The one hundred and eighty-sixth chapter Ningyuan After getting on the ship, Li Zhen did not go directly to the Emperor, but came to the Ningyuan.
In addition to the 5,000-ton Emperor, the remaining three 3,000-ton ships are of the same class - Ningyuan, respectively, Ningyuan, Liaoyuan, and Anyuan, all of which are sister ships of the same series and belong to mass production products.
Looking at the Ningyuan at his feet, Li Zhen sighed inexplicably, this is a very classic merchant ship, fast speed, large cargo capacity, strong survivability, can travel through big waves, belongs to the kind that as long as the luck is not too bad to meet a big storm, basically will not lose money.
Even if you encounter a pirate, there is basically no danger, and as long as you leave the cargo, the pirate ship may not be able to outrun it.
In the case that the cost of cargo ships of more than 5,000 tons is too high and the output cannot be too large, this Ningyuan-class merchant ship is destined to become a representative work of Datang's future cargo merchant ships in the future, and it may also be the pinnacle - because the Ningyuan-class is too perfect, if it weren't for the fact that the naval battle was not considered at the beginning of the design, Li Zhen would have wanted to convert it all into warships.
What Li Zhen didn't know was that his guess was true, because as he said, the emperor-class ships and above were all dual-purpose ships for business and war, and even in the end, the emperor-class was simply built into warships.
Since then, merchant ships of more than 5,000 tons are very rare, and 3,000-ton merchant ships have almost become the pinnacle of cargo merchant ships in the sail era, and few ships with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons have appeared - because the cost of ships with higher displacement is much higher, almost every additional thousand tons class, the cost is more than doubled, but the cost of the ship has doubled, but the cargo capacity has not increased much, so in the middle of the period, merchants have rarely ordered merchant ships of more than 3,000 tons, even if they are really customized, It is also used as the flagship of the fleet.
So in the middle and middle of the sailing age, the three-thousand-ton ship was already the pinnacle of merchant ships.
And among all the 3,000-ton wooden sail merchant ships, the Ningyuan class is also the largest number of manufactured ones, from the first Ningyuan laying keel in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan to the 12th year of the Tang Dynasty a hundred years later, because the development of improved steam engines led to the complete replacement of wooden sailing ships by steel freighters, and the last Lingyuan of this class was sailed into the Yuezhou shipyard to be dismantled, and a total of 2,996 merchant ships of this class were built, almost reaching 3,000 ships.
This is a great honor and at the same time an affirmation.
Even until the rubber was taken out by Li Zhen and the steam age came completely, the Ningyuan class was not replaced, but was loaded with a steam engine and still sailed on the sea.
It was not until the popularization of steel freighters that they were eliminated by the times - from which it can be seen that the superiority of such merchant ships could not even completely eliminate them with steam engines, and in the end it was the steamships that completely banned them.
"What a good boat."
After observing the whole ship up and down, Li Zhen sighed that the displacement of the Ningyuan was about the same as that of the "Great Republic", and the length was not as long as the "Great Republic" (93 meters), only more than 80 meters, but that was because the length-to-width ratio of the Ningyuan was only 4:1 (the "Great Republic" was 5.7:1, almost 6:1), and the width was much wider than the "Great Republic".
The speed is 12~14 knots per hour, that is, between 22 km ~ 25 km, and it only takes 13 days to cross the Atlantic, which is the peak of the development of sailing ships), which can reach a maximum speed of 17 knots per hour, that is, 31.48 km per hour, you must know that the speed of conventional freighters is only between 15-20 knots (between 28 km and 37 km / h), Ningyuan, a full-sail powered ship, can actually reach the speed of modern freighters, which is enough to show the strength of this kind of ship - of course, This speed can only be achieved in the case of explosion, if you really want to continue sailing at this speed, and when you dock, this merchant ship will basically have to be overhauled, unless it is in danger, basically no one will drive so fast.
But despite this, the Ningyuan's ordinary speed can reach 15 knots, and in this day and age, except for a limited number of species, most fish can't outrun it, let alone those sailboats.
"Yes, a good ship indeed."
Responding to Li Zhen was Pei Xingjian, his mood was very unhappy, thinking that he Pei Xingjian had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he was all good at military writing, originally he planned to go to the battlefield to gain fame on the battlefield, but an edict from the emperor made him run to Lingnan.
Lingnan is Lingnan, after all, he arranged himself under the command of His Royal Highness King Yue, it is said that the south side of King Yue fought fiercely, and the whole Nanyang did not have his enemy, and the whole Nanyang was beaten into a dog by him.
Working under the command of such a person, with his own ability, are you afraid that there will be no chance of meritorious service?
What's more, he has a good relationship with King Yue, and the two sides were friends when they were in Chang'an, so when they got to him, King Yue had to take care of himself, right?
However, the ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny.
He originally thought that following Li Zhen would be able to fight, fight big battles, make great contributions, and glorify his ancestors.
But a year has passed, and apart from the elimination of a few waves of bandits at the very beginning, there has been no decent battle.
Now that the rebellion has finally been made, when Pei Xingjian was ready to do a big job, King Yue's order made him pour a basin of cold water on his head, so that his blood was completely cold - His Royal Highness the Crown Prince traveled and could not be accompanied by no one, so Pei Xingjian was named by Li Zhen and boarded the ship.
However, at the same time, Pei Xingjian was a little happy in his heart, because in addition to him, Cheng Huailiang, Yu Chi Baoqing and Luo Zhe were also pulled on the boat by Li Zhen - these three people either have a deeper background than him, or they are not inferior to him, originally in secret, the four of them were unwilling to give up, they thought that they were on Li Zhen's ship, and they missed this opportunity to go to the battlefield, and they were about to fall behind them, but they didn't expect to find out when they got on the boat that these three were actually there, and their faces were not very good, which is really ......
That's great.
"What?
I was pulled on the boat by this palace, and I felt that I missed this opportunity to go to the battlefield, and I was not happy?
Listening to Pei Xingjian's tone, how could Li Zhen not understand what he was thinking?
I couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"No, my subordinates don't dare."
Pei Xingjian's heart tightened, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said.
"Don't you dare?
Instead of can't?
Li Zhen deliberately provoked and asked.
"This ......"
Pei Xingjian was dumbfounded, of course he didn't dare, but did he dare to say this?
Li Zhen also deliberately made his face more nervous.