It’s not conducive to deep-sea navigation.”

Xia Xun smiled and said: "No, most of our sea-going ships have pointed bottoms, whether they are warships or merchant ships. Only a few of the largest ships use flat bottoms because our fleet is too large and needs to carry too many things.

, Flat-bottomed ships have a large load capacity and can sail in shallow water channels. Otherwise, if a giant ship like ours uses a sharp bottom, there will not be many ports in the world that we can sail into. "

Xia Xun briefly introduced Fei Yinglun and said no more. In fact, when Zheng He came back from the West last time, he also brought back several Western-style ships. At the Longjiang Shipyard, craftsmen once dismantled them.

After learning about these wooden sailing ships, I carefully studied the Western ships and found that their pointed-bottomed wooden sailing ships did not have keels. The keel can greatly improve the stability and sturdiness of the ship. China's pointed-bottomed seagoing ships have had keels since the early Song Dynasty.

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At the same time, our ship's plates use flat jointing technology, while Western ships still use a relatively backward overlapping method, which also affects the sturdiness of the ship. In addition, the craftsmen also noticed that the widest point of the Western ship is on the hull.

The forward part of the middle resembles the shape of a fish, while the shape of a Chinese sea-going ship is like a webbed waterfowl. The widest part of the ship is at the rear of the middle, so it is superior to Western ships in terms of flexibility and speed.

As for the sail, the sail of a Chinese sailing ship is a "hard canopy" reinforced with bamboo poles laterally. This balanced longitudinal sail is easy to operate and can withstand wind forces in all directions, which is also unmatched by Western ships. The other is sealed cabin technology.

The same goes for Western sailing ships. The final evaluation result is that the performance of Chinese sailing ships is far ahead of Western sailing ships, and these Western ships have very little technology to learn from.

This is a fact. The performance of Western sailing ships has only been greatly improved since the 16th century. Among them, the invention of keel technology and the technical key of moving the widest part of the hull backward to make the ship more flexible were discovered hundreds of years later.

Xia Xun didn't want to show off these advanced technologies to Fei Yinglun. The key to these technologies lay in invention, not manufacturing. If he knew the key and revealed it to Westerners, he could create it after some exploration.

Xia Xun is like an iron rooster who never pulls out his hair, and the stingy Grandet. As long as there is a little bit advanced in Western science and technology, he wants to learn it immediately, but what are his own strengths? He can hide it as long as he can. He likes to be a teacher.

Xia Xun has never had any problems.

Xia Xun introduced a few words casually, then changed the topic and asked with a smile: "Has your accommodation been arranged? Are you satisfied?"

Fei Yinglun nodded hurriedly: "Satisfied! Satisfied! Very satisfied! The residence is spacious, clean, bright, well ventilated, and the bed is comfortable. It is much better than the doghouse-like place I used to live in on a boat. Ah.

,Mr. Xia Xun..."

Fei Yinglun approached Xia Xun and said in a low voice: "You have a very high status on the ship, right? I found that the captain of this ship, the general in charge of hundreds of soldiers, does not have a spacious and luxurious residence like yours."

Xia Xun raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "Oh? It seems that you have visited the entire ship? Yes, for some reasons, that general respects me more."

"Aha, I understand, I understand!"

Seeing Xia Xun's unclear expression, Fei Yinglun winked at him and smiled slyly, wondering what he understood.

Xia Xun looked at his curly hair, unkempt beard, and the deep knife mark on his cheek. He always felt that if he tied a fancy headscarf on his head and a wrinkled shirt, his eyes would

With a black one-eye patch on his head and a rapier on his belt, he looked like a complete pirate.

Xia Xun could feel that this was a Westerner with a lot of stories, and his experience was by no means as simple as what he said. Xia Xun was about to inquire about his situation indirectly, but Zheng He had already sent Bo Lin to him personally.

When the envoy from Bangguo came out, the envoy stood by the gangway, bowed to Zheng He very politely, and asked him to stay.

Zheng He stopped with a smile and said a few more words to the man before he got out of the boat.

Fei Yinglun put his hand on the awning and looked at the envoy, and asked Xia Xun in confusion: "Mr. Xia Xun, who is that person?"

Xia Xun replied casually: "That is the envoy sent by the king of Bolin State. I think it should be to invite our fleet to visit the country!"

"Bo Lin State?" Fei Yinglun's expression changed.

Xia Xun didn't pay attention to his expression and said, "I'll go up and ask about the situation." After that, he walked towards the gangway.

Fei Yinglun stretched out his hand as if to stop him, but when he saw Xia Xun stepping onto the gangway, he hesitated for a moment and closed his mouth again.

Xia Xun boarded the top cabin and returned to the cabin. When Zheng He saw him coming, he immediately smiled and said: "My lord, who do you think the king of Bolin is?"

Xia Xun was surprised. Zheng He didn't tell the country's envoy what the purpose of his visit was, but he asked him about the identity of the country's king. Could it be that he knew this person? Who did he know who could go to Nanyang and become king? Do you think you are?

A bearded man? If you are a bearded man, wouldn’t I become Li Jing?

Thinking of this, Xia Xun couldn't help laughing, and said to Zheng He: "My father-in-law, please stop playing riddles. I really can't guess who this king is?"

Zheng He laughed and said: "Back then, the Duke of the State was ordered to suppress the bandits and subdued the Shuangyu group of bandits. He also had a small fight with the Nanyang bandit Chen Zuyi. After that, the Shuangyu group of bandits became my officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Now they are protecting the Duke of the State on his voyages to the West.

soldiers and horses, what about the Nanyang thief Chen Zuyi? Everyone thought he had disappeared, but who knew he would become the leader of the Bolin Kingdom!"

Xia Xun was shocked: "What? How did Chen Zuyi become the leader of a country?"

Zheng He picked up a letter from the case and said: "Chen Zuyi is a wanted criminal by the imperial court. He was very frightened when he heard the news about our mighty Ming fleet. He was afraid that his identity would be exposed and he would be punished by the heavenly soldiers. When he was a pirate, he could drive

The ship escaped and went deep into the sea to avoid the battle. Now that he is the leader of a country, where can he hide? So he sent an envoy to surrender and took the initiative to plead guilty. He is willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty forever! Haha, Lord, we are here

Come, before I set foot on the western border, I will establish a king and surrender a king. The emperor knows that he will definitely be very happy!"

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