"Let's go." Zhu Youxiao didn't take it seriously and walked forward first. As he walked, he looked around. Suddenly, a slightly familiar voice came to him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Lao Zhoutou rushed forward. He had no intention of competing for favors. He just wanted to meet his old boss and told him by the way that the salt field is very good now, very good, and his children have books to read.

Woolen cloth.

"Ah, it's you, Old Zhoutou, come here, come to me." When Zhu Youxiao saw the ancient man, he couldn't help but smile happily and called him over.

"How is the salt farm doing now?" he asked with a smile on his face.

"Okay, very good!" Lao Zhou replied with a shake of his head, and just like that, the old and the young were walking forward slowly while chatting.

Looking at the relaxed and cheerful emperor, Sun Chengzong suddenly had a feeling that maybe this was his majesty's true face, he was cheerful, loved to laugh, and liked to know everything about the people.

"Let's go." Just when he was in a daze, Xu Guangqi pulled him to wake him up.

"It's great to be young." He sighed, then took steps to follow.

The chat with Lao Zhoutou made Zhu Youxiao very relaxed, but after all, he had extraordinary concentration. He just enjoyed it for a while and broke away from it without being addicted.

The group of people soon arrived at the huge dry dock. As soon as they entered, a huge figure came into view, which made Zhu Youxiao feel suffocated.

The dry dock has no roof. The sun shines from the sky and shines on the new paint of the huge ship. It keeps shining with a charming luster, which makes everyone intoxicated for a while.

Especially the huge steel mast in the center, which is deeply pierced into the hull, stands upright like a giant pillar, piercing the sky. It is shocking to see.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the big ship that our shipyard spent two years building. Isn't it shocking?" Gao Lao, the person in charge of the shipyard, explained with a smile.

When he talked about the two-year development time, his tone couldn't help but feel a little sad. Over the past two years, dozens of master craftsmen worked hard day and night, and countless apprentice craftsmen cooperated. Many of them didn't even return home for several months.

, it is for this ship that it is not only a restoration of traditional treasure ship craftsmanship, but also a breakthrough in new technology.

With a loading capacity of 6,000 materials and a displacement of 3,000 tons, this is almost the peak of the wooden ship era. Although it is not very suitable as a battleship, it is epoch-making as a transport ship. This is the era of the beginning of great navigation. Whether it is a battleship,

Whether it is a transport ship or a transport ship, both are urgently needed and have their own place.

"Let's begin!" Zhu Youxiao admired it for a while before giving up and letting the maiden voyage ceremony begin. No matter how beautiful the ship is, it has to enter the sea.

"Open the gate and let out the water!" Gao Lao understood and turned around and shouted.

Hua la la, a burst of rapid water rushed out from the channel, quickly submerging the groove in the dock, and then kept rising, and soon the bottom of the ship was submerged.

"Hey! Hey!"

When the boatmen on both sides pulled up the ropes on the ground, they made neat and powerful calls, pulling the ropes rhythmically and moving forward. Under this force, the huge treasure ship slowly slid along the waterway.

, gradually entering the sea.

Wow!

After a splashing sound as a heavy object entered the water, the treasure ship completely entered the sea, sank suddenly, and then quickly floated up.

Woohoo!

A low horn sounded, followed by a crash of metal, and a huge hard sail was raised, blocking out the sky and the sun, casting a huge shadow on the sea.

"Ouch." Zhu Xieyuan suddenly let out a cry of pain. Zhu Youxiao looked back and immediately smiled. It turned out that he was raising his neck to see how high the sails and masts were, and ended up with a sprained neck.

"Haha!" Several other bachelors saw it and laughed immediately. This laughter made Zhu Xieyuan's face turn red for a moment.

"Your Majesty, this hard sail is made of fine steel mixed with bamboo pieces. A steel cable is connected in series during it. In particular, around the mast, the hard sail can freely rotate and adjust its direction. This steel mast, the upper middle part

They are all forged with steel cables to fix their body shape so that they are not afraid of ordinary wind and waves, and their ends are extremely strong."

Next to him, Mr. Gao slowly introduced the parameters of the treasure ship so that Zhu Youxiao knew it well.

"Okay, very good. I'll definitely reward you for your hard work, Mr. Gao." Zhu Youxiao nodded, looking at the giant boat that started sailing on the sea with blurred eyes.

The waves broken by the huge hull splashed up to three feet high, and the waves were as bright as silver, dazzling the eyes.

"Let's call this kind of ship an aircraft carrier!" Zhu Youxiao said suddenly.

"Aircraft carrier?" Sun Chengzong thought thoughtfully after hearing this, "Your Majesty, does this mean the mother of navigation? Indeed, such a huge ship can carry so many materials and personnel, and it can indeed be called a life-saving carrier.

Mother."

"It's a good name." Xu Guangqi also nodded in agreement.

"Yes, this is a good ship. Mr. Gao, go all out to build the aircraft carrier. The ten oldest docks are all used for construction, and we will build an ocean-going fleet as quickly as possible." Zhu Youxiao said cruelly,

A surprising decision was made. As a result, except for the five new docks, there was no place to build warships. For Zhu Youxiao, who recently turned to overseas development, this was a huge adventure.

