Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 339 The key to monopolizing the New World is population

For Emperor Zhu.

A ship specially used to shuttle between the New World and the mainland of Ming Dynasty, on the east and west coasts of the Pacific Ocean.

There must be a balance between cost and efficiency.

The cost should be as low as possible, and the efficiency should be as high as possible.

The design plans of some large shipyards are relatively conservative.

Emperor Zhu was not very satisfied.

On the other hand, Yifan Shipyard's plan uses a lot of advanced technology, but also uses a lot of cheap metal components and relatively cheap wood, so that the construction cost of the ship can be reduced to a very low level.

"The cost of such a ship is about 5000 Ming Yuan. The hull does not use expensive wood, but wood and iron composite panels. The cost is cheap, and it is suitable for large-scale assembly line production. If large-scale production can be carried out If so, the cost of this type of ship can be reduced to less than 3000 Ming Yuan!"

Jiang Yifan said with a smile.

Below 3000 Ming Yuan?

Many civilian and military generals who followed looked at each other in blank dismay.

Especially Lin Minghe, who has been appointed as the governor of the Jinshan Governor's Mansion, stepped forward and asked, "Is it so cheap, is it safe? For such a big ship, the wood alone costs more than three thousand?"

"Safe, it has been tested. The hull is stronger than the general Dafu boat and Daguang boat. This wooden board is sandwiched with iron sheets as the hull material. There are many iron smelting factories in the Ming Dynasty. The price of iron is very cheap. The machine-pressed iron sheet is also very convenient, so that you don’t need any precious wood, you can use ordinary wood, and the materials for shipbuilding are easy to obtain, which can support large-scale production!”

Jiang Yifan introduced.

Lin Minghe nodded.

At this time, on the other side, Zeng Ada, who was about to be appointed as the commander of the capital of the Ming New Continent, also came up and asked, "Is this ship fast? How long does it take for a round trip? How many people can it carry?"

Zeng Ada now carries the rank of colonel on his shoulders—in fact, he has already been enshrined for his military achievements. Among the princes of the Ming Army, there are not many who have not yet carried the rank of general on their shoulders.

Zeng Ada is one of the "honorable members".

The reason is also very simple, this guy can't pass the level of "cultural class".

The title is already Marquis.

But still a little colonel.

It's embarrassing.

So some of his old superiors recommended to Emperor Zhu to lead troops to the New World. Everyone knew that going to the New World was hard work.

Therefore, before going to the New World, Zeng Ada will definitely get an exceptional promotion and become a general.

Only in this way can he be qualified to take the position of commander of the capital of the Great Ming New Continent.

Leading troops to go thousands of miles away, it takes six years to go-according to the regulations, the officials of Jinshan Governor's Mansion can only serve for six years, and then they must be rotated.

Although the Ming Dynasty now has many modern systems, it can ensure that there will be no warlords like Jiedu in the Tang Dynasty.

But in places as far away as the New World, the system is still a little stricter.

For Emperor Zhu.

This piece of land will be distributed to the princes of Ming Dynasty in the future, that is, Emperor Zhu and his sons.

He didn't want to see his son come to his fief in the future and be manipulated by powerful officials.

"Fast! Faster than ordinary merchant ships! Because the ship has a steam engine as a supplementary power, it can use the steam engine to pass quickly in areas where there is no wind and no ocean current. Use this type of ship to take the route of Shanghai, Edo, and Jinshan. The outbound journey can be shortened to 30 days, and the return journey can be shortened to 40 days. Although it is necessary to arrange a certain amount of space on board to load fuel and propulsion systems, it has saved nearly [-] days. In addition to the low construction cost, This ship type will become the most outstanding merchant ship type in the next few decades!"

Jiang Yifan said proudly.

He knew that with this outstanding merchant ship, his Yifan Shipyard would inevitably become one of the largest shipbuilding companies in Ming Dynasty.

"It can carry 300 shi of cargo, plus more than [-] passengers."

"Thirty thousand stones? This is three times bigger than the largest Guangzhou ship!"

"There are three hundred passengers!"

As soon as this remark came out, many officials who came to investigate with Emperor Zhu gasped.

Emperor Zhu showed a smile on his face.

Thirty thousand stone, converted into modern metric units, is about two thousand tons.

It is not a big ship in modern times.

But in this day and age, that's quite a load.

"This is Newland's No. [-] ship. It is designed to be loaded with people and goods. The lower deck is used to carry goods and supplies, and the upper deck is loaded with people. In order to save costs, you can pick up a batch of goods destined for Japan at Shanghai Port and use them for shipment after unloading in Japan." the shipping fee, supplement food, fresh water, agricultural tools and other goods, and then set sail from Japan to Jinshan Port.”

Emperor Zhu patted the hull of the New Continent No. [-] ship, raised his head and said.

"300 people, counting the wear and tear, it is conservatively estimated that 250 people can arrive smoothly, a ship, 750 days back and forth, three times a year, at least 10 people. The service life of the ship is at least 500 years, that is to say, one One ship can send at least 75 people ashore in ten years! If there are one hundred ships, it will be [-] people in ten years!"

Emperor Zhu made the final calculation silently.

There are 75 immigrants, and the immigrants are all young and middle-aged men and women, so they must hold hands and have children.

With one hundred ships, in ten years' time, Ming would have a territory in North America with a population of one million.

Two hundred ships, 200 million after four years!

As long as you are willing to invest, the population of Ming Dynasty in the New World is a math problem!

ten years!

ten years.

The Ming Dynasty must have a sufficient population on the west coast of the New World.

This is the key to finally occupying the New World!
Only a large enough population can support enough troops to fight in the New World.

Otherwise, rely on Ming's local shipping to support an army across the Pacific Ocean to fight against the United States, Britain, Spain, and maybe even European forces including the French.

That's almost a doomsday.

The difficulty of crossing the Pacific, and the difficulty of crossing the Atlantic.

Not on a level at all.

No matter how strong the Ming Dynasty is.

Subject to the current technical conditions.

The power they can exert directly on the North American continent is also extremely limited.

therefore.

The first step to win a new land.

It is necessary to occupy a stable stronghold, and try to fill this stronghold with as many people as possible!

thought here.

Emperor Zhu looked at Jiang Yifan and asked: "I plan to set up a new continent shipping company and place an order for 30 ships from your shipyard. If the ship price is 20 Ming Yuan, the shipbuilding cost will be [-] Ming Yuan. This is just the first batch of shipbuilding plans, you can give a [-] deposit in advance, and the Daming Royal Bank can open up a low-interest loan of [-] to your shipyard, [-] ships, when will it be built?"

(End of this chapter)