.Ocean Empire

The sea is filled with thousands of water, and contains 68,000 waters on the ground, raising countless fish and shrimps, and having more than tens of millions of islands, which is an endless treasure house of the Han Empire.

The sea is vast and endless, with waves ranging from thousands of feet or several feet, but it cannot stop the ships of the Han Empire.

The Han people were strong and could they be afraid of the sea and unable to move forward?

In the sea expansion edict, Liu Xie wrote that he hoped that everyone in the entire Han Empire would know that the vast sea was a treasure house that could feed countless people and was the future of the empire.

At the end of the winter of the 13th year of China, Liu Xie convened the Central Taixue Institute, the Commander's Office, the Jiangdong Shipbuilding Trading Company, the Jingzhou Wuwei Armed Trading Company, the Xiangyang Academy, the Xiangyang Institute of Science and Technology, the Yangtze Academy, and the Yellow River Armed Trading Company to discuss and formulate a marine development strategy.

The entire strategy includes three aspects: people's livelihood, navigation technology and nautical planning. First, in terms of people's livelihood, it is decided to establish eight marine fishing grounds, namely Bohai Fishery, Zhoushan Fishery, Nanhai Fishery, Southeast Fishery, Yingzhou Fishery, Haining Fishery, Huai'an Fishery, and Hanoi Fishery, and formulate the scope of fishermen's fishing;

Jiangdong Shipbuilding Trading Company, Jingzhou Wuwei Armed Trading Company, and Yellow River Armed Trading Company are responsible for the design and manufacturing of fishermen's fishing boats. They need to design six plans to provide coastal fishermen with six different types of fishing boats.

Provide subsidies to fishermen can help them borrow money to buy newly designed fishing boats, encourage large fishermen or several companies to work together to purchase large-scale fishing boats. Encourage the empire-controlled trading companies and private traders to form fishing farms and conduct large-scale fishing operations.

Sea fish are encouraged to be initially cured and sold to the inland, and trading companies are encouraged to carry out processing of sea fish.

Xiangyang Institute of Technology undertakes surveys on changes in monsoons, wind waves and fishery resources in the sea areas of major fishery farms. Xiangyang Institute of Technology undertakes research on new fishing net materials, develops new fishing net manufacturing technology and deepens popularization. The Yangtze Institute of Technology cooperates with major ship manufacturers to design new fishing boats.

Set up common lighthouses and wind and wave alarm mechanisms in eight major fishing grounds, set up safe havens, and set up shelters on islands.

In terms of navigation technology, the Central Taixue Institute and the Xiangyang Institute of Technology are responsible for the main development of navigation technology systems, the improvement of compass floating needles, route ground exploration and detailed astrological changes, further expansion of astrological trajectory, speed testing, new timing tools, osmosis and hourglass design, ocean depth detection, monsoon detection, ship structure adjustment, storage and preservation of grain, vegetables and meat, design of wing sails, and tail sails in total.

At this time, the Han Dynasty connected the East and West maps after obtaining the Western map provided by the Roman mission. The Mediterranean, Arabian Sea, Bengal Gulf, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and Liaozhou Sea (now the Sea of ​​Japan) had already been connected. Of course, Liu Xie made up for the Indian Ocean area. Although there was a lack of African waters and the southern Pacific hemisphere waters, the idea of ​​the Persian Gulf in the Mesopotamian Basin to arrive in India by sailing can already be formed. Although coastal navigation will be adopted, this long-range navigation is still a very large geographic system project for the Han Empire. Liu Xie took this opportunity to guide the Central Pacific Academy to carry out three new disciplines of systematic science, oceanography and navigation.

Liu Xie suggested establishing a transverse tangent line with the center of the city and the north star position of the star, which is called the star's longitude zero. Every thirty Hanli to the east is called the east star, which is called the east star and ten miles west is called the west star. The central point of Nanjing is the north and south star division point, and the east and west star lines are used as the vertical tangent line, and the north and south star lines are horizontally divided, and every thirty Hanli to the south is called the south star, which is used to formulate a navigational domain diagram.

