Zhu Jingyuan said goodbye to Charles and went to find Charlotte again.

The clothes given to Charlotte, in addition to the lolita-style skirt, also included a modern sailor suit.

Charlotte was also overjoyed to see the new clothes, but the sailor suit surprised her:

"This ...... Your Highness, isn't this men's clothing? I saw a lot of ...... worn by the British aristocracy in the summer."

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head with a smile and said:

"I designed this kind of clothes, and I never said that this kind of clothes were pure men's clothing.

"Even from the very beginning, I designed for womenswear.

"It's just that the girls think it's too aggressive, and at the same time the Tessie men think it's men's clothes, and then they force themselves to put them on.

"Actually, this kind of pleated skirt is a universal design in our Daming, and it will be available on men's and women's clothing.

"Didn't I give you a traditional girl's skirt before?"

Like Charles, Zhu Jingyuan is also instilling a completely different concept of thinking in Charlotte, the queen of the United States.

Charlotte was already young, and now she has no wariness of Zhu Jingyuan, so she quickly thought along this line of thought:

"It seems that this is indeed the case, the skirts are basically this kind of pleated skirts, so I can really wear this kind of clothes?"

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and encouraged:

"Of course you can wear it, I designed this kind of clothes so simply to make it easier for work and activities.

"You used to have all those dresses with complicated decorations, so it's not convenient for you to go to the garden, right?

"It's no problem to change into such simple clothes as you are now, and it's very convenient to go around and play.

"From now on, you can use this simple costume as everyday wear, and those complicated clothes as formal dresses."

Charlotte nodded trustingly and agreed:

"I see, then I'll try ...... later"

Zhu Jingyuan guided Charles to wear the women's clothes in Tessie's cognition, and Charlotte to wear the men's clothes in Tessie's cognition.

At noon that day, Zhu Jingyuan accompanied Charlotte and Charles to lunch.

In the evening, I returned to the palace, took my family, and had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with my grandparents.

Zhu Jingyuan mainly accompanied Zhu Zhongliang to talk, and the two grandparents chatted while eating.

After chatting for a long time, Zhu Zhongliang took the initiative to bring the topic to the construction of battleships:

"I remember...... The two target-type aircraft carriers, as well as the two target-type battleships, have completed most of the test projects, and it is time to officially deliver them to the Navy in the New Year, right? ”

Of course, Zhu Jingyuan has already read the relevant news:

"Well, it's time to serve in the New Year.

"In fact, in the second half of the tests, it was already the people of the Navy who operated it themselves.

"The craftsmen at the shipyard just continued to track commissioning on the ship.

"At present, there are no major problems, and after a year, the whole overhaul will be carried out, and it will be delivered to the Navy.

"The plan after the official service is to simulate confrontation exercises......"

Zhu Zhongliang smiled and nodded:

"Yes, simulated confrontation drills are fine.

"But is it possible to have a long-distance running dispatch exercise?

"For example, from the mainland to the New Heavenly Mansion?"

Zhu Jingyuan also laughed when he heard it.

The old man is thinking about him getting on the boat and taking a look.

"I think it's no problem, the sea area controlled by the Ming is so vast, our warships should indeed be able to run long distances.

"At the same time, warships that have been replaced with new oil-fired boilers have a much higher endurance than coal-fired warships.

"This kind of long-distance attack is originally the strong point of the new warship, and it should be tried."

Zhu Zhongliang nodded again with a smile:

"Well, then after the New Year, after coming back from the holiday, let's arrange it directly."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded subconsciously, and then thought of something:

"The representatives of Britain and France are still in Xintianfu, the battleships are nothing to show them, and the aircraft carriers still can't show them for the time being.

"So after they leave, give the relevant troops some time to prepare, just in time for the new Tianfu to be cool."

Daming's target-type aircraft carrier has been put into service, and Taixi's aircraft carrier research has just begun.

After the aircraft was basically matured, some people just had the idea of loading the aircraft on a ship and releasing the plane from the ship for reconnaissance.

