One Piece of Song Dynasty

Zhai Jin nodded and said, "Well, I understand. Mr. Li is really far-sighted."

Li Xin, who had been silent next to him, said, "General Zhai deserves the award."

After the visit, Zhai Jin said to Liu Fa, "Liu Jinglue, a certain family already knows this, but a certain family wants to go home and discuss it with their family members. I don't know if I can agree."

Liu Fa looked at Li Xin, who nodded, and Liu Fa said, "Okay, sure, we are waiting for your reply."

Zhai Jin stayed on the island for a day, and then returned to Hui'an and then his home in Luoyang with the boat the next day.

After Zhai Jin left, Liu Fa asked, "My lord, are you afraid that he will go back and tell the truth?"

Li Xin nodded and said, "Believe him. Don't trust others. Don't trust others. General Liu should also trust your former subordinates."

Liu Fa said, "Yes, when he was in the Western Army, he was a subordinate of a certain family for many years, and we have always had a good relationship."

However, just in case, Li Xin wrote a secret letter to Zhao Yun in Hui'an, asking Zhao Yun to secretly follow Zhai Jin to take him home.

On his way home this time, Zhai Jin first went to Hangzhou. He wanted to verify what Liu Fa said and to explain the illusion in his heart. When Zhai Jin arrived in Hangzhou and saw the impoverished lives of the people and everything, Zhai Jin's heart ached, and the last trace of illusion in his heart was shattered. He immediately rode horseback to the city. Leave for Luoyang. 35xs

Li Xin didn't know the changes in Zhai Jin's heart. At this time, Li Xin found the best carpenter on the island, Old Man Feng, and Li Xin asked Old Man Feng to make something for him.

Li Xin said to Old Man Feng, "Uncle Feng, there are more and more people on this island, and there is no shortage of manpower to build the city. Please organize a few carpenters to help me make two things."

Old man Feng asked, "Okay, what does the master want to do?"

Li Xin took out two drawings and handed them to Old Man Feng, "These are the drawings of the two ships. I would like to ask Uncle Feng to bring a few carpenters to make models of the two ships according to the drawings."

Old man Feng looked at the drawings and said, "Okay, I know, I will lead someone to do it now."

What Li Xin handed to Old Man Feng were the drawings of the Galen Ship and the Clipper Ship. Li Xin planned to let Old Man Feng make models of the two ships first, and then ask Old Man Liu to lead the shipwrights to trial-produce two ships based on the models. Boat.

The Galen ship that Li Xin handed over to Old Man Feng was not a Spanish Galen ship, but a "Queen's ship" of the British Empire, because it was born in the period of Queen Elizabeth. Compared with the Spanish Galen ship, Li Xin was more fond of this British ship. A light galenic ship with a displacement of between and tons.

Compared with the Spanish galenic ship, the British Queen's ship lowered the fore and stern, especially the height of the forecastle, and also replaced the original round stern with a square stern. This new design of the ship is relatively long and narrow, has fast speed, and has excellent maneuverability in headwinds. The galenic ship Li Xin is intended to be used as a battleship. Li Xin plans to gradually develop the sailing battleship based on the light galenic ship. The sailing battleship Li Xin plans to use the third-class sailing battleship as the main force, and the second-class and first-class sailing battleship Li Xin It is not planned to be developed. The third-level sail battleship is the most perfect combination of firepower, speed and cost. Li Xin, the second-level and first-level ships, thinks it is a bit wasteful. When the steam engine is developed, it will be the era of steam power and ironclads.

The clipper ship Li Xin intended to be used as an armed transport ship. In Li Xin's original era, the clipper ship was mainly a transport ship. The clipper ship was not suitable for use as a main battleship. The aspect ratio was too high and the lateral stability was very poor. , another clipper ship generally pays great attention to the weight distribution of the hull in order to raise the bow to break the waves. The cargo and counterweight are deliberately arranged towards the stern, so as to lower the stern and raise the bow. This kind of weight distribution is difficult to be flexible temporarily during a naval battle. The adjustment also made it difficult to deploy the artillery, but Li Xin would still put a few cannons on the clipper ship for self-defense.

With the speed of the clipper ship, Li Xin's transportation efficiency between the mainland, Jeju Island, Xinghan Island and other places will be greatly improved in the future. At least it can save half the time compared to the speed of Fuchuan and Shachuan, and You can also travel quickly between oceans.

After Li Xin handed the drawings to Old Man Feng, she went to see Old Man Liu, the manager of the shipyard. There were enough manpower to build the city, and the shipyard should be built. When Old Man Feng built the models of the two ships, the shipyard could start trial production.

Li Xin found Old Man Liu who was organizing the construction of the city. "Uncle Liu, please leave the city construction to others. You can organize the shipbuilders to start building the shipyard. The construction of the shipyard cannot be delayed any longer. When the shipyard is completed, We will start building new ships."

Old man Liu cupped his fists and said, "Okay, Master, I understand."

Old Man Liu began to organize shipwrights to build a new shipyard next to the dock. To have a ship, there must be sailors, and the training of sailors must be accelerated, so Li Xin was going to find Ruan Xiaoqi. Ruan Xiaoer was training sailors in Hui'an. Ruan Xiao Wu often travels between Hui'an and Xinghan Island and has no time to train sailors. The sailors here can only be trained by Ruan Xiaoqi.

Li Xin found Ruan Xiaoqi, who was training the Water Ghost Team. "Brother Qi, how many people are there in the Water Ghost Team now?"

Ruan Xiaoqi replied, "There are currently more than seventy people."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Well, it's not enough. Seventh Brother has to increase the manpower of the Water Ghost Team. In the end, the entire Water Ghost Team will have people."

Ruan Xiaoqi was surprised and said, "There are so many people. What are you planning to do?"

Li Xin smiled mysteriously, "It will naturally be of great use in the future. Brother Qi will know then."

Ruan Xiaoqi replied, "Okay, someone knows."

Li Xin continued, "During this period, a group of sailors were sent from Hui'an. Brother Qi also wants to improve their training. More sailors will come in the future. Since Brother Qi will train the Water Ghost Team in the future, We have to get busy training sailors."

Ruan Xiaoqi patted her chest and said, "No problem, brother, don't worry, it's all taken care of by a certain family, and a certain family will help you train these people."

In the next few days, Li Xin began to go back and forth between the shipyard and the carpenter. Li Xin really wanted to see these two ships come out in advance from her own hands. Compared with the two ships, the construction of the clipper ship was more difficult, so Li Xin felt that the Queen's Ship should be the first to come out. After the Queen's Ship came out, build dozens of them first, and then Li Xin could go on an expedition to Jeju Island. Li Xin planned to send troops to Jeju Island in 1122, the fourth year after the declaration of peace. It was still a long time ago. There were less than three years left, and time was quite tight, because Daliao was about to be destroyed in 1125. It was necessary to acquire more horses while Daliao was still there. After Dai Jin took over Daliao, they would want to acquire more horses. It's not easy.

While Li Xin was busy researching new ships, Zhai Jin also returned to Zhai's house in Yiyang. Zhai Jin was preparing to discuss the separation of the family with his brother Zhai Xing.