The idea of using foreign materials for China's use has always been Gao Pragmatism's concern, but at the same time, it is also Gao Pragmatism's insistence on making better use of some of the things that China has developed in its own history.
In the final analysis, highly pragmatic people live up to their name, everything is based on pragmatism, and I will use it if it is useful. As for who invented this thing first, that is not important.
Not to mention wind and propeller hybrid power, Gao Pragmatic even personally drew several sketches of propellers and handed them to the Shipbuilding Department of Jinghua Craftsman Academy for them to conduct physical research - the reason for physical research is because the theory of this thing is too complicated, Gao Pragmatically, his level in this area is limited and he cannot explain it clearly at all. It can even be said that he himself does not understand it very well.
Fortunately, China has always been an "experimental science". In theoretical science, it is far less outstanding than experimental science. The high pragmatism allows teachers and students of the shipbuilding department to work together to do experiments, which is in line with their traditional mentality of "being an apprentice" and treating it as their own. The owner of the top six picks is guiding them.
This idea is similar to when apprentice barbers learn how to use a razor, they first have to shave a winter melon for more than a year as an internship. They assume that the sketch given by Gao pragmatically is that winter melon and is for them to practice their skills on. [I remember that when I mentioned the burden of shaving heads earlier in this book, I was criticized for not having haircuts in ancient times. At that time, I explained it with reference to ancient records. I won’t be criticized this time, right? ]
However, the problem of propellers is very complicated and is a systemic problem. Material selection, blade shape, suitable ship type, etc. must all be considered, so it has not been officially solved yet. Instead, the power used by the propeller has been determined in advance: it can only be done manually, because There is no steam engine.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic thought that wind power could also be considered, such as adding a windmill on the boat... But in this case, the drive shaft system might be more troublesome, and there was no historical experience to draw from, so he did not dare to talk nonsense in the end.
Anyway, it would be great to be able to make propellers. If I remember correctly, this thing was not theoretically proposed until 1700 AD in the original history, and experimental objects were not made until more than 1800 AD. But now it is still the early Wanli period, calculated in AD If it were only 1582, the invention of the propeller would be equivalent to a direct lead of two hundred years.
And now, although there is no propeller, the Chinese-style hard sail and oars still choke the Chaohua Taiji to the point of almost vomiting blood, and he has to ask Tumen for advice on how to defeat the enemy.
How could Tumen Khan have any way to defeat the enemy? But he was a profuse man after all, so he couldn't stupidly say "I know nothing", so he said calmly that he would first take a look at the current facts before making a decision.
So each side brought a small number of elites forward to investigate - only a small number of elites were brought because if they brought too many, they would be shot. This was Chaohua Taiji's experience of being beaten in the past few days.
This experience was still very useful. Tumen and Chaohua took twenty or thirty elite troops forward to explore. When they appeared on the shore, not only did they discover the Jinghua gunboat cruising in the river, but Jinghua's people also discovered them.
The two gunboats quickly turned and gradually approached them, but until Tumen and others withdrew, Jinghua seemed to have no intention of firing, and did not even approach too closely. They just made a "I have discovered you" steering direction. forward action.
Withdrawing out of the range of the cannonballs, Chaohua Taiji smiled bitterly and said: "Did the Great Khan see it this time? The eyes of the people on the boat were surprisingly good, as if they all had the eyesight of Zhebie's master shot, and they didn't You know what's going on..."
Chaohua just casually mentioned Zhebie Shenshe, but Tumen, who had suffered greatly from Qataiji Nazhebie Shenshe, shivered when he heard it. After covering it up with a dry cough, he muttered: " It seems that these Ming navy troops are a little weird...but when Ben Khan looked at it, the clothes worn by the boatmen on them didn’t seem to look like mandarin ducks’ uniforms, what’s going on?”
"Oh, I know this." Chaohua Taiji, who really had not been in vain these days, quickly replied: "It is not right to say that they are the navy of the Ming Army. These ships are all Jinghua ships, and they wear The uniform clothing of the servants of the Gao family, these are the lowest level, all are brown shorts."
Tumen was speechless for a long time, how could such a pragmatic person have all kinds of servants? There are people walking, riding horses, and now there are also people boarding boats. How the hell do you have the ability to fly in the sky?
Tumen didn't say anything, but Chaohua Taiji was impatient and changed the subject again, asking: "Has the Great Khan figured out a way to crack the navy?"
Yes, in the eyes of speculators, the servants are also members of the Ming Army, so Jinghua's fleet is also the navy of the Ming Army, so there is no difference.
Tumen could not wait to roll his eyes, thinking that you are just lucky enough to have inherited a lot of people. Otherwise, with your eyesight and ability, offending your boss would be as easy as eating and drinking.
Obviously, Tumen didn't have any good ideas, so he could only pretend to be in deep thought.
But although Chaohua is not a good subordinate, it does not mean that Tumen does not have good subordinates. For example, Burihatu is a good subordinate.
As soon as Burihatu saw the appearance of the great Khan in Tumen, he knew that he was helpless, so he took the initiative to come to his rescue: "The Great Khan should not say anything clearly for now, and let me guess what the Great Khan is thinking."
Tumen breathed a sigh of relief, laughed quickly, pretended to be cheerful, reached out and patted Burihatu on the shoulder and said: "Okay, okay, guess what Benhan is thinking first."
Chaohua Taiji looked on in a daze, secretly doubting his own mind: Could it be that they are all smart people, but I am the stupid one? Ah, I want to see what they came up with!
At this time, Burihatu smiled softly, but he did not have the goose feather fan in his hand: "The Khan may be thinking that the opponent's navy is fast and has good eyesight. If I divide my troops to attack across the river, it will always be The other party is blocking you, so you always have to come up with an idea so that the other party can’t block it, or it’s too late to block it.”
Tumen's heart moved, he nodded and said: "Ben Khan indeed thinks so."
Chaohua Taiji was a little disbelieving, and curled his lips and said: "I understand that it's too late to block it, but what does it mean to block it without being able to block it?"
Burihatu said calmly: "The opponent's navy has a total of twenty or thirty gunboats. When they are gathered together, they naturally have strong firepower. But if I divide my troops into ten places to cross the river, how will the other side deal with it? I divide my troops into ten places, and there will be firepower at each place. With more than two thousand cavalry, if he divided his troops into ten places, each place would only have one or two boats. How many people could he defeat?
As long as our army can cross half of the river, can they still defend the water village on the other side of the river? Without the water fortress, they would have no gunpowder, cannonballs, and no supplies of food and grass. Will these boats float in the river and make a living fishing? "
Chaohua Taiji opened his eyes wide, and after a while he said: "Both you and the Great Khan have thought of this? Then why did the Great Khan not say anything for so long?"
Well, could you be any stupider?
Tumen said calmly: "Although this plan is feasible, the losses are unpredictable, so I always feel that I can think of a better way."
Chaohua Taiji opened his eyes even wider and asked, "Is there a better way?"
Tumen was too lazy to pay attention to this idiot this time, and directly asked Burihatu: "Burihatu, do you have any clever tips to teach me?"
Burihatu nodded lightly and said, "Great Khan, I do have a plan."
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PS: I don’t know if it’s a cold or a recurrence of rhinitis. I’ve been having constant nasal congestion for the past two days. I feel like my brain has been deprived of oxygen and I’m feeling dizzy.
