In view of the fact that various provinces have requested the purchase of mosquito boats, Premier Yamen sent a letter to Li Shaoquan, saying that "this boat, regardless of the seaports, is difficult to distribute, that is, the throat area, and there is still not enough land at all, so it should be purchased immediately", and asked Li Shaoquan to take charge of the specific handling and purchase another batch of mosquito boats as soon as possible.

In addition to the mosquito boats, inspired by the lightning strikes in several naval battles in Japan's Southwest War, the Daqian Imperial Court also had a great interest in the lightning strike ships, and after receiving Lin Yiqing's inspection report on coastal defense, Prince Jing wrote to him to ask for the details of the lightning strikes he had carried out in Japan.

Regarding Prince Jing's inquiry, Lin Yiqing naturally knew everything, and wrote a rather detailed report and submitted it.

Lin Yiqing also knew very well that because the foundation of the Qianguo Navy, the Harbour Master's Naval Division, was completely modeled after the French Navy, Prince Jing's question should not only be inspired by his own lightning strike combat examples in the Southwest War, but also influenced by the French Navy's "green water school" thinking.

France was very annoyed by the superiority of the British navy in the time of Napoleon III, in fact, in the late 50s and early 60s of this century, France launched an aggressive challenge to Britain, Britain relied on its strong industrial power to forcibly suppress the momentum of France, but by the early 70s, a whole new theory based on the potential of new technologies appeared in France. This is a set of strategies that are completely tailored to the weaker naval states, the "green water school".

The founder of the Green Water School was Richard? Grivel, who published a book called "Warfare at Seas", laid the foundation of the Green Water School, but the real leader of the Green Water School was Rear Admiral Theofil? Aube. The theory of the Green Water School is based on the emergence of new weapons. In particular, the birth of torpedoes and mines. The power of submarines was also foreseen. They argue that the days of battleships dominating the seas are over, that the blockade strategy espoused by the British is untenable, and that the enemy's sea lines of communication have become vulnerable and vulnerable as a result. In particular, Aube noted that the laws of war established in the Paris Agreement of 9056 would not be feasible in a large-scale war, and that an unrestricted attack on the enemy's maritime trade would be acceptable to most countries.

Unlike many radical but powerless thinkers, Aube had every opportunity to put his theories into practice. Under his influence, the French Navy slowed down the pace of construction of ironclad ships, massively ordering torpedo boats and fast cruisers. After the British Navy built the torpedo boat "Lightning" and successfully test-fired torpedoes. The French side was keenly aware that torpedo boats clearly had the ability to destroy the enemy's large warships with a single torpedo launch. Ever since the destruction of the French fleet in the Napoleonic Wars, France has been searching for and working tirelessly to counteract Britain's overwhelming superiority at sea. In terms of torpedo boats, France overtook Britain this time, and as early as 9075 France ordered its first torpedo boat, but the boat was not commissioned until a year after the British "Lightning" entered service. Subsequently, France ordered 6 more torpedo boats. By 9080, 30 torpedo boats had been built in France, and another 30 were under construction. The British Navy was unimpressed. It seems to be happy to let its torpedo boat develop slowly, and therefore both the torpedo boat and the torpedo it uses. It is still in the initial stage of development. But France continued to build torpedo boats, and by the beginning of the year, the French Navy had ordered 44 more torpedo boats, bringing the total number of French torpedo boats to 104. Under the influence of France, in a short period of time, the navies of Austria, Chile, Greece, Germany, Italy, Japan and Scandinavia all had torpedo boats. In the face of such a trend, although conservative, it was impossible for the Great Qian Empire not to be affected.

And He Ruzhang, who had just taken over the shipyard, was a little at a loss for the vacillation of the imperial court's policy on the development of the navy.

"I'm afraid that Heard is exaggerating." He Ruzhang picked up the "Chart of Foreign Divisional Ships" and flipped through it, and said, "I have limited knowledge of the Western ship cannon, and such a huge cannon on this small ship frame can travel slowly, and the wind and waves should be avoided, so it can only be engaged in the shallow waters of the sea and along the coast, which seems to be not suitable for the ocean...... If it is used as a tool to control the enemy on the foreign surface, it may not be certain. And now that the two ships of 'Yangwu' and 'Chaoyong' have been completed, the rebuilt ships should be bigger and newer than those of 'Yangwu', but the imperial court ordered the imitation of mosquito ships and torpedo boats, which is really ......."

"It is true that as Ziwei said, mosquito ships should keep their mouths and go to sea to engage in war, it is not their ability, the court is like this, but because of the shortage of salary, if you want to use small boats to meet the urgent needs of the moment, you will still build ironclad ships in the future." Lin Yiqing said, "In my opinion, the shipmaster did not spend much money to build these small ships at this time, and the main force could be used for the expansion of the shipyard to prepare for the construction of ironclad ships in the future." ”

"In that case, I'm afraid that we will have to choose another factory site and open a new factory." He Ruzhang pondered.

"The shipbuilding affairs of the prime minister of the world are not just finished by building a factory." Lin Yiqing reminded He Ruzhangdao, "The shipyard set up a factory is not a factory, and the current site of the Mawei factory is not appropriate, and it is impossible to build a ship of more than 5,000 tons, so it is better to take this opportunity to set up another factory to build a giant ship." ”

"Then where is the site of this new factory?" He Ruzhang asked.

"I have been secretly paying attention to my inspection of Haiphong this time," Lin Yiqing said, "It is most suitable to set up a factory in Lushun Qingniwakou." ”

"Set up a factory in the northern Qingni valley?" Hearing Lin Yiqing's suggestion, He Ruzhang was taken aback.

"The shipyard set up a factory, and there is no need to stick to the north and south regions, otherwise, the four words 'prime minister and shipmaster' will be called in vain." Lin Yiqing smiled slightly, "Moreover, the customs and defense of this ship administration should also be changed." ”

"Yes! I didn't know before that the ship's defense was actually a wooden seal or carved by myself. He Ruzhang said a little strangely, "Since it is the Prime Minister's Shipping Affairs, it should be issued by the Ministry of Rites, and the seal should also be 'Prime Minister's Shipping Affairs Yamen Customs', how can you engrave the six words 'Prime Minister's Shipping Administration'?" ”

In the Great Qian Dynasty, it refers to the seal letter of the temporary or newly established institution that is not systematized, and its plane is rectangular to distinguish it from the square seal. In the present era, there are not many new institutions that directly bear the name of "Prime Minister", except for the Prime Minister. Other representative new institutions include the "Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen" and the "Prime Minister's Navy Affairs Yamen". Same as Prime Minister Harbour Administration. All of them are special organs in charge of specific affairs in a certain field with the approval of the central government of the Qianguo State. However, one of the important nuances is that although the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen and the Prime Minister's Naval Affairs Yamen also use the customs defense seal, the customs defense of these two institutions is cast and issued by the Ministry of Rites, that is, registered and filed with the Ministry of Rites, and the materials are all silver, and the content of the seal also appears to be extremely high-level, which is the same as the big fish of the official institution, except for the name of the institution in the Chinese original seal script. At the same time, there are also Bowen seal scripts. In contrast, the current shipmaster's self-made shipyard, the material is wooden, and the printed text only has the original Chinese language, which seems to be quite different in rank, not to mention that the prime ministers of the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen and the Prime Minister's Naval Affairs Yamen are all prince-level royal ministers, and although the rank of the shipping master is also very high, after all, he is only an official at the governor level.

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□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, and your support. That's what motivates me the most......)