Daming 1805

Chapter 64 The Funeral Was Arranged Before The Child Was Pregnant
Zhu Jingyuan sat in the front row to sort out his thoughts, and the people who participated in the meeting began to enter the venue one after another.

The first is the relevant officials of the Department of Ships of the Ministry of Industry, and then the officials of the Department of Naval Equipment of the Ministry of War.

In the end, the largest number are the shopkeepers and master craftsmen from the related industries of the Royal Consortium's warship construction.

The lecture hall, which is about the size of four classrooms, soon filled almost one-third of the people.

Although the meeting time was set for ten o'clock in the morning, everyone knew that the emperor was coming to attend, and the ten o'clock appointment was obviously coming after the early morning.

What if they went to court early and came directly?Can't let the emperor wait for him?
Therefore, the participants who do not go to the morning court should come as early as possible, and they will arrive one after another at the time when the morning court starts.

But not to say that everyone is very prescient.

The old emperor was thinking about the design of the battleship, so he ended the early dynasty as soon as possible today.

When it was just [-]:[-], I came directly with the ministers who needed to attend the morning court and also attend the preaching.

The Minister of Military Aircraft of the Military Aircraft Department, the Ministers of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, and the Governors of the Five Armies, these seven ministers.

The old emperor Zhu Zhongliang was in high spirits and walked into the lecture hall.

Zhu Jingyuan received a reminder from the Ministry of Industry, and together with the participants at the scene, instinctively stood up and bowed in salute.

"Sit down, I'm just listening in today..."

The old emperor smiled and waved, walked to the front row with two guards, came to Zhu Jingyuan, looked at the pen and paper in Zhu Jingyuan's hand, and asked with a very curious smile:
"Grandson, are you all ready? Can you start?"

Seeing the old emperor's reaction, Zhu Jingyuan wanted to laugh a little. The old man was really interested in the new battleship:

"It's ready and can start at any time, but don't know if everyone is here?"

Hearing this, the old emperor immediately raised his head and looked at the propaganda official of the Ministry of Industry next to him. Without the old emperor opening his mouth, the other party directly reported:
"Report to Your Majesty, Your Majesty, all the invited people have arrived."

The old emperor sat directly in Zhu Jingyuan's seat:
"Then let's get started!"

"All right……"

Zhu Jingyuan squeezed a naive smile, packed up the things in front of him, and stepped onto the podium.

Zhu Jingyuan looked up at the people below, and the people below were also looking at Zhu Jingyuan, and many of them had expressions of doubt and curiosity.

They already knew the identity of Zhu Jingyuan, the oldest grandson who graduated in recent years, and just recently led the prince-level Caliphate King.

But they didn't understand why Zhu Jingyuan should preside over this kind of meeting.

Battleship design... In this category, what can this teenage grandson say?
And those old gentlemen who participated in the previous court now all have complicated expressions and a little bit of anticipation.

Looking forward to what this kid can do in the design of the battleship...

But no matter what state of mind he was, he was now very attentive, sitting quietly and waiting for Zhu Jingyuan to speak.

"Cough cough..."

Zhu Jingyuan cleared his throat:

"I... this king has obtained His Majesty's permission to preside over a seminar on the design direction of the Empire's future warships.

"This king is young and inexperienced, and now I am arrogant, and I also ask all the great craftsmen and old gentlemen to give me some advice."

Those who did not attend the meeting early, those craftsmen, shopkeepers, and officials, listening to Zhu Jingyuan's polite opening, all showed expressions of admiration.

He made an exception to seal the prince at such a young age, but now he is not arrogant or impetuous, and his behavior is generous and respectful, which is much better than their own children.

The point is that the share of ships approved by the emperor in the past two years has been very small. Now that the news of the war is coming to an end, everyone thinks that there will be less in the future.

But Zhu Jingyuan came out to get the emperor's permission and directly started to preside over the design and construction of future warships, which was equivalent to a new order for everyone.

This made the first impression of Zhu Jingyuan in the hearts of all the personnel related to the construction of the battleship, which was very recognized and appreciated.

