On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Forbidden City was covered with red and green. The morning dynasty meeting was held at Huangji Gate. After the dynasty meeting, Wanli invited cabinet ministers and a group of important officials in the imperial palace, which did not end until the afternoon of the Shen period.

In Chenghua Palace, Li Xuanshi, Little Carpenter, Princess Xin, Princess Le'an and others were also holding family banquets. Yesterday's New Year's Eve was a large-scale banquet in the palace. Wanli hosted all the concubines, sons who did not go out for vassals, as well as unmarried princesses, and a palace banquet on New Year's Eve in the palace. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and they basically have their own family banquets. Wanli hosted important officials in the court, concubines, princesses and grandsons in the harem for the New Year themselves.

The little carpenter sat on the wine table, full of delicious food, but his mind was not on it. Jiu Qiansui and the little white-eyed wolf Zhang Yong stood behind the little carpenter on both sides, serving the little carpenter.

In the past two days, Zhang Yong has been exhausted. At the big banquet in the palace yesterday, he served the little carpenter and Li Xuanshi. Moreover, even the most advanced father-in-laws were not qualified to sit down and have dinner. They were busy until the end of the banquet, it was late at night. The little carpenter who was still unsatisfied still wanted to set off fireworks. Zhang Yong had no choice but to follow the little carpenter out of Xuanwu Gate and set off fireworks outside the Forbidden City.

In the late Ming Dynasty, fireworks were forbidden in the Forbidden City, and they could only go to the imperial city outside the Forbidden City to set off. There had been many fireworks in the Forbidden City that caused fireworks to fire. During the Yongle period, many people were burned to death due to fireworks in the Meridian Gate. In the 40th year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing set off fireworks in the palace, causing fireworks to burn Yongshou Palace, and Jiajing himself was almost burned to death. Therefore, since Jiajing forty years, it has been forbidden to set off fireworks in the Forbidden City. He could only leave Xuanwu Gate and go to the Taiye Pool west of the imperial city outside to set off.

The tired and hungry uncle and nephew Zhang Yong and Wei Zhongxian followed the little carpenter to the side of Taiye Pool and stayed with the little carpenter. King Xin and Princess Le'an played until the early morning before they came back.

After serving the little carpenter, Zhang Yong thought that he could finally go and eat something, but who knew that the little carpenter who was still unsatisfied could not sleep at all, but he kept holding the little carpenter and chatting, listening to the stories of the Thais that Zhang Yong told, as well as the stories of the Thais colonizing America and the Thais colonizing Southeast Asia. The little carpenter was very interested in these stories.

When the little carpenters were heard that the people of the Great Flagship (Spain, Portugal was called the Small Flagship by the Ming Dynasty) conquered the American continent and only one hundred and seventy people conquered an empire of millions, the little carpenter was simply excited.

"Why can the army of more than 80,000 people not defeat 170 people?" The little carpenter's eyes shone.

"The barbarians had never seen muskets and cannons. When they saw the fire-breathing pipe, they were frightened, and their morale collapsed. In addition, the big Florida man was wearing strong armor, and the barbarians had never seen cavalry. When they saw the big Florida man riding a horse, holding a musket and firing on the horse's back, they thought it was a monster with four legs and two heads. He held the fire-breathing pipe in his hand, so he regarded them as monsters. Even when they approached, the big Florida man's armor was very strong. The stone spear, stone axe, and beast bone bows and arrows in the barbarians could not even penetrate the armor of the big Florida man."

"Good fight!" the little carpenter stood up and clapped his hands, "What's the use of those savages occupying such a good land!"

It can be seen that the little carpenter has no sympathy with the weak, but instead admires the Spanish colonists. This is a good thing. The seeds of brutal plunder are deeply planted in the little carpenter's heart. In the future, the indigenous people from Southeast Asia to Australia, as well as the Japanese on the other side of the sea, will be prepared to suffer.

The two of them chatted until the early morning. The little carpenter felt so sleepy that he lay down and fell asleep.

Zhang Yong and Jiu Qiansui, who had been hungry, hurriedly made some food and filled their stomachs with ease.

But early this morning, I was woken up by the little eunuch and went to Chenghua Palace to be busy until now.

