Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

An idea of ​​the emperor instantly became a reality in the hands of these big names who left their names in history...

The method of pre-embedding copper pipes and using height differences to convey commands was born.

(Refer to the seismograph and the setting of Toad catching Dragon Ball.)

……

In the command room, Hao Yaoqi smiled.

he asked:

"Does Eunuch Wei know the sea?"

Wei Guozheng thought for a while and remembered that he had seen this in the newspaper, but he had forgotten the specific number.

But I remember the calculation method clearly.

Take the length of the meridian, multiply it by two, divide it by 360, and divide it by sixty.

"I forgot the specific number. It seems to be more than three miles?"

Wei Guozheng asked rhetorically.

Hao Yaoqi nodded, this method was proposed by His Majesty.

After he was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, he was surrounded by outstanding students from the Ocean College of the Ming Dynasty Royal University.

"The length of a nautical mile is three miles and seven-tenths of a mile plus six feet."

Wei Guozheng glanced at Hao Yaoqi.

This guy who was a bandit last spring has made such rapid progress?

No!

I have to work hard!

Seeing that the emperor is getting more and more powerful, as someone who works under the emperor's side, you can't keep up!

For people like them, once they fall behind, they will be further and further away from the emperor!

Wei Guozheng felt many crises.

Hao Yaoqi continued:

"Your Majesty said that when a ship sails on the sea, the only way to locate it is its longitude and latitude."

“In other words, as long as we know the course and sailing time, we can calculate the approximate location of the ship.

Therefore, His Majesty has stipulated that the speed of ships will be measured in nautical miles from now on. "

Wei Guozheng smiled and suppressed the sense of crisis in his heart.

"This is the most effective way."

In the Tianji Palace, he personally wiped the globe that His Majesty had made several times.

Naturally, I can understand what Hao Yaoqi said.

The so-called latitude and longitude are artificially divided horizontal and vertical lines on the earth. As long as you have the longitude and latitude coordinates, you can know your location.

This principle is familiar to Wei Guozheng.

This is what our ancestors did when they drew maps.

To understand it in his own words, it means speed and time, then you can calculate the distance, and add the direction, and you can draw a map.

Using nautical miles on ships simply saves you the trouble of calculations.

Seeing that Wei Guozheng understood, Hao Yaoqi's eyes flashed.

He is indeed a great eunuch whom His Majesty trusts.

He even knows about such a biased thing!

God!

If I, Hao Yaoqi, want to go further, I still need to work hard!

Wei Guozheng's casual question filled both of them with a sense of crisis, and they both felt motivated to make progress.

This was something that none of them had expected.

Hao Yaoqi continued:

"According to Your Majesty's new method, tie a knot every three miles, seven-tenths of a mile and six feet on the rope to make a section.

The number of knots the ship sails in one hour is the speed of the ship.

The venue for testing the speed is the waters of the Han River near Wangfuzhou. "

Wei Guozheng smiled:

"The Han River in this area from Junzhou to Xiangyang is wide, and because it is an inland river, there are calm waves, so it is the best place for testing."

Hao Yaoqi also laughed:

"The new capital chosen by His Majesty is uniquely blessed by nature!"

After secretly flattering the emperor, Hao Yaoqi revealed the speed of the ship:

“When there is no wind, the boat can run 31 knots per hour while traveling downstream.

Going upstream, I was able to run 26 knots. "

After Wei Guozheng thought for a moment, he knew that this improved steamship could reach a speed of 28 knots every hour.

(Don’t be ridiculous, it’s time.)

"How is the speed compared to a Western sailing ship?" Wei Guozheng asked.

Hao Yaoqi laughed:

“It depends on the strength of the wind.

However, we can still hang sails on our ship.

It can be said that when the wind is strong, as long as we raise the sail, we will not be dropped much by the sailboat.

After all, this ship is the hard work of so many craftsmen gathered together by His Majesty!

When the wind is low, we can far surpass the sailboat. "

Wei Guozheng was relieved.

He waved the people in the command room to leave, lowered his voice and said:

"General Hao, do you know that Liu Fangliang has gone to sea?"

Hao Yaoqi nodded.

He had heard some things about Liu Fangliang, but not in detail.

"I'm not sure about the specifics, so please give me some advice, father-in-law!"

Wei Guozheng saw Hao Yaoqi's low posture, and thought that this matter still required Hao Yaoqi's cooperation, so he explained carefully:

"His Majesty took General Liu from King Shun and ordered him to serve as the commander of the Coast Guard Inspection Department."

Coast Guard inspection?

Hao Yaoqi's eyes narrowed.

The emperor’s recent big moves are one after another!

What do you want Lao Liu to do?

Thinking back to how Old Liu had managed the group of local tycoons in Wuqiang, Hao Yaoqi felt that this new department might not be a fuel-saving lamp!

"May I ask my father-in-law, Your Majesty, is this...?"

Wei Guozheng laughed:

"Close the door and beat the dog!"

He didn't say anything, but hinted:

"Your Majesty asked me to wait for the military supervisor Erlang to disrupt Jiangnan, and asked you, the boy from the Zheng family, and General Liu to guard the surrounding waters...

Do you understand? "

"Grab money!!"

Hao Yaoqi's eyes widened and he blurted out.

Wei Guozheng laughed and said nothing.

What the hell!

Really!

Hao Yaoqi was stunned.

Thinking about it carefully, he and Zheng Sen controlled the Yangtze River waterway.

Liu Fangliang controlled the coast.

In addition, Fang Zhenghua and others are heart-beating in the heart of Jiangnan...

Jiangnan's wealthy family, this does not hurt the muscles, but also the bones!

Think about it again - the emperor held on to Shandong and asked Li Laiheng, who was besieging Beijing, to retreat.

Ye County and Fangcheng were even built into a group of fortresses.

Fujian was the base of the Zheng family, so the emperor sent Zheng Cai and Zheng Zhaoji to northern Fujian to guard the passes.

The only loophole is Jiangxi!

However, Yuan Jixian of Jiangxi...

I'm afraid they are also the emperor's people!

Omg!

Hao Yaoqi's eyes widened.

Somehow, he thought of what happened when he deceived Zheng Sen in Xiangyang.

As expected, I still don’t have enough skills!

I just cheated and got a few ships.

emperor……

But Zheng Sen...

No, no!

That’s the entire Zheng family, they’ve all been fooled!

Master!

Hao Yaoqi blinked:

"So when Eunuch Wei goes to Huizhou, is he planning to take action?"

"Ha ha!"

Wei Guozheng sneered:

"Huizhou was moved not only because they were not honest in what they did, but also to stabilize Ma Shiying."

Hao Yaoqi naturally knew about the massacre of Guizhou soldiers and horses by Huizhou people.

As soon as he heard this, Hao Yaoqi couldn't help but take a breath.

God!

They are all human beings!

Hao Dahao thinks that he is also a man with many evil intentions.

But I didn't expect that any one of the emperor's men could kill three birds with one stone...

Huizhou—a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack!

As long as it occupies this place, the Ming Dynasty will be almost impregnable in the direction south of the Yangtze River...