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Chapter 37 Sky-high price battleship

"In the Royal Navy, warships can be roughly divided into four categories. Class I warships, three-tiered gun decks, with more than 100 guns, a crew of more than 875 people, and a displacement of 2500-3500 tons, are generally used as the flagship of the fleet. Class II warships, three-tiered On the gun deck, there are 90-98 guns, about 750 people, and a displacement of more than 2000 tons. Three types of warships, two to three-story gun decks, 64-80 guns, about 490-720 people, and a displacement of 1300-2000 tons."

"Generally speaking, the three types of warships are the main force of the Royal Navy. The most warships owned by the Royal Navy are the three types of warships. It is still a smaller type of four types of warships. This type of warship has two gun decks, 50-56 artillery pieces, and a fixed number of personnel. About 350 people, with a displacement of more than 1000 tons."

Townsend, an aristocrat from Great Britain, introduced Chu Yun with all his treasures.

Chu Yun was secretly surprised when he heard this.Regardless of the size of the ship, if you only look at the firepower configuration, even the four types of warships have stronger firepower than the most powerful warships in the late Ming Dynasty!
"Mr. Townsend, how much silver do you need to build this four-class warship?" Chu Yun asked.

Chu Yun is really eager to build a navy. Only a strong navy can guarantee the safety of trade, so that the industrial products produced by Jinzhouwei can be continuously exported to the world.

Townsend held up a finger.

"1 taels of silver? That's okay, we can find a way, and we can still get a few ships." Chu Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

Townsend shook his head: "I don't think so, sir. A fourth-class battleship costs 10 taels of silver."

"One hundred thousand... ten thousand taels of silver?" Chu Yun was so surprised that his jaw almost fell to the ground.

In other words, even if he went bankrupt, he still couldn't make a fourth-class sailing battleship!
"This is just the construction cost, and it does not include the salaries of the crew, the maintenance costs of the artillery and ships, the supplies of living materials and ammunition. If you calculate it carefully, you will spend at least 3 to [-] taels of silver every year." Townsend said.

The more Chu Yun heard it, the worse his complexion became.His naval dreams sound like a distant future.

"Is there a smaller warship that is slightly less powerful and less expensive, probably tens of thousands less?" Chu Yun said.

"If your lord is temporarily unable to build the above four levels of warships, you can build smaller fifth-level battleships and sixth-level battleships. They and the previous four types of battleships are three-masted warships, with 20-40 guns. Ten thousand taels of silver is a must."

"As for the smaller ones, they can no longer be counted as battleships. Brigantine gunships are generally equipped with 16-24 cannons, and ten thousand taels of silver should be enough. Although the power of a gunboat is not as powerful as a battleship, it is more flexible and can execute Patrol and escort missions."

Several technical experts from the British Empire, a parallel world, talked about the navy and talked a lot.

Speaking of which, Chu Yun already has an idea of ​​the structure of the Royal Navy.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain uses the first class of battleships as the spiritual symbol, the third class of warships as the main force, and then supplemented by a large number of gunboats to perform escort, patrol and other tasks.

Although Chu Yun does not seem to have any strength to build terrible battleships, at the end of the Ming Dynasty when the navy was declining, especially in the north, it may be possible to dominate a party with only a gunboat equipped with 24 advanced artillery pieces.

To manufacture the two-masted gunships of the British Empire in the 18th century, it is necessary to light up the "galenic sailing ship" technology, the metallurgical technology of the 18th century, the smoothbore gun technology of the 18th century, and the navigation technology of the 18th century.

其中“盖伦帆船”技术已然在西方大规模运用，只需要50文明点。18世纪前装滑膛炮技术需要500文明点。而18世纪冶金技术因为在点出蒸汽机技术的同时已经点了，所以不需要再点。至于18世纪航海技术，需要500文明点。

A total of 1050 civilization points are required.

If you want to build the Great Britain Sail Battleship, you need to add the "Sail Battleship" technology, which requires an additional 1000 civilization points.

In fact, being civilized is nothing to Chu Yun.Since he occupied Golden State Guard, as the population, commerce, industry, culture, and agriculture of Golden State Guard began to grow, Chu Yun has an income of nearly 10 civilization points every day. Point out all these technologies.

But so what if you get them all out?If you don't have enough silver, you can't even build a battleship!
Just wait a little longer.Chu Yun temporarily let go of his dream of a strong navy.He also understood why Zheng He's voyages to the West were criticized for being too expensive and terminated.

If a fleet of tens of thousands of people sails for a long time just to promote the prestige of the country, instead of plundering resources on a large scale and opening up stable trade routes, then it is a waste of resources and loses the absolute hope of opening the era of great navigation. Good opportunity.In addition, it is impossible for an agricultural country to support a huge fleet for a long time.

"It seems that we are still far from building our own Royal Navy." Chu Yun said with emotion.

"Yes, the British Empire has a population of nearly ten million, and it took several generations of accumulation to have the scale of more than 100 battleships." Several technical experts comforted, "We only have tens of thousands of people here, and agriculture and industry are not enough. We have just started and have not yet completed the accumulation of primitive capital. If we forcibly build battleships, it may drag down our economy.”

"What you gentlemen said is that I was too impatient. I am nagging you all. When I have time, I will invite you to the best restaurant in the city for dinner." Chu Yun said.

"Sir, you are welcome. We are very grateful that we have the full support of the officer, so that we can use what we have learned." Townsend and others said.

After sending away several British experts, Chu Yun began to adjust his psychological expectations.Don't think about the navy for the time being, let's develop infantry and artillery on a large scale first.

Chu Yun thought about Hou Jin's retreat from Korea, the next target must be the Jinzhou Guard, and he had to arm himself before Hou Jin went south.Besides, even if Hou Jin doesn't come to attack Jinzhou Guard, Chu Yun is still thinking about the other three states in southern Liaoning - Fuzhou, Gaizhou, and Haizhou.If the Four Guards in southern Liaoning were captured, Chu Yun's civilization point growth rate would be four times as fast as it is now!An 18th century technology can be opened in a month or two!

After muttering for a while, Chu Yun strode forward to inspect the barracks.

"Mrs. Yang, how many people have you recruited in the First Infantry Brigade?" Chu Yun summoned the officers of the four infantry brigades.

"Report, the number of recruits in the First Infantry Battalion has been expanded from 300 to 500, and Chen Ting has to remove 100, leaving only 400!" Mrs. Yang said bluntly.

"Fart! There are at least 800 people in your first brigade! I can't tell, you are a fucking rich man!" Chu Yun kicked him hard.

"Hey, boss, how do you know..." Mrs. Yang was not angry, but smirked like the stupid son of a wealthy family.

(End of this chapter)