"Yes, it would be great if we could build a blessed ship of the Ming Kingdom!"

While Takahisa Shimazu of Satsuma was hoping that he would be able to get a huge ship from a visitor from the sea, Masarashi who was far away on the shore of Imari Bay in Matsuura County, Hizen Province, looked at the scene in front of him and expressed the same expectation.

Standing on the rocks by the sea, the sea breeze blows from the west in gusts of time, bringing a rich, slightly salty smell. Hundreds of meters away from the coast, there is a large factory where people are constantly walking, and it is the largest seaport of the Roche family, Imari Bay Seaport.

At present, there are four relatively large and well-established seaports in the Luo family's territory: Hirado Port, Imari Bay Port, and Karatsu Port in Matsuura County, Hizen Province, and Hakata Port in Chikuzen Province, which is under restoration. Among them, the ports of Hirado and Hakata are the only commercial ports open to the outside of the Roche family's territory, the port of Karatsu is a military training port for the training of naval forces (it will be used as a branch of the Nakatsu Military Academy of the Roche Academy in the future), and the port of Imari Bay is a shipbuilding port.

Since the only shipbuilding workshop of the Roche family is currently established here, after several years of continuous development, Imari Bay Port has become the largest port, with the most wharf buildings and the most extensive cement floor in the Roche family's territory.

On the second day after negotiating the alliance with Kitahara Kenmori, Masarashi began his second trip to inspect the Luo family's territory non-stop. The first stop on this tour is the shipbuilding workshop in Imari Bay, which is the closest to Kishidake Mountain Castle.

For the construction of the Luo family's own boat, this has always been Zhengliang's dream. Eight years ago, when the Roche family took over the Songpu area and acquired a number of shipbuilding facilities and local shipbuilders. Masahiro asked the Interior Pavilion to start building the Luo family's first naval ship workshop here in Imari Bay.

Of course. Due to the lack of comprehensive technology and the lack of sufficient raw materials. At that time, the workshop was only responsible for the repair and maintenance of the Luo family's naval vessels. However, with the continuous expansion of the Luo family's territory, the Luo family obtained more and more shipbuilding materials, shipbuilding facilities and shipbuilding craftsmen. More importantly, two years ago, Wang Hai, a merchant of the Ming Kingdom, helped the Luo family "invite" several families from the Ming Kingdom to work as craftsmen in the Ming State Shipyard. In order for these craftsmen to settle down in the Luo family's territory with peace of mind, Wang Hai directly "invited" all the relatives of these craftsmen.

According to the statements of Wang Hai and others, the more famous shipyards in the Ming Dynasty at this time mainly included Longjiang Shipyard in Nanjing, Qingjiang Shipyard in northern Jiangsu, Qinghe Shipyard in Shandong, Tainan Shipyard in Fujian and Jilin Shipyard in Northeast China. And these craftsmen were "invited" from the Longjiang Shipyard in Nanjing and the Tainan Shipyard in Fujian. Anyway, at that time, one of these craftsmen was in different troubles, and even several of them were going bankrupt. So it's a good thing for them to "invite" them here.

With the addition of these craftsmen, the Roche family's ship-repair workshop in Imari Bay Port gradually began to transform into a shipbuilding workshop.

After nearly two years of preparation, the wharf warehouse of Imari Bay Port at this time has been stocked with mountains of timber, iron, tung oil, oyster ash, rattan, brown, hemp, lacquer and other materials. Since the Luo family had already started maritime trade with the smuggling merchants of the Ming Kingdom and the Nanban merchants at this time, and the mountainous territory of the Wa Kingdom was also rich in products suitable for shipbuilding, it was not too difficult to prepare these materials.

In terms of the survival organization of the workshop, Zhengliang also referred to the workshop organization of the Ming State Shipyard and divided it into four compartments according to the professional nature: a wooden shuttle oar; second-hatchback manufacturing of ship wood, iron parts and cables; sedan repairs old ships; Four-box manufacturing brown canopy and other things. This rational organization of production and the strict division of labor are conducive to promoting the improvement of productive forces. Increase your province's shipbuilding capacity in the future.

