Chapter 192: Recruiting the Punishment, Commander, Farewell, Sun Wukong

In general, traditional Chinese sailing ships, including treasure ships and blessing ships, are an excellent commercial type. Because of the use of hard sails, the number of sailors required is very fewer than that of soft sails in Western sails. Because of the use of cabin design, the sink resistance is also better than that of Western sailing ships, and the cost is low. The cost of a blessing ship is only thousands of taels of silver. The cost of a treasure ship is only tens of thousands of taels of silver.

However, due to speed, gun position and defense, whether it is a lucky ship or a treasure ship, it is not suitable for use as artillery, especially a warship with solid bullets as its main attack method. Due to the lack of speed and center of gravity, traditional Chinese sailing ships are not suitable for ocean exploration. When Zheng He's fleet walked to the west coast of Africa, it did not continue to move forward, and it was also affected by wind and waves.

Moreover, even if these two uses are not considered, corresponding improvements must be made in order to improve the performance of Chinese sailing ships. Zhang Zhun was not only concerned with shipbuilding technology. When warships developed, marine trade was also his focus. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were the period of high development of the colonies, and Zhang Zhun was of course unwilling to miss such an opportunity.

What?

We will never dominate?

That is not the strength to dominate, okay?

According to Zhang Zhun's suggestion, Xue Zhidie and his crew first made significant improvements to the traditional Chinese hard sails. After all, this is much more convenient than replacing soft sails. They changed the original complex material of the hard sails, and selected lighter, stronger and better airtight materials to weave hard sails to improve the wind grabbing ability and structural strength of the hard sails. In this way, the area of ​​the hard sails can be greatly increased.

The use of various "iron wood" with greater strength can make the masts higher, and the area of ​​the hard sails will be further increased. Although this will greatly increase the cost of the mast, the proportion of the wood used in the masts in the entire ship is not very high, and the greatly improved navigation performance can completely make up for the slight increase in the cost. Moreover, in naval battles, the significant increase in mast strength also actually fills the weakest shortcomings of the ship's defense... Well, it can be imagined what impact it will have on the ship if the mast is interrupted.

The new winch improved by Xue Zhidie greatly reduced the difficulty of lifting the hard sail. After that, even the heaviest hard sail could only be filled with a few people, which further reduced the number of necessary sailors, increased the profits of commercial transportation and the ability to resist disasters during navigation, so that the ship could not drive at all if there were too few people.

In this way, the speed of Chinese sailing ships has been greatly accelerated, and the installation of ribs has also made the hull stronger. After the performance of these two aspects has been greatly improved, both merchant ships and warships have greatly enhanced their ability to adapt to the climate. As the hard sail itself continues to improve, until the mineral energy power is popularized among sea ships, Chinese-style hard sailing ships are still the best merchant ship in the world.

As for soft sails, China has given up for too many years, it cannot be put into practical use in a short period of time. Moreover, there are spinnakers suitable for wind on Arab ships, and square sails suitable for wind will require repeated trials by the Ming ships to be finalized. But I believe that in the near future, the Ming warships and adventure ships can all be equipped with white soft sails. By then, the Ming ships still had rudders, water compartments and better appearance designs, and Western ships would be even more difficult to match... However, by that time, they were already the world of steel warships.

"Iron Battleship?"

“Can steel float on the water?”

Xue Zhidie looked at Zhang Zhun as if she was looking at a monster.

Zhang Zhun actually said that steel can be made into a warship!

Zhang Zhun curled his lips, too lazy to explain.

Facts are the best eloquence.

Zhang Zhun was busy in the Eagle Bay for a few days and basically determined the specifications of the Cangshan boat. Some details were basically finalized. Everything else was left to Xue Zhidie for supervision. Of course, Yang Guohua and Zhou Zhengyu, as the deputy commander of the navy, would definitely pay close attention to the manufacturing of the Cangshan boat.

"Sir, the messenger of Aoshanwei is here again."

"It's still that Lin Renjie."

On that day, Zhang Zhun was about to go back to Fushan City when Ma Yi suddenly came to report.

When he returned to the Qianhu Official Hall, Zhang Zhun met Lin Renjie again.

The old man was indeed a little tired. Since Zhang Zhun made trouble, he has been running back and forth in Aoshanwei and Fushancheng. The old man is old again, and such a job is really overwhelmed. Fortunately, his body is still tough. If it were someone else, he might have fallen down.

