Chapter 277

The palace is covered with silver and plain clothes, which is particularly beautiful.

Aster's character is bold, and Xiao Ming will get married soon. She and lvluo will be king Qi's people soon.

So she grabbed a ball of snow from the ground and said with a smile, "if your highness wants to eat rouge, you have to catch up with your maidservant."

Then he raised the snow and threw it at Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming flashed by and squatted down to catch a handful of snow. Before he got up, he was hit by a snowball.

He stood up and saw that lvluo was still throwing him. He immediately jumped over with a cry.

"Ah

With a scream, lvluo ran to the aster, and they ran away throwing snowballs at Xiao Ming.

"Hey, hey, none of you can run away." Xiao Ming grabs the snowball and throws it.

The three were playing in the palace when Zhang Liang came in under the guidance of his servants.

Seeing Xiao Ming playing with aster and lvluo, he coughed awkwardly twice.

When an outsider appeared, aster and green pineapple naturally did not dare to be naughty any more, and their smile subsided.

Looking back, he saw that it was Zhang Liang. Xiao Ming guessed the purpose of his coming. "Has the Galen ship been completed?"

Since he went to the shipyard last time, Xiao Ming told Zhang Liang to speed up the progress, because according to Zhang Liang, it is very difficult for the three ships to finish Chengdu by the end of the year.

"Back to your highness, I'm finally in line with your Highness's expectation. Now the three galleons have been completed and can sail at any time." Zhang Liang said excitedly.

Xiao Ming's spirit was shocked. Now it is the end of the 17th century. After the end of the new year, he will enter the 18th century. This is the peak of the glorious era of navigation in history.

In modern times, his motherland has missed this era. When he comes here, he will not let it happen again. With endless wealth and resources abroad, Xiao Ming must share a share, not let the Western powers take the lead.

"Take Ben Wang to have a look."

Although it was snowing heavily, Xiao Ming couldn't suppress his excitement. He and Zhang Liang rode to the shipbuilding workshop of Xiaoqinghe.

At this time, someone had arrived earlier than him. Of course, Yue Yun and others were about to sail the Galen to sea.

"Your Highness, can we go to sea in the new year?"

When Xiao Ming gets on the boat, Yue Yun asks excitedly.

At this time, Yue Yun and other crew members were covered with a thick layer of snow, and the excitement of sailing made him ignore these.

"No, we have to wait for the naval gun to get on board."

Now all the three Galen ships have sails, but the sails are put away now, and the three ships are still staying on the beach, just waiting for the naval guns to get on board.

He did not know how dangerous the unknown sea was.

However, as a bridge between the East and the west, the Ottoman Empire already had artillery, and he concluded that the west is not lagging behind.

After all, in this time and space, the Gothic steppe empire on the northern steppe replaced Mongolia in the westward expedition to Europe, and the time was advanced about 50 years.

Of course, in Xiao Ming's view, the western expedition may have an impact on the historical process of Europe, but it is not an absolute impact. The different routes of civilization development are also one of the reasons why Europe gradually separated from the eastern feudal dynasties after the middle ages.

However, Xiao Ming will remain cautious until he has a thorough understanding of the degree of Western civilization.

That's why he insisted on getting the gun on board.

If Yue Yun encounters the European Fleet at sea, or pirates at sea in this era, at least he can have the power to fight back.

After all, whether it's a Galen or a naval gun, he is confident that he will not lose to the West in this era. There should be warships.

"Still waiting?" Yue Yun suddenly lost a little.

Xiao Ming's face became serious at this time. He said, "correct your attitude. What you are going to do this time is a long voyage, and I will have a very important task for you. This is not a joke. If you are not careful, you may never come back."

Seeing that Xiao Ming was so serious, Yue Yun put away his frivolous attitude. Holding the rudder, he tentatively asked, "Your Highness, what's the mission?"

"The first is to bring back potatoes, peppers, corn, sweet potatoes and other crops; the second is to feel the level of modern western civilization; the third is to draw charts to find routes for the Qingzhou Navy."

Yue Yun has been staying in Bowen college during this period of time. In addition to learning maritime navigation knowledge, they also divided the positions of each crew on board.

The Gunners follow Luo Xin to train their guns, and the others follow Niu Zhen to practice martial arts.

Although sail warships can shoot each other in this era, they may not be able to sink each other because of solid shells.

So it's not until the final port to port battle that the outcome can be decided, so personal force is equally important.

In addition, the ship was also assigned translation officer, navigator and other positions, which was naturally Xiao Ming's preparation for contacting the West.

If there are colonies of European powers all over the world, translators will play an important role in communication and information collection.Yue Yun nodded. Xiao Ming once mentioned the above three purposes in Bowen college, but he didn't expect that they would be the purpose of this voyage.

To remind Yue Yun, Xiao Ming, led by Zhang Liang, inspected three galleons one by one.

According to the standard of windsurfing warships, all his three Galens belong to class 5 windsurfing warships.

Because the first class windsurfing warship generally serves as the flagship of the fleet, with three gun decks, 106 to 122 guns, a fixed number of more than 900 people, and a displacement of 2500-3500 tons. The second class windsurfing warship is slightly smaller, with three gun decks, 86 to 98 guns, a fixed number of about 750 people, and a displacement of about 2000 tons.

Class III windsurfing warship is called battleship. It has two to three gun decks, 64 to 80 guns, 490 to 720 personnel and 1300-1800 tons displacement. This kind of warship is the main warship in the era of windsurfing warship.

Class IV windsurfing battleships are smaller. They have two gun decks, 50 to 54 guns, 350 personnel and more than 1000 tons of displacement.

Xiao Ming now owns a class five windsurfing warship. This kind of warship generally does not serve as the main combat task, but as the role of attacking merchant ships and sailing in the ocean.

Xiao Ming's purpose of sending Yue Yun at this time is not to fight, because in the face of the western maritime overlord, the three galleons are not qualified to deliver food.

His purpose is to explore the way and introduce crops.

After confirming that the three galleons have the ability to sail far away, Xiao Ming goes back to prepare Chen Qi to install the gun.

Although the military workshop has been preparing, the 150 guns of the three galleons are also a large amount of money, which has not been produced yet.

If we really want to realize the long-distance voyage, it will take at least three years.

So he said to Yue Yun, "you'd better be honest after the Spring Festival. When you go to sea in the future."

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