After the ship left Hangzhou Bay, it did not sail to the open sea. It stayed close to the coastline for about two miles and sailed.
Because the sea was calm, Yuzhu walked around and looked around on the boat.
This is a seagoing ship with a total of three floors. There are two floors on the deck and one floor below...
Yuzhu was not a marine professional and was very unfamiliar with ships. If he didn't understand something, he could only ask the old helmsman in the stern helm house.
When the old helmsman saw Yuzhu coming, he quickly knelt down and saluted, and said tremblingly: "The common people are here to greet you, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy."
Yuzhu waved his hand gently and said, "That's all." The etiquette cannot be discarded. If the helmsman is not asked to salute, he will be surprised and confused all the time.
The helmsman cannot leave the steering column for too long.
After the old helmsman returned to his original position, Yuzhu asked him with a smile: "How much does this ship weigh?"
The old helmsman had seen a bit of the world, and although his voice was slightly trembling, his enunciation was quite clear.
"Returning to the imperial envoy, sir, this ship weighs about one hundred and eighty pieces."
Yuzhu could hear every word clearly, but he was still confused. How many tons was 180 materials?
No way, in the Qing Dynasty, whether it was shipbuilding, bridge building, or road construction, there was never a unified standard for weights and measures in engineering.
Yuzhu asked a lot of questions, and there was a trickle of sweat on his forehead, and he finally figured it out. A sea-going ship made of 180 materials, if converted into tons, would be about more than 90 tons, less than 100 tons.
According to the old helmsman, he proudly said that the ship Yuzhu was riding on was already among the top three ships in the entire Qing Dynasty.
Hi, more than half a century ago in 1652, the famous Anglo-Dutch war for hegemony broke out.
In the four Anglo-Dutch wars, no matter which battle it was, the total naval force invested by each side of the British and Dutch armies exceeded 20,000, and the number of artillery pieces involved in the battle reached up to 8,000.
In the past, because of hobbies, there was a high imitation model of the sailing battleship "Sea Sovereignty" in the study room of Yuzhu's home.
According to the introduction, it was a battleship built by the shipbuilder Peter Pater during the reign of King Charles I of England. Its tonnage had reached 1,500 tons. There were 104 guns on the ship, including 20 60-pound guns and 8 30-pound guns.
, 32 18-pounders, 44 9-pounders.
The ship's luxurious decoration and exquisite carvings were the crystallization of the shipbuilding industry at that time and were amazed by the world.
Alas, this is already a military technological achievement more than half a century ago.
With the British monopolizing sea power, more than half a century has passed, and the tonnage of the battleships must have exceeded the terrifying 3,000 tons.
A sailing battleship of more than 3,000 tons, each with hundreds of heavy guns, would be crushed to pieces against a so-called large-scale ship of less than 100 tons!
The gap is too big!
If the status quo is not changed, when the Opium War comes, the Qing Dynasty will still be defeated miserably and will have no chance of winning!
Fortunately, Yuzhu came to the Qing Dynasty, and there was a turn for the better!
In the following days, whenever Yuzhu had free time, he would get into the helmsman's house and sit next to the old helmsman, chatting and chatting.
According to the old helmsman's recollection, the so-called large-scale ships of his grandfather's era, the pre-Ming Dynasty, only had more than a hundred materials, and they were not big.
Yuzhu naturally knew that the Ming Dynasty's sea ban was actually much more stringent than that of the Qing Dynasty.
However, Zheng Chenggong's navy is not weak. In the battle to end Taiwan commanded by Zheng Chenggong, the Dutch had 4 ships in Taiwan, among which the "Hector" and the "S. Graveland" were equipped with 60 guns.
It is a five-masted sail warship with big guns. The largest cannon can hold thirty or forty kilograms of iron bullets.
According to historical records, Zheng Chenggong's largest ship was only slightly smaller in tonnage than the Dutch warships. The real difference was the huge difference in the number of artillery pieces on board.
Even in the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi's reign, the old emperor banned maritime trade in Southeast Asia. Less than ten years later, when Yongzheng was short of money, he still issued an order to open the sea.
Qianlong withdrew three customs offices, but also retained the Guangdong Customs House as the only port for Western trade.
Objectively speaking, before the First Opium War, the time when the Qing Dynasty banned the sea was actually very short, only intermittently for a few decades.
For most of the time, the Qing Dynasty allowed the sea to be opened and used maritime trade to make money.
The industrial civilization led by Daiying has a crushing advantage over the agricultural civilization led by Daiqing!
Sailing by sea not only has the advantage of speed, but also the comfort is far better than traveling by horse-drawn carriage on land.
Unlike Xiuyun, the young wife of the main wife, Xingrui and Xingjiao are both maidservants.
Yuzhu is already seventeen years old, a time when he is young, strong and vigorous.
Under the dedicated service of two beautiful maids, the little days at sea were so beautiful that they bubbling away!
Apricot pistils are good at twisting.
Xingjiao is like tofu made of water. If you squeeze it gently, it will be tender and dripping with water.
There was nothing going on at sea, and the weather was very hot. Yuzhu was in the cabin, wearing only a sleeveless thin silk half-gown on his upper body and a pair of cotton beach shorts on his lower body.
Anyway, the two beautiful maids were idle. In order not to disturb others, Yuzhu deliberately drew a pattern and arranged for Xingrui to make several bras out of cotton cloth.
After Xingrui started working, Yuzhu coaxed Xingjiao into making several pairs of G-string pants.
