Guan Xiangyun saw that the shipwright had a difficult face, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness means that you can modify the sail style on the existing warship, change the paint color, etc., and it looks like a warship of the Eziba people from a distance." ”

Pan Mingzhong spent the first half of his life building ships in the Manila shipyard, and he was very familiar with the styles of both Spanish warships and merchant ships, so he immediately shook his head slightly, "The new warships of the Ming Dynasty are all built according to the patterns drawn by His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Prince, and the appearance is very different from the ships on the Manila side. It is simply impossible to paint it with an existing ship. ”

Most of the drawings that Zhu left to the shipyard incorporated some of the advantages of the 18th-century sail warship, such as the straight deck that almost ran through the entire ship, the addition of a second bow mast and the installation of a spinnaker, and the low bow and stern. These features enhance the ship's sailing or combat performance, but it is easy to see from the appearance that it is different from the warships of today.

Pan Mingzhong frowned and looked around, and saw a sixth-level battleship that was nearly completed not far from the eight-hundred-ton giant battleship.

According to the latest warship classification standards issued by the Ministry of War—of course, they were basically modified by Zhu Linmiao from the British warship classification standards in the mid-17th century—the newly built warships of the Ming Naval Division were divided into six classes, as well as one out-of-class class. The Galen warship, with a design displacement of 120 tons and 10 guns, happened to belong to the sixth-class frigate.

"The size of this ship is close to that of the usual auxiliary warships in Manila," he groaned slightly, and hurriedly summoned a steward craftsman beside him, "Old Zhang, let slipway C stop first, quickly." ”

"Oh, okay."

Guan Xiangyun saw that there seemed to be a play, and hurriedly asked, "Is Master Pan sure?" ”

"What His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King ordered, I will do it without eating or sleeping!"

Unexpectedly, Pan Mingzhong actually said a prophecy, and he really only slept six or seven times in the next half a month.

"Yes, that's it, a seven-foot tall stern." On slipway C, he commanded the boatwrights on the deck in a loud voice, "Hey, you don't need any patterns, you should just build a shed out of planks...... Yes, four windows on each side, a door, a staircase...... As long as the sea breeze doesn't blow away.

"Little Qizi, the gantry crane is dragged back. The wooden hoop had been nailed and hoisted to the stern of the boat and loaded...... Blocking the stern window? It's okay, that's it! ”

After the arrangement was almost done, he jumped on the wooden rail car and rushed to the dock on the east side - although this wooden rail car is usually used to transport materials, it is often used as a means of transportation by everyone when it is busy, after all, the shipyard spans seven or eight miles, and it is too time-consuming to walk by foot.

Most of the timber near the damaged hull has been removed, and replacement parts are being made in a nearby shed.

It was dark at this time, but the whole dock was illuminated by seventy or eighty oil lamps about two feet thick, and the shipwrights were still busy working overtime.

The shipyard is all wood, and in order to prevent fire, all the lights are independently installed on wooden racks three or four feet high, and are covered with huge glass lampshades, so that no sparks can fly out. There is also a special person who carries a bucket on his back at any time to keep an eye on it, and arranges one person to be responsible for every three lighting facilities.

These huge broken glass products are all customized from foreigners in Macau, and the price is very expensive, but in order to improve the efficiency of the shipyard, Zhu Linmiao bought thousands without half a moment's hesitation.

Pan Mingzhong circled around the warship, and was basically satisfied with the handling of the craftsmen, and only told the craftsmen at the bow, "The beams connecting the deck should also be removed, and replaced with new ones when installing the new bow, otherwise the boards on the side of the bow will be blocked, and the installation will be slow." ”

When he left the dock, it was already ugly, and he looked at slipway A, which had just turned off the lights—after all, people were not made of iron, and even if they were shifts, the shipwrights were exhausted by this time—dragged the steward craftsman who was about to go to sleep, and inquired in detail about the construction of his 800-ton "heart and liver baby" today.

When he was sure that he had understood all the questions, he returned to his small workshop and dormitory, spread out the pattern of the warship on the table, and carefully analyzed the cause of the problem. Then he frowned again, took out the scaled-down model, looked at it for a while, cut a pocket part and put it on, and nodded slightly......

The city of Nanjing is simply crowded.

Originally, when the news of moving the capital came out, many businessmen and gentry planned to move into the city, after all, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they would definitely bloom like flowers in the future.

And now it is catching up with the imperial court to open a list, because Zhu Linmiao is in a hurry to employ people, so he simply opened the examination in October, and the spring and autumn exams were changed, and the people who came from the political envoys of the Xuancheng were gathered here.

These people are not as poor as Xiucai, they want to be called masters, who do not have a few envoys around them, and their economic ability is far beyond that of ordinary scholars.

Starting from the inn, restaurants, bookstores and even green buildings are full of customers, and they are very lively.

However, at this time, the Ming Auxiliary King ignored this prosperous scene, and led a group of clan vassal kings through the city and out of the east gate, and did not stop until they were near Xiaoling.

A pavilion that had already been arranged under the Purple Mountain was surrounded by solemn Dragon Guard soldiers, and Zhu Linmiao took the lead in entering the pavilion and motioned for the descendants of the Zhu family to sit down.

"I know that all of you uncles, nephews and brothers want to come to Xiaoling to have a look, after all, the ancestral tomb has been stolen by thieves for some time. This mood was understandable, so I ignored the courtiers who could only shout 'ancestral system' and let everyone come together. ”

Zhu Linmiao made a simple opening remark, waited for the next person to put the tea and snacks on the table, and continued: "But the holy car walks slowly, and this worship has to wait." I have recruited you here today because I have another good thing to say. ”

Guiwang Zhu Youlang was more familiar with him, and he was one of the highest-ranking princes, so he smiled and said, "I don't know what good news Uncle Wang has?" ”

"Well, this imperial court has been using troops one after another recently, and now it is going to build a large number of warships to confront the thieves, plus the plan to move the capital, and silver must be used everywhere." Zhu Linmiao pondered the wording, "And in the initial decision in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the taxes were actually not collected much, and some places even had to provide disaster relief from the imperial court, because the government treasury had been unable to make ends meet for a long time." ”

He arched his hand in the direction of Xiaoling, "The ancestors single-handedly laid down this Ming Dynasty, but now they let the thieves steal most of it, and my generation has not been able to recover Sheji for a day, and it will always be like a knife piercing the bones......"

When he said this, the vassal kings immediately couldn't sit still, and they all got up and bowed to Xiaoling and said: "The descendants are not filial, and they failed to help the Son of Heaven drive away the thieves." ”

Immediately, the most "up-to-the-road" Zhu Youlang took the lead and said: "The imperial court and the Dongyu fought against each other, and we couldn't wait for the side to do it, but there was still a little money and food, and it could be used to ...... the labor army" I want to talk about "The Rise of the Ming Dynasty 1646" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~