Zhu Youjian stood in front of the No. 3 dock of Tianjin Shipyard, observing the behemoth in front of him, well, it is just what the Ming people of this era think, compared with the cruise ships of later generations, the wooden sailboat in front of him can only be regarded as a toy.

However, Zhu Youzhen still admires the sailboat in front of him that has been close to the pattern of later warships, this sailboat is about 2 basketball courts long, about two-thirds of the width of the basketball court, and the part floating above the water is about 2-3 stories high, and the whole ship has a beautiful arc, and it is difficult for people who love sailing ships to take their eyes off this masterpiece of industry.

Of course, this sailing ship is very different from the current popular ship types in Western European countries, first of all, the ship has removed the bulky bow building, and the height of the stern building has been reduced, so that the entire top of the ship has become a flat top shape, obviously the purpose of this is to lower the center of gravity of the ship to obtain better resistance to wind and waves.

The bow mast was longer than the other ships, with more jibs and swivels, a standard three-masted schooner, but with a large syloner layout. In the eyes of the British, Spaniards, Dutch, and Portuguese who came to attend the ceremony, although the layout of the battleship was a little strange, the dozens of gun emplacements on both sides of the sailboat had proved how powerful the ship would be at sea after being equipped with artillery.

The representative of the Netherlands, William. When Kirk saw this standard battleship, he also had a solemn face. Originally, he thought that what he would see would be a warship of several hundred tons. The Chinese named Ming-class warships are actually about the same size as the Dutch armed merchant ships, and much worse than those professional transport ships.

Therefore, during the conquest of Japan, although the Dutch saw the sea fleet of the Ming Kingdom, they did not feel anything to worry about. If Batavia could conquer the Spice Islands and Java once and for all, the Dutch East India Company's warships and merchant ships in Asia would be able to isolate the Ming naval fleet from the Spice Islands.

However, if the Ming Kingdom was able to build warships of more than 1,000 tons, the maritime power of East Asia would have changed dramatically. Ships of more than 1,000 tons have far compared the performance of merchant ships of the same class, and if you want to deal with such a warship, you can only use a warship of the same level, and to use a merchant ship to deal with this kind of warship is undoubtedly to send you to death.

As the hegemons of the seas of this era, the Dutch had realized that merchant ships and warships needed to be designed separately to meet the different needs of merchants and navies. It's hard to recoup the cost of going to sea by driving a ship out to sea for uncertain trade or colonization voyages, as has been the case in the past. After all, most of the routes and lands had already been discovered, and what merchants and armies needed was to sail with purpose and mission.

However, although the Dutch were aware of this, they were reluctant to promote such innovations in seafaring technology due to the nature of merchants. After all, such an innovation meant that the Republic would need to invest more money in seafaring, and it would make warships and merchant ships useless. For a republic with a population of only a few million, not being able to use it universally means the greatest waste of human costs.

But for Da Ming, this problem does not exist. The sailors of the Ming Dynasty were originally different from the civilian merchant ships, so the emperor's will soon became a reality, which led to the professional design of warships. The British looked at this warship with relish, they already had the idea of separating the warship from the design of the merchant ship, and the warship manufacturing method of the Ming Dynasty undoubtedly gave them the best opportunity to observe.

The combination of Chinese and Western styles of the water ceremony opened everyone's eyes. After a bottle full of wine was smashed into the bow of the boat, the boat slowly retreated down the slipway until the whole boat was in the water and floated steadily. Without the introduction of the officials on the side, Zhu Youzhen also knew that the ship was successfully launched.

Only then did Zhu Youzhen put his mind at ease and said to the shipyard officials beside him: "Name this ship Taihu, and in the future, warships of less than 1-2,000 tons will be called Jianghu-class warships..."

After watching the ship float steadily, Bishop Antonio said to Pietro beside him: "Now what do you and those councilors have to worry about, since Your Majesty can build a warship of this class, then unless the Dutch send the main fleet to Asia, it will be difficult for them to have an advantage at sea." But we all know that it is impossible for the Dutch to transfer their main fleet out of the Atlantic, and they are still fighting the Spaniards after all.

If even the Dutch could not resist the emperor's fleet, then why should Goa? If the Restoration Committee doesn't want to give anything and just wants to eat ready-made, do you think the emperor will continue to protect you? ”

After a flickering look at Petro, the mayor of Macau and the president of the Restoration Committee, he finally said in a low voice: "Mr. Bishop, the Restoration Committee does not intend to disobey the emperor's orders, but some members of the council are still a little lacking in confidence.

