Xiamen Port

Lu Guangbiao, who was dressed in military uniform, looked at the dense construction site outside the port, and his mood was particularly comfortable, since Yang Feng appointed him as the newly built Fujian Navy Admiral, he seemed to have a second spring, and the whole person became energetic.

The original Xiamen port was already very dilapidated, and with the support of a large amount of silver, Lu Guangbiao immediately expanded and renovated the Xiamen port, and in Lu Guangbiao's plan, the newly built Xiamen port could berth at least 100 large warships at the same time.

This is a very bold plan, you must know that the current Daming Naval Division has long existed in name only, I am afraid that the total number of warships of the entire Daming Naval Division is less than a hundred, Lu Guangbiao shouted the goal of a hundred ships just to rebuild a port, and many people shook their heads after the news came out, thinking that this guy has a few dollars and a little money.

But whether it is less or not, Lu Guangbiao really did it, and as the person standing behind Lu Guangbiao, Yang Feng also gave strong support.

In the past, when people built docks, most of the materials used were stones, and the advantage of using stone as a building material is that it is strong and durable, and there is absolutely no problem with using it for decades or even centuries. But the downside of using stone to build a dock is that it costs too much. The laborious extraction of the stone from the mountains, and then the stonemasons chiseled the stone into strips and laid them down, is a desperate amount of human and material resources.

But since Yang Feng brought in a large amount of cement from modern society, things have changed, and with cement as a binder, craftsmen no longer have to work hard to carve stones into strips. Just imagine, how much manpower and material resources it takes to carve huge rocks into strips of stone in the direction of the field? How much scraps do you need to waste?

But now all this has become history, with the magic adhesive of cement, all kinds of large and small strange stones that can only be discarded in the past have their place, stonemasons no longer have to bother to carve stones into rocks, so that a lot of manpower and material resources are saved, and the progress of the project has become rapid, just a month's time, the wharf has begun to take shape.

"Uncle, this thing called "cement" you sent is really a good thing, with it, our craftsmen no longer have to dig the rock hard, and then painstakingly chisel it into strips and lay it in the port. On the newly built wharf, Lu Guangbiao pointed to the craftsmen who were busy on the construction site, looking very excited.

Today's Yang Feng did not wear armor, but wore a regular uniform. The red python robe and the jade belt around his waist, the thick-soled official boots on his feet and the unicorn embroidered on the python robe all show his identity.

Compared with the excited Lu Guangbiao, Yang Feng has long been accustomed to cement, he thought for a while before saying: "Lord Lu, you must hurry up the construction of the port, and it must be completed within half a year." Also, did you give the drawings you brought to Bembor the other day to those craftsmen? ”

Lu Guangbiao said: "Xiaguan has handed over the drawings to Ma Laohan, presumably Ma Laohan and they are studying the drawings these days, Xiaguan guesses that it won't be long before Ma Laohan will ...... Hey...... Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, Ma Laohan and they came. ”

As he spoke, Yang Feng saw that Ma Laohan and more than a dozen craftsmen were hurrying in their direction, but when they walked more than a hundred meters away from them, they were stopped by Yang Feng's family.

"Let them come!" Yang Feng motioned for the family to put their shape.

"The grass people and the old man Ma visit the uncle, may the uncle ......"

Ma Laohan and the others were about to kneel down and salute before and after they came to Yang Feng, but they were stopped by Yang Feng.

Yang Feng smiled and held Ma Laohan and the others up: "Okay, Ma Laohan, don't bow to you, Ben Bo is not interested in these red tapes, now I just want to ask you, can you understand those drawings?" ”

"See, see!" When it comes to the drawings, Ma Laohan is excited, "The drawings brought by the uncle this time are too detailed, even the length of each plank, how to lay, and the matters to be paid attention to during the period are clearly written. ”

"That's good!" Yang Feng said with a smile: "Benbo only hopes that you can build the battleship as soon as possible, and the soldiers of our Daming Navy Division are still waiting to drive these warships to the sea to guard my Daming Sea Frontier!" ”

"The grass people will never live up to the expectations of the uncle!" Ma Laohan was excited at first, but then a trace of hesitation appeared on his face, "But there is still one thing that the grass people don't understand, and I hope that the uncle will teach me!" ”

"What's the matter, just say it!" Yang Feng, who was in a good mood, asked.

