Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 250 The Great Ming Navy
Wang Zheng is really extraordinary at the moment, his understanding of the application of steam engines can be said to be unrivaled.

He understands a lot of things at a glance. Using a steam engine instead of manpower sawing, he understands it instantly.

Of course, this is not too difficult, because the steam engine is ready-made, and the saw is also ready-made, just connect the steam engine and the saw.

However, such a simple improvement greatly increased the speed of shipbuilding, and also saved most of the manpower.

At this time, the most time-consuming and labor-intensive link in shipbuilding is processing wood, especially sawing planks.

It is really time-consuming and labor-intensive to saw wood boards manually, because people are not machines, and they will be tired when sawing.

What's more, people can't keep sawing all day long. Even if they have the best stamina, if they saw four or five hours a day, they will be so tired that their backs hurt and they can't lift their arms.

The steam engine sawing is different. As long as there is enough coal to burn the steam continuously, the steam engine can work continuously, and the sawing speed is much faster than that of a human.

If there are enough steam engines to saw, it can indeed save most of the labor.

The more Wang Zheng thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He just wished he could pull a steam engine and connect the saw for a try.

However, Taichang said solemnly: "Liangfu, when will the docks and waterways for the large water transport ships be completed?"

Wang Zheng said without hesitation: "It is easy to build a large water transport ship, and this kind of ship has been built in Ming Dynasty, almost without stopping for more than two hundred years. At present, there are many craftsmen who can build this kind of dock, and the speed of building is also very fast. , As for the waterways, with so many guards and young men digging them very quickly, it is estimated that in a month or so, the waterways for the docks for the large water tankers will be completed for shipbuilding."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, this year's gunboats can't be counted on. We need to build a batch of warships transformed from large water transport ships. By the way, this kind of warships will be called Spike Warships in the future. .”

Hearing this, Wang Zheng couldn't help but nodded and said: "Spike, what a good name, don't worry, your majesty, after the steam seesaw, you don't need too many craftsmen for the trial production of building boats and gunboats. By then, the first batch of [-] craftsmen will all be there." You can pull it over and build the Spike Warship first, the first batch of craftsmen are all experienced in shipbuilding, and many of them have also built large water transport ships, so they should be handy and fast when building a Spike Warship.”

Taichang nodded slightly, and asked again: "How long do you estimate it will take to build fifty Spike warships?"

Wang Zheng reckoned: "As long as the manufacturing progress of steam engines and cannons can catch up, within three months, fifty Spike warships should be built."

Steam engines and artillery!

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help frowning.

At the moment, the only place that can build steam engines is Chengguang Hall in the Imperial City, and he will never move this core component outside the Imperial City to manufacture it.

The problem is that the production of steam engines is really limited at the moment, and there are still many places where steam engines are used at the moment.

It seems that Chengguang Hall must be expanded, and enough craftsmen must be recruited to build steam engines.

As for the cannons, fifty dragon-tooth warships equal three hundred cannons. With the current production capacity of the Wang Gong factory, as long as it is fully processed, there should be no problem.

At worst, stop the muskets first, and let all the craftsmen in Wang Gong Factory come to make cannons.

Anyway, as long as the new gun factory is built, the speed of gun manufacturing can be increased by at least ten times.

Thinking of this, he nodded slowly and said, "Well, I will find a solution to the problem of steam engines and artillery. You just need to guarantee that the ship can be built within three months."

Wang Zheng hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang then said to Yuan Keli: "Liqing, you have seen the Spike warships too, how many sailors do you think the fifty Spike warships need to be equipped with?"

Yuan Keli heard the words, thought about it carefully, and then estimated: "The Spike warship has a total of six cannons, and under normal circumstances, twelve gunners are sufficient. However, considering that there will be casualties during the battle, it is best to match them 24 gunners rotate, plus four steam burners, and two steering and steering ships should be almost enough. Calculated in this way, a Spike warship is [-] sailors, fifty Spike warships That's [-] sailors."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, you first select [-] sailors and soldiers, and I will match you with [-] wheeled ships. You let them get familiar with the operation of the ships."

