Chapter 432 The more powerful Black Dragon Ship!

Zhang Zhun circled the keel of the sword-toothed ship and was still very satisfied with the construction process. Although he did not know the technology of building ships and did not know which part of the ship was built by the workers, he could see that the workers' movements were very large. The installation of each part was very tight and seamless. As long as this was done, Zhang Zhun was already very satisfied. No matter what he did, the most important thing was his attitude. As long as the workers' attitude was correct, the quality of the warship was guaranteed.

Then, Zhang Zhun came outside the dock and looked at the raw materials piled up in the middle of the dock. Shipbuilding requires a large amount of wood, which is stacked here in the open air. The wood is big and small. The largest one needs a person to hug. The smallest one is only the size of an arm. Workers keep coming up and moving away the needed wood. At the same time, more workers transport more wood from the port and store it here.

Zhang Zhun asked with concern: "Are there any problems with raw materials? Especially in large wood?"

Xue Zhidie said cautiously: "Not yet. The large wood coming from the Wulong River is quite large, but there is no time to do too strict drying. Perhaps it can only be used for about fifteen years. After fifteen years, all of these wood will rot."

Zhang Zhun estimated and nodded and said, "Fifteen years are enough. In fifteen years, all warships should be renewed. With the development of the times, even ships made of wood will gradually withdraw from the ocean, and replaced by warships made of steel."

The best-quality warships at that time could actually be used for a long time. If all the raw materials were used when building ships, they could be maintained regularly after the warships were launched and lasted for 30 years. It would be perfectly possible. It seems that the treasure ships when Zheng He went to the West were placed at will in the port after the ban on the sea, and were exposed to the sun and rain. It took decades before they completely decayed. It can be seen that the lifespan of the warships was very long. However, Xue Zhidie did not have enough time to deal with these raw materials now, so he had to settle for the second best.

Xue Zhidie said slowly: "I am now processing a batch of the best wood, and it will be just right for use when building large warships in the future."

Zhang Zhun praised, "I will leave these things to you to design them completely. By the way, I received a report that there were timber merchants in Wulong Bay starting to snatch wood. Do you have any problems here? Should I send someone to stop it?"

Because he is optimistic about Zhang Zhun's market, especially the emerging shipbuilding market, some timber merchants built warehouses at the mouth of Wulong River and stocked up timber there so that when the price of timber rises in the future, they would buy and sell and make a fortune. Zhang Zhun had not specifically looked at the situation and didn't know what was going on for the time being.

Xue Zhidie shook her head and said, "It doesn't matter. They only absorb hundreds of materials and thousands of materials at most. I need tens of thousands of materials every day, and they can't affect me for the time being. Most of the wood that comes down from Wulong River is sent to Mawan. Of course, if you are worried, it's best to stop it. If they transport the wood to other places and sell it, our wood reserves will be reduced."

Zhang Zhun remembered the situation where the Yinxiang Sect might be in Laiyang. At that time, he didn't know if the wood cut down would be affected. If the Yinxiang Sect prohibits the export of timber in Laiyang, his side would still be affected. He decided to interfere in the wood market and prohibit other merchants from transporting the timber out of the Hu Ben Army's controlled area and selling it to other forces. After pondering for a moment, Zhang Zhun said cautiously: "In order to prevent accidents, you should find a way to hoard some wood."

Xue Zhidie smiled so charmingly and said lightly: "There is no problem to stock up on wood, it depends on how much money you, the rich man, still have."

Zhang Zhun cheered up and said with a smile: "You should first stock up on 100,000 taels of silver! I just received a fortune from the Winter Sorcerer, with a total of hundreds of thousands of taels, which is just put into you!"

Xue Zhidie said in amazement: "You... got 100,000 taels from the Scented Sect again? God, why did you get the silver like a stone when you arrive here? You can get as much as you want?"

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "The windfall is really a windfall. I earn it from selling garbage."

Xue Zhidie had to say with admiration: "It's really different from others. Even the garbage you don't want is worth 100,000 taels of silver to buy it. I don't believe that the people of the Scented Sect will use 100,000 taels of silver to buy some garbage for nothing. You can give me some such valuable garbage at any time."

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said disapprovingly: "One hundred thousand taels of silver is actually not very useful. The Navy is just a bottomless pit. If dozens of hundred thousand taels are used, it may not be able to achieve my ideal goal. So, from now on, I will still work hard to make money and ensure that you don't lack money to spend!"

Xue Zhidie smiled leisurely and said confidently: "As long as you have money, someone, and have wood, the warships will have as much as you want. A shipyard is not enough, you can have two, three, four, or even ten, one hundred, and one thousand!"

Zhang Zhun nodded.

Suddenly, he wanted to let out a long whistle.

A small country like the Netherlands, with a population of only 2 million, can own more than 15,000 merchant ships. China is a dignified Chinese, with a land area of ​​hundreds of times that of the Netherlands and a population of fifty times that of the Netherlands. The number of ships... don't say too much, ten times should be enough. Ten times... that is, 150,000 merchant ships... is indeed an awesome number. Of course, this is also an astronomical number. However, you are a time traveler, and you may not be able to do it with the vision and knowledge that others do not have.

As Xue Zhidie said, a shipyard cannot meet the needs, and there can be two, three, or even more. Now he only has one mansion, and can only support one shipyard for the time being. When the territory is expanded in the future, the number of shipyards will naturally be more. Especially in the Jiangnan area, there are already many shipyards. As long as they are all started, it is not impossible to build thousands of ships every year.

Xue Zhidie suddenly said, "By the way, I'll ask you a question."

Zhang Zhun said casually: "What's the problem?"

Xue Zhidie said expectantly: "Can you tell me how glass is made?"

