Speaking of which, Zhao Gongzi is still the most accustomed to Jinling cuisine. Perhaps because Nanjing is located at the boundary between the north and the south, the dishes are neither as heavy as the northern cuisine, nor as sweet and greasy as the Susong vegetables.

A bowl of sour radish and duck soup immediately drove away the chill on his body. Zhao Gongzi came to talk again, and said to Yang Fan:

"Last time, it was the time I came with Uncle Wu. Talking about the 5,000-material sea boat, Uncle Wu said that the size is too exaggerated, I think you seem to have a different point of view. ”

"Really?" Yang Fan is in his forties, although he is a miscellaneous official of the eighth grade, he is exposed to the wind and sun in the shipyard every day. The dealers were all vulgar artisans and boatmen, so their skin was rough and dark, and their manners and voices were similar to those of working people.

He pulled a piece of roast chicken wings, ate his hands and mouth full of oil, and said vaguely: "I don't remember clearly." ”

"Don't do it." Zhao Hao sneered: "Don't talk about this, let's talk about going to work with me." ”

"Let's talk about this......" Yang Fan said with a wry smile like a deflated ball: "Xiaguan and Gongzi both believe in the existence of five thousand giant ships. It's just that I don't know Childe, where did I find out? ”

"I read it from a book." Zhao Hao said vaguely: "Liu Daxia, that bastard, can't burn all the books that go to the West." ”

As he spoke, he asked rhetorically, "What about you?" ”

"Xia Guan is not as well-read as Gongzi, but he has seen 5,000 huge ships with his own eyes." Yang Fan took a sip of wine and sighed faintly: "The Xiaguan family has served in the Treasure Shipyard for generations, and they have grown up in this stone city since childhood. ”

"When I was a child, the giant ship was still parked in a pond and six docks, and I can only describe it in one word, which is 'shock'. Xia Guan has never forgotten that giant ship in his life, although it has been parked there for more than a hundred years, it is still so majestic and majestic, making people look up to the mountains. If I can restore it, it's worth dying! ”

"What about the ship?" Zhao Hao asked.

"This, this ......" Yang Fan said with a hint of shame on his face: "A few years ago, the shipyard really couldn't open the pot, so it was dismantled and cracked into the coffin." That's a good nanmu......"

"Oh roar." Zhao Gongzi rolled his eyes and said angrily: "It's really good." ”

"Don't blame Childe, no matter how good a ship is, it has a life span of decades. Although the treasure ship had never been launched, it had long since been scrapped. Yang Fan hurriedly explained, and then pointed to the eaves of the porch outside and said, "When the son came in, did he see the long wooden plank?" ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded, the wooden board had to be as wide as the door panel, a palm thick, and four feet long. The wood is dark and heavy, and it is a good material at first glance.

"That is the rudder of the treasure ship, and the lower official specially ordered someone to stay and make a memorial." Yang Fan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Zhao Hao deeply suspected that it was actually left by this guy and wanted to make a coffin for himself.

"There is a pavilion library in the treasure shipyard, which has a full set of construction drawings for treasure ships," after a few glasses of wine, he talked about the topic he was most interested in, Yang Fan was not so cautious, and opened the conversation box and said: "The library even has a "Map of Sailing from Longjiang Pass to Foreign Countries from Treasure Shipyard", a total of twenty pages of charts, one hundred and nine needles. and the four pairs of "Drawing Stars and Crossing the Ocean" drawn by the Three Treasure Eunuchs themselves! ”

"Oh?" Zhao Hao was overjoyed when he heard this: "Wasn't it burned by Liu Daxia?" ”

"Liu Daxia burned the "Zheng He's Envoy to the Water" of the Ministry of War, and the Longjiang Bao Shipyard was under the control of the Ministry of Industry, and his fire couldn't burn us here." Yang Fan smiled quite smugly.

"So, he didn't cause any damage?" Zhao Hao said happily.

"The losses are huge. We only have nautical charts and star charts on our side, and it was the eunuch Sanbao who felt that the civil officials were very hostile to the West before going to sea for the last time, so they left the necessary backup at the treasure shipyard. Yang Fan sighed and said:

The "Voyage to the Water" of the Department of Military Vehicles includes all the original materials of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West. In addition to nautical and star charts, there were also imperial edicts, fleet formations, lists, and ...... And the most important logbooks, accounts, etc., all of which were burned. ”

"This chart can only tell you the route, the star chart can only help you correct the course, only the logbook will tell you the real sea conditions, all the problems you will encounter during the voyage...... That's a lesson that has been paid for countless lives. ”

"Ben Gongzi is not wrong, Liu Daxia is really still a sinner through the ages!" Zhao Gongzi decided that in the future, the 5,000-material sea ship will still be called 'Liu Daxia, the Sinner of the Ages'.

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"Then these charts and star charts, can you borrow this son to take a look?" Zhao Hao asked tentatively.

"Oh, this is a secret of the Longjiang factory, and it must not be leaked." Yang Fan looked embarrassed.

"It's all waste paper, confidential fart." Zhao Gongzi said with a displeased face: "I have incorporated all the boat yards in Wuhu, and your order is gone." ”

"Poof......" Yang Fan squirted a mouthful of wine onto Zhao Hao's arm, he hurriedly stepped forward and wiped it with his sleeve, and said flatteringly: "Don't, don't be so cruel." If there is no order, the lower officials will be torn alive by the small ones. ”

"Then ......" Zhao Hao squinted at him.

"The villain has copied a copy by himself, and the score is exactly the same, as a private collection." Yang Fan got up as he spoke, went to the back house for a long time, and when he returned, he took out a thick booklet from his sleeve and whispered: "It's just a souvenir for the son, it's all done, right?" ”

"You belong to a donkey, and you are not honest if you don't smoke." Zhao Hao glanced at him, took the booklet and opened it.

See a coherent paginated chart. As with all maps today, the scale is heavily distorted. But I can finally mark the mountains and islands along the way.

Of course, this set of charts is still extremely valuable, because one hundred and nine needles are accurately marked on the route. A qualified captain can sail from Nanjing to Africa with this set of needles.

Although Zhao Hao has never operated a boat, he is a man who aspires to become the king of navigation, and has read many navigation books such as "The Needle Sutra of the Sea", "Sending Away with the Wind", and "Guide to the Fa" in the past year, and has also consulted Uncle Mi and Elder Ma, these old captains, at least it is not a problem to understand the needle.

He knew that the ship was to use a compass to indicate directions, and that the compass had forty-eight equal scales. Each scale is a needle, and the needle is to tell you which scale to sail towards.

For example, on the first page of the chart, "Taicang Port uses a single B needle to flatten the Wusong River, and uses a Yi Mao needle to Nanhuizui", that is, from the "Taicang Port to sail in a 105-degree direction, after a shift, that is, 2 hours and 24 minutes to reach the mouth of the Wusong River." Sail in the direction of 97.5 degrees and take a shift to Nanhuizui in Pudong. ”

Combined with the transoceanic chart to correct the course, you can go all the way south through the South China Sea, west through the Strait of Malacca, and through India to the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and Africa!

Looking at the chart, Champang, Old Port Xuanwei, Temasek, Sumatra, Ceylon, Mukudushu, Kurumus...... The strings of place names that have not been seen for a long time or are familiar, Zhao Gongzi's eyes were moist.

We used to be a hundred years ahead, but now we are a hundred years behind, and we want to be a hundred years ahead again!

This is the mission of this childe!

ps. The first update of the three consecutive changes.