Valley Emperor

From Jinling City to Shanghai, the fastest and most convenient way is to take a boat all the way down the river. &1t;/

Chen Lifu is naturally unavoidable, so he is the owner of the ship! &1t;/

Originally, Chen Lifu also thought about traveling in his own boat, but he gave up the idea. Although his own boat is more luxurious and more comfortable, and it is a new inland schooner that has just appeared in the Tang Dynasty in the last two years, but this way The words are too ostentatious. &1t;/

Therefore, he chose to take the official transportation ship. Although the official ship said that the conditions were more difficult, the speed was still not slow. &1t;/

Because this kind of official transportation ship of the Tang Empire is usually used for the transportation of important personnel and the transportation of letters and documents, and it is a regular flight. &1t;/

The advantages and characteristics of this kind of sail are very obvious. The advantages are fast sailing, very flexible, and the ability to sail against the wind is excellent. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to build. Therefore, at this stage, it is not suitable for large ships. , are generally used on small and medium boats. &1t;/

This sail outfit is matched with the clipper, so it is the standard equipment for the fast communication ships and fast transport ships of the Datang Imperial Navy and the Datang Western Company. &1t;/

At the same time, most of the official transportation ships sailing in inland rivers also use this kind of sail, but it is not a clipper type. &1t;/

The transportation ship that Chen Lifu was riding on belonged to the post office. This post office was also the former post station. The early post station system was managed by the military, but in order to maintain the balance of operations, the post station would also accept private business. &1t;/

Later, the post station system became an organization that has both military, official and civilian use. For better management, a separate voice was separated from the military, and the management organization was also very complicated. The 6th Army, Navy, The Ministry of State-owned Enterprises jointly dispatched personnel to form the Management Committee of the Postal Department. &1t;/

In the transport ship that Chen Lifu was on, in addition to Chen Lifu and his party, there were more than a dozen other officials and their servants who went to work or did business in other places. &1t;/

In addition to the passengers, there are a lot of various official documents and even some other messy things in the cabin. &1t;/

This is a transport ship that transports small items as well as passengers. &1t;/

As the transport ship raised its sails and gradually left the dock, Chen Lifu did not return to the cabin, but stood on the deck of the bow, looking at the dock ahead and the surrounding ships. &1t;/

The wharf as far as the eye can see is as busy and green as ever. This wharf is not a commercial wharf in Dongcheng District, but an official wharf in the old town, which is not open to private boats. &1t;/

The ships berthed here are all official ships. The largest number are the transport ships of the postal company, and then there are patrol ships, the ships of the tax inspection team, and most of the messy ships of other departments are also berthed here. &1t;/

At the same time, it is also a military port, but it is not a naval port! &1t;/

The military dock of the Navy's Yangtze River Fleet is not here, but in some of the Navy's Yangtze River Fleet bases further north. The military ships anchored here are mainly the 6th Army and the Guards. &1t;/

Don't look at the fact that both of them seem to be military services operating on the ground, but in fact they both have ships. &1t;/

The Guard is a 6-sea mixed unit. In addition to the ground combat unit, there is also a fleet unit. The main ship is a frigate of more than 400 tons, and then there are more than ten patrol ships. The strength is not weak. . &1t;/

On the side of the 6th Army, they also have maritime transport divisions, and those are ocean-going ships. Such a 6th Army naturally has inland ships. &1t;/

In the past two years, the 6th Army has been wrangling with the Navy. The 6th Army wants to get the Navy's inland fleet. After all, most of the things the inland fleet does is to support the 6th, **** the inland water transport materials, and have a close relationship with the 6th Army. It has nothing to do with the navy's own combat missions. &1t;/

But the navy is reluctant to hand it over like this, so although they have been talking about it in the past two years, it has no effect. &1t;/

The Guards Army and the 6th Army, their ships naturally cannot be too many, and this battleship is not very professional, but after all, there are. &1t;/

The ships on this dock are the warships of the 6th Army and the Guards. &1t;/

Such an official wharf, according to common sense, is not too busy. After all, it is not a private commercial wharf, but who made the empire so huge, and Jinling City is the capital of the empire. Every day, there are official ships from all over the world. When I came to Jinling City, there were also many ships leaving Jinling City every day, which made it so busy that it was just such an official pier. &1t;/

After leaving the pier and entering the Yangtze River channel, Chen Lifu was able to feel the arrival of the Yangtze River shipping more. When the ship passed through Dongcheng District, the shores that he saw were almost all piers, and there were countless piers moored on the pier. ship. &1t;/

This is the civil commercial terminal of Jinling City, and it is also the Jinling Port in the general sense. The entire terminal is almost spread along the south bank of the Yangtze River. A large number of various ships are parked here. ! &1t;/

