When it comes to ironclad ships, Chinese generally think of ironclad warships sunk on the battlefield in the Yellow Sea during the Sino-Japanese Naval War. Thick black smoke, heavy armor, and several terrifying heavy guns of large calibers, driven by steam engines, braved heavy artillery fire to carry out ramming tactics against the enemy.

It seems that the ironclad ship must have a steam engine, and it must be the product of industrial leather and life.

As early as the eighteenth century, the Spaniards experimented with armor on their sail battleships, but they failed because the Spaniards tried to put armor on three-deck battleships, and Lee did not do such a stupid thing.

Judging by the experience of later generations, not to mention three-deck battleships, even double-deck battleships, it is unacceptable to install armor, and the French have done this in history and found that it is not suitable.

It was precisely because only single-deck battleships could be equipped with armor that Lee Sie-ki promised the Dutch that the Merchant Navy's navy would never equip and produce double-deck gun-deck warships.

The early wrought iron decks were expensive, which was also the reason why ironclads appeared relatively late, but history has proven that it is possible to equip wood-made sail warships with armor.

Even without steam power, such a ship can fight.

In fact, because the steam engine of the early ironclad ship is too low, the coal consumption is too large, and the work is not stable, and it may stop at any time, resulting in the early ironclad ships are all equipped with a full set of sail power system, in fact, even if it is to Dingyuan, this kind of ironclad ship, will be designed with sails, and when the Dingyuan returns to China, the use of sails saves coal consumption.

The use of sails in the early ironclads did not reduce the speed, on the contrary, some ironclads did not have a higher top speed when using steam power than when they were sailing.

All these technical conditions led to Li Zhaoji's determination to let the trading company navy build sail heavy artillery ironclad ships.

If we build the Galen ship-battleship in a step-by-step manner, and then raise the guns from eighteen to thirty-two pounds, the tonnage from a few hundred tons to three thousand tons, and the number of guns from twenty to one hundred, it will take more than ten years, but thirty or fifty years.

If you want to achieve maritime supremacy, you must win by surprise.

Ninety-pound or more powerful artillery, ironclad ships that the enemy cannot penetrate, is the magic weapon for victory.

You must know that the twenty-four-pound Kofelin cannon, when firing solid shells with a strong charge, can only penetrate 80 millimeters of wrought iron armor at a distance of 90 meters. As long as the wrought iron armor of the battleship is raised to ninety millimeters, it will be invincible in this world.

What's more, behind the armor is still a hull and back panel made of solid wood, in the case of teak, for example, a ninety mm thick teak is about equivalent to ten mm thick wrought iron armor, and a solid wood hull of a heavy cruiser can casually reach six hundred mm.

Li Zhaoji drank wine, ate vegetables, and spat at his brother to introduce the future invincible warship of the trading company's navy, Chen Liuzi was dumbfounded, and he asked, "Big brother, how do you know this?"

Equip the battleship with ten-centimeter-thick armor, and she really won't sink? ”

Li Zhaoji laughed: "Your eldest brother and I have the ability to reach the sky, where is there anything I don't know?" ”

"But you still put all the resources accumulated by the trading company into the army, and you want to fight for the imperial court." Chen Liuzi said.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Yes, it seems stupid, but as long as it succeeds." Around this time next year, I will be the king of the Chinese sea. What bullshit Zheng Zhilong, Lao Tzu swept him into the garbage heap. ”

"You mean, it's possible for us to completely replace Zheng Zhilong."

"Replace Zheng Zhilong? Haha, sixth brother, your courage is too small, I want the maritime hegemony of the whole of China, not the coastal areas of Fujian. I want to use the method of controlling the Guangdong Sea to control all the oceans of the Ming Dynasty.

By that time, my brother will have money, even if we build a heavy artillery ironclad ship, if you still like this kind of battleship, just build a few more ships as your seat, two floors are not enough, let's do three layers, sixty guns are too few, just build a first-class battleship with 100 guns. Li Zhaoji obviously drank too much, so his speech became incoherent.

When Chen Liuzi heard these words, he broke out in a cold sweat, although he had drunk a lot of wine just now, he was more sober.

It seems that his eldest brother is very sure to become the king of the Chinese sea, even if it is not inevitable, even if there is only a fifty percent possibility, no, thirty percent, it is worth the risk, after all, it is only a year's resources of the trading company, compared with the status of the king of the Chinese sea and the wealth it represents, what is a year?

Fart doesn't count!

"I thought you just didn't want to see the Manchus enter the customs." Lee Siu Kee said.

"If this goal is achieved, it is also very good, I am willing to use my wealth and life for a year to gamble on such a possibility." Lee said that this was an important reason for his decision.

Chen Liuzi said: "Big brother, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is very strong, and the Ming Dynasty can't resist it." ”

Lee placed the whiskey bottle on the table, placed a chopstick on it, and hung a model of a bottle cannon on one side.

"On the left is the Manchu Qing, on the right is the Ming or the thief, we are this cannonball." Li Zhaoji took another cannonball and placed it on the right. Directly pouting the side representing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Li Zhaoji said: "The trading company is weak enough to compete in the world, but we are a very key force that can change the balance." ”

Li Zhaoji himself could not accept the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although he knew that his current strength could not stop this, but he also had to try, once he succeeded, it would be good news for the entire Chinese civilization.

He has no prejudice against Li Zicheng, nor does he have any preference for Zhu Ming, not just because these two are Han regimes, but because these two are both regimes that unify the United States and strive for orthodoxy.

The law of history is that when the Central Plains regime fought for the unification of the world, it paid great attention to winning the hearts and minds of the people, so there would be no large-scale massacres. Therefore, no matter whether the Ming Dynasty destroys the Great Shun or the Great Shun destroys the Ming Dynasty, the intensity of the war will not be low, but the poison to the people will be much less.

