Chapter 1056 The Lamentation of the Gold Shipwright Is Such a Beast!

"The Lord God bless! One, two, three, four! The Lord God bless! One, two, three, four!...Hoo! Ha!...This busy work is finally dragging on..."

The snow was flying, and the frozen Xiaolumoss River had accumulated a thick layer of snow, which was connected with the snow-covered river bank next to it, and it was almost indistinguishable. However, at this moment, on the frozen glaciers, there is a boat-shaped pit that is six to seven feet long and more than one foot wide. The five-masted oceangoing boat that was originally parked on the glacier has been pulled to the snow-covered river bank by dozens of people.

"Lord God! This five-masted ship looks about the same size as an ordinary long ship in the kingdom. It's just that it has three decks, a high hull, and no oars on both sides... Could it be that it is all driven by the wind? ?...Hiss! The structure inside this boat looks really complicated!..."

The exploration captain Zuwaro boarded the ocean-shading ship, and looked curiously at the ocean-shading ship that he had never seen before. Next to him is Jin Shanshu, a shipbuilder who is bent over and is careful, and wears a gold charm around his neck.

It's a pity that the two of them couldn't speak the same language, Zuwaro looked at it in a hurry, and Jin Shanshu explained a few words with gestures, at least they couldn't let the adults think he was useless, didn't they...

"The lord god guides! Five masts, some are long and some are short, what's the reason?..."

The most eye-catching symbol of this ocean-covering ship, which represents the navigation technology of the Song Dynasty, is the five erected masts. The three in the middle are very tall, while the two at the ends are very short. And looking at the hook of the mast, it turned out to be a slanted sail, but the sails on the ship have been put away for storage, and they don't know how to hang them and how to borrow the wind.

"My lord! These masts have a high mainmast and low fore and aft masts. Not only can straight sails and raked sails be hoisted, but also large and small square sails can be hoisted between each mast... Simply put, the wind is always changing. Go, sails have to change back and forth, and only by hanging all kinds of sails can we take advantage of the wind from all directions! As for the specific sail shape, square, skip, and triangular, the sailmaker Pu Shunfan is the one. It’s at home, adults can ask him..."

"Lord God! The rudder at the stern seems to be better than the kingdom's... a lot!..."

Zuvaro nodded half-understood, and walked along the row of masts to the stern of the ship. At the stern, there is a rudder that looks very complicated, which is obviously larger and more complicated than the simple rudder of the kingdom's long ship. Under the rudder, a wooden pole several meters long is connected to a delicate wooden fan, which is convenient for adjusting the course.

"My lord! This is a board rudder! Wooden, plank, straight, rudder!...My lord, just turn it like this, and the wooden board below will also turn once, it's very easy to maneuver! But you have to use good wood, it's solid. wood!"

Seeing the goldsmith's gesture, Zuvaro turned the stern rudder curiously. The rudder is indeed very flexible, as if borrowed from a lever, and it is effortless at all. Then he went to the bow of the ship and looked at the two heavy trumpet anchors. These two anchors are actually stone-embedded wooden anchors, and there is an anchor well next to them for storing anchor ropes. And there is more than one anchor position on the ship, it is estimated that there are three before and after.

"Interesting! It turned out to be a wooden anchor embedded with stones! I thought it was a bronze anchor just like the kingdom!..."

Zuwaro muttered something softly, but fortunately, the shipbuilder Jin Shanshu who followed him couldn't understand, otherwise he would definitely scold the kingdom for its "humanity".

In this era, Lee's North Korea naturally used copper coins from Daming, and the price of rice was similar to that in the north of Daming. However, the Ming Dynasty was short of copper for a long time, and the grain output was high, so the price of rice was very low compared with that of Heguo.

It is usually not a problem to buy two or three stones of copper coins of consistent color in the north of Ming Dynasty or North Korea. And throwing a bronze anchor of one or two hundred catties into the water, that is a dozen copper coins, which can buy dozens or hundreds of wooden anchors embedded with stones!

