"Your Majesty! Never! ”

Tong Haicheng on the side said urgently: "Your Majesty, you are worthy of the Taimiao, it must be the supreme honor that can only be obtained by those who have made high achievements, although the British Palace has been distinguished by meritorious service, but all the British Palaces are worthy of the Taimiao, I am afraid that it is not enough to serve the public......

Zhu Jie waved his hand and shouted in a deep voice: "Tong Haicheng, you just do your part, this matter is so decided, the British princes of all dynasties have been loyal ministers who have contributed to the country, why not enjoy the Taimiao?" What do you think? ”

Zhang Shize hesitated, worthy of the Taimiao, this is a real supreme honor, even more eye-catching than the title of the Duke of Guo, for the Zhang family, once such an honor is obtained, then looking at the Ming Empire, there will be no family that can be compared with the Zhang family!

It's just that the relocation of the Zhang family cemetery is extraordinary, and it is not something that you can call the shots by yourself.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to object, but there are other clan houses in the family, and the cemetery needs to be moved before the minister can ......reply to you after discussing with the elders and brothers."

Zhang Shize replied.

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "This is natural, the stakes are very high, I can't make you too embarrassed, you go down first, the matter of compensation and compensation, hurry up and deal with it, you can't delay, Tong Haicheng, in the future, strictly restrain your subordinates, and don't have similar things happen!" ”

The two of them hurriedly agreed and walked down.

Not long after the two of them left, Cha Xuan, Bi Dengfu and others came to the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, what did you call us for?"

Cha asked.

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Check the bolt, how is the construction of naval warships now?" ”

Cha Xuan hurriedly replied: "Emperor Qi, from the beginning of the year to the present, the Admiralty has reformulated the regulations on naval warships, reclassified the warships, enabled new classification categories, and adopted the latest regulations, the problem of disagreement with the specifications of the original fleet warships has been resolved, according to your opinions, it is divided into flagships, first-class main warships, second-class main warships and auxiliary warships, the flagship is used for combat command and does not participate in the battle, and the displacement of the first-class main warship is 1,200 tons, which is equivalent to the original 3,600 material giant ships, It is slightly larger than the Tian-class battleship, equipped with 20 cannons, 20 50-pound cannons, 15 30-kilogram cannons, and 10 20-kilogram cannons, a total of 65 guns, fully loaded with 3,000 shells of various types; The second-class capital battleship has a displacement of 1,000 tons, and is equipped with 16 flowering guns, 20 50-pound guns, 10 30-pound guns, and 6 20-pound guns, for a total of 52 guns; The auxiliary gunboats are equipped with one to five flowering guns, and the twenty catties and ten catties are equipped with eight to twenty guns, and the warships of the two fleets are being refitted, and the surplus solid shell artillery of the main battleship is converted into flowering shells, but this amount of work is really not small, and if you want to complete the modification, it will not be possible to replace all of them without two to three years; In the past year, eight first-class capital battleships have been launched, twelve second-class capital battleships have been launched, and twenty-three auxiliary battleships have been launched, which is already the fastest construction speed of our three major shipyards, of course, we have captured a large number of shipwrights and craftsmen from the South Seas, and almost all of them have been enriched into the three major shipyards, and next year, our shipbuilding speed will be accelerated a lot......"

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "Check the bolt, now the Yanhuang Company has gone to sea to the Americas, although a lot of manpower and material resources have been used, but I am still a little worried about their lack of strength, this time to the Americas, there may be a huge conflict with Western countries, once the battle, the warships and troops of the Yanhuang Company are too weak, I am afraid that they will suffer a big loss, so I decided to follow the example of the East India Company, from the Yanhuang Company, to establish the Xuanyuan Company again, with the offshore fleet as the backbone, Let Shi Lang serve as the governor of Xuanyuan Company, and transfer no less than 5,000 troops from various military towns to enrich such as Xuanyuan Company, overseas, expand territory, seize colonies, Yanhuang Company specializes in trade, Xuanyuan Company focuses on opening up colonies, division of labor and cooperation, specific affairs, you can arrange! ”

Cha Xuan frowned and replied: "Your Majesty, now that the fleets of Western countries may launch an expedition at any time and invade the South Seas again, this is the time for us to concentrate on dealing with Western countries, but you want to transfer warships and form a Xuanyuan Company to open up colonies?" What about the defense of the Ming Dynasty in the South Seas? ”

Zhu Jie said indifferently: "It's okay, do you think the expedition to Daming is so easy?" Not to mention how long countries have been entangled in the number of troops and the division of interests in the future, even if they have discussed, how long does an expeditionary force need to prepare before it can guarantee that the expedition will not fail? Grain and grass, materials, weapons, ammunition, will be an astronomical amount, the South Seas are tens of thousands of miles away from the West, logistics supply difficulties, they want to come, then they have to mobilize a large amount of materials at one time, that is not a moment and a half can be ready, even if it is ready, a large army from the West to the South Seas, all the way to supply, arrived in Malacca, not half a year, don't even think about it, that is to say, we have at least a year and a half to prepare, now it has only been half a year, we still have time to prepare! As long as we make serious preparations, especially in the construction of a powerful battery group in the Strait of Malacca, it will be difficult for the Western fleet to rush through the Strait of Malacca and penetrate deep into the South Sea. Xuanyuan company is just a stepping stone for us to conquer the world, what they have to do is to find out the way forward for us, once the South Seas are completely stabilized, that is the beginning of our competition for the world, without any preparation, how do we compete for the world? ”

"Yes, Wechen wrote it down!"

Cha Shu hurriedly replied.

"One more thing, have you found it, during the naval battle in the South Seas, our 50 catties of solid ammunition and 60 catties of solid ammunition artillery did not play a sufficient role to ......"

Zhu Jie asked.

Cha Zhu nodded and replied: "That's true, the solid bullets of fifty catties and sixty catties are too heavy, the shells are too slow, the range is also short, and they cannot attack from a distance, and because of the lack of sufficient speed, the destructive power of the cannonballs is not greater than that of the thirty catties cannons, it seems that our original thinking has entered a misunderstanding......"

Zhu Jie nodded and said: "Therefore, the original naval regulations need to be revised, and the fifty-pound guns and sixty-pound guns need to be completely abolished, and the thirty-pound guns are enough, which not only saves ammunition, but also ensures combat effectiveness, and the most important thing is that the vibration of the fifty-pound guns and sixty-pound guns is too great, and the damage to the hull will also increase accordingly, which will seriously reduce the service life of the battleship, and the main battleship will be modified with thirty-pound guns, twenty-pound guns and ten-pound guns, and the number will remain unchanged from the original regulations!" ”

(End of chapter)