Chapter 639 (1/2)

Looking at these shipbuilders one by one, almost inconceivable, Li Yuanqing's mouth, can not help but show a faint smile.

There's a saying in China, it's called ”haven't you eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run?”

For the crazy pursuit of the sea, Li Yuanqing has really put a lot of effort into ships.

At this time, the official navigation technology of Daming began to lag behind the world.

Like the main warship of juehua Island Navy, it is about 20-30 meters long and its draft is about 500 stones.

This kind of warship is usually equipped with catapults and catapults. It has a certain cold weapon combat capability, but its firepower is almost negligible.

There are not many of these main warships in juehua Island, which are not enough for one hand.

Most of the warships are of ordinary size. Even, many of them are converted from sand vessels. The length is generally between 10 meters and 20 meters. The carrying capacity is good, but the combat effectiveness can be ignored

Li Yuanqing gave Zhou Chuanhai the number of these shipbuilders. It seems like a exaggeration to have 50-60-step-size warships. But in fact, in the advanced maritime countries of the west, such warships have already been put into practice.

This is the legendary sail battleship.

Of course, even if he had 500 years of experience ahead of the world, Li Yuanqing was not so arrogant that he could eat a fat man in one bite. He hoped that these shipbuilders could build him a battleship now.

It has been six years since he came to the Ming Dynasty. Li Yuanqing has already grasped thoroughly the code of conduct of this era.

These shipbuilders, seemingly humble, but in fact, because of the problem of inheritance, they are also a very stubborn group of people.

In a simple sentence, it can be summed up as ”passing on male to female, passing on daughter to son-in-law”.

Everyone's craftsmanship comes from his own painstaking efforts and costs. Naturally, they will not easily pass on this skill to others.

Of course, the formation of this trend is due to the traditional economic system of China.

In the west, every time a reform or invention comes out, it means that a large amount of money can be exchanged to make a fortune.

But in China, even if there are more inventions, it also means that they can only serve the imperial family

Two hundred years.

The glory of Zheng He's voyages to the West had already gone with the wind, and the treasure ships in the legend of Daming had already been reduced to ashes. In addition, how could the navigation technology of Daming not lag behind?

However, all things have relativity.

In the Ming Dynasty, the official navigation technology did not keep up with the trend. However, in the southeast and Fujian, there was a family that mastered the most advanced navigation technology in East Asia, even not lagging behind the world's top level.

That's the Zheng family.

Before that, Li Yuanqing had a brief meeting with Zheng Zhihu, the second son of the Zheng family, at the birthday party of Shen yourong, a veteran of Daming Navy.

At this time, although the Zheng family had already monopolized the southeast coast of Daming and monopolized most of the commercial routes to Japan, Holland and Nanyang, Zheng Zhilong had not yet found a way to the imperial court. He was completely washed away by his dream of Fujian commander-in-chief.

To put it bluntly, although the Zheng family is rich, it is still a poor drudger. In politics, they have not formed enough influence.

Before that, Li Yuanqing had also considered cooperating with the Zheng family to achieve mutual benefit and complementarity. However, it was ”totally different”.

Li Yuanqing is well-known in Jiubian, which can be said to be echoed by all.

Unfortunately, this is not a field after all, there is no capital to take, with Zheng's urine, it is difficult to buy his account.

Fortunately, Liao also has its advantages.

Because facing the later Jin Dynasty, the war was very intensive in the Liao Dynasty. Moreover, Li Yuanqing and his children were facing the army of the latter Jin Dynasty, which was at its peak.

Although there is still a certain gap between the armed forces of Jianzhou Nvzhen and their ancestors Wanyan family, they can basically represent the nomadic groups in Northeast Asia and even the whole world, with the highest combat effectiveness.

The children of the camp have experienced many battles and are brave and courageous. Even on the sea, they do not have enough initiative, but once they land and fight, who will they fear?

Time waits for no one!

One day early planning, early implementation, can occupy more opportunities in the future.

Li Yuanqing must take this first step. Even though there are difficulties and dangers, and even if he has to pay a great price, he must never turn back.

At this time, what he needs to do is to hold these craftsmen and tie them firmly to his big boat, so as to contribute their greatest strength to him.

At this time, he had been planning for a long time, but he still had no clue. Zhou Chuanhai looked at Li Yuanqing and said, ”general, this big ship you mentioned is really old, it's really unheard of! Dare you ask the general, have you ever seen such a big ship? ”Li Yuanqing smile: ”this kind of big ship, this will have never seen. However, it has been heard that in Taixi, far away, there have been white haired phantoms who have constructed such a large ship, and have begun to launch a trial voyage. ”

”Ah?”

”It can't! If there is such a big ship, then what a big tree the keel is! This, this is impossible, this is impossible