I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Zhu Youxiao thinks, either don't do it, or do it absolutely.

Historically, Britain only had its first battleship formation in the true sense after 30 years, and applied line tactics to naval battles.

What Zhu Youxiao has to do is to let Ming Dynasty directly build battleships, use Daming's powerful shipbuilding capabilities to directly build a fleet of battleships, and surpass the West.

The steam engine can't be finished, and the fleet of battleships can be produced 30 years in advance. This is still very possible.

As long as you get a battleship, you will be invincible tomorrow.

Battleships can be used for oceangoing and colonization. On the southeast coast and the Far East, the Ming Dynasty can still use the Guangzhou Ship, Sand Ship, Cangshan Ship, and Large and Small Fuchuan built by Qingjiang Shipyard as the main warships.

It is impossible for every navy to be equipped with something like a battleship fleet, and Zhu Youxiao didn't think about it at all.

Daming has a vast sea area and more inland waters. These inland waters require traditional warships built by Qingjiang Shipyard to cruise.

Besides, these traditional warships have their own advantages and disadvantages in the age of great voyages, and they are more suitable for the local Ming Dynasty, not to completely imitate the West.

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Following Zhu Youxiao's edict, the two major shipyards of Changle and Longjiang, which had been abolished during the Jiajing Dynasty, were reopened and merged into the "United Shipyard for Ocean-going Ships." The imperial court also began to recruit skilled craftsmen and skilled sailors across the country.

Since the navy is to be developed, the rectification of the Cao army and navy is also a top priority.

The Navy is a regular combat establishment, while the Cao Army is used to guard the inland water transportation, which is equivalent to the reserve soldiers of the navy in various places.

The Ministry of Industry announced at the Great Court Meeting on the first day of the ninth year of the Apocalypse that there are currently 12 Cao Jun and more than 8000 Cao Chuan throughout the country.

To reorganize the navy, the first thing is naturally to choose the main warships and auxiliary warships.

The first thing the re-established Longjiang and Changle shipyards did was to sort out the sea-going ship information of the two remaining shipyards.

During the Yongle Dynasty, Longjiang Shipyard specialized in building ocean-going warships, while Changle Shipyard assisted it in manufacturing ocean-going ships for sea transportation.

However, since the abolition of the Jiajing Dynasty, a large number of sea-going ship materials have been lost. After nearly a month of sorting out, only a very small part of that year can be found.

There are not many drawings of the Longjiang and Changle shipyards that can be found now. There are big yellow boats, small yellow boats, 150-material warships, [-]-material warships, [-]-material warships, [-]-material warships, three-board ships, and floating bridges. Ships, [-] material patrol boats, [-] material seal patrol boats, [-] material sand patrol boats, Jiujiang-style sentry boats, Anqing-style sentry boats, light and shallow convenience boats, Jinshui River fishing boats, Houhu No. [-] building boat, Houhu No. [-] building boat, Houhu flat boat, split boat, clipper boat, centipede boat, four-masted sea-going boat and two-headed boat, etc.

This is only a very small part of the ship types built in the Yongle Dynasty, and most of the names and manufacturing methods of the rest have completely disappeared now.

It can be seen that Daming has not built sea ships for quite a long time.

There are two sea-going shipyards in Longjiang and Changle. Among them, the former site of Longjiang Shipyard is larger, which is no less than the current largest shipyard in the country, Qingjiangdu Shipyard.

More importantly, a shipbuilder named Song An actually found the address of the treasure shipyard left by the Yongle Dynasty near the main yard of the Longjiang Shipyard.

Zhu Youxiao immediately sent Dongchang to carry out strategic protection. After more than ten days of investigation in Dongchang, he found that the scale of this treasure shipyard was quite large!

9Chapter 17 Finding the Charts

"Is this the former Treasure Shipyard?"

Xu Xianchun, the Commander of Jinyiwei, walked on the desolate shore, with a somewhat sad look on his face.

Behind him is also a group of Jinyi school captains, but among this group of people, only he is qualified to wear the flying fish suit and the embroidered spring knife.

Hearing this, the shipbuilder named Song An said very firmly: "I have repeatedly confirmed that this is where the treasure ship used to manufacture the Sanbao eunuch's voyage to the West was made."

"Unexpectedly, a shipyard of such a scale is now abandoned..." Xu Xianchun took a few steps forward, and he no longer had any intention of continuing to explore.

"Come on, let's go back."

He had just finished speaking when he suddenly thought of something, stopped and said to the side: "Master Song, I heard that the blueprints for the treasure ship were burned by Liu Daxia?"

Xu Xianchun suddenly thought that the most precious thing in the so-called Zheng He Treasure Shipyard was naturally the charts of the large treasure ships that had been lost long ago.

If you can retrieve this chart and present it to His Majesty, it can be seen that it is a great achievement.

