"I'm going to build some big warships, re-train the navy, and cast some cannons, are you up to the task?" Yang Reform doesn't talk nonsense, just get down to business. This daily thing, one after another, is very busy, and I don't have time to be idle.

Sun Yuanhua was excited, this emperor really said the same as the teacher, very crisp and decisive, and directly asked himself if he could build a ship and build a cannon.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister cast the cannon, there is no problem at all, the minister cast the cannon, but in Jinning won a great victory, it is said that the chief was hit by the cannon cast by the minister, only to be shot and killed. The cannon cast by the minister has been tested in actual combat, and there is absolutely no problem, the minister thinks that it is not enough to cast the cannon, but also to train the gunner how to fire the cannon, how to aim, how to kill the enemy, so the minister thinks that the cannon casting, training the gunner, must be one, otherwise, how to kill the enemy with the light cannon? ......" Sun Yuanhua said what he was proud of, and immediately talked endlessly.

Yang Reform was speechless, who killed the leader of this wild boar skin, it seems that more than a group of people came to receive credit from themselves, on the bright side, Yuan Chonghuan is said to have injured / killed Nurhachi with a cannon, and received the credit for this Jinning victory, and then what Tang Ruowang This guy came to tell him that they also contributed to this cannon, and they also had to take credit for themselves, and now, this Sun Yuanhua also stood up and said that this cannon was made by him, and he also had to receive a credit, Yang Reform was speechless, this history is really foggy! It seems that we have to ask the dead Nurhachi who killed him, so that there is a conclusion.

Sun Yuanhua didn't notice His Majesty the Emperor's strangeness at all, and he talked endlessly.

"......, there is no problem with this cannon, but this ship, the minister does not dare to hold it up, does not dare to deceive His Majesty, the minister has learned from the missionaries of the Franco, but it is all on paper, but it has not been actually built, and there is no experience in this area, Your Majesty, this matter, I have to ask the missionaries of the Franco machine to come to your Majesty in person,...... "Sun Yuanhua listened to his teacher's words very much, and said one to the emperor, and there were two to say two, and he would never hide and lie.

Yang Gai nodded, what he likes is this kind of person who tells the truth and does practical things, this has always been a person who speaks beautifully and is generally not very reliable in doing things, and this honest person is only reliable when he does things.

"That is to say, to build a ship, you have to consult those Western missionaries?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, if Your Majesty wants to build a Franc machine warship, it is best to summon those Franc machine missionaries to ask, when the door, there are those who are familiar with building ships, although Wei Chen can also build it, but, on paper, even if it can be built, I am afraid that this time is urgent, it is too late to test, and I am afraid that there will be some mistakes and damage Your Majesty's affairs, Your Majesty still asked the Franc Machine missionaries, it is better." Sun Yuanhua still insisted on shipbuilding and directly asked the Western missionaries, and he really only studied this matter on paper, with no actual experience in work, and he did not dare to boast to the emperor about Haikou, all thanks to the teachings of his teacher Xu Guangqi.

"Well, in that case, let's summon a Western missionary, Otomo, and pass it on." Yang decided to meet with the Western missionaries.

Wang Chengen didn't agree to the emperor very simply this time, but was a little undecided, puzzled for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the face of the Francophone is hateful, and the slave and maid are afraid of startling the holy driver, this ......" Wang Chengen has seen those Francophone people, and their appearance is really ugly.

"Hehe, big companion, it's not like I haven't seen foreigners before, so isn't it okay for me to be a stranger?" Yang Reform is not afraid of seeing foreigners, and in the future 21 st century, it is not uncommon to see foreigners, and he can be regarded as having some understanding of them.