Although the earth is not pointed out that the earth is round, the gap between this star line and the longitude and latitude line is too far, as long as all the east and west star lines are established, (computer reading ) can still be used on flat maps. Relying on astrological maps and lighthouses to correct them during navigation can clearly tell people where they are now, and the accuracy of the maps formulated has also been greatly improved. If you are smart people, you can find that the earth is not flat from the differences between the star line and the astronomical map during navigation. It is likely to be spherical. But that is not Liu Xie's business.

After creating Songshan-class sea tower ships, Jiangdong Ship Trading Company has been trying to create larger, better and stronger sea tower ships. When holding strategic meetings, they also brought the latest design drawings, which are the latest design drawings proposed after fifteen years of painful lessons and constant failures.

Liu Xie felt it was very good after a glance. The new design abandoned the traditional design idea of ​​flat-bottomed ship and drove a pointed-headed ship that was more conducive to ocean navigation. In order to maintain stability, the rear half of the hull returned to the flat-bottomed ship, retaining the three-sail design, adding triangular sails and tail sails, which allowed the ship to change the wind angle in the wind and add a watertight warehouse wall structure design. The entire ship was nine and six feet long (about twenty-nine meters). It did not expand too much to the six-story building, but was reduced to a three-story building. The front of the ship had two floors, the upper floor was a deck, and the rear body of the ship was designed to greatly expand the hull to increase capacity. It may be that they also found that under the wooden structure, the higher the floor of the ship, the greater the danger of navigating in the ocean.

In any case, this ship was more advanced than Liu Xie initially thought. Perhaps the sail was not clever enough, but it could already be voyage like the Ming Dynasty.

For fifteen years, 30 million yuan was consumed every year, and six great men and their rare shipbuilding scholars, more than 20 good craftsmen and more than 400 great craftsmen were collected. Finally, he handed over an answer that made Liu Xie slightly satisfied. In fact, Liu Xie also knew that this kind of result should be considered very good.

Zhu Ju, the current president of Jiangdong Shipbuilding Trading Company, saw Liu Xie's face frigid, and hurriedly said: "This is the most stable of more than 60 types of ships in Jiangdong Shipbuilding. It was trial-produced two years ago. Currently, on this ship, according to the requirements of the Commander-in-Chief's Office, we have designed six different types of suitable land-based ships, temporarily named the sea arrow ship, including four types of warships, namely the first-row type, Mengchong type, Red Horse type and Tower ship type, and also extends a kind of commercial ship and a sea horse ship that is suitable for both commercial warfare."

Liu Xie looked at the design drawings of Zhu Ju again submitted. The six pictures did not change much. There was a big difference in size, or there was a big difference in building or not, and said: "In the future, merchant ships were designated as ships, warships were designated as ships, and all first-mounted ships among marine warships were designated as pioneer ships. Mengchong ships were designated as impact ships, red horses were designated as windward ships, and tower ships were designated as main warships."

Fu and General Staff of the Commander-in-Chief Office said, "I changed the name so much to make the name smooth, but to form a organization. The four types of ships have different roles in water wars or naval wars. When generals command, they must also know what type of ship they are and what role they should play. They will definitely appear in the naval war. Now they can only be formulated based on the experience of the Han Dynasty's water war. If they find that they are inappropriate in the future, they can still be modified. At present, the four-ship classification will still be maintained. Including the landing ships, there are five categories. In the future, if you want to design a new ship, you must first think about what position it lies in the naval war. What role should be, the design should be professional, and do not design one and then expand it into different types. Although these transformation designs are very different, I don't think fully of the responsibility of each ship type. As for the sea arrow ship, I think it is more suitable to develop in the direction of the main warship, and Jiangdong ships will continue to revise the design plan."

