The revision of the manuscript of the Yongle Canon is a cumbersome and troublesome matter, which requires the first batch of civil officials to collect and sort out the canons from all over the world. Then there is a second batch of revisions and review, and it will be handed over to the university scholars to find someone to copy and delete the corrections.

Cheng Yuan and Yang Rongdian book, Zhu Gaochi also joined.

Zhu Gaochi became the crown prince at the age of seventeen, stayed on the throne for 30 years, and supervised the country for more than 20 years, but only had ten months of emperor's life.

He doesn't seem to have the demeanor of an emperor with a big belly, but he is kind-hearted, wise and generous, and has the foresight and wisdom required by the emperor.

The reform of ills, the consolidation of civil officials, the use of merit, the emphasis on agriculture, and the always adhere to the ideals of simplicity, benevolence, and sincerity, enabled the people of the Hongxi Dynasty to fully recuperate.

Cheng Yuan closed the book in his hand, looked at Zhu Gaochi and said, "Your Highness hasn't slept all night, go sleep." Look at the horn

"Sir, it's not the same, you can leave your wife and children who are pregnant with Rokko to do things here, and this palace should take you as an example."

Cheng Yuan was silent, whether this was praising himself or sarcastically mocking himself, how did it sound like a kind of opposite.

At this moment, I can't care so much, today Yu Zheng returned to the palace, about the matter of the water reformer, Xia Yuan's Jihu Ministry also approved the funds, and he couldn't go back.

"Your Highness is serious, but Your Highness should know very well that after this Northern Tour, His Highness will supervise the country, and His Majesty's expectations for you and your ministers are all understood, and we can't live up to Your Majesty's trust."

Cheng Yuan sent to tell Zhu Gaochi, let's do things well, the servants and officials in your old womb are all supervising us, otherwise he will leave Chen Ying to do nothing.

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi was stunned, "You can't even ignore your home and sleep for the sake of the old man's expectations." ”

The attendants in the hall smiled awkwardly, these were all left by Zhu Di for Zhu Gaochi, but there was always a suspicion of surveillance.

Cheng Yuan touched his chin, thought for a moment and then said, "Your Highness, about the matter of the water master, it just so happens that Scholar Yang is also there, so I'll talk about it."

Zhu Gaochi was leaning against a pile of books, and glanced at Yang Rong with his eyes, "Master Yang, let go of the things in your hands." ”

Hearing the prince's order, Yang Rong nodded, put down the scroll in his hand, came to Cheng Yuan's side, and took the initiative to hand Cheng Yuan a cup of tea.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the first peak period of the shipbuilding industry was to take the initiative to improve its military strength and build warships.

"First, the minister thought that the water division was actually just the equipment of the water division, in addition to increasing the military strength of the Daming water division. Also because of the invasion of the Japanese invaders in the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Shandong and other places, the construction of warships cannot be delayed. ”

There are many types of warships in the Ming Dynasty, such as building boats, Mengchong, fighting ships, sea falcons, boats, yachts, etc., 400 battle boats, 400 patrol boats, Jiujiang-style sentinel boats, rowing boats, etc.

"Second, there are no rules, there is no circle, and the strict rules and regulations of the battleship formation can have the division of the king. Nowadays, the most famous sailor is Fukufune.

It is large, the bottom is pointed upward, the head is raised and the tail is upturned, the tree has two masts, the cabin is three layers, the surface of the ship is as high as a city, and there is a rain shield next to it. Behind them, the soldiers took cover and fired arrows at the enemy ships, throwing large fireballs, fire bricks, and fire barrels. It can sink the boat with the wind and downstream.

The bow of the ship is equipped with 1 Dafa tribute cannon, 6 guns, 3 bowls, 20 thunderbolts, 60 spray canisters, 10 new guns, 500 crossbow arrows, 10 gunpowder crossbows, 300 rockets, 100 fire bricks, 60 crews, 9 sailors, 55 soldiers, and 5 armor.

artillery armor, operating the ship's first gun, throwing large fireballs and fire bricks at close range; The second armor is the bird armor, which is specifically aimed at shooting bird guns, the third and fourth armor are discus throwers, and the fifth armor is the fire crossbow armor, which specializes in shooting rockets.

