I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 286 Treasure Ship Treasure Ship
After some more discussions, the matter of the Hundred Workers Award was finally finalized.

Whether it is bonuses or candidates, Tiangong Institute is responsible for the rewards of Baigong.

The selection of officials, generals, soldiers, and the like is handed over to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War.

It shouldn't be a big problem for the six parts to select a few places every year.

After dealing with these matters, Li Tian left.

When I returned to the upper study room and was about to review the memorial for a while, I met a young eunuch who came to report as soon as I arrived.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the treasure ship you ordered has been built, and it has been delivered to the gate this time. I don't know if His Majesty wants to inspect it."

Hearing that the treasure ship was built, Li Tian immediately forgot all about the memorial.

Ever since he partnered with the third wife of the Chai family and taught them more advanced steel forging technology, Li Tian began to think about how to install the steam engine on Daming's ship.

But this thing is already complicated enough just thinking about it, let alone designing and painting it by myself.

Not to mention that he doesn't have this ability at all, even if he did, it would be impossible to design a brand new boat every ten days and half a month.

But at this time, no one in Daming had heard of this thing at all, and he really had no other choice but to fiddle with it himself.

But when he really wanted to do it, he encountered another problem.

That is the nearest treasure ship building ship, which is docked in Tianjin Wei. It is impossible for him to go to Tianjin hundreds of miles away in one breath just to visit the big ship at this time.

He had no choice but to find Zheng He and ask him to find a few powerful shipwrights to build a model of a treasure ship for himself according to the scale of his body for his own research.

Almost half a month has passed in a flash, if this little eunuch hadn't come to report today, he probably would have forgotten about it.

After ordering someone to bring in the treasure ship model, Li Tian discovered that this thing was actually a super-large model that was one meter long, thirty or forty centimeters wide, and about forty or fifty centimeters high.

Li Tian couldn't help but smiled wryly, "These craftsmen are really affordable, they actually made this thing so big."

But big also has great benefits, that is, it has all the things that a treasure ship should have, and even those craftsmen carved all kinds of complicated patterns on the side of the ship in order to please Li Tian.

The craftsmanship was so exquisite that even Li Tian couldn't help but took a few deep breaths before calming down a little.

"It's so well done, it's not an exaggeration to call it a work of art, how can I be willing to dismantle it!"

When I heard that Li Tian actually wanted to dismantle this thing.

The little eunuch who was in charge of bringing this thing over suddenly panicked, knelt on the ground and said,

"Forgive me, Your Majesty. If you think something is wrong, I will send you back, my servant, so that they can correct it."

Li Tian pouted and said,
"Go away, I can't tell when!"

After finishing speaking, I felt that the light in the study room was a little dark, and I couldn't see clearly, so I ordered,
"Go, take this thing, let's go to Xiyuan."

Since it is a test boat, it is natural to go to a place with water.

The Taiye Pond in Xiyuan is the place where the harem concubines and princes play in the water.

Not only is the terrain open, but the scenery is also excellent.

Although it was late autumn at this time, it was not too cold.

The surface of the water has not yet frozen, and there are even some lotus flowers inside that have not withered.

When Li Tian and others came over, suddenly a breeze blew past, making Li Tian shudder.

Seeing this, Wang Fu quickly said,

"Your Majesty, why don't you wait for another day, and don't freeze anymore."

It is said that men like cars and motorcycles. In fact, what men like is the kind of things that can represent industrial achievements.

Whether it is a giant ship cannon or a tank machine gun, everyone likes it.

Ship models and airplane models also have a large number of fans.

This ship model is the essence of the most outstanding skills of this era. Although he does not have as many complicated machines as later generations, Li Tian still likes it very much.

He was so excited, how could he just give up like that.

"Needless to say, I'm fine, the wind is just right!"

Li Tian said so, what else can Wang Fu do, he can only let him come.

In fact, Taiye Pool is neither big nor small, and there is no problem in accommodating a dozen awning boats cruising in it.

In order to observe the launch of the treasure ship at a closer distance, Li Tian, ​​accompanied by Wang Fu and others, boarded a black-covered boat for swimming in the lake.

In front was a small boat rowed by a few strong eunuchs. Under their tug, the one-meter-long treasure boat began to slowly move forward in the water.

When the nine sails were all opened, a breeze blew by, and the treasure ship, driven by the wind, broke through the water and went directly to the small boat in front.

Li Tian looked at the small treasure ship that could break through the waves, and couldn't imagine in his heart how majestic it would be if it was a real treasure ship.

According to legend, the largest treasure ship in the Ming Dynasty was 44 feet long and [-] feet wide.

If it is calculated according to Daming's current size, one foot is 31 centimeters, it is 130 meters long and 56 meters wide.

There is no way to express it accurately with simple data.

For example, the [-]th century to the [-]th century was the heyday of wooden sailing ships in Europe.

The largest sailing ship in Europe at that time, called the caravel, had a displacement of between two thousand and four thousand tons.

The treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty had a displacement of more than 2 tons, which was enough to crush any European ships based on statistics alone.

Although many people question this data, even if it is calculated according to the smallest size, 21 centimeters per foot.

The treasure ship was also 120 meters long and 50 meters wide.

The displacement is still more than five or six times that of the European sailing ships of the same period.

Although Daming only had [-] such treasure ships at this time, even so, there were thousands of medium-sized and small treasure ships.

Sailing out to sea, that kind of scene is enough to make people's blood boil, shocking to an indescribable level.

If it weren't for the fact that everything in Daming was still in its infancy and he couldn't do without him, he even wanted to experience the magnificence of a real treasure ship right away.

Although I can't experience it myself at this time, looking at the model of the treasure ship, no one can control my lust.

Seeing the excitement coming out, Li Tian personally started to steer the treasure ship in the water, turn, lower the sail, and drop the anchor. After two or three hours of tossing, his addiction was finally over.

Wang Fusheng was afraid that Li Tian would accidentally catch a cold or fall into the water, but seeing Li Tian having so much fun, he didn't dare to disturb him.

A heart was always hanging in the air, seeing that the sun was almost setting, he couldn't help but said.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, let's go back!"

Seeing that the eunuchs in charge of rowing also looked tired, Li Tian was also a little embarrassed,
"Okay, let's go back. But I have been playing with the treasure ship for a long time, so I am not allowed to tell anyone, especially the queen, does she know?"

(End of this chapter)