As night falls, the city that has been bustling for a day has not only not fallen into silence, but has become even more noisy. People who have finished supper either take their families for a walk or start a rich nightlife.

In an elegantly decorated cafe, a folk singer's slightly hoarse and affectionate singing came from the speakers arranged in the corner.

This is a very famous cafe in Shanghai. Not only is the decoration very low-key and luxurious, but the coffee taste is also very authentic. It is the first choice for many coffee lovers. Of course, the consumption here is also very expensive, which is enough to scare a large number of ordinary people.

In a private room near the window, a man wearing a light blue shirt and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses could tell at a glance that he was thirty-six or seven years old in the elite class of society. He picked up the quilt and tasted it. A hint of intoxication appeared on his face. After a while, he put down his cup and smiled and said to Yang Feng, who was sitting opposite him.

"In recent years, I have been to every corner of Shanghai. I have been to a slightly famous cafe. Only this cafe has the most authentic taste. You also know that although many cafes now have the signature of Blue Mountain Coffee, anyone who has a little knowledge of coffee culture knows that these so-called Blue Mountain Coffee are all comprehensive products prepared by the store, and there may not be a real Jamaican Blue Mountain Bean. You should know that 90% of Blue Mountain Coffee in the world have been bought by the Japanese. There are very few Blue Mountain Coffees that have actually flowed into China. This is also the only place where I can drink authentic Blue Mountain Coffee in Shanghai."

Looking at the man talking in front of him, even Yang Feng, who was not interested in coffee, could only listen, because the man named Wei Zhize in front of him was the youngest professor in the ship major of Shanghai Jiaotong University, and his research on sailing warships was particularly sophisticated.

Such talents are naturally the priority for Yang Feng, who returned to modern society to find information about sailing warships. After entrusting friends to help, the two parties agreed to meet in this cafe. However, after the two parties met, Wei Zhize talked about coffee culture, which made our official Yang very helpless. He could only make a statement of listening out of politeness.

After finally waiting for the other party's words to come to an end, Yang Feng took the opportunity to say: "Professor Wei, I asked you out this time mainly to consult you about wooden warships. I heard that you are not only the youngest professor at Jiaotong University, but also have a lot of research on wooden sail warships. Recently, I and my friends were planning to imitate a modern wooden sail warship, but I was just a novice in this regard. Now, I heard from my friend that you are the leading expert in China, so I took the liberty to come to the door and hope you can give me some advice. Of course, we will definitely pay you the consultation fee and hard work fee that will satisfy you. Please rest assured about this!"

"Oh... that's right."

Wei Zhize nodded, with a clear look on his face. The rich people these days are all different in their hobbies. Some people like adventures, some like rock climbing, and some like to raise strange pets. It is not a big deal for Mr. Yang in front of him to like sailing warships. And people also said that he would pay him the consultation fee according to the rules, which is even less problematic.

He first picked up the coffee and tasted it. He felt the sweet, sour and bitter taste that came from his mouth at the same time spinning in his tongue coating. Then he nodded with satisfaction, put down the cup and asked, "Mr. Yang, I wonder which warship you plan to imitate?"

Yang Feng said embarrassedly: "Professor Wei, to be honest, I don't know much. I just want to ask, which kind of warship in the sail warship has the greatest power before the steam-powered iron warship appears?"

After hearing Yang Feng's words, Wei Zhize couldn't help but look at Yang Feng seriously for a while, then slowly said: "Oh... do you want to make the most powerful sailing warship?"

Seeing Wei Zhize's strange expression, Yang Feng couldn't help but feel a little surprised, "Professor Wei... If you want to do it, you must do the best. Is there anything wrong with this?"

"You..."

Wei Zhize couldn't help but point at Yang Feng with some amusement and shook his head: "I don't know what to say about you. If you asked me such a question in class, I would definitely scold you. But since today's occasion is private, let's forget it. Let me ask you first, do you know how much it costs to build a sail warship?"

