Liang En followed the forbidden army to the door of the conference room and stopped, and then the leading forbidden army showed the token to the forbidden army guarding the door. After checking the token, the gatekeeper knocked on the door with a special rhythm.

"Please come in." Just as the knocking stopped, there was a small but audible sound in the room, and then there was a click, and the heavy waterproof door opened.

Liang En walked in, and he was greeted by a rudimentary conference room: surrounded by steel plates painted white and green, light streaming in through the portholes of the cabin and shining on the tables fixed to the floor.

"I've seen Your Majesty, I've seen all the kings." According to the etiquette of the evil supplement before coming, Liang En saluted the emperor who was sitting first on the ship and the princes and ministers around him in turn, and then sat down in the lowest position under the guidance of the attendant.

Unlike traditional court etiquette, the new Great Song Dynasty prostration was limited to ceremonies and major court meetings, where everyone knelt according to the etiquette of the more ancient era.

In addition, neither the royal family nor the nobles in the new dynasty can use eunuchs, and instead of the female attendants in charge of the inner court and the male attendants in charge of the outer courts, for example, the male attendants who pour tea and water for everyone in the room now.

"Master Liang, don't be nervous." After seeing Liang En sit down, Emperor Zhaokang, who was now sitting on the throne, gently comforted him, this emperor was a naturalist with considerable achievements before ascending the throne, and naturally had a good impression of a scholar like Liang En.

"I came to you with all of you in the Political Affairs Hall this time, mainly because I accidentally saw you on the list, so I wanted to ask you, the inventor of steam power, about this matter."

"Of course, this is just a private exchange, not a match for the Great Pilgrimage, so you can speak freely and don't worry too much. After all, it's all new, and it's normal if something goes wrong. ”

"Mr. Liang, can you comment on this boat, from your professional point of view?" After the emperor's voice fell, Fang Anguo, the king of Zhejiang, was the first to ask. Because the ship was built under his auspices.

"A semi-extraordinary vessel with great value for money." Liang En thought for a moment and said, "Of course, this is also the best choice in the current situation. ”

The reason for this is that at this stage, the construction of ships with such technologies far ahead of its time requires the intervention of extraordinary forces, which greatly increases the cost of construction.

Therefore, after investing a lot of resources, they will naturally choose to invest more resources to make this ship extraordinary, in order to make the cost performance of the whole ship not too ugly.

In fact, although the manufacturing cost of this warship is three times that of the previous half-transcendent warships of the same tonnage, it is obviously very good for money from the perspective of various basic data.

"Your assessment is very accurate." After listening to Liang En's evaluation, the people in the conference room nodded slightly to express their agreement with his statement, and then Zhu Di, the king of Wu of this generation, asked.

"I think you should be able to see by now that we originally planned to build an ordinary warship, but in the process of manufacturing it, we found so many problems that we had to resort to extraordinary means to solve the problem."

"We can't make up our minds about this question, so we have been discussing whether to build such warships or warships based on the technology that ordinary people have mastered now."

"Of course, if we continue to build such warships, we will build them the way ordinary warships are built, and at the same time use ordinary people's technology as much as possible. It won't be built into a semi-extraordinary warship like it is now. ”

"Hmm-" Liang En fell into deep thought after listening to the other party's question, because there is no similar situation in the modern world that can be used as a reference.

After all, the modern world can't do things without technology, and there is no situation where the technology in the ancient world is not enough to rely on the transcendents to manually rub steam engines, artillery and optical sighting instruments.

Fortunately, after thinking about it for a while, he found some valuable clues from a large number of examples in the modern world, and then connected these clues together to come to a conclusion.

"From my personal point of view, this class of advanced warships can be built, but I personally feel that it is better to produce small batches of an experimental nature, rather than large-scale construction." Liang En smiled and said.

"I know that this is not conducive to the improvement of the level of the fleet, but the current degree of industrialization of the imperial court is so low that many of the methods that can be used to reduce the cost of industry can only be solved manually by cultivators."

"Under this premise, the cost of manufacturing warships will be very high, and at the same time, extraordinary people will need to join the maintenance work in the future use process, which will further increase the cost of warships."

"What's more important is that these warships are fused with a large number of unprecedentedly complex machines, and the current industrial level of the imperial court simply cannot support the existence of such a fleet."

"To operate such a powerful fleet, an entire industrial system is needed to provide sufficient manpower and material resources, but unfortunately we don't have it at all."

"For example, the production of explosives, the maintenance of the ship's equipment, the operation of the ship, etc., all need the support of the cultivators to complete, so ordinary people will naturally be isolated from many important positions on this warship."

"If I'm not mistaken, the reason why these warships were designed and built was to arm ordinary people under the rule of the imperial court, and if we ignore ordinary people in this case, then we have obviously lost our original intention to build these warships."

"You're right, Mr. Liang, what should we do?" After listening to Liang En's narration, most of the people in the audience nodded in agreement, and then Emperor Zhaokang asked further.

"For our country, the only way to have a strong fleet, one might even say a strong force, is to continue to advance industry." Liang En spread his hands and said.

"The development of industry cultivates more talents in this area, and allows industrial production to penetrate into every corner, so that the overall technology can be improved, and the manufacturing and maintenance costs of industrial products such as warships can be naturally reduced."

"As for the short-term plan, it is to build some steam galleons, with steam as auxiliary power, and at the same time equipped with rifled front-loading guns—" Liang En said as he asked for a pen and paper from the chamberlain, and began to draw.

He painted early steam warships from the mid-19th century, and they are the most advanced warships that can be built with the technology of the Great Song Dynasty today.

Different from the pure steel warship where Liang En is now, this warship that only uses a steel frame and is mostly made of wood, although it is backward, it is indeed an existence that ordinary people can cause.

"I know that this design is much worse than Ningyuan's technology, but it is the most suitable for the real situation." After putting down the pen, Liang En introduced the sketch in his hand.

"For example, the maintenance of such a ship for most of the time can make use of the existing port facilities, rather than the Ningyuan, which needs to be completely newly built, and the replenishment of various weapons does not require ammunition that can only be made by transcendents for the time being."

"The most important thing is that if there is a lack of sufficient refueling stations, pure steam warships can only sail in a small area with the home port as the center, and it will not be able to meet the needs of the vast sea area now."

"But if they were to use such steam sailboats, they could sail with their own sails most of the time, and in battle they would be able to use the steam engine to achieve a decisive advantage."

"Your conclusion is very reasonable, and we will seriously consider your suggestion." When Liang En finished speaking, there was applause in the room, and it was not until the applause stopped for a moment that the emperor stood up and spoke.

"You pointed out a point for us that we never thought of before, and I thank you for your help on behalf of the imperial court."