Chapter 713 New Ocean Transport Ship (Please subscribe!)

Author: Linjiangjun

Chapter 713 New Ocean Transport Ship (Please subscribe!)

By that time, Kamfizis had figured everything out, so he simply gave in.

After hearing Kamfizis's statement, Zhu Kezang knew that he had won the first round of the trade war.

The second round of the trade war was not in the Ming Dynasty, Nanyang or southern Tianzhu.

But in distant America...

Before that, Ming Dynasty must build better ocean-going ships. First of all, the cost should be low, which can actually transport more people.

The current steamships of the Ming Dynasty are not suitable for ocean-going, and the cost of steam troop transports is too high and not suitable for large-scale construction.

As far as the Ming Dynasty was concerned, in order to build a ship specially used to shuttle between the Americas and the Ming Dynasty's mainland, and to shuttle between the east and west coasts of the Pacific, we must take into account both cost and efficiency. The cost should be as low as possible and the efficiency as high as possible.

In order to meet the requirements of Emperor Zhu Da, the Anping Armory used a large number of advanced technologies, and also used a large number of cheap metal components and relatively cheap wood, so that the construction cost of the ship could be reduced to a very low level.

the point.

The person who designed this plan was Huang Du, a famous shipbuilder.

Comes from Fengwei Huang family in Quanzhou.

"Fengwei Huang's shipbuilding family" is world-famous for its exquisite shipbuilding skills. It has been famous in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties and is well-known overseas.

According to the "Huang Family Genealogy": "When Fengwei City was built in the Ming Dynasty, there was only one clan outside the city. There were more than 90 people in the Huang family who were the head of the shipbuilding industry and held axes." They were building and repairing ships in various places.

In 1405 AD, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, ordered the eunuch Zheng He to lead the ships to the south and east. During this period, Huang's shipbuilders worked hard and led many shipbuilders to work day and night. Together, they completed the 62 ocean-going ships of Zheng He's fleet.

The largest wooden sailing ships among the ships.

The largest one is 44 feet long (146.5 meters) long and 18 feet (59.4 meters) wide, which is equivalent to the "aircraft carrier" of the Ming Dynasty.

The ancestors of the Huang family not only participated in the construction of Zheng He's treasure ship, Huang Du, a famous shipbuilder, successively built "warships" for Guo Xingye to recover Dongning Treasure Island and Shi Lang Navy, and was appointed by the Qing government as "Daoxianxia Guangjun Engineering Supervisor"

"Chief" is responsible for supervising the construction of Guifeng and Shage Er'ao warships.

After the Ming Dynasty regained Quanzhou, many craftsmen from the Huang family joined the Anping Armory.

"Bidong, the cost of building such a ship is about five thousand silver dollars. The hull does not use expensive wood, but uses non-wood and iron composite panels. It is cheap and suitable for large-scale assembly line production. If large-scale production can be carried out,

If it is produced on a large scale, the cost of that type of ship can be reduced to three thousand silver dollars!"

Huang Du, a famous shipbuilder, said with a smile.

Three thousand silver dollars, that's too cheap! Many civil and military officials from the Ming Dynasty who came to the newly built Tianzi Pier in Guangzhou looked at each other.

Looking at the sample ships brought by Huangdu, Yang Ying, the Minister of Household Affairs responsible for the immigration to overseas colonies, asked: "Is it safe if it is so cheap? A ship of that size requires more than three thousand pieces of wood alone, right?"

"Master Shangshu, it has been tested and it is very safe. Although the hull is not as strong as a steam troop carrier, it is still better than ordinary Dafu ships and Daguang ships."

"The wooden board and iron sheet are used as the hull material. Because there are steel mills everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, the price of steel is very cheap. It is also convenient to use a rolling machine to press the iron sheet. In this way, there is no need for precious wood, and ordinary wood can be used.

Now, shipbuilding materials are easy to obtain and can support large-scale production!"

Huang Du, a famous shipbuilder, introduced it.

Yang Ying nodded happily, it is cheap, easy to use, saves money and safe!

At that time, on the other side, Ming Prime Minister Chen Yonghua also came over and asked: "Is that ship fast? How long does it take to make a round trip? How many people and cargo can it carry?"

"Go back to the Prime Minister, hurry up! It's faster than ordinary merchant ships! Because the ship has a steam engine as supplementary power, it can use the steam engine to pass quickly in areas with no wind and no ocean currents. According to the calculations of the armory, which ship type is used to travel

For the line between Hai, Edo and Jinshan, the outbound trip can be shortened to 30 days and the return trip can be shortened to 40 days."

"Of course, there are also disadvantages, because it is necessary to arrange a certain amount of space for ships to load coal and steam engines, but a round trip can save nearly fifty days. Coupled with the low construction cost, he believes that this type of ship will be the best in the future.

In decades to come, it will become the most outstanding merchant ship type!”

Huang Du was full of confidence. Under the delighted gazes of everyone, he continued to add, "It can carry tens of thousands of stones of cargo, plus more than five hundred passengers."

"Twenty thousand shi? That's twice the carrying capacity of the largest Guangzhou ship!"

"There are five hundred passengers, so we need a ship that can transport both people and cargo!"

As soon as Huang Du's words came out, there was a lot of discussion at the scene.

Even Zhu Kezang had a smile on his face. Twenty thousand shi, converted to 1,200 tons.

It's not a big ship in modern times.

But even for that era, the load capacity was already quite outstanding!

"Then the No. 1 ship of the New World is designed to carry a mix of people and cargo. The east deck transports cargo supplies and the upper deck carries people. This can save costs and can pick up a batch of goods destined for Japan at the seaport.

After unloading the goods at Yueben, we will use the shipping fee to replenish food, fresh water, agricultural tools and other goods, and then set sail from Yueben to Jinshan Port."

Emperor Zhu patted the hull of the New Continental No. 1 ship, raised his head and said.

If there are only 500 people on one trip, including the loss of life on the road in Cocoa, it is conservatively estimated that 450 people can arrive successfully.

One ship takes seventy days to and fro, transports three times a year, and carries at least 1,350 people.

Assuming that the average service life of that kind of ship is ten years, that ship can carry at least 13,500 people to America in ten years!

If there were a hundred ships like that, there would be 1.35 million people in ten years!

To the north, Zhu Kezang silently calculated something, which was incredible!

Those who immigrated there must be young and middle-aged men and women. There are no entertainment places there, unlike the Ming Dynasty.

Then the most fun time for them would be to have sex in the morning and have a baby!

Just one hundred ships were needed, and within ten years, the Ming Dynasty could obtain a colony with a population of about two million.

There are two million people, which means that even if the Ming Dynasty does not draw troops from the mainland, it can maintain an army of 50,000 to 100,000 people. Then the entire America will definitely be defeated by the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, once the industrial machinery of the Ming Dynasty was launched, more than a hundred ships like that would surely be built.

Population is the key to conquering the Americas!

A large enough population can support enough armies to fight in the Americas.

Otherwise, it would be very difficult to rely on the Ming Dynasty's domestic shipping to support an army fighting with the British, Spanish, and French forces in Europe across the Pacific Ocean.

Because the difficulty of crossing the Pacific is completely different from the difficulty of crossing the Atlantic.

"Your Majesty, I dare you to give it a name!"

Huang Du walked in front and asked Zhu Kezang to name it.

"Let me think about it, let's call it the Yugong type transport ship!"
Chapter completed!