Borrow the day to change the day

It turned out that after Emperor Chongzhen opened the blueprint, he only understood one blueprint of a complete ship shape, and could not understand the other blueprints.

He raised his head, looked at Song Yingxing and asked, "Is this drawing correct?"

Song Yingxing quickly replied: "I heard from the people who presented this blueprint that his ancestor was the head of the shipbuilder of Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard. Because he couldn't bear the destruction of the blueprint, he hid a copy of it privately. Moved to live in Daming Mansion. This time, I saw that the court was determined to build a navy, so I donated it."

When Song Yingxing was speaking, the drawings had already arrived in Zhong Jinwei's hands.He looked carefully and found that he couldn't understand it either, so he couldn't help saying: "I didn't expect these blueprints to be so difficult to understand!"

Song Yingxing explained with a smile after hearing this: "Every craftsman has different habits, so most of the content of this drawing is probably only understood by the person who contributed the drawing."

Zhong Jinwei frowned when he heard this, and told Song Yingxing: "In the future, all measurement units in various research institutes, including the design of this blueprint, must be standardized. That is to say, they must be unified. It cannot be said that this craftsman's things can only be seen by him. Got it, do you understand?"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen knew that Zhong Jinwei was popularizing the concept similar to that of standard parts, so he affirmed: "This matter must be focused on and must not be ignored."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Song Yingxing agreed.

Zhong Jinwei still had doubts, he confirmed to Song Yingxing: "Uncle Wei, does this big ship with six thousand materials really exist?"

"It exists in the legend. The officials checked "Longjiang Shipyard Records" and "Southern Shipyard Records", and there are records of treasure ships in them. There are indeed six thousand materials." Song Yingxing seems to have done his homework. Immediately answered with reason.

If Zhong Jinwei had read "Zheng He Research Communication" in later generations, he would be able to know clearly that later generations also based on the two books Song Yingxing said, plus the 11-meter rudder rod unearthed from the original site of Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard. A reasonable estimate of the proportion of Chinese ships in the Ming Dynasty can draw the conclusion of [-] materials.

This has to be converted into the units of later generations. The length of the ship is about 70 meters, the displacement is about [-] tons, and the load capacity is about [-] tons.

The largest sailing ship in Europe is the "Sovereign of the Sea", built in [-], with a displacement of only [-] tons.After Zhong Jinwei learned about this later, he couldn't help feeling that the wisdom of our ancestors made future generations proud and ashamed of themselves!

But now, more than 200 years have passed since the glorious sailing age of Ming Dynasty, and many things have been lost in history.Emperor Chongzhen, like Zhong Jinwei, doubted whether such a huge lucky boat could be built.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Hu Hengxin, the person who presented the drawings, and after he praised him, he asked him to take the lead in building a treasure ship with [-] materials.If it can be successful, then the reward will naturally be a no-brainer.

When Zhong Jinwei came out of the Forbidden City, seeing that it was still early, he abducted him to the Bingzhan Bureau.

As soon as he saw Fan Jun, the eunuch in charge of the Bureau of Military Warfare, Zhong Jinwei immediately asked: "Eunuch Fan, the flintlock guns must be delivered on time, otherwise it will not be good if it affects the war against the captives."

Fan Jun listened with a smile, and while leading Zhong Jinwei inside, he replied: "Don't worry, Lord Hou, the emperor has already passed down an imperial decree, ordering our family to complete the work on time with quality and quantity. Our family has mobilized many blacksmiths, guns and guns from all over the Ming Dynasty. Craftsmen come here. The size of the workshop for making flintlock guns has more than tripled compared to before."

Zhong Jinwei nodded again and again and said: "That's right, Eunuch Fan has a heart."

To be honest, flintlock guns are still the old craftsmanship, made of wrought iron by blacksmiths.This time, [-] more flintlock guns were required than originally planned. Zhong Jinwei was really worried that the war bureau would not be able to deliver the goods, or the goods were delivered, but the quality was not up to standard.

Now that Fan Jun said that the flintlock gun has been expanded by more than three times, I feel relieved a lot.

Accompanied by Fan Jun, he visited the flintlock workshop.Seeing countless craftsmen working hard to build flintlock guns, I really let go of my heart.

After the visit, the two sat down and drank tea in the waiting room of the Bingzhan Bureau.

"Fan Gonggong, all the troops of the Ming Dynasty will be equipped with firearms in the future. The demand for this flintlock will be huge. You have to find a way to improve the production process of this flintlock." Zhong Jinwei reminded Fan Jundao.

Fan Jun had already expected this. When Zhong Jinwei said this, he still had a bitter face, and asked with a glimmer of hope: "Marquis Zhongxing, what do you think, please give us some advice!"

Zhong Jinwei said that because he had some ideas.Now when Fan Junxiang asked, I reminded him: "I don't have any details, just to remind my father-in-law that some manpower can be replaced by hydraulic power. You can visit the cement factory and glass factory, and hydraulic power is used there." of."

He paused for a moment, and then said: "In addition, you can also ask Mr. Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he has some experience in using hydraulic power. And the director of the research institute, Wei Bo Song Yingxing, he has also seen a lot of water power applications. , if you add it up, maybe you will gain something."

In order to put more pressure on Fan Jun, Zhong Jinwei said again: "Flintlock guns are not afraid of too many. If the Ming Dynasty can't use them up, they can be sold to neighboring countries. The profit is very high. You don't have to doubt that the court has decided to sell arms. , if you increase the speed of gun manufacturing as soon as possible, you will be able to make money for the emperor as soon as possible."

Fan Jun suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and made up his mind that he must improve the production process of flintlock guns.

"Every time you talk with Lord Hou, you will gain something. Master Hou's knowledge is beyond words!" Fan Jun held up his thumb and flattered him.

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face, which made Fan Jun feel a "thud" in his heart, and secretly said that he was not good.

Sure enough, Marquis Zhongxing made a request: "Eunuch Fan can also study the breech-loaded flintlock gun if he has time, and see if he can make it."

Fan Jun was speechless, and after a while he said: "Master Hou, this, how is this possible?"

"Why is this impossible? Let me tell you, it must be possible, and the future trend will also develop in this direction. If you can create this kind of breech-loading flintlock, you will have a great contribution!" Zhong Jinwei While talking, he still imitated Fan Jun's appearance just now, and gave him a thumbs up.

If you really want to say credit, Fan Jun actually has quite a few.But people's hearts are always insufficient, and no amount of credit can be too much.He has not been promoted, and he has found a reason to occupy the position of eunuch in charge of the Bingzhan Bureau for a long time. It is because this position is good for making meritorious service, and he can continue to make meritorious service.

After dealing with Zhong Jinwei for so long, he also knew that Hou Zhongxing would never lie to him.Therefore, after hesitating for a while, Fan Jun agreed and planned to assign some of the most experienced gunsmiths to study the request made by Hou Zhongxing.