Ye Xianggao proposed, "The minister thinks that he should be knighted and erect a statue for him."

Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed: "Good! Shoufu also supports me, and so does the celebrant and eunuch, even if the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Six Branch Corridors are dissatisfied, then they can issue an edict."

Ye Xianggao smiled in his heart, Sun Chengzong went to Liaodong to take up a post, Wang Hongyu is also in Tianjin, Xu Guangqi is better at agriculture, ink, and Western studies, and now he is engaged in officialdom, His Majesty is too young after all~

He gradually took charge of the court.

Let some non-Donglin and peripheral people rush in front, and he and his descendants pretend to be good people and hide behind to operate.

Although Zhu Youxiao received Wang Hongyu's guidance, when he met the smart Ye Xianggao, he was gradually calculated.

This was successfully implemented.

The official edict ordered Cai Fuyi to be the Dingnan Bo, and the secretary of the military department served as the governor of Liangguang and the Nanyang Economic Strategy, and his position was very prominent. It also erects statues at the Great Wall of Miaojiang, Guangzhou Shipyard and Singapore Dock.

990,000 taels of silver from the Inner Treasury, Hubu Silver, and Tongcang Silver, as well as a batch of new armor and weapons from the Ordnance Bureau, were allocated to reward the soldiers and officials who personally participated in the battle. The money and weapons were escorted by Jinyi Wei Tian Ergeng, and no other people who actually participated in the battle could touch it.

In addition, a reward of 500,000 taels of silver was allocated to reward their families, as well as other soldiers and people who had done support work.

That's really not a lot of money.

But Zhu Youxiao is not too rich, and he relies on Wang Hongyu's silver to invest in industrial shares and dividends.

However, Ye Xianggao made a stumbling block and deliberately told Tianqi that Wang Hongyu had the merit of general planning and general layout in this battle, but it was not appropriate for the enemy to clearly know that he was in charge of the overall situation, so he did not reward Wang Hongyu to paralyze the enemy.

Ye Xianggao was very well prepared, and Zhu Youxiao agreed for the time being.

More than a month later.

As soon as Cai Fuyi heard the news, he fell into deep thought.

"For such a heavy position, only three civil officials have been knighted for their military exploits....... Of course, it is the glory of the ancestors, but the more you are on the front line, the more you know that the enemy is powerful and the responsibility is heavy, and Wang Hongyu, who directs all this, is the greatest hope!"

He was not proud at all, because the victory in Malacca was so dangerous, how could he be proud and arrogant when he was promoted?

If it weren't for Wang Hongyu's year's time, he would have built a new warship that pointed out the industrial direction for Guangdong, built a new warship for the drawings, made a good Jinnige and others to translate books and cultivate talents, negotiated with Portugal about Singapore, and then relied on the Southeast Naval Battle to lure away the enemy's fleet...... It is impossible to win this battle, let alone enter the Malay Peninsula.

He immediately sent a letter to Wang Hongyu, saying that the position and earl given by the imperial court were too rich, but he did not give Wang Hongyu a reward for the general layout, and he was ready to play to explain Wang Hongyu's merits, and if he did not give Wang Hongyu a reward, he would take responsibility first, but not receive the reward first.

As soon as his letter was written, Wang Hongyu's letter arrived first.

"Oh?"

Although Cai Fuyi only had one arm left, he adapted with a very amazing will in a few weeks, and hated the enemy even more, and threw himself into the battle with ten times the spirit.

Just about to send a letter to Wang Hongyu, Wang Hongyu's letter arrived first.

He immediately opened it and deciphered it in a specific encryption way.

"Mr. Yuanlu, once again congratulations on the victory in the Battle of Malacca, this battle has a far-reaching impact on our Ming Dynasty and even China, and will go down in history......

...... In fact, the rewards of the imperial court were not enough to correspond to the military exploits of the gentlemen and soldiers, but some officials sat in the well and watched the sky, not knowing where Guangzhou was, let alone Singapore. I only have my own family in my heart, and of course I can't think of the Chinese people in the world......

Cai Fu felt very warm when he looked at it, how many civil and military officials could communicate with them?

Too little in the past.

Now most of the new generation of talents in the Southwest United School led by Wang Hongyu can, and I believe that a group of new talents will be trained in another 5 years, and the court will also have a big change in 20 years.

Continue reading: "...... Please Mr. Yuan Lu don't have to worry about the court, the younger generation has been communicating with His Majesty and the British Princess. To say something more worth looking forward to, I believe that Mr. has seen the huge business opportunities in Nanyang, not to mention rice, fruits and port taxes

Receiving and docking, it's unimaginably rich, right?"

"Really, the old man is also very surprised, the value of the Strait of Malacca is the Golden Strait. So many ships have passed through here, and Singapore and Malacca have the best ports, the most prosperous towns, and the most abundant supplies, and they have to stop here to buy supplies."

Cai Fuyi looked at the Fu ship and Guangzhou ship in the distance, and the Guangzhou ship would arrive at Guangzhou Port. Inside were boatloads of grain, wood, fruit, and wine.

Liangguang has planned a lot of sugar industries before, and after obtaining a large number of cheap raw materials, it can further expand production and even upgrade the industry.

Furniture, syrup, and canned food are processed products on the basis of these raw materials, but they can still triple the cost of shipping when they are sold back.

With this triple income, it is possible to massively expand the industry, and to make more money, of course, it is possible to expand the military industry and shipbuilding.

There is a final paragraph of Wang Hongyu's letter.

When he saw it, his eyes immediately became serious.

"Wang Hongyu wants to upgrade the battleship, the Karak battleship is already behind, and he wants to build a new warship that is more powerful than the Galen battleship! It's a coincidence!"

Cai Fuyi also thinks so, since he trained the fleet with Cao Xibin, the chief soldier, he feels that there is too much room for improvement.

Wang Hongyu said that the new warships will be built in Guangdong, and they will be built in the latest dry dock.

Drawings will arrive shortly.

What kind of more powerful warship will it be?

......

Tianjin Port.

With the start of the dry dock already under construction, the new warships will also be prepared.

Drawings of the battleship Karak bought from missionaries and Portugal, so the new battleships of the past two years were mainly the battleship Karak.

The Battle of Malacca found that the Karak battleship could no longer keep up with the times, and needed a new type of warship with stronger rigidity and more artillery.

The Karak battleship had a high altitude and had a greater advantage in broadside battles, but it had fewer guns than Galen, and the effectiveness of the anti-aircraft guns was slightly worse.

The Aceban Duck Imperial Armada was the majestic "Karak" battleship, but it was defeated in the naval battle by the British fleet with the smaller tonnage "Galen" sail battleship as the main force.

In addition to storms and other factors, the former is good at broadside combat, and the latter is good at artillery battles is also one of the important reasons.

The Portuguese are no longer skilled enough and must surpass them.

The Galen was an improvement on the Karak, with the bow tower removed and only one more layer added to the bow deck, which would increase the weight of the bow and cause the bow to fall while sailing, affecting stability and speed.

Galen's main use was to use artillery rather than hand-to-hand combat, as in the Karak, so the hull was lengthened and a deck was added to accommodate more artillery.

This time, a batch of Galen ships was captured, and through the drawings of the Karak battleship, as well as reverse engineering of the Galen battleship, it was also possible to build Galen.

But it's not okay to just copy without upgrading.