parentshiftbook Chapter 435 The Ming Dynasty’S New Warships Enhance Navigation Capabilities!
Chapter 435 The Ming Dynasty’S New Warships Enhance Navigation Capabilities!
Chapter 435: Ming Dynasty’s new warships enhance sailing strength!
It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang is arrogant, but now, looking at the whole world, there are probably no more than two countries that want to compete with the Ming Dynasty and have the ability.
Moreover, the reason why these countries have such strength mostly relies on terrain and geography rather than national strength.
Moreover, looking around the world, only the Ming Dynasty has truly mastered the most advanced navigation technology and has complete experience.
Zhu Yuanzhang believed that if he wanted to, as long as he did not consider the consumption of national power and other issues, he could directly order the Ming army to continuously attack the surrounding areas like Genghis Khan did in the past, establish a unique empire, and even plant the Ming flag throughout the world.
"Well, Ye Xuan's statement makes sense."
After expressing his attitude, Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "But according to what you said "403", there seems to be a lot of materials needed this time. Although our Ming Dynasty's current financial resources are abundant, these resources may not be able to Are you sure it's okay to take photos of too many ships?"
This was what Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about. After all, according to Ye Xuan's description, this so-called ship was made of steel. For such a scale, it required a huge number.
Although the Ming Dynasty's forging was developed and its iron ore was abundant, the problem was that to conquer a continent, it would never take more than one or two ships.
Because of the memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts were actually still immersed in the discovery of Australia.
He has unconsciously brought the use of these ships into the attack on Australia.
In his opinion, if he wanted to control a territory comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty, he would have to have at least 100,000 troops.
Although Ye Xuan also emphasized that the area of Australia was almost three-quarters of the Ming Dynasty, including deaths from illness and possible loss, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt that there must be at least 100,000 troops.
As a result, at least ten ships are needed, otherwise it will be too crowded.
With such a population, not to mention the supplies needed by these people, it would require at least twenty ships.
This number, in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, would take a long time to build.
When he and other heroes were competing for the world, he also tried to build a fleet, but the result was that the shipbuilding process took too long and was often damaged and interfered with, so he had to give up in the end.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang was inspired by Ye Xuan and once again mobilized craftsmen to build ships to go to sea. It took him half a year to build the big ship.
Now the ship proposed by Ye Xuan is obviously more complicated and consumes more money. This makes Zhu Yuanzhang instinctively feel that it will take a year to complete.
If it fails ten thousand times, I'm afraid it will have to be repeated again, and then I don't know how much more construction time will be added.
Zhu Biao also understood the situation here. After hearing Ye Xuan's words, he was thinking about this, but he did not dare to reveal it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Now that he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Zhu Biao finally felt more at ease, but at the same time he began to hesitate, worried that Ye Xuan's answer would not satisfy Zhu Yuanzhang.
Just when he was thinking about whether he wanted to help and say something, Ye Xuan made his request without answering Zhu Yuanzhang's question.
"Your Majesty, can you give me a pen and paper first so that I can elaborate?"
This was the place where Zhu Yuanzhang handled government affairs, so there was naturally paper and pen.
If someone else made such a request, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely arrange for someone to make separate preparations. After all, he used his pen and paper, which would inevitably lead to the suspicion of transgression.
But he didn't think Ye Xuan was an outsider, nor did he think anyone dared to say anything.
So he actually looked directly at Zhu Biao and motioned for him to hand over the pen and paper.
Zhu Biao was stunned, but he still did it.
After receiving the pen and paper, Ye Xuan started sketching and it took a while to complete the two pictures.
Zhu Yuanzhang got closer and realized that Ye Xuan had painted two kinds of ships.
He was about to ask Ye Xuan what he meant, but Ye Xuan had already given an explanation.
"Your Majesty, this is our previous ship. It is a sailboat and needs to rely on wind power. Therefore, its travel is often restricted, and its speed also depends on the strength of the wind."
"And this one is what I call the ship. It relies on a steam engine to move and can control its speed and direction. As long as the wind and waves are not enough to cause disaster, it will never make any mistakes on the sea. It can be said to be like a fish in water. "
After hearing Ye Xuan's description, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the temptation of this kind of ship was indeed great.
If Australia had not happened before, Zhu Yuanzhang might not have noticed it at all, so waiting for a year or two would not be a problem...
Fortunately, Ye Xuan did not finish what he said. After giving Zhu Yuanzhang some time to digest, Ye Xuan continued to explain.
"Your Majesty, please look at this kind of ship. If you add artillery here, it will become a warship. By then, we will be invincible at sea. Facing the strongest warships in the past, they will only be beaten."
"After all, this artillery can directly ignite wooden ships, and even if it is replaced by steel, my Ming's artillery is enough to defeat it. And Ming's ship has a gas engine, so the speed can be guaranteed, so there is no need to worry about yourself. The question of being hit.”
"Australia is just a corner. Is it possible that Your Majesty doesn't want what we said before? What about other places?"
One sentence was like a magic spell [which instantly made Zhu Yuanzhang change his mind again.
He nodded and said to Ye Xuan: "That's a good statement, that's all. We will listen to you, but if the resources are insufficient, you have to find a way to solve it yourself!"
Ye Xuan responded and was about to ask for permission before going to the Divine Construction Bureau to discuss the gas engine modification with the craftsmen.
Zhu Yuanzhang, however, ordered the eunuch: "Change your clothes! Show off to God!"
After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ye Xuan and said, "Ye Xuan, do you want to come with us?"
Ye Xuan agreed quickly, but in his heart he was lamenting Zhu Yuanzhang's efficiency.
Soon, the group arrived at the Divine Construction Bureau, and there were officials waiting respectfully at the door. 4.8
Zhu Yuanzhang just brought up the matter of shipbuilding. He was really not in the mood to be polite, so he said a few perfunctory words and ordered someone to take him around for a visit.
But Ye Xuan was not with Zhu Yuanzhang this time. He had a more important task: organizing manpower.
The steam engine has been developed before and is being tested repeatedly and put into use in some projects.
What needs to be solved now is to transform it into a version suitable for ships, while also ensuring its stability.
Ye Xuan's idea is not to achieve the goal in one step, but to upgrade bit by bit, so related linkage reactions and other related explorations can be postponed temporarily, and only the installation and empowerment of the gas engine need to be solved.
Fortunately, there are many talents in the Shenzuo Bureau, and Ye Xuan has sufficient theory. It is only a matter of time before he completes the practice, so Ye Xuan does not have too much pressure.