Iron Dynasty

Sail?

When Zhang Liang asked Xiao Ming this question.

Now the ship is built, but there is no way to sew the sails and beams, and the Galen ship has a tall mast and also needs sails of the same area.

How did you sew canvas when you built a ship in the past. Xiao Ming said with a frown.

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly, His Royal Highness, when the Wei family was here, he actually had a hand-woven textile workshop. Where did he buy the canvas, and now the Wei family and the Qin family have been destroyed by His Royal Highness. As soon as I finish building the hull, this workshop has been taken over by His Royal Highness, it is still under preparation, and has not yet been produced.

This is the king's mistake. Now the Wei family's industry has been taken over by the government. I have been setting up this textile workshop some time ago, but it was delayed by the Battle of Cangzhou, and then I went to Chang'an. This thing has been lazy. Well, let's build the rest of the hull first, and you can bring the size and style of the sail to this king, and I'll tell them to produce it.

Yes, Your Highness, I have already prepared this size. Zhang Liang took out a blueprint from his arms and handed it to Xiao Ming.

After accepting the drawings, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun will look at the other three Galen ships. According to this progress, they should be completed before the end of the year.

Now that the ship is also available, the rest is to recruit crew members. According to the standard of a Galen ship, a Galen ship should be equipped with about 150 crew members.

This matter should also be put on the agenda, so he asked Zhang Liang: By the way, this Galen ship will be launched soon. You should be more familiar with this crew than this king. Where can you find a crew member who is more proficient in water.

Speaking of Zhang Liang's confident appearance, he naturally knows where people are better in this area during the years of shipbuilding.

He said: His Royal Highness, when you asked me to be responsible for the construction of Dengzhou Shipyard, I have been in that place for a while, and I still have some understanding of Dengzhou. Dengzhou is close to the sea, and most of the fishermen living in this place are fishing. For a living, fishermen from Dengzhou often came here to buy boats in the past, but in recent years, Japanese pirates ran rampant on the sea, and many Dengzhou fishermen who went out to sea were killed by pirates and their boats were robbed. Many fishermen were afraid of pirates, and few dared to go out to sea. , I think, it is the most suitable time to recruit fishermen, who are very suitable for the crew of the Galen.

His Royal Highness, Zhang Liang's words are correct. Since ancient times, people have depended on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea. Most of the people in Dengzhou made their living by fishing at sea. If you recruit them, you will definitely respond.

After a pause, Pang Yukun continued: Moreover, there are many people in Dengzhou who are desperate to sell illicit salt, all because of the amount of fishing, Dengzhou Governor Yang Chengye has asked the lower officials how to deal with this illicit salt more than once. The dealer thing.

Well, since that's the case, in two days, you can follow me to Dengzhou to see the situation there. What this king is worried about is that these people are accustomed to living on the sea and don't think about farming. However, there are not many benefits, and the sale of illicit salt is strictly prohibited, so these people will probably complain a lot to the government officials, and if they mix with Koreans and Japanese pirates steal, it will not be good.

Zhang Liang agreed, he said: His Royal Highness is very thoughtful, the fishermen at sea have no way to survive, they can only go ashore from pirates to burn, kill and loot. After all, this desperado can do anything.

After negotiating the matter, and instructing Zhang Liang to speed up the progress, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun returned to Qingzhou together.

Now the barbarians are still threatening the hinterland of Qingzhou north of Cangzhou, and now the land and sea have been cut off by pirates and pirates. As a result, it is difficult for his products from Qingzhou to travel northward along the Great South and sell the goods to other countries.

The domestic market of Dayu Country is very important, but the overseas market is equally important.

And one of the problems is that some of the resources needed by the industry are not available or lacking in China.

For example, rubber trees, such as iron wood, needless to say the former. In the future, the butt plugs, belts and other objects of steam engines will need rubber.

Ironwood is a kind of tree that is only rich in Annan. The ironwood is hard and corrosion-resistant. It is the first choice for shipbuilding wood.

Now the Galen ship built by Zhang Liang is only made of local materials, and the wood with better quality is selected, but there are several kinds of pine and fir. The sailing life of the ships made of these wood is still not as good as that of the sail warships made of iron wood. .

In the era of great sailing, many ships were corroded by seawater during sailing due to material problems, dismembered and sunk into the seabed due to factors such as strong winds and waves.

Therefore, it is extremely important to obtain the resource of iron wood, not to mention that this iron wood is also an excellent wood for military industry, special mechanical parts, and construction.

And from the knowledge discourse in the science and technology database, one of the reasons for the rapid development of the West in the era of colonization is that Western countries can absorb resources from all over the world, and these resources further promote the development of industry.

Further, materials are the basis for the evolution of civilization, coal, oil, nuclear energy, and more scientists predict that if no new fuel is discovered, human beings will forever stop in the solar system, and this is why major countries want to land on the moon or even on Mars. , all about discovering new resources.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Ming attaches so much importance to sailing warships. He does not lack scientific and technological knowledge, but only resources, and some resources have not been discovered in Da Yu, or even none.

Back in Qingzhou, Xiao Ming summoned important officials from Qingzhou to attend the meeting in the main hall of the palace the next day.

Returning from Chang'an, he needs to grasp the recent situation of the fiefdom, and at the same time discuss the matter of the blood wolf tribe outside Cangzhou City.

His Royal Highness, now the army of the six states has basically completed the reform of the division, brigade, battalion, and regiment. Niu Ben said first.

Well, yes, the slogan of the soldiers at the gate of the city shows that the reform is very fast. Xiao Ming said with a smile: Is there anything that is not suitable for this reform?

Niu Ben looked strange and said: The governor has become a teacher, this title is a bit strange.

It's not Your Highness. You call me Brigade Commander this time around. I feel uncomfortable all over. Lu Fei complained.

Xiao Ming nodded. In terms of the military system, he did change a little too hastily, and these generals could not adapt to it for a while.

He said: In this case, the military salute, slogan, and military system are reserved. For the time being, this title should be used as before. The right should be to popularize knowledge and use it again when necessary in the future.

Yes, Your Highness. Niu Ben and other generals said.