Song An heard the words, thought about it and said: "My lord, Liu Daxia burnt the sea chart, these are all rumors, it has not been confirmed, and there are different opinions on whether it was burned or not."

"It's just that since then, the chart has indeed never been seen again."

"Well, that's what it is."

Xu Xianchun nodded thoughtfully, faintly felt that there was something inside, and knew that it was not so easy to find, so he reported the news of the Treasure Shipyard to the palace.

Regarding the treasure ship, Zhu Youxiao actually didn't say that he wanted to pursue this thing too much.

After all, it was already a product of more than [-] years ago. Even if it is made at a high cost now, it is not of much use.

Treasure ships are not warships like western battleships. They have not been used for combat since they were built, and it is really unnecessary to use them as transport ships now.

However, Zhu Youxiao still felt that it would be best to find a chart to build one.

After all, Zheng He's treasure ship looks tall and big. As long as you can get the charts and improve it after the Department of Armaments, it would be awe-inspiring to build one as a symbolic flagship.

During the sea battle, the opponent saw such a tall and huge warship in the Daming Navy, and they were a little terrified before they started fighting.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said: "Call Feng Quan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Qia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, to Xinuange. I have something to ask them."

Xiao Xie ran out quickly, and after a while, two ministers, Feng Quan and Wang Qia, rushed over, and the first thing they did was to shout Miansheng.

Zhu Youxiao was not surprised by this for a long time, waved his hand to signal them to sit down, and asked straight to the point: "I called the two Aiqings here today, and I want to ask about Liu Daxia's burning of Zheng He's charts back then."

The two looked at each other, not knowing how suddenly, the emperor became interested in the chart again.

But now they can also guess why the emperor only called the two of them here. Zheng He Haitu was originally stored in the Ministry of Industry, and it was the Ministry of War who went to find Haitu.

These two things, to ask them is obviously asking the right person.

Wang Qia said: "Your Majesty, during the reign of Emperor Xianzong, our Ministry of War searched all over the Ministry of Industry but could not find any charts. According to the records of our Ministry of War, we searched for days and nights in the Ministry of Industry, but finally found nothing."

"That is to say, whether the chart was burned as rumored or not, there is still no conclusion yet?" Zhu Youxiao frowned.

"Return to Your Majesty, that's exactly the case." After Wang Qia finished speaking, Feng Quan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said, "I think Liu Daxia should not burn the charts."

"How do you know?" Zhu Youxiao asked immediately.

Feng Quan said: "Our Ministry of Industry also has documents. I feel that the Western Sea Chart is the most important weapon of the country. Liu Daxia probably doesn't have the guts to burn it."

"Could it be that he hid it?"

Zhu Youxiao was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly thought of this possibility!

If the western sea chart brought back by Zheng He was really burned, how could Liu Daxia be like a fish in water in history and rise all the way?

You must know that Chenghua in history was not a mediocre lord. In Zhu Youxiao's view, this low-key emperor was even much stronger than the eternal emperor Qianlong advocated by the Qing Dynasty.

If Liu Daxia really burned the charts, how could Chenghua ignore him.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if Chenghua let him go, those who supported the voyage would definitely not make Liu Daxia feel better.

Judging from Liu Daxia's ending, this kid is likely to be a talker, he hid himself and didn't dare to burn it!

Even if this is just a few inferences from the monarch and ministers, it is enough to make Zhu Youxiao excited. The content of Zheng He's chart is not just a blueprint of a treasure ship.

After finding the sea chart, Daming is equivalent to having half a world map, which is of great significance for participating in the great voyage later!

Just do it, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered: "Xu Xianchun, take Dongchang to the original site of Liu Daxia's mansion, and dig three feet to find it!"

"Also, let the "Beijing News" issue a notice to the whole country, saying that anyone who can come up with clues to the chart will be rewarded heavily!"

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Perhaps in the eyes of some people, the emperors of Ming Dynasty are just so weird.

Zheng He Haitu, who hadn't even been asked for two hundred years before, was suddenly looking for it again with great fanfare. Xu Xianchun didn't dare to neglect, and immediately returned to Beizhen Fusi to dispatch people.

All of a sudden, Tiqi appeared everywhere, and the news spread all over the country.

The residence of Liu Daxia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, is now the residence of a large family surnamed Wang. When the old Wangtou saw a team of brocade guards breaking in, he thought he was about to be ransacked and fainted on the spot.

Fortunately, Xu Xianchun came here to do something serious this time, and now he was so devastated by the search for Haitu that he didn't have any intention of scaring him.

What's more, the current emperor is not the same as before. If it was before, he would copy it if he said it.

Now, with the destruction of Jianzhou and the recovery of Nuer Gandusi, Daming has gradually returned to normalcy, and the activities of factory guards are obviously not as aggressive as before.

I no longer dare to do things for no reason.