Seeing that the emperor insisted on seeing him, and what he said made sense, Wang Chengen didn't say anything anymore and said, "Obey, Your Majesty." ”

…… Under the guidance of the little eunuch, more than a dozen foreigners entered the warm pavilion, and then respectfully kowtowed to Yang Reform, and said in a strange voice, with a little foreign flavor: "We knock to see His Majesty the Emperor of the East, long live the Emperor, long live, long live." "Obviously, it's not trained well, it's not so neat to speak. However, they are all authentic Chinese, and no one gives them a word of English or anything.

Yang Gaiai looked at this group of foreigners with great interest, didn't he say that this Westerner would not kowtow when he saw the emperor of China? Why do you kowtow so much now?

"Settle down, everybody." Yang Gengai didn't intend to torture them either, and quickly got them up.

"Your Majesty Emperor Xie!" This time, they answered in unison.

"I heard that any of you can forge cannons?" Yang Reform didn't talk nonsense, he asked directly, and these foreigners, there is really no friendship to talk about, he is the emperor, as long as he gives an order, they will definitely do things for themselves.

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth to ask, the people below immediately exploded.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the East, I can make it, I can make ......"

“…… Your Majesty the Emperor, I can also make ......"

“…… Your Majesty the Emperor, I have made a very powerful cannon......"

Some even said, "...... Your Majesty the Emperor, I can not only build cannons, but also train gunners, and can accurately aim at the enemy and fire......"

“…… When I go back to His Majesty the Emperor, I will not only be able to cast cannons, but also have actual combat experience, so that I can train soldiers for Your Majesty...... Win the war, win the war......" and others are peddling their military skills.

“…… His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I will not only cast cannons, but also train gunners, I also have experience in actual combat, the Ming Dynasty also once hired me as a mercenary, Your Majesty the Emperor, I expect to become your mercenary again......" What this person said made Yang Reform stunned, there were Western mercenaries before the Chongzhen Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty? Oh, my God? Did you hear that right? Is this the history of that plane? I'll have to find someone to ask what's going on, it's a bit weird.

…… This group of Westerners didn't know why, they were so noisy at the emperor's summons party, and there was no etiquette at all.

Wang Chengen was very disgusted with these Yi people, and wanted to stop these people from making noise, but seeing that the emperor was watching these Yi people with relish, he seemed to be very interested, so he didn't come out to drink, so the warm pavilion of this heart palace became a vegetable market, and it became a "labor market" for this group of foreigners to sell themselves.

Yang Reform thinks it's very interesting, this group of foreigners, at the beginning, was still recommending themselves to the emperor, and then it gradually became a mutual demolition, you expose my scandal, I say your troubles.

After a while, Yang Gengai was no longer fresh to hear, so he took a look, Wang Chengen was already impatient with this group of people, and shouted "Silence!" The group of Francophiles immediately quieted down, and then remembered that the place where they stayed was in the palace of His Majesty the Emperor in the East, not a vegetable market, not a labor market, and not a bar. They all looked at the emperor in silence.

Yang Gengai thinks that this group of foreigners is quite interesting. Said: "Everyone, don't argue first, if you have the ability, I will consider it, this issue will be put aside for the time being, and I will ask you one more thing, which of you will build a warship?" Especially those who build very large warships? ”

This time, when it came to shipbuilding, few people said anything, and only a few people came out to answer.

"Your Majesty, Honorable Emperor of the East, Missionary Amdo is ready to serve you." A foreigner bowed to the emperor very elegantly, indicating that he could build a warship.

"Your Majesty, Emperor of the East, Missionary Nidosa is willing to serve Your Majesty." This one is the same, saying that he can build warships. [Both names are apocryphal. 】

A group of people, twenty or thirty, only two people said that they could build ships, and a few others wanted to try it and struggled a few times, but in the end they still didn't speak, which deceived His Majesty the Emperor, if the stuffing was exposed, the result would definitely not be so fun.

