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When the new ship was tried on the Yangtze River, its speed has been greatly reflected, and the speed has been twice as fast as the old sailing ship, which is still in the case of low wind on the river.

However, as the emperor, it is not impossible for Qin Mu to follow him to the sea to see the test of the new ship.

Qin Mu gave high praise to Li Zhao, the main designer of the new ship, and gave a reward of 1,000 dragon coins on the spot, which is a huge fortune, Li Zhao is just a craftsman, if it was in the previous dynasties, such a reward would not dare to dream of it, so excited that he burst into tears and fell to the ground.

Other participants and builders also have their own rewards.

The craftsmen not only won the praise of the emperor, but also received rich rewards, all of them were grateful, and they felt as glorious as the top prize in the exam.

Qin Mu said to them: "In this world, there are only the unthinkable, there is nothing that cannot be done, the thought is the most important, what ideas you have in the future, no matter how ridiculous others think, you should practice it, perhaps the greatest innovation is in the ideas that others think are ridiculous."

I have an idea for you to see if it's plausible, and my idea is to add a bulbous nose below the waterline in the bow, something like that. ”

Qin Mu said, let Han Zanzhou take the pen and paper, and began to draw according to his impression, just because of him, the ships of later generations have a convex spherical shape under the bow waterline, similar to a nose.

The main advantage of the bulbous head ship is to reduce the wave resistance, the boat will produce waves when sailing in the water, and the waves will increase the resistance of the ship's navigation, reduce the speed of the ship, cause the hull to swing, impact the embankment, and affect the safe navigation of the ship;

Therefore, reducing and eliminating the effects of waves is an extremely important thing in the development of ships. The "big nose" in the bow of the ship was well designed. It can cancel each other out by the crests and troughs of the waves formed by the hull and bulbous nose respectively;

At the same time, due to the improvement of the head line shape and the relaxation of the curvature of the hull of the waterline, it is very useful to reduce the vortex resistance and improve the propulsion efficiency of the ship. This reduces water resistance and increases the speed of the ship. At the same time, the use of a bulbous nose head can reduce the harmful effect of waves on the ship.

This technology has been applied to large ships in later generations, but Qin Mu is not sure whether it is suitable for use on sailing ships. How about the effect, so let the craftsmen practice it.

The craftsmen looked at the drawings drawn by the emperor and looked at each other one by one, and none of them could imagine the principle of action of this bulbous nose. Qin Mu didn't explain too much, let them understand it from practice.

Qin Mu stayed in Longjiang Shipyard for half a day before returning to the palace satisfied, and Li Zhao and other designers of the new ship went to sea with the new ship for sea trials. In order to get the number of new ships and the table under various sea conditions, it is necessary to do a lot of sea trials.

At present, Daqin has opened large-scale shipyards in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Dengzhou, and Dalian Bay. Shipyards in Guangdong are also in the works.

Although these shipyards are privately owned, in fact, the imperial court has a deep penetration into them, and secretly has a very strict control, which is very similar to the military industrial enterprises of the United States in later generations.

The third day of returning to the palace from Longmen Shipyard. The emperor performed the concubine ceremony, and the eldest lady of the Xu family was admitted to the palace and canonized Zhaoyi. Stay at Huayi Palace, one of the six eastern palaces.

At present, in the palace, except for Yang Zhi, the queen, only one concubine, Yun Qiao'er is not only worth 60 million taels, but also has followed Qin Mu since she was poor, and her feelings are different.

In addition to Yang Zhi and Yun Qiao'er, now the highest title in the palace is Zhaoyi, if she can give birth to a dragon child, it is not difficult for Xu Ruoshi to become a concubine.

This can be regarded as a disguised reward for Xu Yongshun.

It was night, the red candle in Huayi Palace had a high fever, the emperor was fortunate in Huayi Palace, Xu Zhaoyi, who was beautiful and moon-like, and she knew how much the emperor pity her on Mochou Lake.

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Dazhong Street, the newly paved asphalt road has become the freshest thing in Nanjing, and even the people outside the city have specially run to Dazhong Street to see the novelty after hearing about it.

The smooth road surface makes people can't help but want to have fun on it.

The people of the other neighborhoods asked the officials who oversaw the work when it would be their turn to pave the asphalt road in front of their doors.

