A San believes that they won another big victory, and the Ming Dynasty was of course the one who really won the big victory.

This time, the Ming Dynasty consumed nearly 350,000 Ah San's troops.

If we count all the consumptions of the previous few times, A San would have consumed more than 800,000 people!

These San didn't know what they were thinking about, but they didn't take it seriously.

Taichang held up a telescope and glanced at A San who was constantly building siege equipment there, and his face was full of strangeness.

Of course, he hopes that Asan can continue to attack the Southeast defense line.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the Southeast defense line as a copper wall. Such a terrain is too beneficial to them. As the defender, they can say that they have no losses every time, just consumed a little ammunition and kerosene.

A San's continuous attacks were exactly what he wanted. It can be said that even if A San wanted to fight for the last person, he would be with him to the end.

He just couldn't understand why A San could not take such a huge loss seriously.

Alas, there is no way. As a psychiatrist, he can't even diagnose what went wrong with A San's brain.

This is really a happy trouble.

Taichang sighed comfortably, then smiled and said, "Jiandou, this time it's a double happiness, we must celebrate it."

What is a double happiness coming?

This won another big victory, and there was no sign of Ah San withdrawing his troops, so this was naturally a joy. The question is, what is the joy?

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while before he asked carefully: "Your Majesty, I'm daring, is there any empress who is happy?"

What are you thinking?

Now that we are fighting everywhere, Taichang naturally cannot let several concubines get pregnant. If we want to have a baby, we have to finish this battle.

Taichang shook his head helplessly and smiled, "You, like me, can even forget the New Year. It's almost the New Year, don't you know?"

It turns out that the Chinese New Year is coming soon!

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but say embarrassedly: "This Weichen really forgot, because A San came too suddenly this time, and the battle was endless. The Weichen has been considering A San's problem, and he really didn't expect the New Year to be celebrated."

When Taichang heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Thank you all for your hard work, we still have to live a good life this year."

Let’s discuss with Minping and others, and let the 100,000 soldiers of Shenji Camp and 400,000 new soldiers of the guards take turns to guard the front wall, and every 100,000 troops will be held for one day, rest for four days, and take turns.

The Southeast Camp and the Nanyang Camp were responsible for guarding the prisoners and guarding the jungle edges in the north. They also had a group of people and horses, guarding for one day, resting for four days, and taking turns.

Zushou and his team and the 200,000 Black God Army soldiers will let them go back to Xinwuwei City to station. The Shenwu Camp is the hardest, and the Black God Army is here to help. Let them all have a good rest this New Year holiday.

All the soldiers, the meals for this month are the best. Each meal is twelve dishes. Those who have a rest can drink some wine in moderation, just don’t get drunk.”

Well, according to the speed of Ah San's preparation and the speed of the anti-Habsburg Alliance transporting muskets and artillery, people will definitely not launch an attack this month, just pay attention to the point.

Lu Xiangsheng quickly bowed and said, "I understand."

The two were discussing the New Year when a lieutenant suddenly walked up quickly and bowed and said, "Report, Your Highness, Your Highness, King Xin, Lord Wang Zheng, Lord Song Yingxing, Lord Song and others are here."

Taichang was stunned when he heard this.

It is understandable that King Xin came over. This kid just likes to run around.

What were Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing and others coming here again?

He was stunned for a while before waved to Lu Xiangsheng and rushed to Xinwuwei City with his personal guards.

At this time, King Xin Zhu Youjian, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing and others were already waiting at the dock where the Emperor was docking.

When Taichang saw the ship docking beside them, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

This is obviously a newly developed two thousand warship, because its structure is completely different from the Dragon Tooth Warship, ASCHS, etc.

When he was stunned, everyone had already stepped forward and bowed to meet.

What's going on?

All the eight ministers in charge of the research institute came.

Taichang couldn't help but ask, "Why are you all running over?"

King Zhu Youjian was the first to bow and said, "Father, is this the New Year? I'll come to accompany you for the New Year and send you some gold and silver notes."

This kid.

Taichang said helplessly: "Jian'er, you can't print these gold and silver notes randomly. You have to ensure that you have enough real gold and silver exchange, otherwise, the gold and silver notes will continue to depreciate and eventually turn into waste paper like treasure banknotes."

King Xin Zhu Youjian quickly explained: "Father, don't worry, my son has not printed randomly. The gold and silver notes printed must be exchanged for real gold and silver."

