"What else can it look like, it's nothing more than the kind of salmon-grade imitation of the Mongolian sailor." Hong Tao didn't even think about it, so he said the answer. The battleships of the Mongolian naval division captured in the naval battle of the Three Kingdoms were all pulled away by the naval division of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the shipbuilding technology of the Southern Song Dynasty was not low, much higher than that of Mongolia, but there was a problem with the design idea. Now that we have a sample, we will only make it better and faster than the Mongols.

"Hey, hey, hey...... I guess Your Majesty has to say that. But this time you guessed it wrong, the ship they built is very similar to the Jiao Shark class, but the mast is not that high. I can't say the specific performance, so let's find Commander Kong and Wen Xiaoqi and let them answer you. I deliberately took the two of them to Mingzhou on the ship of the Great Song Dynasty Maritime Merchants to see, although they couldn't get too close, but they watched it for two whole days, and they all said they understood. Cixi smiled proudly, he finally saw that Hong Tao had guessed wrong, which was rare.

"Then you go to Kong Pei and Wen Xiaoqi first, and let Minister Li come in by the way." Hong Tao was indeed a little surprised, even surprised. The Southern Song Dynasty court actually imitated the Jiao Shark level without saying a word, and this Nima is not very easy to do.

But if you think about it carefully, it shouldn't be too surprising, the shipbuilding level of the Southern Song Dynasty was not low, and the previous shipbuilding skills of the Wen family are estimated to be not ranked among the shipwrights of the Southern Song Dynasty. If the Southern Song Dynasty shipwrights were given enough time and references, there was no reason why they could not imitate them, but they did not know how well they could imitate the fakes. In addition, there are two key points, that is, the extent to which they have mastered artillery and navigation.

With an advanced ship alone, and without the seafaring technology to match, the ship would not be able to perform at its full capacity. In recent years, although the navigation school has trained many merchant sailors for the Great Song Maritime Merchants in the Strait Company, the position of navigator has never taught them, and the two navigators on each merchant ship are affiliated with the Royal Navy, all of whom are students of the Golden River Empire. There is no one in the Great Song Dynasty.

Even if these navigators are usually careless, or for other reasons, some of the navigation skills are revealed, then Hong Tao is not worried. The core technology of this set of things is the principle of making the sextant and the way the lunar distance meter is used. Merchant navigators only use sextants, and lunar distances are only a fraction of what they use on their own routes, and many geometric calculations are difficult for ordinary people to understand if they have not learned them completely. It's not that you can't learn it. But this process will be very long, because it is not easy to restore and understand a set of systematic knowledge from fragmented information.

There is another thing that Hong Tao is more concerned about, and that is artillery. The Southern Song Dynasty began to imitate artillery a few years ago. The Mongolian Empire imitated the mortar, which was considered to be a crooked road, but the artillery imitated by the Southern Song Dynasty sailors was not crooked, but the caliber was a little small, and the ****** was not very powerful. As long as you find the right direction, all that's left is patience and luck. No one dares to say that the foundry craftsmen of the Southern Song Dynasty must not be able to find a suitable bronze formula. They just didn't find it then, and now?

"Your Majesty, this is this year's report, the red ones are the goods sold directly by the Empire, and the black ones are the goods that the Empire has exchanged from the surrounding vassal countries. This one was originally exchanged from the Mongol Empire, the red ones were retained by the empire itself, and the black ones were resold through the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty. This book ......" Cixi had not left for ten seconds, and a crisp voice sounded in front of Hong Tao. Hong Tao, who was originally thinking with his head down, directly covered his head with his hand, and he was very afraid of this voice.

Minister Li...... Just tell me about it. There are so many books, I have to see what year to go! Are you going to exhaust me? Besides, I don't care about it. "I'm afraid I have to listen, because it's more comfortable to listen than to watch. Li Niang's small hand, can't be said to be irregular, nor can it be said to be unclear, but the font is too small. It looks like it's one by one, and there is an urge to tear it up when you turn two articles, not to mention reading several books.

"To put it simply, the sales are very good, the high-grade rum produced in Jinhe City is about to be out of stock, and there is not much stock of sugar. I would like to make a suggestion. Can you get some back from Port Callamba every month? "Li Niang is really obedient, isn't it simple, there is no number, it's all approximate.

"I don't think it's going to be deployed, the port of Kalamba still has to deal with the big cannibals and the countries on the Indian Peninsula, and it is also a hassle to transport it back and forth. It's better to take people to Mayi Port to investigate, they are not planting sugarcane, just plant more, and then build a sugar factory and a distillery directly there, so that they don't grow grain, they all grow sugarcane, sugar and wine, and the food needed is uniformly allocated by the empire. ”

Hong Tao did not agree with Li Niang's suggestion, this method can only solve the problem for a while, and cannot increase the actual output. The best solution is to increase production, but Golden River doesn't have that much labor to make this low-tech product, so it's time to harness the power of the colonial people. Ma Yi Port, that is, the later Manila Port, it is the closest to Jinhe City, so let's annex it first.

