"General Shen, if our treasure ship is equipped with cannons, can it fight against the warship of Hongmaofan?"

With Zhu Youzhen's sincere question, Shen Yourong finally figured out why he cared so much about King Xin's attitude.

Because His Royal Highness the King of Faith is indeed sincerely asking him for advice.

As the noble vassal king of King Xin, he can make such a sincere gesture of asking for advice, how can he Shen Yourong not care?

I think that at the beginning, when he first entered the officialdom, Shen Yourong wanted to resign and return to his hometown several times.

The reason for the resignation several times was because Shen Yourong's reasonable suggestions were completely ignored by his superiors.

This made Shen Yourong feel very hurt.

But it wasn't until Shen Yourong was transferred to Fujian and heard about what happened to Yu Dayou that Shen Yourong knew how lucky he was.

Yu Dayou, that is a famous general on the same level as the military god Qi Jiguang!

During the Jiajing period, the name of "Yu Long Qihu" was known to the world.

In terms of prestige alone, "Yu Long" at that time was still above "Qi Hu".

Even Qi Jiguang personally admitted that Yu Dayou had a half-teacher friendship with him.

But a famous general as Yu Dayou was only because he put forward a few reasonable suggestions in the book, and he was criticized by the superintendent of the imperial history as "If the martial artist is a book?" ”

Because of his suggestion, Yu Dayou was not only criticized, but also punished by beating him with a rod and seizing his official position.

The reason why Yu Dayou was punished was because of "Why do you write a book?" ”

That is to say, you are a military minister, how dare you write and say things?

This is the treatment of Yu Dayou's generation of famous generals.

Compared with Yu Dayou's experience, Shen Yourong really understood: as a military minister, he also wrote and said things, and his boss's ignorance of his suggestions was actually a silent protection for him.

Who made Shen Yourong a martial artist.

Wu Chen, huh?

This is the status of the Ming military minister!

Since then, Shen Yourong has been cautious in his words and deeds, and his boss will never speak without asking him.

It is precisely because of this that a person like King Xin, who sincerely asks for advice, is the first time that Wuchen Shen Yourong has encountered it in his life.

For decades, not to mention people of the level of King Xin, even those officials with lower positions than Shen Yourong, who would ask him for advice so sincerely.

Thinking about this clearly, Shen Yourong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It's a pity, it's a pity that I'm old;

It's a pity, it's a pity that His Royal Highness King Shin is just a vassal king;

It's a pity that the king of the Ming Dynasty can't interfere in political affairs.

Although he was extremely sorry in his heart, Shen Yourong still calmly answered Zhu Youzhen's question on his face.

"Your Highness, after all, our treasure ship is a merchant ship, and although the hull is large, the hull material is not too thick. If it is really used to change the battle ship, the hull of the treasure ship will be a little too thin.

Don't hide it from Your Highness, the old man has already calculated it.

If this treasure ship wants to be equipped with heavy guns like the red hair, at most it can only be equipped with one at the bow and stern.

With such a thin hull and such a scarce artillery armament, the Zhenyun ship could not compete with the Hongmao warship at all. ”

Looking at the obviously disappointed expression on Zhu Youzhen's face, Shen Yourong reluctantly added: "Your Highness, because of the different hull structures, not only the Zhenyun ship, but also our other ship types cannot be loaded with too many heavy artillery.

In a one-on-one artillery battle, our ships are probably no opponents.

If we want to rely on artillery to defeat the Red Maofan, we can't do it unless we imitate their specialized gunboats.

At this stage, if you want to defeat the red hairy fan, you can only rely on broadside battles and arson ships. ”

"It turns out that it really doesn't work to use our Chinese sailing ship to convert it into a gunboat."

After listening to Shen Yourong's professional analysis, Zhu Youzhen's heart was full of disappointment.

Due to the dockyard, the Victory did not know when it would be built, and Zhu Youzhen had been looking for a temporary replacement ship type.

Zhu Youzhen originally thought that it would be a good solution to convert the 400-ton treasure ship into a gunboat. Now after Shen Yourong's analysis, Zhu Youzhen found that what he thought was still too simple.

According to Shen Yourong, not only the Zhenyun ship is not suitable for being changed into a gunboat, but also other Chinese sailing ship types in the Ming Dynasty are not suitable for being changed into a pure gunboat.

After all, Chinese sailing ships were not designed for artillery battles.

Zhu Youzhen was thinking about the problem of gunboats, but Shen Yourong tasted an unusual taste from Zhu Youzhen's performance.

His Royal Highness King Shin paid unusual attention to the red-haired warship.

Shin also assumed such a powerful fleet of red-haired boats.

If you can defeat such a powerful red-haired fleet, what will be the strength of Shinoh's fleet?

It seems that His Royal Highness King Xin not only wants to meddle in the sea trade, but His Royal Highness's heart also seems to be beyond imagination.

Shen Yourong's eyes flashed.

If King Shin really intends to go to the sea to compete for power, it is a good way to be different from other vassal kings.

"Since His Royal Highness has the heart to enter the maritime trade, then the old man will tell His Highness about the situation of our Daming maritime merchants, right?"

Shen Yourong asked Zhu Youzhen tentatively.

"General Shen is willing to introduce Gu, that's great."

One of the reasons why Zhu Youzhen came to Guangludao was to ask Shen Yourong about the situation of the various coastal forces in Daming. Hearing Shen Yourong take the initiative to mention it, Zhu Youzhen unconsciously smiled on his face.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen's expression on his eyebrows, Shen Yourong was sure that his feelings were right.

It seems that His Highness really wants to go to sea.

That being the case, even if it is just for Shen Shouyao, he has to carefully divide and speak for His Royal Highness King Xin.

You can't let King Shin rush into the dangerous maritime trade circle like this.

After making up his mind, Shen Yourong took a sip of tea to moisten his mouth, and put on a posture of a long talk.

"Your Highness, there are several forces that cannot be ignored in our Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants. According to the region where their leaders are born, they can be roughly divided into Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Min and Guangdong.

Among the maritime merchants, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang people originally occupied a dominant position, such as Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, the famous Japanese leaders in the Jiajing period, were all Jiangsu and Zhejiang maritime merchants.

In the process of quelling the rebellion in the imperial court, the power of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang people among the maritime merchants was gradually eliminated, and they were replaced by Fujian and Guangdong maritime merchants.

After the opening of the sea in Longqing, the maritime merchants from Haicheng, Fujian, where the Moon Port is located, gradually stood out among the maritime merchants in Fujian and Guangdong by virtue of their geographical advantages, and occupied a leading position in the maritime merchants.

Like Li Dan, who died last year, Li Dan, the biggest maritime merchant in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, is a native of Haicheng County, Fujian. ”

"Li Dan was born in Haicheng County, where Yuegang is located?"

Listening to Shen Yourong's introduction, Zhu Youzhen had a vague idea in his heart.

Before Zhu Youzhen could think about it carefully, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

"Greeting, Dongjiang urgent!"

As soon as the footsteps stopped outside the door, the sound of the guards announcing from the door was heard.

"Your Highness, this ......"

Hearing the report, Shen Yourong looked at Zhu Youzhen apologetically.

"General Shen, it's important to get down to business, you get busy first, and we'll talk when we're free."

Zhu Youzhen deliberately stretched.

"Thank you Your Highness for your understanding. After handling the military affairs, he came to see His Highness again. ”

Shen Yourong stood up, bowed deeply at Zhu Youzhen, and turned to leave.