Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 815

To be honest, Zheng Zhilong really wanted to command this kind of warship to cross the sea, so he kept aiming at Emperor Chongzhen, thinking about when he would play a war memorial.

Unexpectedly, his little action was seen by Emperor Chongzhen.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen had already been paying attention to Zheng Zhilong.Because among all the people here, others may be watching the fun more, but Zheng Zhilong, the pirate king back then, is definitely an expert.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen saw Zheng Zhilong constantly touching various places on the ship while peeking at himself from time to time, he turned around and asked with a smile: "What, does Zheng Qing have something to report?"

Hearing this, the prince and others naturally all looked at him.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong is also a veteran. He has never experienced any kind of situation. He was suddenly called upon by Emperor Chongzhen, and he quickly responded: "Your Majesty, this armored battleship looks really powerful. Wei Chen was thinking, if he could command I wonder how magnificent these warships will be to bring glory to foreign lands for the Ming Dynasty?"

After praising the iron-clad battleship, he calmly let nature take its course and vaguely explained what he meant.He believed that with the power of the emperor, he must know what he was thinking?
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled faintly and said: "This warship is ordinary and purely experimental. I have decreed that this warship will join the navy that is about to go to America. The main purpose is not Instead of killing enemies and destroying ships, we obtain various experimental data on long voyages. Then the shipyard will correct various parameters based on the experimental data to build better armored warships. If you want to command an armored warship to kill enemies, it's still early! "

After Zheng Zhilong heard this, he couldn't help but regret and said: "Ah, I don't know if I can wait until then!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand to summon him, and walked slowly to the bow of the warship.When Zheng Zhilong saw it, he quickly followed.As for the others, they all knew that the emperor had something to say to Zheng Zhilong alone, so they chatted with each other, and then followed.

Only the prince seemed to understand nothing and wanted to follow him, as if he wanted to introduce the craftsmanship on the bow of the ship to Emperor Chongzhen.

But just when he was about to take a step forward, Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, had already blocked his way.

Zhu Cixiang was stunned. It had never happened before that someone would block his way. When he was about to speak, Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, said from behind him: "Your Highness, what's going on with the armor here? Are there rivets?"

When Zhu Cixiang heard this, he turned around and saw Cao Huachun looking at him with a very eager to know expression. A smile immediately appeared on his face and he quickly walked over to explain to Cao Huachun.

At this time, at the bow of the ship, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the direction of the sea and said calmly: "In the past, the Ming Navy always fought along the coast, and could use its superiority in numbers to offset its disadvantages in warships and sharp guns. Back then As for the naval battle at Luowan, you have personally experienced it, so you must know it better than anyone else."

In the naval battle of Liaoluo Bay that year, Zheng Zhilong personally commanded and defeated the combined fleet of Hongyi and pirate Liu Xiang, establishing Zheng Zhilong's dominance at sea.Of course he couldn't forget this kind of thing.

Therefore, without Zheng Zhilong answering, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Now our Ming navy goes to fight in other places, and the logistics line is far away. Just like when the Western barbarians went to the Far East. I am not boasting, but now our Ming Dynasty's prestige is far-reaching I guess it won’t be long before all the Western Barbarians in Europe will feel threatened by the Ming Dynasty. I dare to say that even though the Ming Dynasty continues to expand its territory, most of the Western Barbarians in Europe will unite to deal with the Ming Dynasty!”

Zheng Zhilong listened, but kept silent.Because from his point of view, even if he had known about Xiyi, it was impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to have a deeper understanding of those European countries.His sight has not yet reached that height.

"I don't want to give Xiyi a chance to gather their European troops to attack my Ming expeditionary army like you did in Luowan." Emperor Chongzhen turned to look at him before continuing: "Lu In the battle above, with me here, as many times as they come, I can make them come and go! However, I am a little worried about the navy!"

When he was talking about the land, he was full of confidence. When Zheng Zhilong heard it, he couldn't help but look up, but immediately lowered his head again.

He knew very well in his heart that Emperor Chongzhen was right!However, as for the navy, as soon as he thought about it, he wanted to immediately declare that "Naval battles have me."

But Emperor Chongzhen had already spoken first: "Warships are being updated, and the large-scale naval battle with Xiyi. I am referring to the naval battle with thousands of large battleships of the same scale throughout Europe. Today's Ming Navy alone is far away." It’s not enough. The navy officers transformed from fishermen are ultimately not suitable for this kind of war.”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he roughly understood what the emperor meant by these words.

