The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"Your Majesty wants to transfer 32 soldiers of the reserve battalion. I have no objection, but how can we train the 12 artillerymen? You know, there are only 21 armorers in the Ordnance Department who understand artillery, and it is impossible to teach 12 artillerymen at once!" Yang Ze frowned, and replied with a slightly dignified expression.

"This is indeed a problem, but this problem is easy to solve. Let the Ordnance Department train one hundred artillery instructors, and then let one hundred artillery instructors train one thousand artillery instructors, and then divide them into parts and distribute them to each battalion. , Let these artillery instructors train artillery in each battalion, so that the efficiency can be greatly increased!" Ying Chang said calmly.

"Your Majesty means to transfer the artillery to the battalions first, and then wait for the Ordnance Department to successfully train [-] artillery instructors, and then these artillery instructors will go to the battalions to train the artillery?" Yang Ze said with hesitation in his tone. asked.

"That's right!" Ying Chang nodded.

Yang Ze bent down and saluted, "I understand!" After speaking, Yang Ze returned to his seat.

Ying Chang's eyes moved to Yin Hai, "Yin Aiqing, a navy needs sailors and warships to build. I don't have sailors, but I can give you 20 troops, and you can train them into elite sailors. As for the warships, Aiqing needs them." Design a blueprint for a new type of warship as soon as possible, and then report the budget for building the warship to Prime Minister Zuo's Office, and I will review it!"

Hearing these words, Yin Hai felt great trust. He didn't do anything, so His Majesty handed over 20 troops to him. 20, they are still well-trained soldiers. This force should not be underestimated. That's it. The power that should not be underestimated, His Majesty will give it as he says, without even frowning. It is conceivable how much His Majesty trusts him.

Yin Hai's expression was firm, and he shouted forcefully: "Your Majesty, Yin Hai, will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations, and will definitely create the world's number one navy for Daqin!"

"I! We'll wait and see!" Ying Chang's eyes flashed with anticipation, looking forward to the day when the Daqin navy swims in the sea!

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Chapter 777 Shocked!

Zhang Feizi took a small step forward, bowed and saluted Ying Chang with a respectful expression, and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

"Quasi-play!" Ying Chang called softly!

After the words fell, Zhang Feizi took out a memorial from his sleeve, and handed it to the high platform with both hands. Seeing this, Pei Ji quickly walked down the high platform, took the memorial from Zhang Feizi, and respectfully presented it to the imperial platform.

When the memorial was placed on the royal platform, Ying Chang stretched out his hand to pick up the memorial and unfolded it to read it. After reading it, he realized that this was the budget memorial for this year. The budget for this year is as follows:

Shengqin's 26-year annual budget

兵部：军械部预算为2000万两白银；军队预算为两千400万两白银、800万石粮食；预备营预算为六千700万两白银、一千500万石粮食，兵部日常开支预算50万两白银

Ministry of Rites: 20 taels of silver for daily expenses

Household Department: The three prefectures outside the customs need 5000 million shi of grain to maintain the survival of the herdsmen. The budget for the annual expenditure of the local governments in Daqin and the salaries of local officials and court officials is 2000 million taels of silver, and the daily expenditure budget of the Household Department is 30 taels of silver.

The Ministry of Industry: The Fuzhou and Wuzhou road water conservancy projects underway by the Ministry of Industry have been settled in one lump sum by the imperial court in the 25th year of Shengqin. There is no need to pay for the project, and only 30 taels of silver is required for daily expenses

Ministry of Officials: The daily expenditure budget of the Ministry of Officials is 30 taels of silver

Middle School: The budget for daily expenses of schools around the world is 500 million taels of silver, and the budget for daily expenses of middle schools is 50 taels of silver

The total financial budget for the 26th year of the Great Qin Dynasty: 810 million taels of silver and 300 million shi of grain

Looking at the many budgets, the Ministry of War has the largest budget. The Ministry of War alone needs more than 1 million taels of silver. The budget of the reserve battalion is more than twice that of the army. The reason for this is that there are too many soldiers in the reserve battalion, more than 500 Thousands of soldiers in service.

That is to say, the Great Qin Dynasty was rich and could support the huge consumption of the reserve camp. If it were another country, the reserve camp would have been abolished long ago!

