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This answer was not beyond Lu Li's expectations.

"Then... do you know where those people who left have gone?"

Lu Li reached out and took out a piece of silver, and handed it to the beggar, "I want to hire a shipbuilder. Do you know their whereabouts?"

"You want to build a ship?"

Reaching out to take the silver in Lu Li's hand, the beggar grinned and pointed to himself, "For things like shipbuilding, come to me! As long as you give me money, I will build any ship. Even if you want to build a treasure ship."

"just you?"

Lu Li raised his brows and said deliberately, "You know how to build a boat? Origami boats are pretty much the same."

"Captain Treasure is 44 feet long, [-] feet wide, and has six masts, with giant trees in southern Yunnan as the keel..."

Stirred by Lu Li, the beggar opened his mouth and a series of treasure ship data came out.

"stop!"

Lu Li interrupted the beggar with a wave of his hand, with a smile on his face: "Report your name and history. I will give you 100 taels of silver every month, please help me build a boat."

"100 taels per month?"

The beggar's eyes widened, stunned by the huge monthly salary.

"My name is Zheng Yuan, the patriarch Zheng He!"

The beggar held his head high, his face full of pride.

Are you kidding me?If I didn't know Zheng He was a eunuch, I would have almost believed it!

Lu Li curled his lips, "Okay, stop talking nonsense! Tell me the story honestly. The Sanbao eunuch has no descendants!"

"Who said there are no descendants?"

The beggar roared angrily, "My ancestor Ma Wenming adopted and inherited the incense of the Zheng family. We are all descendants of the Zheng family." (Ma Wenming's adopted name is too scary to write.)

Seems...like real?

Zheng He's original name was Ma Sanbao. After he became famous, it was normal for Zheng He to find a nephew from the Ma family to adopt him.

only……

Lu Li looked down at this "descendant of Zheng He", feeling a little helpless.Zheng He, who is famous in history, but later generations are confused like this, it is really speechless.

On second thought, this is normal.

Under the clamor of "famous ministers of the Qing Dynasty", the treasure ship was dismantled, the workshop was destroyed, and all the drawings and records were burned. I am afraid that Zheng He's descendants will not have a good life.

"Zheng Yuan, right?"

Lu Li smiled and nodded at the beggar, "One hundred taels a month, come with me! Build a boat for me."

"it is good!"

The beggar looked at the silver in his hand, then at Lu Li, and felt that Lu Li, a handsome guy, shouldn't be a bad guy.

Well, appearance is justice.

Isn't he a bad guy if he looks good?Who told you that!

Lu Li shrugged his shoulders, waved his sleeves, turned around and left, taking only one beggar with him!

……

After returning to the inn, he let the beggar wash up, changed his clothes and came out. Lu Li almost went blind.

This Zheng Yuan has a delicate and three-dimensional face, delicate and fair skin, and she looks like a mixed-race beauty.

"You... do you have alien blood?"

Lu Li couldn't help but ask Zheng Yuan.

"You are the alien, you are the barbarian!"

When Zheng Yuan heard about this alien blood, she immediately became furious and yelled at Lu Li.

Well, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, it was the biggest insult to say that someone had a foreign blood.

Even at the risk of offending Lu Li, Zheng Yuan couldn't help cursing angrily.

"Sorry, I said something wrong!"

Lu Li understood the mentality of Yanhuang nobles, and even somewhat agreed with this mentality, and quickly apologized to Zheng Yuan.

We are not racist because... we see all barbarians except ourselves, and there is no difference at all. (laugh)

Zhang Yuan was taken aback by Lu Li's apology.

"My lord, I am presumptuous!"

Zhang Yuan hurriedly apologized to Lu Li.

"All right. All right."

Lu Li waved his hand, "Talk to me about shipbuilding!"

Next, Lu Li and Zheng Yuan had a detailed discussion about the shipbuilding.

During the conversation, Lu Li discovered that this Zheng Yuan is really a genius with a high IQ, and all kinds of ship data and shipbuilding technology are so rare that he can explain them clearly.

"Where did you learn these things?"

Lu Xin was a little curious and couldn't help asking.

"Our Zheng family is famous all over the world for its maritime affairs. The family has been looking forward to the day when the country opens the sea and sails again. This knowledge is passed down from generation to generation."

Having said this, Zheng Yuan looked a little sad, "However, hundreds of years have passed, and the sailing is far away. The Zheng family... I am the only one left."

"It's not far away!"

Lu Li nodded towards Zheng Yuan with a serious expression on his face, "Build me a boat! We will sail out to sea, across the ocean!"

"Ok!"

Zheng Yuan looked up at Lu Li and nodded seriously.

……

Having gained a professional in sailing and shipbuilding, Lu Li is already very satisfied with what he has gained from this trip.

Then... Lu Li also passed the exam successfully.

A few days later, the results of the Nanzhili Township Examination were released. Lu Li passed the provincial exam with the No. 2 score in the township exam, and won the honor of juren.

The reason why he was second instead of first was because Lu Li already had an official position.

In order to avoid suspicion, the examiner dropped a name from Lu Li's "No. 2 talent" article and put it in No.[-].

Lu Li himself didn't care much about it, it was enough for Lu Li to be able to get a job title.

With the status of Juren, Lu Li, the commander of the Jinshan Guard, didn't have to kneel to the civil servants even in the era when the civil servants were noble and the military humble.

He passed the exam and got the No.2 result.Naturally, Lu Li also received a lot of banquets.

The communication between these literati is not important to Lu Li, nor is it meaningful.If you have this time to brag about business with them, it would be better to go home and train your troops.

After rejecting all kinds of banquets and all kinds of literati affairs, Lu Li led a group of people back to Huating County.

With the achievement of fame and fame, the goal has been achieved.

Next, Lu Li will start building warships and training the navy.

At this time, Lu Li regretted a little. Why didn't he go to the navy to play in the astronaut story?

Chapter 391 The Greatest Auspiciousness in the World

The boundary of Jinshanwei is also near the sea.

On the southeast side of Jinshan Acropolis, there is a vast ocean that stretches as far as the eye can see.

Later generations, here is also a famous port - Jinshan Port.

The site of Lu Li's naval base was chosen to be near the future Jinshan Wharf.

First of all, do infrastructure construction, build roads, docks, warehouses, forts, barracks, and shipyards.

After Zheng Yuan accepted Lu Li's employment, she devoted great enthusiasm to the construction of the shipyard and devoted herself to her work.

Lu Li didn't take care of it directly, but returned home, got into his study, and began to write the navy training outline and design ships.

To be honest, this work is more complicated and difficult than imagined.

Although Lu Li's knowledge is extraordinary, he has read many books and mastered a lot of knowledge, but...as a modern person, who knows how to operate a sailing warship?

Sail battleship, I can't figure it out!

So... so... straight to the steam engine?

The principle of the steam engine is very simple. With the various hydraulic machine tools in the workshop, it is not difficult to process the parts of the steam engine.

However, the welding technology of pressure-resistant boilers is not easy to solve.

How to play electric welding without electricity?Do I have to get the generator out first?This difficulty is greater.

Huh?etc!Seems like... soldering was a latecomer.Before the advent of welding technology, steam engines and armored ships used the "multi-rivet steamed steel" technology.

Yes!You can use rivets!

Thinking of this, Lu Li suddenly became enlightened, and various thoughts popped up in his mind.

Steam engine!Industrial Revolution!

The source of power has been updated, and various machinery and equipment are no longer limited to hydraulic drive, but can be driven by steam engines, and industrial production capacity has further skyrocketed.

Of course, the most important thing is the steam ironclad ship.

It is still impossible to build all ships with steel in a short period of time. Not to mention the issue of steel production, even shipbuilding technology cannot be realized in a short period of time.

However, it is still possible to use a steam engine to drive the treasure ship, and even cover the deck and key positions of the treasure ship with a layer of iron.

The shape of the ship also needs to be redesigned. The design idea of ​​the treasure ship is still the idea of ​​fighting on board, mainly relying on the soldiers on board to fight.

This way of boarding battles is obviously outdated.Installing turrets on ships and using artillery for long-range attacks is the future direction of development.

For the next period of time, Lu Li and Zheng Yuan worked together to study the design drawings of the treasure ship. On the basis of the treasure ship, they modified the ship's shape, modified the design plan, and redesigned a brand new battleship.

Using steam power, naturally there is no need for a mast.By adopting the method of artillery attack, the number of crew members on board is greatly reduced without the need for boarding battles.

Lu Li also further optimized the structure of the treasure ship.The towering ship building was directly removed, and the height of the building on the ship's side was greatly reduced, which strengthened the stability and resistance to wind and waves.

The stern is designed as a square, and the bow is designed as an acute-angle flying shear structure, similar to the hull shape of later generations.

Sixty broadside guns are installed on both sides of the ship's side, and two main guns are installed on the front and rear decks.

In this way, an invincible warship with a length of 120 meters, a width of 50 meters, a steel keel, a steam engine, and 120 four cannons was officially completed.

As soon as this design plan came out, Zheng Yuan was frightened silly.

"My lord, such a warship can't be built without 30 taels of silver!"

Zheng Yuan's budget was on the high side. She didn't know that Lu Li's cannon was not that expensive, and the steel keel was not that expensive either.

But... It takes at least 20 taels of silver to manufacture this ship.

Although Lu Li wanted to say, "I have plenty of money", but...the reality was cruel.

Even if Lu Li's family has a big business, Lujiazhuang's industrial output makes money like water, but it spends money like water.The daily consumption of five thousand army troops is scary.

This kind of super battleship that is invincible across the ocean is really unaffordable!

Well, have fun!

I only thought that the bigger the tonnage, the better, and the more artillery, the better. As a result... the design plan was too advanced.

If you want to fight Japanese pirates and Western Francophones, how can you use such a powerful battleship?The power is completely excessive.

Therefore, Lu Li greatly reduced the size of the battleship.

Ships with a displacement of about [-] tons are mainly used as the main battleships.Let’s forget about the [-]-ton giant ship before!

The redesigned battleship was named Destroyer by Lu Li.

It has a displacement of 24 tons, a steel keel, steam engine drive, propeller propulsion, [-] broadside guns, and one main gun at the front and rear.