open sea

Chapter 1221 Set sail
Three brand new ships are docked in the port of Lion King Harbor.

Two of them are not much different from the two thousand materials Liujia Nanchang ship of the Western Army in terms of ship type, except that there is a thick and strange tube behind the main mast on the ship.

At this time, it was not the two ships that attracted countless officials and people from the Lion Kingdom to stand on tiptoe to watch, but the huge shadow behind them—it was a sealed boat that was half the size of the [-] warships.

There are more than [-] official ships used to seal the boat, and they are moored near the sea like a city in the clouds, allowing the viewer to feel their own insignificance without getting close.

Daming hadn't built such a large ship with a displacement of several million catties for a long time.

Because all the officers in the lecture hall have the same concept of naval warfare, they neither want to lead their subordinates to conduct group assaults with a large number of small boats in naval battles, nor do they want to drive rampant large ships that are not strenuous.

Almost all generals who graduated from the lecture hall have a picture of the flagship they dream of:
It must have the slender figure of a Ming battleship, no matter if it is a big-bellied guy like Spain or a small guy like Han.

The hull should be made of solid materials and well-crafted, and it is best to have Nanyang Wei Xiangshan Shipyard fully supervise the production, but it is difficult under the current division of labor in the Ming Dynasty, at least the Nanyang Military Government is responsible for the construction.

There must be a double-layer artillery deck above the waterline, loaded with 38 to 42 general Zhenshuo cannons, no more and no less, less power is not enough, and more can not hold other weapons and water and food.

Except for General Zhenshuo, which is used to destroy the hull, the double sides of the upper deck are specially used to fix the Fran cannons. These rapid-fire guns are specially used to kill shotguns. Wooden boxes for prefabricated scattered tubes.

In general, the appearance of this dream ship can be no different from the Fuchuan of the past, but the forecastle and poop on the ship are unnecessary civilian facilities have been greatly reduced, the hull is thicker and there are enough carvings With a mighty paint job worthy of a gun caliber.

The most important thing is... the first time you go into the water, you must draw two forward-looking eyes on the bow.

The eye of the ship is the exquisiteness of the past. Those who look down are fishing boats, which means to see the bottom of the sea and return with a full load;

Everything has animism, and so does the ship. The sailors on board should care for the ship like their wives and children. Therefore, as generals of the "Imperial Modern Navy", they are still willing to continue the ancient tradition and gallop on the sea with Lombok warships.

Under this concept, the large sealed boat moored on the sea of ​​Lion King Harbor is obviously not a warship.

It was not a warship in the past, and it is not a warship now.

It came here not to enshrine anyone, but to satisfy the emperor's special wish, transporting coal from the Annan Shipping Coal Station to the Lion Kingdom... The envoy on the seal boat also imitated the emperor's tone and severely criticized the king of the Lion Kingdom : A kingdom that is bigger than Qiongzhou Prefecture has no coal. What is it about? What about your people?Let the merchants in the country find out where the coal mines are hidden. People need to burn coal for the winter, but burning wood is not good. Wood should be saved for shipbuilding. If you find it, send someone to report it to me. I will teach you how to use Jinghai coal.

The Lion King Rajanina was a heroic warrior when he was a prince. He led Ceylon warriors at all levels to defeat the Portuguese. His troops included cavalry, elephant soldiers, infantry and artillery. The infantry had very few Ottoman muskets, The artillery also used a large Ottoman gun that was bought.

Although after the war, he unified all regions and became king with the prestige of his great victory, in front of Daming, he could only bite the bullet and salute the envoy, and replied: "Xiao Wang has mobilized all his subjects to look for coal mines."

He really wanted to tell Emperor Wanli Ceylon Yongxia that there was no winter, and his subjects did not need to burn charcoal for warmth.

But he dared not.

Daming is not Portugal. The Portuguese are doing evil things in this land. They are good at instigating the relationship between the leaders of various places. Teams of dozens or even hundreds of people appear in the form of mercenaries. The Portuguese army always has ten times and a hundred times as many Ceylons as internal support.

Everyone who landed in Daming is the Ming army, and the plight of Portugal's manpower seems to never appear on Daming.

Because the lion country is well-behaved, it has not yet appreciated the fighting ability of the Ming Dynasty Western Flag Army, which looks different from the traditional army. But a long time ago, their king wanted to rob the gold and silver treasures on the Daming treasure ship because of greed. In order to avoid wars and less killings, he had no choice but to lead his army into the palace and release all the captives, except that the entire royal family was detained on board and taken away.

How hard is this person to provoke the Ming Fleet?

How about the pirate king Chen Zuyi?At that time, there were hundreds of warships dominating the waters of Japan, Penghu, Palembang, Malacca, and the Indian Ocean. They plundered tens of thousands of ships and captured more than 50 coastal towns in their lifetime. Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang offered a reward of 750 taels of silver. Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di even increased the reward to [-] million taels. Why?
Emperor Chengzu would pay tribute, Chen Zuyi was a general at Sanfoqi, he would make himself king when the king died, and he would also pay tribute when others paid tribute, but he set off with an empty boat and gave Emperor Yongle whatever he grabbed along the way... Think about this In the scene, the eunuch stood up in front of him: "Grandpa, the Three Buddhas and Qi Dynasty paid a copy of the Ryukyu king's seal and a pair of golden crowns to Daming."

Don't be mad?

Zheng He was caught by such an awesome person.

No matter how brave and skilled the Lion King is at this time, he will not go against Daming.

Emperor Wanli, do whatever you want to do here, say whatever you want to say, it’s okay, let’s just listen.

Little life matters.

The reason why Yin Zhengmao waited at Wanggang in the Lion Kingdom was because the two ships were tasks assigned by the emperor. The offshore voyage on the South Seas has been successfully completed. After passing through Malacca, they will start from the Lion King Harbor and head west Sailing through the five ports under the control of the military government.

Their route is to start from the Lion Country, travel at a speed of [-] miles a day, and then pass the west coast to the port of Cochin in southern India in four days. After arriving at the port of Cochin, they rest for four hours and continue to the north mountain. It takes eight and a half days to travel [-] miles. , and set off there westward across the Indian Ocean, via Malindi, Mombasa, and try to return to Port Lion King within ninety days, bringing back the report of the high seas voyage.

This experiment across the Indian Ocean was entirely ruled by Wanli himself, and the warship he selected was also built under his guidance. The two steam sailboats were each powered by four Type-A Huodexingjun. The main experimental goal was not speed but early discovery The accidents encountered during the voyage and the lack of ship shape will be corrected in the future.

Today, the ships and coal stations from Japan to the coast of the Lion Country have been built, and the coal supplier road has also been formed. It is only a step away from the realization of the emperor's promotion of "his steamship" to merchants all over the world.

Poor, is to prove the superiority of steam sailing ships.

At this time, the wind and waves on the Indian Ocean are not small. Calicut, India, once drove Vasco da Gama's fleet away during the summer monsoon, and now the same test will fall on these two Ming steam sailing ships.

"Master, the auspicious time has come."

At the head of the port trestle, Yin Zhengmao, dressed in a scarlet robe, closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened his eyes again, his raised palm had already fallen: "Let's sail!"

(End of this chapter)