Zhang Zhun said as if nothing had happened: "Mr. Lin, don't be fine!"

Lin Renjie smiled wryly and said, "Yulin, don't make fun of me. My old bones will be shattered between your Fushan City and Aoshanwei."

Zhang Zhun stopped joking and said seriously: "I don't know what Lord Zhao has to answer?"

Lin Renjie said arduously: "Mr. Zhao means to grant you the position of commander..."

Zhang Zhun said to himself: "Commander?"

A sneer slowly rose from the corner of his mouth.

Lin Renjie immediately felt something was wrong.

It seems that this time it was a waste of time.

Yes, the commander is a fourth-rank military officer, and is far from the third-rank military commander proposed by Zhang Zhun! In fact, the commander is still a deputy, and if you really want to talk about power, it is not as good as a thousand households! The thousand households are at least one acre of three-point land, and there are still thousands of people to do. The commander is to act according to the face of the commander of the guards, and there is not much power in front of other thousand households. Among the military officers of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they are deputy positions, even the deputy generals are not very popular. Unless they are deputy generals stationed independently in one place.

However, although he felt that he was about to run away again this time, Lin Renjie still wanted to convey all of Zhao Yinying's words. Zhao Yinying's attitude was quite helpless about asking Lin Renjie to be outstanding this time. However, except Lin Renjie, Zhang Zhun did not buy anyone else's account at all. There was no way, so he had to continue to let Lin Renjie excel.

There is no doubt that the commander of Aoshan Guard has had a hard time recently. The Tartars on Tianheng Island have raided ashore, causing trouble for Dengzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture, and Denglai Governor are all messy. Denglai Governor Yang Wenyue has already gotten angry, and Sun Zhixie, Li Chengdong, and Zhao Yinying are all under great pressure. As a last resort, the three people who had their own ulterior motives had to gather together again to discuss how to resolve the crisis in front of them.

Compared with the internal rebellion in Fushan City, the Tartars on Tianheng Island are undoubtedly a greater trouble. After all, the rebellion in Fushan City is an internal matter, and the scope of its control is relatively small. The governor and Dusi can turn a blind eye and pretend not to know. However, the Tartars on Tianheng Island have caused panic in Dengzhou and Laizhou. This matter is still being suppressed and not allowed to spread, otherwise it will inevitably be a major disaster.

Now, the Tartars in the north have not yet retreated, and there are Tartars in Shandong. If the emperor knows, there will probably be someone on the spot. The Jinyiwei cannot capture the generals with heavy troops, but they can capture a few civil servants. Therefore, Yang Wenyue, the Governor of Dengzhou, Zhu Dadian, and the General of Shandong Liu Zeqing, unanimously demand that the Tartars be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise, they will have to deal with Sun Zhixi and a few.

Under such circumstances, the three of them had to count on Zhang Zhun. On the territory of Laizhou Prefecture, there were no branches except Zhang Zhun's family. Li Chengdong's soldiers had run into Tartars before, but turned into tofu flowers, so naturally they did not dare to mess with Tartars again. This time, the Tartars came ashore, and Li Chengdong's most fortunate thing was that he was in the distant Weixian and Changyi area, 108,000 miles away from Tartars. Otherwise, if they met Tartars, they would definitely be a disaster.

Therefore, the three finally decided to agree to some of Zhang Zhun's requests and appoint Zhang Zhun as the commander-in-chief of Aoshan Guard. Of course, their main purpose was to ask Zhang Zhun to deal with the Tartars on Tianheng Island. Therefore, the three also made it clear that if Zhang Zhun eliminated the Tartars on Tianheng Island, they would be promoted to the commander-in-chief of Aoshan Guard (from the third rank), and reported to the court for further commendation.

This is already the limit of Zhao Yinying's ability. If you want to go up, you can only go through the Shandong Dushi or even the Ministry of War to handle the matter. It is conceivable that if this matter comes to the Ministry of War, neither Zhang Zhun nor Aoshanwei will have any good results. In order to make Zhang Zhun feel at ease, Lin Renjie also brought the commander's confession document, Yunshi bronze medal, Wujie general's rank, and corresponding official uniforms.