Sure enough, I heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to say: "You are one of the people who know best about naval warfare in our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, you will teach your skills to more naval officers, and then more naval officers will pass them on to more naval officers." Navy officers, this is the top priority of our Ming Navy. When the officers of our Ming Navy have grown up, a new generation of warships will be almost ready. By then, we will have a decisive battle with the Western Yi. I want all naval and land battles to be fought at once. Without the confidence of Xiyi. On this earth, only the Ming Dynasty is the only one to benefit future generations!"

When he heard what happened next, Zheng Zhilong's blood boiled with excitement: Only the Ming Dynasty can benefit future generations!

But after all, he was old enough, and he already understood in his heart that the emperor still wanted him to teach with peace of mind!
Thinking of this, on the surface, Zheng Zhilong immediately clasped his fists and saluted, and said firmly: "The last general is willing to do everything for his descendants, for Daming, and for His Majesty!"

His voice was a bit loud, and basically everyone on the battleship heard it.They looked over curiously, wondering what the emperor had to say to make Zheng Zhilong say such generous words.

But after all, they were just thinking about it and had no intention of gossiping.Even if they thought about it, no one would be able to get through even if the commander of the Imperial Guards was blocking them.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen ignored the others, and said to Zheng Zhilong with a smile: "I will reward the wooden carvings to take over. In this way, there is no need to go back and report the various experimental parameters of the iron-clad battleship. Here, the parameters can be known at any time." How effective it is, the construction of this new type of warship will definitely be faster than you imagined!"

Zheng Zhilong listened, with a look of joy on his face, and nodded vigorously.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him, walked over, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "We are about the same age, and we usually remember to exercise. He will have a chance to show off in foreign lands every day!"

Zheng Zhilong heard this, and hurriedly patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this humble minister eats three big bowls a day!"

In ancient times, most of the people who lived a long life were wealthy or educated people. They were in their prime of life at the age of 50 or [-], and were even just old enough to be senior officials.

The reason why the average life expectancy of the ancients was low is because the poor did not live long and many died young, which lowered the average life expectancy.

Emperor Chongzhen brought a group of courtiers here. First, he expressed his importance and affirmed the work of the shipyard to make their work more energetic.

The second is to let them, the important officials of the court, know that knowledge other than Confucianism is used well, and the power it brings is very huge, and it cannot be stopped by flesh and blood.

Third, when Emperor Chongzhen heard that the Ming Dynasty was about to go on an expedition to the Americas this time, many officers and men from the Imperial Military Academy, like Zheng Zhilong, wanted to go to do meritorious service.Therefore, this time, they were also brought here, and let them all see the new warships of Ming Dynasty first, so as to appease their hearts, let them study hard in the school, bring expectations for the future, and then go to other places to bring out more qualified ships. Admiral.It will definitely come in handy someday in the future.

After that, Emperor Chongzhen inspected the entire shipyard. He had to admit that the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were actually very smart. In order to build iron-clad battleships, they came up with many fantastic ideas to solve the practical difficulties they encountered.If we have to talk about their shortcomings, it is that their theoretical knowledge system is a bit poor.

For example, when designing battleships and calculating various parameters, these craftsmen are obviously weak.However, there was a group of newly learned elites brought by the prince to help. Among them, there was even a European, that is Kircher. In terms of physics, he was indeed a bit more powerful.

The next day, Emperor Chongzhen inspected the military port in Tianjin.At this time, many transport ships have gathered here, most of them are large blessing ships.Undertook the tasks of transporting materials to the country of Wa and building stops along the way.As for the naval warships, they are basically in Denglei.

Because the warships based on Fu Chuan and the imitations of Western-style sailing ships were all made at the Denglai Shipyard.When Lu Xiangsheng was in power, ships were built and sailors were trained here.

In addition, there are also some warships participating in this expedition, all of which are imitations of Western-style sailing ships. They have already sailed from Yingtianfu Shipyard and headed for Fusang Province first.

Three days later, under the see-off of Emperor Chongzhen with civil and military officials, the expedition fleet to America assembled and set off.

In this team, in addition to the conspicuous ironclad warships, there are also five Portuguese warships, and Anders leads the battle.Before leaving, he secretly told Catherine again that she must treat herself as a Daming person and live well, which is the greatest support for Portugal!
For this expedition, the emperor did not hold a big farewell ceremony, after all, this is not the entire navy.In addition, in today's Ming Dynasty, there is no need to use particularly grand ceremonies to boost morale.The soldiers are all scrambling to fight, because only then can they have military exploits!
(End of this chapter)