You haven't printed it indiscriminately yet?

Taichang immediately asked, "How many gold and silver bills have you printed this time?"

King Xin Zhu Youjian said without hesitation: "The son minister only brought 100 million taels of silver and 10 million taels of gold."

Sure enough, there are so many more.

It’s okay to have a gold ticket, because large gold mines have been discovered in Xinjingzhou Prefecture, Xinyangzhou Prefecture and Sula Kingdom, and it is still no problem to produce one million kilograms a year.

The silver bill seems to be no longer possible, 100 million taels are ten million pounds.

Can the silver ore of the Ming Dynasty produce so much silver?

The Dongyang Cheng announced that the Ministry of Public Security seems to have two large silver mines. The problem is that it is good to produce 1 million kilograms of silver a year, but it is still far from 10 million kilograms.

Taichang said angrily: "I won't talk about gold. We have indeed discovered several large gold mines in recent years, and it is not a problem to produce millions of kilograms a year.

What about silver? You have printed 200 million taels of silver for me in the past two years. Can the Ming Dynasty produce tens of millions of kilograms of silver every year now?”

Of course, it can be more than that!

King Zhu Youjian nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Father, you don't know yet. In the past two years, the Ministry of Works has discovered several large silver mines in the New Jingzhou Prefecture and North America, and it is not a problem to produce 20 million kilograms of silver a year."

Uh, so many silver mines?

He did not return to Beijing for nearly two years, and the state affairs were handled with full power by the Crown Prince Zhu Youxiao, and he really didn't know about this.

Twenty million kilograms of silver a year!

Now it's really developed.

Taichang couldn't help but nodded slightly and said, "Okay, it's fine if the money is fine. You must not care about printing gold and silver notes in the future.

Liangfu, Changgeng, why are you all running over? Are you having any problems?”

Wang Zheng quickly explained: "We didn't encounter any major problems.

Your Majesty, have you been away from the capital for almost two years? We have developed some things to show you.

In addition, we would like to ask you to give us some advice on future research and development directions. After all, many times, it is not as good as the emperor's advice when we study for a few days or even months."

This, well, I just have hundreds of years of experience than you.

By the way, the research results.

Taichang couldn't help but point to the battleship next to him and said, "Bogong, this is the new warship you developed, right?"

Zhang Jimeng quickly said modestly: "Your Majesty, this cannot be considered a development by Weichen alone. The main thing is that Lord Wang, Lord Song and Lord Sun have developed a lot of new things, which has helped Weichen a lot. Weichen actually just changed the structure of the hull."

When Taichang heard this, he couldn't help but take a closer look.

The hull structure of this new warship is indeed very different.

To be precise, this warship is no longer the structure of a sailboat during this period, but the structure of a warship in later generations.

The entire hull is narrow and long, just like a shuttle, and it seems that the iron slime corners are installed in front, which can reduce the resistance to water even more.

Moreover, the hull is not high, and it seems that there is only one layer on the deck.

However, there are many gun doors on this floor, and about thirty gun doors are arranged densely on one side alone.

What is the structure here?

Taichang couldn't help but waved, "Let me in and take a look."

As soon as he walked into the cabin, he was stunned.

Because the cannons on this ship are very different from the Thunder Cannon. Judging from the color, they should be made of some kind of steel. The barrel is thin and long, not as bloated as the Thunder Cannon.

Taichang was stunned for a moment before asking: "Chuyang, is this a new type of artillery you developed?"

Sun Yuanhua nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Weichen felt that the strength of copper was not high enough, so he specially asked Chang Geng for help and arranged for students to develop a steel material with relatively high strength, good toughness and not very high hardness for Weichen.

This kind of steel is much stronger than copper after being forged and processed, and the barrel does not have to be as thick as it is.

In addition, we have adopted forging and plasticity, and the length of the barrel can also increase a lot.

Although the caliber of this kind of artillery is the same as that of a 200-pound Thunder God cannon, its range can reach more than five miles.

The impact force is also quite strong, and the side of a wooden warship can be penetrated with just one shot."

Very good, this is a bit similar to the artillery in later generations.

Taichang nodded repeatedly and said, "Well, your development direction is very good, so I will make this kind of artillery in the future.

By the way, you can also do some work on shells and develop other types of shells, such as sharp cone-shaped, flowering shells, etc..”

Upon hearing this, Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but suddenly said: "I understand, thank you for your advice."
To be continued...