As a conceited emperor with great ambitions, this idea just appeared in Chongzhen's mind, and it became out of control......

Under the gaze of several cabinet ministers, Emperor Chongzhen, who had already made a decision in his heart, made a very decisive decision: "Since the warships and equipment are inferior to the Haw Par Army Naval Division, then we will build a more powerful warship than the Haw Par Army Naval Division, and equip the sailors with more powerful artillery......"

"Therefore, I decided to take out five million taels of silver from the household department to serve as military expenses for the sailors, build new warships and artillery, and train a fleet of sailors as powerful as the new army......

A year's salary of the new army of the imperial court, plus the consumption of the new army of Ganning and other aspects of the imperial court, has used up all the taxes of the imperial court for a year.

If the impact on the salt tax cannot be resolved immediately. In the second half of the year, the imperial court will directly fall into a situation where it is beyond its means.

In this case, Chongzhen still needs five million taels of silver to develop the navy, doesn't that cost the lives of all the ministers of the imperial court?

However, when Chongzhen had completely controlled the court and mastered their power of life and death. As cabinet ministers under one person and above ten thousand people, what they can do is bear it, and find ways to help Chongzhen solve the gap of five million taels of silver.

After some discussion, the cabinet really had no choice but to come up with a bad idea for Chongzhen to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.

Five million taels of silver, and the officials and gentry from all over the country pledged two million taels.

As for the remaining three million taels, the military expenses of the new army will be temporarily called. After the financial pressure on the imperial court is eased in the second half of the year, the military expenses of the new army will be made up.

However, what Chongzhen didn't expect was that. As long as he has a mouthful of military spending in the new army. This kind of military spending. The act of demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall has become out of control in the court......

Because, from now on, not only did the financial revenue of the imperial court not only not ease, but also became worse and worse.

The shortage of silver required by the imperial court every year has also become larger and larger......

And the Tiger Par Army, the promoter of the whole thing, wants this result.

As long as the military spending of the new army of the imperial court is affected. The officers and men of the new army, who have the idea of serving as soldiers and eating food, will at least be greatly affected by the reduction in morale at least in terms of salaries.

An army without morale, no matter how well equipped it is, will not have too strong combat effectiveness......

After Chongzhen's decision was issued in the form of a holy decree, the major shipyards of the imperial court in Jiangnan began to build warships with a larger displacement. Of course, the Military Garrison Division was not idle, using the silver issued by the imperial court. Build a cannon that is more powerful and has a longer range.

In all the artillery that the officers and armies are equipped. The most powerful is undoubtedly the red-coated cannon.

And if you want to increase the power and range of the redcoat cannon, you must increase the caliber and charge of the redcoat cannon accordingly, which is something that every craftsman who can build artillery knows well.

However, in this way, the thickness of the barrel of the redcoat cannon will more than double. After all, the barrel was too thin to withstand such a large charge.

Under the strict orders of the imperial court, this powerful red-coated cannon was quickly created.

The only thing that made the craftsmen arrive was that the weight of this red-coated cannon was too heavy. It's more than twice as much.

However, no matter what, with this artillery, he can at least give an account to the imperial court and Emperor Chongzhen.

Therefore, after witnessing the powerful power of this red-coated cannon after the test firing, the newly appointed director of the military garrison department immediately rushed into the palace to report the good news to the imperial court and Emperor Chongzhen.

looked at the head of the military department who was standing in the center of the main hall with a look of anticipation and excitement. Chongzhen, who got the news of the success of the red-clothed cannon, was excited, and subconsciously asked rhetorically......

"Xiao Aiqing, you confirm that the new artillery created by the Military Armament Division can be stronger than the artillery equipped by the Haw Par Army Marine Division in terms of power......"

As a low-level official of the Ming Dynasty, it is definitely a very happy thing to be able to see Emperor Chongzhen with his own eyes.

Therefore, at this moment, the head of the Armament Department has no other thoughts in his mind except excitement.

Facing Chongzhen's rhetorical question, he affirmed without thinking about it: "Yes, Your Majesty...... Wechen witnessed the entire test launch process with his own eyes. The new red-coated cannon can reach a maximum range of five miles, which is already more than the artillery equipped by the Haw Par Army's naval division......"

"If the imperial court equips this new red-coated cannon on the naval warship, our sailor soldiers will definitely be able to fight against the tiger and leopard army in naval battles, so that the tiger and leopard army will not have any chance of returning the ......."

"Okay, Xiao Aiqing is worthy of being my favorite minister...... I order you to immediately concentrate all the craftsmen of the Armament Division and make every effort to build this red-coated cannon...... After building 1,500 doors, they will be handed over to the water master together...... After completion, I will definitely reward Aiqing ......"

"Yes, Your Majesty xià ......" was affirmed by Chongzhen, which means that the addition of an official to the knighthood is not far from him.

The head of the Armament Division was full of excitement and began to look forward to his future.

A very deadly threat to him was directly ignored by him.

As a cannon used to equip naval ships, even if a sample is created, it must be sent to the warship first to see if the wooden warship can withstand the strong recoil generated by the shelling of this gun.

And now, whether it is the excited Emperor Chongzhen or the excited head of the Military Armament Division, they all ignore this problem.

Of course, that's all for later......

The director of the Military Armament Division, who was full of longing for the future, took the holy decree given to him by Emperor Chongzhen, and began to build a new type of red-coated cannon on a large scale.

The major shipyards located in the south of the Yangtze River, stimulated by the large sums of money sprinkled by the imperial court, also began to work overtime to build fortune ships with a displacement of 1,500 tons.

In order to build a naval division that surpasses the Haw Par Army in size and strength.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was holding his breath in his heart, ignored the opposition of the cabinet, and built twenty lucky ships with a fake amount of 100,000 taels of silver in one go. And now, these 20 lucky boats, with the efforts of tens of thousands of craftsmen, are being completed day by day......

Just when the imperial court was concentrating all its efforts to form a huge naval division. Liaodong, which is thousands of kilometers away from the south of the Yangtze River, is ushering in an unprecedented harvest.

Although a large-scale drought still shrouded several provinces in the north of the Ming Dynasty, after the Tiger and Par Army invested hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to build water conservancy. In the entire land of Liaodong, all the land that can grow grain is golden at this moment, and there are golden wheat waves everywhere.

There is no doubt that the millions of people who have just migrated to Liaodong will usher in their first bumper harvest in Liaodong.

For ordinary people, everyone has an expression full of excitement and eagerness on their faces, waiting for a good harvest.

However, for Wang Feng, the governor of Liaodong, this moment has directly become the most nervous and worrying moment of his year...... (To be continued......)