"Huh! The main keel of this ship is made of several pieces, pieced together? Uh? The support next to it is section by section, like a centipede's leg. What is it?"

Zuvalo slowly descended to the bottom of the cabin. He knocked around and looked around. Soon, his eyes opened wider and wider, the expression on his face was full of disbelief, and finally he couldn't help but exclaim!

"Lord God! The keel structure at the bottom of this ship is like a delicate spider web, so complicated! Compared with it, the long ship of the Kingdom is like a branch next to the spider web..."

This sunshade ship, which was similar in size to the kingdom's long ship, had an extremely complicated keel structure. Its central axis is a spliced ​​central keel, which is actually made of three short keels, diagonally connected closely!

Around the central keel, there are also short-circuited side keels and ribs. Among them, the side keels are vertical, and the ribs are horizontal, with one every other step. All the skeletons are densely packed and connected with precise wooden tenons and iron nails. If you look carefully, these dense keel structures support each other, and seem to conform to the laws of some kind of gods, as if they are complex and regular spider webs!

"The Lord God guides! Such a complicated structure!...Why don't you guys use a whole big log to make a central keel? Use a few big logs to replace these small keels next to them?...Use one to replace these, all of them ...Using big wood! ...It will be much easier to build a boat like that?!"

Seeing Zuwaro's gestures, boatman Jin Shanshu opened his eyes wide, thought for a while, and then couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

"My lord! You have never built a boat, so you don't know. These central keels and side keels are the bones of the boat! And the bones of the boat are like human bones. They must withstand the wind and waves, and must be able to bear pressure and Being able to carry it... That's not something ordinary wood can do, you have to use good hardwood, like teak and elm that are hundreds of years old!..."

"Like this ship, with three keel sections, each section only needs hardwoods that are one hundred and eighty years old! And the dozen or so side keels next to it only need hardwoods that are several decades old. If it goes as you said, use A whole piece of good wood that is seven to eight feet long must be at least hundreds of years old! But such old good wood is so expensive, and how can it be so easy to find? No one would be willing to find it. It is used to make this kind of sea boat with two or three hundred materials!..."

"Haha! The keel of your boat is too complicated... The Lord God witnesses! Our long boat only has three keels! One is in the center and two are on the sides. A ship, a spruce log twice as long, made of the whole!...Praise Your Majesty! This is His Majesty's divine revelation, allowing us to build a huge ship that has never been seen before!..."

Zuvalo showed a confident smile, made gestures again, and proudly told shipwright Jin Shanshu.

"Just three keels to make the bottom! So long! So thick!... Then use large boards, lay them around the keel, and nail them full of copper nails, it can withstand the big waves in the extreme north sea! The keel is strong. Yes, even if such big and high winds and waves hit you, there won’t be any cracks!…”

"Bodhisattva bless! My lord, what did you say?! Two? Two captains of this ship? From here to this wide?...Ah! Thirteen feet long and one foot wide? How many do you use? One? Three?!...Three giant logs to build this kind of ship? To build this kind of sea-going ship that costs two to three hundred materials?!"

After finally understanding Zuwaro's meaning, the boatman Jin Shanshu's eyes turned red instantly. The corners of his eyes trembled violently, his stooped waist suddenly straightened up, and he almost jumped up on the spot!

"Thirteen feet long and hundreds of years of giant wood! To build this kind of boat?! Three of them were used!!"

Shipwright Jin Shanshu shouted and stared at Zuwaro. At this moment, the instinct of a senior boatbuilder suppressed all his awe and fear. His face was first filled with unbelievable astonishment, followed by a blank blank mind, followed by anger from the heart, and finally regret that went deep into the marrow. He couldn't help shouting and cursing loudly, his eyes were even wet, and he couldn't help but shed tears!

"Ah, Guanyin Bodhisattva! These prodigal beasts!...That's, that's the big wood that can make thousands of ships, and can be used as the keel of a treasure ship!... Beasts! This kind of big wood can be used to build this kind of boat , One use is three?!... I have never seen one in my life!... Woohoo! What a beast, a beast!!..."