Chapter 659

Jiajing and the ministers were shocked when they saw such a huge warship.

They did not expect that they could see such a huge warship.

Especially Zhang Rong, he did not expect that his son was so capable. Not to mention whether these warships could float on the sea, it would be very difficult to build them.

"Your Majesty, please come here!" Zhang Hao led the way and led Jiajing forward.

Soon, they arrived under a warship that was about to be built, began to climb the Xuan Ladder, and walked into the warship. Jiajing was extremely shocked at this moment. No wonder King Yu was very excited to find out that he was coming to Tangshan. Who wouldn't be excited to see such a warship?

After Jiajing got on the warship, he found that the decks of the warships were very large and all of them were iron.

"Zhang Hao, this is also made of iron?" Jiajing stomped his feet and asked.

"Yes, they are all iron, but in order to reduce the weight, there is also wood inside. Your Majesty, I will take you to see it!" Zhang Hao said to Jiajing with a smile, and then he arrived at the boat platform. There was also glass installed on the boat platform to see clearly the situation outside.

"Good boy, the construction is so good!" Jiajing said with emotion.

The other ministers also nodded frequently and then walked into the cabin. The first floor was full of cannons and had been installed.

"Your Majesty, you see, these are all cannons. Our warships will be attacked with cannons in the future. They are not just like before, but with bows and arrows. Of course, we also have bows and arrows, which are used to prevent the enemy from landing on warships!" Zhang Hao said to Jiajing.

Jiajing walked to the cannons, touched them, and then said to Zhang Hao: "I am very satisfied with these. Now I just want to know whether it can float up and walk?"

"Hehe, you will know later. Your Majesty, don't worry!" Zhang Hao said with a proud smile.

"You boy!" Jiajing pointed at Zhang Hao with a smile, and then continued to visit the battleship, including the engine compartment, and took Jiajing to see it.

Jiajing didn't know what an engine was, but he was very satisfied with the construction inside.

"It's really good, not bad!" Jiajing kept saying it, and the ministers were like curious babies, touching around. They had never seen anything like this before. It was already an hour later when they got off the warship.

After coming down, the person in charge of the ship came over and waited below.

"I'm going to see Your Majesty!" All of them knelt down.

"Thank you all!" Jiajing quickly walked over, helped them up in person, and touched the hands of the people. He found that their hands were very rough. They were officials, and they obviously worked here.

"I will release your rewards in the next two days. Thank you for your hard work. You have done a good job in helping Mr. Lu An. I will not be stingy with the rewards!" Jiajing said to them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I dare not be greedy for me!" The person in charge said to Zhang Hao.

"Thank you so hard. It's not easy to build a solid line of defense for the borders of the Ming Dynasty!" Jiajing said with emotion, and the other ministers nodded.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the people bowed and said again.

"Zhang Hao, what should we look at next?" Jiajing asked Zhang Hao.

"The warship is launched. Today, there is a warship going to be launched!" Zhang Hao said to Jiajing.

"Oh." When Jiajing heard this, he became interested. He was always worried about whether these warships could float. Now Zhang Hao said that the warships were launched, so Jiajing was interested.

"Let's go, take a look!" Jiajing said to Zhang Hao, and Zhang Hao smiled and led them forward. Along the way, many workers were cheering.

Jiajing was also very happy and waved to the workers.

Jiajing was very grateful to the workers. If it weren't for them, these warships would not have been built.

Soon, Jiajing and the others arrived next to a huge warship. Below were three naval generals, guerrilla general Chen Zhengqing and two commanders Zhao Xian and Zhang Lihe.

"The last general Chen Zhengqing!"

"The last general Zhao Xian!"

"The last one is Zhang Lihe!"

"See Your Majesty!" The three of them saw Jiajing coming, and immediately knelt down on one knee and bowed his hands.

"Please get up, Zhang Hao said this time that you were the ones who launched the warship?" Jiajing went over to support them and asked with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty, let's leave it to our navy. Our navy needs to organize soldiers and be familiar with the operation and tactics of warships!" Chen Zhengqing said to Jiajing.

"That's good, when will it start?" Jiajing continued to ask.

"Waiting for Your Majesty's order!" Chen Zhengqing bowed and said.

"Then start!" Jiajing said.

"Yes!" Chen Zhengqing immediately bowed, and then the two commanders boarded the warship. They needed to operate on it, while Chen Zhengqing needed to accompany Jiajing below.

