open sea

Chapter 685 Good News
The viewing platform was useless at all, but the worshiping platform built by Feng Bao at Dagukou was used. The next morning, the ministries of the first phase of Beiyang gathered from the military mansion to the port one after another according to the emperor's wishes, and boarded the ship one by one.

The same is true for the Jinyiwei, the Forbidden Army, and the Jing Army specially transferred from Nanjing. They boarded the four main battleships Wanli, Taiyue, Nantang, and Shuanglin here, as well as twelve escort ships of different sizes.

It was just dawn, and there was a heavy fog on the sea. On this worshiping platform, a little Wanli, who was dazed early in the morning, with a pair of dark circles under his eyes that couldn't sleep because of excitement, rubbed the soreness from riding too long yesterday while walking. legs, on which two edicts were read and delivered.

One was to order Chen Mu to set up You Zhili in Asia, and the other was, as he said in the Forbidden City Operation Command Room, to take out an imperial edict appointing Chen Mu as the Secretary of the Asia Economic Strategy and the Ministry of War of Youjing.

At the same time, he was also granted the seal symbolizing the power to deploy troops and the Shangfang sword of the emperor's authority. It was stated in the edict that these two things must be returned immediately when they return to China—he still does not have the right to deploy troops in China .

But overseas, the power to command troops, deploy troops, and administer power is integrated into one body.

This is actually an identity, and the power overlaps with the Minister of the East, so it doesn't make much sense except that it sounds good.

In addition to these, there is also a box of treasures, 72 Wanli gold medals and 72 seals, which are to be awarded to the leaders of the native Asians. The names of places, officials, and people have not been inscribed, and Chen Mu will distribute them to the leaders of the Ming Dynasty.

"I just want to get on the boat. I have "Northern Army Manual" in my palace, and it's almost torn apart. I've read more than "University". The eunuchs in the palace will know what you're doing. If you don't believe me, ask the supervising army."

Chen Mu and the supervising army Chen Ju led the emperor and Feng Bao to walk towards the trestle bridge. Chen Mu was very surprised when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Chen Ju.

Chen Ju pursed his lips and nodded slowly with a little smile, and said: "Xuanfu Lecture Hall recruits students for the first phase, 23 officers from the Four Guards Battalion of the Yumajian, and 40 people for the second phase. .”

"We will be in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor when the third-term students are to be recruited. The prestige is not as good as that of the governor. All the armies have tasted the sweetness, especially the Beijing army. There are a lot of people, and the number of places is not easy. After that, 23 people per year will become a rule."

When Chen Ju said this, he was not embarrassed at all, and said seriously: "But we have our means. In addition to the Beixuan Mansion, the Four Guards Camp also asked for 23 places from South Guangzhou. We ran to Beiyang frequently. How Beiyang trains troops is no secret."

"How Beiyang trains, so does the Four Guards Battalion, so the emperor sees a lot of military training...Grandpa, that's the Wanli number."

Before Chen Ju spoke to remind him, the little emperor had already stood on the edge of the plank road, staring blankly at the sea with his mouth open.

The flag troops boarded the ship since last night. More than half of the flag troops spent the night on the ship. Before the sun rose in the morning, the rest of the flag troops gathered on the shore with torches and boarded the ship one by one. The ship sails to sea.

At present, the Chinese fleet is still docked in the deep water on the shore. Even if only one fleet is docked, it is still dark in the eyes of the little emperor. The gunboats with tall masts and wide decks are parked on the shore, like a city connected to the sea.

The rising sun pierced through the morning mist, and the four huge warships sailing from the northern water village broke through the shadows, revealing huge figures.

The four warships broke through the waves in a zigzag shape, and the front was the Nantang ship, which represented the general. The head of the ship was carved with a huge stone, similar to the head of Lou Qimai's ship.

Followed by the Wanli ship with nine dragons as the head of the ship, a little behind one left and one right to protect the second ship Taiyue and Shuanglin, which symbolize the outer court and the inner court, and the crane-wing sails are slowly retracted. , with heavy anchors falling into the sea, four warships anchored offshore.

