Daming 1805

Zhu Jingyuan bid farewell to Charles, and went to find Charlotte again.

The clothes given to Charlotte include a modern sailor suit in addition to the lolita-style dress.

Charlotte was also full of joy when she saw the new clothes, but the sailor suit surprised her:
"This...Your Highness, isn't this men's clothing? I saw many British nobles wear it in summer..."

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head with a smile and said:
"This kind of clothes is designed by me, but I never said that this kind of clothes are purely men's clothing.

"Even so, I designed womenswear from the very beginning.

"It's just that the girls think it's too radical, and the Thai men think it's men's clothing, and then they force it on themselves.

"Actually, this kind of pleated skirt is a common design in our Ming Dynasty, and it is available on both men's and women's clothing.

"Didn't I give you the traditional Daming girl's jacket and skirt before?"

Like Shire, Zhu Jingyuan is also instilling a completely different thinking concept in Charlotte, the Queen of America.

Charlotte was already young, and now she was not on guard against Zhu Jingyuan, so she quickly thought along this line of thought:

"It seems to be true. The skirts are basically pleated skirts, so can I really wear this kind of clothes?"

Zhu Jingyuan smiled encouragingly and said:
"Of course you can wear it. I designed this kind of clothes so concisely for the convenience of work and activities.

"The skirts you used to have with complicated and complicated decorations are not convenient for you to go to the garden to play, right?

"It's no problem to change into the simple clothes now, whether it's walking around or playing around, it's very convenient.

"In the future, you can use this simple clothing as everyday clothing, and those complicated clothing as formal dresses."

Charlotte nodded very trustingly and agreed:

"I see, I'll try later..."

Zhu Jingyuan guides Shire to wear the women's clothing that Taixi knows, and guides Charlotte to wear the men's clothing that Taixi knows.

At noon that day, Zhu Jingyuan had lunch with guests like Charlotte and Charles.

In the evening, I returned to the palace, took my family, and had a New Year's Eve dinner with my grandparents.

Zhu Jingyuan mainly talked with Zhu Zhongliang, and the grandparents and grandchildren chatted while eating.

After chatting for a long time, Zhu Zhongliang took the initiative to bring up the topic of warship construction:
"I remember... the two target-type aircraft carriers and two target-type battleships have completed most of the test items, and they should be officially delivered to the navy after the year, right?"

Of course Zhu Jingyuan has read the related news:

"Well, it's time to serve in the military after the new year.

"Actually, in the second half of the test, the people in the Navy have already operated it themselves.

"The craftsmen in the shipyard just continued to track and debug on the ship.

"There are no major problems now, and after an overall overhaul next year, it should be delivered to the Navy.

"The plan after the official service is to simulate confrontation exercises..."

Zhu Zhongliang nodded with a smile and said:
"Yes, simulated confrontation exercises are no problem.

"But is it possible to conduct a long-distance raid dispatch exercise?

"For example, from the mainland to Xintianfu?"

Zhu Jingyuan also laughed when he heard this.

The old man is thinking that he will board the boat and have a look.

"I don't think it's a problem, the sea area controlled by Ming Dynasty is so vast, our warships should indeed be able to attack long distances.

"At the same time, the endurance of warships replaced with new oil-fired boilers far exceeds that of coal-fired warships.

"This kind of long-distance raid is originally the strength of the new warship, and it should be tried."

Zhu Zhongliang smiled and nodded again:
"Well, after the Chinese New Year is over and you come back from vacation, let's arrange it directly."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded subconsciously, and then thought of something:
"Representatives from Britain and France are still in Xintianfu, so it's okay to show them battleships, but we still can't show them aircraft carriers for the time being.

"So let's wait for them to leave and give the relevant troops some time to prepare, just in time for Xintianfu to cool down."

Daming's target-type aircraft carrier is in service, and the research on aircraft carriers in Taixi has just started.

After the aircraft was basically mature, someone just imagined loading the aircraft on a ship and flying the aircraft from the ship for reconnaissance.

