"Grandpa, generals, the Royal Navy now has more than 500 large and medium-sized warships. Although it is not as good as when it was at its peak during the Chengzu Year, but..."

Seeing that the little fat man asked him to introduce the situation of the Royal Navy to everyone, Wang Bing was not polite, and then introduced it to everyone with confidence.

Speaking of which, since the battle of conquering Japan, Wang Bing had been thinking about bringing the Ming Dynasty's treasure ships and other large warships back to the world. Therefore, after the battle of conquering Japan, Wang Bing planned to let the little fat man send

People are looking for remaining drawings and so on.

But what he never expected was that the nautical charts of the ships that were said to have been burned by Liu Daxia were well preserved in the Ouchi warehouse, so one can imagine the result!

After hearing Wang Bing’s talk about the role of ‘giant ships and cannons’ in naval battles, the little fat man, who had no way of conquering the war himself and had to live with his addiction, naturally gave his strong support.

Therefore, with money and drawings, in a few years, without outsiders knowing it, the Royal Navy base located in Lushunkou, Liaodong, has brought a large number of Royal Navy warships to the base.

Change clothes.

After this major change, the Royal Navy's largest Fuchuan ship in the past is now just a 'little brother'. As for the 'Zheng He Treasure Ship' that Wang Bing has been thinking about, the Royal Navy built ten of it in one go.

ship.

Of course, time has changed. Although the treasure ship is still far ahead of the entire era in terms of tonnage and some support, it also has many backwardness and shortcomings.

Therefore, according to the suggestions given by Wang Bing, these new treasure ships and all warships retained the traditional main structure of bulkheads and integrated the ribs of the Western warships. This solved the problem.

In the past, traditional ships had thin bulkheads and were not resistant to beatings.

As a result, while retaining the advantages of traditional warships, the new Royal Navy warships now no longer have only open-air decks as in the past, but have the same two- to three- or even four-story decks as the Western warships.

The all-through gun deck greatly increases the number of guns that can be carried.

In addition, the hulls, rudders, etc. have also been integrated according to the strengths of the Western warships. To put it simply, the current Ming Royal Navy warships can be regarded as a true product of "Chinese and Western"!

Of course, after making so many improvements, the price is not free, and that is money! While the combat power of the improved Royal Navy warships has increased, its cost has also increased significantly.

For example, the treasure ship-type warship that Wang Bing values ​​the most has been improved, and its cost has soared from more than 5,000 taels of silver a piece to about 8,000 taels. And this is only the cost of the ship itself. If additional

If you install artillery, the price will not be this much.

However, the current Ming Dynasty is not the same as when it could not even pay official salaries a few decades ago. After so many years of New Deal reforms, coupled with the benefits gained from victory in foreign wars, whether it is the national treasury or the little fat man’s personal internal affairs,

Phew, that’s all very impressive!

Therefore, the little fat man was very generous when it came to equipping the Royal Navy with new warships. Just for the construction of the warship hulls, one million taels of silver were directly allocated as funding.

"Hiss! These are just large and medium-sized warships? If we add those indispensable small warships, wouldn't there be thousands of them?"

Hearing Wang Bing's introduction, all the generals and officials from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War, including the Undefeated Army God, could not help but breathe coldly!

Especially Shi Xing, the Minister of the Ministry of War who had "transformed literature into military affairs", his mood was even more complicated at this moment.

On the one hand, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, he is naturally very happy to see this scene, especially when the civil and military branches are separated. However, as a civil servant at heart, he is not willing to see the "military" power grow.

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Therefore, just when the Invincible Military God and others were pleasantly surprised by the strength of the Royal Navy, he, the Minister of War, could not help but feel mixed emotions.

In fact, speaking of it, the heyday of the number of warships in the Ming Dynasty was during the reign of Emperor Chengzu. Judging from the documents handed down, at that time, the entire Ming Navy had more than 3,800 ships of various types.

Among the more than 3,800 warships, warships and patrol ships accounted for 1,350 each. There were more than 800 large ships and canoes responsible for transportation. And the ocean-going treasure ships that were famous in later generations were even more famous.

There are as many as two hundred and fifty ships!

In addition, the Ming Dynasty also had a large number of security and law enforcement ships and messenger ships that protected the oceans and patrolled the rivers. The famous Zheng He fleet was actually just one of the mobile fleets of the Ming Empire Navy.

But even so, the size of this mobile fleet alone is already ten times the size of the Spanish Armada of the same period.

Of course, this is just in terms of quantity. In terms of quality, the current Royal Navy is no worse than that of the Yongle period. But obviously, if there is a comparison of the number of battles in the Yongle period, whether it is Wang Bing or Little Fatty, it will not

They are only satisfied with the current size of the Royal Navy.

"Your Majesty, although we have this ship, we don't know the cannons on it..."

Speaking of which, fighting at sea relies on strong ships and powerful artillery. This point, after experiencing the Japanese Conquest War, not to mention naval generals such as Chen Lin and Deng Zilong, even the "Army" generals such as the Invincible Army God

We are also very clear about that.

Therefore, after being pleasantly surprised that the Royal Navy had such a large number of warships, the generals immediately set their sights on the artillery.

"Haha, dear friends, now my Ming Dynasty's artillery..."

"Everyone, the number and power of these artillery pieces are definitely beyond your imagination. However, it is too abstract to express it in words. Why don't we go and see it in person and see what our Ming Dynasty Royal Navy is doing now?

How is the combat power?"

Just when the little fat man was about to answer everyone's questions, Wang Bing stole the topic and put what the little fat man wanted to say directly in his throat.

"Oh? Champion Hou, this is a good idea. It can't be said more concretely than what you can see with your own eyes..."

Upon hearing Wang Bing's proposal, Shi Xing, the 'half-hearted' Minister of the Ministry of War, couldn't help but agree.

"However, the Royal Navy is His Majesty's personal army. If you want to review the Royal Navy, naturally only Your Majesty will come in person..."

While everyone was in high spirits, Wang Bing secretly gave the little fat man a quick wink.

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"Third brother, we really want to thank you this time, hahahaha!"

After the discussion, as the imperial edict was issued announcing the deployment of the Royal Navy to Tianjin Guard for inspection by the emperor in person, in the Qianqing Palace, the excited little fat man looked at Wang Bing with gratitude in his eyes!

It turned out that Wang Bing had helped the little fat man get the "mission" to go to Tianjin Guards to review the navy on the grounds that the Royal Navy was the emperor's personal army and a private army.

You must know that after the "Tumubao" incident, both civil servants and military generals were highly consistent in their opinions on not allowing the emperor to conduct military expeditions or leave the capital in person.

Therefore, since then, none of the emperors in the entire Ming Dynasty, except Wuzong Zhengde, have been able to leave the capital.

But now Wang Bing took the opportunity of this military parade to persuade these military bosses and helped the little fat man get a chance to go to Beijing. So, can the little fat man not be excited?

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