The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"Father?" Li Xiaoli hurriedly helped him up.

Li Chenggui stammered, pointed at the giant ship and said, "You, tell me again? How much does this thing cost?"

"300 million silver!" Peter Payne said proudly: "This is the price that can only be achieved when Tianjin opens the sea and becomes a world trade port, and all materials can be easily obtained here. Of course, as an experienced shipbuilder, I Master, scientific planning, design, arrangement, and cost control are also very important."

"Crack!" Li Chenggui was so frightened that he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage.

"Three million taels of silver? Our annual tax in Koryo is only a few million taels..." Li Chenggui trembled and dared not speak.

Yan Song smiled lightly.

For the navy, it is a thing of a big country!Don't talk if you are poor!

There is a saying in modern military, ten years for the army, 50 years for the air force, and 100 years for the navy.

This means that without 100 years of precipitation, don't even think about building a navy of a world power!

This experience has been excellently verified in the maritime overlords of the past dynasties, such as Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

They are all accumulated from generation to generation, and finally created a powerful navy that runs across the seven seas of the world.

Daming also used to be the Overlord of the Ocean 570, but now his aura has faded.

Now, it is up to the elders of this pavilion to push Daming back to the peak of the ocean empire.

"As for the speed of shipbuilding," Peter Payne said with a smile: "As far as I know, there are no more than two shipyards in England that can manufacture sailing battleships, and the models are much smaller than this one, and the specifications are at least 100 years behind. Okay. This shipyard was established by Mr. Yan Ge who led many wealthy businessmen to invest huge sums of money. Our military shipyard can build three sailing battleships at the same time, and the construction period for each ship is 6 months. In other words, one year We can build six giant ships of this size."

He added with a smile: "Of course, the premise is that the court has enough funds to support such a large-scale shipbuilding plan."

Yu Dayou stared at Yan Song with expectant eyes, and almost knelt down for Yan Song.

Yan Song smiled wryly in his heart.

Your sister, this is really a gold-swallowing monster.

Just this ambitious shipbuilding plan will cost at least 1800 million taels of silver a year!

It's not enough to have a first-class sailing battleship, right?

It is also necessary to manufacture Tier 1 and Tier [-] battleships with a slightly lower configuration at the same time, such as the Spanish galleon.

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Chapter 1031 Inspection of Civil Shipyard [6]

"Can the Naval Shipyard also manufacture Spanish galleons at the same time?"

Yan Song asked.

Peter Payne smiled wryly and shook his head: "Our first-class battleship occupies too many craftsmen, and we can't spare manpower to take on other production tasks. On the other hand, the civilian shipyard on the other side, I think there is still room for manufacturing capacity, it is better to let They help produce the rest of the Navy's warships."

Yan Song nodded. The Spanish galleon was originally a model for both military and civilian purposes.The requirements for manufacturing capacity are also less stringent.

"Please, Mr. Yan Ge, give this newly launched sailing battleship a name!" Peter Payne asked.

Yan Song thought for a while, and said calmly: "The most famous admiral in my Ming Dynasty is Zheng He who sailed to the West seven times! Then this first sailing battleship, let's name it Zheng He."

Peter Payne was overjoyed and said: "Great! Zheng He has its own name since then. Bring the wine!"

A serving girl brought a tray of wine glasses.

Yan Song, Peter Payne, Li Chenggui and others had a cup each, toasting to celebrate the launch of Zheng He.

Unexpectedly, when Princess Lee Hyo-ri of Korea missed her hand, the wine glass she held high fell down and shattered on the bow of Zheng He, and the aroma of the wine overflowed...

"This..." Wang Jiaping's expression changed.Ordinarily, it is not a good omen to break the wine glass before sailing.

You know, the ancients in the past were very superstitious.Once things get off to a bad start, it can easily lead to demoralization and even a chain reaction.

Even Yu Dayou's face was a little ugly, and he said in a vicious voice: "There is nothing good for a woman to get on the boat! If I didn't see that you are the princess of Koryo, I would kill you!"

For Yu Dayou, the admiral of the navy who takes the sea as his home and loves ships like his life, he is a rough man, and a warship is ten thousand times more attractive to them than a beauty.They love the battleship more than they love themselves, more than anything else.

He was even less angry with Lee Hyori who broke the wine glass.

There is an unwritten rule in Daming that women are not allowed on board.Old people who run boats know this rule.

Yu Dayou is no exception.

Li Xiaoli's face turned pale with fright.

She also accidentally broke the wine glass. She did not expect such serious consequences.

But Yan Song laughed loudly, pointed at the wine glass that was broken by Li Xiaoli and said, "Okay. Haha, good omen~!"

"Huh?" Everyone was puzzled: "What kind of good sign is this?"

Yan Song's face remained unchanged, and combined with modern legends, he said calmly: "Actually, even if no one breaks the wine glass, the old man will smash a glass of wine at the bow of the boat! This ceremony of launching a new ship is called "Bottle Throwing Ceremony" The key to the "Bottle Throwing Ceremony" is that when a new ship is launched, the owner's wife or the monarch's wife will always throw a bottle of champagne on the bow of the ship and crush it. Compliments."

"Is there still this kind of etiquette?" Yu Dayou looked much better, but he was still hesitant.

In the patriarchal Ming Dynasty, women were not even allowed to board boats, for fear of bringing bad luck, let alone the honor of presiding over the launch ceremony and speech for the new boat.

"This, of course!" Yan Song felt guilty.He just knew that it existed in modern times, but he didn't know when this etiquette appeared.

Shakespeare stood up and rescued Yan Song: "Indeed!"

Yu Dayou looked much better.

"Is there any explanation for this bottle throwing ceremony?" Li Xiaoli cheered and asked.