On the high mast, the white sails with the pattern of the sun and the moon are fed with the wind, and the huge wind power is transmitted to the streamlined hull through the sails and masts. This is the latest work of the Mingdu Shipyard under the Shipbuilding Department of the Admiralty of the Ming Dynasty. The initial design and sketch proposed by Chen Dexing himself, and after repeated trials and improvements by the teachers and students of the Naval Academy's Naval Ship Department and the technicians of the Mingdu Shipyard, it took three and a half years to build the first ship, named the "New World".

It is an ocean-going sailing vessel intended for transpacific voyages. In pursuit of higher speed and better stability, the New World was carefully designed with a low freeboard and less superstructure - which allowed for stability while lowering the center of gravity and facilitating the installation of taller masts. The height of the mast of the New World is about three-quarters of the length of the hull, and the sail area is particularly large.

In order to reduce drag as much as possible, the yacht has a large aspect ratio of 1:5, and the hull is very slender, making it look like an inland oar. The bow of the "New World" is sharp, like half a pair of scissors, and the waterline is slightly concave, which can be lifted up and split the waves when sailing; The rear is tapered and sloped, which, together with the streamlined hull, creates a minimal drag.

A mast protruding upwards was also installed along the bow of the ship, between which four sail ropes were drawn and a jib was hung; On the foremast, mainmast and trailmast hung huge sails, the width of the sails greatly exceeded the width of the hull, the transom even extended beyond the hull, and between the masts hung sail ropes. Pulled up the spinnaker. The combination of a crosssail and a spinnaker allows the yacht to accept the wind blowing in all directions.

That's right. This is a scissor sailing boat, the pinnacle of human use of sailboats. This scissor can reach speeds of up to 14 knots!

Of course, the "New World", which appeared six hundred years earlier, did not have such high speed. The speed of this sailboat is 11 or 12 knots at most, because this sailboat is too heavy.

In order to make navigation as safe as possible, but also to carry artillery. The hull of the New World is very strong, and even steel parts made of Nanfen steel are used in the riveting parts of the keel to increase the sturdiness.

So the "New World" is a rather "heavy" scissor sailing ship, and it is also quite large. If you use the traditional Chinese load stone to calculate, this sailing ship is a large ship of 5,000 stones.

By the standards of the Ming Navy, this meant that the ship could carry 5,000 stone (about 300 tons) of supplies or cargo, excluding the weapons and crew weight on board. If you take into account the dead weight of the hull and the armament carried with the ship. Most likely, the displacement of this sailing ship will exceed one and a half thousand tons!

In the era of sail battleships in later generations, battleships with a displacement of 1,500 tons were quite formidable battleships. In 1637, the first generation of the English, the "King of the Seas", sail battleship, with a displacement of only 1,700 tons, was equipped with up to 100 guns, and was the king of the sea in that era.

And this "New World", although it is only equipped with forty-four four-inch guns, is enough to bring overwhelming sea power to the Ming Navy. After all, in the current world, only the two Chinese countries of the Ming Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty have truly useful artillery. And the latter's naval strength is extremely weak -- the mode of regimental training seems to be not very suitable for the navy.

The "New World" only completed its trial voyage and entered service in July, and as soon as it entered service, it was incorporated into the Beiyang Fleet and was also designated as the ship of the Ming Emperor. Now it is carrying the number one person of the Ming Empire. Surrounded by several galleys serving as escorts, he cut the waves south.

In a spacious cabin, a thick and soft feast was laid out, and a low rectangular table was placed in the middle. There are a few side dishes and a few plates of dim sum. Some fruit and shochu.

Liang Chongru gently turned the Dehua (Dehua County, Quanzhou) white porcelain cup in his hand, and the rich aroma of wine emanated from the cup. Mixed with the fresh air of the sea, it makes people flutter.

This is a kind of mellow wine that Liang Chongru has tasted, and he is a little drunk after drinking a little, and compared with it, the best wine of the Southern Dynasty is as light as water.

Liang Chongru sipped slowly, completely intoxicated by the mellow aroma of the wine......

He only met Chen Dexing in the Tiandao Palace in Yanjing on the tenth day after Chen Dexing ascended the throne and became emperor - the reason why he met in the Tiandao Palace was because Hojo did not carry the letter of state of the Japanese emperor in real time, and it was useless to bring the letter of state, because Chen Dexing would not recognize His Majesty the Emperor in Kamakura. Therefore, Hojo can only meet Chen Dexing informally in real time, and it is not suitable to put it in Zhaoming Palace, and it is placed in Tiandao Palace, in the name of the Lord of Tiandao Sect, there is naturally nothing.

At the end of the meeting, Liang Chongru presented Jia Yidao's handwritten letter, so he was able to go south with Chen Dexing.

