"What did you say... Wang Baobao is dead?"

In the palace of Yingtian, the Ming Dynasty imperial city, Zhu Yuanzhang received unexpected news that Wang Baobao, the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, died in the court of the Hala Nahai twenty days ago.

The specific cause of death is unknown.

You should know that the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to Kuogutemur. He once met with the generals and asked, "Who is the strange man in the world?" All the generals said, "There are only ten thousand generals in the spring, and they are invincible. It is a really strange man." Ming Taizu laughed and said, "Although Yuchun is a great man, I will be able to be a minister. I cannot be a minister, Wang Baobao, and he is a strange man."

Zhu Yuanzhang had always wanted to surrender Kuo Temur. As early as when Kuo Temur took over Chahan Temur's army, Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys to the good, but Kuo Temur seized Zhu Yuanzhang's envoy Wang He and others. Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to say: "The Yuan ministers, based on the 18 or 19 violations, were restored to their reputation, but Kuo Temur was also dismayed by the generals, and they could not move forward for a long time. If they did not advance, they would have doubts.

Besides, there are all four groups of people below. Teachers are old and the people are separated and merged. If there is any disadvantage in the relationship between people's hearts, the people will collapse, and they will only be one man. But he still restricts my messenger and hinders my borders. How can he know the current affairs!"

In more than ten years, Zhu Yuanzhang had at least seven correspondences with Kuogutemur and persuaded him to submit, and all of these seven letters were included in the "Ming Shilu".

Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also sent Li Laobao, the former subordinate of Kuogut Temur, and Li Siqi, the surrendered general of the Yuan Dynasty, to go out to surrender Kuogut Temur. As a result, the former was poisoned to death by Kuogut Temur, and the latter was sent to the country for gifts. When he was about to leave, he was forced to break his arm by Kuogut Temur.

After many surrenders, Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more respectful to Kuogutemur. According to records, Zhu Yuanzhang had three regrets: one was that he did not receive the imperial seal, the second was that Wang Baobao was not captured alive, and the third was that there was no news about the Prince of Yuan (Ayashilidala).

It can be seen that Kuogut Timur's important position in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. In addition to direct surrender, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered the tomb of Chahan Timur when he visited Henan. In the first year of Xuanguang (1371, the fourth year of Hongwu), he betrothed Wang, the sister of Kuogut Timur, to King Zhu Cheng of Qin, to help Zhu Ke.

So when he heard the news that Wang Baobao was dead, Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment and his body shook slightly, which scared Zhu Erhu: "Your Majesty... are you okay?"

Zhu Yuanzhang corrected his body and said, "We are fine, but has this matter been confirmed?"

"It has been confirmed...it is confirmed that he has died, it should be caused by the party struggle." Zhu Erhu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and replied.

"Okay... OK..." Although Zhu Yuanzhang said yes, he sighed: "In this way, my Ming Dynasty will lose one strong enemy, but there is also a strange man missing in this world.

You can quickly inform Guanyinnu of the Narcissus Village of this matter and let her pay tribute to her brother at home."

Zhu Erhu bowed and left. However, after Zhu Erhu left, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed deeply again. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have the pleasure of seeing the death of his strong enemy. Maybe he had regarded him as his best opponent.

The news was soon taken to the Narcissus Village. Guanyinnu burst into tears and fell into a coma. King Zhu Chuang of Qin also came at the first time. This time, Zhu Chuang took great care of Guanyinnu and was completely gone. More importantly, King Zhu Chuang of Qin brought his two children and told Guanyinnu that although her brother was gone, her relatives were still there, and he and the children were the best relatives of Guanyinnu.

All the things in the past were his wrongs. He came to admit his mistakes, and he would correct his previous mistakes in the future. He hoped that Guanyinnu could see his performance. Guanyinnu was in pain at this time holding his two children. He did not agree with Zhu Chuang's words, but he did not resist.

In this way, Zhu Chuang stayed in the Narcissus Village under the name of taking care of Guanyin slaves.

