Zhu Jingyuan sat in the front row to sort out his thoughts, and the people attending the meeting began to enter the venue one after another.

First of all, the relevant officials in charge of the Ship Department of the Ministry of Industry, and then the officials of the Naval Equipment Department of the Ministry of War.

In the end, the largest number of treasurers and master craftsmen from the warship-building industry of the royal consortium were still the largest number.

The lecture hall, which was about the size of four classrooms, was soon filled with about a third of the people.

Although the meeting was set at 10 o'clock in the morning, everyone knew that the emperor was coming to attend, and it was obvious that he had come after the morning court at 10 o'clock.

What if they come over directly if they go down early? You can't let the emperor wait for you, right?

Therefore, the participants who do not go to the morning pilgrimage should come a little earlier as much as possible, and arrive one after another at the beginning of the morning pilgrimage.

But aside, everyone was very prescient.

The old emperor was worried about the design of the battleship, so he ended the early dynasty as soon as possible today.

When it was just 9:30, he came directly with the ministers who needed to participate in the early dynasty and also to participate in the preaching.

The Minister of Military Aircraft of the Military Aircraft Department, the Secretary of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, and the Governors of the Five Armies, these ministers at the level of the Seven Secretaries.

The old emperor Zhu Zhongliang was very interested, and walked into the lecture hall first.

Zhu Jingyuan received a reminder from the staff of the Ministry of Industry, and together with the participants on the scene, he instinctively stood up and bowed with his fists.

"Sit down, I'm the ...... to listen today"

The old emperor smiled and waved, walked to the front row with two guards, came to Zhu Jingyuan's side, looked at the paper and pen in Zhu Jingyuan's hand, and asked with a very curious smile:

"Grandson, are you ready? Ready to start? ”

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the old emperor's reaction, and he wanted to laugh a little, the old man was really interested in the new battleship:

"I've been ready for a long time, and I'm ready to start at any time, but I don't know if everyone is here?"

When the old emperor heard this, he immediately raised his head and looked at the propaganda organization official of the Ministry of Industry next to him, and without the old emperor opening his mouth, the other party directly reported:

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, all the invitees have arrived."

The old emperor sat directly in Zhu Jingyuan's position:

"Then let's get started!"

"Okay......"

Zhu Jingyuan squeezed a little silly smile, packed up the things in front of him and stepped onto the podium.

Zhu Jingyuan looked up at the people below, and the people below were also looking at Zhu Jingyuan, many of them with puzzled and curious expressions.

They already know Zhu Jingyuan's identity, the earliest imperial grandson who graduated in recent years, and has just recently received the prince-level Great Food Domain King.

But they don't understand why Zhu Jingyuan should be allowed to preside over this kind of meeting.

Battleship Design ...... In this category, what can this teenage boy grandson say?

And those high-ranking ministers who usually go to the court now have a little complicated expressions and a little bit of expectation.

I look forward to what this kid can do with the design of the battleship......

But no matter what kind of mentality he is, he is very attentive now, sitting quietly and waiting for Zhu Jingyuan to speak.

"Ahem......"

Zhu Jingyuan cleared his throat:

"I ...... With His Majesty's permission, the King presided over a seminar on the direction of the design of future warships for the Empire.

"This king is young and shallow, and now he is arrogant, and I ask all the great craftsmen and old gentlemen to give me advice."

The participants who did not go to the early dynasty, those craftsmen, shopkeepers, and officials, all showed appreciative expressions when they heard Zhu Jingyuan's opening with such politeness.

Such a young man made an exception to make a prince, but now he is not arrogant or impatient at all, and his demeanor is generous and courteous, much better than their own children.

The point is that in the past two years, the emperor's share of approved ship construction has been very small, and now that the news of the end of the war is coming, everyone thinks that there will definitely be fewer in the future.

But Zhu Jingyuan came out to get the emperor's permission and directly began to preside over the design and construction of future warships, which was equivalent to asking for a new order for everyone.

This made all the personnel involved in the construction of warships have a very recognizable and appreciative first impression of Zhu Jingyuan in their hearts.

