Zhu Youzhen was very surprised, this time the system really helped him a lot, you must know that although Daming and Dutch businessmen have close contacts at the moment, this closeness has brought Zhu Youzhen deep worry.

That is, now the Daming Water Master has almost disappeared.

Even if there is still a little combat effectiveness, it can basically only be maintained on inland rivers such as the Yangtze River, and for the open sea of the Ming Dynasty, almost all of them are now handed over to Zheng Zhilong for maintenance.

Others don't know, can Zhu Youzhen still not know?

Zheng Zhilong started as a pirate, and many of the things he actually did have violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that he has danced many times on the tip of the knife, but what can Zhu Youzhen do with Zheng Zhilong?

There is no way..

Not anymore.

Steam-powered ships are fundamentally different from traditional wind-powered and manpower-supplemented ships, the most important of which is that the role of the mast is reduced, so they can have better resistance to the unpredictable wind and waves on the sea.

And on the windless sea with calm waves, it will not lose power because of this.

On the contrary, it can maintain a better momentum, and it is stable enough... What's more! Once the Ming had a ship, the Armstrong breech-loading rifled gun could hardly be changed much.

Removing the wheels made it possible to get on board, and it was possible to equip a large number of gunboats almost in a very short time.

What's more, this new technology also has low requirements for wood in the construction of ships, which means that there is no need to wait a lot of time for the keel or import it.

Instead, iron products can be used in key places for articulation.

It can reduce time extremely quickly while saving costs.

"This thing. . . It couldn't have come at a better time! Send it, send it to my heart. Zhu Youzhen sat on the dragon chariot, holding the heavy atlas tightly in his arms.

..

Outside the capital, a piece of soldiers' barracks has been built on the site of the original Beijing camp, and the appearance of cement has greatly accelerated the construction speed.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

At the barracks, the sentry standing guard quickly used the iron horn in his hand to inform the guards below of the news that Long Yuan was approaching in the distance.

The emperor's guard of honor actually made a detour to the garrison of the Heavenly Tiger Army.

This is an extremely important message for everyone, although the training of the Tiger Army today is almost all unified in the Beijing camp near the Beijing Division, except for a small part of the army in Shandong.

But this does not mean that the emperor can be easily seen, after all, Zhu Youzhen is still very busy...

"Okay, don't go any further, I'll go down here, let's go over..."

said a word to Wang Chengen, Long Yuan also stopped with Wang Chengen's instructions, the road outside the station was hardened very well, and almost all the places that could be seen had begun to have the prototype of a modern town in the future.

Actually, yes, on the surface this is Jingying.

But in fact, the scale has been very different from the original, as Zhu Youzhen's largest military honor guard, the training base of the Tianhu Army cannot be evaluated as shabby.

On the contrary, it is very beautiful, and there are many trees that have been transplanted along the roadside.

Today's garrison is the 10th Division of the Great Tomorrow Tiger Army, and as soon as the division commander Zhao Yunkai heard that Zhu Youjian had arrived at the gate, he sorted out his military uniform and made sure that his demeanor would not be wrong.

He hurried to the gate, and as soon as he arrived, he bumped into Zhu Youzhen, who had just entered the gate of the training station.

"Zhao Yunkai?" Zhu Youzhen was a little blind, after all, as an emperor, it was impossible for him to remember the name of every official, even if it was the closest to him, it was very difficult.

"Report to Your Majesty! It's the lower official! ”

In the barracks, he is not called a minister, and he is called an official, this is a rule set by Zhu Youzhen early, in the palace he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but in the barracks of the Tianhu Army, he is the commander of this army.

Nodding, Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "What, I came to you today, you were a little surprised?" ”

Zhu Youzhen, who didn't stop, continued to walk inside, and so did Zhao Yunkai.

Knowledgeable and Wang Chengen, standing next to Zhu Youzhen but one person behind, he replied: "No matter when Your Majesty comes to the Tianhu Army station, the lower officials are happy!" ”

"Happy what?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is happy to see Your Majesty's dragon in good health..."

"Hahahaha! The dragon is healthy, I think it's really embarrassing for me to learn culture, how come this learning doesn't have the taste of other people's ministers at all! ”

After listening to what Zhao Yunkai said, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Yunkai touched the back of his head and said curtly: "If Your Majesty can spare the officials, you don't have to go to cultural classes every once in a while. Your Majesty, thank you so much."

With a straight face, Zhu Youzhen said: "That's not good, my Heavenly Tiger Army can't be a group of big bosses gathering together for a meeting, if you want to do it, you must really master cultural knowledge, and you must not have that kind of cultural knowledge and the idea that it doesn't matter if you fight and kill the enemy!" If you can't read, I don't dare to worry that you will go to war..."

And Zhao Yunkai said: "Yes! The lower officials must live up to His Majesty's good intentions! ”

"Okay, okay, if you don't understand this cultural lesson, you can ask the military headquarters of the Tianhu Army... Send you a staff officer from the Royal Army College to your division headquarters to make up for your lessons. I think it's a good fit. ”

Zhao Yunkai's face was bitter when he heard it, but he still replied: "Yes!" ”

"I didn't know that you were in charge of guarding today, but I happened to have another thing that I was about to hand over to you."

"The lower official must do it! I just don't know what's going on... Your Majesty! ”

"Come to your office, what are you doing out here!"

After that, the group arrived in front of a cement house in the Beijing camp of the 10th Division of the Tianhu Army, and one of the two-story cement buildings was where the division headquarters of the 10th Division was located.

"You're not bad in this division! I see that there are a lot of peonies planted on the side of the road? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's Peony!"

"Peony is not good, it is easy to get carried away after looking at it for a long time, indulge in a rich life, if you want to say, you have to plant some lawns.."

"This weed is not as simple as it seems on the surface, this grass seed is sprinkled anywhere, as long as there is a little moisture, it can live tenaciously, I hope that my Heavenly Tiger Army is like a weed, with tenacious vitality!"

"Yes, when the lower official turns around, he will ask someone to shovel those things!"

Zhao Yunkai's face was a little ashamed, Zhu Youzhen was right, according to people, there is no trace of peonies in the back garden of the palace now, and he actually let people plant them in the barracks.