However, Ke Zhiming's next words gave these bosses who already had headaches a feeling that their heads were about to explode.

"According to the information provided by the brothers of the Tiandihui, Zhu Zhongqu is just a puppet emperor promoted by Ruan, Huang, Mei, Dai and Xu. The real power is basically in the hands of these families.

"Of course, this is not the key. The key is that most of these companies have the manufacturing drawings and documents of the treasure ship."

"In addition, the maritime ban imposed by the Qing Dynasty before was not able to completely ban these companies' maritime smuggling business. Therefore, these companies have no shortage of shipbuilding technology and wood used for shipbuilding."

"From this aspect, our navy of the Ming Dynasty is extremely disadvantaged, because neither the Denglai navy nor the navy under Lin Shuangwen of Fujian currently have warships capable of engaging in naval battles with treasure ships."

"The problem now is that we don't know when they will launch the treasure ship they built. The brothers of Jinyiwei and Tiandihui are trying to find out more information."

In fact, the news that Zhu Zhongqu's men might have treasure ship manufacturing technology gave Zhu Jinsong, the time traveler emperor, a huge headache.

As an old netizen who has been on the forum for many years, Zhu Jinsong has already guessed that Qian Deaf Old Dog burned the blueprints and documents of the treasure ship and framed them for Liu Daxia. He also knew for a long time that Qian Deaf Old Dog was a waste, but Zhu Jinsong did not do it anyway.

I thought that Qian Deaf Old Dog would be so wasteful that he actually let the blueprints and documents of the treasure ship flow into the public.

Of course, it would be easier if Ruan, Huang, Mei, Dai, and Xu just had blueprints and documents. After all, you can't build a treasure ship just with blueprints without high-quality wood prepared in advance.

The key point is that Ruan and Huang's family actually still have the shade-dried wood prepared in advance, which is very fatal.

During the Qianlong period, treasure ships were almost an unsolvable existence.

Although the technology of the treasure ship dates back to the Yongle period, more than three hundred years had passed by the time of Qian De Lao Gou. However, even though more than three hundred and eighty years have passed, almost four hundred years, the treasure ship is still no better than the most powerful one at that time.

How inferior is the advanced English battleship HMS Victory?

The construction of the Victory began in 1759 and was completed in 1765. It consumed more than 2,000 oak trees and 38 tons of iron, had a displacement of 2,162 tons, a length of 67.8 meters, a width of 15 meters, a three-layer artillery deck, and was equipped with 102 cast-iron cannons and

2 short heavy guns.

Captain Bao, who made his first voyage to the West in 1405, was 44 feet by 4 feet and 18 feet wide, which is about 140-150 meters long and 56 meters wide. He had more than 20 cannons in total and a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons. Even if

Even a small treasure ship has a displacement of more than 2,000 tons.

According to the character of the people in Zhongyuan Tangkou who are good at learning (copycatting), the Ruan and Huang families will definitely not follow the treasure ship drawings to build the treasure ship. Instead, they will 100% learn the advantages of the Europa battleship they have seen.

While retaining the water compartment and large hull, a large amount of steel was used, additional artillery was added, the artillery deck was divided, and even special weapons such as the Folang machine, the Tiger gun, and the fire dragon were used, and the cannons were used for long-distance combat, close combat... According to the treasure ship's rules

Due to its size, it is estimated that few ships would be willing to engage in a boarding battle with it, because the advantages of being condescending and having a large number of people are simply too great.

Anyway, this is what Zhu Jinsong himself planned.

Therefore, if Ruan, Huang, Mei, Dai, and Xu were allowed to build the treasure ship first, Emperor Zhu Jinsong of the Ming Dynasty would probably die of pain.

This is not impossible.

Since the money-making deaf old dog started to use the egg-shrinking tactic, the Ruan, Mei, Dai, and Xu families who occupied Zhejiang started to make a fortune silently. Who knows if they started building treasure ships in advance.

What's even more damning is that the Denglai Navy and the Fujian Navy have no warships that can fight against treasure ships. The "Victory" class warship ordered from Howard is estimated to take several years to arrive. Most of the existing warships are

It's a small boat used by our Tartar Denglai navy, and it can't defeat the treasure ship at all.

As for making it yourself...

Zhu Jinsong, the time traveler emperor, can make grenades and improve flintlock guns. Even the machine tools of this era can't help Zhu Jinsong, but Zhu Jinsong can't make a real battleship.

Neither the "Militia Training Manual" nor the "Friends of Military-Civil Dual-Use Talents" contained methods for building warships, and Zhu Jinsong could only provide ideas to the master craftsmen to the maximum extent possible.

Even if you build a treasure ship according to the treasure ship's drawings and documents, there is no hope, because shipbuilding not only requires skilled craftsmen and the preparation of wood and steel in advance, but also takes years.

Not to mention anything else, the first is the requirement for wood. Not all trees can be used to build boats. The second is that after the logs are cut, they must be soaked in water for two to three years and then dried naturally in the shade for three to four years. Pay attention to drying in the shade, not

Dry.

However, Zhu Jinsong's land did not have that much wood that had been soaked and dried in advance and could be used for shipbuilding.

After all, the Tatar Qing Dynasty has been frantically moving borders and banning seas since the Kang Mazi war. There is almost no place in Shandong that needs shipbuilding, so naturally there is no need to reserve wood for shipbuilding in advance.

After scolding Qian Deafangou and his eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart, Zhu Jinsong looked at the big guys and said: "No matter if Zhu Zhongqu has a treasure ship in his hand, our Ming Dynasty doesn't have one anyway, and we are asking for it."