Yuan Keli hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "The general will understand."

Taichang nodded slightly again, and then solemnly said: "This is just the beginning. Since I am planning to reorganize the Daming Navy, the construction of the Spike Warship and the Louchuan Gunboat will naturally be accelerated. Starting next year, we will build at least Two hundred warships and fifty gunboats are coming. Li Qing, the commander of the navy is you. I will add a governor of the navy to you to take charge of the affairs of the navy. Think carefully about how to train enough The sailors and men of the sea will control these warships and warships."

The emperor really wants to rebuild the Daming Navy, and the number of warships and battleships of the Daming Navy will increase at a rate of more than 200 ships every year!

When Yuan Keli heard this, he couldn't help cupping his hands excitedly and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best to train naval officers and soldiers."

Taichang nodded slightly again, then raised his hand and said: "I will assign you two general soldiers, Old General Shen counts as one, and this one, the commander of the imperial guards, Zhang Yuanfang, take him well."

It was obvious that Zhang Yuanfang was the main general who would truly control the Daming Navy in the future, because Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong were both old, and they hadn't been running for a few years.

Zhang Yuanfang's face was full of excitement, and Yuan Keli and Shen Yourong didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it, because they belonged to the waste heat, as long as they could form the Great Ming Navy in their lifetime, they would be satisfied.

Yuan Keli cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "I understand."

Of course, it is not so simple to re-establish the Daming Navy, because Yuan Keli only has more than [-] sailors under his command at the moment, and the Haihe Shipyard alone produces two hundred Spike warships every year.

There are also building boats and gunboats, which cannot be controlled by dozens of people.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said to Wang Zheng: "Liangfu, how many cannons are equipped with the Louchuan gunship, and what other places need to be controlled by others, please introduce them well."

Wang Zheng quickly pointed to the unfinished drawings and introduced: "There are three layers of gun towers above the deck of the gunship, and each gun tower is equipped with forty 120-jin Thor cannons, adding up to [-] guns. One thousand catties of the main gun. As for the places that need to be controlled, it is mainly on the lower deck, where there are eight boilers and sixteen steam engines."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, Li Qing, take a look, how many sailors and soldiers are needed for a large ship and gunboat."

Yuan Keli heard the words, stared at the drawings and thought for a while, then raised his finger and pointed to the bottom floor of the building, boat and gunboat and said, "Liangfu, what is this floor for?"

Wang Zheng said without hesitation: "This floor is the warehouse, which is dedicated to storing food and ammunition. In addition, except for the place where the steam engine is placed, the other places on the upper floor are water storage tanks. Fresh water is stored on this floor."

Yuan Keli nodded slightly, and then reckoned: "Your Majesty, according to this structure, it is best to have one hundred gunners for each gun tower above the deck, and fifty gunners for the lower deck to take care of the boilers and steam engines. For commanding, maneuvering, ordering and miscellaneous work, it is best to have [-] sailors for a large ship and gunboat."

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Well, these are all up to you to decide, and the guards of all the guards along the coast will also be dispatched by you. It must be controlled by skilled sailors.”

When Yuan Keli heard the words, he cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "I understand."

If the Dutch and Spaniards heard the configuration of the Daming Navy, their jaws would drop in shock.

The total number of people equipped with one of their building boats and gunboats is less than 200. Moreover, they cannot build unlimited building boats and gunboats because their population is too small.

Spain has a population of less than 500 million at the moment, so it is not bad to be able to produce 50 young adults, while the population of the Netherlands is only a million, so it is not bad to be able to produce [-] young adults.

Therefore, even if they can build large-scale gunboats, they dare not build too many, and the number of personnel on each large-scale gunship can be saved.

The Daming Navy actually has 400 people for one building and gunboat, and 2 people for fifty buildings and gunboats!

If two hundred Spike warships are added, the Daming Navy will need to expand its personnel by 6000 in one year, and [-] in four years!

This kind of shipbuilding ability and the speed of exploding troops are beyond the reach of all European countries.

As long as there is more than ten years of development, the Daming Navy will be invincible in the world!
(End of this chapter)