I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 60 The Battleship of [-] Materials
Chapter 059

The cold wind howled and the snowflakes fluttered.

In the cold wind, the towering city walls of Penglai Water City undulate on the ground like a crouching dragon, extending towards the sea, enclosing not only Dengzhou and Danya Mountain, but also the entire port.

Under the protection of the city wall, two or three hundred ships quietly stayed in the calm harbor.Most of these ships are small and medium-sized warships, and the [-]-material gunboat equipped with eight Frang machine rapid-fire guns is the main battleship of Ming Dynasty at this time.

However, on the other side, there are fifteen huge warships. Even if you don’t know how to calculate, you can visually measure them. Compared with the gunboats of 120 materials ([-] tons), it’s like the difference between Smart and George Patton. These large warships It is definitely a giant battleship of the [-] material level.

In this era, even if such a giant warship is not weak compared to the navies of the European countries, it can also be proved that it is still the most powerful country on this planet, even though it has been in decline.

It is a pity that these brand-new giant ships did not play their due role. They neither opened up the territory of the Ming Dynasty nor protected the sea routes to ensure the safety of maritime trade. For the first time, Jiannu possessed naval military power.

The Ming Dynasty had the largest navy in the world at that time, but it was attacked by Japanese pirates, not only in Jiangnan, but also in Shandong. For this reason, Shandong also established a Shandong Beiwa Capital. This is the contradiction of the Ming Dynasty. Strong, too weak in the later stage.

The Ming Dynasty set up the capital department (the capital command department), the chief political department (the department for the announcement of politics), and the inspection department (the department for the inspection and punishment). They were divided into military affairs, civil affairs, and justice.The capital is in charge of the military. Generally speaking, each province has a capital.

However, there are three capitals in Shandong, namely Shandong Capital, Shandong Beiwo Capital, and Liaodong Capital.The headquarters of the Shandong Metropolitan Commander was originally located in Qingzhou City, Qingzhou Prefecture. Hongwu moved to Jinan City, Jinan Prefecture in 19, while the Shandong Beiwa Metropolitan Division, which was built in the sixth year of Yongle, was stationed in Penglai Water City, about five miles northwest of Dengzhou.

Penglai Water City was built on the basis of Daoyu Village in the Song Dynasty. Its area is not very large, only 25 square meters, which is equivalent to 370 mu of land, and it is not even as large as the Qiao Family Courtyard.

However, because Sun Yuanhua, a leader of the Western France Party, served as the governor of Denglai, during his tenure, he not only formed a Western-style Denglai new army, but also built six bastions and six forts in Penglai Water City in accordance with the European style.

In addition, twelve 48-pound guns were built on these forts. The eight Franc machine guns that Sun Yuanhua gave to Cheng Shijie were 200-pound guns. 260 m/s, the trajectory is curved.It is generally used for siege or equipped on warships, and can also be used for field battles.

This kind of artillery is very light, and the net weight of the gun barrel is only 57 jin. With the design of the gun hoe, gun wheel, gun shaft, and runner gear set, the total weight is just over [-] jin.Even in the case of complicated road conditions, four soldiers can take it apart and walk on their backs.

But this 48-pound artillery weighs more than three tons. Of course, this artillery is powerful, and it is also a new type of naval gun that is not equipped by the navies of European countries.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was another advantage, that is, all European countries sold everything. Most of the artillery that Portugal sold to Ming Dynasty were dismantled directly from the warships.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's shocked face, Sun Yuanhua smiled proudly and said, "Shijie, is it spectacular?"

"Spectacular, I have never seen such a big warship before!"

Of course, Cheng Shijie was lying. In later generations, he had seen huge ships that were ten or dozens of times larger than this.

Sun Yuanhua said very proudly: "Since Benxian took office, he has made heavy hand in a row, and managed to get more than 100 million taels of silver, and it's all here!"

Cheng Shijie suddenly understood why after the Dengzhou rebellion, everyone in the court wanted Sun Yuanhua to die, because after Sun Yuanhua, the governor, came to Shandong, he did not hesitate to deal with Shandong tycoons.

That's right, the county magistrate of Pojia and the prefect of Miemen are not just kidding.

From this point of view, Kong Youde’s rebellion was not without conspiracy. He was able to quickly become powerful, and the Shandong tyrants and gentry contributed a lot. Not only did they strike the market, but they also ran out of food to force Kong Youde to rebel. I am afraid that when Kong Youde rebelled, those people contributed a lot. .

Cheng Shijie looked at these warships and secretly made up his mind that even if they were all burned, they must not build slaves cheaply.

"Of course you haven't seen it...Looking at the world, only Daming has the ability to build such a huge ship."

Sun Yuanhua said slowly: "Shijie, did you know that 200 years ago, when Zheng He sailed to the Western Seas, the warships he took were even bigger than these, maybe ten times bigger than the largest ship of [-] pieces?" times as large as sailors could pile up soil on the deck to form a field for growing vegetables."

One material is equivalent to 0.325 tons. Isn't the largest warship more than [-] tons?

"My goodness!"

"It's a pity that there are not one of these legendary artisan households. Benxian took great efforts to find less than 300 people. There were a million of these artisan households back then."

Sun Yuanhua pointed to these warships and said: "Ning's navy needs to sail inland rivers, and the ship is too big. Four hundred warships are just right!"

