It lasted more than two months, recovered the treasure island of Dongfan, defeated the Dutch navy, built a huge southeast defense line, and also took a hand in the east, and now he can finally return to the court, Zhu Cijiong looked at the blue sea, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

This sapphire sea is really intoxicating, some people like his beauty, some people like his spaciousness, some people like his purity, and some people like the great wealth he contains, since the Age of Discovery, the great powers have given the sea a new function, that is, the plundering channel, if you don't plunder through the ocean, then wait for others to plunder you through the sea.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was waiting for others to plunder, and now the Ming Dynasty finally has the capital to rob others, which seems to be a bit incompatible with traditional thinking, but this era is like this, plundering and colonization are not derogatory terms but positive terms in the eyes of the great powers, in this era, to survive, to develop, to grow must adapt to this bandit logic, it is better to be a robber than to be robbed.

Starting from the Dongfanan Daying Naval Division, it will take about seven or eight days to reach the normal speed of Tianjin Xingang in Dongdaying, but Zhu Cijiong feels extremely uncomfortable in these seven or eight days, not that he is seasick, or he feels too crowded, there is no way, there are too many people in his entourage, and there are thousands of people squeezed on this battleship with a crew of less than 500 people, and the degree of congestion can be imagined.

In fact, he had this feeling when he came, but at that time, his main mind was on recovering Dongfan, so the feeling was not so obvious, but now it is different, as soon as the mood is relaxed, this feeling is obvious. No wonder when he became an ancestor to build such a big treasure ship, this emperor's boat is too small, he will definitely have to take a boat often in the future, and he can barely make do with staying at sea for a few days, if it is a month or even a few months, this will definitely not work.

Rebuilding treasure ships, this idea uncontrollably occupied his mind, Daming could build treasure ships, although the middle was broken for more than a hundred years, and the skills were a little rusty, but after two years of production practice, Dongda Construction Shipyard should already have the ability to build treasure ships, right?

No matter how eager he was, the speed of this ship was only so fast, and after seven or eight days of cranky thinking, he was finally about to arrive at Tianjin Xingang in Dongdaying, but a small fleet came in front of him, Zhu Cijiong was surprised, that small fleet actually drove straight to the fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division, aren't they afraid of colliding with the holy driver!

The people of the Beiyang Navy Division were stumped and asked, it turned out to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard to make Luo Yangxing, well, this thing is indeed not very afraid of colliding with the Holy Driver, he can also be regarded as Zhu Cijiong's favorite minister, under normal circumstances, Zhu Cijiong really won't do anything to him.

Knowing that this goods were coming, Zhu Cijiong didn't let anyone stop him, and directly let him go to the flagship, this goods lived a nourishing life, and he gained a lot of weight, and he couldn't see the majesty of the Jinyi Guard's commander at all, but like a kind and wealthy businessman, as soon as he saw Zhu Cijiong, he knelt down and flattered him: "Weichen Jinyiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to see the emperor, and congratulated the emperor on defeating the barbarians, recovering the lost territory, and promoting the ...... outside the territory." ”

I don't wear this fart if I wear it, but if I shoot too much, it is easy for people to get skin diseases, and it will be uncomfortable if the goosebumps are photographed, Zhu Cijiong saw this thing with an endless posture and hurriedly raised his hand and said: "Okay, okay, what are you running here for, is there anything important?" ”

Seeing the excited look on this goods, it really didn't look like something big had happened, and sure enough, Luo Yangxing continued to flatter: "Hehe, the emperor, Weichen has nothing to report, that is, His Royal Highness the regent and Lord Shoufu led the hundred officials and civilians near the Jingshi to welcome the emperor back with a big victory at the port wharf, and specially asked Weichen to inform the emperor." ”

This is a new thing, when he came back from the imperial conquest in the past, everyone was busy with their chests and backs, he deliberately did not let everyone come to greet him, this time he forgot to command, but it is okay, every time the triumph comes back silently is indeed inappropriate, the emperor's respect is reflected from the worship of the subjects, let them worship and worship is conducive to improving their prestige, this kind of opportunity must not be wasted in the future, thinking of this he happily said: "Well, everyone has a heart, I am very happy, and the decree is to let the soldiers of the sailor put out a neat array." , let everyone see the majesty of the Daming Water Division. ”

The self-employed herald climbed the mast to convey the will, and soon the Beiyang Naval Division began to line up, fifty ships in a row, fifty ships in a row, the platoon was neat, that momentum, that majesty, the people who saw it were absolutely shocked.

Slowly, the horizon appeared ahead, and the harbor was about to arrive, but in front of the harbor there were fifty brand-new battleships, neatly arranged in two rows, two or three miles long, and about a mile wide waterway in the middle, which stretched all the way to the port.

This is the Dutch battleship captured by the combined fleet of the Daming Naval Division, when it was first captured, it was pitted and ugly, but the keel frame inside was not damaged, and after removing the ship's guns and driving it to the Dongdaying shipyard for renovation, it was like new. Now the battleship is full of red flags, like a red carpet laid on the water, which is extraordinarily grand.

