Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Hao Yaoqi felt happy.

Ten bird ships, even though they are not the big bird ships that Zheng Sen rode, still cost several hundred thousand taels of silver!

This is still the cost!

If he was asked to buy it with silver, he wouldn't be able to get ten bird ships without millions of silver!

Hao Yaoqi's brows were filled with joy and he was about to say a few words of thanks when he heard Zheng Sen continue:

"To be honest, this bird boat was made by my family after dismantling Western speedboats and combining it with our Chinese shipbuilding methods!

I'm not bragging when I say this - our bird boats are much better than pure Western bird boats!

If nothing else, the watertight cabin partition at the bottom of the ship is a priceless treasure!

Our bird boat will not sink even if a hole is blasted through the side of the boat! "

Hao Yaoqi said repeatedly:

"How embarrassing, how embarrassing, brother, your money didn't come from the strong wind. Otherwise, Brother Chuan would have accepted it.

Brother, please calculate how much money you have to spend. Brother, I can’t let you suffer a loss if you buy it at the original price! "

"Big brother!"

Hao Yaoqi didn't intend to give him the kind words, but Zheng Sen blushed with embarrassment and said angrily:

"Brother, if you say that, you will look down on me, brother!

Big brother, you are kind to the little brother from the bottom of your heart. Big brother, you are in trouble, and if the little brother can’t provide you with a little help, am I still considered a human being? "

Seeing Zheng Sen reach this point, Hao Yaoqi had no intention of paying him.

He immediately borrowed the donkey from the slope and said:

"It's my brother's nonsense. Don't worry, brother, as long as you can be of use to your brother, just speak up!"

Hao Yaoqi almost jumped up with joy.

He followed the emperor to several shipbuilding workshops. Hao Yaoqi, who was always a smart man, saw the biggest problem of the Yunyang shipbuilding workshop at a glance.

The drawings given by His Majesty are indeed very precise, and even the dimensions of the components are marked.

However, having drawings and having physical objects are two different things!

The craftsmen had no experience in building sea-going ships. Even with His Majesty's drawings, they could only cross the river by feeling the stones.

Slow progress!

Now Zheng Sen has given him ten "templates"!

In Hao Yaoqi's mind, His Majesty the Emperor's explanation of the Zheng family's ships came to mind:

“The Zheng family’s bird boat is not so much a bird boat as it is a new boat that combines Chinese and Western styles.

Fujian, where the Zheng family is located, is characterized by numerous islands, winding coasts, high winds and waves, and deep waters. Therefore, Fujian's unique Fuchuan is the best ship for seagoing ships.

Therefore, this is the saying: Haizhou puts Fujian first.

……

The bird ship was originally one of the four ancient Chinese ships. It was named because the bow of the ship resembled a bird's beak.

The Zheng family's bird boat is based on China's unique bird boat and integrates the essence of Galen's boat. It is larger than the sea-going bird boats in Zhejiang..."

……

Hao Yaoqi's eyes widened. The Zheng family bird boat that His Majesty had been thinking about so much was here like this?

Don't say anything else, just let the craftsmen dismantle it a few times...

With our Han people’s minds, we can’t imitate it?

Seeing that ten bird boats were obtained, Hao Yaoqi asked casually:

"Brother, I see that your ship is taller. What kind of ship is it?"

Zheng Sen laughed and looked around. Seeing that the guards were all far away, he lowered his voice:

"To be honest, my boat is called the Big Bird Boat, which is an enlarged version of the Bird Boat.

However, this object requires ironwood as the keel, and ironwood grows slowly and is very rare.

An ironwood tree suitable for use as a keel takes at least more than 200 years to grow. Therefore, it is difficult to find suitable wood in the Ming Dynasty.

It can only be found in the deep mountains and old forests of the Northeast.

Since the rise of Donglu, this iron wood has become even more rare.

It is precisely because of this that even though my family has the means to make big bird boats, the number of them is not large. "

Hao Yaoqi rolled his eyes and secretly remembered the news in his heart.

He stimulated:

"That big bird boat is so beautiful. Brother, you are so domineering when you sit on it. It makes my heart itch to see it!"

Zheng Sen looked at Hao Yaoqi with an embarrassed look. Just now he was saying that no matter what he needed, he would not frown!

At this moment, it was slapped in the face.

Zheng Sen frowned:

"Brother, it's not because I don't want to. It's because my father pays close attention to the Big Bird Ship. I originally stole this boat. If my father finds out and gives it away, I won't be able to do it!"

"Brother, why are you talking about this?"

Hao Yaoqi saw that he couldn't "get" the big bird ship, but he wasn't upset. He just knew the secret and it was fine!

He held Zheng Sen's shoulders with one hand, patted his hand with the other, and comforted:

"As an elder brother, can you still watch your brother being punished?

Brother is just an unintentional remark!

Nothing else, let’s go have a drink! "

……

At the wine table, Hao waved flags to greet his subordinates, eating and drinking to serve the generals of the Zheng family.

He was alone at a table with Zheng Sen, and the two of them pushed glasses to each other. Within a few rounds, their relationship got closer.

After more than half an hour, Hao Yaoqi stood up unsteadily and said:

"Brother, let's come back tonight, and I will definitely tell you the difference..."

Seeing that his good brother was drunk, Zheng Sen hurriedly called Hao Yaoqi's personal guards and sent him back to the room.

Hao Yaoqi leaned on his bodyguard and was almost carried back to the bedroom.

After entering the courtyard, I saw that Hao Yaoqi was still drunk.

He waved his hand to his guards to guard the courtyard gate, but he polished it himself and sent an urgent secret letter to the emperor.

In the letter, he told the whole story about how he deceived Zheng Sen and how he exchanged muskets for birds and ships.

……

Xindu.

Zhu Youjian looked at Huang Degong in front of him with mixed feelings in his heart.

The famous Yongweiying composed the final song of the late Ming Dynasty.

It was also the last counterattack of the Ming Dynasty, the oldest empire.

……

The Yongwei Camp was born out of the Four Guards of the Beijing Camp, so Huang Degong could be regarded as a personal soldier of the emperor.

However, in a special period like the late Ming Dynasty when the civil servants were proud of being traitors, generals like Huang Degong were unable to save their lives.

In history, he died tragically on the battlefield...

Huang Degong lay on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty of death, I am guilty of death!

Your Majesty, please punish me for the crime of disrespect! "

Huang Degong kowtowed repeatedly.

Huang Degong's Tomb

Even though he already knew that his majesty escaped from the capital safely and even helped the emperor prepare food and grass for several months, Huang Degong still felt that he was guilty.

To be fair, Huang Degong was preparing to enter the capital to serve as King Qin when Li Zicheng surrounded the capital.

However, he is helpless.

Afterwards, the news was confusing, and Huang Degong made the decision to follow his old boss Lu Jiude and support Zhu Yousong's ascension to the throne.

Who knows, Fang Zhenghua found him soon.