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Before the 18th century, ocean-going ships that wanted to eat some fresh meat and vegetables had to farm the land, raise chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep on the ship. This not only occupies the precious space of the cabin and increases the weight of the warship, but also smells very unpleasant, which greatly reduces the quality of life of the sailors.

But if you don't do this, who can stand it after sailing at sea for months or even years, and drying cakes and cured meat every day? The appearance of canned food is precisely the perfect solution to the problem of eating and drinking on board. The abundance of vegetables and meat not only greatly boosted the morale of the sailors, but also made it easy to transport and did not take up space, and one or two cabins were stuffed with canned food, which was enough for the whole ship to eat for several months.

It can be said that in the same ocean-going operations, the Daming Navy Division alone has nearly 20% more carrying capacity than the warships of other countries.

Just because he brought out more than 20,000 bottles of canned food from Zhoushan, after this distress, the sailor never worried about food.

Speaking of this, Zheng Chenggong seemed to recall the days of aimless wandering on the sea, and couldn't help sighing, "When the sailors regathered, settled the wounded and searched the scattered people around, I found that I was in a sea area that I had never been to before."

"The subordinates could only judge from the stars that it should be in the southeasterly direction at that time, far from the Ming Dynasty, and the fresh water left on the ship was destroyed by the storm, and it was only less than seven days.

When he was in a dilemma, he remembered the map that His Highness had drawn. The subordinates hurriedly took out the comparison, and found that less than three hundred miles south was the island of 'New Guinea' mentioned by His Highness. ”

Zhu Linmiao was familiar with the accurate world maps of later generations, so he drew a map for sailors, whether it was North and South America, the Indian Peninsula, or even the North and South Poles, which were much more detailed than the maps of this era.

However, the location of the map he drew from memory was still inconsistent with the facts, and it lacked parameter annotation, so it could not be directly used as a nautical chart. Fortunately, the island of New Guinea is very large, and even if the location is not accurate, it is enough for Zheng Chenggong to judge that he is on its north side.

"My subordinates couldn't think of any other way, so they ventured south, and the result was really as His Highness said, there was indeed an extremely large island there!"

Later, Zheng Chenggong described in detail the situation after the sailor landed on the island.

They soon encountered the natives with their faces painted black, their heads covered with animal bones and feathers, and their bodies. In the subsequent relationship, the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division learned that these natives actually had the custom of eating people, but at the beginning of meeting the Daming Water Division, these natives were shocked by the neat military uniforms and queues of the Navy Division, and they did not want to be rough at all.

Subsequently, without much effort, the sailor "conquered" the natives with a few jade ornaments, two binoculars, and a pocket watch, and became their guests.

With the help of the natives, the sailor roughly repaired the hull of the ship, replenished enough fresh water and food, and then set sail back to Daming. Of course, before leaving, they did not forget to leave the flag of the Great Ming Naval Division on the island.

Zhu Linmiao also sighed when he heard this, fortunately he left a map for the sailor, otherwise if they turned around and returned to Daming directly, they would probably die of thirst on the way.

He suddenly remembered that although European navigators had sailed near New Guinea at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were no Western forces there for the time being, and this was a treasure land rich in resources! With this unexpected voyage, perhaps it is necessary to send a ship there as soon as possible to declare the rights of the Ming Dynasty to this place.

In the future, New Guinea can also be used as a springboard into Australia, a new continent that has not yet been discovered, and it is an extremely resource-rich treasure land!

Zheng Chenggong continued: "Fortunately, the way back was smooth and the sea was extremely calm, so the sailor was able to quickly return to Daming. ”

Zhu Linmiao immediately instructed him: "You must carefully arrange the bereavement of the soldiers in distress, and you must personally inquire about this matter." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand." Zheng Chenggong saluted in response, and said with great regret, "The loss of the sailor this time is not light, and I don't know when the decisive battle with the thieves will be......"

"It won't be long." Zhu Linmiao said, "I have allocated 200,000 taels of silver for the repair of the Longjiang Shipyard, and soon a large number of warships will be built here."

In addition, Yongbeili and Nan'an also allocated more than 100,000 taels of silver for the construction of new warships. I am afraid that the enemies after the sailor division are not only Jianyu, but also the Korean sailor and the Hongyi of Dongfan. When the warship I plan is launched, I will fight to determine the situation! ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, now that the Ming and Qing dynasties are facing off on both sides of the Yangtze River, the sailor has become extremely important, so to speak, whoever defeats the opponent's sailor and then controls the Yangtze River, who will occupy the absolute initiative - advance can attack, retreat can defend. Therefore, the 500,000 taels he had just earned from Liang Xiuxing were invested in the shipyard in a blink of an eye, and it seemed that he had to find another way to do a lot of things such as the glass factory, the iron factory, and the road construction that he had originally planned.

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Pan Mingzhong couldn't help frowning when he looked at the tattered Guang Signal, this ship was built by him personally, but at this time only half of the mainmast was left, the rear mast disappeared directly, and the bow of the ship seemed to have been gnawed off by a giant beast, and it was simply covered with wooden planks. Only one base remained in the stern, and the upper part was missing. In addition, I heard from the sailor that the rudder was also injured......

He looked again at the 800-ton giant warship on the slipway, which was the most proud work of his life. But the water master was urging tightly, and he only devoted his energy to preside over the repair of the wide signal.

"It would be nice if Li De and Pan Yang were here, they can completely deal with this kind of maintenance." He shook his head, "It's not a coincidence, people just went to Nanjing, and so many things came. ”

Li De and Pan Yang were the two Nanyang craftsmen who were originally recruited by Zheng Zhilong, and because they both spoke Spanish, they became Pan Mingzhong's right-hand men. However, both of them have now been transferred to Longjiang Shipyard to bring new shipwrights.

Although the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were now able to complete the repair work of the 300-ton Galen warship independently, the sailor required the repair within half a month, which required the participation of the more skilled Pan Mingzhong.

Pan Mingzhong was instructing the craftsmen to cooperate with the sailors to drag the signal into the dock, when he saw the head of the Dushui Qing Officials Division, Guan Xiangyun, coming quickly.

The latter shoved a secret order into his hand, and immediately remembered that although he had barely learned Chinese, he was illiterate, so he had to pull her aside and explain it in a low voice.

Pan Mingzhong was immediately surprised: "His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King asked me to imitate a common warship in Manila......"

"Be quiet, this is a court secret!" Guan Xiangyun hurriedly covered his mouth, looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, and then continued, "Your Highness said that it is okay to arm merchant ships, and it is best to complete it within half a month." ”

"Oh my God! Another half a month......"

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