Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 276
Zeng Cheng first winked at Liu Huaiwen and the others, and then bowed and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I think that the chaos in Tianzhu is enough for Geng Dudu to go personally. Your Majesty, the Lord of Wancheng, the Lord of the world, How can you leave Beijing easily because of the incident in Tianzhu?"

Liu Huaiwen and a group of other bigwigs also bowed and said: "The minister waits for a second opinion."

Geng Rui even clasped his fists and bowed directly: "Your Majesty, I am going to Tianzhu, and the rebellion will be put down within three months. If not, I will lead the army!"

Zhu Jinsong shook his head and said, "I want to go to Tianzhu, not just for Tianzhu's affairs."

Hearing Zhu Jinsong's words, Zeng Cheng's face immediately showed a smile that he was sure of everything—how, my old Zeng read it right, right?You didn't go to Tianzhu at all, but to Ottoman!
Zhu Jinsong said: "This time I'm going to Tianzhu, I'm not only planning to go by myself, but I'm planning to bring some great scholars from the Royal Academy to Tianzhu to try the effect of the telegram."

The smile on Zeng Cheng's face froze: "Your Majesty, to test the effect of the telegraph, you can try it in the capital, and you can try it from Jingling to the capital. If it is not enough, you can try it from Guangzhou to Liaodong and even Xinqin. State, why go to Tianzhu to try it?"

"As for Osman, I thought it would be fine to let the embryo killers of the Youjun Governor's Mansion do it. Even if you old man wants to chop up Ottoman's sultan into 99 and feed it to the sharks, it's no problem, but you leave Beijing every now and then. Son……"

When Zeng Cheng said this, Zhu Jinsong couldn't laugh anymore.

Mr. Lu Xun once said that we are still good friends if we don’t tell the truth, but you Zeng Futai will reveal my truth as soon as you open your mouth. Isn’t this very disrespectful to me?

Besides, I just wanted to inform you, and I didn't come here to discuss with you.

Therefore, Zhu Jinsong still sneaked away, and he took Louis XVI, George III and others along with him, in the name of exercising the coordinated combat capabilities of the five benevolent armies.

This made Zeng Cheng, Zhu Erdan and other bigwigs very upset.

The majestic emperor of Ming Dynasty, if he wants to run away, he will run away, or he will sneak away to a remote place like Tianzhu, if something happens to him, how will you let the Ming Dynasty Hall and the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion explain to the world?

"Immediately, immediately, set off from the capital, and rush to Tianzhu before the emperor's brother no matter what."

Zhu Erdan said to Geng Rui with a helpless face: "You are also an old man who fought the world with the emperor. I believe you know very well what kind of temperament the emperor is."

"If there is nothing wrong with Tianzhu, that's all right. If there is something unsightly on Tianzhu's side that provokes the emperor, maybe the emperor will do something. At that time, you have to persuade him anyway. , understand?"

Geng Rui's face was also full of helplessness: "I can persuade Your Majesty? You don't even think about it. I can persuade Your Majesty's temper? Don't say it is me, just say you, the majestic King Qin of the Ming Dynasty, How many times did you get beaten up by His Majesty when you were young? How many of us in Dongshu Town don’t know about it?”

"Let's not talk about anything else, let's just talk about His Royal Highness King Jin. His fief Alaska was renamed New Qinzhou. When you went to find His Majesty, how did His Majesty deal with you?"

Zhu Erdan's face darkened immediately: "Can we not mention the matter of my beating!"

Geng Rui nodded, and said: "When you were young, you hacked at other people's walls and peeked at their big girls taking a bath."

"You took His Royal Highness King Jin to steal chickens."

"You owed me two hundred shells in the last war."

Zhu Erdan snorted coldly and said, "How about, let's talk about my beating—but before we talk about it, I plan to beat you up first!"

Geng Rui hurriedly backed away two steps, snorted coldly and said: "Okay, I'm going to Tianzhu right now, I don't have time to talk to you here! As for His Majesty, I will try my best to persuade you, but If I really can't persuade you, then you can't blame me."

Only then did Zhu Erdan nod his head, and said, "Okay, you should hurry up. After all, this matter is not just about the emperor, it also involves George III and Louis XVI. Don't let them see the joke."

……

See a joke?
Louis XVI and George III didn't have the slightest intention of reading a joke, but were shocked by everything in their eyes and couldn't speak.

Ten years ago, Ming still needed to import warships from France and England, and even the whaling ships that England was about to eliminate were also included in Ming's imports.

In just ten years, although Ming continued to import warships from Europa, the warships Louis XVI and George III belonged to were not imported from England or France, but manufactured by Daming himself.

Of course, if only a battleship was produced, then Louis XVI and George III would not be shocked and stunned.

But what if the ship is mostly made of steel?
This is not as simple as wrapping iron on wooden boards.

If it is just to wrap the iron sheet on the hull, it is not impossible to do it with the current shipbuilding technology of England and France, at most it will take more time.

The problem is that most of the entire battleship is made of steel, and there are no ordinary oars, sails and other things. The original position of the mast has also been replaced by a big black, thick and long chimney .

Zhu Jinsong touched the gun barrel on the ship with a smile, and said to Louis XVI and George III: "This battleship is named Linyi, is it mighty?"

Louis XVI swallowed imperceptibly, gestured with his thumbs and praised: "It's really mighty and majestic!"