None of them have a formed aircraft carrier design yet, nor have they really started building a pure aircraft carrier.

Like the early aircraft carrier exploration ideas in history, the flight deck is laid on the existing cruiser for flight take-off and landing tests.

There has just been a plan to refit civilian ships and lay a full-pass straight deck, but it has not yet been implemented.

Without direct intervention and promotion, this process may last for more than ten years.

In the original history, the first successful experiment of an airplane taking off from a ship was completed in 1910.

The first specially designed aircraft carrier entered service in 1922, with an interval of 12 years.

After all, an aircraft carrier is a brand new type of ship, and of course it will take a long time to explore and try.

Therefore, even if Daming's aircraft carrier is already in service, it will only be tested secretly in the absolutely safe fortress sea area.

He has never shown his face in front of the local public in Ming Dynasty, let alone shown it directly to overseas Thais and Westerners.

Only the emperor and related officials, as well as the design craftsmen and construction workers in charge, knew the situation of the Daming aircraft carrier.

Through the internal review of the East Factory and the external verification of the West Factory, there should be no serious leaks for the time being.

People related to shipbuilding and military construction in Ming Dynasty, as long as they are not directly involved in the design and construction of aircraft carriers, probably only know that Ming Dynasty is building a brand new warship.

At most, Tessie's intelligence personnel got this level of information.

As for what kind of warship is being built, it is still only guesswork.

Coincidentally, Daming is also building a brand new dreadnought, so this kind of speculation is easily misleading.

Imagining a warship with larger tonnage, larger guns and more guns is a natural and simple option.

Even if one could guess that Da Ming is building a ship capable of carrying aircraft, he would never have imagined that Da Ming's aircraft carrier is a fully armored aircraft carrier with direct access to the deck in one step.

After hearing Zhu Jingyuan's words, Zhu Zhongliang was a little entangled, but soon he was relieved:
"That's right, it's not too late, let's talk about it after the Xiyi gang has left.

"However... the aircraft carrier cannot be shown to Xiyi, but the new type of battleship may not be able to.

"Their own warships of the same kind are almost done, but the internal detailed design is far behind ours.

"We can even arrange for these warships to actively visit everywhere to achieve the direct deterrent effect you mentioned.

"Also go to our own vassal state and Huangzhuang to show our own officials and people.

"We have built epoch-making super warships again, and they are all our strength."

The external design of the dreadnought has nothing to hide.

It was originally an upgraded version based on the existing battleships with optimized artillery layout.

The main direction is to abandon the secondary main gun and install more unified large-caliber main guns.

The design of Taixi's dreadnought battleship also started with this idea, and then quickly matured.

According to the information that Daming has obtained so far, they have already created a piggyback turret.

The difference between them and the cutting-edge battleships of Ming Dynasty, the difference that can be seen directly in appearance, is that the turrets of Ming Dynasty are triple mounted.

Triple pack or double pack, this is not a subversive upgrade, it is an imaginable design.

The key is how to realize it, and how difficult it is to achieve, which cannot be seen.

Then, Daming's warships will be more slender, and Taixi's warships will be shorter and thicker.

The line shape of the hull directly affects the speed, and the slender hull must be designed for high speed.

But there is no way to see how much higher the speed can be by looking at the shape.

The bulbous bow and square stern of Daming's hull below the waterline cannot be seen from the outside.

Due to their huge size and tonnage, and more and larger main guns, these battleships seemed to have enough deterrence.

But it's not that it will leak the secret just by looking at it.

So Daming's new dreadnought can now be shown directly to the Taixi people.

So Zhu Zhongliang thought about releasing the newly commissioned dreadnoughts and preparing for a world tour.

This idea made Zhu Jingyuan a little surprised:

"Isn't this an imperial parade? Of course it can be done, and it just disrupts the shipbuilding plans of several countries in Thailand and the West.

"Let's see if they dare to follow us in building a [-]-ton warship, whether they can build it, and how many ships they can build.