Now that the Emperor has begun to build a fleet to expedition to the Indian mainland, it is only natural that I will persuade the parliamentarians to open the way for the Emperor to conquer the Indian continent. But are you sure, Mr. Bishop, that the Emperor will let us share in the benefits of the conquest of mainland India in the process? ”

Looking at Petro, who was looking at him seriously, Bishop Antonio made a cross on his chest and said: "Of course, don't forget that our Highness will soon give birth to an heir for the emperor. As long as we stand behind His Highness, we will naturally receive the favor of the Lord..."

Although the Taihu Lake was launched, it would not be at least a month before the first sea trials began. So Chongzhen, who participated in the launching ceremony of the warship, began to inspect the shipyard and the workshops and markets in Tianjin.

If Tianjin was still vigorously developing water and wind turbine workshops in the past few years, then in the sixth year of Chongzhen, in order to ensure the navigation of ships on the Haihe River, the Haihe River section that Tianjin began to prohibit the construction of new hydropower and wind turbine workshops.

It is also at this time that improving power efficiency and machining accuracy has become the pursuit of various power machine workshops. Not only did the shipyard build wood-cutting machines powered by water and wind power, but it also built a more efficient and accurate hydralist-powered barrel boring machine for Ordnance Superintendent.

This is a hollow cylindrical boring bar with both ends mounted on bearings. Driven by hydropower, it is capable of precision machining cannons with extreme precision.

In addition to this machine, Zhu Youzhen also saw the steam engine not far away that carried water for the pool, and looked at the non-stop lifting rod, which was obviously more efficient than the simple machine he had seen before. He smiled, but finally didn't ask anything, and followed the shipyard steward to another place to visit.

While Chongzhen was visiting Tianjin, Feng Quan, who was the prime minister's minister, was also discussing with his subordinates, and although the emperor ordered him to assist Guo Yunhou, the head of the household department, in formulating a five-year plan for the country's economic and social development, Feng Quan did not want to obey Guo Yunhou's orders.

Don't say that he, the prime minister and the minister of the Yamen, even his subordinates are not willing to be low. Today, the country's financial resources have been divided into three parts, one is the household department in charge of the state treasury, the other is the prime minister's yamen, which manages the customs, and the last is the emperor's inner treasury.

Although everyone in the emperor's inner library is concerned, no one will blatantly snatch food from the tiger's mouth. Moreover, this year's internal affairs office is much more sensible than the previous eunuchs, and the silver collected from the treasury will be subsidized for military spending and education, not only in and out as before.

As for the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Prime Minister's Yamen, the former hoped that the latter would also be brought under the management of the Ministry of Households, while the latter would maintain their independent status in life and death, and also wanted to bypass the Ministry of Household Affairs to control the power of domestic trade taxation. Household officials felt that the salaries of the officials of the Prime Minister's Yamen were too high, and that there was too much money deposited by the customs and should be returned to the state treasury. On the other hand, the officials of the Prime Minister's Yamen thought that the household officials were corrupt and incompetent, and they could not even manage the domestic trade tax revenue, so how could they manage themselves.

Under such contradictions, it is obviously difficult for the two sides to cooperate and work together. After Feng Quan received the emperor's order, he discussed with his subordinates how to formulate this five-year plan so that he would not be compared by the household department in front of the emperor.

Feng Quan's subordinates, most of whom come from businessmen or Yenching University, are sensitive to data and soon have a preliminary idea of how to formulate a five-year plan.

“… Based on the above data, Xia Guan and others believe. To formulate a five-year economic and social development plan, we must first record the economic and social data of various localities in the past, and only then can we have a basis for calculating.

However, the economic statistics of each county are now in the household department, and only overseas trade is in our prime minister's yamen. Without the help of the Ministry of Households, we would not have been able to come up with a credible growth plan. And according to our understanding, the economic statistics of most of the south, with the exception of the northern provinces, are simply inaccurate, and it is difficult to make plans based on these data.

So, after a long discussion. I believe that it is safer to push the economic development plans of various localities to the Ministry of Households, and that it is safer for us to focus only on overseas trade and formulate import and export plans. In addition, the production data of raw materials such as steel and coal are also relatively real, and the number of annual production increases can be estimated as long as the input-output ratio is calculated, and this piece can also be done..."

After listening to the gushing reports of his subordinates, Feng Quan was a little dizzy. As a typical literati doctor, he has no problem with simple mathematics. But the large and large sections of data application of these subordinates immediately upset him.

He finally couldn't help but interrupt his subordinates and asked, "According to what you said, that means that my Prime Minister Yamen can't formulate a five-year economic development plan on its own?" ”

Several subordinates looked at each other, and then replied to him in unison: "That's true, but adults don't have to worry, although the household department has data, there is no manpower, and they can't come up with a plan by themselves..."

Feng Quan suddenly waved his hand impatiently and interrupted the persuasion of his subordinates and said: "Everyone can't finish it, it's not the same to cooperate, Guo Wanyu still has to press on my head..."