Yang Feng shook his head: "I don't know."

Hearing this, Yang Feng was already a little unhappy. What's going on with this guy? He just asked about something. You just looked like the sky fell. I'm just building a wooden boat, not an aircraft carrier. Why did you have such a big reaction?

Seeing a look of displeasure appearing on Yang Feng's face, Wei Zhize realized that it was not in class now. The person on the other side was not his student, and he spent real money to consult, but he was still pretending to be a professor. It would be a bad thing if the other party left without a smile. Maybe the considerable consultation fee would be gone.

You should know that although his salary in college cannot be said to be small, it is much better than that of the ordinary working class, the cost of living in Shanghai is very high. With the salary of his university professors, he naturally has no worries about food and clothing, but it is difficult to live a very comfortable life. If you lose this extra money for a little bit of a problem, it will be worth the loss.

Thinking of this, he quickly smoothed out and said, "Mr. Yang, don't get me wrong. I mean that although you built only wooden warships, the cost is not low. Didn't you just ask which kind of sail warship is the most powerful? I can tell you that as far as I know, before the steel-powered iron-armored warships appeared, the most powerful sail warship in the world should have been a first-class battleship built by Britain in the 18th century.

This kind of battleship has a three-layer gun deck, with at least 100 artillery pieces, a capacity of more than 875 people, and a displacement of 2,500-3,500 tons. The cost of building such a battleship is also very high. According to records, the cost of this kind of battleship is 100,000 pounds.

According to the current prices, one pound at that time is equivalent to 80 pounds now, which is equivalent to the current Chinese currency, which is about 760 yuan. From this, it can be inferred that it takes more than 70 million to 80 million Chinese currency to build a first-class battleship. Of course, the current industry is so developed, and the construction cost is naturally different from that at that time. However, according to my inference, if you really want to copy the first-class battleship of the 18th century, it will cost 50 to 60 million to the hull. If you include hundreds of bronze cannons, it will be even more expensive."

"Hiss...so expensive?" Even though Yang Feng thought he was quite wealthy now, he couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this offer.

"Why don't you think?" Wei Zhize couldn't help rolling his eyes, "Britain in the 189th century was at its peak, but even the British only built more than a dozen first-class battleships, and most of them only existed as a deterrent nature. What is really used to fight are the numerous third-level and fourth-level battleships, even fifth-level and sixth-level battleships, and even second-level battleships with performance and power that are slightly inferior to first-level battleships, are treasures that exist as flagships."

Hearing this, Yang Feng smiled awkwardly. He knew that he was still a little too pretentious. The navy is the navy, and even with modern eyes, it seems that no one can play the terrible sailing battleship.

Seeing Yang Feng's ugly face, Wei Zhize calmed down his expression before saying, "Mr. Yang, if you are really willing to imitate the sail warship, I suggest you might as well imitate some simple warships, such as the sixth-class sloop warship, which only has one layer of artillery deck, 20 to 28 artillery doors, and a displacement of 450 to 550 tons. It has about 180 members. It is often used by the Royal Navy to deliver letters and escort. I estimated that the cost of this level of warship is not too high, only seven to eight million."

"I……"

Yang Feng was about to say, what can I do to build a warship of four or five hundred tons? But as soon as he said that in the Ming Dynasty, the Dafu ship, as the main warship of the Ming Dynasty, was only this tonnage. As for the treasure ships worshipped by later generations during the Yongle period, according to Yang Feng's estimate, it was at most equivalent to the second-class battleships of the British in the 19th century, about 2,000 tons. Moreover, the main purpose of the treasure ship is actually to transport goods rather than to fight, so if you want to build a warship, it is better to honestly plagiarize the British "Galen"-type sail battleship.

Yang Feng thought for a while before saying, "Professor Wei, I want to take the liberty to ask you for help. I want you to help me collect all the construction materials and drawings of the first to sixth-level battleships of the British in the 19th century. The more detailed the better. If you collect each level of battleship for me, I will pay you an additional 200,000 yuan in consultation fee. What do you think?"

