It is comfortable to make a carriage on the road in this weather, but the road is icy and easy to overturn, so it is safer to ride a horse.

The snow had been frozen, and the war horses were creaking on it, and Zhu Youzhen and his party of more than 200 war horses were galloping through the snow.

In order to facilitate travel, Zhu Youzhen only brought 20 royal guards, plus more than 100 elites from Jinyi Wei and East Factory and West Factory. They tightly guarded Zhu Youzhen in the middle.

To say that Zhu Youzhen is really hard as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he has been busy so far, and he has not enjoyed the blessings of the real emperor for a day.

Although there are already a few beauties in the palace, compared with the three palaces and six courtyards of the emperor, he is completely called Emperor Hanako.

It took most of the day to arrive at Tanggu, and as soon as he got off the horse, he heard the sound of cannons from time to time, and Zhu Youzhen could guess that it should be Zheng Chenggong who was testing the firepower of the ironclad battleship.

After all, it was the first iron-built battleship built by Da Ming himself, and it would definitely take a period of training before he could actually fight, so that everyone else would stay outside, and he only brought four cronies into the port.

Standing on the shore, the sea was already frozen, so I walked to the ice and dug the ice with my sword and looked at it, and the ice on the shore was at least ten centimeters thick.

Zhu Youzhen took out his telescope and found that the ice on the sea surface was almost floating about two kilometers away, indicating that the ice was not thick there, but he did not see where Zheng Chenggong's battleship was training.

Zhu Youzhen turned around and saw Ah Qing, Cao Zhengchun, Yuhuatian and Qinglong beside him, these four people are all from the system, no matter what Zhu Youzhen does, the four of them will not be too surprised.

He smirked and began to communicate with the system:

"System, using five ironclad battleships."

Soon a nice female voice sounded:

"Ding, congratulations on the successful use of the host ironclad battleship."

"Whoa......

There was a noise on the ice ahead, and five thousand-ton ironclad battleships suddenly appeared on the sea, and instead of sails, two tall chimneys stood on the battleships.

"Go up and have a look."

Before Zhu Youzhen's voice fell, he had already stepped on the ice on the sea and rushed towards a battleship, and Ah Qing and the four of them immediately started to follow.

More than 300 steps away from the battleship, the ice had turned into an ice floe, which could not stump the five people, who were still moving fast on their toes.

When I got to the side of the battleship and looked up, I found that the battleship was tall, as tall as a three-story building, and it was completely a behemoth.

It is not difficult to go up with the ability of five people, and with one borrowing force in the air, he jumped onto the deck, and after boarding the battleship, Zhu Youzhen ran directly to the wheelhouse.

Seeing that the battleship operation manuals were all placed in the wheelhouse, Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and if there was no manual, he would be embarrassed.

Take a look at the description, the battleship has a length of 67 meters, a width of 10 meters, a displacement of 1300 tons, and the power of two coal-fired steam engines, a speed of 14 knots,.

The naval guns are all breech guns, a total of 50 guns, namely 10 80-pounder guns, 20 60-pounder guns, 18 30-pounder guns, one in the bow and one stern can rotate 80-pounder guns, the rate of fire of the guns is one minute.

Although the guns of the battleships could not be compared with the later battleships, and the rate of fire was not very fast, they were still many years more advanced than the Western warships at that time.

The most important thing is the ironclad battleship, not a wooden battleship with iron plates, this is a complete iron-hulled battleship, and it is also equipped with thousands of shells, both solid and flowering.

Although 6 million points were used, compared with the previous lottery, Zhu Youzhen believes that this time is definitely the most valuable.

They can not only make the Ming Navy an invincible fleet in the world, but also make a great contribution to the development of the Ming ironclad battleship.

The Ministry of Engineering can not only imitate, but also continue to improve the warship with the development of science and technology, so that the technology of building ironclad battleships will never lag behind.

took out the walkie-talkie to call Zheng Chenggong, but there was no response, and when he walked out of the cockpit, Zhu Youzhen took out the binoculars and asked the four of them:

"You guys have the best light skills, go up and see where Zheng Chenggong's battleship is."

"Lord, try it as a concubine."

Ah Qing took the telescope and flew up, and with two consecutive borrowings, he stood firmly on the chimney of the battleship and stretched out a small platform, which was originally an observation post.

Ah Qing looked around with a telescope in his hand, and soon found a big ship heading towards the port.

"Lord, the concubine saw a big boat heading towards us, and I can't tell if it's Zheng Chenggong or them."

"Oh, come down, it must be them, if it weren't for the ironclad, this place would not be able to sail."

"Bang ......"

Before Zhu Youzhen's voice fell, a cannon rang out, and the ice surface was shaking.

"The lord is right, it must be Governor Zheng."

Hearing the sound of the cannon, the four masters confirmed that the emperor's judgment was correct at the same time.

But after waiting for a long time, there was still no arrival of the battleship, so Ah Qing jumped on the observation platform next to the chimney again, picked up the telescope to take a look, and found that the big ship had changed course.

"Lord, they're gone."

", it's such a cold day, can I wait for them for a day, Cao Zhengchun went to carry an 80-pound cannonball over, there was an explanation on it."

Zhu Youzhen was in a hurry at that time, and asked Cao Zhengchun to hold the cannonball, and he walked directly to the 80-pound cannon at the stern, ready to fire to attract Zheng Chenggong.

Yuhuatian, who has never spoken much, grabbed Zhu Youzhen:

"Your Majesty, don't, will you open fire?"

"Haha, haven't you ever eaten pork and haven't seen a pig run, try it."

Zhu Youzhen didn't care about a word, and suddenly scared Yuhuatian a lot, that thing is too powerful, what if the emperor has an accident, but he can't hold the emperor and not let go.

Seeing Yuhuatian's dilemma, Zhu Youzhen patted him on the shoulder and smiled:

"Don't worry, I'll be fine, go to the wheelhouse and get the gun manual."

"Obey"

Yu Huatian had no choice but to let go and run to the wheelhouse, quickly found a manual for the use of naval guns, and immediately returned to the deck to hand it over to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen took the manual and opened it and looked at it, and immediately understood, it was very simple, push the shell into the gun chamber, and then manually close the back cover tightly, and pull the rope.

Soon, Cao Zhengchun ran over with an eighty-pound shell, and according to Zhu Youzhen's command, pushed the shell into the barrel, shook a handle with his hand, and the back cover began to close tightly.

Zhu Youzhen then asked Ah Qing above:

"Ah Qing, let's see if there are any ships in the stern direction of the battleship."

"Lord, nothing."

After hearing that the stern direction was safe, Zhu Youzhen handed a rope to Yuhuatian, and then he quickly left the cannon.

"Cover your ears, and Yuhuatian pulls the rope."

"Yes."

Yu Huatian agreed, gently pulled the rope, and then ran towards Zhu Youzhen.

"Bang ......"

With a loud bang, the huge battleship shook with shock, and a ball of flame erupted from the muzzle, and the cannonball came out of its chamber and disappeared in an instant.

Then he could feel the nearby ice begin to tremble, and Yu Huatian looked back at the cannon and smiled:

"Your Majesty, the shell has been successfully fired, do you want to try again,"

Hearing that Yuhuatian still tried, Zhu Youzhen shook his head again and again:

"What, you're still addicted, do you know how much silver a cannonball is?"