Although the undulating waves swept the remnants of snow and ice floe on the shore of the harbor, the bay never froze, and Chinese and foreign sailing ships sailed in the harbor, letting the wind and snow blow. In the undulating waves, several ships sailed into the bay between Yuzhou Island and Lian Island, and sailed straight into the harbor.

"This is Da Ming!"

Song Mingtai, who was in the bow of the ship, looked a little excited, not only that, but also most of the sailors on this ship, these sailors from North Korea never thought that one day they could return to Daming.

"Look, it's my Ming flag!"

Although the wind and snow obscured the view, when entering the port, a sharp-eyed sailor still pointed to the flag at the port with some excitement, which clearly said "Ming".

"Dad, have you been watching? We're going home......"

Another person cried loudly holding the pottery urn on his chest, and most of the people on the boat were crying at this time.

The North Korean sailors on these ships, most of them are not Koreans, they are all Ming people, after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they did not want to shave their hair as slaves, so they took their families to cross the sea to North Korea, and even these ships were also the ships they brought when they crossed the sea to the east, originally these ships should have rotted in the harbor, but who would have thought that a few months ago, a news spread - the Ming Dynasty did not die.

Far from dying, the Ming Dynasty repeated the southern capital, and beheaded 100,000 Qing prisoners, and after learning the news, the whole of Korea was full of joy. Although Korea has long been surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and has become a vassal of the Manchu Dynasty, from the king to the common people, all of them are inclined to the Ming Dynasty, and they still regard themselves as vassals of the Ming Dynasty in their bones. Originally, they only thought that the Ming Dynasty was dead, and they could only cry for the fall of the homeland with tears in their eyes when they sacrificed to the first emperor in March every year, but now, the Ming Dynasty is still there!

"Da Ming, it's really Da Ming!"

Jin Yuming wiped his tears excitedly, as the secret envoy of the king of Joseon, he naturally couldn't lose his temper like others, but at this time, he couldn't hold back his tears of excitement.

"Jin Zheng envoy didn't know, the Qing capture in Beijing was just a bluff, so that we thought that the Celestial Empire was dead, but in fact, this thousands of miles to the south of China, is still my Ming Dynasty, my Ming Dynasty saint in the southwest, under the command of the Jin King Li Dingguo several times hit the Qing Dynasty, and the southern capital also has Zheng Wang Ye to stay, this Jiangbei General Zhu is in Suqian defeated 100,000 Qing prisoners, cut the Qing Dynasty to build the Beijing Temple, the capital Qing Dynasty is even more family Dai Xiao, every household is crying and mourning, today the general trend of the world is in my Ming Dynasty, and the people's hearts are also in my ......Ming Dynasty."

When mentioning the situation in Daming, Cui Muhua's tone was full of pride, which was pride and pride from the bones.

Originally, he was ordered by the head of the family to go south, but after returning to North Korea, after reporting the situation in the south to the head of the family one by one, the king even had a secret meeting with General Zhu's secret envoy outside the palace.

But even so, the news that the Ming Dynasty was still there still spread, and the reason why this news came out was to make the hearts of the North Koreans, who were originally disheartened by the fall of the Celestial Empire, cheer up again.

And when the whole of North Korea cheered for the news that the Ming Dynasty still existed in the world, Cui Muhua had led dozens of people to the bank of the Yalu River, where he hired people to cut wood, and then looked for ships along the coast, and finally found these six ships of thousands of materials, which were the Ming ships that crossed the sea to the east when the Ming Dynasty died, and most of the ships were somewhat damaged at that time. It took a lot of trouble to transport the hundred-year-old oak trees that those people were holding rough, and finally the timber was loaded onto the ship.

"Emperor Gao blesses, Emperor Gao blesses ......"

As a Han Qian Siming, listening to those Koreans there excitedly say "Emperor Gao bless", his chest was full of pride, he has been in exile in a foreign country for fifteen years, looking at the port that is getting closer and closer, tears instantly blurred, holding his son's hand on the side.

"Ah Guo, we're home, we're home......"

Home, it's finally here!

Although this is not Shandong, not North Korea, but when the sailors and passengers on the ship come ashore, they all kneel on the ground and cry loudly, as if this is the only way to vent the pain that has been suppressed in their hearts for many years.

As a foreigner, Shi Si obviously couldn't understand this emotion, maybe he could understand the thoughts of the Ming people on the ship about their homeland, but he couldn't understand why the Koreans were so excited.

"Because the Koreans are also the subjects of my Ming Dynasty!"

Seeing that Shi Si seemed to be a little puzzled, Zhang Di, as his assistant, spoke up.

"That's why they're so excited."

