Daming Crazy Emperor

Taichang summoned the Quartet, and ships from all over the place were constantly gathering in Wubei City, and there were more and more ships at the port and docks, and there were so many that they couldn't stop.

At this moment, the 2000 Aegis ships and [-] armed merchant ships mobilized from the Americas are already in place. Sun Chuanting also ordered people to drive back his Emperor, and even the armed merchant ships are full of ships purchased from North America. The [-] million shi of grain that came.

Also, the [-] Spike Warships mobilized by Jinling City and Nanyang have arrived one after another, and the small piers on both sides of the Haihe River are almost full.

Adding in the fifty Flying Dragon warships and two hundred large fishing boats mobilized from various places, as well as the various ships originally equipped in the Armed Forces City, the number of ships assembled in the Armed Forces City is almost [-].

The problem, this is not all, because the Aegis ships and armed merchant ships that went to Xinyangzhou Prefecture and New Jingzhou Prefecture to pick up the elite and war horses of the Southern Day Camp also came.

Fifty Aegis ships plus [-] armed merchant ships, tens of thousands of ships have been assembled in Arms City!

The port and wharf couldn't stop, so Taichang could only order the [-] armed merchant ships coming from the Americas to stop on the sea on both sides of the wharf first, and make room for the elite and war horses of the Southern Camp to disembark first.

On the pier where the Emperor was docked, Sun Chengzong looked at the densely packed ships around him, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, our navy ships are probably approaching [-] now, right?"

Hearing this, Taichang smiled slightly and said: "If you count the Spike warships, there are almost [-] ships.

However, the Spike Warship cannot go to sea alone, so it is not counted. Our number of ships is still far from enough.

You know, the Dutch had more than [-] ocean-going ships at the time. Just like that, they haven't controlled all the seas of the world.

We want to control all the seas of the entire world, and we have to build dragon warships, aegis ships and armed merchant ships with all our strength.

If the number of our ocean-going ships can reach [-], plus the cooperation of tens of thousands of Spike warships, it should be barely enough. "

My God, the number of dragon battleships, aegis ships and armed merchant ships alone will reach [-]!
Sun Chengzong couldn't help being dumbfounded.

He was stunned for a long time before he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I have the guts to ask, are we being a bit militaristic when we build ocean-going ships so frantically?

For 200 ocean-going ships, there must be at least 200 million sailors, plus tens of thousands of Spike warships, at least 400 million sailors, and [-] million sailors alone!

If we add the existing 300 million infantry, our military strength is at least 700 million. With such a large number of troops, the annual food and wages are hundreds of millions! "

Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "You count it as a wartime state, and even if it is a wartime state with [-] ocean-going ships, there is no need for so many sailors.

The ocean-going ships we build are mainly armed merchant ships. Generally, an armed merchant ship is equipped with [-] sailors, and a Spike warship is equipped with [-] sailors.

Moreover, after the war, these armed merchant ships and Spike warships will basically be distributed to Western merchants and Daming Banks, and the sailors and soldiers on them will not need to be supported by the imperial court.

As for the Flying Dragon Battleship and Aegis Ship, it is too time-consuming to build.

I reckon that it would be great if we could build [-] Flying Dragon battleships and [-] Aegis ships for the decisive battle with the European Continental Alliance.

Calculated in this way, by that time, there will be about 30 navy soldiers, which is not too much.

In fact, [-] Flying Dragon battleships and [-] Aegis ships are not enough to control all the seas of the entire world.

Therefore, after the Great War, we had to keep building Wyverns, Aegis ships, and even more advanced warships.

Only in this way can we ensure that the Daming Navy is invincible, and we can control all sea areas in the entire world. "

Uh, five hundred dragon battleships and five hundred aegis ships are not enough!
Sun Chengzong was quite puzzled and said: "Your Majesty, my humble minister is stupid, why do we want to control all the sea areas in the whole world, is it worth our crazy investment just for the fish in the sea?"

What are the fish in the sea!
Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "I told you this, you probably don't understand, controlling all the seas in the world is not just for the fish in the sea.

There is also oil in the sea, freight across the sea, and the trade and currency system of the entire world, etc.

In short, the benefits of controlling all the seas in the world are no less than controlling all the land in the world.

It is almost impossible to control all the land in the world, because there are too many countries and populations on the land, let alone 30 to 300 horses, [-] million horses are far from enough. "

Well, this Sun Chengzong really doesn't understand very well, because he knows all about the trade and currency system and knows nothing about it!
He couldn't help shaking his head and laughing like self-deprecating: "Your Majesty, it's the humble ministers who talk too much, these humble ministers really don't understand."

The two were chatting, Cao Wenzhao, Man Gui, Zu Dashou, Zu Dabi and other generals had already disembarked and walked over quickly, bowed their hands together and said, "The last general will see the Emperor, and Lord Sun."

Taichang was a little surprised and said, "Wen Zhao, why are you here?"

Cao Wenzhao said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the New Yangzhou Mansion, and the last general is in his prime, and it is time to serve the country.

Uh, I heard that this battle mainly dealt with Mongolian and Yuan cavalry, which is what the last general is best at.

Therefore, Weichen made his own claim and came here with General Zu and the others. "

Well, when it comes to commanding cavalry to fight, Cao Wenzhao is indeed one of the best.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "Zhisheng, do you need Wen Zhao to go to the Western Regions with you?"