"Good wine, good wine!" After taking a sip of wine, he shook his head and praised a few words as if he couldn't finish it. Then he put down the wine glass and solemnly bowed to Chen Dexing, who was sitting at the top, "Thank you to the saint for giving such a fine wine." ”

Chen Dexing smiled when he heard this, and said, "This is a wine made by several students from the Chemistry Department of Mingdu Tiandao Academy, called Zikui Drink. ”

It's distilled spirits! The alcohol content is naturally extremely high, probably reaching 50 degrees, which is about the same as the liquor of later generations. In the textbooks of the chemistry department of Tiandao Academy, there are methods and principles for making distilled water, and there is a female student named Su Zikui who runs a distillery at home, so she uses distillation to purify soju, and obtains a high-purity liquor, named Zikui Drink, and also registers a patent - "Chen Li" Shinong Industry and Commerce Chapter, there is a special provision on "patents". The Ministry of Commerce of the Ming Cabinet also formulated the "Patent Law" on this basis, which has been submitted to the Consultative Assembly for adoption, and Chen Dexing has also signed and approved.

There is no doubt that the girl named Su Zikui and several of her classmates will soon become rich because of this. Because Daming now implements the "salt tea wine monopoly", all wineries must purchase a monopoly license from the monopoly bureau before they can make wine for sale. The characteristics and processes of the wined products must also be indicated on the monopoly license, and there is almost no room for large-scale theft of wine patents.

And these examples of getting rich because of innovation and scientific research are exactly what Chen Dexing needs - in fact, Chen Dexing has long known that there is distilled spirit, but he just doesn't make this money, but gives it to Bill in this era of China. Gates and Jobs.

In order to encourage more people to devote themselves to scientific research, religion alone is not enough, there must be a real, huge commercial stimulus. Based on the same reasoning, Chen Dexing obviously knew how to remove sulfur and phosphorus from iron ore, but he didn't break it, but expected the technical talents of Tiandao Academy and Nanfen Iron Company to discover it themselves, and then make a lot of money......

"Purple Kui Drink ......" Liang Chongru looked yearning, "If the poet immortal Li Bai gets this fine wine, there will definitely be a few more famous poems in the world!" ”

Chen Dexing frowned slightly, could it be that the value of distilled liquor would not be as good as Li Bai's poems? If high-purity liquor is refined, alcohol can be obtained, which is a sharp weapon for disinfection and sterilization, and I don't know how many lives can be saved!

He shook his head, put his mind back, and said with a smile: "Liang Yifu, there are still a lot of this purple sunflower drink on my 'New World', you can bring one or two hundred altars to Lin'an, and send some to Jia Yidao and Liao Yingzhong." When I first started in the army, I did not lack their care and promotion, and these fine wines showed a little affection. If possible, I will also send some to the Taishang of the Song Kingdom, which is the intention of the imperial concubine, and then tell them my intention to let the imperial concubine inherit the throne of the Song Dynasty. ”

It was not surprising to send Zikui to Jia Yidao and Emperor Zhao Yun, although the dispute between Chen Dexing and the Southern Song Dynasty could not be reconciled, he still tried to take on the posture of a gentleman's dispute. Every New Year's holiday, an envoy will be sent to greet Zhao Yun, and the number of courtesies that should be fulfilled has never been short.

However, letting Zhao Lin'er be the future queen of the Song Kingdom was still unexpected by Liang Chongru. He originally thought that Chen Dexing would either exterminate the Great Song Dynasty, or follow the precedent of the Tang Kingdom, retain the social affairs of the Song Kingdom, and let the Great Song monarchs and ministers find a home and country overseas.

didn't expect Chen Dexing to make such a move, to let Zhao Lin'er and her daughter become the king of the Great Song Dynasty, which is somewhat difficult.

Liang Chongru asked tentatively: "Sage, how big is the temporary territory of the Song Kingdom?" Is the queen in the Song capital? ”

Chen Dexing smiled and said: "How many fiefs the Song Kingdom temporarily received, naturally we will not know until after the fight...... The Song State is a powerful country with 300,000 or 400,000 troops, and it has the foundation of 300 years of soldiers. ”

This is to weaken the Great Song Dynasty to a certain extent, and then consider subduing!

Liang Chongru already had a little number, so he smiled and continued to probe, "If Taishi Jia returns to the Ming Dynasty, can he continue to govern the Liangzhejiang Road?" ”

Chen Dexing said lightly: "The rich land of the two Zhejiang, the population and wealth are twice as large as the north, can I entrust it to others?" If Jia seems to be willing to obey my Daming, he can be crowned a prince if he stays in Huaxia. ”

Jia Nidao is not young anymore, and it is basically impossible to go to sea to build a country, and his two sons are of little use, and it is estimated that he will not be able to build a country when he goes out. Therefore, Chen Dexing did not mention the matter of sealing the country to Jia Yidao.

Liang Chongru nodded slightly, "What about Fujian Road and Liangguang Road?" ”

"Naturally, I can't give King Song a temporary lead," Chen Dexing smiled, and simply picked out the clear, "Liang Yifu, if you can bring the letter back, in the future, the place where King Song will temporarily take it will only be all the way to Jiangxi!" And the queen of the Song Kingdom will not go to Hongdu Linchao. (To be continued......)