Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 248 Spike Battleship
Tianjin Sanwei was first placed in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, and its acropolis was located at the mouth of the Sancha River at the confluence of the North Canal, South Canal, Ziya River and Haihe River.

At the beginning, it was actually called Tianjin Wei, because a Tianjin Wei was set up in the second year of Yongle, but Tianjin Left Guard and Tianjin Right Guard were added later, and it became Tianjin Three Guards.

However, the commanders of the three guards set up the yamen in the same acropolis, and the three guards did not build three acropolises respectively.

Later, the Ministry of War set up the Tianjin Military Preparation Road in the Acropolis to coordinate and manage the military and civilian affairs of the three guards. The Tianjin Three Guards gradually became the key to guarding the canal and the mouth of the Haihe River in the south of the capital.

At this moment, Taichang was discussing with Lu Xiangsheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Bi Maoliang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and others in the yamen of Bingbei Road, about the construction of cannon factories, gun factories and the construction of city walls.

The shipyard has already begun to expand. In order to catch up with the progress, Taichang has already recruited all the guards and youths in Tianjin Sanwei. Just like this, there are only [-] people in total, and the Cannon Factory and the Gun Factory The planning is almost done, and no one is going to build it right now.

How to do it?

These must be built quickly, otherwise, even if the ship is built, there will not be enough guns and cannons, so let the sailors use bows and arrows to attack other people's buildings, gunboats, or use Shenjiying as a navy use?
Also, how can such an important place be protected without building a city wall?

These really gave Taichang a headache.

The problem is that he can no longer recruit local guards at the moment, because he has recruited too many troops. The Beijing camp alone is now full of 24 troops, and there are still 20 troops stationed in Liaodong. Qiongzhou Prefecture has gone again [-], there are nearly [-] on the Southwest Shuixi chieftain, and nearly [-] in the territories of the vassal kings.

In other words, at this moment, he has recruited more than 60 troops!

If it weren't for the 20 army in Liaodong to be self-sufficient, and the vassal kings from all over the country were forced by him to contribute money and grain to help him feed nearly 10 horses, then the money he earned now is estimated to be enough to feed the 60 army. .

Moreover, in the future, he will recruit hundreds of thousands of artisans to manufacture weapons and equipment frantically, and the money he earned is not enough to spend.

If he recruited more than [-] garrison guards to build the city here, it would be a huge expense!

Now he really can't afford the expense. If he does this, he will be the same as before, clinking poor and looking for money everywhere.

That is to say, it is unrealistic to conscript and deploy the guards. If he wants to catch up with the progress, he can only transfer people from the existing people to build the cannon factory, the gun factory and the city wall.

Moreover, the 20 horses in Liaodong are still unable to move. If they move, they will not be able to farm and support themselves. Something big is going to happen.

As for the men and horses of the vassal kings in various places, once he is transferred away, it is impossible for them to pay money and food for the court to support them. Moreover, it is still useful for these men and horses to stay there, because he will soon clean up those vassal kings!

After much deliberation, he seemed to be able to build cannon factories, gun factories and city walls with the Beijing Camp and the Guards.

At this moment, the total number of Jingying and Imperial Guards is 24. However, among the three major battalions of Jingying, 4 soldiers from Shenji Battalion have been transferred to guard Haishen Port and Taicang Port, and [-] infantry from Shenji Battalion have also been transferred. Going to guard Fengyang Mansion, it is naturally impossible for [-] armored cavalry to be transferred to build factories. It seems that he can only transfer [-] forbidden troops and [-] barracks soldiers.

The question is how many people will be transferred here, the capital can't be left guarded, can't it?

A few people were discussing in the study room, when Liu Shiyou came in hurriedly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Master Yuan and General Shen have rushed to the shipyard."

Hearing this, Taichang said without hesitation: "Okay, you go and prepare your horses and boats right away."

After finishing speaking, he stared at the planning map on the table and thought for a while, and then said flatly: "Okay, then first call [-] soldiers from the military battalion, [-] each from the cannon factory, gun factory and city wall. If there are not enough manpower Then lick again."

