Ocean ships and deep-sea ships are much higher. When Cai Yan's request was placed in front of some experienced old shipwrecks, the budget cost was also increased repeatedly, which made the people of Hangzhou City amazed at a distance of 100,000 yuan.

Perhaps it was because the Song Dynasty approached the sea, or perhaps it was because the Song Dynasty was huge enough that the ships it built were all large-bellied ships, but what Cai Huang asked for was a long and narrow ship with high speed, which was more handsome than the existing ships.

Longjiang Shipyard had experience in imitating ships from Dashiguo in the early years, but Cai Hua was not very satisfied with the moon-shaped ships of Dashiguo. He drew pictures according to the style of the sail battleship in memory and studied and improved by craftsmen. Even though the shipcraftsmen of the Song Dynasty were the world's top craftsmen, it took a year to finalize the final plan.

There is no shortage of shipbuilding wood for the time being, and the former Longjiang Shipyard has spare wood for full-age, which is enough to build experimental ocean-type marine ships.

A group of more than ten people worked without stopping, and in just half an hour, the manager Wang Er was greeted by him with his people.

"snort!"

Cai Huang had just jumped off the war horse and snorted coldly, which made Wang Er and others very puzzled what was wrong with Xiaoshan Chang.

"It would be fine if the ship was built later and the cost was higher. If your craft was not passed on to your children, would it be worthy of your ancestors?"

"Salary reduction will be reduced by 20%!"

"Wang Er, you are the manager and the deputy director of the Water Affairs School. If you don't have any students in the Water Affairs School... you will reduce your salary by 50%!"

Only then did Wang Er and others understand what was going on, and they all bowed their heads and dared not say much.

"Everyone is old. The ancestors have given you the skills to survive. It would be fine if you don't want to carry it forward, but you even have the ancestor's grave. When will the water school have full students? When will your salary increase? This year, you will have a salary of 20% and a salary of 30% and 40% will be reduced in the next year!"

"Give you high salary to build ships with peace of mind, to make you build larger and stronger ships, not to let you lose your ancestors' skills!"

"snort!"

Cai Yan snorted again and was in a bad mood. Chunhua's words made him angry. Seeing the slutty old craftsmen in front of him, they were so angry that they would be foolish when they didn't see each other on weekdays. Why were they all willing to let their children enter the officialdom and not willing to pass on their skills?

Wang Eryi nodded and agreed timidly, not daring to object to the punishment of reducing his salary by more than half. The crowd also came to the real shipbuilding place again. Looking at the huge tunnel that Jiangning saw when he was small, Cai Yan knew that this was also the cleverness of the old craftsmen in front of him.

The dock on the Longjiang River in Jiangning must have a large enough tunnel. Only in this way can it be successfully launched when the construction is completed. The sea outside Hangzhou is different. It looks much higher than the sea water and the dock is smaller. However, once the tide is on the rise, the built ships can enter the water smoothly.

He also scolded him, and when he really started to explain shipbuilding, Cai Huang calmed down.

"The length of the ship is eleven zhang...that, the length of the ship is thirty-six meters, eleven six meters wide, five masts, the main mast is twenty-seven meters long...four floors, one hundred and thirty-two crossbow windows..."

"Owner, the court probably...isn't that allowed us to build warships?"

Wang Eryi looked nervous and worried. Cai Yan knew that his concerns were not unreasonable, and the court would never allow the people to build warships.

Cai Yan nodded and shook his head again, "Who said this is a warship? This is an armed merchant ship, to deal with sea pirates? Ocean No. 1 is a merchant ship, not a warship. The warship needs to be equipped with eight ox crossbows. We can get 132 eight ox crossbows?"

"But this..."

Wang Er was still talking about the 132 arrow window, but was severely interrupted by Cai Yan raising his arm.

"If you let you create, you will create it. If something happens, it has nothing to do with you."

Wang Er dared not say much, so he had to introduce the five-masted sail battleship in front of him in more detail.

In terms of appearance, Ocean 1 is very different from the Song Dynasty sea ship. The Song Dynasty sea ship also has two or three floors, one or two floors in the middle, and the two ends are raised like a house. They are the command cabin and living cabin of the ship. The cargo cabin in the middle is concave. Perhaps the Song Dynasty ship uses fewer personnel and uses hard sails that are easy to lift. Cai Yan uses soft sails, and the shape of the ship also looks like a building.

Ocean No. 1 has a tall appearance. In order to be stable enough, the ship has a deep draft and even more stable, two pairs of hardwood wings are added to the main mast of the ship to avoid the ship's swaying left and right and capsizing when the ship is swinging too much in big winds and waves.

For the sake of two pairs of wings, Cai Huang and the craftsmen didn't know how much force they had been scrapped. At the beginning, they were fixedly installed during construction. Once installed, it would be difficult to repair even if it was damaged.

Not only is it difficult to repair, the wings on both sides of the hull are to ensure the stability of the ship and avoid too much swing. Once the hull is tilted, the sea water will give an upward support force to ensure the stability of the ship. However, once one of them is damaged, the corresponding other must be removed as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a risk of uneven force overturning. In order to avoid this, the wings become movable and are located on the water surface line. A hole is reserved on both sides of the hull. When wings are needed, people are in the hull and directly stuff the wings into the hole to fix them. If they are not required, they are drawn into the hole, which looks very strange.

Should wings be placed on both sides of the hull be one foot on the sea surface? Do the holes affect the hull's strength? Do the wings have too much effect? ​​No one can be sure that the boatmen can only try their best to ensure the hull's strength.

The Song Dynasty built ships differently from the Dashiguo shipbuilding method. The Dashiguo shipbuilding often required extremely tall and hard trees. The Song Dynasty craftsmen did not need them. They used extremely clever meshing and connection methods, and were staggered and arranged together as if they were natural. In the Song Dynasty, it was difficult to find hardwoods dozens of meters high as masts. However, when they were given enough time, masts of hundreds of meters could still be made.

There were holes on both sides of the hull. Wang Er explained that he could not understand why the holes were plugged into wooden boards not only did not affect the hull, but instead made the hull stronger?

I don’t understand, and Cai Yan was not too prepared to worry too much. Anyway, it was the first experimental ship, and even if it sank out of the sea, he would pinch his nose and accept it.

The ship is weird, and the craftsmen don’t know how to keep it secret. The ship that only exists on the drawings has not been built yet. Ocean No. 1 became a joke in Hangzhou City, and Cai Hua also became a negative teaching material for others to educate their children.

I once again examined the drawings of Ocean 1 and discussed them with a group of old craftsmen one by one. It took me a whole day to discuss dozens of drawings.

"Since you are ready, let's start construction. There will definitely be many difficulties and shortcomings when building the first experimental ocean-going ship. If you solve the technical problems, I will solve the problem of capital investment. But before the start of construction, each of you must have two students from the water school. If there is no student, you will not be allowed to start construction. If you don't start construction, there will be no salary!"

"It's getting more and more mischievous. I haven't done anything for a year, so I just don't work with money! It's fine if Ocean No. 1 is only on the drawings. Where are the apprentices you taught to the young master? Do you really think that the young master is the accuser? I'll play tricks on you, and I'll take back all your fields and the courtyard! I'll ask others to build them separately!"

Wang Er and others were shocked and fell to the ground together...
Chapter completed!