"The tonnage of our Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding is greater than that of all other countries combined!

"When their warships are designed and built, our [-]-ton warships should probably be launched."

Zhu Zhongliang stroked his beard with a smile and said:

"Yes, you should also pay attention to this matter. The design of the next generation of warships must also start as soon as possible, so don't keep procrastinating.

"I remember that the steelmaking methods you mentioned last year have been verified to be very useful.

"It has been verified on small-caliber artillery, and it is definitely possible to make the artillery you requested with a lighter weight.

"And according to the Ministry of Industry, the impact will be particularly huge, and the entire industrial system will be improved accordingly.

“From bearings to boring machines, from high-speed rotors and sealed cylinders, from turbine blades to specialty inserts.

"All kinds of equipment that require precision and strength can be upgraded with what you call electroslag steel.

"Using it to make gun barrels is not a particularly important direction.

"Give the Ministry of Industry and the Royal Consortium three to five years, and they should be able to produce naval guns that meet the indicators you mentioned.

"It is estimated that the design and construction of larger warships will take three to five years.

"So now you can start designing according to those indicators."

After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan nodded seriously:

"I understand, after the new year, I will start planning."

The topic of Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Zhongliang turned to the new battleship, divergent thinking on various indicators.

Time passed quickly, the night was getting darker and darker, and the family banquet had to end.

Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Zhongliang were slightly drunk, and were supported by their wives and servants to go back to rest.

After the New Year of Ming Dynasty, there is a vacation that lasts for half a month.

From the first day to the fifteenth day of the junior high school, various cultural and recreational activities emerge in endlessly.

The representatives of Britain and France headed by Charles and Charlotte experienced the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty for the first time.

There are very novel experiences every day, and living habits are slowly being affected and changed.

After fifteen, Charlotte had dared to run around in a sailor suit.

She was just a child, so she didn't care much about showing her legs and arms.

The point is that sailor suits are easier to move about than formal cumbersome and complicated gowns.

Although the maid and Amelia had expressed their opinions on this, Zhu Jingyuan's opinion was more important than their words.

Even Amelia and Charlotte's maid gradually believed in Zhu Jingyuan's point of view.

They also slowly began to feel that there was nothing inappropriate for Charlotte to dress like that.

Prince Charles began to try to wear new women's clothes to go out.

The French don't care much about this. Louis XIV's younger brother usually wears women's clothing.

The people of Daming didn't say anything either. In the eyes of the people of Daming, the clothing style of the Taixi people was very strange.

People in Daming had long been used to the strangeness, and it didn't make it any more strange when Charles changed his dress.

After the ten-day holiday of the Lantern Festival, the Ministry of Local Industry of Ming Dynasty resumed work.

Zhu Jingyuan officially notified them that the design of an aircraft carrier for a [-]-ton battleship could begin.

The [-]-ton battleship is basically enlarged on the basis of the [-]-ton battleship.

The length of the waterline of the hull increased to 250 five meters, and the total length of the hull increased to 260 five meters.

The total width of the hull is increased to 36 meters, the normal displacement draft is ten meters, and the full load displacement draft is 11 meters.

The maximum displacement is 16 tons, and the maximum speed is required to exceed [-] knots, which requires a power system of [-] horsepower.

The layout and shape of the hull are basically unchanged, and three triple-mounted main guns are still used.

Just upgrade the artillery caliber to 420 mm, and keep the multiple diameter at [-].

The thickness of the main side armor is increased to 360 mm, with an inclination of [-] degrees and a height of six meters.

The horizontal armor thickness of the main deck was increased to two hundred millimeters.

The secondary armor box is still retained, and the sides and decks of the bow and stern, as well as the superstructure, are covered with armor.

If the secondary armor box is lowered, the main armor can be increased to [-] mm, but Zhu Jingyuan knows that it is useless.

In an era when such [-]-ton warships are in service, the attack mission of naval battles will actually be undertaken by aircraft carrier aircraft.

