In the Ming Dynasty before Renwu, it was an absolute matter for the emperor to go out of the city, and the preparation work could not be completed in a day or two, but now it was much simpler and faster.

In addition to the fact that the administrative efficiency has been improved many times, the special pattern of the Jingshi is also a very important reason.

The old city of Jingshi was originally a public and military area, and there were no ordinary civilians in and around the city, and all people entering and leaving the city had to be checked daily.

In addition, the destination I am going to today is also a special testing ground belonging to the imperial court institutions, and the road is a relatively closed area, which is very convenient to tidy up.

After the emperor gave the order, the Jinyi guard, who was responsible for maintaining order, immediately took action and quickly deployed patrols on the route and the surrounding area.

After the restructuring of Renwu, the East and West Factories were transformed into modern secret service agencies, with the East Factory inside and the West Factory outside, while Jinyiwei was transformed into a modern police agency.

From public security patrols and case investigations, from fire fighting and rescue to emergency response, from traffic command to special operations and special services, it is now Jinyiwei's daily work.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the emperor's motorcade left the palace.

Ten identical special cars, except for the emperor's personal entourage and the driver of the car in which the emperor was riding, no one knew which car the emperor was in.

Zou Shangshu was first taken into the palace by the driver, and after meeting with the emperor first, he went out to board the car, and he didn't even know how many cars he and the emperor were sitting in.

Twenty minutes later, the emperor's motorcade arrived at the Chengxi test site of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhu Jianyan, father and son, and Li Rui, together with the main officials and craftsmen, came to the front yard of the test site to greet them.

After the old emperor got out of the car, he waved to the craftsmen with a smile on his face, together with Zou Shangshu, the direct official of the test site.

Zhu Jianyan and his son stepped forward to say hello, and the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang agreed with a smile, then took Zhu Jingyuan's hand and moved to the aircraft test site with everyone.

Li Rui led the way in front, and after arriving at the place, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly started flight tests, or demonstrations.

At noon, the test site knew that the emperor was coming, and immediately tested it again, making some basic adjustments according to the problems found.

The aircraft and engine status were carefully checked, and an additional spare test machine was retrofitted.

In the end, the whole test process went very smoothly, and the pilot also flew two figure 8s in the sky, and the old emperor and Zou Shangshu below were all wide-eyed.

After the pilot landed, Zhu Jingyuan couldn't help but speak directly:

"Grandpa Huang, my airplane experiment has been successful, now can we talk about the new battleship?"

The old emperor had recovered from his exclamation, but his mood was still very high, and he nodded lightly with a smile:

"It's okay, let's find a place to talk about it, by the way, Lao Zou, there's a relatively quiet small conference room here, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please come with me."

Zou Shangshu immediately understood the emperor's intentions, and being quiet actually meant keeping it secret and no one disturbing him.

Zou Bingtai was very familiar with the test site, and he didn't need to be arranged by others, so he took the key himself, led the emperor's ancestors and grandchildren, and went to the conference room to discuss the secret project.

After the four of them sat down in the conference room, the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang spoke first:

"Grandson, what do you think about the use of this flying machine?"

Zhu Jingyuan was helpless again, didn't he want to talk about the battleship, why was he still talking about the plane?

Do you really want to engage in aircraft carriers?

From the dreadnought era directly to the aircraft carrier?

Zhu Jingyuan slandered in his heart, and at the same time casually introduced a few items about the basic use of the aircraft in a way that this world can understand:

"I think that airplanes can be used for aerial reconnaissance in the first place, and the view in the air is much better than on the ground.

"The agility and speed of the aircraft are far superior to balloons and airships, and after the planes enter the battlefield, the airships should be eliminated.

"Cannons can be mounted on the planes to directly attack those bulky airships, and possibly enemy planes later.

"Aircraft can carry bombs and drop them above enemy positions and warships to attack enemy camps and warships.

"Airplanes can be used as transport equipment to transport valuable goods and important people by air, and quickly get to where they are needed.

"Finally, the aircraft can be mounted on the ship as reconnaissance, shooting aids, attack aids for warships.

"It is even possible to build a special warship to carry a large number of aircraft as a special reconnaissance or even attack ship."

The faster Zhu Jingyuan spoke, the older emperor Zhu Zhongliang, the second son of the emperor Zhu Jianyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry Zou Bingtai, and the three high-level officials of the empire all slowly widened their eyes.

Zhu Jingyuan said that these operations are all taken for granted, and they have vaguely thought of it.

But there is no Zhu Jingyuan so clear, so accurate and organized, and so affirmative.

Zhu Jingyuan was helpless in his heart, and paused after talking about the aircraft-carrying ship, and then looked at his grandfather with burning eyes.

The last sentence is a temptation, to see if the old emperor is really holding back the aircraft carrier.

Then Zhu Jingyuan saw that the old emperor also looked at him with burning eyes, and was so sure that he said with some excitement:

"I think the last kind of warship is very valuable, and then the Navy can try to design and build that kind of warship!"

Really.

Zhu Jingyuan sighed deeply in his heart.

The old emperor's reaction shows that he is really looking forward to the aircraft carrier, not that he has no interest in the navy.

This also shows that Emperor Shizu, the predecessor of the traverser, did leave information about the aircraft carrier.

However, it is quite possible that there will be only reminders in very simple directions.

For example: "A battleship loaded with flying machines can replace a battleship with cannons." ”

This can not only maintain the character of the emperor with superior wisdom, but also completely conform to the cognitive range of ordinary people.

Most of the ordinary modern people who are not military fans also know about aircraft carriers, aircraft carriers are the core of the modern navy, and the news appearance rate is okay.

Then it may be known that before a certain era, the Navy was the world of big ships and huge guns, and then aircraft carriers became capital ships, and gunboats were eliminated.

As for when the gunboats were eliminated, at what stage, and for what reason, the vast majority of ordinary people should not be able to say.

Emperor Shizu may have been such an ordinary person.

So he did not leave the dreadnought design, and as for the study of aircraft and tanks, he perhaps also indicated the direction, but the specifics were clearly not left.

Ordinary people, who knows how airplanes fly?

Looking at the pictures of the aircraft, most of them only care about whether they are handsome or not, and it is rare to be able to tell the characteristics of the straight wing, rear wing, delta wing, lift body, and wing-body fusion.

As for the relationship between wing cross-section morphology and lift, this may be a blind spot in the knowledge of most ordinary people, but it is the key to the real flight of early aircraft.

These circumstances were originally normal, and if Emperor Shizu had left such instructions, they would have been correct on the whole.

At least the direction is correct, the battleship will indeed be eliminated, and the aircraft carrier is indeed the darling of the new era, but there is no direct replacement relationship between the two.

Simply giving the right direction without detailed hints can be seriously misleading.

The old emperor in front of him is that he doesn't pay enough attention to ordinary warships, he is waiting for the plane to come out, and then he is ready to build an aircraft carrier directly.

In fact, battleships are not eliminated by aircraft carriers, at least not by the aircraft carriers themselves, and still less by the newly born aircraft carriers.

On November 14, 1910, planes took off from the deck of a battleship for the first time, only four years after the completion of the first dreadnought on December 3, 1906.

Then it took almost another fifty years for the dreadnought to really withdraw from the stage of history, and the two coexisted for at least forty years.

Only those who are more familiar with the development of military science and technology before and after the two world wars can roughly understand the internal logic and causes and consequences of this process.

Emperor Sejo obviously did not understand.

Fortunately, I came, otherwise I don't know how many years I would have to wait, and after the military confirms that the aircraft carrier at this time has no attack power, I can come back and continue to build dreadnoughts.