The warships ordered by Howard will probably not arrive until more than half a year at the earliest."

"That is to say, during this period of time, our navy facing Zhu Zhongqu at sea is likely to suffer a loss. The reason why we brought you here is to hear if you have any good opinions.

?”

The navy is completely different from the army - it may only take ten years to build a strong army in the cold weapon era, and it may take even less time in the hot weapon era. However, regardless of whether it is the cold weapon era or the hot weapon era,

The time required to build a powerful navy is almost measured in decades or even centuries.

Therefore, since the current navy of the Ming Dynasty may not be as capable as the navy under Zhu Zhongqu, then we can only think of another way first.

After Zhu Jinsong finished speaking, all the big guys present frowned.

Yes, theoretically, there can be artillery on the shore to defend against these warships, but don't forget, these warships also have artillery, which can engage in bombardment with the artillery on the shore. The only difference lies in the range and amount of ammunition.

Moreover, the battleships can move, but the artillery on the shore is fixed at the gun emplacement and cannot move.

As the saying goes, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, but how can you prevent a thief for a thousand days?

Without a naval force capable of fighting, we have to rely on artillery on the shore to defend the long coastline. The amount of manpower and material resources required to invest in this is definitely a desperate figure.

Of course, in addition to building a navy, there is another way to defend the long coastline, which is to imitate the operation of Qian deaf old dog and his grandfather Kang Mazi, and directly move the borders and ban the sea, and evacuate the people along the coast to the inland

, clear the long coastline and the vicinity, and guard the critical pass.

In this way, even if Zhu Zhongqu's navy conducts a landing operation, Zhu Jinsong's army can handle it calmly.

However, the crux of the problem is that after Zhu Jinsong occupied Shandong and Fujian, he had already opened the sea ban and allowed people to live and fish on the seaside. Now, there are a large number of fishermen living on both the Denglai seaside and the Fujian seaside.

There is no problem in evacuating the people in the event of a possible naval battle, but to imitate Kang Mazi and move the country into the sea, not only does it require a large investment of people and material resources, but it may even cause turmoil.

After a long silence, Liu Erniu, who was in charge of the Zuo Army Governor's Mansion, spoke: "Even if the Denglai Navy is down to its last soldier, it will never let Zhu Zhongqu's troops break through the Denglai Navy.

Line of defense.”

Zhu Erdan also said: "While Zhu Zhongqu's treasure ship has not yet been taken, I will take people to Fujian."

Although most of the soldiers of the Denglai Navy are from the original Denglai Navy of the Tatar Qing Dynasty, after transformation, the current Denglai Navy can be regarded as completely transformed. It is said that it can fight to the last soldier.

You can really fight to the last soldier.

The Fujian Navy was basically made up of veterans who had rebelled with Lin Shuangwen from Liuqiu, and the entire Fujian Navy was under the supervision of Lin Shuangwen, so Zhu Erdan did not dare to make any rash guarantees and could only go there in person.

Look at the current situation of the Fujian Navy.

However, Zhu Jinsong shook his head and said: "You basically know nothing about naval warfare, so what if you go to Fujian? Now the Fujian Navy is under the control of Lin Shuangwen, and Lin Shuangwen has fought naval battles with the Qing soldiers, but he is more knowledgeable than you

Be more reliable."

"The most important thing is that since Zhu Zhongqu and the others want to join forces to attack the Ming Dynasty, they must do it mainly by land and supplemented by sea."

"There are more than 20 coalition forces, so many troops. Except for the rear army governor's office who wants to defend the Tatar army in the north, almost all the remaining Ming troops will be dispatched."

Having said this, Zhu Jinsong took another deep breath and said: "Although it was Zhu Zhongqu and others who started the war this time, we absolutely cannot sit in Shandong and wait for them to lead their troops to attack."

"In addition, since these rebels are all gathered together, it means that they will not have too many troops left behind. This is also our opportunity. We have to find a way to burn the flames of war on their territory."

As Zhu Jinsong's words fell, all the big guys present fell into a strange silence. Even Liu Huaiwen, who had been clamoring just now to hit harder if he wanted to fight, fell silent.

It sounds simple to say that we should send out all the troops to bring the war to the territory of the rebels, but the money and food that will be spent behind it is absolutely an astronomical figure.

And no one knows whether this bastard Qian Deafangou will take the opportunity to send troops south.

After struggling for a long time, Zhu Erdan simply stood up and said: "I will lead the former military governor's office to attack Anhui directly. I want to see if the anti-thief coalition forces can work together to deal with our attack on Anhui.

.”

Geng Rui, who was in charge of the Governor's Office of the Right Army, also stood up and said: "I will go to Shaanxi and lead the soldiers of the Governor's Office of the Right Army directly south from Shaanxi. After recovering the entire Shaanxi, the troops will be divided into two groups, one to Sichuan and the other to Sichuan.

To Hubei."

"Just like Er Dan told Uncle Huaiwen, if we want to fight, we should fight as big as possible. I don't believe that these coalition forces, which are patchwork together, can work together."

Zhu Jinsong nodded and said: "Then let's do it! Get ready for war!"

…

The Ming court under Zhu Jinsong was like a huge and extremely sophisticated war machine.

When Emperor Zhu Jinsong of the Ming Dynasty issued the order for war, the first to take action was the "Ming Dynasty Newspaper". Zhu Jinsong directly published an article in the newspaper, saying that it was Zhu Zhongqu and other ambitious people who had the final say on when to start the war.

It is up to Ming to end the war.

At the same time, various local governments under the Ming Dynasty also began to prepare supplies. Governments and peasant associations in places like Denglai and Fujian began to evacuate coastal people.
Chapter completed!