Wanli, who was standing there, clenched his fists tightly, his face was blushing, and his glowing eyes were fixed on the Wanli.

Even though he had played countless times with the four model ships in the Jinshui River, he was still very excited when he saw these four huge, mighty and sturdy warships.

"Good, good, good!"

After whispering three good words in a row, little Wanli took a deep breath, walked towards the trestle bridge, halfway there, he suddenly turned sideways and raised his arms to point at the moored giant ship, looked back at Chen Mu and asked, "It can defeat all warships in the world?" ?”

"Hmm..." Chen Mu nodded and pondered, and then said firmly, "I don't know, but the Wanli ship is indeed stronger than all the warships I have seen, but in Europa, they built ships very fiercely in a hundred years."

"Five years, within five years, the Wanli ship should be the most powerful warship in the world."

"Only five years?"

Little Wanli waved his hand in dissatisfaction, then he didn't know what to think, and looked at the sea with a sneer, and ran to the boat carrying them to the Wanli ship. ah!"

What else could that sneer be?In a few years, he will be in power, and he will build a bigger warship after he is in power!

Waiting for Chen Mu, Chen Ju, Feng Bao and a group of big Han generals who were protecting Lu Bo to board the ship, they sailed to the Wanli ship in a short while, the board bridge on the ship was lowered, and the little emperor boarded the ship without saying a word and named it after himself. The warship was not in a hurry to run back and forth, and he held the side of the boat and said a very professional word to Chen Mu.

"Jing Haibo, report the parameters of the Wanli ship."

"The materials used to build the ship are 680, the length is 210 feet, the width is [-] feet and [-] feet, the draft is [-] feet and [-] foot, and the water discharged into the water weighs [-] catties."

"Double-layer artillery deck, fully loaded with 32 households of sailors and boatmen, there are 24 generals of twenty-jin Zhenshuo and 24 generals of ten-jin Zhenshuo. There is a [-]-unit Shenwei mechanism arrow launcher at the head and tail of the upper deck, which can rotate for half a circle .”

"For the rest of the ships, the materials used for the three capital ships are all over [-] materials, and the escort ships are between [-] and [-] materials. Unless there is a naval battle with the powerful Europa, no fleet in the world can hold back Da Ming's traveling around the world. fleet."

The little emperor watched the ship that transported him return to the voyage, then turned his head and asked, "What if there is a big war, as Jing Haibo said, Europa is a powerful country."

"The captains of each ship are all generals of the Nanyang Navy. If the number of ships is equal, as long as there is no land battle, the battle will definitely be won, but there are two problems in getting supplies and repairing the warships."

"If the enemy has dozens of large ships and hundreds of small ships, the disparity between the enemy and us will not be able to win, but relying on the strength of the ships and guns, it is not a problem to retreat, and the worst is to return to Asia-as long as their king is not a fool, even if they come to attack the ministers, they will not be a problem. Will hit this fleet."

If you fight Chen Mu, you can still negotiate a peace in the future. If you fight the Wanli ship, the Sanyo Fleet doesn't need any development, just gather and prepare for the expedition to destroy the country.

Snapped!
Little Wanli clapped his hands together: "That's enough, let's set sail and follow me to Asia!"

Dozens of people on deck including Chen Mu, Chen Ju, Feng Bao, courtiers and generals: "???"

The little emperor smiled awkwardly and said, "It's just a joke, it's just a joke."

"Today, the general is about to set sail. I hope that you will return safely as soon as possible, so that the native people in Asia will be freed from slavery and slaughter, and Huang Ming will be able to obtain a rich and prosperous hometown."

"I didn't watch Lu Shi's grand parade, in order to save one day, and boat masters don't have to read it again. The general ordered the fleets to set sail. I will send you to Jinzhouwei. After tomorrow, I will have to read it every day." In the morning, I can only send you to Jinzhouwei."

"I am in the Forbidden City, waiting for your good news!"

(End of this chapter)