After finishing speaking, he called everyone to come outside, get on their horses and head straight to the pier. At this moment, hundreds of wheels have begun to gather near Tianjin Sanwei Wharf, and the remodeled water transport ship is docking at the pier. waiting.

He directly led everyone to board his car, and then with a big wave of his hand, he ordered the fleet to go straight to the Haihe shipyard.

The ship went down the river like a galloping horse. In less than an hour, they arrived at the Haihe shipyard which was being expanded.

The Haihe Shipyard is very lively right now. The five docks and river channels that were originally repaired have thousands of craftsmen working there, and there are [-] Tunwei Qingzhuang who are digging river channels in the busy dock repairs.

Yuan Keli, Shen Yourong and other naval officers are standing on the wharf of the shipyard watching all this with excitement.

The emperor finally decided to build naval warships, and all of them were fast ships, and there were even giant gunboats like the giant ships in the Spanish ocean-going fleet.

Once these new warships and warships are built, the Daming Navy will be as invincible as land infantry!

They were chatting excitedly, and the emperor's fleet had already arrived.

Seeing this, Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong hurriedly called a group of sailors to line up neatly on the pier, ready to welcome the emperor.

Unexpectedly, after the ship, which was similar to a large water transport ship, was admitted to the pier, Taichang waved at the bow of the ship: "Liqing, Shihong, you all come up."

Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong heard the words, quickly followed the slide that had just been lowered, and quickly boarded the deck.

After paying respects to the monarchs and ministers, Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong exchanged greetings with everyone on board, and Taichang smiled and asked, "Li Qing, Shi Hong, how is it, is this kind of water tanker converted from a large water transport ship spacious enough?"

No, without the three big masts and a bunch of sails in the middle, the deck is even more spacious than a thousand-material Dafu boat!

Because the masts and sails of a sailing ship take up too much space, and they occupy the middle of the ship.

Once the space in the middle is vacated, the deck will naturally be much more spacious.

Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong nodded repeatedly to show their agreement.

Immediately afterwards, Taichang pointed to the newly installed artillery on the bow and introduced: "Look, how are these artillery equipped like this? There is one on the bow and one on the stern, and two on each side on the left and right sides. They are all [-]-jin Thor cannons." , such a warship should be okay, right?"

A warship is actually equipped with six [-]-jin Thor cannons!

To be honest, the navy doesn’t have such a fierce warship at the moment, because the Fuchuan only has one main gun and two auxiliary guns, and they are all cast by the original method, so they can’t compete with the Thunder God gun at all. Compare.

This warship is equipped with six [-]-jin Thor cannons, which is not ordinary.

Shen Yourong turned his head to look around, then couldn't help but excitedly said: "Your Majesty is wise, if there are dozens of warships like this to surround them in all directions, it is estimated that the two barbarian gunboats will be sunk by us last time." .”

Taichang really thought so, because when there were not enough large ships and gunboats at the beginning, facing the fleet of the Dutch overlord at sea, they must have to defend in the offshore.

Therefore, he plans to build a batch of such warships first.

The maneuverability of this [-]-material water transport ship is not known to be many times stronger than that of the bulky gunboats in Europe. In offshore operations, dozens of such warships swarm up from all directions, and it will definitely not be possible to overturn a few buildings. question.

He couldn't help but nodded in appreciation and said: "Well, General Shen is worthy of being a veteran of naval warfare. He can see the advantages of this warship at a glance. Indeed, this kind of warship is strong in flexibility. You need to rely on the direction of the wind, and you can turn any way you want. The barbarian gunboats look mighty, but they are really cumbersome. As long as this kind of warships swarm up from all directions, they will not even have time to adjust the angle of firing."

Yuan Keli nodded again and again and said: "Yes, this kind of warship is the most suitable for dealing with the barbarians' high-rise boats and gunboats. Your Majesty, I don't know what the name of this warship is."

Well, it's a bit awkward to always call it a warship or a large water transport ship.

Taichang thought for a while, and then solemnly said: "In ancient times, there were five-toothed warships that shocked the world. If this kind of warship is called a wolf-toothed warship, it swarms up like a pack of wolves when fighting, and makes the enemy look at it. I'm afraid!"

(End of this chapter)