But history has also proved that the process of alien invasion is a process of continuous slaughter, which will be slaughtered until the submission of the Central Plains, or they are expelled. This is a great disservice to civilization and race.

Drinking with Chen Liuzi, Li Zhaoji was very comfortable, so he drank some and fell asleep deeply.

When Chen Liuzi was also thinking about sleeping, he suddenly heard someone outside shouting: "Is Li Zhaoji on the boat?" ”

Chen Liuzi walked out to see who dared to call the eldest brother's name, but saw that Shen Youlong had already walked up from the gangplank with his robe in his hand, followed by Zhao Wenji and others.

"Where's Lee Siu Kee?"

"Big brother drank some wine and just fell asleep." Chen Liuzi said.

"Oops, what a drinking mistake, wake him up quickly." Shen Youlong said.

Zhao Wenji saw Chen Liuzi hesitating, and said: "Go quickly, the adults have a very urgent matter to find him, and they don't even have time to let him go to Guangzhou, but they came directly by boat." ”

As soon as he heard that it was so important, Chen Liuzi immediately went to call, but Li Zhaoji drank too much and couldn't wake up at all, so Shen Youlong, who couldn't wait, walked in, grabbed the teacup in the bedroom, and poured the tea soup into Li Zhaoji's nose.

"Ouch, it's raining, it's raining." Li Zhaoji jumped up directly, shook his head, and rubbed his eyes before he saw that it was Shen Youlong standing in front of him.

"I'm still sleeping, something is wrong. The imperial court is going to send a canonization envoy! Shen Yulong said.

"Book, I'll prepare two beautiful clothes for Atta, lend him Tamsui City first, isn't it over, and then prepare some money." Li Zhaoji dealt with a few words casually, and was about to fall asleep.

Zhao Wenji pulled him up: "There is a misunderstanding, the imperial court is not to canonize Ata, but to canonize the king of the Ryukyus." ”

"The King of the Ryukyus?" When Li Zhaoji heard this, he asked in a daze: "What is the king of Ryukyu and what does it have to do with him?" ”

Zhao Wenji said: "The imperial court thinks that the Ryukyu Kingdom is going to send troops for the Ming Dynasty. ”

Saying that, Zhao Wenji handed the Tang report from the military department to Li Zhaoji, and after Li Zhaoji read it, he said, "Why did it become like this!" How did it become the Ryukyu Kingdom? ”

"It's a misunderstanding from the imperial court, you only said Ata, that is a tribal leader, and he doesn't even have a country name, and the old man can only say that it is a country in the East, but he was misunderstood by the imperial court." Shen Youlong said that he saw that Li Zhaoji's eyes were still confused: "What should I do, how can I explain this matter." ”

"Ryukyu, Ryukyu....... Ryukyu is not bad, either. Li Zhaoji said suddenly.

"What's good."

Li Zhaoji rubbed his face and said: "Fortunately, it was a misunderstanding that it was Ryukyu, and I can still explain the past. ”

"Can you explain?" Shen Youlong didn't care about the ridicule in Li Zhaoji's words, but keenly grasped a key word.

Li Zhaoji said: "I can explain! Sixth brother, go to the war room, open the map, and I'll wash my face and go over. ”

The more Li Zhaoji said, a happy expression gradually appeared on his face, and he became more and more happy, as if it was not a trouble, but a good thing.

For Li Zhaoji himself, this is indeed a good thing.

After the method of sending troops to the guards of foreign domains was decided, Li Zhaoji has been in trouble, and if Atta wants to become the king, what should he call the country?

Obviously, the probability of using geographical names is the greatest, so Dayuan country, Dongfan country, Yingzhou country, etc., all kinds of names that have been used since ancient times have appeared, but these names without exception refer to the island of Taiwan.

For a time-traveler like Li Zhaoji, building a country in Taiwan sounds so anti-revolutionary and fateful.

Now it's okay, it has become the Ryukyu Domain, which is simple, although in the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, the island of Taiwan was also called Liuqiu, Liuqiu and the like, even during the Hongwu period, it was also called Xiaoliuqiu, but the problem is that there is a Ryukyu country itself, and the moral cleanliness in Li Zhaoji's heart is not a problem.

As for how to become a Ryukyu country, Li Zhaoji naturally has his own plans.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, Li Zhaoji said: "What are you worried about, this matter is too simple. I immediately arranged for the sixth son to lead the fleet north, go directly to the capital of the Ryukyus, catch the guy King Shangxian, and let him cooperate with us to act, and it will be over soon.

What a big deal, rest assured, Lord Governor, when we arrive at Ryukyu with the angels, the King of the Ryukyus will definitely say that from the beginning, this is what Ryukyu meant.

Then it's either a lie, or a fake. ”

"What if it is self-defeating by force?" Shen Youlong asked.

Li Zhaoji waved his hand: "No, it's just to scare the fleet and not fight." The Ryukyu Kingdom will definitely cooperate, otherwise if they shake out that little thing, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not let them go. ”

"Oh, what do you say, what handle does the King of the Ryukyus have in your hands." Shen Youlong asked in surprise.

Li Zhaoji said: "That has to start from the Wanli period, speaking of which, it was the Ryukyu Kingdom that first apologized to our Ming Dynasty, and now the Ming Dynasty will not punish them, but also give them a chance to reform themselves, and it is too late for the King of the Ryukyus to be happy." ”

"Tell me about it, talk about it carefully." Shen Youlong didn't expect this matter to be so easy to solve, and most of his sorrow was dissipated in an instant, allowing Li Zhaoji to talk in detail.

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