The length of the four-hundred-year-old warship is 28 feet, which is equivalent to more than [-] meters. The width is about [-] foot, [-] feet and [-] inches, and the width is about [-] meters. The draft is [-] feet, less than [-] meters.

Unless it is a dry season, such a ship can navigate many rivers.

Cheng Shijie followed Sun Yuanhua to participate in the entire Penglai Water City. This is a purely military fortress, which is different from Dengzhou City. It is on a huge dock.

Originally, the Dengzhou Navy only had 150 seven warships of various types. However, due to internal strife in the Dongjiang Army, Shen Shikui, the deputy commander of the Dongjiang Army and Mao Wenlong’s father-in-law, led the navy to join Sun Yuanhua, and Sun Yuanhua’s navy force suddenly increased by half. The total number of warships exceeded [-].

It is precisely because of Shen Shikui's support that Sun Yuanhua now has a severe surplus in naval forces. The navy is a more expensive arm than artillery and cavalry. The cost of feeding ten infantry is about the same as one cavalry. It ranges from a few hundred taels of silver to more than 500 taels of silver, and it takes more than 50 taels of silver a year to feed a cavalry (military pay, ordnance, horses and fodder, because the average use of a war horse is two to three years, and a war horse The average annual consumption of the army is equivalent to 17 taels of silver (Guan Ningjun).

As for the warships, the cost is even greater. Even the ordinary [-] gunships of the Ming Dynasty are equipped with eight Franc machine guns. The cost of the guns alone is enough to make people feel shuddering.The warships of this period need to rely on sails as power and do not need to consume fuel. However, the problem is that the warship needs to be repaired once it goes to sea, and the gaps are filled with asphalt, and asphalt is garbage in later generations. More expensive than oil.

Sun Yuanhua allocated to Cheng Shijie six 18-material gunboats and fifteen 2.8-stone flat-bottomed boats. These boats are about [-] meters long, three meters wide, and have a draft of only three feet.Fully loaded with five feet, the passability is better.As the name suggests, the five-hundred-stone ship can hold five hundred stones, and it is also the main ship of water transportation. This kind of ship is about [-] inches thick, but it has no artillery.

There are 21 large and small ships, plus more than [-] sailors from the Dongjiang Army's native place. The leader is a general named Li Zhixiang.

"Meet the guard!"

"Free gift!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Mr. Li, take your people and get ready. Let's go back to the Ning Navy Station."

Ning Haijun's barracks is in Zijin Mountain, but that doesn't mean that Cheng Shijie doesn't have a navy station. He really does have one. That's the Hot Spring Salt Factory. The Hot Spring Salt Factory was originally a hundred households. Salt, while building a permanent barracks.

There is no way, Zhou Yandong is also afraid of being attacked by Japanese pirates or pirates while guarding the coast. They are drying salt in Ninghai, which is stealing food from salt merchants.

After receiving these 21 ships and more than 500 soldiers, Sun Yuanhua said earnestly: "Shijie, Shandong will be handed over to you. Although the Ning Navy has not been in the army for a short time and the training is insufficient, but the sacred order is hard to break." , Your Majesty ordered Ben Xian to rush to the aid of Liaodong, and Ben Xian needs to take Denglai's new army to Liaodong."

"Unless the door is dead, otherwise..."

Before Cheng Shijie could finish speaking, Sun Yuanhua said with a smile: "It's unlucky to say that you can't die. When Ben Xian returns from Liaodong, let's design a carriage house together. Ben Xian thinks there is still room for improvement in this carriage house!"

Sun Yuanhua fell in love with this carriage caravan designed by Cheng Shijie. This kind of caravan is really convenient and has a particularly good shock absorption effect. In the past, riding in a carriage was extremely bumpy.

With this RV, traveling by car is simply a kind of enjoyment.

Sun Yuanhua has a large number of craftsmen in his hands. He is now building a luxury version of the carriage house car, using high-quality wood and engraved with exquisite patterns. He is going to give it to his teacher Xu Guangqi as a gift for entering the cabinet.

However, the problem is that Sun Yuanhua, who considers himself a technical expert, can't solve the steering problem of the four-wheeled carriage. This device is a large bearing brought by Cheng Shijie from later generations, and he can only carry one at a time, weighing more than 50 kilograms.

"My subordinates wish Master Futai the best of luck in advance!"

Cheng Shijie took his soldiers and his five hundred new subordinates along the coastline to the Hot Spring Hundred Households.The hot spring hundred households said that it is a hundred households, but it is actually bigger than Penglai Water City.

Incredible, right?
Because Zhou Yandong learned Cheng Shijie's method when building this hundred-household house. Although he didn't have much food, he had salt. Analysis, purification, disinfection, purification treatment, and cannot be eaten directly.

Zhou Yandong used salt as wages, attracting a large number of people to come to work. In just over two months, he built a 700-household house covering an area of ​​more than [-] mu. Of course, this was an expansion of the original site, and the project volume was relatively small Small.

As Cheng Shijie went to the new station, these navy officers and soldiers were very disturbed, not knowing what their future was like, nor what would happen tomorrow.

In the cold wind, these Dongjiang Army Navy soldiers saw a hazy city, and their new home, Hot Spring Town, had arrived.

PS: La la la... The second update is here. This weekend, Lao Cheng will continue to code.Routine tickets.

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