Obviously, there was no way for the Westerner to explain what the Oriental-style clan was, Zhang Di didn't explain much, and then the two of them focused on the wood on the ship.

Looking at the hundred-year-old oak trees on the ship, the smile on Shi Si's face became brighter and brighter, and he even said a little excitedly.

"These oak trees are the best, and with these oak trees, we can build the best warships......"

When mentioning warships, he naturally thought of the heavy cruiser designed by the Strategy, its hull was extremely thick, even far beyond Shi Si's imagination, in his opinion, even a warship like the "Sea Monarch" did not have such a thick hull, but the warship designed by the Strategy, but the warship designed by the Strategy, had a thick hull.

"You mean a warship that has been designed slightly?"

Shi Si's words made Zhang Di speak immediately.

"Actually, I'm not very optimistic about the type of warship designed by Jing Liu, he is too heavy, although he is equipped with 30 18-pound guns and 14 nine-pound guns, with these 44 guns, especially the 30 18-pound guns with the same power as the 24-pound guns, although it has strong firepower, any warship equipped with 12-pound and 18-pound guns is not his opponent, but compared to the battleship with 100 guns, its firepower is still too weak......"

Because he has been involved in the construction of warships and artillery casting, Zhang Di knows very well about the warships of the navy, and even because the navy does not know the new warships, he also directly went on the ship to train with the officers and soldiers of the navy, training them to master the new rigging and artillery, but it is precisely because he understands shipbuilding and also understands the navy, so he does not agree to build such a warship.

"Shi Si, do you see how much wood these ships have brought in in total, even if we mix elm and other wood, how many warships like that can be built? What we need now is as many warships as possible, not a few seemingly powerful, but in fact there is no need for thick plate heavy gunboats, at least not at the moment, you know, a warship like that, the cost of wood may be several times that of the Fubo, and the construction is also wasted time! ”

As many warships as possible!

This is Zhang Di's idea, his idea is more in line with the basic requirements of building a navy, and it is also more in line with reality, after all, the navy is only in its infancy, and it is necessary to build a sufficient number of warships in a short period of time.

The three-masted cruiser with fast speed and flexible maneuverability was originally suitable for the loyal army, but now, the drawings that Jing Luo took out made Zhang Di subconsciously a little resistant, not because of anything else, but because it was "too powerful", or even completely unnecessary.

"Not to mention a 24-pounder gun, even an 18-pounder gun, in the seas of East Asia, it is an invincible existence, 18-pounder, 12-pounder, or even a 9-pounder cannon, it is enough to meet our needs, what we need is not a few large three-masted cruisers of several thousand tons, but dozens of guys of several hundred tons, at least for now, yes......"

Looking at the wood on the ship, and looking in the direction of the shipyard, Zhang Di pondered for a moment, and then said to Shi Si.

"That's it, perhaps, we should take a look at the shape of the warship that we have designed, and then build it according to our ideas, and its tonnage should be controlled at 700 to 800 tons......"

As a half-student of the Shi Division, Zhang Di did not use the traditional "material" as the unit of the ship, but switched to tonnage, of course, this is influenced by the Shi Division, but compared with the material, perhaps "ton" is more appropriate.

"Moreover, we now have very limited shipbuilding capacity......"

Gazing at the shipyard, although there are thousands of craftsmen in the Qinghe shipyard, it is still limited, after all, they are just beginning to build Western-style warships.

"Actually, I hope that if possible, we may be able to build some warships in Taiwan, the cypress wood shipped by the ship that came back from Taiwan last time, although the performance is not as good as oak, but it is barely suitable for shipbuilding, even in Europe, sometimes the navy in order to save money or the number of oak is insufficient, it will also use fir and other wood to build warships, of course, their performance is slightly inferior, but its price is low, the wood comes from a wide range of sources, can meet the basic needs, perhaps, we can use the best wood to build some capital ships, And then use slightly inferior quality wood to build non-capital ships, or even ......"

Compared with the mainland, Taiwan has dense mountains and forests, and in the forests near Keelung, there are countless huge ancient trees, so that among the ships sent back by the expedition, some timber was specially brought back so that the shipyard could inspect the timber and decide whether it was suitable for shipbuilding. Pine was outright rejected, and only the slightly harder cypress, similar to cypress, was grudgingly accepted and could be used to build merchant ships.

Suddenly, Shi Si's words suddenly stopped, and he looked at Zhang Di as if he thought of something.

"Perhaps, we can build a new shipyard in Keelung, where we can build merchant ships as well as inferior warships, the latter of course, with the consent of the fleet!"

Shi Si's suggestion made Zhang Di sigh.

"The key is strategy! Perhaps, though, we can suggest that a group of armed merchant ships be built with the slightest consent! ”