It's just that the armaments needed for the formation of the Right Shenwei Army are already an astronomical amount, but the Right Shenwei Army is built as a naval army, which requires a ship.

According to the list given by the Ministry of War, there are more than 300 ships alone, including 10 new warships.

These 10 new warships were used to carry artillery, mainly firing solid shells to attack enemy ships.

The warships of the Tang Dynasty were mainly sea falcon ships, which were 30.7 meters long (i.e. ten zhang), 9 meters wide, and had a displacement of no more than 1,000 materials (1 material 0.325 tons).

As for the building ship, it is okay to be a command ship or a transport ship, but it is already a bit outdated as a warship.

That's why Li Ye asked the Ministry of Industry to build a new type of warship.

In fact, the Ministry of Engineering has long had drawings of new warships, a new type of warship designed according to the Wuya warship and the Sea Falcon, and then considering the use of artillery.

At present, in a shipyard next to the Wei River, the first new warship is being built, and then it will sail on the Wei River to test the results.

The new warship was named Ningchuan, which was taken from the 'Ning' of Qianning.

The new Ning ship is about 15 zhang (46 meters) long, 3.5 zhang (10.8 meters) wide, with a design displacement of 1,700 materials (more than 550 tons), and plans to install 2 Shence general guns and 10 Shenji guns.

As a new type of warship, the cost of building is definitely high, and it is still ten.

Coupled with the other three hundred or so ships, large and small, some of these ships cost a lot, but they can't be built with a little money, no wonder Li Yu, the head of the household, has such a big opinion.

"Why is Li Aiqing so angry. The creation of a sailor is imperative, otherwise how will the imperial court quell the rebellion in the Jianghuai region? Li Aiqing knew that the feudal towns in the Jianghuai region had a strong sailor.

Therefore, the imperial court must have its own sailor. Although Li Ye's expectations were firm, his attitude was peaceful, and he was obviously a little weak-hearted, after all, he had indeed deceived the other party in this matter.

"The importance of building a sailor belonging to the imperial court, the minister also knows, but His Majesty has set up a new army several times without consulting the advice of the household department. The establishment of such a water division will inevitably lead to difficulties in the operation of the household department. Li Mi, who calmed down, was no longer as impulsive as before, but there was still some complaint in his tone.

"Li Aiqing, the construction of the sailor does not have to be completed this year. These expenses can be spread evenly over next year and the middle of the year after that, so that the money spent every year will not be too much.

Moreover, I promise that after the completion of the construction of the Right Divine Might, the size of the forbidden army will never be increased. ”

At present, the army of the imperial court is dominated by 15 forbidden armies, except for the Right Tiance Army and the Right Shence Army, as well as the left and right prison guards who are responsible for defending the imperial city, other armies can be mobilized.

The 11 forbidden armies add up to more than 200,000 troops, which is enough to quell the general turmoil.

If it is to deal with Zhu Wen, these are naturally not enough, but there are still local garrisons that can be mobilized, and the troops of those feudal towns can also be mobilized.

In this way, the existing army will be able to cope with emergencies in a flash.

And against Zhu Wen, Li Ye does not intend to win by quantity, he waits for the musket to be developed, and believes that he will definitely be able to give Zhu Wen a big surprise.

"Is what Your Majesty said true?" Hearing that the saint said that he would not increase the size of the forbidden army in a short time, Li Mi was overjoyed.

At present, the largest expenditure of the imperial court is the expenditure of the army, and if there is no new forbidden army, the pressure on the household department will be much less.

Li Ye's expression was awe-inspiring, "I am the Son of Heaven, and what I say is naturally true." ”

With the assurance of the saint, Li Mi left satisfied.

After Li Mi left, Li Ye took out a letter from the table, if Li Mi was here, he would definitely recognize that the content on this fold was actually the establishment of the Right God Mighty Army.

Strictly speaking, the Right Shenwei Army is not a pure sailor, the real sailor is only a part, and more is infantry.

In addition to a small number of warships, many more ships were transports.

Thinking of this, Li Ye was a little interested in the Ning's lead ship that was under construction, but he didn't know if it would be built.

