Zhizhang Datang

Chapter 386 Is This Normal?

The second ship in the plan was actually built together with the third ship. They are both of the same ship type, that is, a slender ship with the auxiliary hull removed, and have more similarities with the old lock ship in appearance.

Speed ​​and sturdiness will still be their greatest advantages. With Lin Sen openly supplying those top-notch woods, the shipyard never has to worry about not having enough hardwoods.

And because the auxiliary hull was removed, more shipbuilders were freed, and the difficulty of construction was correspondingly much less, so the shipyard simply built two ships at the same time.

Although it is said to be experimental, these old boatmen are full of confidence in them.

In the next step, we will definitely receive many orders from all the military heroes and even the royal family. It is naturally necessary to expand the production capacity.

As for the source of materials for the shipyard, it must be a big problem for others. If you want to gather so many things, many of them have to be obtained from the depths of the jungle in Southeast Asia or Yazhou Island, and some simply need to go to distant places. Only available in Africa or America.

Not to mention whether anyone can put them together, anyway, the cost of building such a ship is enough to make many wealthy nobles feel bad.

In fact, many of these timbers are the top products of fan merchants, and the selling price is quite impressive. It is not that the strength has reached a certain level, and these things cannot be used.

But this is not a big problem for Lin Sen who has the plant transformation system in hand. In order to maximize the energy of transformation, he just transforms those small saplings into the desired species, and then quickly spawns them. .

Originally, it would take dozens to hundreds of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years of growth, to become a suitable talent. When it comes to Lin Sen, it all depends on his wishes.

The time-consuming process of drying in the shade is also relaxing and enjoyable for him.

But to tell the outside world, it is natural to talk about the preciousness and rarity of these woods according to the "truth".

Moreover, the ships sold to other people in the future will definitely not be able to reach the strength of the Ping An, and the two experimental ships named "Auspicious" and "Ruyi" respectively by Lin Sen, and this kind of use is absolutely extravagant. material level.

If it weren't for Lin Sen, a guy with his own cheating device, all of which were built with various top-notch hardwoods, probably Li Shimin's ship was expected to be able to reach it, and it would have to be the case of mobilizing troops.

What’s more is to use some key parts such as keels, which is enough to make them stronger than the common blessing boats of common wood such as pine and poplar, which are the mainstream. It should reach the strength of the very famous Guangzhou Ship. no problem.

It is enough for a merchant ship, or even a warship.

But it can also be seen from this, why people are always full of admiration for the Ping An, because the ship itself is no different from a moving golden house.

If it weren't for many of the above not complying with the royal rules, I am afraid that many people's first reaction would be to think that this is the emperor's ship.

In fact, Lin Sen made a special trip to write to Li Shimin for this matter in private, not only to show his loyalty, but also to put the Ping An number under Li Shimin's name.

It's a bit presumptuous for him to own such a ship, but Li Shimin is not that stingy, telling Lin Sen that he can use it at ease, but if he really needs to take a boat, Li Shimin will temporarily recruit the safe ship.

Anyway, the crew of the Ping An were basically sent by Li Shimin who were loyal to the royal family and the emperor. It didn't matter who the ship nominally belonged to.

Moreover, Lin Sen also took out so many secret weapons and put them on this ship, and he has fully demonstrated his loyalty, showing that he has no intention of hiding it from him, the emperor.

He was naturally very satisfied with Lin Sen's performance, so he also encouraged Lin Sen.

And those secret weapons will not be seen on the Auspicious and Peaceful ships. There will also be easy-to-operate lifting turrets, bed crossbows, ballistas, and even such weapons as incendiary tanks. , but that's all.

Including the two major killer weapons, the ballista and the incendiary canister, they have already begun to be promoted in the Datang Army. Using these is not a taboo thing for Lin Sen at the moment.

And the crew of these two ships will not be the loyal sailors under Li Shimin's hands, but Lin Sen asked to come from each family, they are the crew sponsored by them, this is the Spice Island that each family joined this time One of the conditions of wealth journey.

At the same time, it is also to allow their personnel to witness the whole route with their own eyes, and let them record the real route. Whether it is monsoon or ocean current, they need to experience it personally in order to remember it better.

Obviously, such an important route will never be put on paper, so after each fleet is completed, Lin Sen will allow some of them to exchange back to their respective fleets.

Since Lin Sen has the same interests as those of the other families, these guys who are devoted to the original owner will naturally contribute to the ship with a clear heart, and there is no need to worry about them casually leaking information about the route.

This not only shows the sincerity of Lin Sen's cooperation, but also a helpless move. It is the best way to ensure a win-win situation in the current situation. Who made the Lin family's background still too bad.

Temporary employment of crew members is obviously not advisable, the possibility of leaking secrets is too great, and there is no way to guarantee loyalty.

And Lin Sen's students will be distributed on these three ships, and the power of the royal family will also exist, which can be regarded as forming a mutual check and balance situation.

It is no problem to ensure that everyone works together to develop the value of the spice island. At least before the resources of these spice islands are exhausted, there are huge interests first, and many problems will no longer be problems.

And there is a tacit understanding in keeping secrets and not giving others the opportunity to participate.

Any such temptation will be regarded as the enemy of life and death for everyone, and any possibility of leaking secrets will definitely be eliminated in the bud by their joint efforts.

This was also an important reason why Lin Sen wanted to bring in this group of people, especially those martial arts bosses who seemed to be kind but were actually ruthless.

In fact, after the caravan returned, Lin Sen could clearly feel that the situation in Lingnan had begun to change.

Including Panyu urban area, there are many more seemingly ordinary and kind-looking guys, but in fact they are murderous.

With the keen sense of Lin Sen and his guards, they can definitely detect that these guys are not easy to mess with, including those old guys who account for a large share of them.

Needless to say, these are all veterans of various noble families, and there are probably many generals among them.

Because Lin Sen had seen familiar faces more than once, there was an old farmer from Cheng's village, a certain one-eyed old man from Qin's village, and even an old man sweeping the floor in the inner courtyard of Li's family.It seems that many of them are ruthless characters from the Xuanjia Army.

Since he could be seen by Lin Sen, even if he didn't speak to each other, it was no different from saying hello. Otherwise, there would be no reason for these guys to be discovered so easily, and they would appear in front of him in turn like a lantern.

Of course, in the process of building a new ship, it is impossible for the upper and lower members of the Ping An to be recuperating all the time.

In fact, after a little overhaul and replenishment of a batch of high-quality goods from Fanshang, as well as local specialties, the Ping An will sail along the coast to Yangzhou.

Going to bring in a boat of spices is too much at first glance, and it takes a long time to go back and forth. By then, the Auspicious and Ruyi have already launched, so we can’t just wait, it’s better to let them be in sync. , and can better deal with those ships with malicious intentions.

It's just that Lin Sen made a special order to ask the Ping An to leave some space in the cargo hold when it returned.

When traveling through Hangzhou, Minzhou (that is, Fuzhou in later generations) and Wenzhou, a batch of stones from Changhua, Shoushan, and Qingtian were picked up respectively, and the ballast stones could be replaced.

The reason is quite simple, Lin Sen wants to build a house for himself in Panyu.

Since building a house, it is normal to use some stones.

　The 2500 words are full of sincerity, and I have something to delay during the day, and I have free code words in the afternoon, everyone should be used to it...

　　
　
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