Wang Zheng is really amazing now. His understanding of the application of steam engines can be said to be unmatched.

He understood many things at a glance, and used a steam engine to replace human tug-of-war, and he understood them instantly.

Of course, this is not too difficult, because the steam engine is ready-made and the saw is ready-made. Just connect the steam engine and the saw.

However, such a simple improvement greatly increases the speed of shipbuilding and saves most of the manpower.

At this time, the most time-consuming and laborious part of shipbuilding is processing wood, especially sawing wooden boards.

It is really time-consuming and laborious to saw the wooden board by manpower, because humans are not machines, and tug-of-warming will be tiring. Even if you have good physical strength, you have to rest after pulling the hour saw in a row.

Moreover, people cannot keep tug-of-warming all day long. Even if a person has good endurance, he will be so tired that his back is sore and his arms cannot be lifted up after four or five hours a day.

The tug-of-warming saw is different. As long as there is enough coal to keep burning steam, the steam engine can keep working. Moreover, the tug-of-warming speed is much faster than that of a human tug-of-warming.

If there is enough steam engine to tug-of-war, it will indeed save most of the labor.

Wang Zheng became more and more excited the more he thought about it. He just wanted to go to the steam engine to connect the saw and try it.

Taichang said solemnly with his face: "Liangfu, when will the dock waterways that build large canal transport ships be completed?"

Wang Zheng said without hesitation: "It is easy to build a large canal ship, and this kind of ship has been built in Ming Dynasty, and it has hardly stopped for more than two hundred years. There are many craftsmen who can build this kind of dock now, and it is very fast. As for the waterways, so many tunwei Qingming and strong digging it very quickly. It is estimated that the dock waterways of those large canal ships will be completed in the construction of ships."

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, this building ship can't be counted on this year. We need to build a batch of warships transformed from large canal ships. By the way, this kind of warship will be called a wolf-fanged warship in the future."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zheng couldn't help but nodded repeatedly, "Wolf Tooth Warship, a good name. Don't worry, the emperor. After the steam tug-of-warfare, there will be no need for too many craftsmen to try to make building ships and gunboats. At that time, the first 5,000 craftsmen can be pulled over to build wolf-tooth warships first. These first craftsmen have shipbuilding experience, and many have also built large canal ships. They should be very comfortable to build wolf-tooth warships."

Taichang nodded slightly and asked again: "How long will it take for you to build fifty wolf-toothed warships?"

Wang Zheng estimated: "As long as the manufacturing progress of steam engines and artillery can catch up, fifty wolf-toothed warships should be built within three months."

Steam engine and artillery!

When Taichang heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

At this moment, the only one who can build steam engines is the Imperial City Chengguang Hall, and he will never move this core component outside the Imperial City to manufacture.

Problem, the output of steam engines is really limited now, and there are still many places where steam engines are used now.

It seems that the Chengguang Palace must be expanded and sufficient craftsmen must be recruited to build steam engines.

As for artillery, fifty Dragon-Tooth Warships are only three hundred artillery pieces. With the current production capacity of Wanggong Factory, there should be no problem as long as it is fully processed.

At worst, stop the musket first and let all the craftsmen in Wanggong Factory build artillery.

Anyway, as long as a new musket factory is built, the speed of building guns can be increased by at least ten times.

Thinking of this, he nodded slowly and said, "Well, I will find a way to deal with the steam engine and artillery. You just need to ensure that you can build the ship within three months."

Wang Zheng hurriedly bowed and said, "I understand."

Taichang then said to Yuan Keli: "Liqing, you have also seen the Wolf-Tooth Warship. How many naval troops do you think the fifty Wolf-Tooth Warships need to be equipped with?"

After hearing this, Yuan Keli thought about it carefully before estimating: "The Wolf-Tooth Warship has a total of six artillery pieces. Generally, it is enough to be equipped with twelve gunners. However, if you consider the casualties during combat, it is best to be equipped with twenty-four gunners rotation, and four steam-burning people, two people who are in charge of the helm and the two people who are in charge of the helm. In this way, a Wolf-Tooth Warship is thirty naval soldiers, and fifty wolf-Tooth warships are 1,500 naval soldiers."

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, you can select 1,500 naval soldiers first. I will give you fifty wheels and boats, so that they can get familiar with the operation of the ship."