The shipyard builds a new ship, the main net shuttle ship, it is pocket-sized, shaped like a shuttle, bamboo mast and wooden sails,

The draft is seven or eight inches, there are two to four people in it, and two or three shotguns are prepared. Once the battle broke out, two or three hundred ships of bees gathered and ants were attached.

The eagle boat is light-shaped, with two sharp ends, not distinguishing the head and tail, advancing and retreating like flying, and strong handling. The surrounding area is covered with thatched bamboo, and the bamboo leaves an eye, often rushing into the enemy camp, and cooperating with the sand boat, which is also an indispensable ship type for sailors. ”

Cheng Yuan also talked with Zhu Gaochi late at night about the concept of the mother ship, various ships in the late Ming Dynasty and the Franc machine.

"So many ship types?" Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't ask much before, and Mr. never said that since the old man's northern tour, he found out that the old man had arranged for him to be a powerful master.

On the second day, Zhu Gaochi mentioned the matter of the sailor's equipment in the imperial study, and Yang Rong raised doubts, worried that the cost would be too much, and when His Majesty came back, he would blame them for messing around.

When Yang Shiqi heard this, he said: "Your Majesty told me when he went north about this matter, as long as the household department is still approved, there is no problem to build a ship."

Cheng Yuan said: "The sailors are the same as the cavalry, and the reason why our dynasty has been repeatedly attacked by the Japanese and beaten weakly is that in the final analysis, the equipment of the sailors and the management cannot achieve the role of resistance.

Since the first emperor of Poyang Lake, the sailor has lost its former usefulness, the iron is not hard, the knife is not sharpened, and it is naturally rusty, which shows that the supervision is not strict.

His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister thought that Yu Zheng should be allowed to go to rectify it, Taihu Lake, Chaohu Lake, and even the Five Lakes of Shandong should not be slack. ”

"Zhenguo Gong doesn't know, the White Lotus Sect is raging in Shandong, and the sailors over there are even a problem with normal training on weekdays, and the prefect of Jinan also said a few days ago that when His Majesty arrived in Jinan, he caught a lot of White Lotus bandits by the way."

Cheng Yuan nodded, he had heard about this matter, the Han King Zhu Gaoxu and the Zhao King Zhu Gaosui brothers worked together and showed off fiercely in front of Zhu Di.

"Therefore, we should equip the sailor even more, and we can't let the family bully the head, uu read the book I approve of the method of Zhen Guogong." Chengguo Gong Zhu Neng clapped his hands and said: "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think?"

Zhu Neng said this, but he never saw Zhu Gaochi's embarrassment, and vigorously supported what Cheng Yuan said.

Zhu Gaochi walked through the imperial case and said: "I also ask Chengguo Gong to send people to send ship type drawings such as serial ships, fire dragon boats, and red dragon boats to Longjiang Shipyard and even Fujian, Guangzhou and other shipyards for improvement and trial construction."

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After all the ministers left, Zhu Gaochi left Cheng Yuan and Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, alone, and Zhu Di could hand over the financial power to Xia Yuanji when he toured north, and Zhu Gaochi naturally knew.

On the spot, Natsuhara Yoshishi began to evaluate the budget for one of the types of ships.

Naturally, it takes a large ship to go to the West, but the cost is not low, and the maintenance cost is unavoidable.

"Just five hundred big ships, a cost of one thousand taels of silver, annual maintenance, one needs five or six hundred taels, the sailor needs not as simple as one or two, but also to each ship with artillery, firearms, armor, food, gunpowder fifty or sixty pounds, is not a joke."

Of course, this is calculated by Xia Yuanji according to the price that is most in line with the price at the moment, and Cheng Yuan has certainly made these budgets.

Zhu Gaochi said: "I don't know about this palace, but the advice of Zhen Guogong is also a must-have thing for my Ming Dynasty sailor, and the difficulty is here."

Knowing that it is a good thing, but it is difficult to do it, His Majesty has built a large Bao'en Temple in recent years, the palace built in advance of the Northern Tour, and even the renovation and expansion of Beiping Mansion City, all need to spend silver.

Therefore, His Majesty only printed treasure money, and Xia Shangshu also knew that it was right to provoke the officials to resist, and it was difficult for him to stop it. ”