Chapter 160: The Emperor It was not until this time that everyone could see clearly, although they were all boats, but the shape of these big ships was still different from the traditional sea boats, and the size of these ships in front of them was obviously more narrow and long, some even reached thirty-five or six zhang in length, but the width was only eight or nine zhang wide, and the overall look of these ships was like a shuttle, coupled with the wide sails, as long as experienced people could see that the speed of these ships must be very fast.
Among all the more than 1,000 ships, there is one that is particularly eye-catching, because the length of this ship has reached more than 40 zhang, the width is also more than 10 zhang wide, and the mast is full of 20 zhang, towering into the sky, even if such a ship is placed in a fleet of 1,000 tons, it is still like a crane standing in a flock of chickens, so that people can see it at first sight.
The whole ship is decorated with a very majestic decoration, as if it were an emperor, and people dare not look at it directly.
This one is naturally the super cargo ship with a displacement of up to 5,000 tons that Li Zhen said, and it does not live up to its decorative style, because the name of this ship is called - Emperor, which belongs to the emperor-class commercial and war dual-purpose ship (this is a design idea proposed by Li Zhenxin, business and war dual-use, as the name suggests, can be used as a merchant ship in peacetime, but it also retains the style of the warship, as long as Li Zhen wants to, this ship can be converted into a battleship in the shortest possible time), and it is also the first ship of this class of ships.
It stands to reason that the title of the emperor cannot be used elsewhere, because this is a great disrespect in ancient times, but there is no way, the name of this ship was given by Li Shimin himself - of course, Li Shimin has never seen the emperor, but Li Zhen once showed Li Shimin the drawings of the emperor.
When he saw the design drawing, Li Shimin exclaimed: "This ship is really the emperor of the ship." ” So Li Zhen beat the snake with the stick, and set the name of this ship as the Emperor, which is naturally also called the emperor level, and Li Shimin had no choice but to agree.
And Li Zhen also thought about it, the emperor-class ships should follow this naming style, the first one is called the Emperor, the second is called the Emperor, the third is called the Son of Heaven, and the fourth is called the King......
And so on, anyway, there were many names for emperors in ancient times, and the manufacturing process of such a ship was complicated, and it was destined to be impossible to build too many in a short period of time, so the name was definitely enough.
But I heard that the group of madmen at the shipyard have already started to work on 8,000-ton and 10,000-ton ships?
Li Zhen felt that she should wait and see - anyway, in history, there have indeed been sailboats of more than 10,000 tons, but that seems to be steel (Prussia, with a full load displacement of more than 10,000 tons).
No matter, anyway, 5,000 tons is enough for your own use so far, as for 8,000 and 10,000 tons, let the idle designers who have nothing to do pull their hair, it is best to be able to build it, even if it can't be built, there is no loss, just accumulate experience - as for the power problem, this point is the least to worry about.
Because the steam engine has been designed, although the containment system is still a big problem, the research team is already looking for rubber alternatives, and it is said that some results have been achieved.
As long as the development is successful, even if the cost is expensive, but with Li Zhen's financial resources, it should be possible to build several sets of steam systems, which can be installed on ships at that time, which can completely replace sails, let alone 10,000 tons, even if it is another 20,000 tons or 30,000 tons, as long as you can build it, the steam engine can be driven.
"Your Highness, is this our ship?"
Until now, Liu Renliang felt a little incredulous: "Your Highness, what are you hiding in secret?"
How many ships will appear?
And that one, is it really 5,000 tons?
” Li Zhen affirmed: "Of course it's true, and the weight is only a lot more." ” Liu Renliang covered his heart: "It turned out to be ......
It's true?
” "You're not there."
Looking at Liu Renliang's appearance of a heart attack, Li Zhen was quite speechless: "Although a thousand big ships are indeed spectacular, but with the strength of Datang, it stands to reason that it is not impossible to get it, do you react so much?"
” "With Datang's financial resources, a thousand big ships are indeed not a problem, but how long will it take?"
Liu Renliang retorted: "What's more, the ships in the shipyard are all built and driven away at any time, who will have nothing to do with more than a thousand ships together?"
Only Your Highness, would you have such a big hand?
” "I don't want to, either, but isn't there no way?"
Li Zhen explained with some weakness - it is true that he kept these ships together because the Vladivostok shipyard could not appear in front of people for the time being, and with the environment of the Tang Dynasty at that time, so Li Zhen sealed them all.
But if there is no bad taste that belongs to Li Zhen alone, then even Li Zhen himself does not believe it.
"Don't talk about that, they're coming."
Seeing that Liu Renliang wanted to say something, Li Zhen hurriedly changed the topic.
At this time, all the ships have been docked and anchored, and the crew members on it have begun to disembark one after another, and the first to walk in front are about twenty people who look to be middle-aged in their fifties, but Li Zhen knows that the age of these twenty people is actually only forty years old, and the oldest is only forty-five years old, the reason why they are so old is because the environment in Siberia is too bitter, and the merciless wind and snow have destroyed their age.
Of course, Li Zhen doesn't care about these now, he sees these people intact one by one, and his heart is very excited: these are his henchmen, for their own great cause, they are willing to stay in the bitter cold land of Vladivostok for more than ten years, it can be said that without them, there would be no Vladivostok shipyard today, nor would there be a thousand large merchant ships in front of him, let alone the vast world of Datang in the future - at least without them, the prosperity of Datang would have been several years late, and with this, these people would have made great contributions.
"My subordinate Wang Dewei has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, I haven't seen him for more than ten years, His Royal Highness is all right, and his subordinates are very happy."
Before the first person came to Li Zhen, he suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted in a slightly choked voice.
"My subordinates Leng Shan have seen His Royal Highness the Prince, I haven't seen him for more than ten years, His Royal Highness is all right, and his subordinates are very happy."
"His subordinate Liu Laoliu has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, but he hasn't seen him for more than ten years, His Royal Highness is all right, and his subordinates are very happy."
"His Royal Highness the subordinate Xie Yu has not seen the prince for more than ten years, His Royal Highness is all right, and his subordinates are very happy."
"Subordinate......
I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince, I haven't seen him for more than ten years, His Royal Highness is all right, and his subordinates are very happy. ” “……”