Zhu Linmi's original intention of setting up the patent department was to encourage innovation, but he did not expect that it could greatly improve the efficiency of shipbuilding.

In fact, the craftsmen of this era are extremely self-cherishing, and almost everyone has a different way of working. But sometimes it's the technique of beating the tenon or the color of the fire during forging, but it has a great impact on the speed of work.

When the first "daring" craftsman reported to the Patent Division his ingenious technique of polishing the seams of the boards, others laughed at him for being stupid. Unexpectedly, this skill was greatly promoted by the patent department in the shipyard, and the craftsman therefore received a monthly royalty of one or two or six yuan.

The other craftsmen saw that it was indeed profitable, so they took out the contents of their own pressing boxes. The Patent Division selects and compares the best techniques as standard techniques for all craftsmen to refer to.

As a result, the efficiency of the entire shipyard has increased by at least 20%!

Guan Xiangyun continued: "However, if this 500-ton ship can be built so quickly, the shipwright from Luzon has the greatest credit. ”

"Was it Zheng Guangying who brought that person back from Luzon?" Zhu Linmiao remembered that this person seemed to have rated a master craftsman. He didn't care when he first received Zheng Guangying's recital, but he didn't expect this craftsman to be so capable," he called...... What's going on? ”

"Back to Your Highness, this man's name is John. Bent. ”

Zhu Linmiao asked carefully again and found out that this John. Bent was a great player and was a first-rate player in the Manila shipyard of the Spaniards. He has been involved in the construction of 500-ton ships on several occasions and is quite familiar with the process.

Before he came to the Ming Dynasty, the craftsmen in Yongbei were still groping and building. As soon as he arrived, he unreservedly gave his experience to the Ming shipwrights, so that they took a lot of detours and sped up a lot of speed.

Guan Xiangyun was talking, and suddenly saw a man in a coarse cloth robe, holding tools and drawings passing by.

He hurriedly raised his hand and pointed, "Your Highness, it's him." Then he motioned to the attaché beside him, "Go and call the old covenant to come over." ”

John. Bent was brought closer, and Guan Xiangyun hurriedly gave him a look, "Old Covenant, this is His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King, isn't it a big courtesy?" ”

The interpreter knelt down first, turned his head and whispered a few words of Spanish to the boatman.

The latter hurriedly wanted to kneel when he heard this, but was held by Zhu Linmiao's probing hand, and then saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and he obviously hadn't rested for a long time.

"Old Testament?" Zhu Linmiao smiled slightly and asked, "It is said that your ancestral home is Zhejiang?" ”

John. Bent was a little nervous, and after listening to the interpreter's paraphrase, he actually spoke for a long time in one breath.

The interpreter translates for the two of them.

"The old testament says that his ancestors were taken captive by the Japanese and sold into slavery in Luzon, and it has been more than five generations. But his ancestors have been concerned about the Ming Dynasty for generations, and have always taught his children and grandchildren that he is a Chinese citizen, and although he is in a foreign country, he will never forget his roots. With the help of Lord Zheng this time, he was able to escape and return to his hometown. ”

"Hometown......" Zhu Linmiao couldn't help but nod with emotion, "Yes, Daming will always be your hometown." Then he asked the boatman, "Do you have a Chinese name?" ”

"My parents didn't speak Chinese anymore, so they didn't have a Chinese name." John. Bent suddenly remembered that he had been called by people all day long, such as "Old Covenant" and "Uncle Ben", and suddenly looked at Zhu Linmiao and said, "The ancestor of the next person seems to be surnamed Pan, why don't you help me choose a Chinese name." ”

"Presumptuous!" Guan Xiangyun heard what the interpreter said, and said sharply, "How can you dare to accept the name of His Royal Highness?" ”

Zhu Linmiao glanced at him, "Not to mention that John has contributed a lot to my sailor, what is the big deal about his heart for Daming and returning home thousands of miles away?" ”

“pan？ Is it the surname Pan? He thought for a moment and said, "Since you have been loyal to Daming for generations, you will take this meaning and call Pan Mingzhong good." ”

"Your Highness! I'll have a Chinese name in the future! ”

Zhu Linmiao talked with him for a while, and then learned about the hardships of his return.

This Pan Minh Chung was also an important technician at the Manila shipyard and was closely monitored by the Spaniards. Jinyi Wei Ma Yanzhen pretended to be a Guangdong maritime merchant and bought a boat in the shipyard, so he had the opportunity to catch up with him.

Later, Ma Yanzhen spent a lot of money to buy off the shipyard guards, put Pan Mingzhong in the wine barrel, and only left the bamboo tube to breathe, so that he escaped the search and took him to the ship.

When it was close to going to sea, the shipyard sent people to search for the ship, and Ma Yanzhen and his men killed the Spaniards, and had to set sail in a hurry without even replenishing the food. The people on the ship only had three taels of food per person a day, and they were resupplied all the way to Qiongzhou.

Zhu Linmiao couldn't help but think of the technicians who sharpened their heads and ran abroad in later generations, and sighed in her heart, if my Ming Dynasty was always strong, how could there be such a thing.

He swept his gaze over the still vacant slipway of the largest ship in the distance, and said in his heart, since there is a good player like Pan Mingzhong, a larger warship can be put on the agenda.

The drawings have already been drawn, and they exist in Guan Xiangyun. Zhu Linmiao didn't care about letting Pan Mingzhong rest for the time being, and pulled him to describe the warship on the drawing in detail.

This shipwright is really a good hand, it only took half a month to learn to draw industrial drawings, and at this time, with the assistance of drawings, he quickly understood what Zhu Linmiao meant, and nodded: "A Galen warship of about 10,000 quintals." ”

He was talking about the imperial unit "quintal", and the displacement of a ship with a maximum carrying capacity of 10,000 quintals was about 800 to 900 tons.

"Your Highness, I have never built such a big ship." He said truthfully, "But with such detailed drawings as yours, I think you can try it." ”

"Good!" Zhu Linmiao was overjoyed in her heart, so that the Daming Sailor would be able to complete a big leap.

A warship of more than 800 tons is a third-class battleship. At present, there is no such powerful warship in the entire Asian seas, and it is placed in Europe, where navigation is extremely developed, which can also be ranked.

It is foreseeable that the day this ship goes to sea will be the time when the Ming Navy will dominate Asia!

After finishing the plan of the third-class battleship, Zhu Linmiao instructed Guan Xiangyun and Pan Mingzhong: "While building an eight-hundred-ton warship, small warships cannot relax. ”

After all, the construction speed of giant ships is relatively slow, and the cost is very high, and for a long time, 500-ton and 300-ton warships will still be the main force of the naval division.

"When these ships are finished on the slipway, start working on new ships at once. Two for 500 tons and three for 300 tons.

"In addition, we can find some strong private shipyards and let them build transportation and auxiliary ships. The more reliable ones can even send craftsmen to build Galen ships of one or two hundred tons. ”

"The subordinate obeys."

Early the next morning, Zhu Linmiao took a brief look around the shipyard, then ordered Shi Lin to prepare a car and go straight to Mawei Military Port.

To be honest, building warships was not much of a problem for him who was familiar with the technology of later generations, but it was difficult to train sailors.

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