Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 357

It is comfortable to ride a horse-drawn carriage in this weather, but the road is icy and easy to overturn, so it is safer to ride a horse.

The snow had been frozen, and the horses creaked when they stepped on it. Zhu Youjian and his party of more than two hundred horses galloped on the snow.

In order to facilitate travel, Zhu Youjian only brought 20 members of the Royal Guard, plus more than 100 elite guards from Jinyiwei and East Factory and West Factory.They tightly guarded Zhu You in the middle.

To say that being the emperor of Ming Dynasty is really hard for Zhu Youjian, he has been busy so far, and he has not enjoyed the blessing of the real emperor for a day.

Although there are already several beauties in the imperial palace, compared with the other emperor Sangong Liuyuan, he is completely a beggar emperor.

It took more than half a day to arrive at Tanggu. As soon as he got off the horse, he heard the sound of cannons from time to time. Zhu Youjian could guess that it should be Zheng Chenggong and the others who were testing the firepower of the iron-clad warship.

After all, it was the first iron-built warship built by Daming himself, and it would definitely take a while to train for actual combat, leaving everyone else outside, and he only brought four of his cronies into the port.

Standing on the shore, I saw that the sea was frozen. When I went to the ice, I dug it open with a sword and saw that the ice on the shore was at least ten centimeters thick.

Zhu Youjian took out the telescope and found that the ice on the sea surface was almost still floating about two kilometers away, indicating that the ice was not thick there, but he did not see where Zheng Chenggong's warship was training.

Zhu Youjian looked back and saw Aqing, Cao Zhengchun, Yuhuatian and Qinglong beside him. These four people all came from the system. No matter what Zhu Youjian did, the four of them would not be too surprised.

He smiled triumphantly and began to communicate with the system:

"System, use five ironclad warships."

Soon a nice female voice sounded:

"Ding, congratulations on the successful use of the host ironclad battleship."

"Whoa..."

There was a sound from the ice ahead, and five thousand-ton ironclad battleships suddenly appeared on the sea. There were no sails on the battleships, but two tall chimneys.

"Go up and have a look."

Before Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he stepped on the ice on the sea and rushed towards a warship, and Ah Qing and the others immediately started to follow up.

At a place more than 300 steps away from the battleship, the ice surface had turned into floe. This did not bother the five of them. They tapped the floe with their toes and continued to advance rapidly.

When I got to the battleship and looked up, I realized that the battleship was as tall as a three-story building, and it was a huge monster.

It's not difficult to go up with five people, and they rushed to the deck with the help of one in the air. After boarding the battleship, Zhu Youjian ran directly to the cab.

Zhu Youjian was relieved to see that the operation manuals of the warship were all placed in the cockpit. It would be embarrassing if there were no manuals.

Looking at the description, the battleship is 67 meters long, 10 meters wide, and has a displacement of 1300 tons. It is powered by two coal-fired steam engines and has a speed of 14 knots.

The naval guns are all breech-loading guns, a total of 50, including 10 80-pound guns, 20 60-pound guns, and 18 30-pound guns. 80 shot per minute.

Although the guns of battleships are not comparable to those of later warships, and the rate of fire is not very fast, they are still many years ahead of Western warships at that time.

The most important thing is the iron-clad battleship. It is not a wooden battleship with iron plates. This is a complete iron-hulled battleship. In addition, it is equipped with thousands of shells, including solid shells and cracked shells.

Although 600 million points were used, compared with the previous lottery draws, Zhu Youjian believes that this time is definitely the most valuable one.

Not only can they make the Ming Dynasty Navy an invincible fleet, but they can also make great contributions to the development of the Ming Dynasty's iron-clad warships.

The Ministry of Industry can not only imitate, but also continue to improve warships with the development of science and technology, so that the technology of building iron-clad warships will never fall behind.

He took out the walkie-talkie and called Zheng Chenggong, but there was no response. After walking out of the cockpit, Zhu Youjian took out the binoculars and asked the four of them:

"Your qinggong is the best, go up and see where Zheng Chenggong's battleship is."

"My lord, try it yourself."

Ah Qing took the binoculars and flew up, borrowing strength twice in a row, and stood firmly on a small platform protruding from the funnel of the battleship, which was originally an observation post.

Ah Qing looked around with the binoculars in his hand, and soon found a large ship approaching the port.

"My lord, I saw a big ship coming towards us. I don't know if it's Zheng Chenggong and the others."

"Oh, come down, it must be them, if it weren't for the ironclad ship, it would have been impossible to sail here."

"Boom..."

Zhu Youjian hadn't finished speaking when a cannon shot rang out, causing the ice surface to tremble.

"My lord is right, it must be Dudu Zheng."

Hearing the sound of the cannon, the four masters confirmed at the same time that the emperor's judgment was correct.

But after waiting for a long time, there was still no battleship coming. Ah Qing jumped onto the observation platform next to the chimney again, took a look through the binoculars, and found that the big ship had changed its course.

"My lord, they are gone."

"Damn it, it's such a cold day, why don't I wait for them to fail for a day, and Cao Zhengchun will bring an 80-pound shell over here, there are instructions on it."

Zhu Youjian was in a hurry at that time, and asked Cao Zhengchun to hold the shells. He went directly to the 80-pound cannon at the stern, ready to fire to attract Zheng Chenggong.

Yu Huatian, who has never spoken much, grabbed Zhu Youjian:

"No, Your Majesty, will you fire?"

"Haha, if you haven't eaten pork, haven't you seen pigs running, try it."

Zhu Youjian didn't care about a word, and immediately frightened Yu Huatian, that thing is too powerful, what if the emperor has an accident, but he can't hold the emperor and don't let go.

Seeing Yu Huatian's dilemma, Zhu Youjian patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, I'll be fine, go to the cab and get the manual for the naval gun."

"According to the purpose"

Yu Huatian had no choice but to let go and run to the cab, quickly found a manual for the naval gun, and immediately returned to the deck to hand it to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian took the manual, opened it, and looked at it, and immediately realized that it was very simple. Push the shell into the barrel, then manually close the back cover tightly, and just pull the rope.

Soon, Cao Zhengchun ran over with an [-]-pound shell. According to Zhu Youjian's command, he pushed the shell into the barrel, shook a handle with his hand, and the back cover began to close tightly.

Zhu Youjian then asked Ah Qing above:

"Ah Qing, check to see if there are any ships in the direction of the stern of the battleship."

"My lord, there is nothing."

After hearing that the direction of the stern was safe, Zhu Youjian handed a rope to Yuhuatian, and then he quickly left the cannon.

"Cover your ears, Yuhuatian pulls the rope."

"According to the order."

Yu Huatian agreed, pulled the rope lightly, and then ran towards Zhu Youjian.

"Boom..."

There was a loud noise, and the huge battleship was shaken by the shock, a ball of flames spewed out from the muzzle, and the shells came out of the chamber, disappearing instantly.

Then he could feel the nearby ice start to tremble, Yuhuatian looked back at the cannon and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, the cannonball was fired successfully, do you want to try again?"

Hearing that Yuhuatian would try again, Zhu Youjian shook his head again and again:

"What, you are still addicted, do you know how much a shell costs?"

(End of this chapter)