George III also nodded repeatedly, and boasted: "Just this one warship is enough to allow the Ming Navy to roam the world. Even when the Netherlands is in its heyday, it is difficult to defeat the Ming Navy."

Louis XVI glanced at George III and said with a sneer, "It's just the Netherlands, and it has been defeated by the Ming Navy several times. How can you say that it is not prosperous? If I remember correctly, your England was 200 years ago. Was it ever defeated by the Ming Navy?"

George III also snorted coldly: "Is it interesting for you to bring up a misunderstanding more than 200 years ago?"

After finishing speaking, George III looked at Zhu Jinsong again and said, "Speaking of which, with the skills of those diaper heads in Tianzhu, isn't it a little bit...well, to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer if you use such an invincible warship to deal with them ?”

Zhu Jinsong laughed, and said, "Using a sledgehammer to kill chickens? No, no, no, this battleship is not used to deal with those diaper heads."

"To deal with them, Ming Dynasty doesn't even need to send out the navy, or even the army of the Right Commander's Mansion. It only needs to recruit [-] servants from the Wa country, which is more than enough."

"The reason why I brought this iron-clad ship on purpose is to test the performance of this iron-clad ship, and secondly to find out the faults of the iron-clad ship so that we can improve it in the future."

"As for the third reason... of course it is for the pirates."

Louis XVI asked in bewilderment, "Pirates?"

Both Louis XVI and George III felt that Zhu Jinsong belonged to a bit contemptuous of others—the sea area from Daming to Wa Kingdom is completely the inland sea of ​​Ming Dynasty, and there must be no pirates here.

The waters near Xiaoliuqiu, Qiongzhou, Da Nang and even Jiugang and Lanfang also belong to the inland waters of Ming Dynasty. Where do the pirates get impatient and come to the waters of Daming to seek death?

Besides, don't you Emperor Zhu know how domineering Ming's warships are at sea?

However, Zhu Jinsong took it for granted: "Of course it is aimed at pirates."

"Our ancestors in the Central Plains Tangkou once said a word, called being prepared for any danger. Although there are no pirates in the sea area of ​​Ming Dynasty now, it doesn't mean that there will always be no pirates in the future. What if there are pirates someday?"

George III thought to himself, aren't you going to the grave to burn the "French Newspaper", fooling the ghost?

After complaining secretly, George III still tentatively asked: "By the way, what is the speed of this ship? What is the displacement?"

After looking around, George III continued to ask: "Also, how many cannons does it have?"

Zhu Jinsong laughed and said: "This battleship has a total length of 95 meters, a width of 18 meters, a draft of 6 meters, a displacement of 24 tons, a full load displacement of [-] tons, and [-] artillery pieces. Speed ​​at twenty knots."

George III and Louis XVI were dumbfounded at the time.

What is the most powerful battleship in Europa right now?
It was the battleship "Immaculate Conception" built by Spain 20 years ago. This battleship is equipped with 110 six cannons, and its speed has reached an astonishing ten knots—yes, it is ten knots, which is faster than Daming's "Immaculate Conception". The battleship "Linyi" is about halfway short.

That is to say, if the two meet on the sea and make a film, the Linyi of Daming can fly a kite with the Immaculate Conception, and the Linyi can attack the Immaculate Conception at any time, but the Immaculate Conception can only follow Linyi No. eat ashes behind the ass.

As for the fact that the Immaculate Conception is equipped with 110 six cannons, it is several times more than the 24 cannons equipped by the Linyi, but when it comes to caliber and range...

After seeing Ming's artillery, George III and Louis XVI had long given up hope for Europa's artillery.

The two are not things of the same era at all, and the gap must be at least a few decades, and it is not so easy to equalize.

Furthermore, even if there were more powerful artillery, the Immaculate Conception would not be able to equip it—generally speaking, the more powerful the artillery, the stronger the recoil, and the higher the requirements for the deck.

Daming's warships used a lot of iron armor, which can naturally offset part of the recoil, but what about the completely wooden Immaculate Conception?
If the artillery is too powerful, it may even tear the hull of the Immaculate Conception!

However, Zhu Jinsong did not intend to let the two of them go, and continued: "The Linyi uses two horizontal four-cylinder reciprocating steam engines, eight round coal-fired boilers, and a maximum coal load of [-] tons. At present, there may not be a faster battleship than the Linyi on the entire small broken ball."

Louis XVI hurriedly answered: "If there is, I think it must be a more advanced warship developed by Ming Dynasty—so, if the Linyi is not the most advanced warship, can it be exported to France? "

Zhu Jinsong said with a smile: "Of course, but as you said, we have to wait until Daming develops more advanced warships. As for now, Daming's navy has not been fully equipped with iron-clad ships like the Linyi, so it is definitely not possible." Possibly exported."

Louis XVI and George III nodded together, and when they looked at the Linyi again, their eyes were full of scorching heat.

Of course, Louis XVI and George III did not expect Ming to immediately agree to export the Linyi battleship.

As the saying goes, if such an advanced warship was researched by England or France, it would definitely not be exported immediately. No matter what, it must first meet the needs of its own navy before it is possible.

After wandering around on the deck for a few laps, Louis XVI couldn't help asking: "You know, Sand Goose is also attacking Ottoman, if you run into each other..."

(End of this chapter)