After all the small items were finished, Yuzhu remained calm and told Xingrui to cut some pairs of nine-quarter trousers from black silk.
After the nine-point pants were finished, Yuzhu asked Xingrui to dig a series of small holes in the pants.
After sealing the hole, when the work was completed, Yuzhu looked at the big black eyes in front of him, and couldn't help but feel happy.
Xingrui was much more obedient than Xingjiao, so Yuzhu pretended to want her and stripped her naked first.
Then, Yuzhu coaxed Xingrui with sweet words, and made her put on a bra, G-string pants, and put on the crotchless big-eye nine-point pants on her two beautiful legs.
Good guy, Yuzhu looked at the breathtakingly beautiful scenery and couldn't hold it back, so he directly made Xingrui.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xingjiao is much more cunning than Xingrui. But who is Yuzhu? There are many ways to deal with her.
When Xingjiao was grinding the ink, she sharpened it a little too quickly and inadvertently stained Yuzhu's manuscript paper.
Yuzhu took advantage of the topic and scolded her severely. After Xingjiao was stunned by the scolding, Yuzhu stripped her into a white sheep and forced her to wear the same three-piece suit as Xingrui.
How should I put it? Xingrui is much taller than Xingjiao, but Xingjiao's skin is much whiter and more tender.
The two beauties, wearing three-piece suits of different colors, stood enchantingly in front of them, their four big white legs dazzling, and Yuzhu felt so happy.
Yuzhu is not a big stallion who can't walk when he sees a beauty. However, he tried his best to pretend to be a ridiculous prodigal in front of Kangxi. He must have some frivolous things to let Kangxi know, right?
Hehe, Xingrui and Xingjiao each wore a three-piece suit, even if Yuzhu had slandered his reputation, he had collected a little interest.
Unlike Yuzhu, who was happy and carefree, Zhang Tingyu couldn't get used to the rocking ship, and he became seasick.
Next to Yuzhu, there were two beautiful maids specially approved by the old emperor to accompany him. Next to Zhang Tingyu, there were only two servants to serve him, so the treatment was very different.
In fact, Yuzhu pestered the old emperor and forced the beautiful maid to follow him southward, mainly because the life was too lonely after being locked up in the Gongyuan.
As usual, after Yuzhu arrived in Guangzhou City, he was immediately locked in the Gongyuan. He was not allowed to come out to meet guests until the Guibang was posted.
Back and forth, for more than two months, I was locked in the Gongyuan. Those days were indeed too long!
Yuzhu deliberately exposed his own ugliness, just to subtly tell the old emperor that he could run errands very well, but he was a pleasure-seeking guy.
In fact, many of Manchuria's important ministers grew up with gold spoons in their mouths and were used to having fun. When they went out to Beijing as imperial envoys, they basically took beauties with them secretly.
As for Yuzhu, no matter how fragrant or smelly he was, whether good or bad, he always had something to say in front of Kangxi and never concealed it. He had the spirit of a man of knowledge who would not do secret things.
However, Kangxi also liked Yuzhu's tricks. Yuzhu dared to tell the truth, which was pure filial piety to serve the emperor!
To put it bluntly, based on Kangxi's experience in governing, in most cases, it is still very clear what is true and what is false, sincerity or falsehood.
This person is afraid of comparison!
The people of Lao Ba and the Crown Prince claimed to be loyal to the emperor and run errands. In fact, they were all hoping that Kangxi would die soon, so that they could support Lao Ba or the Crown Prince and take over the throne smoothly, right?
He could help with money, but it had become Yuzhu's habit not to go to the Yamen in the morning. As time went by, Kangxi became numb.
Now, when Yuzhu travels a little far away, he can't be without women. In Kangxi's eyes, isn't this a typical bad habit of being lonely?
Under the emperor's mind, it is a good thing not to be able to endure loneliness, but it is reckless to be able to endure loneliness!
Just when Zhang Tingyu was vomiting and couldn't think about food or food, Yuzhu rested on Xingjiao's legs and said with a smile: "We are on a ship. The sheets and mattresses are changed too frequently. There is no need to change them. What should I do?"
What to do?"
Xingjiao was a clever little girl. She caught a glimpse of Yuzhu's eyes and kept glancing towards the Taishi's chair, and she already knew in her heart that the man had a bad idea.
"Sir, you used to praise me for being like tender tofu, but now you think you are too busy washing me?" Xingjiao deliberately refused to take the bait.
Xingrui peeled off a grape and stuffed it into Yuzhu's mouth. Then she smiled and said, "Xingjiao, you little bastard, you always say that I have a hoarse voice. Now it's your turn to be embarrassed and conspicuous, right?"
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"Humph, your voice is not hoarse to begin with." Xingjiao's words were so profound that most people couldn't understand them at all.
Yuzhu secretly felt a little complacent in his heart. Physical strength was only one aspect of a man's display of power. The main thing was experience and skills.
Unfortunately, Yuzhu is not a seventeen-year-old boy, but a greasy uncle in his forties. What are his methods?
Not to mention anything else, the golden right hand alone is enough for two maids to drink several pots of wine!
He and his women played charades and had fun in the boudoir. Yuzhu felt very happy. On the journey, she was really not so lonely!
(PS: Trillions of brain cells have died, so I can only write it like this. Let’s just make do with it. After the book is completed, will there be an extra chapter in the future? The monthly ticket must be rewarded. Xiaozhu is begging for help!)