A warship costs 500,000 taels of silver, which is really too expensive.

Li Xiang was completely taken aback by the price she estimated.

And he knew that he was still underestimating.

If nothing else, it's like such a warship, capable of carrying so many guns. And it can also sail and fight at sea, this kind of ship at least the Ming Dynasty could not build.

Therefore, it must be expensive.

With those guns, such a ship would definitely be more expensive than you estimated.

This is a boat, it is simply made of silver.

Li Xiang even felt that he was hallucinating, and he found that the warships had turned the color of silver, and began to shimmer with a silver sheen.

The warship he saw was the Dutch-style commercial and war dual-purpose ship of the Song Empire.

This version, which was based on the Dutch commercial and war ocean-going vessels, in addition to the increased hull and thicker deck, also added ramming angles and guns in the bow, and iron plate armor and guns in the stern.

At the same time, all three poles also have an extra sail, which adds propulsion to the boat.

Of course, the most important and secret thing is that these ships have engines and propellers on the bottom. This was absolutely non-existent in the seventeenth century, and it was the secret weapon of the Song Empire.

Therefore, the improved warships were much superior to the sea ships of all contemporaries in terms of speed, firepower, and defense.

This has been proven in the Americas.

Whether it was the Spaniards or the Dutch, their fleets met the fleets of the Song Empire, and only the whole army was destroyed.

Even, after a naval battle, the proportion of battle losses on both sides is very large.

The fleet of the Song Empire also suffered miraculously zero battle losses.

At sea, the speed of a battleship and the range of its guns largely determine the balance of victory or defeat in battle.

And at least from the current point of view, the Song Empire belongs to the lucky ones who stand on the side of the goddess of victory.

Although the Imperial fleet on the eastern side has not achieved remarkable results. But with the start of Kyushu and Zhao Hongyu standing on this side, then one day in the future, the imperial fleet will definitely shine.

Of course, the Imperial fleet did not shine without its own light before this.

The most elite ironclad sailor division of the Japanese people was soon wiped out by the whole army.

It's just that this matter is too embarrassing for the Japanese people, so it is impossible for the Japanese people to publicize it.

Therefore, here in the eastern sea, no one knows about this matter.

But this also shows that the strength of the Imperial fleet can also be demonstrated here in the East.

As an old pirate, Li Xiang has seen these imperial warships anchored in the port of Nagasaki since he saw them. His gaze could no longer be taken away.

He was a pirate, and he could have dealt with the ocean and ships all his life. For a pirate, a ship is equivalent to a horse's mount under the crotch of a cavalryman.

"Uncle, you said that these ships belonged to the crown prince of the Song Empire in the Americas?"

Standing beside Li Xiang and looking at those sea ships, Yang Biao's eyes were full of envy and shock after listening to his uncle Li Xiang's words, his eyes widened.

Li Xiang nodded: "These ships can't be Japanese, and they can't be from Southeast Asian countries." It is impossible for the Koreans to have such shipbuilding skills, so I can only say that the crown prince belongs to him. ”

Yang Biao thought about it and felt that this matter really seemed to be what his uncle said.

What kind of goods are Koreans? Yang Biao is also clear.

Like the Japanese people, the Goryeo people built large tortoiseshell ships with pavilions that could carry many soldiers.

For conceptual reasons, it was absolutely impossible for the Koreans to build such a battleship with such a large number of artillery. Because they simply don't have that much money.

And when the countries of South Asia, not to mention, their own ships can also be roaming the coastal waters. It is impossible to go to the far sea, so it can't be them at all.

In Yang Biao's eyes. The civilized natives of Southeast Asia are like monkeys in the primeval jungle.

Therefore, they would not have built such a fierce-looking warship.

And the Southern Barbarians. He didn't think about it at all.

As for the Ming Dynasty...... Nor will it be.

Ships like this are expensive, even more expensive than the legendary treasure ships.

Even if the Ming Dynasty could build it, but the main officials in it were corrupt and made some money, it would be impossible to build a ship so well.

Besides, what the warships of the coastal naval divisions of the Ming Dynasty were, Yang Biao knew very well.

Today's Ming Dynasty maritime waterproof division is equipped with 200 warships. The main large warships of this kind of warship generally have 5 masts, 18 zhang long, 6 zhang 8 feet wide, a displacement of about 1,700 tons, and a width draft ratio of 2. Between 93~3. The ships were equipped with trebuchets, cold weapons, and combatants, but there were no artillery.

The rest are either horse boats, 'clippers', or sea ships (transport), or serial boats (small assault boats).

Moreover, the method of naval warfare of the Ming Shui Division pays attention to the battle of the side, which is a very mainstream method of warfare in the East. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty would not have spent so much silver to build such an expensive warship.