The last problem is the choice of shipbuilding model. In this regard, Masashi is more inclined to choose the ship model of the Ming Kingdom. And the current Ming Kingdom. There are three main ship types: the Canton ship type, the Fu ship type and the sand ship type.

The Canton Ship got its name from the one built in Guangdong. The apex is long and has a deep draft. The beam arch is small, the arc of the nail ridge is not high, and it has good seakeeping. Structurally, the transverse ribs and bulkheads are constructed, and the longitudinal strength is maintained by the keel and large ribs. The shipbuilding materials are lychee, camphor and iron chestnut (ebony wood), which are strong and durable, but the source of materials is difficult and the cost is high, which hinders its development. The front side of the ship is equipped with a falling board that can be lifted vertically and protrude under the bottom of the ship, which plays the role of reducing roll and stabilizing the course. There are rows of diamond-shaped holes on the rudder plate, so that the steering is labor-saving and does not affect the rudder efficiency. The mid-mast and foremast of the large Canton ship are tilted forward, and the cloth stiff sails are hung on them, and the canopy poles are thick and sparsely arranged. Boats and oars are available on small and medium-sized boats. The Guangzhou ship has good wave-breaking ability, which is conducive to deep-water navigation.

The Fu boat was named after the Fujian ship. The ship has four floors, the lower deck is filled with ballast stones, the third floor is for fresh water tanks, and the second floor is inhabited. The bottom culet is wide at the top, the head tip and tail are wide at both ends, the tail seal structure is horseshoe-shaped, the two sides are arched outward, there is a wide and flat deck, and the side is reinforced with a thick board of split logs. The main timber used for shipbuilding is pine, cedar, camphor, nanmu and other wood. Some ships have live water tanks at the bow or stern with holes near the waterline when they are fully loaded. When the head or tail descends in the waves, the water flows into the living water tank; When rising, the water flows out slowly, so that the ascent speed of the boat is reduced, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing pitch. The ship has good wave-breaking performance and is suitable for deep water navigation at sea.

Fuchuan also derives some ship types, such as sentinel ship (grass skimming boat), winter ship (sea cangship), bird boat (wave boat) and so on. There is a small type of bird boat called a clipper. The smallest of the winter boats is called Cangshan boat, and the larger one is called Gejiao.

Some people regard the bird ship as an independent ship type, and the Fu ship, the Guangzhou ship, and the sand ship, thus dividing China's sea ships into four categories.

The sand boat is a flat-bottomed sea boat that originated in Chongming, Shanghai. The characteristics of the sand boat are: flat bottom, square head and square bow, which is conducive to sand walking, less resting and no obstacles; The draft is shallow, and it is less affected by the tide; The ship has a large width and stability, and has anti-sway equipment such as water slices, hard water wood and peace baskets; Multi-masted and multi-sail, fast and fast. Because the bottom of the sand boat is flat and cannot break the waves, the main navigation area is the northern sea.

In the end, Masaro chose to build a fortune ship. A few years ago, when Ming Guo and his party were about to return to the territory, he personally embodied the excitement of being chased by those huge fortune ships, so he had a deep memory of the sailing speed and combat power of the fortune ships.

However, due to the fact that most of the naval warfare of the Japanese state was carried out in shallow sea areas, these ships also needed to be further modified to adapt to the local naval combat environment and navigation needs.

Just now, he had already visited the workshop in the harbor in the distance, and when he saw the keel of the main body of the ship more than ten meters long, Masara couldn't help but be deeply shocked by its huge body. This keel is the keel of the first lucky ship that the Roche shipbuilding workshop tried to build on its own. Zhengliang believes that with the appearance of warships like the Luo family on the sea, it will definitely paint a strong color on the history of the Japanese navy.

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