Yang Chengying arrived at Port Arthur.

"After a little strategy, I can be regarded as looking forward to you."

Geng Zhongming said in surprise.

Yang Chengying got off the horse and looked up, they were all old acquaintances.

Sun Degong, Geng Zhongyu, Zheng Zhilong, Mo Mazi, He Bin......

"Yiguan, look at who I brought here."

Yang Chengying turned around and took out a child from the carriage.

Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up.

This kid is Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong's mother also got out of the carriage.

"Daddy......"

Xiao Zheng Chenggong was in Yang Chengying's arms, opened his little hand to Zheng Zhilong, and begged for a hug.

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly took it and held it in his arms.

"Jingluo, I haven't heard that the child is coming." Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed.

"Hahaha...... You're going to give me a 'surprise', and of course I'm going to give you a big surprise. Yang Chengying said with a smile.

Speaking of surprises, Zheng Zhilong remembered something and handed over the child to his wife Tagawa.

"Jinglu, you follow me to the docks."

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "In the past three years, we have been working hard to surprise you today. ”

"So mysterious."

When Yang Chengying looked back, he found that Sun Degong and the others had smiles on their faces.

The group came to the pier in a mighty way.

Then, Yang Chengying was shocked.

He was truly shocked!

Huge ships were moored at the docks, as if the sun was going to block out.

He jumped onto one of the ships like a monkey and stomped on the floor with his foot.

Stomp ......

With the sound of hurried footsteps, Yang Chengying appeared on the lower deck.

A bronze cannon is neatly arranged on both sides.

Zheng Zhilong and the others followed.

"What kind of battleship is this? It's weird! Huang Zongxi couldn't help but ask.

Zheng Zhilong didn't answer, and glanced at Ning Wan, with the meaning of inquiry.

Ning Wan said: "He is the master of the University Hall, and he brought it to sea with us. ”

"Oh." Zheng Zhilong nodded slightly, and then introduced to Huang Zongxi: "This is a new warship that we imitated and rebuilt based on the Western Galen ship. ”

"Battleship? I don't think you need that to fight pirates. ”

Huang Zongxi didn't know that Zheng Zhilong was fine, so he said casually.

The embarrassment on Zheng Zhilong's face flashed: "No, but it's not bad." These ships are meant to fight Western invaders and maintain our maritime trade routes. ”

"Western invaders, those red-haired people? Aren't they in business? ”

Zheng Zhilong sneered: "I can't beat you, so naturally do business well." ”

"I see." Huang Zongxi understands in seconds.

Yang Chengying was still admiring the battleship.

Speaking of which, in the era of big ships and huge guns, the gap between the East and the West at sea did not widen at the beginning.

Contrary to many people's impressions, the real decline began with the fall of the Zheng family.

On the one hand, the Qing court did not have a strong enemy at sea, and on the other hand, it was challenged by Galdan, and its attention turned to the northwest.

A huge sailor is gradually declining.

"How many of these ships have you built?" Yang Chengying asked.

"Six." Geng Zhongming replied.

"What? Six! ”

Yang Cheng stomped his feet in a hurry, "Did you take all my wood?" ”

Timber has to dry for ten years, and built warships can last for decades.

If you take a shortcut - dry wood with fire, it will be wasted in a few years.

Hearing about the construction of the six, Yang Chengying instinctively thought that they had used all the timber that he had been drying for eight years.

"Nope. You're mistaken. ”

Geng Zhongming shook his head and explained to Yang Chengying: "Since General Zheng came, we have changed our thinking.

We buy wood suitable for shipbuilding directly from Fujian, Huguang, Nanyang and other places.

Not only to buy wood, but also to artillery. ”

"Huh? yes, I didn't think of that. ”

Yang Chengying slapped his forehead.

Where did England's timber come from, and it wasn't cut from the Americas, etc.!

"It's no wonder that Jingliu was not familiar with Nanyang before, and if he wanted to buy wood, others might not be willing to sell it."

Zheng Zhilong gave the steps, "Since the death of my father-in-law and the death of Second Uncle Yan, their subordinates have come to take refuge. We are connected to the South Seas maritime trade and buy timber. ”

"Yiguan, you don't need to explain it for me, it used to be my axis."

Yang Chengying waved his hand.

"Six battleships, how many guns?" Huang Zongxi interjected and asked.

"Each ship is equipped with fifty-four cannons, twenty-two 11-pound guns, twenty-two six-pound guns, and ten four-pound guns."

Zheng Zhilong replied: "These cannons are ordered according to the weight of the shells, and Westerners generally call them pounds, and one pound is equal to about 0.9 catties. ”

Huang Zongxi's eyes widened as he listened.

He couldn't have imagined that the discipline of mathematics would be casually said in the mouth of a naval general.

Zheng Zhilong went on to introduce other data on the six warships.

The length of the ship is about 40 meters, the width of the ship is about 12 meters, the depth of the cabin is about 5 meters, and there are five anchors, each about 3,000 catties.

Yang Chengying listened to it and thought in his heart, this is equivalent to the level of a fourth-class sail battleship.

"Listen, next time we build it, don't let it exceed seventy-five guns."

Yang Chengying said: "Moreover, it is best to control it at seventy-five guns. ”

The 75-gun sail battleship was invented by France and unanimously recognized by the Western seafaring powers, and it was the most cost-effective battleship.

"Isn't the bigger the boat, the better? Like our Ming treasure ship, it can carry a large amount of materials and go to places in the South Seas. ”

Huang Zongxi said puzzled.

"The blueprints of the treasure ship have been burned."

Zheng Zhilong said: "Even if there is, I'm afraid it is not suitable for fighting at sea. ”

"That's right!" Yang Chengying took over the conversation, "A giant battleship with 105 guns built by England, but that thing can't hit us here." ”

The generals of the water division were all taken aback, how did Jing Luo know about this.

"It is even said that more than seventy-five guns can not be built."

Yang Chengying said: "We can fight as many ships as we can and drive the enemy out of this sea area." ”

No matter how later generations divided the first to sixth class sail battleships, the first and second classes existed as giants and were rarely built.

Many countries are dominated by 3rd class battleships with 75 guns, and they talk about how fast and good it is, and how fast it is to win by group fighting.

In particular, the Netherlands, the "coachman of the sea", is a strange tactic at sea.

"Are there any other warships besides these six?"

Yang Chengying asked again.

"There are also twelve pure imitation Galen ships, equipped with twenty-four guns, sixteen six-pound guns, and eight Hongyi cannons."

Zheng Zhilong replied: "There are also ten large bird boats that are combined with the Galen ship, which were converted by Fujian shipwrights. Equipped with 18 cannons, it can be used as a vanguard in battle. ”

"In addition, there are 12 cannon bird ships and 15 boats, 30 rushing boats, equipped with four jack cannons, one bucket head cannon, four hundred cannons, and two sub-cannons."

Geng Zhongming added.

Yang Chengying made a rough calculation, this fleet is composed of seventy-three warships, which is comparable to the invincible fleet in the east, where the naval division is poor.

"Whew...... This is really thanks to this turbulent mess. Yang Cheng said in his heart.