"Oh? Hehe, very good, let's talk about the current situation of Western warships, for example, how big is the largest warship that can be built? How powerful is it? How is the combat capability. Yang Gengai plans to refer to the extent to which the current Western warships have developed, and he is now preparing to build Chinese ships such as treasure ships, but there is no final finalization, just let people prepare first, wait for their own drawings, and finalize the sample.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, about the warships of the West, the largest warships that can be built now, huh...... According to the latest news I have received, it is said that the English are going to build a 'King of the Seas', this battleship will weigh 1,500 tons, about 100 cannons, and will need more than 800 sailors. The missionary, Amdo, spoke eloquently, and his eyes were full of fanatical light. [Actually, the 'Sea King' was only completed and launched in 1637, so let's assume that we are ready to build it, and we are in the stage of argumentation.] 】

The King of the Seas? Yang Gai thinks that this name is so familiar? I seem to have heard the name somewhere. Looking at this set of numbers again, 1,500 tons, this should be regarded as a large warship, 100 cannons, that is, if they are divided on both sides, there will be forty or fifty cannons on one side, just like a sea fortress with firepower output, more than 800 sailors, a ship of this size should be about to catch up with the scale of the treasure ship, and in terms of the scale of the cannon, it is estimated that it will be higher than the treasure ship.

Yang Reform also couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if he wanted to compete with Westerners for the world and become the hegemon of the Seven Seas, he would have to face this kind of warship! Yang Gai feels that there is pressure on this. You know, the current Ming Dynasty, can no longer take out any of the ships that can be handled, even the dispatch of canonization to make this kind of framing of the face of the heavenly dynasty, the façade of the country can not be done, the East and the West in shipbuilding technology, is already at the same level, even, in some places, has surpassed the Ming Dynasty, this is said to colonize overseas, must and foreigners to grab the colony! This is bound to encounter this kind of battleship! This...... Yang Reform's mind was thinking wildly, this wooden battleship, reaching the scale of one or two thousand tons, I am afraid, it has almost reached the limit, that is to say, he can no longer rely on big ships to bully small ships, such as dealing with his own thinking to win in the West, if you want to win, I am afraid you have to work the number of shipbuilding, shipbuilding speed, and the reserve of sailors!

“…… Of course, the cost of this kind of warship is also very expensive, according to the following estimates, the cost of this ship is at least thirty or forty thousand pounds. The missionary, Amdo, spoke at length about his thoughts on the super-warship.

"Thirty or forty thousand pounds? How much silver do you get for the specific exchange of silver? "Thirty or forty thousand pounds, Yang Gengai doesn't know how much silver he gets, and he is a little confused about the weight units of foreign countries, let alone the seventeenth century.

When asked this question, this missionary named Amdo also froze, and he didn't know how to answer this question to His Majesty the Emperor. After thinking for a long time, he replied: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I thought that thirty or forty thousand pounds was probably equivalent to one hundred thousand taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty, or one hundred and twenty thousand, and this could not be calculated clearly, in short, it was more reliable between ten and twelve thousand taels of silver, and such a super battleship could be built, it should be right......" Amdo himself was not sure, and could only provide a relatively vague data.

Yang Reform was even more confused when he heard such a messy exchange rate conversion, and he didn't know how much silver was exchanged for one pound. However, at least 100,000, at most 120,000, but there is a specific number, that is to say, for one million taels of silver, you can probably build ten ships of this kind of "King of the Sea", and this year I am going to use one or two million taels of silver to build ships, in that way, it is estimated that there are one or twenty such super warships, thinking about it, it is very exciting, and I can't help laughing in my heart. If so, you'll soon be able to dominate the oceans. [Here take one pound for three taels of silver, but the silver of the Ming Dynasty is more valuable, it is estimated that one pound may be less than three taels. 】

"You're saying that a warship of this size will be the largest in the world? Oh, do you know that my treasure ship? Do you know how big the treasure ship is? Yang Gaiai didn't like the foreigner pretending to be B very much, so he carried Zheng He's treasure boat out and pressed the foreigner, lest the foreigner not listen to the greeting arrogantly in the future.

