"What, Feng Zhou has arrived?"

"The Feng Zhou is here!"

"This... how is this possible?" Zhang Shun felt that this was incredible.

Such a large "giant ship" drove all the way along the coast?

"After inquiring about the sailors who were driving the boat, it was reported that after the ship was on the mission to Ryukyu, the imperial court did not have any special funds to repair it, so it was parked in Changle Port." Gao Qiqian couldn't help but answer.

"By taking a slaughter, this ship must be a big deal. Fujian is not afraid to use it easily and there is no repair payment, so it has been delayed until now."

"It happened that His Majesty issued an edict, and they threw this 'hot potato' over."

"Is this a hot potato?" Zhang Shun was so amused and laughed at the time, and at the same time he also had some understanding of the bureaucratic style in the late Ming Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, this ship is certainly precious, but when it comes to repairing it, where does the money come from?

Second, what should I do if the court transfers it?

Even if the court does not transfer, one day I remember to ask about this matter and hold myself to a crime of using it without any reason. Wouldn’t it be worth the loss?

Since it has been repaired, it will only harm and not benefit me, so this giant ship can only stay in the port.

It happened that the "Your Majesty" came to the imperial edict, and everyone wanted to drive the ship away as soon as possible, so as to save a lot of money to maintain it every year.

"A total of 108 cannons were placed, and the firepower was so strong that it had never existed since ancient times. All the things that were blocked were shattered!"

If it is modified according to Zhang Zizhou's plan, such a sail battleship has surpassed the large sail battleship "Sea Monarch" that has just been built by Britain.

"If iron armor is added to these two sides, I am afraid that the ship will be extremely heavy and it will be difficult for the ship to carry it." Zhang Zizhou pondered for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help but remind him.

The two Fujian governors had not inspected this ship and had the idea of ​​transforming it into a warship.

"This minister encouraged me!" Zhang Zizhou was stunned when he heard this, and then realized that fighting at sea was different from going to a vassal state.

Now that the mission to go to Ryukyu has been completed, the governor of Fujian has no ability to recruit Ding Zhuang and transport wood from thousands of miles away. Therefore, he could only face the huge captive boat and sigh at the ocean. This is why the captive boat returned north.

"Armor? What are you doing for this?" Zhang Zizhou was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but explain, "The hull of this boat has two layers, each layer is three inches and five minutes thick, and it cannot be easily broken."

"Your Highness, I think so!" Zhang Zizhou heard this and quickly presented the drawings and said, "I want to strengthen these three layers of plywood first, and then open gun holes on the left and right sides of the ship."

"It is just that the key parts on the ship must be strengthened with iron and thick hard wood boards. Otherwise, if damaged, all the soldiers on the ship will be buried in the sea!"

"Even if it is damaged, there is a watertight compartment underneath, so that it will not sink."

"It is not only a happy event, but also requires the help of your dear!" Zhang Shun also smiled.

It is precisely because of the great advantages of golden nanmu that when Zhang Zizhou built the boat, he recruited more than 10,000 people and transported it from the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi to Fujian to build a ship.

"Your Highness, I personally took the boat to inspect it. The boat is very well preserved. Except for the broken mast and the broken rigging, there is almost no damage!" Speaking of this, Zhang Zizhou, who was once the supervisor, was also quite proud of this.

However, the boat was extremely huge, which was not conducive to offshore manipulation, and the other was that the main mast was broken and it was difficult to repair.

Of course, Zhang Shun doesn't know about this yet, but this does not prevent him from continuing to make some effective suggestions.

"By the way, has the additional armor been added to this ship?" Zhang Shun, who once played the game "The Power Enhanced Edition of the Great Sail 4", naturally has some experience in modifying ships.

"The body length ranges from seven to ten feet, and the largest one is ten to nine feet, which is suitable for this mast."

After all, this ship is a wooden ship powered by sails, not a steam, a fuel-powered steel beast, so it cannot be designed according to the standards of later warships.

