"Now the Tianhu Army is constantly expanding, not only the current twenty divisions of the active army, but also the Ming Dynasty will have more active troops and more reserve troops in the future... But.. Do you think that's enough? ”

Zhao Yunkai looked at Zhu Youzhen with some puzzlement, he was a little difficult to understand the meaning of Zhu Youzhen's words, after all, in his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Tianhu Army today is not just as simple as being tenacious.

When fighting against Houjin, they can win many battles, doesn't it already prove that the Tianhu Army is strong?

In the future, there will be no problem with expanding the army, of course, as the scale gets bigger and bigger, the huge Ming Dynasty has more Tianhu Army and becomes more powerful, isn't it a certainty?

"The lower officials don't understand, please show your majesty..."Zhao Yunkai still said his thoughts, after all, he was really elusive in Zhu Youzhen's words.

"A country's army can never stay on land, because in the future, not all enemies will come from the land, if one day there is a group of robbers, with the help of strong ships and cannons, they want to blast open the gate of the Ming Dynasty and enslave the people of the Ming Dynasty, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty don't worry! If only this day had come! The lower officials are willing to die for His Majesty! Willing to die for Da Ming! ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, "What I said is not that I am worried that you are not brave, I can fully trust the Tiger Army of Great Tomorrow, but what I said is that in the future, after resolving the Houjin War, it is destined to face a more complex overseas environment, and by that time, will the Heavenly Tiger Army still be okay?" ”

"This... Overseas? ”

Zhao Yunkai was a little speechless for a while, as a standard northerner, he really had no experience of going to sea.

"Xia Guan believes that the Heavenly Tiger Army will definitely be able to resist foreign invasions at that time! Contribute to the Ming Dynasty. ”

"It's easy to contribute, but it's not the same thing."

"The complexity of this is far beyond your Zhao Yunkai's expectations, that's why I will come here today to give you a new task."

Zhu Youzhen finally got to the point.

"Your Majesty just commands!"

"Good! I want you to go to Shandong and pull out the first Shandong Sailor of the Ming Dynasty for me, are you feasible? ”

Zhu Youzhen asked.

"The next official is willing to go!" Zhao Yunkai nodded heavily

....

The establishment of the sailor is not destined to be a matter of one or two days, and the importance of the sailor is not simply to defend against invasion from overseas in the future.

More importantly, Zhu Youzhen wanted to use the soon-to-be-established Daming Shandong Water Division to teach Huang Taiji, who was far away in Houjin, a lesson.

That is, the times have changed, and the future combat methods will be diverse, if the Ming Dynasty still stays on land, it is not only the Ming himself who suffers.

More importantly, there will be no opportunity to get ahead in today's rapidly changing world situation.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen, who returned to the palace, immediately summoned a large number of officials from the Ministry of Industry, the Royal General Administration of Industry, the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the General Administration of Ordnance to coordinate the matter.

"I take this matter very seriously, I have established the 10th Division of the Great Tomorrow Tiger Army as the foundation for the establishment of the first batch of Daming Shandong Water Division, and these soldiers have now been gradually drawn to Shandong to receive training as a water division..."

"Now, I'm here to ask you for a boat."

Many officials present lowered their heads one after another, who didn't know that now the Daming Water Division has collapsed, and the Daming Water Division, which has been abandoned for decades, has actually existed in name only.

In such a short period of time, in such a short period of time.

No one was sure that he would be able to undertake such an important shipbuilding task in such a short period of time alone in accordance with Zhu Youzhen's requirements.

In the chamber, ministers sit under the stage.

On the table not far away, there are a large number of documents on the manufacture of warships in the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, and the most famous of them is the treasure ship built by Zheng He when he went to the West.

But so much time has passed, and the original craftsmen still don't know if there are still people alive.

To put it bluntly, those present are already the strongest industrial force in the Ming Dynasty today, but in the matter of shipbuilding, without exception, they are all novices.

Seeing this, Xu Guangqi, who was on the side, took the lead in speaking, as he had the deepest understanding of the Taixi countries: "Your Majesty, the only few shipyards in the Ming Dynasty have not built warships alone for decades..."

Zhu Youzhen didn't understand this situation, so he only heard him speak: "I brought a new type of steam warship construction technology today, but I just want to know, you!" Can my humerus ministers still build a useful ship for me and the Ming Dynasty! ”

What Xu Guangqi said is actually the truth, Daming has always had only two shipyards, one south and one north, and the south is naturally the shipyard set up by Zhu Di in Fujian, and near Nanzhili, it is mainly to build ships for the north of Daming.

Today, these two shipyards are no longer as glorious as they were back then.

On the contrary, because he did not receive orders from the imperial court for a long time, he could only rely on making some fishing boats for the fishermen who were going to sea to survive, if not so.

It is estimated that it will have to be disbanded on the spot a long time ago...

It can be said that the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty in history was developed, after all, it was able to build the large ships used by Zheng He at the beginning, and the Ming Dynasty was one of the top players compared to the world's shipbuilding technology.

But the development did not last long, and now: . But things have long been wrong.

"Your Majesty, can you take a look at the steam warship construction technology that Your Majesty said?"

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, and Wang Chengen on the side took out the album that Zhu Youzhen handed him before.

And Xu Guangqi opened it open, as if he was struck by lightning, and stood on the spot.

I didn't say anything for a long time.

After a long time, he finally said tremblingly: "Your Majesty... Can the ships mentioned in this book really be built? Can it really be used? ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and said, "The construction technology this time, like the previous new muskets and new artillery, came from my secret royal working group, can you say that there are any mistakes in any of the research they have made?" ”

Xu Guangqi couldn't help shaking his head and said: "It's true, but Kechen still feels a little unbelievable and unbelievable, if it is according to what is said in this book, the new warships of the Ming Dynasty will also abandon the traditional wind navigation." ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of many officials next to him changed instantly.

Ships don't sail by the wind? So what's going on? By the waves?

And Xue Fengxiang of the Ministry of Industry was even more exaggerated, and when he heard this, he sat up directly from the chair and walked quickly to Xu Guangqi: "Take it and let me see!" ”