He spoke very strongly, and Jia Xu and Zhu Ju both felt palpitations. The most embarrassing thing was Zhu Ju. He spent 450 million yuan of the Han Empire but did not build a ship that satisfies the emperor. (Computer reading .cn)

Liu Xie looked at Zhu Ji, smiled slightly, and said, "Zhu Ji, after you go back, you will step up the trial production of a new ship. I can only say that this kind of seahorse ship is quite satisfactory. Revise it from the perspective of the main battleship. As for the new design of the other four types of ships, it must be accelerated and truly meet the requirements of the Commander-in-Chief's Office."

After saying this, he said to Zhang, the local area of ​​Wuwei Military Trading Company in Jingzhou: "The construction of Wuwei Trading Company in the Antai Port New Branch in the Bohai Bay must also be stepped up. After your new branch is completed, you will engage in the design and trial production of new ships with Xiangyang Academy. In the end, whoever designs better will be purchased from the Commander's Office. Of course, merchant ships must also invest in design energy. Half-commerce and half-war seahorse ships are also a good idea, and you must persist. As for Jiangdong Ship's experience in shipbuilding, you will also give a case to Wuwei, Jingzhou. This will prevent Wuwei from going the wrong way."

After saying these words, Liu Xie rubbed his eyebrows. He knew that in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were many five-masted warships, six-masted grain ships, seven-masted grain ships, eight-masted horse ships, and nine-masted treasure ships. These ships already had the ability to fly oceans, and their transportation capabilities were far from the current archery ships. Although he also told Jiangdong Shipbuilding Trading Company a lot of new knowledge, he himself only knew some common sense in ship manufacturing, and even many of them were not clear about the basic appreciation. He only learned temporarily in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, some of the knowledge he said was very vague. Jiangdong Shipbuilding took many detours. In recent years, he finally found out the model of sea arrow ships, but the gap from the Ming Dynasty was still very big. He didn't know whether he could adapt to the needs of the sea.

Zhang has been studying shipbuilding for many years and is also the only doctoral student in the great man. He took the design drawings submitted by Zhu Ju, looked carefully, and exclaimed: "What a good boat!"

This sentence suddenly woke Liu Xie up like a thunder. He suddenly realized that he had always asked Jiangdong Ship for future generations. In fact, if he did not bring a lot of new ship manufacturing technology, he just increased human and financial investment. With his own faint reminder, Jiangdong Ship could stand in this era and put forward design ideas that far exceeds that of this era, which is very good.

From another perspective, the sea archer ship is indeed very different from the Ming Dynasty ships, but in this era, it is still the best in the world and should be able to complete the navigation mission to India based on coastal navigation. This is enough for the front.

Zhang Huishou and Liu Xie said: "Your Majesty, I think the design of this ship has been very perfect. Of course, it seems inappropriate to transform it into other warships at will, and it does not have enough capacity as a merchant ship. However, as for the type of landlord warship mentioned by the emperor, there is no need to be improved. Regardless of speed, capacity and solidity, it is very good to coordinate. The design of the front and back flat ground is also very good, and it can ride the wind and waves. I think this idea can be promoted as the basic idea of ​​most sea ships. The roads that Jingzhou has taken in recent years are not very close to Jiangdong ships. We have made five-masted warships and merchant ships, and they are walking in large types. Jiangdong ships are fast and flexible. In terms of speed, this kind of sea arrow ship is very superior, and at the same speed, their ships are likely to be 30% faster than ours."

It was naturally inconvenient for Liu Xie to take back what he said, and asked Gan Ning and Dong Xi who were accompanying him and said: "Based on your experience, what are the different characteristics of various warships in naval battles?"