Soon, water began to be filled in the dock, and the water level was getting higher and higher. Jiajing and the others also heard the squeaking sound, which was the sound of the warships starting to float.

As the water level of the water injected became higher and higher, all the warships floated up.

"It's floating, can it really float?"

"Can the iron float?"

"This...how did this?"

All the officials looked at the warship in shock, and then they saw a small boat coming and dragged the warship toward the outside.

"Why do you have to drag it with a boat? Will it be the same in the future?" Jiajing asked.

"No, the dock is too narrow, and the warships are not easy to move. After all, if they hit a certain place, it will be bad, so you need to drag it out with a small boat and then start it outside!" Zhang Hao explained to Jiajing.

"Yeah, okay!" Jiajing nodded and continued to look.

When I saw the warship dragging out of the dock, there was a large water surface outside, I heard the roar of the engine and the chimneys above the warship began to smoke.

"Your Majesty, the warship has been started!" Zhang Hao said to Jiajing.

"Yeah!" Jiajing nodded, then saw the boat loosening the cables. The soldiers on it took back the cables, and then heard three whistles.

"What a loud noise?" Jiajing said with emotion when he heard it.

Then Jiajing discovered that the warship was moving, and its speed was getting faster and faster. Then he saw the warship begin to turn in the distance and drive quickly.

"Okay!" I don't know who shouted ok, and then all the officials shouted ok, and then applauded excitedly.

Jiajing was also very excited. These warships were much faster than people rowing, and so big that the pressure was enough to make the Japanese pirates frightened.

"Zhang Hao, you did a good job, Chen Zhengqing, you did a good job too! We will also visit the navy in the afternoon, right?" Jiajing said to Zhang Hao and Chen Zhengqing beside him.

"Yes, visit the navy in the afternoon and watch the navy practice!" Zhang Hao nodded immediately and said.

"Okay, I'm a little looking forward to it, a little looking forward to it!" Jiajing said happily, and then Zhang Hao took Jiajing to the canteen here, and all the officials here participated.

When Jiajing brought the ministers to the cafeteria, all the officials stood up.

"Your Majesty, the officials who built the warships here are all over 300. They all have skills in their hands. It depends on them to build the warships!" Zhang Hao said to Jiajing from the side.

"Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work!" Jiajing nodded with a smile, and then walked among the officials.

The officials bowed to Jiajing one after another, and Jiajing also went over to support them, feeling very excited!

These people are the strength guarantee of the Ming Dynasty. With them, there are iron-armored warships. With such warships, who would dare to come and provoke them in the Ming Dynasty?

Jiajing chatted with the officials and asked them what difficulties they had. They all said they did not. The salary given here was very high. In addition to the salary given by the court, they would also give another salary. They were already very satisfied.

Jiajing said it should be, it is so difficult here, of course it requires more money.

After lunch at the cafeteria, I went to the navy.

The navy's camping place is not far from here, less than twenty miles away, and it is ready there, just waiting for Jiajing to come.

When Jiajing left the boat workshop, all the workers came to see him off.

Jiajing told Zhang Hao that this month, they would be given double salary.

After Zhang Hao announced the news to the workers, the workers were even more grateful.

Then Jiajing got on the carriage, and the ministers quickly got on the carriage, and they were extremely shocked.

Now they know why Jiajing trusted Zhang Hao so much. Only Zhang Hao's ability is, but no one has it. In addition, Zhang Hao is loyal to Jiajing, how can Jiajing not like it?

And Zhang Hao still rode a horse and followed Jiajing.

"Barzi, this thing is done well, beyond my imagination, it is good!" Jiajing said to Zhang Hao.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, tell me, is this money worth it?" Zhang Hao looked at Jiajing proudly and said.

"It's worth it!" Jiajing nodded and said happily.

"Your Majesty, these warships will bring us great benefits in the future. What are those Japanese pirates? In the future, as long as the warships can reach, it will be the territory of our Ming Dynasty!" Zhang Hao said proudly.

"Hahaha... OK! OK! I hope so too. Japanese pirates, I am not worried. Our warships could not travel far before and could not find their nests, but if we have such warships, can we still be afraid of them? If we find their nests, let alone kill them, they will be scared to death!" Jiajing said happily.

"That's what, what's the Japanese pirates? They will definitely be flattened in the future!" Zhang Hao said with a smile.
Chapter completed!