"Sails?"

When Zhang Liang asked Xiao Ming this question. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now the ship is built, but there is no way to sew the sails into the beams, and the Galen ship has a tall mast, and it also needs the same area of sails.

"How did you sew canvas when you were building a ship?" Xiao Ming said with a frown.

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, when the Wei family was there before, there was a handmade textile workshop under his hands, and this canvas was purchased from him, and now the Wei family and the Qin family have been destroyed by His Highness, and when I finish the construction of the hull, this inquiry, this workshop was received by His Highness, and it is still in preparation, and it has not yet been produced." ”

"This is the king's mistake, now the Wei family's industry has been taken over by the government, this textile workshop has been arranging some time ago, but it was delayed by the battle of Cangzhou, and then went to Chang'an, this matter has been lazy, so let's build the remaining hull first, you will take the size and style of this sail to this king, and I will explain it to let them produce."

"Yes, Your Highness, I have prepared this size." Zhang Liang took out a drawing from his arms and handed it to Xiao Ming.

Accepting the drawings, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun will look at the other three Galen ships, according to this progress, they should be completed by the end of the year.

Now that the ship is there, all that remains is to recruit crews, and according to the standards of a Galen ship, a Galen ship should have about one hundred and fifty crew members.

This matter should also be put on the agenda, so he asked Zhang Liang: "By the way, this Galen ship is about to be launched, you should be more familiar with this crew matter than this king, where can you find a crew who is more proficient in water." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Liang looked confident, and he naturally knew where people were better in this area over the years of shipbuilding.

He said: "Your Highness, when you asked me to be responsible for the construction of Dengzhou Shipyard, I have been in that place for a while, and I still have some understanding of Dengzhou, Dengzhou is near the sea, and most of the fishermen living in this place make a living from fishing, and in the past, there were often fishermen from Dengzhou who came here to buy boats, but in recent years, the Japanese have been rampant on the sea, and many Dengzhou fishermen who went to sea were killed by pirates, and the boats were robbed, many fishermen are afraid of pirates, and few people dare to go to sea, I think, it is most appropriate to take advantage of the current opportunity to recruit fishermen, They are well suited as crew members of Galen's ships. ”

"Your Royal Highness, Zhang Liang's words are right, since ancient times, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, the people of Dengzhou mostly go to the sea to fish for a living, and now the way of life is cut off, the heart must be extremely hateful to pirates and pirates, if they are recruited, they will inevitably respond."

After a pause, Pang Yukun continued: "Moreover, there are many people in Dengzhou who take risks to sell illicit salt, and because of this fishing amount, Yang Chengye, the assassin of Dengzhou, has asked the officials more than once for instructions on how to deal with this illegal salt dealer. ”

"Well, in this case, in two days, you will go to Dengzhou with me to see the situation over there, this king is worried that these people are used to living on the sea, and do not think about farming, this tuntian method does not have much benefit for them, plus it is strictly forbidden to sell illegal salt, these people are afraid that they will complain a lot about the government, if they are mixed with the Goryeo, the Japanese are thieves, this is not good."

Zhang Liang thought so, he said: "Your Highness is very thoughtful, the fishermen on this sea have no way to survive and can only go ashore from pirates to burn, kill and loot, after all, this outlaw can do anything." ”

After agreeing on the matter, he instructed Zhang Liang to speed up the progress, and Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun returned to Qingzhou together.

Now the barbarians are still threatening the hinterland of Qingzhou north of Cangzhou, and now this sea and land are cut off by pirates and pirates, so it is difficult for his goods from Qingzhou to go north along the south of the sea and sell their goods to other countries.

The domestic market is important, but the overseas market is equally important.

And one of the problems is that some of the resources needed by industry are not available or scarce in Chongqing.

For example, rubber trees, such as iron wood, needless to say, the former is needless to say, in the future, the anal plug of the steam engine, belts and other objects need rubber as a material.

This kind of tree is only abundant in Annan, and it is hard and corrosion-resistant, and it is the preferred excellent material for shipbuilding wood.

At present, the Galen ships built by Zhang Liang are just made of local materials, and the better quality wood is selected, but there are several kinds of pine and fir wood, and the ships made of these woods are still not as good as the sail warships built of iron power wood in terms of sailing life.

In the Age of Discovery, many ships were corroded by the sea during sailing, and they were dismembered and sank to the bottom of the sea due to factors such as strong winds and waves.

Therefore, it is extremely important to obtain the resource of iron power wood, not to mention that this iron power wood is also an excellent wood for military industry, special mechanical parts, and construction.

Moreover, from the knowledge discourse in the science and technology library, one of the reasons why the Great Colonial Era allowed the West to develop at a high speed was that Western countries were able to absorb resources from all over the world, and these resources further promoted the development of industry.

Further, materials are the basis of the evolution of civilization, coal, oil, nuclear energy, and scientists predict that if no new fuel is discovered, human beings will stop in the solar system forever, and this is why the purpose of the great powers to land on the moon and even land on Mars, everything is to discover new resources.

Because of this, Xiao Ming attaches so much importance to sail warships, he does not lack scientific and technological knowledge, what he lacks is only resources, and some resources have not been discovered in Dayu country, or even none.

Returning to Qingzhou, Xiao Ming summoned important officials from Qingzhou to the main hall of the palace to participate in the meeting the next day.

Returning from Chang'an, he needed to grasp the latest situation in the fiefdom and discuss the matter of the blood wolf tribe outside Cangzhou City.

"Your Highness, now the army in the six states has basically completed the reform of divisions, brigades, battalions, regiments, and companies." Niu Ben said first.

"Well, yes, the slogans of the soldiers at the gates of the city show that the pace of reform is fast." Xiao Ming said with a smile: "Is there anything unsuitable for this reform?" ”

Niu Ben looked strange and said, "The governor has become the division commander, this title is a bit weird. ”

"It's not Your Highness, you call me brigade commander this time, and I'm uncomfortable." Lu Fei complained.

Xiao Ming nodded, in terms of the military system, he was indeed a little too anxious to change, and these generals couldn't adapt to it for a while.

He said: "In this case, the military salute, slogan, and the military system are retained, and this title should be used for the time being, and the right is to popularize knowledge, and then use it when necessary in the future." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Niu Ben and other generals said.

(To be continued.) )