Lord Moyu was forced to open

It was Zhang Zheng who spoke first: "Your Majesty, if there really are mountains of gold and silver in the New World, then our Great Song Dynasty must not miss it!"

Zhao Jun glanced at him and said, "But we are far away from the New World. It will take us nearly half a year to get there and another half a year to come back."

Jiang He then said, "Your Majesty, now that the rubber belt has been brought back, the steam engine developed by the Tiangong Institute is becoming more and more powerful. How can we know whether the speed of the ironclad ship will be faster in the future?
Now it takes us a year to go back and forth, but maybe in the future it will only take a few months to go back and forth?"

Zhao Jun nodded and said, "But our Song Dynasty is far away from the New World. There are Indians there. How can they allow us to mine the gold there?"

This time it was the Minister of Finance Cui Wen who stood up and bowed, saying: "Your Majesty, the treasures of the world belong to those with virtue.

The Indians have a treasure mountain but don't know it, which means they have no chance of getting this treasure!

The fact that the Great Song Dynasty was able to learn about the treasure even though we were so far away across the ocean means that the treasure is destined to be with us!"

Zhao Jun almost laughed, and said unhappily: "My dear Cui, you are such a money-grubber, but you are the only one who can speak so elegantly."

Cui Wen said seriously, "I am just telling the truth and speaking the truth."

The corners of Zhao Jun's mouth twitched.

Then he looked at everyone and said, "I know what you are thinking.

Although the New World is far away from us across the ocean, we cannot just sit there and watch the mountains of gold and silver and turn a blind eye to it.

Doesn’t Europe have any colonies?
Now almost all the land along the European route has been divided up by them.

Then we can naturally set our sights on the New World.

As Jiang Aiqing said, the development of steam engines is getting faster and faster, and the ever-changing technology will sooner or later enable us to go to the New World and come back as quickly as possible.

How about this: the imperial court will specially prepare a fleet of one hundred ships, including thirty warships, fifty troop transport ships, and twenty supply ships. All of them must be ironclad ships, and will specifically sail this route.

Their only mission was to continuously transport all kinds of materials obtained from the New World back to the Song Dynasty.

With the materials brought back from the New World, our Song Dynasty can also develop rapidly and build more warships to cope with the war with Europe next year."

After Zhao Jun finished speaking, everyone in the cabinet bowed and shouted:

"Your Majesty is wise!"

With permission obtained, the cabinet acted quickly.

When the news of the gold mountain in the New World spread, it instantly caused a sensation. Then all the procedures and formalities in the court were quickly completed, and the Tiangong Academy began to build new ironclad ships with all its strength. However, it was too late to just build them. More efforts were made to build old ironclad ships and replace the core steam engines inside.

In May of that year, with the government and the public eager to push for it, the second fleet to the New World was ready.

One hundred ironclad ships, carrying 25,000 soldiers and a group of special workers, headed for the New World.

This time they went there not for everyone, but to allow the Song Dynasty to have a foothold there. The Song Dynasty would first plan to build a base there.

In preparation for the arrival of large forces later, for the Song Dynasty's army, there was only one reason that limited their combat effectiveness when traveling across the ocean, and that was logistics.

Things like weapons and ammunition.

If the 25,000 Song troops had enough ammunition, they would be able to take over the entire New World.

But they certainly couldn't bring enough ammunition. If they used ships, it would not only take too long and be too expensive, but the best way was to build a gunpowder factory and arsenal locally.

At the beginning, they would definitely need the support of the Song Dynasty, but later, when they could stand on their own, the Song Dynasty could start to attack the entire New World until it conquered the entire New World.

And this is just the beginning!
Zhao Jun and the others have already said it for you. The land in the New World is extremely fertile and suitable for growing grain. The Song Dynasty wants any place suitable for growing grain.

The people of the Song Dynasty can also adapt to it!

After solving the problem of the New World, the entire Song Dynasty began to prepare for next year's war. The Southeast Tiangong Institute and the Armory Bureau were working like crazy during this period. All kinds of new ironclad ships were dropped like dumplings with the support of the Song Dynasty's huge national strength.

The Tiangong Institute headquarters is constantly developing better steam engines and improving them to be even better.

After obtaining new technologies, they have continuously begun to use them to build ships. It can be said that the combat effectiveness of the navy is improving day by day.

The corresponding crew recruitment was also going smoothly. When the people along the coast learned that Europeans would attack the Song Dynasty next year, especially the coastal areas, they were very angry. Soon there were enough talented people among the people who had lived on the sea for generations to sign up to join the army.

These civilians who are already familiar with water can join the army and become qualified naval members after only three months of simple recruit training.

The naval strength of the Song Dynasty continued to improve.

Back in the Song Dynasty, firearms were constantly being updated amid the tension.

Take the army for example. Zhao Jun heard a few days ago that they have actually started changing their uniforms.
Continuous Fire God System This is the name of the new equipment.

A machine gun that looks similar to a Gatling gun but needs to be constantly doused with cold water to prevent it from exploding during combat has appeared.

The person who made this thing was none other than the young man named Bi who created the Wheel of Fire.

Zhao Jun could no longer remember his name, but this guy was indeed a genius in making guns.

Zhao Jun only gave him a direction, but he didn't expect that he would actually succeed.

The military has already conducted experiments. It only takes one of these rapid-fire guns to block the front, and even thousands or even tens of thousands of cavalrymen will be killed!

The only thing that limits this thing is the problem of ammunition loading.

This gun shoots quickly and requires a lot of bullets, but loading bullets one by one is too slow.

You can't hold much, and when the ammunition is used up, the cavalry will rush over with enough time for you to reload, so this thing is currently used as a trump card, and can only be used once in a war.

However, after Zhao Jun heard about this problem, he immediately drew the shapes of the first four magazines and belts and had someone send them to the boy named Bi.

The result did not disappoint him. Less than half a month later, all the automatic musketeers were equipped with ammunition belts, and magazines were used on the rifles of ordinary musketeers. This directly turned the muskets in the hands of the soldiers into semi-automatic. With a hard pull and a pull, the spent bullet casing would automatically pop out, and the next bullet in the magazine would be automatically loaded.

It directly increases the power of the flintlock rifle by more than one level!
The entire Song Dynasty's army was constantly improving at this soaring speed.

But at this time, Europe was in trouble again!

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(End of this chapter)