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

The eight beauties of Qinhuai who are famous in history, let’s not talk about the ministers under their skirts, let’s just talk about their husband’s family.

Gu Hengbo married Gong Dingzi, who, together with Wu Weiye and Qian Qianyi, was known as one of the "three great families in Jiangzuo".

Dong Xiaowan, married to Mao Pijiang. Needless to say, risking one's family...

Although Bian Yujing was married to a disciple of an aristocratic family, he had been entangled with Wu Meicun all his life.

Li Xiangjun married Hou Fangyu, the one who opened the Yellow River.

Kou Baimen, married Zhu Guobi, Duke Baoguo. After Zhu Guobi surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was convicted and wanted to sell Kou Baimen, but Kou Baimen escaped with words.

Liu Rushi married Qian Qianyi because the water was too cold and her scalp was itchy.

Chen Yuanyuan, married to Wu Sangui.

One of Qinhuai's eight beauties, namely Ma Xianglan, died alone because her beloved lover failed.

This is evident from the amount of energy these people have.

In fact, the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai is a conventional saying.

At that time, there was no such name.

Jiangnan selects the most outstanding "female prostitutes" every year. These people are not only required to have outstanding appearance, but also to be proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and song.

If we really want to compare, it is roughly equivalent to today's entertainment industry.

With one move by Fang Zhenghua, these high-value "female prostitutes" instantly fell a hundredfold.

……

On a towering lighthouse beside a brand-new pier, Wei Guozheng had someone send out a light signal.

The Daming Navy, which was cruising near the Yangtze River Channel in Nanjing, got the news.

Not long after, several huge warships docked.

A guerrilla general got off the boat first and asked.

When he learned that Wei Guozheng was coming, he led Wei Guozheng to the ship and sent someone to quickly notify Hao Yaoqi, the chief general of Zhensheng Camp.

With the wolf flag on the bow, Hao Yao descended from the command room and strode to the deck.

"Eunuch Wei, it's so late, do you still have business to do?"

Hao Yaoqi cupped his hands towards Wei Guozheng and spoke first.

"Isn't General Zhonglang still resting?"

Wei Guozheng laughed and returned the courtesy:

"You and I are all serving His Majesty. There is no difference between us in black or white, in wind or rain."

As a former emperor's personal general, Hao Yaoqi naturally knew Wei Guozheng.

In fact, the two have worked together for a long time.

That is to say, after he was ordered to guard Xiangyang, he came and went less.

When this big man with an honest and honest face heard what Wei Guozheng said, he immediately took off his hat and scratched his head.

Smiling naively:

"What Eunuch Wei said is that they are all on errands for His Majesty, and they should be loyal to the King.

There is no difference between day and night. "

The two of them guarded each other and complimented each other, and Hao Yaoqi invited Wei Guozheng to the command room on the top of the ship.

In the command room, facing the bow of the ship, are huge pieces of glass.

Although it is not completely transparent, it is only variegated with some oil reflecting on the water surface.

It can almost be ignored!

This is the latest steam battleship.

Wei Guozheng had been on steamships many times.

This is the first time I ride on this kind of steam battleship.

After all, there were only three flagships owned by Hao Yaoqi in the entire Ming Dynasty.

This is a new ship still in testing.

It was only launched on New Year's Day.

The difference from previous steamships is that they use double boilers as power.

At the same time, compared with the previous simple reciprocating steam engine, Wang Zheng improved it into a double-expansion steam engine according to His Majesty's advice.

Because there is more secondary utilization of steam, the power is much higher.

This is a core change.

Junzhou Shipyard has also made some optimizations in layout.

For example, this command room located on the top floor is the latest revision.

As the second master beside the emperor, Wei Guozheng naturally knew this.

……

Hao Yaoqi asked:

"Eunuch Wei, which direction is the fleet going?"

He already knew what Wei Guozheng was doing, so he just asked for directions and never asked what Wei Guozheng was going to do.

In fact, he had already ordered that the navy officers and soldiers must not come into contact with the people brought by Wei Guozheng.

Only in this way can Wei Guozheng's whereabouts be avoided from being leaked.

"Go against the current and go to Huizhou."

Wei Guozheng simply uttered four words and changed the topic:

"How is the speed of this new ship?"

Hao Yaoqi knew this well, but he cooperated in issuing the order to go against the current, without even communicating the destination.

The orderly soldier beside him took out a piece of paper from the table with East, West, North and South written on it, stretched out his hand and checked the word "West".

From another basket, he picked up a small iron ball.

Click!

With a twist, the iron ball opened.

It's actually hollow inside.

The messenger stuffed the piece of paper into the iron ball and put the two halves together.

With a twist, it turned into an iron ball again.

He held the iron ball and twitched a wooden board on the table with his other hand.

There were actually several iron pipes underneath.

The messenger threw the iron ball into the iron pipe.

"Boom, boom, clang, clang, clang, clang"!

The iron ball dropped rapidly in the pipe, and the sound of hitting the pipe was heard.

The messenger closed the wooden board and the cager stood aside.

……

On the deck, behind the ship building.

An iron pipe stretched out from the wall.

Directly below the mouth of the pipe is something similar to an iron pot and shaped like a conch.

"Bang!"

The iron ball fell into the iron pot along the pipe, and the crisp sound woke up the messenger guarding the iron pot.

"Boneless!"

The sound of the iron ball spinning in the iron pot is clearly audible.

The messenger reached in and took out the iron ball.

With a twist, the iron ball split into two halves, revealing the piece of paper inside.

The messenger took out the piece of paper, took a look at it, and ran towards the engine steering position at the stern of the ship, shouting:

“The governor has an order, go westward in reverse!

The governor has an order, go west in reverse! "

……

The traditional method of commanding a fleet in the dark is to use lights, gongs and drums and other vocal music, supplemented by messengers running to deliver orders.

During the day, there is vocal music, command flags and manual work.

Each of these methods of delivering orders has advantages and disadvantages.

Zhu Youjian really wants to change this approach.

After all, the faster the order is conveyed, the faster the fleet can respond!

However, it is a pity that when there is no electricity, these are the only ways for battleships to convey orders...

When Zhu Youjian saw Jin Yiwei's copper tube bug in Zuimanlou, he instantly had an idea.

When fighting on the ocean, the higher the command room is, the better.

After all, without affecting the balance of the hull, the higher the command room is, the easier it is to spot fighters first.

There are heavy boilers, coal and other ballast tanks on steam ships, so the command room can be higher.

As a result, the distance from the actual operators on the deck is too far.

If Jin Yiwei's method is used on a battleship, the speed should be increased, right?

He told Wang Zheng and others his thoughts.

really!

The boss is the boss!