None of them have yet formed an aircraft carrier design, nor have they really started to build a pure aircraft carrier.

As with the early aircraft carrier exploration ideas in history, flight decks were laid on existing cruisers for flight take-off and landing tests.

Plans have just begun to retrofit civilian ships and lay fully straight decks, but they have not yet been implemented.

Without direct intervention and pushing, this process could have lasted for more than ten years.

The first successful experiment in history of an airplane taking off from a ship was completed in 1910.

And the first specially designed aircraft carrier entered service, and it was time for 1922, with a gap of twelve years.

After all, an aircraft carrier is a completely new type of ship, and it will certainly take a long time to explore and try.

Therefore, even if Daming's aircraft carrier is already in service, it will only be secretly tested in the absolutely safe fortress sea area.

He has not shown his face in front of the local public in Daming, let alone directly to the overseas Taixi people.

The only people who knew about the situation of the Ming aircraft carrier were the emperor and relevant officials, as well as the design craftsmen and construction workers in charge.

Through the internal review of the East Plant and the external verification of the West Plant, there should be no serious leakage for the time being.

People related to shipbuilding and military construction in the Ming Dynasty, as long as they are not directly involved in the design and construction of aircraft carriers, probably only know that the Ming Dynasty is building a new kind of warship.

At most, Tessie's intelligence agents have gotten this level of information.

As for what kind of warships are being built, it is still only possible to guess.

It just so happened that Daming was also building a brand new dreadnought, so this speculation was easily misleading.

Imagine a warship with a larger tonnage and larger guns is a natural and easy option.

Even if you can guess that Da Ming is working on a ship that can carry aircraft, you will never imagine that Da Ming's aircraft carrier is a one-step completely straight through deck armored aircraft carrier.

Zhu Zhongliang listened to Zhu Jingyuan's words, and was a little entangled, but he was quickly relieved:

"That's right, it's not a while, let's talk about it after these Xiyi are gone.

"But...... Aircraft carriers can't show Xiyi, but new-style battleships can't.

"Their own warships of the same kind are almost the same, but the internal details are far from keeping up with us.

"We can even arrange for these warships to visit everywhere on their own initiative to achieve what you call a direct deterrent effect.

"And go around our own vassal kingdoms and imperial estates, and show them to our own officials and people.

"We've built epoch-making super warships, and they're all our strength."

There is nothing left to hide from the external design of the dreadnought.

It was originally an upgraded version formed on the basis of the existing battleships with an optimized artillery layout.

The main direction is to abandon the secondary main gun and install more unified large-caliber main guns.

The design of Tessie's dreadnought battleship also started with this idea, and then quickly matured.

According to the information that Da Ming has obtained so far, they have made a knapsack turret.

The gap with the cutting-edge battleships of the Ming Dynasty, the gap that can be directly seen in the appearance, is that the turret of the Ming Dynasty is triple.

Triplet or double, this is not a subversive upgrade, it is all imaginable design.

The key is how to achieve it, and the difficulty of achieving it is not obvious.

Then the Ming warships are more slender, and the Taixi's warships will be shorter and thicker.

The hull line type directly affects speed, and the slender hull is definitely designed for high speed.

But there's no way to look at the shape to see how much higher the speed can be.

The bulbous bow and square stern below the waterline of the Ming hull cannot be seen from the outside.

Due to their huge size and tonnage, and more and larger guns, these battleships seemed to be more than capable of deterring.

But it doesn't have to be leaked if you look at it.

So the new dreadnought of the Ming Dynasty can now be shown directly to the Tessies.

So Zhu Zhongliang thought about it, released the newly commissioned dreadnoughts, and prepared to go on a world cruise.

This idea made Zhu Jingyuan a little surprised:

"Isn't this an imperial parade, of course this can be done, just to disrupt the shipbuilding plans of several countries in Tessie.

"Let's see if they dare to follow us to build 40,000-ton warships, whether they can build them, and how many of them can be built.

"The tonnage of our Ming Dynasty ships is more than that of all other countries combined!