Zhu Cijiong smiled knowingly and ordered the Beiyang Naval Division fleet to be parked neatly in front of the queue of Dutch battleships, and the flagship to sail through the port to the dock.

At this time, the wharf was already lined up with imperial officials and brocade guards, and the coasts on both sides were full of civilians, two or three miles away from each other, you could see the whole picture of the Beiyang Naval Division, so many warships were neatly lined up there, there was indeed enough shock, there were already bursts of exclamations on the coast, where have ordinary civilians seen such a huge fleet, there are so many warships in the Daming Naval Division, and slowly the exclamation turned into cheers, Daming, too powerful!

At this time, the battleship had already docked, Zhu Cijiong walked up the escalator to the dock in the warm cheers, and the civil and military officials and tens of thousands of guards on the dock immediately knelt down neatly, and said in unison under the leadership of Zhu Youzhen and Xu Guangqi: "Weichen welcomes the emperor's triumph, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, and the people on both sides heard it clearly, most of these people migrated from the disaster area, and they were sincerely grateful to Zhu Cijiong, if it weren't for the emperor, half of the people present would have starved to death! Hearing that the emperor had returned triumphantly, many people came from dozens or even hundreds of miles away, in order to greet the emperor and express their gratitude.

Now, hearing the cry of the mountain on the pier, they knew that the emperor was there, and in that direction, everyone consciously knelt down in the direction of the pier, and the mountain shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Repeatedly, twice, three times, the voices became more and more uniform, hundreds of thousands of people shouted in unison for that scene, it was simply shaking, Zhu Cijiong laughed with relief, laughing and laughing, tears couldn't help but welling up in his eyes, he worked hard in vain, and the support of the people was the best reward for him.

After the ceremony of welcoming the wharf, Zhu Cijiong did not rush back to the capital immediately, but gathered a group of cronies at the Dongdaying Palace and put forward the idea of benefiting the ship again, so that everyone could discuss the feasibility.

Everyone discussed for a while, and came to the conclusion that in fact, how big the treasure ship is depends mainly on what you use the treasure ship for, if it is purely for the sake of big, for the shock, the speed of the ship is not considered, then the legendary treasure ship with a length of 44 zhang, a width of 18 zhang, and a large treasure ship with nine masts and twelve sails can also be made. However, it is purely a decoration, and the speed of the ship is estimated to be ridiculously slow, and it is not suitable for sailing at all.

Everyone unanimously agreed that the medium-sized treasure ship with a length of 37 zhang and a width of 15 zhang should be the limit size that can sail normally, and no matter how large the speed is, it cannot be guaranteed, so it can only be put on a show.

Of course, Zhu Cijiong wanted this treasure ship to sail normally, and he didn't build a treasure ship to show others, so he chose the medium-sized treasure ship without hesitation.

Thirty-seven zhang is about one hundred and twenty meters, and fifteen zhang is about fifty meters, which is already large enough, and there is no problem at all to carry more than 1,000 people.

Then there is the problem of firepower, everyone thinks that Zhu Cijiong is just trying to be comfortable, so it is recommended to install a few howitzers on the deck, with the protection of the Ming fleet, it is almost impossible for the enemy to rush to Zhu Cijiong's car.

But Zhu Cijiong is unwilling, since ancient times, hiding in the palace and not going out, or going out under the protection of heavy guards, there are a few emperors who can't see the enemy at all, but as long as those famous founding monarchs or Zhongxing lords have never been on the battlefield, he doesn't want to be a useless vase, his battleship is naturally a super super battleship with super firepower.

Everyone also knows the emperor's temperament, it is impossible to block him from going to the battlefield, since he can't stop it, he can only desperately improve his firepower, the naval guns on both sides simply use other warships as six-inch howitzers for the main gun, and the main gun, Sun Yuanhua decided, fight, the success rate is less than one percent, and the emperor must make twelve eight-inch howitzers, according to this success rate, at most two hundred can be cast, this waste is nothing compared to the emperor's safety.

The eight-inch howitzer is incredible, the firing range has reached a terrifying five or six miles, and the weight of the solid bullet is nearly 100 catties, that guy, if you go down, the deck of the battleship can be smashed through, it is simply a battleship killer!

Zhu Cijiong is naturally extremely satisfied with this plan, but such a super giant ship is not so easy to build, first of all, in terms of labor, even if it is equipped with two dock craftsmen, it will take nearly two months to build one, and the current river and dock of such a large super battleship are definitely not good, a special river channel that is twice as wide as the current river must be dug, and the dock is about twice as large as the current dock.

Zhu Cijiong roughly estimated the time, although it was about to be the New Year, he couldn't help but ask the Ministry of Industry to start preparing immediately. Let them dig the river before the year, build the dock, start construction immediately after the New Year, and make sure to make the treasure ship before March next year, because on March 15 next year, he will go to the subject country of North Korea to preside over the first imperial examination!