Zhang Zhun said seriously: "I told you that this secret cannot be told to outsiders."

Xue Zhidie said with some disappointment: "I, I will do things for you all my life, isn't it okay?"

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said, "No!"

Xue Zhidie had to shut up in disappointment.

Zhang Zhun said tactfully: "I'm not threatening you. It's really my life root. You understand the importance of technology."

Xue Zhidie's curiousness was too strong. She really wanted to know the secret of glass. However, the request mentioned by Zhang Zhun before was a bit too much and she could not accept it for the time being. Now, seeing that Zhang Zhun refused to give up, she had to stop asking.

The two came out of the dock silently.

When they broke up, Xue Zhidie slowly said: "The research on treasure ships is a bit obvious. However, I always think that treasure ships are suitable for trade and not for naval battles. It may not be very good to use as pure warships. If you build treasure ships as warships, the input and output are not cost-effective, and it is better to build more professional warships."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "Well, I know. You will improve according to the actual situation. You can start researching the new type of warships now. My general requirement is that the new warship, with a displacement of about 600 tons, can carry about fifty dragon cannons and about ten red cannons. As for the name, it is temporarily called the Black Dragon Ship, and the appearance is painted black, which is more shocking."

"The main opponent of the Black Dragon Ship is the three-masted gunship of Zheng Zhilong Island Group, and the main warships from the West. My basic idea is that a Black Dragon Ship with about five sword-tooth ships should be able to perform relatively large combat missions. Two Black Dragon Ship, ten sword-tooth ships, and two supply ships can form a fixed squadron to perform ocean-going combat missions."

Xue Zhidie said, "Do you want me to call all the foreman here? Can you please cheer everyone up?"

Zhang Zhun said: "There is no need, I believe in your management ability!"

Xue Zhidie nodded.

Zhang Zhun said nothing and left alone.

Xue Zhidie looked at his back and was a little confused. She didn't know what she thought of, her cheeks were slightly red. It took her a while before she came to her senses and was busy with her work.

After leaving the shipyard, Zhang Zhun came to the naval base.

Compared with the busyness of the shipyard, the atmosphere here is not much inferior. It is even more active than there. With the launch of nine Cangshan boats, the navy's warships suddenly increased. The original eight pirate ships, plus twelve Cangshan boats, and the current Tiger Ben Navy has twenty warships.

Of course, the eight pirate ships were not very suitable for Zhang Zhun's needs in design. Zhang Zhun was still preparing to separate the merchant ships and professional warships. Therefore, in the future, the eight pirate ships will be used as training ships. The real naval battle will be carried out by more professional warships.

Zhou Zhengyu received the report and hurriedly came up to greet Zhang Zhun.

Zhang Zhun said casually: "How is Huang Shijun and the others at their level?"

Zhou Zhengyu said cautiously: "The basic skills are quite solid."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "That's good."

Yesterday, after taking Brigadier General Zhang Huang Shijun and others to the naval base, they handed them over to Zhou Zhengyu and asked Zhou Zhengyu to send them to the warships, so that they could be familiar with the operation of the warships with the naval cadets. At the same time, they also looked at how their abilities were. The main thing was to see if their basic skills were really solid.

Zhang Zhun must have mastered the skills before accepting the sailors of the Ming Navy. There are too many people who live in the Navy. Most of the navy officers and soldiers do not have real skills. The Hu Ben Navy should not live in the Navy. If you do not have solid basic skills or have the desire to consolidate your basic skills, it will be useless to say anything.

Zhang Zhun came to the shore, raised the thousand-mile mirror, and carefully searched the sea. Soon, he found that Huang Shijun and others were driving the ship with the navy students. Huang Shijun's role was obviously the captain, responsible for commanding the entire ship. Wang Chenglin's role was the deck officer, responsible for coordinating and coordinating all sailors. Ling Si Shao's role was the sail driver, busy on the mast.

"grown ups."

Yang Guohua came up and reported to Zhang Zhun about the training of the navy.

After taking over the East China Sea, the Navy organized round-trip training every day, constantly conducting various training subjects in the sea between Mawan and East China Sea to consolidate the basic skills of naval soldiers. Now, Zhang Haibin, another deputy commander of the Navy, is lying in the East China Sea. With everyone's efforts, the basic skills of naval warriors have been greatly improved.

Zhang Zhun asked cautiously: "How are the Navy cadets performing?"

Yang Guohua replied with a smile: "Very good! Everyone is scrambling to be the captain!"

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction and said slowly: "If there is competition, there is motivation! We must let them compete fully! We must fully promote competition and take up jobs! Theoretical and technical courses must fully compete! Whoever has good grades will be the future captain!"

Yang Guohua naturally agreed. After hesitating for a moment, Yang Guohua said tactfully: "Sir, there are some reflections below, saying that it is a cultural course, which is a bit difficult..."

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "It's not difficult, how can we generate talents?"

Yang Guohua had nothing to say.

According to Zhang Zhun's meaning, everyone who wants to be a captain must receive formal theoretical education. In short, you must understand the book "Basic Common Knowledge of Navigation" and then you have the chance to become a captain. Therefore, naval cadets have great advantages in this regard. The future captains will basically be their world.

The current technical level of these students at the naval base is still satisfactory. Due to the combination of theoretical knowledge and practical operation, they are faster than that of ordinary people. Their biggest advantage is that they each have a book called "Basic Common Knowledge of Navigation" and can understand the laws of the sea in advance. This was summarized by later generations with hundreds of years of experience and lessons. They have hundreds of years of knowledge than others at once.

However, for all naval cadets, they all have a huge obstacle before mastering this book "Basic Common Knowledge of Navigation". That is:

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