And this budget memorial is not comprehensive. It does not include the daily expenditure budget of 20 navy, the navy's warship construction expenditure budget, the 12 ugly bull artillery expenditure budget, and the [-] artillery daily expenditure budget!

If these are counted, the budget can be doubled.

"The budget recorded in this budget memorial is not comprehensive. It did not fully record the expenses of Shengqin in 26 years, but it is understandable. First, let the Ministry of Households allocate money and food according to this budget memorial. As for the unrecorded expenditure budget , Zhang Aiqing wants to write a new budget memorial to me, and then ask the Ministry of Households to allocate money and food for the second time!" Ying Chang said calmly.

After saying this, Ying Chang put away the budget memorial and handed it over to Pei Ji. After Pei Ji took the memorial, he quickly walked down the high platform and handed it to Zhang Feizi. Zhang Feizi took the memorial and then bent down to compose Response: "The minister obeys the order!"

Ying Chang gave Pei Ji a look, Pei Ji nodded understandingly, and shouted loudly to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty: "If there is something to do, we will leave the court if there is nothing to do!"

.......The hall is completely silent!

Ying Chang lazily got up from the dragon chair, stretched his waist, let out a sigh of relief, waved his hands with a tired expression, and said, "Since you have nothing to do, the court meeting is over for today." , retreat!"

All the ministers of the court knelt down on the ground in unison, each with a respectful expression and shouted loudly: "I wait to send you off to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Ying Chang walked down the high platform through the steps behind the high platform, and soon disappeared from the eyes of all the officials. All the officials also got up from the ground and walked with their colleagues. While chatting about the content of today's court meeting, they left the solemn and sacred Qilin Palace.

Xianyang City!

"Our Daqin gained an extra Marquis overnight!"

"Is it the mighty general? Or the general of the town army?"

"It's not, it's Fang Zi!"

"Fang Zi? Who is Fang Zi? Why haven't you heard of it?"

"Fang Zi has never heard of it. This is the idol of all the students in the school. He is the first craftsman to become an official by developing utensils, and now he is also the first craftsman to become a third-class soldier by developing utensils. Absolutely. Buffalo!"

"what!"

"Old man, did you hear me right? You can be a marquis if you develop artifacts?"

"Of course, Your Majesty treats craftsmen very well. The biggest dream of all craftsmen in the world is to become a weapon master in the Ordnance Department. As long as you become a weapon master, you will be one step closer to becoming a Marquis!"

"Oh, my son wanted to apply to the Gongtang, but I rejected it, and asked him to apply to the Wutang!"

"You once had an opportunity to smoke from the ancestral grave, but you missed it!"

"What should I do!"

"If you can transfer to another school, just go and tell the teacher in the school. For the sake of the child's future, don't be afraid of trouble!"

"Yes yes yes!"

"What kind of artifact is the artifact developed by Fangzi, and why did it reach the sky in one step?"

"It goes without saying that it must be an artifact that benefits the country and the people, otherwise, how could His Majesty be a Marquis!"

"I'm jealous!"

"It can be seen from Fang Zi's appointment as a marquis that as long as you make contributions to the Great Qin Dynasty, no matter what your position is, you can get an official title or even a marquis. My future generations should encourage them!"

"mutual encouragement!"

As soon as the early dynasty was over, the news of Fang Zi being named a Marquis quickly spread throughout the city. Countless people were shocked by this. They never thought that a craftsman could also be named a Marquis. This suddenly overturned the world view of countless people!

In this regard, the common people are extremely curious about what exactly Fangzi developed, and why it is worthy of his Majesty's designation and title. Unfortunately, the ugly cow-style artillery is a secret, and it is difficult for ordinary people to inquire about it. Therefore, the interview of the artillery did not spread from the ears of the people.

While the common people were discussing, all ministries of the imperial court quickly mobilized to maintain the operation of the war machine of the Great Qin Dynasty. The Ministry of War issued an order to the reserve battalions in various places to deploy 32 reserve battalion soldiers and prepare to assemble the 32 reserve battalion soldiers first. In the capital camp, and then do the next assignment and transfer!

The Ministry of Households was busy allocating money and food to the various ministries, which made the officials of the Ministry of Households very painful.

The Ministry of Industry is still busy with the water conservancy projects in Fuzhou and Wuzhou.