“…… Will they agree? "Li Niang is a pure economic talent, when it comes to her part, everything is the way, and when she says something else, it will be over immediately.

"I think I'll agree...... It doesn't matter if you don't agree, the battleship goes over with cannons, and they have to agree. You don't have to worry about these things, go and discuss with Minister Huang about the area where sugar cane is planted, and the construction of the sugar factory and the distillery, and I will ask someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do the preliminary work for you, and then the Royal Navy warship will escort you there. Hong Tao began to smile again, and he never spoke seriously for more than half an hour.

"It's rude!" Li Niang frowned every time she saw Hong Tao's hippie smiling face, and then picked up a large stack of ledgers on the table, turned around and strode away, without even saying hello. If she had been idle, she would have slammed the door shut. But this time she didn't succeed, because Cixi took Kong Pei and Wen Xiaoqi to stand outside the door, but the three of them were glared at fiercely by Li Niang, and the second monk was confused, and entered the house in a daze.

"The new battleship of the Southern Song Dynasty Navy Division is slightly smaller than the Jiaosha class, about three hundred to three hundred and fifty tons. Three masts, about 30 meters high, all crosssails, no bow sails and stern sails. There is only one artillery deck, equipped with guns with a caliber of no more than 100 mm, the number of twenty guns, and the firing range is relatively close, only about 200 meters, which is estimated to be a problem of ******, resulting in insufficient chamber pressure. Xiao Qi and I have watched them shoot targets, and the rate of fire is about three minutes per shot, and it is estimated that they can improve after training. Let Xiao Qi say the rest, he knows more about boats than I do. Cixi should have explained to Kong Pei what Hong Tao wanted to listen to, so as soon as he entered the room, before he sat down, Kong Pei began to introduce the parameters of the new battleship of the Southern Song Dynasty Naval Division.

"Their boat looks a lot like the Jiao Shark class, but the structure is not quite the same as the Jiao Shark class. The bottom of such a ship should not have a stabilizing plate, so when turning, crosswinding, and firing guns, the hull swing is very serious. If they hadn't increased the weight of the ballast, they would have flipped over. There is also the fact that the structure of the hull is different, the hull of this kind of ship is not very thick, no more than thirty centimeters, I estimate that there are still partitions inside, otherwise the overall strength will not reach. ”

"If there is a heavy ballast and waterproof partitions, then the weight of the cabin will be much less, which will seriously affect the endurance, and the second gun deck will not be arranged, and the living conditions will be even worse. Its speed downwind is not bad, it can reach nine knots, and the side tailwind is also good, but once it encounters the headwind and the side headwind, the speed drops very much, and the four knots cannot be reached, and the steering is even more problematic, and it cannot make a sharp turn...... That's probably it, no matter how detailed the performance is, you have to go on the boat to see it. Minister Ci said that at present, our people are not able to go up, and the Southern Song Dynasty sailors are very strict with these ships, and the sailors' camps cannot enter. ”

Wen Xiaoqi said in more detail and professionally, many details blinded the layman, but he couldn't blindfold him. Through the driving attitude and steering attitude of the hull, he can see the general structure and characteristics of the ship.

"It's just temporary, after a while, my people will be able to go in, you help my people train and train shipbuilding knowledge, and let them draw back and tell you what you want to see." Cixi hurriedly added, emphasizing that the difficulties are only temporary, and the future is still bright.

"Lao Kong, it seems that the training of the Royal Navy is about to change its objectives. Don't look at your opponents with the same old eyes, but also keep up with the times, and study how to deal with this new ship, I guess there will be no fewer of them. After listening to Kong Pei and Wen Xiaoqi's introduction to the new battleship of the Southern Song Dynasty Naval Division, Hong Tao really had a headache.

The problem of technology diffusion will come sooner or later, and I am mentally prepared, but after it really comes, it is still a bit troublesome to deal with. If the Southern Song Dynasty had rioted into warships, it would be several times more terrible than the Mongol Empire.

One is that it has a lot of ready-made shipyards, and a little change can build large ships; Second, there is no shortage of talents, whether it is a shipwright or a sailor, they are all ready-made and experienced, and there is no problem of requiring long-term training to get on the ship; Third, the Southern Song Dynasty court was much richer than the Mongol Empire, and with money, many things were easier to do; The most important thing is that you can't strike first, and you can't drive a warship to harass and harass you like you did with the Mongol Empire.

In the face of a great Song Dynasty who was committed to developing the navy, Hong Tao had no good way but passive defense. I hope that this court, which is easy to go crazy, will not smoke this time, and never come to Nanyang to make trouble, otherwise the emperor will not be able to convince the parliament to tolerate them.

(To be continued.) )

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