"When the design of their warship is completed and built, it is estimated that our 60,000-ton warship will also be launched."

Zhu Zhongliang stroked his beard and smiled and said:

"Yes, you should also keep an eye on this matter, and the design of the next generation of warships must also start as soon as possible, don't keep delaying.

"I remember that the steelmaking methods you mentioned last year have been proven to be very useful.

"It has been verified on small-caliber guns, and it will definitely be able to make the guns you ask for with a lighter weight.

"And according to the Ministry of Industry, the impact is extraordinarily huge, and the entire industrial system will be improved accordingly.

"From bearings to boring machines, from high-speed rotors and sealed cylinders, from turbine blades to special blades.

"All kinds of equipment that requires precision and strength can be upgraded with what you call electroslag steel.

"It's not a particularly important direction to make cannon barrels.

"Give the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial Consortium three to five years, and they should be able to produce naval guns that meet the targets you mentioned.

"The design and construction of larger warships is estimated to take three to five years.

"So now it's time to start designing with those metrics."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded seriously after hearing this:

"I understand, when the New Year is over, I will start planning."

The topic of Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Zhongliang turned to the new battleship and diverged their thinking on various indicators.

Time passed quickly, the night was getting darker, and the family feast had to end.

Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Zhongliang were slightly drunk, and were helped back to rest by their wives and servants.

After the New Year of the Ming Dynasty, it is a vacation that lasts for more than half a month.

From the first day to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, various cultural and entertainment activities emerge one after another.

For the first time, the representatives of Britain and France, led by Charles and Charlotte, experienced the atmosphere of the Ming New Year in person.

Every day there are very novel experiences, and life habits are slowly being influenced and changed.

After fifteen, Charlotte had dared to run around in a sailor's suit.

She was originally a child, and she didn't care much about showing her legs and arms.

The point is that the sailor suit is more convenient for movement than the formal cumbersome and complicated dress.

Although the maid and Amelia had expressed their opinions on this, Zhu Jingyuan's opinions were more important than the words of the two of them.

Even, Amelia and Charlotte's maid slowly became convinced of Zhu Jingyuan's views.

They also slowly began to feel that there was nothing wrong with Charlotte wearing such clothes.

The prince began to experiment with new women's clothes.

The French didn't pay much attention to this, and Louis XIV's younger brother usually wore women's clothes.

The Ming people don't say anything, and in the eyes of the Ming people, the clothing style of the Taixi people is very strange.

The Ming people have long been surprised, and Charles's change of skirt has not become more strange.

After the ten-day holiday of the Lantern Festival, the local Ministry of Industry of Daming resumed work.

Zhu Jingyuan officially informed them that they could start the design of the aircraft carrier of the 60,000-ton battleship.

A 60,000-ton battleship is basically an enlargement on the basis of a 40,000-ton battleship.

The length of the hull waterline was increased to 255 meters, and the total length of the hull was increased to 265 meters.

The total width of the hull was increased to thirty-six meters, the draft of the normal displacement was ten meters, and the draft of the full load displacement was eleven meters.

The maximum displacement is 60,000 tons, and the maximum speed requirement is more than 30 knots, which requires a power system of 160,000 horsepower.

The layout and shape of the hull remained largely unchanged, with three triple main guns still used.

It was only the caliber of the artillery that was upgraded to four hundred and twenty mm, and the multiple diameter was maintained at fifty.

The thickness of the main armor on the side increased to three hundred and sixty millimeters, with an inclination of twenty degrees and a height of six meters.

The thickness of the horizontal armor of the main deck was increased to two hundred millimeters.

The secondary armor box was still preserved, and there were armor covering packages on the side and deck of the bow and stern, as well as on the superstructure.

If the secondary armor box is lowered, the main armor can be raised to four hundred millimeters, but Zhu Jingyuan knows that it is useless.

In the era when such 60,000-ton warships were put into service, the attack tasks of naval warfare would actually be undertaken by aircraft carriers of aircraft carriers.

Battleships were built big, carrying huge guns, and went to the scene to scare people.