Xu Xianchun waited for Old Wang to wake up, sat next to him, and said, "Make an offer, the house where your house is located was bought by the Zhenfu Department."

When Lao Wang heard this, his eyes widened immediately.

The one who came was the commander of Jinyiwei who was bestowed with the flying fish uniform by the emperor, the big red man in front of the emperor, the embroidered spring knife on his waist had cut down countless big families like himself.

How dare he open his mouth to ask for money, he said hehe: "It scared me to death, so it was because of this matter, a trivial matter, the court is useful, and my royal family is obliged to do so."

"What do you mean, you want to give it to us for free?" Xu Xianchun was a little surprised, the house price in Beijing is not cheap now.

Like this one, which is close to the Forbidden City, and the surrounding area is also a concentrated area of ​​government offices, where all the dignitaries live. A house of this size would cost several thousand taels no matter what.

I gave it away for nothing, don't you feel bad?

Lao Wang continued to smile and replied: "Where is the commander talking, I still have a few houses like this in Suzhou and Hangzhou."

"That's not okay, I can't take yours for nothing, if you have anything to ask me, just tell me!" Xu Xianchun naturally could see what the other party was up to.

Lao Wang hurriedly got off the donkey and said, "Hey, Master Commander is really sharp-eyed, I can't hide anything from you!"

"That's what happened. I have a son who is incompetent. He contradicted a noble son in Cuixiang Tower. Now he is being detained by the soldiers and horses of Wucheng."

"Did you do nothing bad?" Xu Xianchun gave him a sideways look.

"No, no, absolutely not!" Lao Wang hurriedly patted his chest to assure the ticket, "This child was taken away by Wucheng soldiers and horses just because he contradicted Master Xungui a few words."

"Which family is honorable, let me see if I can say a few words of love to you!" Xu Xianchun said casually.

The old Wang suddenly turned into a bitter face, and said: "Who else is there, the little prince in the British government! Very arrogant..."

When Xu Xianchun heard it, good guy, is it Zhang Shize again?

Chapter 948 canonize Wei Zhongxian

Xu Xianchun immediately came to the British government to meet with the British government Zhang Weixian.

Zhang Weixian was reading a book, and he was a little surprised when he heard that it was the commander of Jin Yiwei who came to look for him, so he quickly ordered the housekeeper to welcome him in.

Before realizing it, hearing what Xu Xianchun said, he was immediately furious.

"Call me this bastard!"

After a while, Zhang Shize, who didn't know anything, came running excitedly, but when he saw his father with an angry face, he also became frightened.

"Your Majesty!"

"Why?" Zhang Shize was also stubborn, although his heart was already pounding, but he still refused to give in, "What did I do wrong?"

Zhang Weixian dropped the book, and immediately went up to beat him up.

Xu Xianchun thought that this would not work, so he hurried up to stop him, and pretended to be a peacemaker with a smile, "My lord, if you are told to kneel, you will kneel."

"Kneeling to my father, don't be ashamed!"

Only then did Zhang Shize kneel down, but he still held his head up and chest out, with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

"Let me ask you, the son of the Wang family two streets away, was he arrested by someone called Wucheng Bingmasi? How could you do such a thing for a brothel girl?"

Zhang Weixian was full of anger, pointed at Zhang Shize and said:

"How many times have I told you, you can't act on your will, the prince didn't violate the law, wouldn't you be abusing your power by arresting him?"

"My Zhang family's face has been completely lost by you!"

Good guy, everyone said that the old British father scolded his son as if he was not his own. Today we have seen it, ruthless!The scolding is really cruel!

Xu Xianchun was a little shocked. If he hadn't tried his best to stop him just now, this Shize might have been beaten up on the spot...

"I, I didn't!" Zhang Shize couldn't help screaming, "Maybe Che Yushi, the commander of Wucheng soldiers and horses, wanted to please father and you, and arrested him to show his favor!"

"I really didn't let Che Yushi arrest anyone, am I that kind of person?"

"Aren't you that kind of person?" As soon as Zhang Weixian mentioned this, he became angry, "Go out and listen, and you are the most famous and famous among the nobles in the entire capital!"

"Your father and I are the number one noble in the whole country, so you have to be the boss of the dudes, don't you?"

Zhang Shize didn't know how to explain it for a while, and he didn't know why his reputation was so bad because he stayed at home all the time.

Many things that I haven't done at all can be settled on my own head. Now when something happens in the capital, my father thinks of me first, even if I jump into the Yellow River, I can't clean it up!

After scolding, Zhang Weixian seemed to calm down a lot, turned his head and said: "Please tell Commander Xu to go back and bring a message, just say that I will send a message to Wucheng Bingmasi to let them release him."

"It's easy to say, it's the right thing to do, isn't what we're doing just running errands for His Majesty!" Xu Xianchun laughed a few times, and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

After leaving the British government, he breathed a sigh of relief, and a stern look appeared in his eyes.