Zhu Lang didn't care about the sudden prodigal son of King Zhu Chuang. Now Zhu Lang has not cared about the fact that he is taking care of his pregnant wives at home, so he has begun to design a sea boat.

Among Zheng He's fleet of voyages to the West, there were five types of ships. The first type was called "treasure ship". The largest treasure ship was 44 zhang and 4 feet long, 18 zhang wide, and a load of 800 tons. This ship could accommodate thousands of people and was the largest ship in the world at that time.

Its stature is majestic and unparalleled. Its iron rudder requires two or three hundred people to move.

The second type is called "horse boat". The horse is 37 zhang long and 15 zhang wide.

The third type is called "grain boat". It is 28 zhang long and 12 zhang wide.

The fourth type is called "ship", which is 24 zhang long and 9 zhang wide and 4 zhang wide.

The fifth type is called "warship", which is 18 zhang long and 6 zhang wide and 8 zhang wide.

What Zhu Lang wants to design is a treasure ship. It is estimated that the budget of a treasure ship should be between 500 and 700,000 taels of silver... The price is extremely high, and the tax in the early Ming Dynasty was only 4 million taels, which means that the tax in the first year could only make eight treasure ships less than 8.

Fortunately, Zhu Lang now has other financial support, otherwise he would not be able to build one at all.

However, even so, Zhu Lang's economic support only allows him to build ten ships first, which is still a little far from Zhu Lang's thirty treasure ships. So when Zhu Lang's ten treasure ships are built, the next target should be the Japanese pirates in the waters of the Ming Dynasty. First eliminate the Japanese pirates, then go to the Japanese island, find gold and silver mountains, and use the gold and silver there to maintain their fleet.

Fortunately, the ship craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty are all very excellent. In addition, with the participation of Zhu Lang, a modern person, the design of the treasure ship is very advanced. First of all, it is a safety issue. Everyone knows that the ship is too big and is afraid of wind and waves. This was the case with the building ship in the past.

However, Zhu Lang proposed to design multiple cabin areas, which is a safety issue to prevent water leakage. When designing the treasure ship, Zhu Lang suggested that the cabin panels divide the bottom cabin into cabin areas, and there are at least a dozen similar cabins.

In addition, in order to improve the ship's collision resistance, Zhu Lang proposed to connect the cabin plate with flat iron and hook nails to the hull plate, and the hull plate is partially stacked with three thin plates to form a very strong one.

In this way, since the cabin and the cabin are closely separated by cabin plates, during ocean voyage, even if one or two cabin areas are damaged and water will not flow to other cabin areas. Therefore, from the overall perspective of the ship, it still maintains considerable buoyancy and does not sink.

Zhu Lang asked the Baohuo Chuan to wear "thickened armor"... The craftsmen at the Baohuo Chuan Factory did it immediately, and in addition to considering the speed of the ship's navigation, they further increased the strength of the wooden hull.

First, reduce the length and width ratio of the treasure ship, and the length and width ratio of the design value is about 2.45, so the entire treasure ship looks chubby. Second, in order to withstand the total longitudinal bending force distance, "layers of thick plates, stacked layers" are used to thicken the boat boards.

According to speculation, the bottom plate and deck of the largest treasure ship reached a thickness of 340 mm and 380 mm, greatly enhancing the structural strength and collision resistance of the hull. The pirate ships in Southeast Asia cannot compare with them at all, let alone colliding with the treasure ship.

During this period, Zhu Lang focused most of his energy on his family and the treasure ship. It can be seen how much Zhu Lang attaches importance to the treasure ship. After stretching, Zhu Lang walked down his room. Wang Xue and Zhao Lianer quickly came over happily, wanting to play with Zhu Lang for a while.

He also asked Zhu Lang when he would take him to watch a drama. The dramas of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai are so good now, but what they don’t know is that something happened to the girl who just played Liang Shanbo.
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