Only the ministers who often go to the early dynasty now have very serious expressions and are completely unmoved, just waiting to see what Zhu Jingyuan will come up with.

"Okay, let's gossip less, let's get down to business, let's start now, let's start with the simplest ......"

Zhu Jingyuan picked up a glass plate and placed it on the platform of the writing projector.

The light under the projector shines, projecting the contents of the glass plate onto the mirror above, and then the mirror is transferred to the display board behind Zhu Jingyuan.

The simple line diagram and basic parameters of the "No. 1, Conservative Technical Verification Capital Ship" were displayed in front of everyone at the scene.

Most of the designers below looked at the image and immediately showed a sudden expression.

Zhu Jingyuan also smiled and nodded:

"Everyone should be able to see at a glance that this No. 1 ship is the capital ship that has abandoned the sub-caliber secondary guns and uses the same large-caliber main guns.

"The Ministry of Industry and the Royal Shipyard should have had similar designs, and today we are going to finalize it and officially start designing and building."

There was a momentary suppressed discussion at the scene, and then most of the personnel looked directly in the direction of the emperor.

The old emperor seemed to feel something, and at this time he said directly:

"From now on, as long as I don't open my mouth to question it, it means that I have permission or am not opposed to the design."

Immediately more depressing chatter followed.

Just like Zhu Jingyuan said, similar designs of this kind of warship have indeed existed, and many designers and officials in charge have seen them.

The Imperial Shipyard and the Ministry of Industry had also consulted the Emperor, but the Emperor had been noncommittal until then.

This design does not seem to be very acceptable, and the construction of such a warship has not been approved.

Now Zhu Jingyuan proposed it again, but the old emperor directly agreed.

Surprised, and then curious, how did this His Royal Highness the Emperor convince the Emperor?

In a state of surprise and uncertainty for everyone, Zhu Jingyuan on the stage continued to tell the words of the old emperor:

"You should also see that this No. 1 ship is classified as a conservative, technical verification design.

Therefore, her specific design plan can be obtained on the basis of the existing 20,000-ton capital ship after a slight adjustment.

"It is expected to have a maximum displacement of 24,000 tons, use four twin 300-mm naval guns, and design speeds of not less than 20 knots.

"This allows the overall design and construction to be completed as quickly as possible, and the actual verification tests can start as soon as possible.

"These tasks can definitely be easily completed by the shipyard of the Ministry of Industry and the shipyards, and this king will not make irresponsible remarks about the design.

"I'm just going to mention a few extra details, which is that the hull should be as big as possible and the interior space should be as spacious as possible.

"There should be enough etiquette, reception, venue cabins, and enough high-end daily necessities and drinks.

"Reserve enough luxury guest suites for higher status guests.

"In general, it is to design and build according to the design and construction of a luxury hotel......

What Zhu Jingyuan said earlier was good, and everyone listened and nodded slightly.

It's really not a hassle, everyone already has a design.

That is, when it comes to displacement, everyone is a little surprised, this ship does not seem to need such a large tonnage.

When the next few sentences came out, everyone's expressions directly turned into pure bewilderment.

Are you designing a battleship, or are you designing a mobile hotel at sea?

The officials who went to the court early with Zhu Jingyuan are now nodding secretly.

I didn't understand what he was trying to do, but it felt right.

The old emperor in the front row, as a representative, asked the doubts in everyone's hearts:

"What are you doing here?"

Zhu Jingyuan had already been prepared, and directly began to explain eloquently:

"The design of this ship is too conservative and will definitely be phased out quickly after the technical verification is completed, so I thought about the waste utilization plan in advance.

"I am ready to use it for foreign visits, for naval opening events everywhere, and even for high-end commercial passenger transportation, for special banquets and exhibitions.

"There should be some commercial value in using the Navy's large capital ships to hold various high-end commercial activities and taking large capital ships to travel to the ocean, right?"

After being stunned for a few seconds, the audience below found that what Zhu Jingyuan said seemed to make some sense.

It's a bit of a commercial gimmick, and it seems like it's a good idea to give it a try.

But what's going on with your kid's thinking?

Now that you've just started designing, are you thinking about what to do with it after retirement?

It's like arranging a funeral before the child is pregnant.