Gan Ning has been drifting on the sea for many years. He first replied: "The idea of ​​the five types of warships, such as vanguard, impact, wind, main battle and landing, is very correct. It is the main characteristics and functions of warships such as first boarding, Mengchong, Chima, and Hailou. The vanguard is to seek speed, rush into other people's warship groups as fast as possible and disrupt other people's deployment. The vanguard ship that blocks the enemy disrupts our formation, so whoever is faster and who is better in the vanguard ship is second to seek flexibility, arrows, crossbows and bed crossbows are used together, so two masts are enough, and there is no floor. Provide a deck to protect soldiers; the impact ship is Mengchong, which pays attention to sturdyness and speed, destroys the opponent's large ship, and the small ship directly hits and sinks. Look at the literary network requirements

The ship is strong and it is best to be wrapped in iron armor, but it must be equipped with wheel paste to facilitate the collision of a large ship and be stuck in other people's ships; in the wind, it is a red horse, they must suddenly insert from the flanks in the water battle, reinforcement and suppression, and they are also the main ships to protect the sea tower ships, and even to block other people's Mengchong ships. The wind demands are fast. And it is the fastest among all ships, but on the other hand, it also needs to have enough attack ability to provide suppression, so the Shenyuan car must be equipped with more; finally, the main battleship, as the name implies, the main battleship is the most powerful warship among the navy. In the water battle, they are protected and mainly used to attack opponents. Therefore, it is required to assemble enough Shenyuan car and catapult car!"

Liu Xie shook his head and sighed that he was too deeply influenced by the navy of his descendants and was completely unsure of the current characteristics of water war. He asked Gan Ning again: "What do you think of this sea arrow ship?"

Gan Ning took all the design drawings, looked left and right, but did not dare to speak out. Liu Xie was a little anxious and said, "You said that!"

Gan Ning gave the drawings to Dong Xi again and said helplessly: "In fact, I have seen the five-masted warship built by the Wuwei Ji Trading Company in Jingzhou. Although it sank after it was launched, it would be very suitable for being the main warship if the trial production is successful. Judging from the drawings of the sea arrow ship, the speed is also good and it can be equipped with a large number of Shenjiao cars. Therefore, I believe that the sea arrow ship is between the wind and the main battle, but it is only closer to the main battleship, but it has been formed. The trial production ship has been launched for more than two years. It is more suitable for use at sea than the original Songshan-class sea tower ship. Before there are better wind and main battleships and main battleships, it can be made in large quantities. As for other derivative ships, it is not very good except for the seahorse ship. For the navy, it is better to use the current warship."

Although Gan Ning's words were not very pleasant, they were relatively more pertinent. Zhu Ju was also very grateful, at least he helped him get rid of the embarrassing situation now.

Liu Xie asked Dong Xi again. Dong Xi's opinion was similar to Gan Ning, but he had a lot of praise for this kind of sea arrow ship. Seeing that the two generals who really understood water war had already expressed their opinions, Liu Xie said, "Then let's decide this way. The Commander's Office has formulated the purchase volume and is preparing to purchase this kind of sea arrow ship. The official name is the three-masted arrow-type main warship, collectively known as the Jiangdong main warship. The Commander's Office has increased its investment in Jingzhou's five-masted tower main warship, and strives to allocate 40 million yuan every year. Within six years, I will see a warship that can sail far away."

After this discussion, Liu Xie felt very tired and temporarily ended the meeting. A few days later, he held a special meeting on the establishment and planning of the navy. This time, Liu Xie absorbed the experience of the last time. After all, he was not good at water wars and ships. The hundreds of people sitting here were all the top water war generals and experts or experts in ship manufacturing at the Han Dynasty. He deliberately stopped talking, but just listened to them carefully.

Without Liu Xie's leadership, the meeting immediately divided into two factions. One was Jia Xu, who spoke with his military achievements. He believed that from the perspective of military achievements, Sun Jian's model of the Southern Army was the main model worth promoting and the main path of the navy's development in the future.