"That's how it works!"

Wei Zhize was moved when he heard that he would receive a 200,000 yuan advantage when he collected a warship. Doesn’t this mean that he could get 1.2 million yuan after collecting the six British warship information?

Recently, Wei Zhize is dating a girlfriend and has reached the stage of discussing marriage. But the biggest problem before him is that the two of them do not have their own wedding house. Although the housing prices in 2007 were not as crazy as they were more than ten years later, they were not less than 7,000 per square meter. If it was a slightly better community housing price, it was calculated by 10,000 yuan. Even if he was a university professor, it felt very difficult. If he really had one million and two million, he would have paid for the house.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhize's eyes couldn't help but lit up. He pondered for a moment and nodded at Yang Feng: "Mr. Yang, that's it. I'll help you collect information recently, but it will take a long time. I will definitely help you with it within half a year!"

"Half a year!" Yang Feng couldn't help but say in surprise: "It's just some information, why does it take so long?"

"you……"

Wei Zhize couldn't help but feel angry. Only then did he realize that the Mr. Yang in front of him was a novice, and he was angry but did not dare. The man in front of him was his own financial backer after all. He deserves to say patiently: "Mr. Yang, it is not that simple to build a ship. It requires reference to various information. Each deck, sail, mast position and length of each cabin, and every deck, the position and length of the mast. Any mistake in any place will cause rework during the ship building, or even leak or even disintegration during the maritime voyage. Do you understand?"

"No, is it so serious?" Our Grand Official Yang was frightened.

This time Wei Zhize only gave Yang Feng a hehe.

"Okay, then you can take your time, don't worry, let's get the drawings and information of the Class 6 warship first."

After Yang Feng finished speaking, he wiped the sweat that did not exist on his forehead. No wonder people say that the navy is the most difficult branch of service. There are so many ways for antique wooden sailboats from just a few hundred years ago. No wonder China did not really start building aircraft carriers until the past two years. The navy is really not something that anyone can play with.

The two of them discussed for a while and then they broke up. They agreed that Wei Zhize would first hand over the construction drawings of the simplest Class 6 warship to Yang Feng in half a month, and agreed to pay the money and deliver the goods in one hand.

After watching Wei Zhize drive away, Yang Feng drove the car towards the direction of the TV station...

Just when Yang Feng rushed to the TV station, it was very lively in the studio No. 3 of Mingzhu TV. Zhao Baogang was taking a group of sub-season personnel on the show. It turned out that the TV series "The Legend of the Ming Dynasty" by Zhao Baogang was just finished. Before he could edit it, he brought a group of main actors to promote it. Yan Danchen, the heroine, naturally also had to be present.

The program Zhao Baogang and others participated in was called "Ye Rong You Appointment". It is a conversational program. Its purpose is to make people say what you think and pay more attention to popular characters and hot topics, most of which are entertainment characters. Recently, Zhao Baogang's legend of the Ming Dynasty heroes filmed by Zhao Baogang has been rumored to be very popular, and the heroine is Yan Danchen, who has been very popular recently, so there is even more topics. So when Zhao Baogang contacted them and wanted to appear on the show, the two sides hit it off.

At this time, the filming of the program was halfway through. As the host, Ye Ronggang ended his conversation with Zhao Baogang. He suddenly turned to Yan Danchen, who was sitting next to his left hand and said, "Yan Danchen, we all know that you are a junior college graduate from Beijing Film Academy and have been in the industry for six or seven years.

I have checked some information these two days and found that although you filmed every year in the past few years, you lacked the eye-catching works. However, in the past two years, you have suddenly appeared in several movies and TV series in succession. Each TV series and movie has achieved very good results. Now someone has called you the Queen of Ratings. Do you have any secrets about this?"
Chapter completed!