When Yu Xiaotian's royal driver arrived at the dock of Dalian Shipyard, in the dock of the shipyard, there was a very novel sailing ship.

The ship is not very large, and its displacement is only a little more than a thousand tons, but it is extremely graceful, with a low side and a low superstructure.

The whole ship is completely detached from the type of Galen ships that are now being built by various maritime powers, and it can be said that it is a completely new type of ship.

This novel sailboat, the length-to-width ratio is almost greater than 6:1, its underwater shape is designed as a small resistance body, and maintains a certain lateral resistance profile, the guide zhì waterline part is particularly beautiful, the first waterline surface is concave, the long and sharp curve scissor-shaped head column is a suitable for racing, can split the wave forward at sea, in order to reduce wave resistance,

The head column also extends the length of the hull, and a slash is extended along the head column to hang some more support rope spinnakers at the head, which is conducive to expanding the capacity of the support sail;

What is even more peculiar is that the bow of this ship should be a hollow hollow bow, which is completely different from the previous Galen ship, which makes it easy for the ship to raise its head in the waves, and improves its course stability in the waves.

The sloping waterline that gradually changes at the rear transitions harmoniously to a narrow round tail, harmoniously blending in with the graceful bow shape.

This ship has three masts, which can hang sails with a very large area, and the mast is very high, basically up to three-quarters of the total length of the ship, which is a standard high mast, and because of the long proportion of the hull, the three masts will interfere with each other relatively little, and the transom mast is very wide, which greatly exceeds the width of the hull.

But the armament of this ship does not seem to be very strong, only two layers of artillery decks, this is also because the ship has a low freeboard, and it is impossible to arrange three layers of artillery decks at all, even if it is arranged with two layers, it can already be said that it is barely enough, so this ship can only load about thirty guns at most, divided into two layers of configuration.

The lower deck could be loaded with more than a dozen 24-pounder guns, the upper artillery deck could be loaded with more than a dozen twelve-pounder guns, and on the side deck of the ship, a small number of light guns could also be arranged, so the force was not very strong.

Although this boat has not yet been launched, those who know how to do it, after seeing this boat, the first impression is that this boat must be a very fast boat, and it must be very suitable for high-speed sailing.

When Yu Xiaotian saw this boat, he was also very excited, walked a few steps to the dock, stopped and began to carefully look at the boat in front of him, his eyes revealed a gentle gaze like looking at his son, revealing a doting look.

"Okay! It's finally made! Very good! Basically, it was built according to my design! Ha ha! Good! Good! Good! ”

Yu Xiaotian couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and said a few good words.

At this time, the director of Dalian Shipyard walked lightly behind Yu Xiaotian and said to Xiaotian: "Qi Shengshang, this ship is in accordance with the drawings and ship models sent by Shengshang, copied and enlarged, before that, Weichen has built five small test ships, and conducted sea trials at sea, the speed is extremely fast, far beyond the speed of all the ship types we can build at present, and even the speed is more than double the existing ship type!" ”

Yu Xiaotian nodded and smiled: "Well done!" This kind of ship was originally built for high-speed sailing, and of course it runs fast, and if it can't even match the speed of other ships now, then what use do I want it!

This kind of ship can be used as a fast transport ship, and it can also be used as a high-speed gunboat, and it is even more suitable as a smuggling ship! After having this kind of ship, you can depart from Qingdao and go to Australia, and if the wind direction is more favorable, you can arrive in a month at the earliest!

If you want to go to the Americas, sail downwind and reach the Americas in as fast as three months! Although I have never seen this ship launched for sea trials, according to my estimates, the speed of this ship can reach at least 30 miles per hour, which can be said to be as fast as a galloping horse! ”

The naval officers who came to pick up the ship, after hearing Yu Xiaotian's words, all of them looked surprised and shocked.

If what Yu Xiaotian said is right, then this kind of ship is really a super weapon, think about this ship on the battlefield, can enter the battlefield at a speed that exceeds the speed of the enemy's ship, it can be more convenient than the enemy to seize the advantageous wind direction, if the enemy's ship firepower is too strong to sink it, then driving this kind of ship, you can quickly get out of the battlefield.

This will change the pattern of naval warfare, so that the side that owns such a ship will completely seize the initiative on the battlefield.

Although the firepower of this kind of ship is not very strong, relying on its speed, it can hit and go, turn around, and continue to harass the enemy until the enemy army is completely crushed.

If it is used as a smuggling ship, specifically to hunt down enemy merchant ships on the sea, it is even better to heaven, as long as this kind of ship is targeted, then no one will want to run away again, except for being captured, there is almost no possibility of escape.

If it is used as a transport ship, then it is also an artifact, which can be twice or even more than twice as fast as any ship to reach the destination, if it competes with commercial rivals, the party with this type of ship will seize the market in the local area, and the competitors will be late, and I am afraid that they will not even be able to eat a mouthful of hot.

So the naval officers all came over and asked Xiaotian with a hara, "Then dare to ask the Holy Lord, what type of ship should this kind of ship be called?" Please give your name to God! ”

Yu Xiaotian glanced at the boat in the dock, laughed and waved his hand: "This kind of boat is called a flying clipper boat!" In the future, this ship will be the fastest ship among sailing ships, and there is no one else like it! Well, stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and cut the ribbon! Open the dock door and release the water, launch this boat, I haven't been on a boat for a long time, I must be the first to board this boat today and personally direct the sea trial! ”

After Yu Xiaotian used a pair of golden scissors to cut off a piece of red cloth and smashed a glass bottle of wine into the bow of the ship, a boatman immediately knocked on the dock door and slowly lifted the dock door with a winch.

