In fact, the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty today cannot be said to have collapsed, there is still the production of fishing boats in the coastal areas, and there are still some private shipyards in many places.

Responsible for the production of river transport vessels for the local and surrounding states and counties.

But while the number of these vessels produced and built each year is not small, it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the demanding requirements placed on ships at sea.

However, this can barely be regarded as the shipbuilding foundation of today's Ming Dynasty.

As long as you have a little foundation, it's better than waiting for a hundred wastes, and starting from scratch will come faster.

After the two of them got Zhu Youzhen's accurate answer, they didn't care about the minister next to them, and the old and the young kept flipping through the albums in their hands on the table in the conference hall.

When you see the exquisiteness, you can't help but marvel.

A minister on the side saw that the two of them were so rude in front of Zhu Youzhen, and was just about to speak to dissuade him, but was instantly interrupted by Zhu Youzhen's eyes.

After all, there are too few truly professional technical experts in the current Ming Dynasty.

However, at this time, Zhu Youzhen suddenly saw another person sitting in the corner in the distance, and that was Sun Yuanhua.

"Why didn't Sun Aiqing come and take a look.."

Sun Yuanhua suddenly heard the emperor greeting him, and he was a little stunned for a while, bowed and responded: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister still thinks that it is more suitable for the minister to study artillery. This shipbuilding, the minister knows too little, and it is not as good as the two adults. ”

But how could Zhu Youzhen let go of this talent who is now in charge of the Artillery Department of the Ming Royal Ordnance Bureau.

You know, shipbuilding is a big deal, but only by installing enough guns on the ship can it be called a battleship and can it be called a warship.

So he beckoned Sun Yuanhua to come to the case and said, "How can there be no artillery on my new warship, so can you still say that it has nothing to do with you?" ”

Sun Yuanhua was a little surprised: "Your Majesty wants to install artillery on a new warship?" ”

"Sun Aiqing, tell me, can a warship without artillery still be called a warship? Could it be that you still want the officers and soldiers of the newly established Daming Shandong Water Division to use the new rifles in their hands to attack other warships? ”

Hiss..

Sun Yuanhua, who had come back to the scene, immediately joined the case, and looked at the new warship with Xu Guangqi and Xue Fengxiang.

However, unlike Xue Fengxiang and Xu Guangqi, who were immersed in the structure and manufacturing technology of the new warship, Sun Yuanhua focused on only one core point, that is, whether the structural carrying capacity of the new warship could meet the needs of artillery firing.

But this one is amazing, and the more you open it, the more surprising it becomes.

didn't have time to wait for the two people next to him to finish reading, Sun Yuanhua took the lead in getting up from the front of the case, saluted and said to Zhu Youzhen: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if this new warship can really achieve many of the properties mentioned in this atlas, if all this is not wrong, it can be equipped with the current rear-loading rifled gun." ”

Zhu Youzhen also smiled heartily when he saw this, "That's good, then this shipbuilding matter, can it still be said that it has nothing to do with you Sun Yuanhua?" ”

Sun Yuanhua was also a little embarrassed when he heard this, and replied: "Naturally, there are still many relationships. ”

In fact, in Sun Yuanhua's original view, this so-called shipbuilding naturally has many roles for the Ming Dynasty, but it is far inferior to his own artillery division in the short term.

Every day, a steady stream of artillery was produced and transported to Liaodong, and I don't know how many Houjin's Jiannu were killed.

But this shipbuilding can be said to be a laborious and not necessarily pleasing errand, you must know that the cost of building a Ming treasure ship in the original history is extremely high, even if the Ming Dynasty is rich now.

It was possible to build a ship that was even more powerful than it was back then, but even if it were, what could it be?

With so much silver, it is better to use it to continue to expand the General Bureau of Ordnance, as long as there are guns and cannons in his hand, Sun Yuanhua feels that there will be no unsightly enemies who dare to provoke the Ming Dynasty.

"I think there is a lot to be done with the new ship, not only because it uses a steam engine and a steam boiler as a power source, but most importantly, as long as there is coal on board for the boilers and wheels to run, the ship will be able to sail on the surface forever."

Xue Fengxiang and Xu Guangqi, who were standing in the hall again with Sun Yuanhua, also thought so.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this matter can be carried out completely, but I don't know where this new ship is shipbuilding, and Your Majesty has a location that has been chosen."

Xue Fengxiang was the first to speak, while Xu Guangqi lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Well. I think that this shipbuilding location can be chosen in Shandong and Penglai. ”

And Xue Fengxiang said with a puzzled expression: "Your Majesty, now Zhili can still be regarded as the foundation of some shipbuilding, although it cannot build large warships, it can be regarded as some skilled craftsmen... Can once the location is placed in Penglai.. In Shandong, this will increase the cost. ”

However, Xu Guangqi on the side seemed to come back to his senses and said: "Minister.. I understand what His Majesty means. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled at Xu Guangqi and said, "Come, then Xu Aiqing will tell Xue Aiqing for me to see if I can match my ideas." ”

Xu Guangqi bowed and said: "Your Majesty's establishment of the shipyard in Penglai naturally has a unique overall consideration, and one is that Penglai is the place where the Shandong Navy Division is preparing to build now, and the other is that..."

Xue Fengxiang couldn't wait to answer: "Second? ”

"The second is that this matter must be kept absolutely confidential, and in Zhili, although there are shipyards and ready-made ports, there is no way to achieve absolute secrecy, once this matter is leaked out, then the relationship between my Ming Dynasty and overseas countries will instantly fall to the freezing point."

Zhu Youzhen smiled heartily, as a monarch, what he wants to see most is that his courtiers can understand their meaning as soon as possible.

So he said: "Xu Aiqing is right, the construction of new warships is very important, and it must not be exposed to aliens who are not of my race, especially now that I have a close relationship with the Dutch, once I know, it will not only expose the shipbuilding plan, but more importantly, it will expose the steam engine." ”

As a general killer at the beginning of the industrial age, the steam engine has always been kept a high degree of secrecy, even by those Ming folk businessmen in the Beijing-Tianjin Industrial Park.

After all, in the face of profits, the difference between the bottom line and the bottom pants is really not big.

Therefore, after most of the private businessmen arrive in the industrial park, they often have to go through strict investigation and audit before they can engage in the wool raw material processing industry in the downstream of the textile industry.

And where you can use a steam engine... For the time being, Zhu Youzhen has not yet decided to open.