Only the ministers who often went to the morning court were all very serious now, completely unmoved, just waiting to see what Zhu Jingyuan would come up with.

"Okay, let's cut down on the gossip and get down to business. Let's start right now, starting with the easiest..."

Zhu Jingyuan picked up a glass plate and placed it on the platform of the writing projector.

The light below the projector shone, and the content on the glass plate was projected onto the mirror above, which was then transferred to the display board behind Zhu Jingyuan.

The simple line diagram and basic parameters of "No. [-], a battleship of conservative technology verification type" were displayed in front of everyone on the scene.

Most of the designers below looked at the images, and suddenly showed expressions of sudden realization.

Zhu Jingyuan also smiled and nodded and said:
"Everyone should see at a glance that this No. [-] ship is the main ship that abandoned the sub-caliber secondary guns and used the same large-caliber main guns.

"The Ministry of Industry and the Royal Dockyard should have had a similar design. Today is to finalize it and officially start the design and construction."

There was a moment of suppressed discussion at the scene, and then most of the staff looked directly in the direction of the emperor.

The old emperor seemed to feel something, and at this time he said directly:

"From now on, as long as I don't open my mouth to doubt it, it means that I have approved or have no objection to the design."

Immediately below, more repressed discussions reappeared.

As Zhu Jingyuan said, similar designs of this kind of warships already exist, and many designs and officials in charge have seen them.

The royal shipyard and the Ministry of Industry have also asked the emperor for instructions, but the emperor has always been noncommittal before.

It seems that this design is not very acceptable, and the construction of this kind of warship has never been approved.

Now Zhu Jingyuan proposed it again, but the old emperor agreed directly.

Surprised, and then curious, how did His Royal Highness persuade the emperor?
While everyone was in a state of uncertainty, Zhu Jingyuan on the stage continued to tell what the old emperor said:

"Everyone should have seen that this No. [-] ship is listed as a conservative, technically proven design.

"So her specific design plan can be obtained after a little adjustment on the basis of the existing [-]-ton battleship.

"It is expected to have a maximum displacement of 24000 tons, use four twin 300mm naval guns, and a design speed of not less than 20 knots.

"In this way, the overall design and construction can be completed at the fastest speed, and the actual verification test can be started as soon as possible.

"These tasks, the ship division of the Ministry of Industry and the great workers of the shipyard can certainly easily complete, this king will not make irresponsible remarks about the design.

"I only mention some additional details, that is, the hull should be as large as possible, and the interior space should be as spacious as possible.

"There must be enough etiquette, meeting guests, and meeting rooms, and enough high-end daily necessities and drinks.

"Reserve enough luxury guest suites for high-status guests.

"In general, it is to be designed and built according to the luxury hotel..."

Zhu Jingyuan said it well, and everyone nodded slightly.

This job is really not troublesome, everyone has already designed it.

When it comes to displacement, everyone is a little bit surprised, this ship doesn't seem to need such a large tonnage.

After the next few sentences came out, everyone's expressions turned into pure confusion.

Are you designing a battleship, or are you designing a mobile hotel at sea?

The officials who went to the early court with Zhu Jingyuan are now all nodding secretly.

Although I don't know what he wants to do, it feels right.

As a representative, the old emperor in the front row asked the doubts in everyone's heart:
"What are you doing?"

Zhu Jingyuan was ready for a long time, and immediately began to explain plausibly:

"The design of this ship is too conservative, and it will definitely be eliminated quickly after the technical verification is completed, so I thought about the waste utilization plan in advance.

"I plan to use it for foreign affairs visits, for naval openings around the world, and even for high-end commercial passenger transport, for special banquets and exhibitions.

"Using the Navy's large capital ships to hold various high-end commercial activities, and taking large capital ships to travel to the ocean, should there be some commercial value, right?"

After being stunned for a few seconds, the audience below found that what Zhu Jingyuan said seemed to make sense.

This is indeed a bit of a commercial gimmick, and it seems like you can try it.

But what's going on with your child's thinking?

Now that I have just started designing, are you thinking about what to do after retirement?

It's like planning a funeral before a baby is conceived.

(End of this chapter)