Jiangling, on the bank of the Yangtze River, is the sea vessel experimental area of ​​the “First Shipyard of the Han Dynasty”.

Liu Wu, Zhuge Liang, Huang Zu, Gan Ning and others saw from afar a gigantic ship floating on the Yangtze River.

“My lord, this is a giant sea vessel built according to your ideas. It is driven by hard sails and rotating oars, and uses nailing technology and a watertight compartment structure to make the ship more sturdy and durable.”

“This giant ship, named “Xiangyang”, is about 32 zhang (about 108 meters) long and 15 zhang (about 52 meters) wide, twice as large as an ordinary building ship. In addition, it is more solid and stable. It can sail on the Yangtze River as if it were walking on flat ground. Even in the absence of wind, it can travel 200 miles a day. If it sails with the wind, it can even reach a distance of 300 miles.”

Huang Yueying, who had yellow hair, healthy dark skin, delicate features and looked somewhat exotic, respectfully introduced the newly built giant ship to Liu Wu.

While introducing, Huang Yueying looked at Liu Wu with some admiration.

This is pure admiration.

As the ship was built, according to the ideas Liu Wu had given before, a giant ship was successfully built as if with the help of God.

With its skyrocketing speed, larger size, and greater stability, this giant ship is absolutely epoch-making.

“What? It’s about 32 meters long and 15 meters wide. In the absence of wind, it can travel 200 miles a day? If it travels with the wind, it can even reach a distance of 300 miles? How is this possible!”

In an instant, following Huang Yueying’s introduction, Zhuge Liang, Huang Zu and Gan Ning were all shocked, their eyes full of disbelief.

It was obvious that the three were shocked by the data of the giant ship Xiangyang.

With a favorable wind, we can travel three hundred miles a day, which is not a small number.

Even in the absence of wind, it moves faster than a building ship with a tailwind, and its size is even larger.

“If that’s true, doesn’t that mean that the Jiangdong warships can be easily destroyed in front of this giant ship?”

Huang Zu reacted quickly. The huge ship was right in front of him, so Huang Yueying would naturally not talk nonsense, so it might be true.

But if it were true, it would be really scary.

You should know that the main means of naval warfare nowadays are still ramming, bow and crossbow shooting, and boarding operations.

If this behemoth were used to crash into the Jiangdong battlefield, it would be like an eight-foot-tall man bullying a four-foot-tall kid.

Undoubtedly, it is a sure win.

Huang Zu’s eyes lit up.

The same was true for Zhuge Liang and Gan Ning.

Compared with Zhuge Liang, Gan Ning and Huang Zu, they have narrow vision.

Liu Wu was quite satisfied when he heard Huang Yueying introduce the giant ship “Xiangyang”.

According to the “History of Ming Dynasty” and “Biography of Zheng He”, the largest treasure ship of Zheng He was 444 feet long, 18 feet wide, and carried thousands of people, including crew members, sailors, officials, soldiers, medical staff, craftsmen, translators and other roles, which together formed a huge sailing team.

According to the ancient measurement conversion (one foot is equal to 31.3 centimeters, and ten feet is one zhang), the length of this treasure ship is about 151.18 meters and the width is about 61.6 meters. And this giant sea ship is about zhang (about meters) long and zhang (about meters) wide, which is about % to % of Zheng He’s treasure ship.

Liu Wu was very satisfied with this. After all, Huang Yueying was appointed as the director of the shipyard, and this was the first sea ship to be launched.

“Very good, let’s go to the deck first.”

Liu Wu praised with a smile.

Then everyone boarded the giant ship Xiangyang. After going on the deck, the view became wider.

Following Huang Yueying’s order, the Xiangyang immediately began to move, advancing rapidly at an incredibly fast speed, and it was extremely stable as if it was walking on flat ground while sailing across the Yangtze River.

“My lord, this ship is truly a giant on the water. With such a powerful ship, the Jiangdong navy will be vulnerable. You must equip me with a few more ships.”

The most excited person was undoubtedly Huang Zu.

However, Liu Wu smiled slightly when listening to Huang Zu’s words. Huang Zu’s sight was still limited to the rivers within the Han Dynasty. Now that the sea ships were sufficient to cross the ocean, it was enough to put on the agenda the construction of naval warships belonging to the Chu State. The strategies for attacking overseas continents, the American continent, the European continent and even the African continent could all be put on the agenda.

“Madam Huang, if we want to speed up, how long will it take to build such a large ship?” Liu Wu asked Huang Yueying.

Huang Yueying was obviously well prepared and said, “Even if the shipbuilding materials and style are determined, it will take nearly a year to build such a huge ship again.”

“One year!” Liu Wu was somewhat dissatisfied when he heard Huang Yueying’s answer.

Although Liu Wu knew that time was passing very quickly, it was still slow.

Liu Wu frowned slightly and asked again:

“If you build a medium-sized sea vessel of the same size as a building ship, but with the same internal power and stable structure as the Xiangyang, how many can you build in half a year?”

At this time, Liu Wu was already impatient and sent people to other continents.

The first thing Liu Wu thought of was to use the Xiangyang as the main battleship, and then match it with several small warships to form a small battle group.

Huang Yueying listened to Liu Wu’s question, hesitated slightly, and said:

“If there are enough materials, half a year would be enough to build two ships.”

“Two ships? Not bad. That’s it. I will mobilize a large amount of manpower and material resources to help you build the ships!” Liu Wu was very satisfied after hearing Huang Yueying’s words and said immediately.

Now that naval warships have been formed, sea vessels can be manufactured on a large scale.

An era of unprecedented maritime territorial achievements for the Chu State is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)