As the water in the dock became deeper and deeper, the buoyancy increased, and the clipper gradually began to float up from the frame, and everyone stared nervously at the boat to observe its stability.

The result was very satisfying, the shipyard craftsmen controlled the balance of the ship very well, the ballast stone was placed in place, and after the ship floated, it swayed a little and was stabilized, and there was basically no notice of roll or forward and backward tilt.

So everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly the gongs and drums were noisy, and the firecrackers rang out in unison, and they all stepped forward to congratulate Yu Xiaotian.

After the dock door opened, Yu Xiaotian watched the ship be towed out of the dock, and then moved to the nearby trestle, docked next to the trestle, and the craftsmen immediately boarded the ship to do the final mooring inspection, confirm the construction quality of the ship, and check the leakage in the cabin.

After a day of inspection, final repairs and plugging of leaks, as well as mooring tests on the dock, the first officially built clipper ship of this era was basically capable of sea trials.

Yu Xiaotian couldn't wait to reject the dissuasion of the ministers, insisted on being the first to board the clippers, and personally commanded the first sea trial.

In the end, the ministers couldn't stand Yu Xiaotian's insistence, so they had to let Yu Xiaotian board the ship, and instructed the guards to take care of Yu Xiaotian to avoid danger.

But Yu Xiaotian immediately scolded them with a smile and said, "You guys, do you not trust whether this ship designed by me can float on the sea, or do you not trust the craftsmanship of the craftsmen in our shipyard?"

I can guarantee that this boat will leave you jaw-dropping! And there will never be a problem. ”

The ministers definitely don't dare to say that they don't trust Yu Xiaotian's design, who doesn't know now, their emperor is an all-rounder, especially good at ship design, many ships used in the navy today are basically from his design, so that the Dazhong Navy has now become the most powerful navy in the world, who dares to say that Yu Xiaotian can't do it, then I'm afraid there will be no one in this world.

Under the command of Yu Xiaotian, the flying clipper, which was painted in milky white, slowly sailed away from the dock, and then hoisted its sails towards the outside of the harbor, and the accompanying personnel boarded several other boats one after another, escorting the new ship out of the harbor and into the wide sea.

"Raise the sails to the full, and the right rudder thirty degrees!" Yu Xiaotian stood on top of the stern and gave the order in person.

The boatswain immediately repeated his command, and the helmsman began to steer the wheel quickly, and the ship turned into a tailwind and headed southeast, and the sails began to be raised under the skilful manipulation of the sailors.

As if a whip had been whipped, the ship scurried forward, and began to speed up like a wild horse in front of everyone's eyes, towards the wide sea.

Eventually, the speed of the ship was raised to a jaw-dropping speed, cleaving the waves on the surface of the sea, and heading off like a sharp arrow.

All the people who participated in this sea trial looked at the ship that had gone away in amazement, and it was only after a while that someone shouted: "Good ship!" It's so beautiful! Long live the Holy Lord......"

All the boats burst into cheers.

After Yu Xiaotian had enough of the captain's addiction on the sea, he ordered to return to the dock where he departed, stood on the pier with his back to the flying clipper boat, and said loudly to everyone standing on the pier: "Shu can now officially announce that from now on, the sea will be the sea of our Chinese, and this century and the century to come will also become the century of our Chinese!"

We were late, but not too late, and now we're catching up! The Americas will be ours, Australia will be ours, and Africa will be ours! This world will become the world of us Chinese! ……”

Yu Xiaotian's voice echoed over the entire dock, and these words have been recorded in the annals of history forever since then, becoming Emperor Chengtian's declaration to the whole world.

In the following days, Yu Xiaotian, the emperor of Dazhong, seemed to be the shopkeeper again, rarely going to the court in person, and most of the things he did were to convene the cabinet ministers to discuss, or directly give instructions to the cabinet ministers.

He himself seems to be indulged in some strange and ingenious affairs, either running to the Royal Machinery Factory with a group of craftsmen to tinker with steel machinery, or occasionally going to the Dalian Shipyard or the Qingdao Naval Base to watch naval training.

Sometimes he even invited some missionaries from Europe in the palace to discuss some technical issues day and night, and also set up a chemical laboratory in the palace, and personally took some students to pick up some strange smelling and even dangerous things in the palace.

For this reason, he also caused an explosion in the palace, which almost caused a fire, but fortunately Yu Xiaotian ran fast and was burned on the buttocks, making his head and face as if he had come out of the coal kiln, and the wolf was unbearable, and most of his hair and beard were burned off, and his eyebrows were simply burned out.

For this reason, the cabinet ministers have repeatedly exhorted Xiaotian to take care of political affairs and not to indulge in these strange and ingenious affairs, so as not to waste the government.

But Yu Xiaotian said that if I want to take care of everything and take care of big and small things, then what do you cabinet ministers and other officials do?

Since I have handed over the power to you, you can do things for me within the scope of your authority, and whoever does a good job and who does not do it well, I am not blind, you can see that what I want to do is something you don't understand, and it is also a major matter for the benefit of the country and the people.

For this reason, some people secretly slandered in the streets, saying that the current saint goes on like this, but there is the legacy of the Emperor of the Apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse was indulged in carpentry, lacquer work and all kinds of strange and ingenious affairs, and abandoned the government, so that the world is in chaos, and it may not be a good thing for the saint to continue like this today.