After Zhang Zizhou refused, he suffered a lot.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Zizhou, the director of Tianjin Shipyard, asked for a meeting!" Just as Zhang Shun and Gao Qiqian analyzed the incident of Feng Zhou returning to the north, there was a report from the eunuch.

Everyone completed their mission and naturally returned to Beijing to report their mission, but the boat was stranded in Fujian.

It was of course a happy event to get a big ship for no reason.

He then smiled and said, "There was one thing that was the most difficult to deal with, and it was this big mast. This big mast was ten feet long and was made of golden nanmu."

In fact, the real situation of this matter is quite similar to what Gao Qiqian guessed.

"There are ten red cannons on the bow of the ship, 12 doors on the stern of the ship, 14 gun holes on the tail building, and ten more doors on the plyboard."

The latter only requires the ship to be strong and able to cross the sea successfully. The latter not only needs to meet the above requirements, but also fight against enemy ships, so the requirements of the two are quite different.

Zhang Shun thought about it carefully and the same was true.

"Oh? Hurry, please invite me!" Zhang Shun of course knew why he asked for a meeting at this time, so he couldn't help but immediately ordered.

Key structures such as palace pillars and beams in the Ming Dynasty were often made of this.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, this is really a happy event!" As soon as Zhang Zizhou entered the hall, he spoke excitedly without caring about showing off.

It turned out that when Du Sance, Yang Lun and others who were on the mission to Ryukyu returned, they encountered a "hurricane", broke their main mast and drifted with the wind, and fortunately returned to Fujian.

At that time, Fujian had serious coastal disasters and was facing threats from thieves Liu Xiang, Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch colonists who occupied Taiwan.

"I am going to open 16 gun holes on the bottom floor, 18 gun holes on the middle floor, and 28 gun holes on the upper floor, and a total of 62 cannons."

"Okay, it's all the ones who are supervised by my dear!" Seeing this, Zhang Shun did not go with the flow and praised Zhang Zizhou.

This golden nanmu is a large tree, "a height of more than ten feet, and a thickness of dozens of weeks". It has the characteristics of "water is not soaked, insects are not edible", not easy to crack, and not easy to deform, so it is an ideal building material.

"Okay, this relationship is good, God really helps me!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this.

"One hundred and eight doors? OK, let's do it as it should!" Zhang Shun was excited when he heard this, and immediately found that the modified warship of the ship seemed to have touched the threshold of the sail battleship.

"I just don't know how you plan to modify this ship, and what you can do is to make a calculation in your mind?"

In fact, this is Zhang Shun's ignorance.

"Originally, the Wei minister wanted to ask His Highness for an order and ordered people to go to southern Shaanxi to harvest. Unexpectedly, in order to ask His Highness to send troops, Dongjiang Town actually sent more than ten black birch trees in one go."

"Although it is not heavy, it ultimately affects the speed and then affects the victory and defeat of the sea!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Shun shook his head and said when he heard this.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun shook his head and said, "Since that's the case, there is no need to do so,"

Not only is the hull much larger than it, but the cannon is also more than the 104 designed by it.

The reason why it is difficult to repair is that the main mast is made of a very special material, and it is made of golden nanmu produced in Shaanxi.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but speak quickly: "Since that's the case, I'm going to thicken the hull three inches to make it one foot thick. Then strengthen the ribs, beware of what if."

"Okay, let's do it as it should!" Zhang Shun nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and then added, "By the way, if the sailors returning north are willing to stay, they should keep them with rich gold."

Although it was heading north along the coast, it was a good skill for these people to drive a large ship with a broken main mast.

Now it is the time to hire people, so we should try our best to recruit them.

However, neither Zhang Shun nor Zhang Zizhou expected that China also had its first sail battleship since this modified "giant ship", which became a landmark event for China to join the Age of Discovery in this world.
Chapter completed!