Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 149 Circumnavigation Plan
Running a newspaper is very simple for Zhang Qingfeng. There is no machine to make it. The paper is directly asked for by the students, and the manpower for printing newspapers can also be transferred from the printing factory.

The content of the newspaper must be handled by Zhang Qingfeng himself in the early stage, and he needs to set a benchmark for the people behind.

As for how to disseminate the content of the newspaper, Zhang Qingfeng is not troubled. He is going to send Youzhou tax collectors to read and explain the content of the newspaper from village to town. The above content is used to control public opinion.

Of course, it will take half a month from the newspaper's plan to its implementation. During this half month, Zhang Qingfeng mainly manufactures, assembles and tests steam locomotives.

On this day, Zhang Qingfeng led a group of students to assemble a steam locomotive again.

Now, only the testing phase remains.

If the test is qualified, the steam engine locomotive is finalized.

If you fail the test, you can only continue to improve.

When Zhang Qingfeng came to the testing workshop, the steam locomotive was already being tested.

"How's the situation?" Zhang Qingfeng asked a student after arriving.

"Teacher, the test has been going on for a day and a night, and nothing has happened so far. The steam engine has been running smoothly." The student said to Zhang Qingfeng.

"That's right, test for three days and three nights, if it has been running smoothly, then load the car to test other data." Zhang Qingfeng said.

After visiting the test of the locomotive, Zhang Qingfeng took a group of people on a steam locomotive and went south from Yuyang along the railway.

On the steam locomotive, a student in charge of railway construction said to Zhang Qingfeng: "Teacher, since tens of thousands of free laborers are available, the construction speed of train tracks has become faster and faster. At present, except for the Quanzhou section of the railway, no tracks have been laid yet. In addition, the other sections can only be laid, and I believe that the entire railway will be completed in less than a month."

"That's good. The locomotive will be finalized soon, and a month is just right." Zhang Qingfeng nodded.

"Teacher, the railway is almost finished, but how do we arrange for so many construction workers and prisoners?" the student asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"You don't have to worry about this. If you don't need people here, just send them to the grassland to repair the cement road." Zhang Qingfeng said.

Zhang Qingfeng didn't worry about the surplus of manpower at all, because he had planned several big plans.

First of all, of course, the concrete road from Youzhou to the grassland.

This road will allow the Han forces to directly rule the Northeast Plain.

Later, he planned to build a road from Jicheng to Liaodong. After the completion of this tool, Zhang Qingfeng encouraged the court to go to war with Goguryeo and completely recovered the three provinces of Liaodong in later generations.

If possible, he would also destroy the Three Koreas and bring the entire Korean peninsula under the direct rule of the Han people.

Even if these two concrete roads are completed, after Youzhou becomes the political center of Cao Cao, the concrete roads will extend from Youzhou to the southern states and counties in the future.

Under such circumstances, there will only be a shortage of manpower, and it is impossible to have a surplus of manpower.

A few hours later, the steam train came to a place near Quanzhou.

At present, the railway track is only laid here, and it is only a few tens of miles away from Quanzhou. Zhang Qingfeng and his party can only go to Quanzhou by horse-drawn carriage.

The reason why Zhang Qingfeng came to Quanzhou is because tomorrow a super large ship will be launched at the Quanzhou Shipyard for sea trials.

This ship was prepared by Zhang Qing for his global exploration plan.

The reason for circumnavigating the world is that Zhang Qingfeng not only wants to prove to the world that the earth is round, but also wants to obtain crop seeds from all over the world.

What caught his eye the most was the high-yielding crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes that the American Indians had trained for tens of thousands of years.

Zhang Qingfeng believes that as long as these crops are obtained and cultivated a little, the population of the Han people will explode.

Only when the population increases, the Han people will accelerate their continuous expansion outside.

Immigration by executive order can only work for a while, and it is impossible to force people who do not want to emigrate to emigrate all the time.

After Zhang Qingfeng came to Quanzhou, he rested for one night and met some people by the way.

Early the next morning, under the leadership of Zhang Qingfeng, a large group of people came to Quanzhou's largest shipyard - Quanzhou Shipyard.

In Dock No. [-], a ship that could be called a giant in this era lay quietly in the dock.

"Teacher, this ship is completely manufactured according to the drawings of the Ship Design Institute."

Zheng Hechao, director of Quanzhou Shipyard, introduced to Zhang Qingfeng: "This ship is 60 meters long, with a draft of eight to ten meters, and an estimated displacement of [-] tons..."

"Not bad." After listening to Zheng He's introduction, Zhang Qingfeng nodded in approval.

When Magellan sailed around the sea, there were five ships with more than 200 crew members.

It is certainly impossible for Zhang Qingfeng to organize this round-the-world voyage with fewer ships than Magellan.

He is going to send ten ships and thousands of people to try to sail around the world.

He was going to steer the ship from west to east.

After the fleet arrives in the Americas, they will collect local crops and other seeds, and then send some ships to turn back.

The remaining ships will continue to sail, and then they will go to the east coast of America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and finally return to Dahan.

However, sailing around the world does not mean sailing can be done by sailing. It requires a long period of preparation and training. This process may take several years.

"Teacher, it's time to start."

"Then let's get started!"

Zhang Qingfeng said.

Following Zhang Qingfeng's order, soon, the sea valve of the dock was opened, and immediately, countless seawater began to flood the entire dock.

Half an hour later, the water surface of the dock was basically at the same level as the sea water.

At this time, the huge ship in the dock also floated up, and the situation seemed to be very stable.

"Start undocking."

Next, on both sides of the dock, countless people began to pull the rope connected to the hull.

As the rope was pulled, suddenly, the huge ship in the dock began to move.

Half an hour later, the huge ship finally left the dock and reached the sea.

"Sail, go to sea."

Under everyone's gaze, the ship hoisted its huge sails, then slowly left the coast and sailed towards the depths of the sea.

"Be familiar with the handling of this kind of ship as soon as possible, and train more crew and sailors who can control this kind of ship."

After participating in the launching of the ship, Zhang Qingfeng explained to Zheng He.

Although Youzhou is currently able to manufacture the world's largest sea-going ship, the crew and sailors are still too small.

The northerners do not know how to water, and the crew and sailors need to be trained from scratch. This process is very time-consuming and laborious.

Fortunately, Youzhou pays very high salaries for crew members and sailors, which makes many young people willing to become crew members and sailors.

In this era of war and chaos, it is very good for the common people to have a bite to eat, and if they can still get a high salary, it is even more desirable.

"Teacher, what do you think is a better name for this ship?" Zheng He asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Since the mission of this ship is to sail around the world, let's call it Globetrotter [-]." Zhang Qingfeng thought for a while and said.

He chose a name for the sea ship very casually.

Hearing the name Zhang Qingfeng chose, Zheng He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"Then call it Universal One." After a pause, Zheng He nodded.

Between the question and answer between the two, the name of this big ship was decided.

After participating in the launching ceremony of Globetrotter [-], Zhang Qingfeng returned to Yuyang the next day.

But in Quanzhou, there was a storm.

"Have you heard? The Yamen is recruiting sailors."

In a town, a group of old men and women chatted together.

"I heard about it a long time ago. My grandson signed up yesterday." An old lady said.

"I heard that if you officially become a sailor, you can get [-] yuan a month."

(End of this chapter)