"Uh...... I'm sorry! May I ask Your Majesty, is Your Majesty talking about the kind of treasure ship of Zheng He's fleet? Oh, my God! I made a big mistake and almost forgot about this super-sized fleet, as His Majesty said, even if a warship like the 'King of the Sea' was built, it still can't be compared with Zheng He's treasure ship, of course, this only refers to the carrying capacity, the size of the ship, I have also heard some deeds of the treasure ship, and I think that His Majesty's treasure ship may not be as good as the 'King of the Sea' in terms ,......of firepower."

Yang Reform listened to this Amdo's words, and felt that it was still relatively reliable, and he also had a little faith in this person's shipbuilding ability, after all, this was Sun Yuanhua recommended by Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua recommended them, if it was a group of guys who didn't understand anything, it was estimated that Sun Yuanhua would not have the courage to recommend it to himself, as long as he used it.

“…… However, Your Majesty, with all due respect, it is said that the Ming Dynasty has already built and stopped producing such giant warships, so if the 'Sea King' is built, it will still be the largest warship in the world according to optimistic estimates. This man named Amdo is becoming more and more "interested" in comparison.

"Hehe, you're right, but, this 'Sea King, I'm afraid there are no drawings now, but my Ming Dynasty, but there are drawings for building a treasure ship, hehe, as long as I want, I can immediately build this kind of warship that is bigger than the 'Sea King'......" Yang Reform is bragging, the drawings of this treasure ship have been destroyed by civilian officials, what drawings and materials are there, but in front of outsiders, I have to fight for this breath. Yang Gai felt that he was an emperor, what kind of strength could he compete with such a common man! Is it very dignified to win?

"Really? Your Majesty, Your Majesty intends to rebuild such a super-battleship? Your Majesty, I sincerely implore Your Majesty to participate in the construction of warships, and I am willing to serve Your Majesty. When it comes to shipbuilding, this Andor has stars in his eyes and a look of impatience.

When Yang Gengai heard this, his first feeling was that this person was trying to steal technology? There is also an extra heart. His eyes became unkind.

Seeing that what he said might cause the emperor to be disgusted or unhappy, the man named Amdo explained: "Your Majesty, you may think that you are trying to steal the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty, oh! Actually, it's not English at all, it's Spanish down, oh! I don't know if Your Majesty can understand Zaixia's words, but I am saying that the country that built the kind of super warship I just mentioned is not our country, I am from another country, and I only want to build a bigger and more powerful ship than the 'Sea King', so as to suppress the English...... , explain his relationship with the "King of the Sea", and explain his intention to come to the East.

Wang Chengen on the side only saw a ghost-like Buddha machine man pointing fingers and jumping around in the main hall, like a wizard jumping a god, he didn't know what this guy was talking about, and his disgust was even higher.

Yang Gengai had studied middle school and history, but he even understood it with guesses. It is estimated that this should be a critical moment for the British to compete for supremacy at sea. This Spaniard should be an "angry youth", in order to deal with the British, he actually dared to cross the ocean to China alone to learn the technology of shipbuilding, and he can be regarded as a person with a firm mind and lofty ambitions.

"This missionary, you will not talk about it for the time being, let's talk about the Western warship first, I have summoned you to hear about this matter." Yang Gengai found that this was originally about warships, but now the building is crooked, so he broke this building back.

Back to the issue of battleships.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, in the West, this kind of super battleship is still relatively rare, most of the warships are still between five hundred tons and one thousand tons, this is the main warship of a country, the kind of battleship that exceeds a thousand tons, it is very rare." Andor explained to the Emperor that the Western warship had risen.

Another missionary seized the opportunity and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, in addition, in addition to the above two types of warships, there are also smaller warships, such as one hundred to five hundred tons, which are also very combative. Can assist the above two types of warships in combat ......"

(To be continued)