Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 369 Seeing the Zheng Family Fleet Again
Gu Sanmazi strode aboard the "Yu Qian" in a very luxurious way, looking at the blue sea and blue sky, looking very radiant.

Hei Wa, who also changed into a military uniform, couldn't help laughing and said: "Boss, you are also the commander-in-chief now, and you are also the top official in the entire Ming Dynasty."

"That is, don't forget, your boss, I am now the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, not the commander-in-chief of the frontier army who only knows how to farm. In ancient times, this was the commander-in-chief of His Majesty the Emperor's Imperial Guard. The play did not say that Lin Chong Is it the coach of the 80 imperial army, hehe, what is a coach!"

Gu Sanmazi waved his thumb triumphantly and said.

"That said, Boss, you are now Taiwei Gao, the father of Gao Yanei who robbed Lin Chong's wife, haha", this Heiwa and Gu Sanmazi can be regarded as brothers in trouble together, even though they are both court officials now. He even became a subordinate, but he didn't become unfamiliar, so this black baby dared to make fun of Gu Sanmazi directly.

Gu Sanmazi is not a person who holds grudges, nor will he hold grudges against his brother, but he doesn't like to suffer, so he hurried back and said: "What Gao Taiwei, I don't have the qualifications, I can only be regarded as the commander of the imperial army, if you want to say Gao Taiwei, Lu Ge is the old man, he is the head of the Ministry of War and the Imperial Guard, and he is also a cabinet scholar, do you think he is a Taiwei?"

"Ahem, Commander Gu, please watch your words!"

It was the South China Sea Fleet Chief Law Enforcement Officer who was coughing, Rong Kun, the official commander of Jin Yiwei, who was a graduate of the second batch of the Royal Military Academy. He became famous as an officer who became a young crop of common people. This person even whipped Gu Sanmazi in the military academy. He regretted his slip of the tongue, so he shut his mouth, but he was in no mood to be embarrassing anymore.

Hei Wa also left the "Yu Qian" angrily, and went to her own command ship.

Like the "Zheng He", this "Yu Qian" is Daming's second steam-powered battleship. Since the first ship was named after "Zheng He", Zhu Youxiao simply ordered that all new warships in the future be regarded as Daming's great exploits The civil servants and military generals of the Ming Dynasty were named, which can also be regarded as an encouragement for future generations to follow the example of their ancestors and continue to make contributions to the Ming Dynasty and shine through the future.

However, due to the improvement of alloy materials and the improvement of the precision of some parts, the steam engine cylinder of "Yu Qian" has a higher degree of confidentiality and high temperature resistance, and the speed is a little faster than that of "Zheng He", but it is not fast. Where to go, after all, before the appearance of the first steam-powered warship and the first iron-clad warship, the current technical improvements are only small-scale improvements, not big breakthroughs.

Even though Daming's current technological development has entered the fast lane, more and more trained craftsmen and apprentices have entered the research of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Royal Academy of Engineering, and Ordnance Department, and the total number of scientific and technological talents has exceeded the [-] mark. It is still difficult to enter an era. The breakthrough of a warship requires breakthroughs in steel smelting, machine tool manufacturing, precision instrument manufacturing, and fuel improvement to facilitate its breakthrough.

But now the Ming Dynasty has encountered bottlenecks in many technical fields. Although there are more and more applied research results based on steam power, basic research has derailed the current knowledge because of the unsteady path before. Sex research can only be supported by a few talented geniuses such as Song Yingxing and Xu Guangqi.

Just like now, at this time, Daming did not have a systematic theoretical project. Of course, this was also related to the fact that Daming’s scientific and technological progress was too dependent on Zhu Youxiao’s theory of borrowing. He bought whatever materials he thought of from the system and paid great attention to practicality. However, it neglected to consolidate the scientific theoretical foundation of Ming Dynasty bit by bit from theoretical knowledge.

But now, Zhu Youxiao has no choice but to ask major research institutions, especially the Royal Academy of Sciences, to organize and systematize all kinds of scientific and technological theoretical knowledge, and make it available to every scientific and technological worker. Biology and other disciplines were established by the Royal Academy of Sciences, and began to organize personnel to classify knowledge systems.

Therefore, it is difficult to make a major breakthrough in the science and technology of the entire Ming Dynasty in a short period of time, but as long as the original disordered scientific theoretical achievements of the Ming Dynasty are sorted out and classified, more and more professional geniuses will join it. As long as there is a breakthrough in theory, a big breakthrough can be made in application.

Knowledge such as electricity and aerodynamics may appear in Daming in the not-too-distant future.

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But at this moment, the soldiers on the "Yu Qian" who were in charge of observing the enemy's situation in the distance suddenly fired three white phosphorus bombs.

Seeing this, Gu Sanmazi hurriedly took out the binoculars in his hand to watch, but found that there were countless enemy ships in the distance where the water and the sky met, and the "Zheng" flag was erected blatantly.

"General officer, we found enemy ships ahead, the number is more than a hundred!" At this time, the sentinel boat also rushed over and reported the enemy's situation to Gu Sanmazi.

"I've seen it all. The Zheng family is really bold. Last time in Ryukyu, we wanted to eat our North Sea Fleet, but we broke their teeth. Now they want to come and eat our South Sea Fleet. It seems that last time Li Ge I didn’t give him any memory when I scolded him all the time in Quanzhou.”
While Gu Sanmazi was talking, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, the governor, also came over, and asked anxiously: "Mr. Gu, do you think it's time to raise the alarm and start a first-level combat readiness?"

"Not in a hurry, these Zheng family fleets don't seem to want to fight, otherwise they wouldn't have been in the downwind, and it seemed more like they came to meet us." Gu Sanmazi put away the binoculars as he said, and ordered The man brought the map.

The so-called map is a military map recompiled by the Ministry of War based on Jinyiwei's intelligence and Kunyu Wanguo Quantu. Many new elements have been added to it, and hidden reefs and bright reefs are also clearly marked.

While Gu Sanmazi was watching, other officers on the Yuqian also surrounded them and asked, "Mr. Gu, the Zheng family's fleet is not just trying to scare us, is it?"

"Isn't it just to scare me back? Zheng Zhilong really thinks that I, Gu Sanmazi, belong to the rat family, and won't shrink back when he sees his situation?" Gu Sanmazi ordered: "Pass my order , don’t worry about the Zheng family’s fleet, speed up, let’s go through the chicken coop first!”

As a result, the warships of the South China Sea Fleet ignored Zheng Zhibao's fleet and continued heading south at an accelerated speed.

And Zheng Zhibao's fleet also followed, biting the South China Sea Fleet.

"The Zheng family's fleet seems to be haunted," one officer complained.

But Gu Sanmazi couldn't help laughing and said: "Don't worry about him, just inform him, change direction after passing the chicken coop, and rush to Luzon first."

"Commander, we are going to Guangdong and Guangxi, why do we go further south?" the officer couldn't help asking.

"Hmph, don't lead this Zheng's fleet away, how can I eat him, eat him in front of his house, what if Zheng Zhilong is red-eyed?" Gu Sanmazi laughed.

(End of this chapter)