The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment are not as busy as the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry. Even in comparison, the former three yamen are relatively idle.

After retiring from the court, Yin Hai, the governor of the third-rank naval division, went to the weapons testing ground with Fang Zi, the soldier, and witnessed the power of the ugly cow artillery. After seeing it, Yin Hai couldn't calm down the excitement .

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Chapter 778 Class A, B, and C Three-tier Gunships!

He even felt that one shot was not enough, so he asked Fang Zi to fire several more shots, and asked Fang Zi to teach him how to fire a cannon, and then he fired a cannon himself, and Yin Hai left reluctantly, and finally returned to his own. Fuchu, began to design gun-laden warships!

With the passage of time, after countless revisions, and with the cooperation of Fang Zi, Yin Hai finally designed three different types of gun-carrying warships. After the design was completed, he immediately wrote a budget memorial and submitted it to Prime Minister Zuo's residence. !

The 26th year of Shengqin, the tenth day of the first lunar month!

Imperial Palace, Royal Study Room!

In the imperial study room, Ying Chang sat firmly on the black dragon-carved throne, looking at the three blueprints in his hand seriously. Not far from Ying Chang, stood the third-rank navy commander, the third-rank soldier Fang Zi, and the second-rank officer. Yang Ze, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Zhang Feizi, Prime Minister of Zuo, and next to Ying Chang stood General Zhonggong, Commander of the Imperial Guard, and Pei Ji, the military guard of Xianyang Palace!

The three blueprints in Ying Chang's hand are exactly the three different types of gun-carrying warships designed by Yin Hai after ten days of repeated revisions!

The first type of artillery warship is called: Class A warship!

Class A warship

Hull: twenty feet long, six feet wide, and four feet high

Weapon loading: two fixed cannons at the bow, one fixed cannon at the stern, ten fixed cannons on the left and right sides of the hull, a total of 23 fixed cannons on the ship

Power: One main sail in the center of the warship, one auxiliary sail at the bow and one at the stern, 180 oars, [-] oars on each side of the hull, each oar is rowed by four oarsmen

The number of personnel on the warship: 440 oarsmen, two groups of oarsmen alternate shifts, 150 gunners, 300 combat sailors, one captain, two left and right deputy captains, ten people who control the direction of the ship, and the number of people on board: two thousand nine hundred and three

Sailing speed: 10 knots per hour

The second type of gun-carrying warship is called: Class B warship!

Class B warship

Hull: sixteen feet long, five feet wide, and three feet high

Weapon loading: one fixed cannon at the bow, one fixed cannon at the stern, eight fixed cannons on the left and right sides of the hull, a total of eighteen fixed cannons on the ship

Power: One main sail in the center of the warship, one auxiliary sail at the bow and one at the stern, 160 oars, [-] oars on each side of the hull, each oar is rowed by four oarsmen

The number of personnel on the warship: 280 oarsmen, 900 oarsmen, two groups of oarsmen alternate shifts, 300 gunners, 490 combat sailors, one captain, two deputy captains on the left and right, ten people who control the direction of the ship, and the number of people on board: [-] [-] three people

Sailing speed: 20 knots per hour

The third type of gun-carrying warship is called: Class C warship

Class C warship

Hull: eight feet long, two feet wide, and two feet high

Weapon loading: one fixed cannon on the left and right sides of the hull, two fixed cannons in the whole ship

Power: One main sail in the center of the warship, one auxiliary sail at the bow and one at the stern, one hundred oars, fifty oars on each side of the hull, each oar is rowed by four oarsmen

The number of personnel on the warship: 800 oarsmen, two groups of oarsmen alternate shifts, 100 gunners, 100 combat sailors, one captain, two deputy captains on the left and right, five people who control the direction of the ship, and the number of people on the whole ship: [-] people!

Sailing speed: 40 knots per hour

These three types of gun-carrying warships are of different sizes, but one structure is the same, that is, the dual-power structure of sails and oars!

"What does this fixed artillery mean?" Ying Chang asked in confusion.

Hearing this, Yin Hai bent down and wrote: "Your Majesty, the fixed artillery is a new type of artillery specially designed for warships. It's a little smaller, and it can't be moved, it can only be fixed in the designed position!"

"So that's how it is!" Ying Chang nodded, a little happy in his heart, and the fixed artillery came out just like that. It seems that Daqin's thermal weapons are still developing very rapidly.