Battleships are built big, carrying huge artillery, and go to the scene to frighten people.

The design of the battleship is basically to enlarge, and Zhu Jingyuan basically does not use it as much guidance, just give the indicators to the craftsmen.

On the other hand, the [-]-ton aircraft carrier needs to change its design thinking again.

What is the concept of a [-]-ton aircraft carrier?

The full load displacement of Liaoning and Shandong is [-] tons.

The full load of Midway also reached [-] tons in the later period.

Now that he knows what the new aircraft carrier looks like, it is impossible for Zhu Jingyuan to build a Midway Island.

As an all-through-deck carrier, Midway's size is wasteful.

Zhu Jingyuan must build a modern aircraft carrier in one step.

There's going to be more flare out, there's going to be an angled deck, there's going to be catapults.

Now it is too difficult to make a steam catapult capable of launching an aircraft of twenty or thirty tons.

But a catapult with a lower power is doable.

Many World War II aircraft carriers installed catapults, but the power is relatively low.

Space can be left on the hull, and after the catapult is more mature, it can be replaced with a more powerful one.

Even if you can't make a complete body, the semi-finished product is better than the traditional straight-through deck aircraft carrier.

Even if there is no catapult at all, just the design of the inclined deck itself will have higher combat efficiency than the straight deck.

Especially when operating larger aircraft.

Zhu Jingyuan listed the design indicators, wrote out the design ideas, drew the basic design drawings, and sent them back by telegram.

Continue to communicate by telegram and fax at any time, confirm more details at any time, and discuss problems encountered.

At the same time, Chu Yuqiang and the staff of the clothing company officially set off to return to the Taixi mainland after February [-].

With the end of the war, Ming's loans and investments were gradually put in place, and the situation between Britain and France was gradually stabilizing.

Chu Yuqiang is also going back to restart the Dashi clothing firm in Britain and France.

It is impossible for Aoxue to keep selling smuggled goods.

Licensed products are gone, and smuggled products can be sold at a higher price than licensed products in a short period of time, but it will affect the brand reputation.

The employees of the commercial firm who visited and studied in Dashi Country also received the notice, ended their visits, and officially set off for their return flight.

A few days later, British Foreign Secretary Grenville and American Prime Minister Monroe came to visit Zhu Jingyuan together.

Grenville looked at Zhu Jingyuan who was expressionless, and explained his purpose very carefully:
"His Royal Highness, more than three months have passed since the New Year in the Western calendar.

"The cooperation between the United States and Ming Dynasty has also started one after another. It is almost time for us and Her Majesty Charlotte to return to England."

Zhu Jingyuan said rather displeased:
"I said it was at least three months, but I didn't say it was only three months.

"It's only been three months, and our cooperation with the United States has just begun.

"The construction of the United States has not yet achieved obvious results.

"So just wait.

"If you Brits are in a hurry, you can go back by yourself first.

"I'll take care of Charlotte.

"We will send him back when he actually matures."

Both Grenville and Monroe struggled:

"This...at least three months, how much time is it, you...can you give an exact time limit..."

Zhu Jingyuan thought about it:
"It should be almost there by April, but I will send Charlotte to the United States instead of returning to the UK."

Grenville and Monroe were slightly relieved.

This time it's finally the exact time, using the maximum limit number instead of at least this minimum number.

It's okay to send it back to the United States. It's normal for the Queen of America to go to the United States.

As long as you can return to the United States, whether you want to return to the UK or not is completely up to you.

The two relaxed a little, but they didn't dare to disturb Zhu Jingyuan any more. After expressing their thanks insincerely, they left.

Another month passed, March [-]th in the fourth year of Ankang.

Charles came to visit Zhu Jingyuan in a gorgeous little dress:

"My dear friend, although I am very sad in my heart, I am about to leave.

"It is now April [-]th in the Western calendar, and it will soon be daylight saving time.

"I still have to go to Canada to see what's going on before I can go back to Paris.

"However, our cooperation plans are basically confirmed, and the future will be implemented step by step.