Of course, Zhang Zhun's commander was basically a white person. His true identity was still the Thousand Houses of Fushan District. The white person originally meant that people without any official positions, namely commoners. But later, they specifically referred to some honorary official positions. The court only gave you official positions, but would not issue any food and salary, nor would it give you corresponding power. To put it in the white person, it was just a name, and the scenery was not the real benefit.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, white bodies had become very common. As long as you have money, you could buy an official position. Merchants were particularly keen on such white bodies. Anyway, for them, they would not ask for money and food from the court. As long as they had this status, they could do a lot of things openly. The court could also make a lot of money through these tricks.

…Okay, I’m wrong, it’s because some ministers of the court have made money, which has nothing to do with the country. For example, the Prime Minister has always actively supported the sale of white-heartedness. As long as there is money, everyone will refuse to come. For this reason, the Donglin Party has written several times and is in a state of power with the Prime Minister. The Donglin Party’s anger is conceivable. The Donglin students can only gain functions after working hard for ten years. As long as they spend a lot of money, they can easily buy it. How can they be willing?

...It's gone far.

After Lin Renjie finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Zhun's face carefully. He was mentally prepared. After Zhang Zhun refused, he went back to Aoshanwei and immediately pretended to be sick. He would never come to Fushan City again. This kind of exhausting and desperate work, who would do it.

Who knew that Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "Okay! I agree!"

Lin Renjie was slightly stunned, thinking that he had heard it wrong, so his turbid eyes blinked hard, and subconsciously said: "Yu Lin, what did you say?"

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, raised his tone, and said with great certainty: "I said, I have taken the wish of Lord Zhao, and I am willing to accept this commander!"

Lin Renjie finally confirmed that he had heard it correctly this time, and Zhang Zhun really agreed. A feeling of relief surged up, and his fatigue disappeared without a trace. Lin Renjie hurriedly corrected his posture and said respectfully: "Congratulations to you, sir!"

Since Zhang Zhun agreed to accept the pledge, he will be the commander of Aoshan Guard and a fourth-rank military officer. He is just a small deputy, and from the fifth-rank military officer, he will naturally have to call himself the following officials in front of Zhang Zhun.

At this moment, Lin Renjie couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This person just wanted to sacrifice his life. Look, such a fuss, he was a fourth-rank official position. He killed so many people, robbed money, and divided the land, and was killed in vain. His ancestors, who had been born and died, killed countless Mongolian Tartars, and in the end he was just a hereditary deputy family. It makes sense that his destiny is different from his destiny.

Zhang Zhun naturally ignored Lin Renjie's inner feelings and said slowly: "Mr. Lin, I accept the reprimand, and it is a secret matter. Please do not disclose it."

Lin Renjie hurriedly said, "Of course, of course, the official understands."

The official seal, document, bronze medal, military rank and other official seal brought by the followers was immediately handed over to Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun's official seal was the full name of "Secret of the Commander of the Shandong Commander of the Ming Dynasty, Siaoshanwei," and the document was similar to the official seal. The bronze medal was a flying lion. The military rank was General Wujie. In addition, if Zhang Zhun led his troops to fight, he would generally be awarded the title of guerrilla.

Zhang Zhun didn't care about these things. If he believed that these things could change the relationship between him and Sun Zhixie, he would be a fool. Similarly, if Sun Zhixie believed it, then Sun Zhixie was a fool. Both him and Sun Zhixie knew that all this was just a formality and each was necessary. They needed Zhang Zhun to deal with the Tartars in Tianheng Island. Zhang Zhunze needed an open identity. Everyone knew it. They might turn against each other at any time in the future.

Of course, some people believe that this matter can come to an end. This person is naturally Lin Renjie. In his opinion, since Zhang Zhun agreed to the pacification, he would probably manage his own acre of three-point land in Fushan City in peace. Now Zhang Zhun wants money and some people want power and power, and there are no shortages of anything. What else can he do?

Zhang Zhun shouted: "Zelin!"

Wang Mingyu came from the side and said respectfully: "What are the instructions for sir?"

Zhang Zhun said: "Hold a banquet and entertain Lord Lin."

Wang Mingyu agreed and invited Lin Renjie away.

Zhang Zhun paced back and forth while standing there, his eyes falling on the commander's officer's uniform, and sneered silently. Then, he put these things into the bottom of the box and never looked at them again.

...

Shen Lingfei came to say goodbye.
Chapter completed!