"Come on, put the Ministry of Labor."

Soon, the soldiers of the Jinyi guard and the left guard escorted a luxurious carriage out of the Daming Palace and headed for the shipyard of the Ministry of Industry by the Wei River outside Chang'an City. Of course, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also sent someone to inform Xiao Rong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

In fact, this shipyard in the Wei River has been in a state of abandonment before, because it was necessary to build new warships, so it was reopened, but the Wei River is not a big river after all.

Of course, it does not mean that there is no shipping on the Wei River and the Yellow River, after all, the Wei River and the Yellow River at this time are strictly connected to the Yangtze River, because there is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

However, due to the war, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal fell into disrepair and has been broken in some places.

When Li Ye and his entourage came to the shipyard, the weeds in the vicinity had been removed, and many craftsmen were busy.

The scale of the shipyard is not large, covering an area of only a few hundred acres, and there are no soldiers stationed, but there are people from the Ministry of Water under the Ministry of Industry who work here to supervise the construction of the ship.

"The Ministry of Ministers, the Ministry of Water, Langzhong Dugu, see Your Majesty!"

Knowing that Li Ye was coming, Dugu Loss of the Ministry of Water, who happened to be inspecting here, hurriedly came out to greet him.

"Get up!" Li Ye said casually, looking at the larger wooden building in the distance, he walked straight away, "How is the construction of the Ning boat?" When will it be completed? ”

The Ningchuan is not built in the open air, but a closed dock like the later generations, but because the Ningchuan is small, if it is larger, this dock will not fit.

Dugu Zhen didn't expect His Majesty to come at this time, fortunately, he had learned about the construction of this Ning ship before, otherwise he really couldn't answer.

"Back to Your Majesty, now that the Ning ship has been completed, it will be completed in one and a half months."

Saying that, Dugu took Li Ye to the inside of the shipyard, and a group of officials and craftsmen hurriedly saluted, and Li Ye waved his hand to let these people get up.

Although Li Ye ordered these people to continue to work, as soon as he came, how could these craftsmen have the heart to work.

In front of Li Ye, there is a wooden sailing ship that has not yet been completed, but the overall pattern is very clear.

However, such a ship is still too small, and when converted into tons, it is only more than 500 tons.

Li Ye envisioned a warship of 1,000 tons, or even a thousand tons, and then build hundreds or thousands of ships, and then he would have the ability to attack the Wa Kingdom, Goryeo, Silla or something.

Of course, Li Ye also knew that the conditions did not allow it, after all, the imperial court had been weak for many years, and he first built a ship suitable for combat, and when he had the technology and conditions, he would cover the entire Yangtze River.

Although the tonnage of this Ning ship is not as good as that of large building ships, its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

Unlike the sailors of the warlords of the local feudal towns at this time, Ning Chuan began to use artillery, which was more powerful than firing bows and arrows.

However, whether it is feasible for artillery to be put on board will have to wait for later tests, after all, the recoil of artillery is not small, and ordinary wood may not be able to bear it.

Just like the ship in front of you, the materials are all from the Qinling Mountains in the south.

The shell is made of Huashan pine, the material is light and soft, the texture is fine, easy to process, and water-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and has the reputation of "water-immersed thousand-year-old pine";

The deck is dominated by Huashan pine and hemlock, the latter has a straight wood grain, a fine and uniform structure, a solid material, and is resistant to water and moisture.

The beams are made of oriental cypress, which is strong corrosion resistance and durable.

The frame of the ship has long been completed, and now it remains to lay the deck and perfect the interior, which, as Dugu said, should be completed in less than two months.

Thinking that this ship has been under construction for half a year, Li Ye has a headache, it takes so long to build a small boat of several hundred tons.

It is estimated that only when the technology matures can this construction speed be faster.

Seeing this boat, Li Ye suddenly became a little curious.

"Dugu Aiqing, can this ship go to sea?"

Li Ye originally wanted to see if this ship was universal, but he forgot that Dugu had never seen the sea, and the same was true for these officials and craftsmen.