"Your Majesty?" The ministers were startled and immediately wanted to dissuade him.

"No need to persuade me, I have my own plan." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to stop them.

Who knows, in this era, giant ships and cannons were used to roam the seas, but that was in the Western Ocean, and this is the Southeast Asia, which is very different from the West.

There are thousands of islands here, and it is said that you can reach Australia by paddling a canoe. You can imagine the density of the islands here. If Zhu Youxiao wants to expand the land and immigrate, he must pay attention to the carrying capacity. Moreover, in a short time,

For a long time, at least before conquering Vitra Mongolia and Japan, he did not plan to go to war with the Western colonists.

Not only were they unfamiliar with shipping routes, but they also relied on foreign trade routes. With the transshipment of Portugal and Spain, only the goods of the Ming Dynasty could be sold all over the world, and only the gold and silver from the world could flow into the Ming Dynasty, providing an endless supply of resources for the development of the Ming Dynasty.

power.

Before he could master similar global trade routes, Zhu Youxiao had to maintain a close trade relationship with at least one of them in order to maintain it.

In this case, battleships are not very important, and it doesn't matter if they slowly make way for aircraft carriers. After all, when the construction of the next five new docks is completed, the production speed of battleships will increase again.

All the ministers looked at each other, knowing that the emperor had made up his mind and would not change it. Although the emperor's decision was never wrong, Xu Guangqi's heart sank slightly when he saw this. If things go on like this, your majesty will not develop a willful behavior.

Character.

No one can make mistakes, including Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who is known as the Khan of Heaven, and Jinshang, who is known as the Holy King.

Just when Xu Guangqi was about to leave and was worried, a white soft sail suddenly appeared on the sea, followed by a pointed bow. After a while, a large group of Western-style warships ran out. Looking at the direction of each other, it seemed to be straight. Coming towards Tianjin Port.

"Your Majesty." Cai Fuyi shouted worriedly.

"It doesn't matter. Since there is no warning from the front, these ships are not enemies. Calculating the time, Shen Yourong should be here soon. Maybe this is his fleet." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, indicating not to worry.

Having experienced the destruction of his fleet, how could he still not pay attention to the construction of coastal defense? Not only are there warships patrolling the sea every day, but even during the day, watchtowers are built high on the seaside to be on alert at all times. Once an enemy is detected, they will launch Fireworks warning.

Today's ships are not from later generations. They have so many advanced instruments and ultra-long-range missiles. Under the monitoring of the watchtower, it is basically impossible for a ship to approach the port without knowing it.

As if to prove Zhu Youxiao's words, not long after he finished his words, a messenger hurried over to report, saying, "Report, your Majesty, General Shen is here to report, and he will lead the fleet into the port soon."

"Haha, what a coincidence, it's really Shen Yourong." Zhu Youxiao laughed, "Let's go meet our admiral and listen to how he bombarded Nagasaki."

Under the leadership of Zhu Youxiao, a group of people walked towards the dock. This was a military port area. There was no merchant ship at all, so it seemed quite peaceful.

On the sea, the giant ship that had just been named the aircraft carrier seemed to have seen the fleet on the opposite side. Although he was alone, he rushed forward without hesitation, one person against a group, but his momentum did not diminish at all.

In an instant, the two sides met. Zhu Youxiao looked through the telescope from a distance. With comparison, he realized how huge the aircraft carrier really was. In front of him, the largest battleship was just an underdeveloped child, dwarfed.

After the two parties sailed back and forth on the sea for a while, they all headed towards the port. After a while, they all entered the berthing area.

Soon, the pallets were set up, and people on the ship rushed down one after another. The leader who strode forward was none other than Navy General Shen Yourong.

"I will see your Majesty at last." When he arrived in front of Zhu Youxiao, he knelt down as if he were pushing down a jade pillar, and paid homage with great salute.

"Okay, okay, general, please get up." Zhu Youxiao helped him weakly, and Shen Yourong kowtowed again before getting up.

"Your Majesty, isn't that giant ship the latest treasure ship? It's so majestic!" Even now, he still couldn't help but admire it. One can imagine the impact the aircraft carrier had on him.

"Yes, I named that giant ship the aircraft carrier. It is the latest achievement of the shipyard." Zhu Youxiao laughed.

"Come on, General Shen, come and tell me about the bombardment of Nagasaki and its results. I have been looking forward to this for a long time!" Before Shen Yourong could say anything, Zhu Youxiao spoke first and asked.

"Okay, Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will tell you slowly."

In this way, Zhu Youxiao took Shen Yourong to ask about the course of the war, Sun Chengzong went to the shipyard to arrange the shipbuilding plan, and other cabinet ministers went to places where they had their own feelings, either to learn about maritime trade, or to learn about local land reform, or to learn about The structure of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and local government offices.

For a time, the grand maiden voyage ceremony became a field work survey.

[Author's digression]: I'm sorry. I wrote the wrong chapter number when I just posted it. Let's just leave it at that. It's very troublesome to read and correct the text. I have to edit and judge it. I'm afraid you won't be able to see it today, so I shouldn't do it. I'll wait a few days.
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