying felt that the First Emperor was the pinnacle of stability in this country.Once this magic needle falls and the follower cannot control the situation, the surging undercurrent will turn into a monstrous wave that swallows everything.

Just like the group of low-level officials in front of him, Zhao Ying just learned the tradition of later generations, and a simple greeting has already made these people close.

"The ministers and other lowly officials are just doing their duty loyally, and dare not say their merits—"

The left and right supervisors are all elderly people, and they answered very decently.

Knowing that Zhao Ying came to guide the shipbuilding work and command everyone to build a new type of large ship, these old craftsmen couldn't help being stunned, and the left and right supervisors were also a little dumbfounded, hesitated for a while, and said bravely.

"Your Highness, the villain has the liberty to ask, this shipbuilding—have you ever learned this before?"

Zhao Ying thought for a while and said seriously.

"I've read the book for a few days, does that count?"

Everyone: ...

Sweat dripped from the foreheads of the two old supervisors.

Just this, dare to come over and guide our shipbuilding work?

What do you do with shipbuilding?

If my grandson dares to be so careless, the boss will slap him in the face.

But this is approachable, benevolent and loving, the first His Royal Highness the emperor's eldest grandson who treats low-level officials like them as human beings...

Everyone suddenly felt dizzy, and the two old supervisors were even more distressed.His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson of the emperor, if he really pretends to come and turn around twice, with his hands behind his back, leading others, pretending to be an expert and giving a few blind instructions, it's fine. The key is to look at his posture, he is going to play for real——

"Cough-cough-"

Although the two old supervisors were very reluctant to contradict the approachable grandson of the emperor, but due to their duties, they had to cough twice, stand up bravely, cupped their hands at Zhao Ying, and hesitated there.

"Your Highness, the cost of building a ship is not small, and the responsibility is heavy..."

Seeing the embarrassed faces of the two old supervisors, Zhao Ying suddenly understood.This must be because I am worried that I am an outsider commanding an insider, causing a big mess.

He smiled and waved his hand.

"It doesn't matter - I have read the book, and there will be no problems, don't worry..."

When Zhao Ying said this, the two old supervisors and several old craftsmen felt even more uncertain.

"This--"

The two old supervisors looked at their immediate boss Shi Lu with pleading faces.Who knows, Shilu waved his hand.

"It doesn't matter—Your Highness studies heaven and man, and is proficient in Mohism. Even if you haven't seen it, haven't you heard of the name of His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson? Don't worry, there will be no problems!"

Seeing that his immediate boss was there to take care of everything, the left and right Jiancheng and several old craftsmen had no choice but to retreat.

I only hope that His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson of the emperor, is just a whim, and he will leave after the whim.Even if something goes wrong, they don't need to be responsible, and they don't want to look at such a good emperor's eldest grandson and make a joke.

Zhao Ying knew that it wasn't that he didn't want to tell a white lie. The key was that he knew all about his past. He said he had read relevant books, but he couldn't check it out. If it was nonsense, he said he had studied shipbuilding...

It's better not to say it!

Anyway, even if he didn't say anything, the two supervisors couldn't stop him from building ships.

You don't need to be like those unlucky children who have traveled to the bottom. If you want to do something, you have to go to great lengths to fight wits with some so-called dignitaries and explain to some officials in charge.

I am the most powerful person, so I am very comfortable.

It is more convenient to draw pictures with a hard pen. In fact, in the pre-Qin period, the use of hard pens was already very common.

The hard pens of this era are very similar to the fountain pens of later generations in terms of shape and principle.

It is a kind of wooden pen with two petals and pointed ends, some of which are made of bamboo or reed tube.It's just that there is no ink sac for absorbing water. To write a few words, you need to dip the ink once. It is very similar to the dipping pen that the teacher used to correct homework when he was a child.

I don't know if the so-called fountain pens in the West come from the hard pens that we started using in the pre-Qin period.

Moreover, brushes have relatively high requirements for users and need long-term practice. Many people in the lower class can read a few characters, count a few numbers, and write characters on the ground with a branch. A beautiful brush calligraphy, that's really overthinking.

Therefore, this kind of hard pen is especially used in the lower layer.Even some upper-class aristocrats who can write calligraphy, sometimes, they will use it in private for the sake of convenience.

Regarding these, Zhao Ying felt a little confused at the beginning.

But after thinking about it, I was relieved.

Those in the West who drink their hair and blood know how to cut a goose feather tube to write. With our thousands of years of civilization and wisdom, it is not reasonable to get a few simple hard pens.

There are two nobles Zhao Ying and Shi Lu waiting here, and the people below are moving very quickly.

After a while, the pens and paper that Zhao Ying needed were delivered.

Zhao Ying didn't talk nonsense.

After grabbing the pen and paper, I started to draw. First, I drew the shape of a famous treasure ship in the history of later generations.