The official of the Ministry of Works replied smugly: "It's almost there." ”

"When is that almost there?"

"It's fast, it's fast."

"When is it fast?"

"Are you finished? It's fast! ”

"Official, don't be angry, wait for the shop to come to our house, and the little old hen will entertain you."

"Hahaha I got it, your old hen still keeps it to lay eggs, and the official still wants to wear this black yarn."

"Official, look at what you said, it's just a chicken, and usually the neighbors visit the door and kill one, this is not a bribe."

"Neighbors can eat your chicken, but I'm an official, no."

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"No way!"

In the lobby of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Huang Zhenlin, the left waiter, sternly refused, he flicked his black sleeves and said: "I, Emperor Qin, Your Majesty, how can anyone see me if they want to?" ”

The British envoy Clauswell, dressed in a straight dress and holding a top hat that was a bit like a ship, had repeatedly negotiated with Huang Zhenlin in the past few days, but had not been able to make progress before he proposed to meet the Emperor of Great Qin, but he did not expect the young Qin official in front of him to refuse.

"Your Excellency, your conditions are too harsh, and my British Empire absolutely cannot accept them."

The British called themselves Great Britain in front of Great Qin, which made Huang Zhenlin feel a little harsh, as far as he knew, compared to Great Qin, Britain was just a small country, but if you count other people's colonies, it can indeed be regarded as big.

Huang Zhenlin didn't refute him on this point, and said lightly: "Your Excellency Clauswell, if Britain is unwilling to cooperate with Great Qin, what is the loss for my Great Qin?"

We can cooperate with the Dutch, we can cooperate with the Portuguese, or even with the Spaniards, as long as we are willing, I believe that the Spaniards are very willing to put aside their past grievances and cooperate with Daqin. ”

For Europe, although it has found the New World of the Americas, most of it is still in a "primitive ecology", and if it wants to develop trade, it will eventually have to look to the Far East. This is why Britain is gradually shifting its strategic focus eastward.

However, Huang Zhenlin's condition was that the interests east of the Cape of Good Hope would go to Great Qin, and the west of the Cape of Good Hope would go to Britain.

Such a condition for him if accepted?

Britain has finally established a colonial base in India and is trying to make a big move. If Huang Zhenlin's conditions were followed, wouldn't the British Empire have to withdraw from India?

"Your Excellency, as far as I know, although your country defeated the Spaniards on Luzon, your navy has never been out of the Strait of Malacca."

"That's not a problem, we just need to find a good partner to work with. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if no one is willing to cooperate with my Great Qin, it is definitely not my Great Qin who suffers.

Our Great Qin Royal Navy can defeat the Spaniards today, and tomorrow it will be able to cross the Indian Ocean and even reach the English Channel. If Your Excellency Clauswell doesn't believe me, you might as well wait and see, I believe that in your lifetime, you will definitely be able to see the golden dragon banner of my Great Qin in the English Channel. ”

Regarding Huang Zhenlin's threat, Klauswell did not care at all, and even disdained to refute it.

But there is a fact that most of the valuable colonies in the Far East were divided between the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries.

If the British Empire wanted to control trade in the Far East, it had to defeat the sea coachmen.

If Great Qin turned to cooperate with the Dutch, it would be extremely bad for the British Empire.

So Clauswell made a big concession in order to seek an agreement with Daqin: "Your Excellency, Daqin has given us the monopoly of tea, silk, and porcelain, and we only keep the interests of India, and the rest of the Far East is all counted as the sphere of interests of your country, which is already the biggest concession that our country has made." ”

"Hahaha, Sir Clauswell, with all due respect, your country seems to have no interest in India but in India, right? Even India's interests have to depend on the eyes of the Dutch. ”

If the officials of Daqin heard the confrontation between the two, they didn't know how to feel, and under the influence of Confucian classics, they opened their mouths and closed their mouths, who could have imagined this?

But Zuo Shilang of the Great Qin Foreign Ministry, this tone sounds no different from Xiyi.

This is destined to be another inconclusive confrontation, the Great Qin Empire, which has not yet left Malacca, wants the lion to open its mouth and swallow all the regions east of the Cape of Good Hope in one gulp.

This made it difficult for Clauswell to accept, although the right to trade with Great Qin was so tempting.

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(To be continued......)