It's a pity that when Heathrow hurried to the capital, he didn't find Li You, and after inquiry, he learned that His Majesty the Emperor had gone to Jinmen, and that a new warship had been launched by the Daming Naval Division, and His Majesty the Emperor was there to inspect; What kind of warship can be inspected by His Majesty the Labor Emperor himself? Heathrow couldn't help but be moved, and hurriedly asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites to go to Jinmen to meet Li You, so that he could take the opportunity to take a look at this warship that was valued by His Majesty the Emperor. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He applied to the officials of the Ministry of Rites under the pretext that there was an urgent military situation, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who met him also knew that this person was indeed on an important business, and after communicating with Jinmen, he agreed to Heathrow's request and sent someone to send him to Jinmen; When Heathrow hurried to the Jinmen, it was just in time for the launching ceremony of the new warship.

"This is the envoy of Tessie England, summoned by His Majesty to meet him." Outside the camp of the sailors, this group of people was stopped, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who accompanied Heathrow hurriedly explained their intention to the soldiers guarding the door, and the Ministry of Goods and Markets did not dare to delay, and while letting them wait outside the camp, they sent people to the camp urgently to report the news.

The news quickly reached Li You's ears, and hearing the news, Yu Zhigao hesitated slightly, "Your Majesty, this is a military weapon, you can't ask anyone, or wait until the launching ceremony is over to summon this envoy of England, right?" ”

"After the First Battle of Manila, there was no more sailors in the South Seas to compete with my Ming Dynasty, although the Spanish sailors had many ships, most of them were thousands of miles away, and they were fighting endlessly with the Taixi countries, at least within ten years, there was no way to send a large-scale fleet to the South Seas, so it would not hurt for them to see the military might of my Ming Dynasty; Let them see the power of our Ming warship, so that they don't dare to do anything crooked, so that they can cooperate with us obediently. Li You didn't care about showing this new warship to Heathrow, he had already let European countries see the actual combat ability of the Daming Naval Division in Manila, but the warships used at that time had not surpassed the warships of European countries, and now this one is completely different, which can definitely surprise Heathrow.

After all, fighting a war is a very expensive thing, and it would be better if you could rely on the show of force to achieve your own goals, it was with this idea that Li You asked Wang Chengen to bring Heathrow in, and Heathrow hurriedly saluted after coming in, "Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor, you have brought the intelligence of India and the friendship of England, and you have witnessed the majestic posture of your navy defeating the Spanish fleet in Manila, which is really admirable; In addition, the ships that were going to Europe to recruit those scientists have already departed, and it is believed that it will not be long before His Majesty will receive good news. ”

"Okay, I hope to see them in Daming as soon as possible." After Descartes, Fermat, Galileo and others came to the Ming Dynasty, Li You would use the best conditions to let them stay, but I don't know if the development of Europe would be delayed without these genius scientists? Li You is very much looking forward to this, "This matter will also form a convention, as long as there are scientists with real talents, they will be welcomed most warmly after coming to my Daming, Daming will provide them with the most relaxed research environment, the most generous scientific research funds, as long as you can do this well, Daming will also give you the most favorable business conditions." Li You intends to implement this as a long-term policy, and it would be better if Newton and Leibniz could be abducted to Daming in the future.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, and I will do my best to complete this task." In Heathrow's mind, the importance of this matter was raised to a higher level.

"Okay, now the auspicious time has come, now you can also take a look at my Ming Dynasty's latest warship, it is said that England is one of the best naval powers in Taixi, but I don't know how the English battleship compares to my Ming's new warship?" After that, Li You got up and took Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Qia, Yu Shigao and others to the beach together, while Heathrow followed with wide eyes, for fear of missing any details.

God, this battleship is so huge! When he saw the new ship, Heathrow's eyes widened to see that the size and number of guns were completely beyond his expectations, even larger than the largest warship he had ever seen in the English Navy.

"Your Majesty, this battleship has a displacement of 1,500 tons, a length of 70.7 meters, a draft of 5-6 meters, a speed of 10 knots, and 104 guns, including 20 60-pounder guns, 8 30-pounder guns, 32 18-pounder guns, 44 9-pounder guns, and can carry 800 crew members on board. Yu Zhigao proudly introduced the data of this battleship to Li You, because this shipyard in the Ming Dynasty introduced a large number of Taixi craftsmen and missionaries at the beginning, so they also inherited many European weights and measures units.

"With this battleship, I have no worries in the sea area of the Ming Dynasty! It's a pity that this battleship was launched late after all, otherwise I wouldn't have suffered so many losses in the first battle of Manila. Li You couldn't help but praise, while Hiss on the periphery stretched out his ears and listened attentively to Yu Zhigao's introduction, for fear of missing a word.

"It's a pity that Weichen is old and has no strength to go to sea again, if he can be five years younger, even if he is only a small soldier who wipes the deck, he will have to serve on this battleship." Yu Zhigao looked at this battleship with envy on his face, and now the soldiers of the Daming Naval Division are much happier than they were back then.

"General Yu can supervise the construction of such a warship, and he has made great contributions to the country, and he should be rewarded." Although Yu Zhigao has only participated in the battle against Jiannu over the years, he has been managing in the Sailor School since then, and is also responsible for the work of the Jinmen Shipyard, and is quite inferior to Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao, Chen Guangfu and others in terms of military exploits, but his contribution to the Ming army is not under these people, and he deserves to be rewarded.

"The old minister has thanked Your Majesty for your grace." Yu Zhigao hurriedly packed his thanks, and after thanking him, he continued to ask, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what should be the name of this battleship?" "The naming of this battleship has to be done by Li You himself.

"This battleship will be sent to the south to serve as the flagship of the Southern Naval Division, as for the name? From now on, the flagships of our Daming Navy Division will be named after the famous generals of the past dynasties, and this battleship will be called Wang Xuance. Li You took out the name that he had thought of a long time ago, and as for the intention, everyone must know it.