2108 The accumulation of knowledge of the times, you can click on the technology tree
In addition to the Dafu ship, which was improved and developed by Meng Kang and Ye Chun at Fujian Luzhi Municipal Shipping Company, various maritime vessels such as Zheyang, Youshao, Kailang, and Lianlian, which were designed and developed with the joint efforts of Gao Xuan, were put on trial one after another. , were built in large numbers, and many of them were immediately used in private commercial shipping. This also stimulated the cities along the coast to become even more prosperous and prosperous. And such a prosperous atmosphere is naturally divided into: Huangtian Port Beishui Like the sky, thousands of miles of wind can watch Jia Chuan.
Until Li Jun was entrusted by Xiao Tang to lead a group of sworn brothers and take charge of a massive fleet, they began to sail to the South Ocean and the Western Ocean, nine times over the years, and the fleet became increasingly larger. Meng Kang, Ye Chun, and Gao Xuan, the three shipbuilding experts, still have to supervise the construction of ships, and they are busy year after year. However, as they are also engaged in the business they are best at and most obsessed with, Meng Kang and others are of course full and happy, almost There have never been any mistakes.
Meng Kang, who was fully in charge of the shipbuilding affairs of various shipyards under the jurisdiction of the Jinghai Supervisory Dockyard of the Qi Dynasty, later went to the newly established Tiangong Institute of the Qi Dynasty to take charge of selection and teach students, which was somewhat similar to the Imperial College established by the imperial court to teach imperial students. .It’s just that the students who can be selected into Tiangongyuan will be able to learn shipbuilding, cannon building, steel pouring and other professional knowledge and techniques that are more closely related to contemporary production technology...
The shipbuilding skills that Meng Kang was good at were not only passed down to his descendants, but also trained many skilled craftsmen who were proficient in designing and building various types of ships. In less than a generation, the technological level of shipbuilding in the Qi Dynasty was already Changing with each passing day......
Originally, according to the official history, the shipbuilding technology of the Song Dynasty was passed down. The time between the Yuan Dynasty, which launched large-scale maritime transport, and the Ming Dynasty, whose shipbuilding industry still represented the world's most advanced technology, was not very long. During this period, it also experienced Several maritime bans in the Yuan Dynasty, as well as Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's "Transport Ban on Foreign Domains", completely banned overseas trade, which led to a historical stage in which the development of shipbuilding technology in the Central Plains Dynasty stagnated. Therefore, after Xiao and Tang vigorously promoted the national shipbuilding and navigation industries, during his tenure Meng Kang, who had always been diligent and focused, had almost reached the age of retirement. The technological level of the Qi Dynasty's shipbuilding industry had already surpassed the workmanship of Zheng He's exquisite ships during his voyages to the West during the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, Meng Kang, Ye Chun, and Gao Xuan devoted their lives to their duties, and they had successors until the three of them retired and retired. In addition to the rapid development of shipbuilding technology during the Qi Dynasty, it also benefited from the strong encouragement and support of the Tiangong Institute. With the application of various other technologies, Meng Kang's great-great-grandsons have developed sailing battleships that can be used in large-scale naval battles. Although limited by the technology of the times, it is not yet possible to build an ironclad ship driven by steam and covered with strong armor. , but with the unique shipbuilding and navigation technology in the world, as well as the largest and most powerful naval fleet, the Qi Dynasty had the ability to traverse the four seas, dominate the oceans, and teach the people of China to explore other things. Apart from their founding emperor Xiao Tang, there is also a mysterious realm that no one knows about yet...
As an ancestor of the shipbuilding family of the Qi Dynasty, Meng Kang went down in history as a skilled craftsman who was the best at improving and building ships. In later generations, for those who deeply verify the development process of ancient Chinese shipbuilding technology, the jade flag pole Meng Kang, this title and name will always be imprinted in their minds.
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Apart from Meng Kang, among the minister leaders who had made great achievements with their best skills, there was also one person who also served in the Tiangong Yuan according to Xiao Tang's orders.
However, Ling Zhen, who prefers to study behind closed doors, left the improvement, construction, and instruction of controlling various catapults to his close gunners who had followed him for many years.
He rarely sees people when he leaves home, but according to his temperament, he is content with himself.
Although he surrendered to Xiao Tang, Ling Zhen was hardly dispatched to the most dangerous front line of the battlefield to fight with stones, but it was all because he was prompted by Xiao Tang and developed a giant catapult with a range and power equal to that of the return cannon.
Due to his meritorious service, he was able to successfully destroy the enemy's walls and walls in many sieges. It can also be said that without Ling Zhen's help, after so many years of fighting, a large number of Liangshan Juyi brothers would have died on the battlefield.
Since Ling Zhen can definitely be said to have made the most of his merits, Ling Zhen's rank and rank are now equal to those of the founding father, and the rewards he received are not inferior to those of the general who commanded the Liangshan Horse Infantry Army.
However, for Ling Zhen, no matter he was just a small official in Bianliang Ordnance Supervision Office, or now he has the esteemed status of the Duke of the country, he is still willing to work on the design and development of new artillery. It's just throwing stones.
The artillery equipment has developed to the same level as the Huihui artillery, and it seems difficult to make any breakthroughs. Ling Zhen has been thinking hard all day long, but there has been no substantial progress, and it is inevitable that he will become more and more unhappy.
Until Xiao Tang summoned him again to meet him and talk about brotherhood, Ling Zhen couldn't help but talk about the reasons why he was depressed these days. Xiao Tang listened carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he immediately took out a pen and paper to sketch, and then
Explain his own thoughts to Ling Zhen.
Although Ling Zhen didn't understand what it meant at first, after all, explosive firearms that use gunpowder to ignite have been widely used in today's weather, but they still need to use trebuchets to fire them. Ling Zhen has spent most of his life developing artillery and firearms.
, and has personally started to transform explosive firearms such as Zhentian Lei, and he has an innate understanding of the fields he is most familiar with. What's more, Ling Zhen has experienced it before, and he worked closely with Liu Qi back then, and now he has already invested in it.
Since the Qi Dynasty, Nengchen Chengui, who is also good at adapting and developing firearms, has already invented a tubular firearm that contains gunpowder in a barrel, ignites the fuse at the tail end, and sprays the burning gunpowder at the enemy...
So after only a moment, Ling Zhen suddenly felt a flash of light in his mind. When he looked at Xiao Tang again, the look of joy on his face was just like when the two of them first met, they were exchanging experiences with each other, and they could fully understand each other.
The situation was very similar when I was conceived.
After getting a little idea of the discussion, it was time to put it into practice. Ling Zhen even forgot to tell Xiao Tang that he was resigning, so he left the Imperial City in a hurry and rushed back to the official office in the Tiangong Courtyard dedicated to his closed-door research.
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Laying out the rice paper and holding the wolf hair, Ling Zhen didn't care that his hands were stained with ink. He seemed to be in a daze, so he impatiently started drawing shapes on the paper, thinking about what Xiao Tang proposed to him.
The idea, and recalling the structure of the tubular firearm invented by Chen Gui, the idea in Ling Zhen's mind had already taken shape. He stared at the shape he had drawn, and then scratched it out, and took another piece of rice paper to start again.
When drawing, Ling Zhen was still mumbling: "Use copper or iron as a tool, like a cylinder, with medicine in the middle, and stuff the mouth with stones... or firearms, bypass a line, and use fire to make the drawing."
After that...you only need to pay attention to the dosage of the gunpowder and the specifications of the firearms and shells...It works, it can work, I think it should work!"