Chapter 735 Zheng He's Treasure Ship

"The large-scale counterweight trebuchet, that is, the Xiangyang Cannon, the siege weapon of the Mongol Empire civilization, requires 200,000 points."

Chu Tian saw the drawings of the large trebuchets often used by the Mongolian army.

This kind of trebuchet showed great power in the battle of Yumen Pass and Luntai City, causing huge damage to the city of the Han army, and the fierce general Wang Yanzhang was killed in battle.

Chutian has always been coveting this powerful trebuchet. After all, this is a trebuchet used in the 12th century, which is more advanced than the trebuchet used in the late Han Dynasty.

Chutian is considering how to attack Guanzhong.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Liang, the first counselor, told Liu Bang that in Guanzhong Zuoweihan, right Longshu, fertile fields thousands of miles away, south of Bashu, and north of Huyuan, blocked three sides and guarded them, and only controlled the princes with one side in the east. The golden city is thousands of miles away, the land of abundance.

It can be seen that Guanzhong is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

To attack Guanzhong, you generally have to go through two routes: Tongguan (Hanguguan) and Wuguan.

The majestic Tongguan and Wuguan may be insurmountable, so Chutian is looking for a powerful enough siege weapon.

The appearance of Xiangyang gold paper is equivalent to the most classic siege equipment of the Mongolian Empire civilization, and it can be exchanged.

Different civilizations have different characteristics, and the difficulty of obtaining some technologies is also different. For example, the cost for Temujin to obtain the Xiangyang Cannon was lower than that of Chutian.

Now, Chutian can use points to exchange directly.

"Things are good things, but unfortunately they need too many points. No, all the items here are good things..."

Chu Tian thought he had enough points, but he didn't expect that there were countless valuable props.

There are five hundred kinds of special items that can be exchanged for the lords of the Han Empire alone.

If you want to redeem all of them, you may need tens of millions of points, or even hundreds of millions of points.

Chutian has a total of about 1.9 million points.

The Xiangyang artillery can effectively improve the siege ability of Chutian's army, so Chutian ordered the Xiangyang gun paper in his heart.

Chu Tian has already seen the power of the Xiangyang Cannon.

"Next... Fubo Legion was expanding some time ago, and the six-level shipyard was not enough..."

Chutian thought of the question that the Fubo Legion had mentioned to him. At present, Chutian's forces are mainly sixth-level shipyards, which cannot build higher-level warships.

So Chutian specifically checked whether there were blueprints of high-level shipyards and large warships that could be exchanged.

Chu Tian's eyes fell on the "Longjiang Treasure Shipyard Construction Blueprint", a special blueprint.

When Chu Tian saw this name, he seemed a little familiar.

"Zheng He's voyages..."

Chu Tian thought of a familiar story.

During the period of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, Zheng He made seven voyages to the West, once as far as East Africa.

At that time, Eastern shipbuilding was at the forefront compared with Europe and the Arab world.

That's why Zheng He had the capital to lead a huge fleet on seven voyages to the West to promote the prestige of the country.

Zheng He's fleet dates back to the period of Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang launched a large-scale water battle in Dongting Lake, fighting to the death. At that time, Chen Youliang, one of the leaders of the uprising army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, had a powerful navy, which left a deep impression on Zhu Yuanzhang.

Going forward, we must trace back to the shipbuilding techniques of Yuan Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty.

Civilizations are inherited in one continuous line, and technology is no exception.

Longjiang Treasure Shipyard was opened to build ships during the period of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and most of the treasure ships used by Zheng He on his voyages to the West were also built in Longjiang Treasure Shipyard.

Longjiang Treasure Shipyard belongs to the ninth-level shipyard, which is already quite high-level, almost the highest-level shipyard in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Tier 9 shipyard should be enough.

Chu Tian thought for a while, and the Fubo Legion didn't have tenth-tier warships to build, so the ninth-tier shipyard could already meet the Fubo Legion's expenses for the next ten years.

As for Tier 10 warships,

Chu Tian also couldn't imagine what kind of warship is a tenth-tier warship.

"By the way, the production drawings of high-level warships are still needed."

Shipwrights must have blueprints of ships in order to build corresponding ships.

A shipyard is just a place where warships are produced.

Chu Tian glanced at the list of items that could be exchanged, and found the blueprints for building warships that could be exchanged.

"1500 Fuchuan construction drawings require 200,000 points. Zheng He Treasure Ship (2000-5000 materials) requires 500,000 points."

Chu Tian was shocked when he saw the blueprint of Zheng He's treasure ship.

Unexpectedly, there was Zheng He's treasure ship in the redemption list this time.

However, the Zheng He treasure ship was originally one of the achievements of the Eastern Han civilization, so the Zheng He treasure ship is no exception.

"Do you want to exchange Zheng He's treasure ship?"

Chu Tian looked at the introduction of Zheng He's treasure ship.

This kind of treasure ship has a large hull, but it is not a special gun ship.

Soldiers on Zheng He's treasure ships could also be equipped with firearms, and had a certain combat effectiveness. In naval battles, compared with later specialized warships, they were actually a little less interesting.

In the era of Zheng He’s treasure ships, the ships were not equipped with large bronze cannons, because at that time, water warfare mainly relied on boarding, ramming, crossbow arrows and firecrackers, and firearm technology was not yet developed enough.

The purpose of building Zheng He's treasure ship is more to show off the country's prestige.

