"Brother Zhu is here to review the Imperial Army and Navy. He is not going out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, 'playing with dragons and phoenixes'. What is there to be excited about, haha!"

Seeing the excited look on the little fat man's face, Wang Bing couldn't help joking with him.

"You don't understand, third brother. Since we were born, we have never truly left the capital. Although I have a huge world, I can only be trapped in this small corner of the capital. If it weren't for today,

You, I’m afraid I’ll never have a chance to get out of this cage in my entire life!”

With an excited expression, the little fat man looked at Wang Bing sincerely.

In fact, speaking of it, ever since the Ming Dynasty God of War carried out the Tumu Fortress Incident, the subsequent emperors have actually lived quite pitifully.

Not only did he have to rely on the easy-to-be-hacked method of relying on eunuchs to fight against the civil servants and gentry group, but he also had to be firmly 'captive' in the capital for the rest of his life, which was almost like house arrest.

"Hey, aren't you just going to Tianjin Wei for a walk? Judging from what you said..."

After getting used to the stingy, greedy and cunning little fat man, Wang Bing felt a little uncomfortable when facing his sincere face.

…

"During my military parade in Tianjin, the crown prince will supervise the country. Any state affairs will be handled by the crown prince and the cabinet. If there are any undecided ones, they will be sent to me to decide!"

In the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, on the fifth day of the tenth month, after leaving the prince's decree to supervise the country, he took a group of generals from the Fifth Army Governor's Office and officials from the Ministry of War. For the first time since he succeeded to the throne, the little fat man left the capital and patrolled the Tianjin Guards.

And go.

This time the emperor left Beijing for a tour, which was also the second time an emperor left Beijing since the Tumubao Incident.

It's just that unlike Wuzong's time, this time with the support of a group of distinguished military generals, no official dared to stop him. So the little fat guy didn't have to be like his 'grandfather', who had to send people to stop the officials.

The horse's legs must be broken to make it possible.

…

"Hiss! This is His Majesty's Royal Navy? Champion, those big warships probably cost no less than 5,000 yuan, right?"

Facing the biting sea breeze, looking at the treasure ship-type warships in the huge fleet that covered the sky and the sea, which were like floating islands, docking at the dock, Shi Xing, the Minister of War, was so cold that Wang Bing was worried that he could pull them off.

His teeth were pulled out.

"Haha, five thousand materials? Mr. Shi looks down on the craftsmen of Ming Dynasty too much, right? Five thousand materials is a second-class battleship of the Royal Navy! This first-class battleship is improved from the treasure ship, but it is all made of eight thousand materials.

above……"

Hearing Shi Xing's shocking inquiry, Wang Bing couldn't help but laugh jokingly.

"Besides, the flagship of the Royal Navy is a huge ship with all kinds of materials!"

Finally, Wang Bing pointed at one of the warships flying the five-clawed golden dragon flag and started showing off to Shi Xing.

"Wanliu? Champion Hou, although I don't know much about shipbuilding, I also know that the larger the ship, the higher the requirements for the keel. Where can I find such a large piece of wood for a big ship with Wanliu?"

When Wang Bing said that the flagship of the Royal Navy was a massive ship, while being shocked, Shi Xing couldn't help but look puzzled.

You know, because sea-going ships have to withstand stronger winds and waves than those on rivers, the keels are basically made of whole wood. To build such a large ship with ten thousand materials, the keel required is dozens of feet long. Such a large piece of wood can

Not so easy to find.

Therefore, let alone Shi Xing, even the Undefeated Army God and others couldn't help but look over after hearing this question.

"In the deep mountains and old forests of Liaodong, it is not difficult to find a few keels that can be used to build large ships. What's more, who said that the keels on this ship can only be made of wood? Hahahaha!"

Seeing the confused expressions on everyone's face, Wang Bing couldn't help but laugh and pretended to be suspicious.

"Haha, let me tell you. The keels used by these warships are all steel keels produced by Liaodong Iron Works!"

Just when Wang Bing was trying to sell it off, the emperor, Little Fatty, revealed the puzzle with a proud look on his face.

Speaking of which, although the little fat man has never even seen a sea-going ship before, as one of his own private armies, he has already understood the performance of this Royal Navy warship from the drawings. So even though this is

This was the first time he saw his own battleship, but he was much more familiar with it than the others.

As for the warships updated by the Royal Navy this time, as the little fat man said, in order to make the hull stronger, all warships with more than a thousand materials have abandoned the previous method of using whole wood as the keel, and instead used Liaodong

Steel keels cast in ironworks.

Not only that, the ribs of these warships are also made of a mixture of steel and wood. In this way, not only the warships are stronger, but also the cost is greatly saved. You must know that the huge wood used as the keel, plus logging, etc.

Labor costs are much more expensive than steel.

As for the Liaodong Iron Works, which provides steel keels, it is naturally a royal industry formed by the joint venture between the previous iron smelting plants and the generals of Liaodong after Liaodong became the fiefdom of the crown prince Zhu Changluo.

Moreover, after integration, the annual steel output of a Liaodong Iron Works is now more than half of the steel output of the entire next year. So with this convenience, why bother to find big wood?

"Your Majesty, with such a huge ship, let alone artillery, even if we use the stupidest ramming method, no ship can stop it!"

Finally, as the ten treasure ship-type warships completely docked on the dock, the generals of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the officials of the Ministry of War, shrouded in the shadow of the huge hulls, could not help but think of the most primitive water battle of collision.

method.

There is no way. In essence, naval battles are all about strong ships and powerful guns, and the fight is about big ships bullying small ships. So it is quite normal for everyone to think this way.

"Third brother, my money is not wasted!"

While others were still imagining the scene of using this huge ship to collide with an enemy ship, the little fat man who had always been "stingy" couldn't help but look proud at this moment, without any of the pain in his body after spending money in the past.

look.

…

"Your Majesty, Chen Lin and Deng Zilong, together with all the officers and men of the Royal Navy, are here to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"

In the biting cold wind, with the huge battleships setting off the dock campus, a group of officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy, led by two veterans Chen Lin and Deng Zilong, could not help but look excited at this moment.

There is no way, in Chinese history, the "Army" has always been the main force. Therefore, compared to the "Army", the status of the Navy has always been much lower.

But now the emperor, Little Fatty, came all the way from the capital to inspect the navy. Can you not make them excited?

"All the soldiers are safe! I came here this time just to see how my navy is doing! I want to see if the millions of taels of silver I have spent over the past few years are worth it!"

Looking at the excited-looking Royal Navy officers on the campus, the little fat man couldn't help but smile and announced the purpose of his trip.

"I will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations!!!"

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