The design of the battleship is basically amplification, and Zhu Jingyuan basically does not use it as too much guidance, just give the indicators to the craftsmen.

However, the 60,000-ton aircraft carrier will have to change its design thinking again.

What is the concept of a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier?

The full load displacement of Liaoning and Shandong is 60,000 tons.

The full load of Midway Island also reached 60,000 tons in the later period.

Now that he knows what the new aircraft carrier looks like, it is impossible for Zhu Jingyuan to build a Midway Island.

As an aircraft carrier with a full straight deck, the size of the Midway is wasteful.

Zhu Jingyuan will definitely build a modern aircraft carrier in one step.

There should be a larger float, there should be a beveled deck, there should be a catapult.

Now it is too difficult to build a steam catapult that can bomb an aircraft of twenty or thirty tons.

But a catapult with a low power point can be done.

Many World War II aircraft carriers were equipped with catapults, but the power was relatively low.

It is possible to leave space on the hull, and after the catapult is more mature, it can be replaced with a more powerful one.

Even if it can't be made completely, the semi-finished product is stronger than the traditional straight-through deck aircraft carrier.

Even, even if there is no catapult at all, just the beveled deck design itself, the combat efficiency will be higher than that of the straight deck.

This is especially true when operating larger aircraft.

Zhu Jingyuan listed the design indicators, wrote out the design ideas, drew the basic design drawings, and sent them back by telegram.

Continue to communicate by telegram and fax at any time, confirm more details at any time, and discuss any problems encountered.

At the same time, Chu Yuqiang and the staff of the clothing firm officially set off to return to the Taixi Continent after February 2.

With the end of the war, the loans and investments of the Ming Dynasty were gradually in place, and the situation in Britain and France was gradually stabilizing.

Chu Yuqiang is also going back to restart the big food clothing business in Britain and France.

It's impossible for Aoxue to keep selling smuggled goods.

When the licensed goods are gone, the smuggled goods can be sold at a higher price than the licensed goods in a short time, but it will affect the brand reputation.

The employees of the commercial bank who visited and studied in Dashiguo also received notices, ended their visits, and officially set off for their return home.

A few days later, British Foreign Secretary Grenville and US Prime Minister Monroe came to visit Zhu Jingyuan.

Grenville looked at Zhu Jingyuan, who was expressionless, and explained his intention very carefully:

"Your Royal Highness, it has been more than three months since the New Year of the Western calendar.

"The cooperation between the United States and Daming has also begun, and it is almost time for us and Her Majesty Charlotte to return to England."

Zhu Jingyuan said quite displeasedly:

"I said at least three months, but I didn't say only three months.

"It's only been three months, and our partnership with the United States has just begun.

"On the American side, there is no obvious result at all.

"So let's wait.

"If you Brits are in a hurry, you can go back yourself.

"I'll take care of Charlotte.

"I'll send him back when it's actually mature."

Grenville and Monroe are very entangled:

"This ...... At least three months, how long exactly do you ...... Can you give me an exact deadline......"

Zhu Jingyuan thought about it for a while:

"It should be about the same by April, but I'll send Charlotte to the United States instead of back to the UK."

Grenville and Monroe breathed a sigh of relief.

This time it was finally the exact time, using the maximum limit number, not at least the minimum number.

It's okay to send it back to the United States, it's normal for the Queen of America to go to the United States.

As long as you can return to the United States, whether you want to return to the United Kingdom or not is completely up to you.

The two of them relaxed a little, but they didn't dare to bother Zhu Jingyuan more, and after expressing their gratitude insincerely, they left.

Another month passed, and it was March 6, the fourth year of Ankang.

Charles came to visit Zhu Jingyuan in a gorgeous little dress:

"My dear friend, although my heart is very reluctant, I am almost leaving.

"It's April 20 in the Western calendar, and daylight saving time will soon be approaching.

"I have to go to Canada to see how things are going before I can go back to Paris.

"However, the plans for our cooperation are basically confirmed, and the future is just to implement them step by step.