There is a very interesting thing. When Feng Zhou (equivalent to Zheng He’s treasure ship) in the middle of the Ming Dynasty went to Ryukyu as an envoy, the ship was too large to operate. When the fleet arrived in Ryukyu, the sea breeze suddenly disappeared. More than 50 paddle boats can be used to drag Fengzhou into the port. Later, on the return journey, the fleet encountered a strong wind, and the ship's mast was broken and the rudder was lost. The boatmen suggested that the government use smaller sea-going ships that are flexible and maneuverable, but the government thought it would be a loss of God's power and insisted on using large ships.

A person like Chutian who values ​​pragmatism doesn't care much about showing national prestige, nor does he deliberately engage in tribute trade. He would rather go to colonize than do a loss-making business. In the era of the jungle, there is no need for kindness.

The Zheng He Treasure Ship is a type of Fuchuan, one of the pinnacle ships of the cold weapon era.

Later, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the blessing boats were gradually replaced by bird boats, which is equivalent to the replacement of Western carrack sailboats by Galen boats, because firearms are improving.

Therefore, Zheng He's treasure ship is not the best warship in "The Lord". The best warship in the Eastern Han Dynasty is the big bird ship, that is, a large bird ship. It uses large-caliber bronze cannons as the main means of attack. The difference between the two It took 200-300 years.

Chu Tian thought of this, specifically to see if there was a blueprint for the construction of the big bird ship.

However, Chutian did not see the big bird boats that became active in the southeast coast at the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Chu Tian looked again to see if there were any western carrack sailing ships, or even Galen sailing ships.

Galen sailboats appeared in Spain in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and Western shipbuilding technology began to advance by leaps and bounds. Like the big bird ships, they were specialized gunboats.

However, Chutian did not see Galen sailing ship in the exchangeable list.

Logically speaking, there should be blueprints for the construction of Karak sailboats or Galen sailboats in this national war.

The lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not see this special item, so it is very likely that the Karak sailboat or Galen sailboat appeared in the exchangeable list of the lords of the Western Continent.

The Big Bird Ship and Galen Ship must be equipped with Bronze Cannons in order to exert their effects.

Chutian also didn't see any bronze cannons that could be exchanged for.

But he saw a blueprint of a special weapon - a big bowl muzzle gun.

"What firearm is this?"

Chu Tian didn't know much about the early firearms, so he specifically looked at the names and introductions.

【Name】: Big Bowl Mouth Gun

[Rank]: Bronze Firearm

[Description]: An original small artillery, without sights, short barrel, slow rate of fire, short range, low hit rate, used in the early Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, and can only be equipped on Fuchuan and Niaochuan above.

[Specifications]: The diameter is three inches and four quarters, the length is one foot and one inch, and the weight is sixty-three catties.

[Effect]: With the effects of armor breaking and injury deterioration.

[Required Points]: 100,000

[Exchangeable Times]: Unlimited

The large bowl of muzzle gun weighs 63 kilograms, and its power is not considered huge in water battles.

This kind of firearm that can be equipped on Fuchuan is equivalent to an enhanced version of the Huomen Gun (Huomen Gun).

The power of a large bowl of muzzle guns cannot smash through the ship's plank, because a real bronze cannon weighs several hundred to several thousand catties.

However, during the period of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, this weapon was mixed with bows and arrows, and it was considered one of the most advanced weapons at the end of the cold weapon era, and it shined brilliantly.

In order to strengthen the power of Fu Chuan, Chutian still chose to exchange for this special firearm. In the future, water battles would not only use crossbow arrows to shoot at the opponent's sailors and soldiers, but also use large bowls of muzzle guns to attack.

"Exchange for a lucky boat worth 1,500 materials."

After weighing it up, Chutian chose the 1,500 material blessing ship, which was smaller than Zheng He's treasure ship.

The size of this kind of warship is already quite large, with a length of about 45 meters to 50 meters. Compared with the current 30-meter-long 400-meter Fuchuan and 35-meter Turtle Ship, the 1,500-meter Fuchuan is equivalent to a giant ship.

The blueprints of Zheng He’s treasure ships were too expensive, and too big treasure ships lacked maneuverability during water warfare, and would not be able to be turned into gunships in the future. Ultimately, it was a question of cost performance.

Chutian only has 1.9 million points, and if he wants to exchange Zheng He's treasure ship, he needs to pay 500,000 points, which is too extravagant for Chutian.

Therefore, it is best to save a sum of points.

Chutian used the 1,500-material Fuchuan to make the transition, and then tried to get the blueprints for the Big Bird Ship or Galen Sailing Ship.

The warships of the Fubo Legion will use the 1500 Fuchuan as the flagship, the 400 Fuchuan as escorts, and the turtle boats to defend the port.

The 400 material blessing boat is also essential. Whether it is used for fire attack or considering maneuverability, a group of smaller ships is required.

The bigger the Fuchuan, the higher the cost.

Chutian redeemed 4 blueprints in total: Xiangyang Cannon, which consumes 200,000 points; Big Bowl Gun, which consumes 100,000 points; Longjiang Bao Shipyard (level 9 shipyard), which consumes 300,000 points; million points.

The four blueprints cost Chutian 800,000 points in total.

Chu Tian got the three items, leaving only 1.1 million points.

"It's too expensive, everything is good, and there is nothing that can be missing. It's a pity that too many points are consumed..."

Chutian was in pain for a while, and Chutian had to exchange these four blueprints, otherwise he didn't know whether he would have the opportunity to exchange these blueprints that were priced but not marketed in the future.