This means that the emperor wants to take Cao Wenzhao with him.

Sun Chengzong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need for General Cao to do it for a little Gushi Khan and a few remnants of Mengyuan. General Man and Fuyu are enough for my humble ministers."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help smiling and said, "Okay then, Wen Zhao, you can go with me to attack the Siberian Khanate. It just so happens that it's a bit inseparable to face the huge Siberian Khanate alone."

When Cao Wenzhao heard the words, he couldn't help being overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Sun Chengzong saw that the elites of the South Day Camp had already disembarked one after another, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, why don't I take the soldiers to Jiayuguan right now?"

All right, everyone has been waiting in the capital for almost half a year, so they probably couldn't wait.

As for how to lead troops to fight, there is no need to explain at all, he has much more experience in leading troops than him.

Taichang thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "Okay, Zhisheng, I won't talk about the rest, take care of your body and don't overwork yourself."

Sun Chengzong couldn't help being moved: "Don't worry, the emperor, my minister is in good health."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and gave an order: "Fuyu, you take the [-] elites of the Shenji Battalion to stay here first, and be responsible for transferring the follow-up horses, chariots, food, supplies, weapons and equipment, etc."

There is no way, most of the trains are transferred by the Ministry of Households to transfer grain and grass at the moment, and Taichang has transferred him a total of 20 trains, and he can only take [-] horses to Jiayuguan first, and the rest of the horses, war horses, etc. Cars, food, supplies, weapons and equipment have to be pulled several times.

Fortunately, the railway has been built to the sea at this moment, and there are stations in the south and north of Wubei City, so it is convenient to transfer these things.

Taichang looked at the back of Sun Chengzong going away, sighed slightly, and then said kindly: "Wen Zhao, why don't you go to Bianjiao camp to rest first."

Your Majesty still has work to do.

Cao Wenzhao hastily cupped his hands and bowed, "Resign, my minister."

Taichang nodded slightly, then waved his hand, and ordered a captain in Jinyi to lead Cao Wenzhao to go.

He does have work to do.

At this moment, Sun Chengzong led the elite of the Southern Day Camp to set off, and the ships were almost assembled, so it was almost time for him to lead the army to set off.

Although the ice and snow on the other side of the Arctic Ocean have not melted yet, he can't just wait here.

At the moment, the Arctic Ocean is still an unknown place. It seems that no fleet from that country has sailed in. At least, he has not seen any relevant records, and there are no routes across the Arctic Ocean on the charts of various countries.

In other words, they have to explore the Arctic Ocean route slowly by themselves.

This route is not usually long. Starting from Wubei City, passing Wen Guogong Mansion and Xiaodongyang Islands to the North Pacific Islands is tens of thousands of miles, and then crossing the Bering Strait to the Arctic Ocean, and then traveling westward will cost at least 2 miles. Dori can reach the destination of their trip.

If he waits here and waits for the ice and snow in the Arctic Ocean to melt before slowly exploring the waterway, then most of the time during this year's thawing period will be wasted, and his plan to win the Siberian Khanate this year will also be ruined.

Therefore, he must set off as soon as possible, rush to Duke Wen's mansion or even the North Pacific Islands, and order people to follow the thaw line to explore north.

In this way, when the Arctic Ocean is completely thawed, he can lead a huge fleet to pull the elite of the Peking University.

In the conference room of the Emperor, Taichang stood in front of the huge world map and looked carefully for a while, before asking: "Yuan Fang, how do you think we should explore the Arctic Ocean route."

Zhang Yuanfang is the commander of the fleet this time, so he has naturally considered the issue of the Arctic Ocean route for a long time.

He pointed directly at the map and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the general thinks that we should rush to the North Pacific Islands as soon as possible. There is our large supply base here. We can park the fleet in this harbor first, and then send the dragon warships to go slowly. Northern Exploration."

Directly send the most advanced flying dragon warship to explore the way?

This batch of flying dragon warships are treasures, and the loss of one will make people feel distressed for a long time.

Taichang was a little puzzled and said, "Why did you send the Flying Dragon to scout the way?"

Zhang Yuanfang quickly explained: "Your Majesty, there are aluminum alloy armors on the front and sides of the Flying Dragon battleship, and ordinary ice floes will not hurt it.

If it is another warship, I am afraid that it will be damaged by the ice floe if there is a little wind and waves. "

This is quite reasonable.

The wooden battleship is really invulnerable to collision, once the sharp ice floe hits, it will probably be a big hole.

The Flying Dragon battleship is different. With the aluminum alloy armor on the front and sides, the ice floes are really immovable.

Taichang nodded slightly, thought carefully, and then said decisively: "Well, let's use the dragon battleship to explore the way first and see the situation on the sea.

If there are not many ice floes, then we will send the Spike warships to push the ice floes away and clear the channel.

In this way, we can move forward slowly without waiting for the ice floe to completely melt. "

Uh, it's kind of risky to do that.

Zhang Yuanfang thought for a while, and then said simply: "Your Majesty, why don't we install an iron rod with ice picks on the left and right front of the Spike, so that we can smash the large ice floes and avoid danger as much as possible.

In addition, we can also equip the soldiers on the Spike Warship with the hook and sickle used in the previous water battles, so that the speed of clearing the ice floes will be faster. "

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but nodded slightly and said: "Well, that's a good idea, hurry up and order people to prepare, we'll be leaving in a few days."