Although since the Europeans came to the East, the Easterners have seen what naval artillery combat is, but the Easterners occupy a favorable position and have sufficient human resources, and they have not learned this way of naval warfare from the Europeans at all.

On the contrary, they are still conservatively using the ancient mode of naval warfare.

Only pirates like Li Xiang or Zheng Zhilong, in order to maintain their dominant position at sea, were forced to learn this tactic of the Europeans and began to install artillery on their ships.

But the problem is that personal behaviors like theirs still play a role after all. At the same time, because of the access and silver, it was impossible for them to load artillery on ships on a large scale and use them to fight at sea.

To know the way, it is not unreasonable for a cannon to sound a golden tael.

The cheapest artillery cannon costs more than a thousand taels of silver, but you always want shells, right?

In this era, more than 1,000 taels of silver is not a small amount.

Now the Ming Dynasty has been plagued by natural disasters for many years, resulting in the displacement of people.

Therefore, how much does it cost to sell a little girl from among the homeless people now? It's only five taels of silver...... Sometimes you don't even need to pay for it, you just follow it.

And an acre of land and other fertile land. The top is twelve taels of silver, and the cheapest three taels of silver is less than one acre.

Even in the disaster area, one acre of fertile land can be cheaper to the extent that one or two halves of silver per acre.

And one or two pieces of silver can be bought as early as the Ming Dynasty and half a stone of rice (ninety catties), which is still because of natural disasters.

Of course, depending on the environment, the price of rice may be high or low.

However, when selling pork in Nanjing, one tael of silver can buy more than 40 catties, and a roasted cake is only five cents. If you eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles without meat, it will only cost eight cents.

Visible. How strong is the purchasing power of a tael of silver in this era.

Therefore, although a cannon of more than 1,000 taels of silver is the cheapest, it seems that the price is also very expensive.

It's not enough to have a cannonball, you have to have a cannonball.

Otherwise, the artillery of more than 1,000 taels of silver would be just an ornament.

Cannonballs cost money!

So how many shells do you need for a naval battle?

There's no such thing as a sure number, after all, it depends on luck and the quality of the gunner.

A few silver shells shot out one after another, and they were all white silver.

The pirates would buy some cannons and put them on the façade or something. But let them use artillery in naval battles, that is not to be thought of.

It's too expensive.

Therefore, even a person like Li Xiang, although he has four cannons on his Ming-style warship, these four have not been driven many times in the past five or six years. It's completely furnished.

Li Xiang is like this, Zheng Zhilong is the same, not to mention the Ming Dynasty.

So, in the end, it will definitely not be the warships of these countries.

Because there are many artillery pieces for such warships. After a one-time salvo, at least a lot of silver was gone.

Look at the muzzles of these cannons, which are larger than those used by the Southern Barbarians. Therefore, the cannonball is definitely a lot more expensive.

The reason why a flowering bullet is more expensive than a solid bullet is because the lethality of the flowering bullet is greater, and of course the price is not cheap.

Come to think of it, it's basically the equivalent of stuffing the silver into the barrel of the cannon and knocking it out.

This is very unacceptable to the Orientals, who have a very serious idea of small peasants.

"Uncle, you said that if this warship is bombarded with artillery, it will cost a lot of silver."

Yang Biao looked at Li Xiang and asked.

Li Xiang also sighed a little about this, he sighed that the other party was so rich.

"It's hard to say, with such a large muzzle, how can a solid bullet alone cost three or four dollars of silver. If you calculate it in this way, at least fifty or sixty taels of silver will be thrown out, think about it, it's really a loser. ”

Ooh!

For a shelling, it costs fifty or sixty taels of silver.

And this is only solid shells, and it is the consumption of one shell.

After a naval battle, you can't just fire a cannon once, it's simply impossible.

Therefore, calculated in this way, the consumption of artillery shells in a naval battle alone will cost at least thousands of taels of silver.

Thinking of this, Yang Biao felt that his brain was a little groggy.

Damn, I don't think it's like smashing the enemy with silver. After a naval battle, it will cost thousands of taels of silver, my heavenly grandfather.

"Biaozi, this is just the consumption of one warship, how many warships are there here?"

Hiss!

After Li Xiang's reminder, Yang Biao suddenly took a breath of cold air.

Damn it!

This is the real rich man!

However, Yang Biao thought about it again, isn't it good for this crown prince to be rich.

They're going to take refuge in each other.

If you keep up with such a rich master, won't they be able to eat and drink spicy food in the future?

Therefore, Yang Biao, who thought of this, couldn't help but be happy.

Regarding Yang Biao's emotional changes, Li Xiang on the side saw it in his eyes and really felt it.

"Biaozi, why are you so happy, this crown prince looks like a loser, I'm a little worried now, is it reliable for us to take refuge in such a person......" (To be continued......)