Another faction is the enhanced warship faction represented by Gan Ning and others. Gan Ning said to everyone: "The strong Han warships are so strong that there are no opponents in the neighboring countries. However, if you want to fight for a long voyage, the mode of the Southern Army will be greatly restricted because the supply cannot keep up. You can only set up ports along the coast, and supply will be carried out every few days. The three major navy masters of the North Sea, the East Sea and the South China Sea can provide supply once every dozens of days. For long voyage operations, naval troops mainly use warships to gain more advantage!"

He was originally a water gangster. After joining the Han army, he carefully studied the military arts scriptures under the guidance of Huangfu Song and others, and gradually became a Confucian general from the original fierce general. However, his personality still did not change. As soon as he quarreled with others, he immediately became a high-spirited and excited blood. Jia Xu was slow to understand and distinguished with him one by one.

When it comes to debate, Gan Ning was not Jia Xu's opponent, and he was quickly suppressed, but he just did not give up his own views.

Liu Xie coughed dryly and signaled Jia Xu to stop when he was ready. He said, "Actually, I am thinking these days that we don't know how big the sea is. After comparing with the map presented by the Roman delegation, we know more about the situation of the whole world. But what is Anzhou like to the south? Will there be an empire as powerful as Rome? It is not known, and what is the situation to the east of Yingzhou? It is not known. Therefore, we need seahorse ships and warships suitable for long-distance voyages. However, to achieve the development of new land, especially the An Ding'an and Tai states, we need a comprehensive corps such as the End of the South Army that can be transported by water. Therefore, I believe that both modes must be needed. According to different situations, the most important thing is to use different armies, but for the navy, warshipization is still very important!"

"I have also read the report of the Taixue Institute and believe that it is most appropriate for the Han Empire to use seahorse ships and Jiangdong main warships to form a comprehensive fleet. Since the Taixue Institute has given such a report, the three major navy members of the Beihai, East China Sea and South China Sea have each divided into a long-distance fleet dedicated to overseas exploration among the five comprehensive fleets under their jurisdiction. They must be equipped with enough scholars and military aircraft personnel to engage in professional exploration and exploration, and to discover new areas and islands. The locations must be recorded in detail with star magnitude and marked on the map.

There must be detailed reports on whether there are people, insects and beasts, trees, how big they are, and whether they can be stationed. Any navy that has been discovered must be rewarded. From generals to lieutenants, and even sailors must be rewarded. The scholars who accompany the ship must also be rewarded. The Commander's Office can be rewarded as military merits. The land can be obtained through war and exploration can be obtained through adventures. Then the success of the expedition should be rewarded. The Central Taixue Institute must reward scholars who accompany the ship, and the newly issued expedition report can be regarded as academic reports."

When Gan Ning heard Liu Xie's words, he thought that Liu Xie supported him and couldn't help but look at Jia Xu with pride. Jia Xu smiled bitterly and gave up.

Gan Ning refused to give up and stepped forward to ask for the hope of changing the Jingwu Camp into a new long-distance fleet and taking the fleet to explore overseas.

Liu Xie was overjoyed. Now that the domestic war has ended, the role of the Jingwu Camp is no longer as good as before, and the total number is only 10,000. Compared with the combat role of the three major navy divisions, the Jingwu Camp is indeed awkward.

Liu Xie smiled and said, "Since Xingba has such ambition, I should naturally support it. I asked the Internal Affairs Department to allocate 60 million yuan to the imperial guards to purchase seahorse ships and Jiangdong main warships. Xingba can divide the Jingwu Camp into two and leave 5,000 people in Xiangyang. You can lead the remaining 5,000 with Chutian Trading Company to explore the South China Sea, and arrange twenty scholars with the ship."

Gan Ning was overjoyed and immediately bowed and said, "I must have found a large island for the Lord!"

Liu Xie smiled and said, "If that island is the size of a county, I named it Ganning Island, what does Xingba think?"

Gan Ning was overjoyed and smiled and said, "Okay!" and asked again, "If I go to an island in a state, how should I name it?"