"It's all the result of our joint efforts with your help.

"The relationship between our two countries should become as close as our relationship."

Zhu Jingyuan also knew that Charles should go, and the British led by Charlotte should also go.

Grenville and Monroe had come to him a few times.

I am only delaying on the grounds that the construction of the United States has not been fully carried out and has not shown practical results.

Now that summer is coming, Charlotte is basically obedient to herself, and it's time to send her back to her spokesperson.

Zhu Jingyuan said after considering all aspects of the situation:

"I know you can go back, but I also hope you don't leave right now, just wait another month.

"The latest batch of naval warships in service in the Ming Dynasty will arrive in Xintianfu in about half a month.

"This year is a year of real peace in the world, and we have arranged a fleet to visit various countries for friendly visits.

"Just piggyback to send you to Canada, stay in Canada for a while, and then send you back to France."

Charles was very surprised, and then said with surprise and joy:

"The latest battleship of the Ming Dynasty! Escort me to Canada and Tessie! It's really great!

"However, since this is a fleet visit, can you go with your best friend?

"If I could, I would like to be able to invite you to visit France.

"Summer in Paris is not hot, 25 degrees at most, and you can go on vacation to Paris.

"My life in Xintianfu has been very pleasant, and I hope to be able to entertain you in Paris."

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head quite seriously:

"I myself will not be allowed to visit Cessie or even Paris, my father and grandfather.

"The point is, when you go back this time, you don't go back to rest peacefully.

"You are going to recruit guards in Canada, and go back with you to Paris to deal with the nobles who condone the rebels."

Charles suddenly reacted:

"That's true, then...... When I'm done dealing with Paris, I'll tell you what's going on there.

"When the situation is stable, you go and ask your father and grandfather if they can allow you to go to Paris......"

Zhu Jingyuan didn't need to ask for instructions to know that this kind of thing was basically impossible.

My grandfather didn't even allow me to go to North Yinzhou, so it was even more impossible to go to a place like Paris.

However, on the surface, Zhu Jingyuan only nodded seriously:

"I'm going to ask, and I wish you a great success in your actions, making France more stable and the Bourbon dynasty more stable."

Charles bowed down with some regret, but also very gratefully:

"Thank you for the blessings of my best friend, I will do my best."

Half a month later, on March 21, the fourth year of Ankang, the fleet mentioned by Zhu Jingyuan arrived in Xintianfu as scheduled.

The core of the fleet is two 40,000-ton high-speed battleships, fearless and unjust.

The escort fleet consisted of four new cruisers of 15,600 tons: Chongqing, Yingtianfu, Shuntianfu, and Suzhou.

This is a purely ocean-going patrol fleet, so there are no new cruisers and destroyers of small and medium-sized to join.

Two other 40,000-ton aircraft carriers are now parked at the Western Cape in the south of Mozhou.

The British delegates led by Charles and Charlotte will leave and come to New Heaven.

The channel at the mouth of the Milky Way River has been dredging for more than a year, and now the water depth has exceeded nine meters at low tide.

The 40,000-ton ship can already take advantage of the high tide to directly dock at the new Tianfu wharf.

After the fleet docked, the first thing was to go ashore for personnel to repair and the equipment for routine maintenance.

However, in order to facilitate going to sea, the supply will not be replenished in Xintianfu for the time being, and it will be replenished until Sanqing City, where the water depth is deeper.

At the same time, Xintianfu Huangzhuang began to organize personnel to visit the ship.

Managers at all levels in Huangzhuang, officers at all levels in the army units, managers and craftsmen in newly built factories.

As well as a small number of lucky ordinary people, ordinary soldiers, ordinary workers.

Large warships and naval guns are very visually impactful things, and they are also the most powerful weapons in the world.

Allowing a wide range of people from their home countries to visit up close can enhance their self-confidence and centripetal force.

It's 6,000 words in total.,The key is that it's time to turn the plot again.,So it's a bit confusing to write.,I don't know where to break it.,Just take it as a chapter......