Yuan Keli hurriedly bowed and said, "I will understand."

Taichang nodded slightly again, and then solemnly said: "This is just the beginning. Since I am preparing to re-establish the Ming Navy, the Wolf-Tooth Warship and Tower Ship Gunboats will naturally speed up construction. Starting next year, we will build at least 200 Wolf-Tooth Warships and 50 Tower Ship Gunboats every year. Li Qing, this navy commander is you. I will add a navy governor to take charge of the navy affairs. Think carefully about how to train enough navy soldiers to control these warships and battleships."

The emperor really wants to rebuild the Ming Navy, and the Ming Navy's warships and warships will increase sharply at a rate of more than 200 ships per year!

Upon hearing this, Yuan Keli couldn't help but bow with excitement: "Don't worry, my uncle, I will do my best to train the navy soldiers."

Taichang nodded slightly again, then raised his hand and said, "I will give you two more generals, Mr. Shen is one, and there is also this one, Zhang Yuanfang, the commander of the Imperial Guards, you can take him with you."

It is obvious that Zhang Yuanfang is the leader who will truly control the Ming Navy in the future, because Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong are both older and have not had a few years of success.

Zhang Yuanfang was full of excitement, and Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong didn't think there was anything wrong with it, because they were already experiencing their remaining energy. As long as they could form the Ming Navy in their lifetime, they would be satisfied.

Yuan Keli bowed without hesitation: "I understand."

Of course, it is not that easy to re-establish the Ming Navy, because Yuan Keli has only more than 10,000 naval soldiers under him, and the Haihe Shipyard has 200 wolf-fanged warships produced every year.

There are also tower ships and gunboats, which cannot be controlled by dozens of people.

Taichang thought about it again, and then said to Wang Zheng: "Liangfu, how many guns are there in the tower ship gunboats? In addition, what other places need to be controlled by people, please introduce them carefully."

Wang Zheng hurriedly pointed to the unfinished drawings and introduced: "There are three-story gun towers above the deck of the tower ship's gunboat. Each floor is equipped with 40 Thoracle guns of 500 kilograms, which is 120 in total. In addition, there is a main gun of 1,000 kilograms. As for the place that needs to be controlled, it is mainly on the floor below the deck. There are eight boilers and sixteen steam engines here."

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, Liqing, look at how many naval soldiers a building gunboat needs to be equipped with."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Keli stared at the drawings and thought for a while, then raised his hand and pointed to the bottom of the gunboat of the building and said, "Liangfu, what is this floor for?"

Wang Zheng said without hesitation: "This floor is a warehouse, which is dedicated to storing grain and ammunition. In addition, except for the steam engines, the other parts of the above floor are water storage tanks, and fresh water is stored in this floor."

Yuan Keli nodded slightly, then estimated: "Master, according to this structure, it is best to have one hundred gunners on each floor of the deck, and fifty people who monitor boilers and steam engines on the floor of the deck. In addition, command, ship control, command and messaging, it is best to have four hundred naval soldiers on a building ship.

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Well, all of these are up to you, and the guards of the coastal headquarters are also up to you to dispatch them. In short, you must ensure that the wolf-fanged warships and tower ships and gunboats must be built with skilled navy soldiers."

When Yuan Keli heard this, he bowed without hesitation: "I understand."

If the Dutch and the Spanish heard about the arrangement of the Ming Navy, their chin would probably be shocked.

Their staff of the gunboats in the building ships totaled less than 200 people. Moreover, they cannot build gunboats without restrictions because their population is too small.

Spain has a population of less than five million at this moment, so it would be good to be able to increase 500,000 young and strong people. The Netherlands has a population of only about one million, so it would be good to be able to increase 100,000 young and strong people.

Therefore, even if they can build tower ship gunboats, they dare not build too many, and the personnel equipped on each tower ship gunboat can be saved as much as possible.

The Ming Navy actually had a tower ship gunboat equipped with 400 people, and fifty tower ship gunboats would be 20,000 people!

If two hundred wolf-toothed warships were added, the Ming Navy would need to expand 26,000 people in one year, and tens of thousands in four years!

Such shipbuilding ability and such explosive speed are beyond the reach of all countries in the continent.
Chapter completed!