"Can the warship withstand the weight of the artillery and the thrust generated by it?" Ying Chang asked, staring at Yin Hai without blinking.

Yin Hai frowned slightly, and replied with a dignified expression: "Your Majesty, theoretically, the weight of the artillery and the rear thrust produced are just within the range of the warships, and these three warships are not traditional wooden warships. For warships, some important positions, such as the bow, stern, sides of the hull, and fixed artillery positions, are all inlaid with iron plates, and the overall hardness far exceeds that of all types of warships in the world. However, this also has a fatal problem, that is, navigation. The speed is too slow, but this problem has been solved by increasing the speed of the warship by adding oars and driftwood!"

Ying Chang put down the three blueprints, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Except for the speed of the Class C warship reaching my expectation, the speed of the Class A and B warships is too slow, which is no different from a turtle crawling. We must find a way to solve this problem! "

As far as Ying Chang knows, the average speed of the warships of various countries is above 20 knots per hour, and the speed of those small warships is even more than 30 knots per hour. There are many, but the speed is too slow, 10 nautical miles per hour, if you encounter the enemy, the enemy will easily throw off the Class A warship.

The most important thing is that the slower the warship, the slower the turning speed. If the enemy sends a large number of small boats to charge, it is very likely to avoid the shelling of the Class-A warship, go around the flank of the Class-A warship, and then land Class A warships, which may cause the Class A warships to be snatched by the enemy.

Some people may ask, there are artillery on the front, back, left, and right sides of the Class A warship, how can the enemy force go around.You know, artillery also has dead ends. For example, the Ugly Bull cannon has a flat firing range of [-] paces, so within [-] paces is the blind spot of the artillery, and the artillery can't hit it. Within a few steps, the artillery becomes a decoration.

"Your Majesty, you can't have both. You need speed or attack. All warships in the world are like this. It is precisely because of this that I specially designed a Class C warship for speed. The ship's speed of 40 nautical miles per hour is definitely the best warship in the world!" Yin Hai replied with a puzzled expression.

Both fast speed and strong attack are required, Yin Hai said it was too difficult.

"There is nothing difficult in the world if you put your heart into it. I believe that as long as you put your heart into it, you will surely complete a warship with both attack and speed!" Ying Chang said solemnly.

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Chapter 779 Postpone Xia Xia!

"I do my best!" Yin Hai bowed down and responded solemnly.

Hearing this, Zhang Feizi couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, do you still want to build the three warships designed by Governor Yin?"

Zhang Feizi saw that Ying Chang rejected the three types of warships designed by Yin Hai, and thought that Ying Chang did not intend to build these three types of warships.

"Of course we have to build it!" Ying Chang said without thinking, and before everyone could react, he continued: "Although the three types of warships do not meet my requirements, they are not useless. The combat effect will be better when the warships cooperate with each other!"

"For example, Class A warships are responsible for the fire coverage of the central army, Class B warships are responsible for the front army's charge, and Class C warships are responsible for the left and right wings and rear security, protecting the two main attacking warships of Class A and B. How about this, I will be the master of the navy once. , Three A-class warships, twenty B-class warships, and one hundred C-class warships form a fleet, and each navy builds a fleet according to its own needs, what does Governor Yin think?"

Yin Hai was shocked!

Fuck, this is exactly what I thought!

That's right, what Yin Hai meant was to build this type of fleet. Each fleet is a combat unit. Every time the fleet is deployed according to the situation, it is convenient for him to command and the navy to fight. You have to mobilize the entire navy.

"Your Majesty, to be honest, I also mean the same thing!" Yin Hai said with a joyful smile.

When the thoughts of the courtiers coincide with the emperor's, then it is the luck of the courtiers. Only when such monarchs and ministers cooperate can there be a tacit understanding.

"Haha!" Ying Chang couldn't help laughing, "We, the monarch and his ministers, really connect with each other!"

"Your Majesty, since you have decided to build these three types of warships, then take a look at this budget memorial!" Zhang Feizi handed a memorial to Ying Chang with a smile on his face. Pei Ji immediately stepped forward to accept the memorial, and then passed it on to Ying Chang.

Ying Chang took the memorial and opened his hands to read it. The content of the memorial is as follows: