I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

Li Miaoshu originally planned to chat with Zhang Nuo for a few more funny and flirtatious relationships, but hearing Zhang Nuo speak so bluntly, how could he have any intention of being funny.

"Yes, there is! How dare I slack off on the errand assigned by Your Highness, the new sea-going ship was completely completed last night, please follow your Highness to the shipyard to have a look!"

Zhang Nuo nodded and walked towards the shipyard directly without saying a word.

After all, it’s useless to say a thousand words and ten thousand at this time. In the end, it still depends on the result of the shipbuilding. It’s okay to talk about it after it’s built. It’s not impossible for everyone to sit down and chat.

But if the final result can't satisfy Zhang Nuo, hehe, let's not talk about other things, at least the old Huangtou can't keep his head.

Zhang Nuo doesn't care whether the old Huangtou has any difficulties, anyway, in his opinion, it was the old Huangtou, the person in charge of the shipyard, who caused the delay in progress, so he is the first person responsible, and now even the remedy If you can't do it, why should this person keep it? Just kill Suanqiu.

Zhang Nuo's pace was very fast, basically three steps and two steps to the shipyard.

Old Huangtou and the others were naturally waiting here obediently. The expression on their faces was not sure whether it was anticipation or apprehension. After all, Zhang Nuo said before that he would settle accounts with them if he could not get a sea boat for a month, but he didn't say anything about it. Well let them go.

So, I really can't tolerate them not being nervous, but they are basically scumbags in front of Zhang Nuo, their status is too different, and they don't even have the qualifications to speak proactively.

He could only wait nervously for Zhang Nuo's verdict.

But Zhang Nuo didn't have the heart to make trouble for them at this time, and now he was full of thoughts on the sea ship in front of him that still smelled of tung oil.

This is a galleon, a jewel of the sea of ​​the mid-sixteenth century!

Back then, the never-setting sun relied on this kind of Galen sailing ship, which was improved to be more suitable for long-distance artillery battles and improved handling, almost quickly rose on the ocean.

In terms of the displacement of this kind of ship, 400 tons and 800 tons are used as the dividing line. [-] to [-] tons are small galleons, [-] to [-] are medium-sized, and [-] to [-] are large. of.

Since it is the first new-style sailing boat, it is natural not to make any large ones. It is not something the boatmen in front of us can handle, and there are not enough materials.

The ship in front of me is just a small galleon with a displacement of only more than 200 tons, and its biggest role is still for technical verification.

After all, although Zhang Nuo knew about his goodness and how many brilliance the ship had created in the 67th century, he only learned about it from the information.

Of course he can produce the blueprints, but can they be completely manufactured with the current technology? How much will it cost if they are mass-produced?

What is the yield?Whether it is convenient to control and so on is not known until it is actually figured out.

The reason why Zhang Nuo was annoyed at the progress of these people was because he really needed this ship to prove many things.

After all, no matter how much information you know on the blueprints, it is not as reliable as having a real thing in front of your eyes.

Only by actually building a ship from the beginning to the end, can Zhang Nuo clearly understand the difficulties in building such a sea-going ship in this era.

Although there were some crazy things during the construction process, looking at the 40-meter-long big guy in front of him, Zhang Nuo suddenly felt that the result seemed to be not bad?

But Zhang Nuo didn't want to give Old Huangtou any good looks for the time being, this thing still had to be tested in the water first.

Zhang Nuo directly arranged for people to launch the new ship, intending to start the first sea trial immediately.

The reason why the dry dock can carry the word "dock" is that he can really park ships. Following Zhang Nuo's order, several management personnel in the port area immediately opened several gates next to it.

The turbulent seawater rushed out of the lockway inside the gate and hit the originally dry ground of the dry dock, splashing waves.

Because this dry dock is not very big, the speed of releasing water here is very good. It didn't take long for the entire dry dock to be filled with sea water, and the sea ships that were originally parked on the beams began to float steadily.

At this time, if it is a ship that has passed the inspection, it is natural to open the dock door of the dock to let the ship sail directly to the sea.

It's a pity that this ship, as the first new-style galleon, is also Datang's first new-style sea-going ship, and there are still many procedures to go.

First, Zhang Nuo led his people directly to the boat along the gangplank that had just been set up. They had to go and see if there was any water leakage on the boat.

After turning around in a circle, Zhang Nuo found that everything was okay so far, at least even after touching the bottom warehouse, there was only the coolness from the contact with the sea water, but no wet smell. This proves that there is no water leakage for the time being.

Then, Zhang Nuo walked around other places on the ship, tried the flexibility and firmness of various organs and components, and they all seemed to be good.

In the end, Zhang Nuo got off the boat directly, and said, "I will come and see you in a day, if there is no water leakage, you will pass the test!", and then just left.

Lao Huangtou and the boatmen saluted Zhang Nuo respectfully, and after watching Zhang Nuo walk away, they immediately sat down on the ground, mother, how scary!

Chapter 570 Finally Sea Trial

There is a whole set of procedures for the acceptance of sea-going ships. Although this era is not as standardized and strict as later generations, at least it is not random.

At least the first one is to verify that the entire ship is well sealed.

After all, it is going to wander in the sea. If the airtightness is not tested well, then it will be floating in the sea at that time, without going to the village or back to the store. If something goes wrong, I am afraid that I will not cry.

However, one day is enough time for inspection. Come and take a look after a day. If there is still basically no moisture seeping through like today, it will prove that the airtightness of the entire ship has passed the test.

As for whether someone would come on board to deliberately cover up some small problems or cause damage, that would be a fart, as if those King Qin's personal guards guarding in front of the ship were just for nothing.

Zhang Nuo's base today is still a military camp. At present, this military camp has been renamed the naval base. After all, Li Shimin has already started the first batch of naval conscription.

And this time the conscription is very interesting, it is the kind that is taken away with the family members.

Since Li Shimin pays for it himself and is a professional soldier recruited, there is nothing the court can do to object. After all, he didn’t spend a penny from the national treasury. Occasionally, some officials complained, but it can be seen that His Majesty and His Royal Highness King Qin both signed the situation. Next, I can only complain a few words at most.

If you really want to oppose it to the end, you are basically courting death.After all, don't they really know who their boss is?

Li Shimin was heartbroken for this new type of force that was determined to be named the Royal Navy, and at the same time, maybe he didn't mean to experiment with the New Deal.

This time the conscription is open to the whole country. Once selected, they will have to serve at least five years, and it is not ruled out that they will not be retired for the time being if they are promoted or valued by the superiors.

But unlike the previous Fubing, not only do you not need to bring your own food this time, but also the same as before when you went to Korea, you will be given a settlement fee first, and then as long as you pass the conscription, you will have an iron rice bowl and wait to get your salary every month That's it.

Moreover, in order to reflect the aggressiveness of the Royal Navy, Li Shimin also forcibly added [-]% to Zhang Nuo's already high salary.

As for the aforementioned conscripts taking away their family members together, it was purely because of a policy of Li Shimin.

As long as you pass the conscription, you can transfer the land under your name to Korea, and the ratio is one to ten.

If you don’t want the land, you can just give the land to the government directly, and then take a sum of money to go to Pyongyang City or the port area to do some small business.

Then at that time, the young children of the family went to the Naval Academy, and then the rest of the family farmed or started a small business in the surrounding area.

Zhang Nuo didn't know about this plan at first. After all, many of his things were obtained according to the methods of later generations. In later generations, only officers, or officers with a certain rank, are eligible to have their family members accompany the army.

As a result, when I arrived at Li Shimin's place, with a swipe of a pen, all the family members from the general to the soldiers accompanied the army, and it wasn't just the general army, but the family, big and small, old and young. I don't want to go at home.

So in the end, the scale of the conscription is getting bigger and bigger. It is obvious that only 16 sergeants are needed. After a month of tossing, Li Shimin told him two days ago that it is estimated that there will be nearly [-] soldiers. Come to him.

But the people Hou Junji escorted were still on the road, the large troops were walking slowly, and they had just entered the range of Pyongyang Road.

The front has not yet started to take over, there is still a lot of work waiting to be done, and a large number of people are waiting behind. Is this the rhythm that will exhaust the officials on the side of Pyongyang Road?

However, Zhang Nuo had nothing to say. He proposed the navy matter, and he asked for the number of people. At most, Li Shimin packed a little more.

It's just that Zhang Nuo is thinking, if this continues in this pass, it seems that the pressure on resources will be much smaller by then, after all, the population of some places has been reduced by half.

Zhang Nuo is now lying in the officer's room at the naval base, unable to sleep anyway, thinking about something and looking around curiously.

This is his room, specially prepared for him. After all, after the establishment of this naval base, many things need to be decided and implemented by him. It is impossible not to prepare a room for him.

Zhang Nuo was also ruthless when building the naval base. The buildings here are divided into officers' dormitories, soldiers' dormitories, instructors' dormitories, teaching buildings, canteens, etc.!

Zhang Nuo paid for it all by himself, and in the end he got the title of vice-principal of the Datang Royal Naval Academy and admiral of the Datang Royal Navy, and nothing else.

This was given by Li Shimin, who claimed to be the principal of the Datang Royal Naval Academy and the commander-in-chief of the Datang Royal Navy. If Zhang Nuo still has real power, then Li Shimin's titles are purely imposed on himself, except for face. It looks better, but it has no shit effect.

Oh, it's not useless, maybe the navy officers and soldiers will feel more face when the time comes, after all, they are the first army to be crowned with the royal name, and they are also the first army whose nominal commander is the emperor. This is the first time for Datang.

And they can also proudly say that they are the ones who get their salary from the emperor!

On the second day, Zhang Nuo wandered around the port area for a long time before rushing to the shipyard after lunch!

It's useless to come early, he just wants to see what the ship will look like after a whole day of soaking, the so-called inspection before the time is up is nonsense.

However, after looking around, Zhang Nuo found that the craftsmen of these boatmen seemed to be pretty good, at least worthy of their salary.

But when he turned his head and thought about it, Zhang Nuo suddenly felt that the behavior of the old Huangtou who took the lead in slacking off before was even more abhorrent. If he had done this earlier, wouldn't he have almost done the sea test by now?

After Zhang Nuo's inspection, it was time for the boatman and other sergeants to inspect.Of course, one is a builder and the other is a layman. They are basically just pretending. Everything still depends on the next sea trial, which is the real test.

But Zhang Nuo's wish to participate in the test of Datang's first new sea-going ship was completely defeated. Cao Xing almost knelt down to him, and refused to let Zhang Nuo board the ship.

Because Cao Xing thinks that this ship has not passed the final verification, it proves that there are risks, so how can His Highness go aboard?

Let those boatmen and others do this kind of thing, Your Highness, just wait for the result!

Chapter 571 The Sea Trial Succeeded

Zhang Nuo has seen things like sea trials in books and on the Internet, but he has never been in contact with them. After all, he used to be too ordinary. For such professional things, There are no channels to connect to touch.

But I haven’t eaten pork and haven’t seen a pig running. It just so happens that the guards here don’t let him board the ship to participate in the sea trial, so he can only take out the test form that he prepared a long time ago and hand it over to participate in the sea trial. staff.

Adhering to the idea that he doesn't have to do it anyway, and tossing is also the idea that others will be tossed, so Zhang Nuo added two more pages of items to the test form.

Yes, that's right, instead of adding two items, there are two full pages of items. Zhang Nuo added almost everything he could think of.

Even the physical and mental health of the crew was added in the middle. Anyway, Zhang Nuo is adhering to a concept, as long as you don’t die, you will toss to death. No matter what you plan to do, I can’t participate in the sea trial anyway. You can experience the taste of the sea.

In fact, although Cao Xing did not allow Zhang Nuo to participate in this sea trial due to safety reasons, he was actually just worried. If he really wanted to say it, there were other ships following him for rescue at any time, and it was almost impossible for any ship to be damaged. dead things.

But in Cao Xing's view, it is different. If it is really on the battlefield when the enemy is fighting with us, it is understandable that His Highness King Qin was injured or something. After all, His Highness King Qin has not charged into battle once or twice, and bumps and bumps are inevitable. Well, if something goes wrong in daily life, then he, the newly promoted commander of the personal guard, is too useless.

As the personal guards who had been active around Zhang Nuo, they knew how that bastard Xingben killed himself.

Although Xingben's temper was a bit out of character, there is another very important point that he followed His Royal Highness King Qin too much. His Highness could do whatever he wanted without hindrance. In the end, he could only regret it afterwards, but it would be too late what.

But fortunately, judging from the current situation, His Highness can still persuade him.

In fact, Cao Xing knew what the hell, there was actually one reason why Zhang Nuo was so easily persuaded, he was a little seasick.

That's right, Zhang Nuo, as a macho man with a force value reaching the ceiling, is still a weak chicken who will get seasick when encountering strong winds and waves.

He didn't know why he couldn't help shaking so much, but in fact, it was fine when there was no big storm, but once the storm was big, he stopped cooking immediately.

I don't know how to treat this ghost problem. Maybe it can only be cured if you get used to vomiting like in the movie.

But when it wasn't necessary, Zhang Nuo still didn't plan to torment himself like this, let others do it, and he just waited for the result.

Three days, three full days later, the first sea ship that went out for sea trials finally returned to the port area, and then a group of craftsmen, sergeants, and officials with pale faces and sloppy feet, as if they had done something bad and had kidney overdrawn, came from The boat slowly moved down like a ghost.

Zhang Nuo looked at the group of people in front of him with a strange expression, wouldn't it be so depressing?And all of them have become like this, these are soft-legged shrimps.

There was no need for Zhang Nuo to move his mouth, and the reception staff who had already arranged to help, Zhang Nuo took a brochure handed over by the old Huangtou and started to read it directly.

This is the record booklet for this sea trial, which contains all the recorded data in this sea trial. Whether the sea trial is finally passed depends on what is in this booklet.

Zhang Nuo didn't say anything else, turned around and sat aside and began to browse.

After all, it was not written by officials or literati. The contents in the handbook are extraordinarily simple. It just records the various situations encountered during the sea trial and how to deal with them, as well as the various performances of the sea-going ship during the whole process.

The data and records are very boring, but for Zhang Nuo, without those ancients who considered mediocrity, rhetoric, embellishment, and rhythm, he is undoubtedly a little bit more comfortable!

When he was in Lantian City, he got angry many times because of this kind of thing, and repeatedly asked everyone to report concisely and on the facts.

But some of them came from the court, and they were used to writing things according to the previous format, but they were not used to it without making a detour. Why is Zhang Nuo so polite?

After flipping through the manual from beginning to end, Zhang Nuo finally nodded, turned around and left.

Old Huangtou and the craftsmen, even though they were trembling just now and almost couldn't stand still, they still stood there and looked at Zhang Nuo expectantly.

But Zhang Nuo didn't say a word from the beginning to the end from reading the manual to turning around and leaving.

But it was precisely this kind of behavior that made the old Huangtou heave a sigh of relief, and then he fell limply on the ground, muttering incessantly,

"It's over, it's finally over!"

That's right, what Zhang Nuo meant was very simple. They had completed the task of launching the ship that they had completed within a month.

As for the general ledger mentioned before, it seems that it has passed now, so there is no need to worry about it anymore.

As for the rewards for completing the mission, the old Huangtou didn't have any extravagant hopes because of what happened before, and he was already very satisfied that he wasn't liquidated directly after completing the mission.

At this time, he was also terrified. The previous time was too rough, and he almost killed himself in the end. This is really Zhang Nuo's attack is not as ruthless as others. If it is in Datang, they don't even have a chance to make amends. No, it was probably chopped up on the spot.

The old Huangtou has been in the mud for the rest of his life, but he never thought that when he got old, he would wake up and plan to work honestly.

In other words, it was only at this time that he realized that this person might really kill himself when he waved.

After Zhang Nuo finished the sea test, he didn't go back to Pyongyang city or go to the military camp. Instead, he plunged into the office of Li Miaoshu, the admiral of the port area, and started a temporary office inside.

His current main job is to consider how to build a group of merchant ships that can meet the needs of cargo transportation between Shandong Road and Pyongyang Road in the shortest possible time.

These merchant ships not only shoulder the heavy responsibility of transportation, but are also the first batch of practice ships at the naval base. Those who are about to come will learn theoretical knowledge at the base while participating in the actual operation of the merchant ship.

It can be seen that these merchant ships are not only ordinary means of transportation, but also carry many other functions, so they should not be underestimated.

But how to get these things, Zhang Nuo was scratching his head at the moment.

Chapter 572