The next day, Yang Sichen began to worry. In order to find Australia, he had to go out to sea. The problem was that the ships in the Yang family's fleet were not suitable for exploration ships. Although the Fu ship was suitable for long-distance sailing, because the length and width ratio was less than three, the speed was less than eight knots when the wind was smooth. It was too slow. Other types of ships were too small to withstand the wind and waves.
The long and sharp curved scissors bow was suitable for racing. It could cut through the waves to reduce wave resistance, so it was called flying scissors. The bow also extended the length of the ship. Extending a slash along the bow column allowed more lateen sails to be hung at the bow, which was beneficial to expanding the capacity of the sail. The hollow bow made it easy for the ship to raise its head in the waves, which improved its sailing stability in the waves. The stern gradually thinned out, with the outward waterline perfectly coordinating the transition to the narrow round tail, blending harmoniously with the beautiful bow. This type of flying shears had a large sail area. Usually, three to four masts were used to equip the ship with a full sail, and a high mast was often used. The height of the mast was three-quarters of the captain's height. On the top mast sail, there were moon sails and stay sails. Sometimes, on both sides of the ship, there were also extended sail yards, called wing sail bars, which could hang wing sails, which increased the horizontal extension area of the sail. The front mast of the three-masted flying shears was farther from the stern, so a shorter slash could be used to reduce the interference between the sails. It could be seen that the horizontal size of the sail greatly exceeded the width of the ship.
Yang Sichen was a member of the school's aeromodelling team when he was in middle school. He had personally made large-scale wooden models of the King of the Seas and Victory. She majored in mechanical engineering in university. It wasn't difficult for Yang Sichen to draw the design of the Flying Scissors Sailboat.
Thus, Yang Sichen relied on his memories from his previous life and spent an entire afternoon with the help of the purple handkerchief to finally replicate the blueprint of the scissors sailboat. Looking at the blueprint on the table, Yang Sichen shouted in his heart," The glory of the great geographical discovery would not only belong to the West!
Early in the morning of the 10th day of the 11th month, Yang Sichen found Old Shen and gave him a stack of half-inch-thick blueprints. He then instructed him to leave after half an hour. He also promised to give Old Shen ten taels of silver if he completed it within three days. If he completed it in advance, he would even give him an additional reward.
Old Man Shen's eyes turned red when he heard that. Ten taels of silver! This was his salary for the past four months!!
Old Shen immediately left after hearing that. Seeing Old Man Shen leave, Zi Juan covered her mouth and laughed secretly----This money is not easy to earn!
Now that the model was complete, it was still far from being able to build a real ship. He still had to go to the shipyard to take a look.
In the afternoon, Yang Sichen went to the Blue Sea Hall. Old Master Yang was looking at a sea map, deep in thought. Hearing Xia Zhong report that Yang Sichen was here, he nodded and let Yang Sichen in. He didn't hold back and directly handed the sea map to Yang Sichen, who had just entered the room, and said,""Little Chenzi, your mother told me last night that there is a continent south of Nanyang. It is not much smaller than our Great Ming, and the population is only as large as our Great Ming province. Where did this news come from?"
Yang Sichen hesitated for a moment before finally saying,""Magellan, a Westerner, set off from the Western Folangji, headed west, and finally returned to Folangji. This shows that the saying left by our ancestors that the sky is round and the earth is square is wrong. When Magellan arrived at Luzon, south of the Ming Dynasty, he was killed by the Luzon people. His men sailed west along the route that the three treasures eunuch went to the West to India. Finally, they bypassed Manbasa and returned to Folangji. However, Magellan had left behind many things in Luzon. Among them was a diary, which recorded that he had stopped on a large island in the south before he arrived in Zamboagam. It also explained the scenery on the island in detail. These few pages of the diary happened to be in his grandson's hands. He had spent 725 copper coins to buy them from a merchant. I've read it carefully and feel that it's not a big island. It's the Liming Continent that was discovered by a lost fleet during Eunuch San Bao's sixth voyage to the West!”
After saying that, he took out a stack of paper from his pocket. After unfolding it, it was a full five feet long and four feet wide. It drew the detailed topography of Asia and Oceania. Yang Sichen looked at the paper and thought to himself,'Thank you Buddha, Amitabha. Luckily, I've seen many maps in my previous life and still remember many things…'
" This... is really your doing!?" Old Master Yang looked at the map and asked in surprise.
"I drew it myself. I started flipping through books in June and checking the sea map. It took me four months to complete it until the beginning of September. Is grandfather satisfied?" Yang Sichen grumbled, looking like he had suffered a great grievance.
Old Master Yang laughed and said,"Hahahaha…you little bastard, you really have a lot of tricks up your sleeves." Tell me, what did you like this time?”
Yang Sichen didn't beat around the bush and said openly,""Grandfather, please allow me to go to the Yang family's shipyard to take a look. If one wanted to go to Liming State and pass through Polo State, they would have to go through the windless sea (the windless belt of the equator) that was 1500 miles long. The boats of the Yang family were not suitable. Although the boats of the Fu family were suitable for long-distance sailing, their aspect ratio was too small. It was too slow to use manpower to row them. The other boats were too small to withstand the wind and waves. Therefore, he wanted to build a new ship. Grandson had already drawn a sketch of the new ship, and once Old Shen finished making the model, he would bring it to Grandfather to have a look. However, his grandson was not sure if this ship could be built in his own shipyard. After all, although this ship was somewhat similar to the Fortune Ship, it was very different from the Fortune Ship internally. Therefore, I want to go to the shipyard to take a look."
Old Master Yang was very surprised and asked,"Can your boat run faster than the Fortune Boat? One had to know that the boat could travel 600 miles a day when the wind was smooth.”
Yang Sichen said confidently," I can guarantee that this boat can travel 1,100 miles in a day and night!”
Old Master Yang had an incredulous expression as he said,"Even a western warship can only travel nine hundred miles in a day and night. Your ship can travel eleven hundred miles.”
Old Master Yang waved his hand and said,"Alright!" It's almost the new year anyway, and the shipyard has no business. I can let you manage it for two months.”
Yang Sichen took the opportunity to strike a snake with a stick and said,""Grandfather, it costs money to build a ship. What do you think…"
Old Master Yang laughed and scolded,"You little bastard, you're even smarter than your father!" You beat around the bush and ask me, this old man, to give you money. Alright, I'll give you 100,000 taels of silver. Consider it your lucky money this year. Don't ask the old man for New Year's money again during the New Year!”
"Thank you, Grandfather!" Yang Sichen said happily. Grandson will definitely build the boat!"
The grandfather and grandson chatted for a while more before Yang Sichen took his leave.
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Yang Sichen returned to the Jade Wave Courtyard and found the purple handkerchief. He said to her,""Zijuan, pack your things immediately. We'll go to the shipyard tomorrow!"
"Young Master, did the Old Master agree?" Zi Juan asked curiously.”
"You're underestimating me too much, girl." Yang Sichen laughed. Not only did his grandfather agree, he even took out a hundred thousand taels of silver. However, you have to accompany me to the shipyard to stay up late.”
Zi Juan rebuked," This servant has long been Young Master's man. Wherever Young Master goes, this servant will follow!"”
Yang Sichen laughed after hearing that. He took the opportunity to use his finger to lift Zijuan's chin and said frivolously,""Little girl, smile for me."
Zi Juan was embarrassed and slapped Yang Sichen's hand away.""If Young Master is still like this, this servant will ignore you!”
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