In recent years, inland river shipping, represented by the Yangtze River shipping, has become the economic artery of the Tang Empire! &1t;/

The major arteries of the Yangtze River, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Yellow River and the Pearl River drive many tributaries. &1t;/

The Yangtze River Basin has Ganjiang River, Xiangjiang River, and then connects the Huaihe River through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and then connects to the Yellow River, and then penetrates into Henan and even Shaanxi through the Yellow River. &1t;/

There are Beijiang, Dongjiang, and Xijiang in the Pearl River Basin. The Xijiang passes through Zhaoqing, Wuzhou, and then reaches Liuzhou and many other places in Guangxi. &1t;/

The extensive inland rivers also gave the empire the foundation for developing inland river transportation. &1t;/

At the same time, the empire is also vigorously promoting and stimulating inland water transportation. Therefore, in recent years, the inland water transportation in the empire has developed rapidly. The most representative Yangtze River, especially the lower reaches of the Yangtze River from Jinling City to Shanghai, is commonly known as the Yangtze River. There are also many ships. &1t;/

These boats on the Yangtze River range from big to small. The small ones are just small sampans, but the big ones can reach a displacement of hundreds of tons. These boats sailing on the inland river are usually sand boats. &1t;/

Sand boat, this is a type of boat that has been used for a long time. It is characterized by shallow draft, large load capacity, strong headwind sailing ability, wind resistance and wave resistance, especially poor wave resistance. Of course, it is also low in cost. an important feature. &1t;/

This feature determines that this type of boat is suitable for coastal and rivers and lakes, but if you want to sail in the open sea, it is reluctant, but if you are not careful, the boat will be destroyed. &1t;/

The Tang Empire exhibited shipping, inland shipping and coastal shipping even more, so this kind of traditional ships also got the opportunity to develop, and began to be built and widely used, whether it is the Yangtze River, the Pearl River or the coastal areas, it can be seen Lots of sand boats. &1t;/

In fact, the recent shipbuilding technology of the Datang Empire has been developing rapidly, so let's not talk about warships. This has nothing to do with civilian use. As for ocean-going merchant ships, it is a series of new Tang Dynasty merchant ships based on the 680-type merchant ships. This kind of ship is called Tang ship by other natives and Westerners in East Asia, while in the Tang Dynasty, most of them are called new ships, or simply called 680 merchant ships. &1t;/

In addition to this new type of ocean-going merchant ship of Tang Dynasty, there are several other new types of ships, such as clippers, but although the hull of the clipper has been explored and applied, this hull is purely for the pursuit of navigation, so that the transportation volume It is relatively small, so purely from the freight cost, the cost performance is far lower than that of the Tang boat, not to mention the Galen boat. &1t;/

Only in some areas that need to be pursued, can you see the shape of ocean-going clippers, such as fast communicators, fast transport ships, and a few trading companies have begun to use these clippers to transport tea! &1t;/

When tea is transported by sea, the shelf life is relatively short. In order to let the tea reach its destination as soon as possible, it is natural to use a faster clipper. &1t;/

However, in the ordinary, non-pursuing bulk cargo transportation, it has not been able to replace the Tang ship or the Galen ship for the time being. &1t;/

In addition to Tang ships and clippers, the Tang Empire also learned and imitated Western Galen ships. After all, this type of ship has great advantages for transporting goods, and some trading companies like to use Galen ships. &1t;/

Compared with ocean-going ships, the exhibition of offshore ships is a bit behind. This is mainly the traditional ships in China. Most of them are used for inland and offshore navigation, and their performance is not bad. Sand ships are the most obvious ones. For example, while the cost is low and the cargo capacity is large, the number of sailors required is still small, which means that the transportation cost is low. &1t;/

Otherwise, those shipowners would have already purchased the new schooner newly launched by the Dingsheng Shipyard. The ship is so good, fast and suitable, but it is expensive~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Also Can't ship much. &1t;/

If you want to use this new type of schooner as an ordinary cargo ship, it is estimated that you have to wait for the further development of shipbuilding technology. When the technology is developed, the cost will be lower, fewer sailors will be required, and more cargo will be transported. The resulting reduction in transportation costs may lead to large-scale applications. &1t;/

Now, the coastal inland water transportation of the Datang Empire is still dominated by the ancient traditional ship type of the sand boat. &1t;/

However, this does not affect the rapid development of coastal inland water transportation in the Datang Empire! &1t;/

Industry and commerce have huge transportation demands. Shipowners will have profits, and if there are profits, more and more ships will be invested in them. This is not only the result of the official promotion of the Tang Dynasty, but also the natural choice of the commercial market. &1t;/

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