Ma Laohan looked a little embarrassed and said: "That's the case, when the grass people looked at the drawings sent by the uncle, they found that the units used on them were completely different from the units used by my Daming. The size of my Ming is zhang, ruler, inch, minute, centimeter, millimeter, silk, suddenly, but the length of the information sent by the adult is measured in meters, centimeters, millimeters, and the weight is calculated in kilograms and grams. ”

"Oh, look at my memory!" Hearing this, Yang Feng couldn't help but pat his head and secretly cursed his negligence. How can I forget this, I got the information from modern times, the unit of measurement is all measured by the standards of later generations, but here is the Ming Dynasty, but it is another unit of measurement that has been handed down since ancient times, Ma Laohan and others were naturally confused after seeing these materials, it seems that if you want to build a ship, you have to re-teach them another set of measurement units.

Thinking of this, Yang Feng hurriedly made a gesture to Ma Laohan, "Ma Laohan, I'm really sorry, this matter is indeed Benbo's negligence, and he forgot to tell you that the unit of measurement on the information is different from our Daming." That's good, Ben Bo will tell you the difference between the above unit of measurement and the unit of measurement that we are accustomed to in the Ming Dynasty, and by the way, I will give you a few sets of measurement tools, from now on we will use the new unit of measurement to measure the standard, are you innocent? ”

"This ......" Ma Laohan and the others glanced at each other, and finally could only nod helplessly: "Uncle commands, grass people and others should obey." ”

Yang Feng could see in front of the other party, and he couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't put on that face, Ben Bo can tell you clearly, in fact, the new unit of measurement is also very useful, as long as you get used to it, you will find that in fact, those things are like that, just get used to it." Okay, now Ben Bo will tell you about the ...... unit of measurement for this length."

Half an hour

Yang Feng threw away the branches in his hands and clapped his hands, "Have you figured it out?" ”

"Figured it out!"

Ma Laohan and the others' heads were like chickens pecking rice: "Uncle, don't worry, I figured it out, it turned out that we thought there was some mystery here, and only after understanding the feelings did we know that there was nothing here, it was very simple." ”

"Just figure it out!" Yang Feng laughed.

At this time, several family members hurriedly walked over, all holding the package in their hands, and at Yang Feng's signal, they handed the package to Ma Laohan and a few others.

Yang Feng pointed to these packages and said with a smile: "Old man Ma, these are all for you. Inside are some tape measures, tape measures, rulers, triangles and other things, I hope you can use these things to build better warships for our Ming Dynasty! ”

"Uncle Xie!"

Ma Laohan and the others took the package, and they were about to kneel down, but they were stopped by Yang Feng.

"If you really want to thank Benbo, do it with your heart, the court and Benbo are worthy of treating meritorious officials!"

After sending away Ma Laohan, Hu Aniu, Xu Asheng and other old craftsmen, Yang Feng was about to continue his inspection, but saw Song Ye hurriedly coming over.

"Uncle, there is an urgent report!"

An hour later, in the Jiangning military camp outside Xiamen, Yang Feng's eyes moved from the letter in front of him, and he asked the Ye Bushu in front of him, "How long did it take you to come all the way from Fuzhou?" ”

The man said: "Back to the uncle, the villain and the two brothers each took three fast horses from Fuzhou to ride day and night, and it took a total of two days to arrive in Xiamen. ”

"Two days?" Yang Feng pondered for a moment and turned his head to ask Lu Guangbiao next to him: "Lord Lu, if you take a boat, how long will it take to get from Fuzhou to Xiamen?" ”

Lu Guangbiao said without thinking: "From Fuzhou to Xiamen is about 500 miles, if you take a boat, you have to spare the road, so the distance is longer than about 7 or 800 miles, but the advantage of taking a boat is that you can travel day and night without caring for these things, and generally if it is smooth, you can reach Xiamen in about two or three days." ”

"Hmm!"

Yang Feng raised the letter in his hand: "Geng Bingyi came to report, two days ago he sent out the night did not receive the report, a large number of ships outside Fuzhou City suddenly disappeared, and it is observed that the defenders in Fuzhou City are also much less, he suspects that Zheng Zhilong has taken most of the bandits except for the sea, but the destination is not yet clear." Geng Bingyi suspected that Zheng Zhilong was likely to launch raids on Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and other places. Lord Lu, what do you think? ”

Lu Guangbiao sighed lightly: "It's not possible, but it's certain. Zheng Zhilong also knows something about this person, this person is quite experienced and vicious in the use of soldiers, and he has a large number of warships, almost how to fight as he wants, and our Ming can only defend passively, and he has suffered too much loss in the past half a year. And according to the lower officials, Zheng Zhilong is quite vindictive, judging from General Geng's battle report, General Geng just ate more than 3,000 people a few days ago, with Zheng Zhilong's temperament, he will definitely retaliate, and the best place to retaliate is our Quanzhou. ”

"Lord Lu, Gao Jian!" Yang Feng glanced at him approvingly: "From Benbo's point of view, the most likely place for Zheng Zhilong to raid is our Xiamen, so let's also discuss how to welcome this uninvited guest." ”