As soon as the expert makes a move, he will know if there is any.

The left and right supervisors and craftsmen present are all old people who have been immersed in shipbuilding for decades. The top shipbuilders of this era, even Shilu of Shaofu, are no strangers to shipbuilding. The shape of Zhao Ying's ship has not been drawn yet. Everyone couldn't help but change their faces, and subconsciously moved closer, their faces flushed, and they looked at the boat in Zhao Ying's painting with shortness of breath.

This ship is by no means a thing of unfounded speculation!

Because, even if you only look at the exterior shape, you can tell that the design of this ship is extremely reasonable. The design of many places is somewhat unclear because the internal structure cannot be seen, but based on years of experience in shipbuilding, their intuition told them that such a design, The performance of the ship will be even better!
Zhao Ying recalled the materials he saw in his previous life, and at the same time sketched the famous treasure ship in later generations.

The giant mac that once roamed the sea completely shocked everyone present just after the painting was finished.

Seeing the four-story building, the nine masts and the twelve sails hanging on the ship, everyone subconsciously leaned forward, just like seeing a girl who just came out of the bath. The eyes almost glowed.

I have already begun to imagine the terrifying sailing speed and powerful combat power of this big ship in my mind.

Compared with this, those warships in the south, as well as the ships I am building now, are like babies learning to speak, which are not of the same order of magnitude at all.

"It can really build a big ship of this size..."

Although Zhao Ying hasn't marked the size yet, just looking at the blueprint, everyone knows that the scale of this ship is beyond their imagination.

Zhao Ying smiled and nodded.

"Of course you can..."

As he spoke, Zhao Ying casually marked the size of the treasure ship on the blueprint.

The treasure ship he drew is still flat-bottomed. Compared with the sharp-bottomed ship, this kind of ship has a shallower draft. It can not only sail in deep water, but also in shallow water. It is also very similar to the current ships of Daqin. It is also relatively simple, and it is better accepted by everyone.

In fact, most of the treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty were of this size.

Although the draft is shallow, Naihe is large enough to sail in the sea without much problem.

Of course, Zhao Ying didn't plan to make all of them like this. He planned to launch that kind of sharp-bottomed warship after a while, which would be used as a sea battleship for crossing the sea.

Looking at the size drawn by Zhao Ying, everyone couldn't help but gasped.

"Impossible, it's absolutely impossible—Your Highness, we can't build such a keel—if we forcibly build it, it is very likely that the boat will fall apart before it is launched into the water..."

You Jiancheng couldn't help pointing out Zhao Ying's unrealistic "falseness".

"However, the shape and mast design of your ship are extremely clever, and it seems that you can borrow..."

Zuo Jiancheng also subconsciously nodded in agreement.

"The keel is too big, and the villain can't think of what kind of wood can support such a keel-it's not enough to only pursue big..."

"Your Highness, this..."

This time, Shi Lu was a little impatient.

Because, he can't imagine how to build this kind of keel, the keel can't be fixed, and the rest is false.

"Whether it's a scholar or a craftsman, the most important thing is to hold your breath—don't say it's impossible, don't try it yourself, don't think of a way, how do we know that this kind of thing is impossible..."

Zhao Ying glanced around, and saw that this group of disapproving old craftsmen spoke with sincerity and sincerity.

"Many things are made possible from the impossible—like the pedal thresher I just developed, or the Huangsun car, Huangsun mill, Huangsun paper, and printing—before they appeared , who would have thought that it could be like this..."

Everyone couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

The most frightening thing about people is not that they encounter unsolvable difficulties, but that they are stuck in their own way in thinking, and they shackle themselves in a framework compiled by old experience or professional knowledge, and they cannot get out.

Therefore, when encountering a new idea or thing, I subconsciously feel that it is impossible!
If you don't try, how do you know it's impossible!

"Come on, let me tell you about the idea of ​​this keel first..."

Zhao Ying didn't expect it either, a word from himself would be like enlightenment to others, after all, he is not the Tathagata Buddha.When they see more things that break the rules, the minds of these people will naturally open up.

Everyone subconsciously stared at the tip of Zhao Ying's pen, frowning slightly, and staring intently.

The expression on his face changed very layered. At first he was puzzled, then his brows were furrowed thoughtfully, and finally, his brows were relaxed and his eyes brightened.

"Your Highness, this method seems to be feasible!"

　Thank you for your monthly ticket support.In fact, as of twelve o'clock last night, I was a little desperate, and felt that it was impossible to make up two thousand.I didn't expect you guys to be so powerful today, and you went straight to 1800+. In one day, victory is in sight. Everyone, at the last moment, please support me again!I originally planned to add an extra chapter today to ask for a monthly ticket, but the supervision will last until [-]:[-] p.m.... Tomorrow is a bye, and I will vomit blood and work overtime when I reach [-]. Thank you for your love.

　　
　
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