It is always calm before the storm comes!

For Shi Yiwen, he seemed to be away from the undercurrent of the Ming Dynasty. After all, Tianjin was to some extent away from the central court of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why he came here was entirely because of Zhang Juzheng. Twenty days ago, Zhang Juzheng asked him to find a way to solve the problem of exile, he plunged head to the shipyard by the Haihe River and built a ship here.

In fact, two large ships had been built in the shipyard. Unlike traditional Chinese sand ships or bird ships, these two large ships are "old gate ships". This is a sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in Macau decades ago. It has traditional Chinese sailing suits and streamlined Western hulls, which are faster than traditional Chinese sailing ships, require less manpower than Western sailing ships, and are easier to build and repair, and are more suitable for ocean navigation than traditional Chinese sailing ships.

However, the "old gate ship" built by Shi Yiwen was a ship of the mid-19th century, with a stronger structure and a larger load capacity. In order to stop pirate attacks, it could also be equipped with twenty or thirty artillery guns. This kind of armed merchant ship is the most suitable in this era.

But now Shi Yiwen needs a faster ship. After all, he is not willing to waste too much time on the long sea voyage, and must fight quickly. So as soon as he received the task, he found a ship suitable for this task from the space library. The remaining problem is to build this ship. In fact, in the era of great navigation, the wooden ship was built very fast. As long as there are sufficient raw materials and workers, sometimes, it takes only ten days to build a large ship of thousands of tons. After sixteen days of intense construction, two new sailboats with very novel styles were parked on the shipyard platform of the shipyard by the Haihe River.

These two ships are not very large, with a displacement of only about a thousand tons, but the ship shape is extremely beautiful, with a low side. Its ship shape is extremely novel, and it can be said to be a completely new type of ship. This new-style sailboat has a large length-width ratio and its waterline is particularly beautiful. The waterline surface of the first waterline is concave, and the long and sharp curved scissor-shaped head column is a form that can split waves at sea to move forward to reduce wave resistance.

Both of these beautifully shaped ships have three masts. As can be seen from the wide and large size of the mast, it can hang sails with a very large area, which far exceeds the width of the hull. Moreover, the mast is very high, basically reaching three-quarters of the total length of the ship. It is a rare high mast. Moreover, because the hull proportion is relatively long, the interference between the three masts will be relatively small.

Of course, the armed forces of this ship are not very strong. Only the upper deck is equipped with artillery. It seems that it has not considered the issue of self-defense at all. However, because of the long hull, although the ship only has artillery installed on the upper deck, there are still as many as forty-two artillery positions on both sides of the left and right sides. Therefore, its force is still not weak.

At this time, although these two ships have not yet been launched, anyone's first impression after seeing them was that they must be very fast ships. Of course, not everyone thinks that such speed is of significance on the sea. At least for ***, he does not think that such a fast ship can be of great use.

"Secretary General, I think that no matter how fast the boat is, it is not of great use to get to the sea,"

He pursed his lips and looked at the Chaoguan General Taxation Department staring at two large ships beside him. He recruited himself to the capital and this Western company, but it was difficult to understand some of the things he did.

In fact, compared with these two ships, he prefers the two "duck butts". Compared with the Fu Ship used to fight Japanese pirates in the past, its hull was very strong, with a thickness of one foot, which was completely different from the thin hull of the Fu Ship. Instead, compared with the Fu Ship, it is more flexible to sail. Not only can it resist wind and waves at sea, but it can also resist pirate attacks with its strong hull and artillery. But... now, the General Office has asked him to use these two "slippers" instead.

"Oh? It's useless? How do you say it?"

Shi Yiwen asked in confusion that although he could not obey the rules of the ***, who had repeatedly hit Japanese pirates at sea, as an outsider, he always needed to respect the opinions of his experts.

"General Office, when the ship arrives at sea, it simply relies on the star plate and the compass pointing the direction, and then sails along the water flow and wind direction. If the speed is fast, it will be unfavorable to master the course. Moreover, after leaving the sea from Dagu, you must sail along the Huangshui Ocean and the Blackshui Ocean as much as possible all the way south, so as to avoid losing your course. However, the water here is shallow and there are many reefs, and the speed is fast. If you encounter a reef, the ship will be destroyed and the people will die..."

Listening to ***'s explanation, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Oh, so that's it... Since that's the case, let's go to the deep sea and go to the depths of the Black Water Ocean."

The so-called Huangshuiyang is actually a shallow coastal sea area. In ancient times, most of the maritime navigation was sailing along the coastline, which was the best choice to avoid sea trekking. Of course, in coastal areas, reefs and dark sand are threats that may be encountered at any time during navigation, but compared with the blackshuiyang, that is, the threat of long-sea trekking, these risks are acceptable.

But for Shi Yiwen, of course, he would not allow his ships to continue sailing at the junction of shallow seas and deep seas to ensure that they will continue to sail at the junction of shallow seas and deep seas. After all, they will always go to the ocean in the future. Since they will open seas to trade, go to the ocean, Europe, and America, the ultimate goal is.

"Go to Hei Shuiyang!"

Opening his eyes wide, he looked at the chief officer in confusion and asked.

"Secretary General, it is a risk of going to Heishuiyang for a lifetime. It is better not to enter this Heishuiyang unless it is absolutely necessary."

Faced with ***'s dissuasion, Shi Yiwen asked back.

"General Li, if we don't go to Heishuiyang, how can we go to Japan and go to Japan to trade?"

"The General Office, you only need to follow the monsoon at that time. We are going to the West this time, and we have never been to those places. If you break into the Black Water Ocean so recklessly, you may have to lose your life."

Wang Erxi, who was standing next to General Li, suddenly became nervous when he heard him say this. He wouldn't have really lost his life. When he turned his nervous eyes to the Chief Executive, he heard the Chief Executive say it.

"There are inevitably some risks when sailing at sea, and these risks are acceptable. Why, General Li, are you afraid?"

Faced with Shi Yiwen's doubts, *** said annoyedly.

"The Chief Executive, I am not worried about myself, but about you and the brothers on the ship. After all, the Chief Executive is noble."

In fact, he wanted to say that he was worried that his brothers would lose their lives in vain. Listening to his answer, Shi Yiwen said in a haha.
Chapter completed!