Steel Dynasty - Chapter 276

[Chapter 276 Galen’s Ship Completed]

The palace is covered in silver and is extremely beautiful.

Zi Yuan has a bold personality, and Xiao Ming is about to get married. She and Luluo will soon be King Qi’s people.

So she grabbed a ball of snow from the ground and said with a smile: “Your Majesty, if you want to eat rouge, you have to chase after the servant.”

After that, she raised the snow and threw it towards Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming dodged sideways and squatted down to grab a handful of snow. Before he could stand up, he was hit by a snowball.

He stood up and saw that the green radish was still throwing him, and he immediately screamed and pounced on it.

“Ah!”

Luluo screamed, and ran towards Ziyuan. The two of them threw snowballs at Xiao Ming while running away.

“Hey, none of you can run away.” Xiao Ming grabbed the snowball and threw it over.

The three of them were playing in the palace, when Zhang Liang walked in under the guidance of the servants.

Seeing Xiao Ming playing with Zi Wan and Luo Luo, he coughed twice in embarrassment.

When outsiders appeared, Aster and Pothos naturally did not dare to be naughty anymore, so they suppressed their smiles and retreated.

Turning around, he saw it was Zhang Liang, and Xiao Ming guessed the purpose of his visit, “Has the Galen ship been completed?”

Since the last time he went to the shipyard, Xiao Ming had asked Zhang Liang to speed up the progress, because according to Zhang Liang, these three It will be difficult to complete the ship by the end of the year.

“Back to Your Highness, this old slave has finally lived up to His Highness’s expectations. Now the three Galen ships are all completed and can sail away at any time.” Zhang Liang said excitedly.

Xiao Ming was suddenly shocked. It was already the end of the seventeenth century, and after the new year, we would enter the eighteenth century. This was the peak period of the glorious age of navigation in history.

In modern times, his motherland missed this era. When he came here, he would not let this happen again. Xiao Ming, the endless wealth and resources overseas, must get a share of the pie instead of letting the Western powers dominate.

“Take me to have a look.”

Although it was still snowing heavily, Xiao Ming could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart. He and Zhang Liang rode horses to the shipyard of Xiaoqing River.

At this time, someone had already arrived before him, naturally it was Yue Yun and others who were about to sail Galen’s ship to sea.

“Your Highness, can we go to sea after the New Year?”

Yue Yun asked excitedly when Xiao Ming arrived on the boat.

At this time, a thick layer of snow fell on the bodies of Yue Yun and other crew members, and the excitement of setting sail made him unable to care about it.

“No, we have to wait for the naval guns to come on board.”

All three Galen ships have now hung up their sails, but the sails are now furled, and the three ships are still on the river beach, just to wait for the naval guns to come on board. Boat.

He didn’t know exactly how dangerous the unknown sea was.

But the Ottoman Empire, which served as a bridge between the East and the West, already had artillery. He concluded that the West was not lagging behind in development now.

After all, in this time and space, the Gothic Steppe Empire, which once existed on the northern grasslands, replaced Mongolia in its western expedition to Europe, and the time was about fifty years earlier.

Of course, in Xiao Ming’s view, the Western Expedition may have had an impact on the historical process of Europe, but it was not an absolute influence. The different routes of civilization development were also one of the reasons why Europe gradually distanced itself from the feudal dynasties of the East after the Middle Ages.

But no matter what, Xiao Ming will still remain cautious until he has a thorough understanding of the extent of Western civilization.

This is why he insisted on having naval guns on board.

If Yue Yun encountered the European fleet at sea, or the pirates that were rampant on the sea in this era, at least he would have the power to fight back.

After all, whether it is a Galen ship or a naval gun, he is confident that he will not lose to the Western warships of this era.

“Still waiting?” Yue Yun suddenly felt a little disappointed.

Xiao Ming’s expression became serious at this time, and he said: “Correct your attitude. This time you are going on a long voyage, and I will also have a very important task for you. This is not a child’s play. If you are not careful, You may never come back.”

Seeing Xiao Ming’s seriousness, Yue Yun put away his frivolous attitude. He held the rudder and asked tentatively: “Your Highness, what is the mission?”

“The first is to make potato peppers? , corn, sweet potatoes and other crops are brought back. The second is to feel the level of modern Western civilization, and the third is to draw sea charts and find routes for the Qingzhou Navy. “

Yue Yun has been staying at Bowen College during this time, except for them. Learn about navigation at sea, which also divides the responsibility of each crew member on the ship.

The gunner trained artillery with Luo Xin, and the others practiced martial arts with Niu Ben.

Although sail warships in this era can shoot at each other, they may never be able to sink each other due to solid cannonballs.

Therefore, the final battle can determine the outcome, so personal force is equally important.

In addition, the ship was also assigned the positions of translator, navigator, etc. Naturally, this translator was prepared by Xiao Ming to contact the West.

If there are colonies of European powers all over the world now, translators will play a very important role in communication and can also facilitate him to collect information.

Yue Yun nodded. Xiao Ming had mentioned the above three purposes in Bowen College, but he didn’t expect them to be the purpose of their trip to sea this time.

As a reminder to Yue Yun, Xiao Ming inspected the three Galen ships one by one under the leadership of Zhang Liang.

According to the standards of sailing battleships, his three Galen ships are all level five sailing battleships.

Because the first-class sailing battleship generally serves as the flagship of the fleet, with three-layer gun decks, generally 106 to 122 guns, a crew of more than 900 people, and a displacement of 2500-3500 tons. The second-class sailing battleship is slightly smaller and also has three-layer gun decks and artillery. 86 to 98 doors, with a capacity of about 750 people and a displacement of about 2,000 tons.

The third-level sailing battleship is called a battleship. It has two to three gun decks, 64 to 80 guns, a crew of 490 to 720 people, and a displacement of 1300-1800 tons. This kind of battleship is the main battleship in the sailing battleship era.

The fourth-level sailing battleship is smaller. This type of warship generally has two gun decks, 50 to 54 guns, a crew of about 350 people, and a displacement of more than 1,000 tons.

The fifth-level sailing battleship is the battleship that Xiao Ming currently owns. This type of battleship generally does not serve as the main force in combat, but is used to attack merchant ships and sail on oceans.

Xiao Ming’s purpose of sending Yue Yun at this time was naturally not for combat, because facing the Western maritime overlords who were already crisscrossing the sea, these three Galen ships were not qualified to deliver food.

His purpose was just to explore the road and introduce crops.

After confirming that the three Galen ships had the ability to sail long distances, Xiao Ming went back to prepare for Chen Qi to install the naval guns.

Although the military workshop has been preparing, the three Galen ships and 150 cannons are still a large amount, and they have not yet been produced.

If you really want to make a long voyage, you have to at least finish the New Year.

So he said to Yue Yun: “You’d better celebrate the New Year honestly, and you’ll go to sea later.”

(End of Chapter)