Although from the perspective of Chinese people in another time and space, the Sea Dragon of the Shenghan Empire at this time was not big, it was of great significance and even had some illusions of transcending time and space. In the Tiantang Empire, the largest ship was only a two thousand stone ship.
, and Zheng He’s treasure ship can reach a terrifying forty thousand
Shi, that is, the displacement reaches 10,000 tons. What is this concept? During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 in the late Qing Dynasty, the two main armored cruisers of the Beiyang Navy, the Zhiyuan and the Jingyuan, were only 2,300 tons. The displacement of the Hailong converted into tons was
unit, can reach 750 tons.
Zhang Xiaowu remembered a piece of news in his previous life. A minesweeper named Callisto of the Greek Navy with a displacement of 750 tons collided with a cruise ship of 50,000 tons. As a result, the minesweeper was instantly hit and broken in half. The Greek Navy
Since then, I have lost a quarter of my mine-clearing capabilities...
Zhang Xiaowu did not focus on building the largest ship in the world, nor did he want to copy Zheng He's treasure ship. The manufacturing industry cannot succeed overnight. He felt that since the Fuso people could sail a 400-stone ship to the sea, there would be no problem with the 3,000-stone ship.
Zhang Xiaowu said to everyone: "Everyone, our ship is three thousand stone, which is far more than the Fusang people. People's boats with four hundred stone can cross the sea, why can't we? Our Hailong is three thousand stone.
, A three-thousand-stone boat! I didn’t expect that a three-thousand-stone wooden boat would be so big, what a guy!”
Yinggui said: "Generalissimo, actually three thousand stone is just a rough estimate based on our previous shipbuilding experience. I think this ship is enough to carry three thousand five hundred stone. It can even be temporarily increased to four thousand stone with slight improvements."
.However, carrying too much weight will be very dangerous when encountering huge waves. I don’t recommend this."
Zhang Xiaowu waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, no, safety first, safety first. Lord Ying, when will the Hailong be able to go to sea?"
Yinggui said: "We have to wait until this time next year to go to sea."
Zhang Xiaowu wondered: "Why wait until that day?"
Yinggui smiled bitterly: "Actually, we are waiting for the dock to be built. In the past, our dock could only dock small ships with five hundred and one thousand stones, but it has not yet docked large ships with three thousand stones. Because all the craftsmen and workers are building ships here, on the contrary
The construction of the pier was delayed. Moreover, it was snowing in October and the weather was cold. The craftsmen who went into the water to lay the foundation were prone to falling ill. We discussed it and couldn't bear the hardship of the craftsmen, so we asked everyone to be more careful in building the ship. The work of building the pier
, and then it slowed down.”
"Who are you all?"
"This..." Yinggui looked embarrassed.
Zhang Xiaowu glanced at Jin Sheng, and Jin Sheng said: "This is the decision made by my subordinates. Please punish me. We in the north lack shipbuilders who are familiar with water. If we want to build a dock, we need to dive into the water three feet deep to lay a solid foundation."
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It would be fine if the weather was warm, but now that it is October and the weather is cold, the craftsmen are prone to getting sick when they enter the water. I also cherish them. If these craftsmen fall ill, no matter how big the boat is, they will not be able to replace it.——Subordinate
Willing to be punished."
Zhang Xiaowu scolded: "Stupid head! I know you are afraid that our craftsmen will freeze to death in the water, but you can't work it out? Is the thing born on your neck a head or a watermelon?"
"How to work around it?" Jin Sheng and Yinggui asked hurriedly.
Zhang Xiaowu smiled strangely and said: "Aren't there many islanders from the East China Sea and the South China Sea coming to settle in our holy country? They are familiar with the water, and they need to make money to support their families when they settle in our land. How can you hire these aliens to do the dangerous work of launching docks in winter?
So stupid."
Jin Sheng patted his head and said with an embarrassed smile: "I will do as you are told."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "These foreigners come to us not to be masters, but to be slaves for us, but we can't say it directly. We provide for them on the surface and use them secretly to do the most dangerous and despicable things. Understand
?”
"I understand." Jin Sheng smiled innocently.
What Zhang Xiaowu regretted was that the alien soldiers led by Shen Lindong's Aguda were eventually strangled by Zhang Xiaowu and Li Cunyuan because they participated in the rebellion. Six thousand aliens were beheaded on the banks of the Long River. If they had not been killed, these six thousand laborers would have built a long time ago.
Okay, we've arrived at the Lujia Town Pier.
After Zhang Xiaowu returned to Youzhou, Jinsheng began to recruit overseas craftsmen and gave them higher salaries. However, the foreigners who came to the Central Plains were often looked down upon and discriminated against by the Han people, and their lives in the Central Plains became increasingly difficult. At this time
Suddenly there was a job recruitment specifically targeted at them, so they happily went there. Although the project was dangerous, the salary was high. For some foreign workers who were really too poor to survive, this was their only chance to make money.
Zhang Xiaowu later learned that the dock construction work was carried out extremely smoothly. In the absence of large-scale modern machinery, it was built brick by brick, stone by sleeper by manpower, especially in the cold sea, where the workers had to dive into the water.
Next. It can be said that under every wooden pile, there is a corpse of a South China Sea alien...
"Ten workers died in one day. It's so tragic." After Zhang Xiaowu heard about the dangers of dock construction, he couldn't help but shed tears of pity. "Fortunately, he is not a Chinese. Foreigners are used as slaves to build infrastructure. This is really a clever trick.
!He sometimes smells so good when it comes to isism!"
After the Lujia Town Wharf was built, more foreign merchant ships hoped to dock here to avoid the wind and unload cargo, which led to the increasing number of households in Lujia Town. Originally there were only 5,000 people in Lujia Town, but Houhaifang camp lived here, and some businessmen
With the intention of serving the military households, they moved here one after another, and the number of people in Lujia Town doubled to ten thousand. Later, the coastal defense camp began to build ships, and soon
There were shipbuilders who came to live here with their families, and other craftsmen moved here one after another. The population of Lujia Town jumped to 30,000 people. Now that the deep-water dock is built, foreign ships dock one after another, and there are also foreign workers living there.
During this time, the population of Lujia Town has increased to more than 50,000 people. Lujia Town has suddenly become a prosperous coastal city, and it is also a city without city walls.
Local officials and gentry petitioned to upgrade Lujia Town to Lujia County and set up county-level yamen for easier management. Zhang Xiaowu accepted the suggestion and renamed Lujia Town Lvcheng, and set up county-level yamen and administrative departments for management. Due to the large number of foreign workers in the city,
Zhang Xiaowu specially assigned three times more yamen servants to Lu Chengduo, and equipped the yamen servants with hand crossbows to prevent the aliens from causing trouble.
However, during the process of purchasing hand crossbows, the Lei family, who are known for their craftsman civilization, came to apply. Zhang Xiaowu immediately handed over the hand crossbow that had been used to assassinate him to the Lei family. The Lei family learned that someone had used their hand crossbow to assassinate Zhang Xiaowu.
After Xiaowu, he immediately investigated the matter in depth. Soon, the Lei family came to complain. The crossbows were customized by the Long family in Huizhou back then. After the Long family was destroyed, these crossbows were lost.
Zhang Xiaowu immediately suspected that the Long family were spies from the Northern Yi infiltration into the Central Plains, and sent Li Chuncheng to investigate.