"This is all the result of our joint efforts with your help.

"The relationship between our two countries, like the relationship between us, should become closer and closer."

Zhu Jingyuan also knew that Shire should go, and the British led by Charlotte should also go.

Grenville and Monroe had come to him a few times.

I am just procrastinating on the grounds that the construction of the United States has not been fully launched, and there have been no actual results.

Now that summer is approaching, Charlotte has basically obeyed her, and it is time to send it back to her as her spokesperson.

After considering all aspects of the situation, Zhu Jingyuan said:
"I know that you can indeed go back, but I also hope that you don't leave now, and wait another month.

"The latest batch of naval warships in Ming Dynasty will arrive in Xintianfu in about half a month.

"This year is a year of real peace in the world. We have arranged a fleet to visit various countries.

"It just happened to send you to Canada, and after staying in Canada for a while, I will send you back to France."

Charles was very surprised, and then said in surprise and joy:
"Da Ming's newest battleship! Escort me to Canada and Taixi! This is really great!

"However, since it's a fleet visit, can you go with me, dear friend?

"If possible, I would like to invite you to visit France.

"Summer in Paris is not too hot, it's no more than 25 degrees, you can go to Paris for vacation.

"My life in Xintianfu is very pleasant, and I hope to entertain you in Paris."

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head quite seriously:

"My father and grandfather probably wouldn't allow me to visit Thailand and even Paris.

"The point is, when you go back this time, it's not about going back to rest peacefully.

"You are going to recruit guards in Canada, and go back to Paris with you to deal with the nobles who condone the rebels."

Charles suddenly reacted:

"That's true, then... After I finish dealing with the Paris matter, I will specifically tell you about the situation there.

"When the situation stabilizes, go ask your father and grandfather whether you can go to Paris..."

Zhu Jingyuan knew without asking for instructions that such a thing was basically impossible.

My grandfather didn't even allow me to go to Beiyinzhou, so it was even more impossible to go to places like Paris.

But on the surface, Zhu Jingyuan just nodded seriously:
"I will ask. I wish you great success in your actions, making France more stable and the Bourbon dynasty more stable."

Charles felt a little regretful, but also bowed gratefully:
"Thank you for your blessing, I will work hard."

Half a month later, on March 21 in the fourth year of Ankang, the fleet Zhu Jingyuan mentioned arrived at Xintianfu as scheduled.

The core of the fleet is two [-]-ton high-speed battleships, fearless and innocent.

The escort fleet is four new cruisers of [-] tons: Chongqing Fu, Yingtian Fu, Shuntian Fu, and Suzhou Fu.

This is a purely ocean-going cruiser fleet, so there are no small and medium-sized new cruisers and destroyers to join.

The other two [-]-ton aircraft carriers are now parked at the Western Cape in the southern part of Mexico.

The representatives of the two countries headed by Shire and Charlotte left the meeting and rushed to Xintianfu.

The channel of the Milky Way Estuary has been dredged for more than a year, and the water depth at low tide has exceeded nine meters.

The [-]-ton ship can already take advantage of the high tide to dock directly at Xintianfu Wharf.

After the fleet docks, the first thing is to go ashore for repairs and routine maintenance of equipment.

However, for the convenience of going to sea, the supply will not be replenished in Xintianfu for the time being, and will be replenished in Sanqing City where the water depth is deeper.

At the same time, Xintianfu Huangzhuang began to organize personnel to visit the ship.

Managers at all levels in Huangzhuang, officers at all levels in the army, managers and craftsmen in newly built factories.

And a small number of lucky ordinary people, ordinary soldiers, and ordinary workers.

Large battleships and naval guns are very visually impactful things, and they are also the most powerful weapons in the world.

Allowing all kinds of people in the country to visit at close range can enhance their self-confidence and solidarity.

There are only [-] words in total. The point is that it’s time to change the plot again, so the writing is a bit confusing. I don’t know where to break it off. Let’s just treat it as a chapter...