Liu Xie laughed and everyone laughed loudly. Liu Xie heard that there was a sarcasm in the laughter of the crowd, his face suddenly became cold, and he glanced around coldly, warning everyone not to be frivolous, everyone was filled with a stuttering heart, they did not dare to laugh anymore, and they bowed their heads and dared not speak.

Liu Xie looked at Gan Ning looking down on everyone with a disdainful expression, and loved her very much, and said, "If it is a land of a state, I will definitely be able to name it yourself!"

Gan Ning smiled and said, "That minister is willing to order Jinzhou!"

Liu Xie knew that he missed the past life of the green forest and grassland. The Jinfan thief was so powerful that the Yangtze River was so powerful that no one dared to laugh, so he laughed and said, "Okay, I'm sure. Xingba, just go and search. After finding it, you will name it Jinzhou!"

After the meeting ended, Liu Xie returned to the Imperial Mansion. He remembered Gan Ning's simple and arrogant smile. He hoped that he could discover a state of land, but the sea was vast. How could he find it? He asked Wang Xi to call him over.

After Gan Ning arrived at the Imperial Palace, he said without waiting for Liu Xie to speak: "Does the emperor also suspect that I can't find it? I actually thought it was impossible before, but after looking at the map given to us by those people from Rome and merged with the Han map, I felt that the land of the world was not what those Confucian scholars said. Since it is as big as Rome, there must be a large area of ​​land overseas!"

Liu Xie looked at him, nodded slightly, thinking in his heart: It is precisely this kind of person who has no restraint or concerns that it is easy to see the truth. Those scholars of the Han Dynasty still read too many delusions in the past, and always think that the world is like, and the sea is beyond the world.

He said, "I believe in you, just want to give you a little tip!"

The sand table map behind the Xuanji Pavilion was now no longer a secret in the hearts of the Central Han Dynasty and most scholars. The Xiangyang Geographic Expo has been open to them for a long time, and it is not a secret to Gan Ning.

Liu Xie pointed to Anzhou and said, "Xingba, I tell you something. Any small island in which there must be a large area of ​​land. Look at Liaozhou and Yingzhou, there are such islands, Anzhou and Taizhou. Therefore, I think there must be a large area of ​​land around Anzhou, and the area is likely to be much larger than Anzhou."

"In recent years, you have been in Anzhou. After the Yingzhou area is over, Yuanzhi will go south to pacify Taizhou, and then Anzhou. At this time, you can use Anzhou as the foundation to investigate the south or east with Anzhou as the foundation, and you may gain something!"

Gan Ning was overjoyed. He always believed that Liu Xie was the descendant of the Heavenly Lord of Lingbao, so what he said was naturally not wrong. He laughed and said, "What the emperor said must be correct. I must have found a big state for the emperor, which is as big as Jingzhou. If I can't find it, I will die at the sea!"

Liu Xie laughed. It has been so many years, and it is rare to be happy once. He patted Gan Ning on the shoulder and said, "Xingba is my confidant and beloved general. How can you die at the sea? Even if you are buried, you must be buried in front of my tomb? Is Xingba willing?"

Gan Ning was even more happy and knelt on the ground, saying, "I wish to be the emperor in front of me in my life, and I will stay in front of the Holy Holy Tomb forever. Even if I do not ascend to the heavenly realm for life, I will have no regrets!"

When Liu Xie heard his words, he was moved for a long time, his eyes were sore, and he patted his shoulder hard again, saying, "Okay, okay, okay, I am worthy of my beloved general. Is a loyal general in Xingba? What should I ask for for a real man again!"

Liu Xie was in a state of great excitement. After so long in the Han Dynasty, he felt the friendship of life for the first time. From this road, he had no friends again. Everyone was either servants or enemies. He became even more indifferent to realizing his dream of saving Chinese civilization. He was only maintained by this Han Empire. He had never really thought about the people's thoughts, nor did he think about the feelings of the people in Xiangyang for him, but he was the minister who had followed him for the longest time. In his heart
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