Fortunately, Zhang Yong, who learned his lesson this time, was prepared. Before entering Chenghua Palace in the morning, he went to the kitchen to get some snacks and fill his stomach. Then he went to Chenghua Palace to serve the little carpenter.

Jiu Qiansui and Zhang Yong organized a small family banquet in Li Xuanshi Palace. They were busy until the afternoon Shenshi, and the small family banquet ended. Then the little carpenter pulled Zhang Yong up again: "Parent Zhang, go, let's go to Taiyechi to test the boat!"

The little carpenter walked in front with a swagger, Zhang Yonghe Jiu Qiansui followed him on the left and right, and behind him were two children, King Xin and Princess Le'an. Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, who were responsible for taking care of King Xin, followed King Xin immediately, and finally followed several eunuchs. One of the eunuchs was carefully holding a model of an exquisitely crafted Taixi soft sailboat in his hand.

Needless to say, the model of the Thai soft sailboat was made by the little carpenter. It was drawn by Zhang Yong, and the little carpenter personally made an axe, planer, saw and hammer. Even the soft sails on the boat were chosen by the little carpenter himself and then cut them out according to his requirements.

Some time ago, Zhang Yong often told Xiao Carpenter about Zheng He's voyage to the West during the Yongle period, and also told Xiao Carpenter about the stories of the Thais in the world today.

When Zhang Yong talked about the big Farang Jiman's sailing ship, which was about 1,600 official materials for the Ming ships, and 800 tons of the Thais, equivalent to 1,500,000 kilograms of the Ming Dynasty, the little carpenter gasped: "What a big ship! It's really as big as a mountain!"

Zhang Yong smiled and said, "It's just one thousand and six hundred materials. In fact, the largest treasure ship of our Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty was at least three thousand materials! It may even be four thousand to five thousand materials! It's a pity that the information on the treasure ship was gone."

"Wow! Then aren't our Ming Dynasty ships better than the Taisie ships?" The little carpenter was stunned.

"It's certain that bigger, but it's not necessarily better."

"Isn't it the bigger the better?"

"How to say it? The hard sails of the Ming Dynasty and the soft sails of the Thais have their own advantages and disadvantages. The soft sails have strong wind noodles and can eat enough wind power. They run faster than our ships, so they are more suitable for oceans; the hard sails of the Ming Dynasty have smaller wind noodles; in addition, the hulls of the Thais have no compartment and rely on keels to support the weight. This structure can carry more cargo, but their resistance to sinking is not as good as us. However, their ship boards are made of solid oak, which is stronger than our ships, so they can install heavier and larger cannons. Our Ming Dynasty's Red Cannons are the cannons on the Thais. Our ships cannot withstand the impact of cannon shooting."

The little carpenter asked: Where did the information and drawings of the treasure ship go?"

"It was burned down by a civil servant named Liu Daxia!" Zhang Yong replied, "Liu Daxia said that the three guarantees voyage to the West cost hundreds of thousands of yuan, and the military and civilians died tens of thousands of people. Even if they obtain treasures, what are the benefits? Although the old files are there, they should be destroyed!"

"Sinner! He is really a sinner for the ages! If it weren't for this sinner, why would the ships in my Ming Dynasty be smaller and smaller in the Ming Dynasty?" the little carpenter roared angrily.

Zhang Yong took the opportunity to instill poisonous thoughts in the little carpenter: "Those civil servants represent their own interests, and ignore the interests of the Ming Dynasty! Why did Liu Daxia burn the treasure ship map? It was because he knew how much money could bring in sea trade! If the fleet of the Ming Dynasty Royal Family was gone, the smuggling ships under the protection of the civil servants and gentry themselves could make a fortune! This is because the emperor does not compete for profit with the people. It is because the civil servants accused the emperor of not competing for profit with the people all day long, so the emperor had to send tax supervision and mining supervision."

"Damn it!" The little carpenter clenched his fists tightly in anger.

While talking, he had already arrived at the edge of Taiye Pool. Seeing the pool of clear water, the little carpenter's bad mood just now swept away. He asked the eunuch to put the boat model into the water, and a rope was pulled behind the boat model. Once the boat was gone, it could be pulled back. This is the most primitive line control method.

The Taixi soft sailing model was put into the water, and the sail quickly took enough wind and drove towards the center of Taiye Pool.
Chapter completed!