Zhu Jingyuan judged that he should have figured out Emperor Shizu's instructions, and he probably understood the mentality of the old emperor and knew what kind of misunderstanding he had entered.

However, Zhu Jingyuan would not object to the emperor building an aircraft carrier, because he could indeed start trying to build an aircraft carrier.

The first flight experiment in history was in December 1903, and the first military aircraft entered service in 1909.

The earliest aircraft carrier idea in history appeared in the book published in 1909, and the first test of a warship deck take-off was in November 1910.

The world's first dreadnought was launched on December 3, 1906.

In other words, the attempt of a dreadnought with full main guns and the attempt to carry aircraft on a warship actually happened at the same time.

Even the four years of slow experiments on carrier-based aircraft were caused by additional objective reasons.

Because the Wright brothers were not professional designers, just two bicycle mechanics who were interested in flying machines.

The first flight tests were actually very reluctant, and the aircraft that could really fly stably was not made until after 1905.

The news of the success of the early aircraft experiments was once regarded as fake news by the US military.

It was more and more reporters who took actual flight photos and published them in newspapers and magazines, so that public opinion slowly fermented.

Then the military, on the instructions of the president, began direct contact with the Wright brothers.

After the military confirmed the authenticity of the flight, it began to discuss and try to use it for military purposes.

It's normal for this whole process to waste several years, but once the plane is really used in the military, then the idea of loading it on the ship will appear very quickly.

Therefore, it was not that when the dreadnought was launched, the navy at that time did not think of letting the aircraft on the warship, but did not know or believe in the existence of the aircraft.

Now, Zhu Jingyuan himself and the craftsmen who helped make the aircraft are all public officials of the Ming court.

The airplane experiment was reproduced directly in front of the eyes of a large number of craftsmen, as well as in front of the Emperor and the Ministry of Works.

Therefore, the research on the militarization of aircraft will be carried out directly and rapidly, and Zhu Jingyuan, who knows a lot of mature experience, can push this process forward rapidly.

At the same time, whether it is the modification and construction of warships, it will take a few months to more than a year, which is just the right time for military aircraft to basically mature.

In other words, on the side of the Ming Dynasty in this world, the dreadnought can be designed at the same time as the aircraft carrier.

Of course, it is still necessary to predominate dreadnoughts, and this state of affairs may be maintained for ten to twenty years.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the excited old emperor, and responded with his own words:

Sun Chen believes that a warship with flying machines can start to design and build attempts, but it is only an attempt.

"And artillery warships with full main guns, to start designing and building them as soon as possible, should be listed as a higher priority."

Hearing this answer, the other three people at the scene looked at Zhu Jingyuan together.

Shangshu and Zhu Jianyan of the Ministry of Industry don't quite understand, and they haven't even fully understood, what is going on with the warship equipped with aircraft.

The old emperor understood in his heart, but he did not veto it directly, but habitually asked:

"Why is this arranged?"

Zhu Jingyuan considered the possible message of Emperor Shizu, analyzed the old emperor's current inner state, and explained in the most concise way possible:

"The reason is also very simple, the performance of the newly born aircraft is really very limited, it may be used for reconnaissance, but it is difficult to damage any enemy.

"The fully equipped main gun warship is the overall sublimation of the existing mature warship, and the deterrence and strike capability will be greatly improved.

"To use a human analogy, a battleship carrying aircraft is still a baby in gestation, while a full-armed battleship with main guns is a young man with a formal weak crown.

"A battleship with an aircraft on board cannot become the main combat force until the aircraft is capable of carrying hundreds of kilograms of bombs and flying hundreds of kilometers back and forth.

"In the next 20 to 30 years, we still need enough large artillery warships to guard our tens of thousands of miles of sea frontiers."

When Zou Bingtai and Zhu Jianyan listened to these explanations, they both subconsciously imagined what the effect of a plane carrying hundreds of kilograms of bombs and traveling hundreds of kilometers round and forth would be.

What kind of warfare is that.

The old emperor was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly glanced at Zhu Jianyan, and finally turned to Zhu Jingyuan, with some meaningless thoughts:

"That is, this kind of warship can only be really useful until the time of your grandson?"

Zhu Jingyuan didn't think too much, nodded directly and said:

"Almost, the engines of the aircraft are constantly being updated, and the boilers and engine systems of the warships are constantly being upgraded.

"The process that the steam engine and the train go through from their appearance to maturity, the internal combustion engine and the airplane and the new warship also have to go through it."

The old emperor sighed softly, and said with a little melancholy:

"Can the grandson make it as fast as possible? Grandpa shouldn't have lived to that time......"

Zhu Jingyuan immediately felt that the old emperor was really a little deflated now.

The old emperor went through a complete crown prince assessment and finally won the favor of the previous emperor, and his own ability and judgment ability are beyond doubt.

He still has a very clear mind now, and soon realized that what Zhu Jingyuan said was true.

What I had been looking forward to, probably for thirty years, was finally seeing the light of day, so the whole person was excited.

In the end, he found that he had to wait twenty or thirty years, and he himself was sixty-five years old, so he didn't have that much time.

After realizing this, Zhu Jingyuan was also a little uncomfortable in his heart, and opened his mouth in a panic to reassure:

"I'm going to do my best to speed it up, and I hope they happen as soon as possible.

"Also, it may take twenty or thirty years for them to become the main force, but it will not take so many years to form a mature combat method.

"If everything goes well, ten years at most, five or six years at the earliest, their combat methods will be intuitively displayed.

"Moreover, we can directly build this form of warship in the next two years, and the key to realizing its role is the performance of the aircraft it carries.

"If engine technology can develop by leaps and bounds, it will become the main force faster.

"So grandpa, don't be discouraged, you must relax and work hard to live a long life, and watch them show their might on the battlefield."

The old emperor looked at Zhu Jingyuan's face, was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly nodded vigorously:

"Okay, good, good, the future development plan of the navy warships will all be handed over to you Jingyuan to lead.

"As long as grandpa is alive, he will fully support you and let it go."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded vigorously as a matter of course:

"Thank you grandpa for your support, I will do my best to promote research and development, I will be in the Ministry of Housing in the future, Zou Laoshangshu should not drive me away......"

When the old emperor heard this, he suddenly laughed inexplicably:

"The Ministry of Industry wants to drive you away, so you go to live in the opposite palace, and I will let people leave the door for you."

Zou Shangshu also laughed:

"Then the old minister really has to find a way to drive His Highness out......"

Zhu Jianyan also followed suit, but didn't say anything.

Although the distance between his home and the Ministry of Industry may be closer than that of the Qianqing Palace.

But why do you want to talk about it at this time?

Although the two old men were joking, it was not an ordinary sentence to let the theoretical adult emperor grandson go to live in the palace, and this kind of thing came out of the emperor's mouth.

Maybe it's not completely out of the ordinary.