Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 823

The purpose of dispatching the escort of the "Sun-Sun" class cruiser is to test its seaworthiness, and to show off its force to European countries.

Looking at the whole world, except for the Chinese civilization circle which emphasizes benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, many other countries uphold the law of the jungle and take the law of the jungle as the foundation of a country. Anyone with strong force will definitely launch aggression against other countries to plunder other countries' resources and strengthen their own strength.

Facing such a dangerous world, China, which advocates and respects Confucian civilization, should also make changes.

Being gentle, courteous and thrifty can only be used for self-cultivation, but it must not be used as a guideline for governing the country.

The inner sage and the outer king are Zhu Youjian's ultimate ideals, and he has been practicing them all the time.

This four-character policy will be written into the emperor's ancestral training, and future generations must not violate it.

The Ming Dynasty will always interact with other countries as a king, and the basis for the respect of the strong is strong force.

After successfully arriving in Europe, the "Zunsun" class cruiser will conduct a series of "friendly" visits to Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Prussia, Sweden and other European powers, and will invite navies from various countries to join forces with the Ming Navy formation. exercise.

It is said to be an exercise, but in fact it is to open the eyes of European countries to see how powerful the most powerful gunboat in the world is.

The British Navy has already seen the fierce firepower of the "Kunlun" class warships, but compared with the "Zunlun" class, the firepower of the "Kunlun" class's [-] cannons is obviously not enough.

Zhu Youjian believed that this state-of-the-art cruiser would make all Europeans feel in awe of Ming Dynasty, and the sales of Ming products would be smoother.

The "Zunsun" class is not the ultimate goal of the Ming Navy. After building six cruisers of the same class, the construction of gunboats for this template will stop.

Jinzhou Shipyard is opening a new large dock. A "Pangu" class battleship with a full load displacement of up to [-] tons will be born in this dock in three years.

Before the application of steam power, sea monsters like the "Pangu" class will cross the oceans in decades and become a nightmare for navies all over the world.

The new battleship will be equipped with 180 guns of various calibers, which can form a three-layer firepower attack from far, middle and near. This firepower configuration is enough to deal with the attacks of various types of enemy ships alone.

It is no exaggeration to say that if there is a battle with a certain country's navy, a "Pangu" class battleship is enough to rival a small fleet. Can destroy all naval ships of most European countries.

According to the budget, each "Pangu" class will cost 80 to [-] silver coins, and the final number of construction will be six, of which two will be deployed in the South China Sea Fleet, two will be deployed in the North Sea Fleet, and two will be deployed in the Indian Ocean Fleet. Six large mixed fleets.

According to the principle of matching firepower, each battleship will be equipped with a "Sun-Sun"-class cruiser, a "Kunlun"-class destroyer, four "Sky-Mending" and "Splitting Sky"-class frigates, plus a [-]-ton supply ship.

The mixed fleet of this configuration has been far ahead of other countries in the world for at least 50 years.

According to the information obtained by Zhu Youjian, the Dutch and British navies, as the most powerful countries at sea today, have most of the gunboats under their banners, and their firepower configuration is equivalent to that of the "Mending Sky" and "Splitting Sky" class, or a little less. Strong, but the number is not too much, and warships such as the "Kunlun" class exist as the flagships of the fleets of the two countries.

Seeing that Ming Dynasty, which has been unknown for thousands of years, suddenly rises from the sea, and still dominates the world as a strong man, it is impossible to say that other countries are not envious and jealous.

In addition to the United Kingdom, a maritime power, including the Netherlands, which has a very close relationship with Ming Dynasty, it is also very contradictory to Ming Dynasty's "explosive ship" method, because judging from the current and foreseeable future overall development trend, while the Ming Dynasty navy has suddenly emerged, The Dutch navy will be left far behind, and this gap will become wider and wider, and the Dutch side has nothing to do about it.

No way, Daming is too rich.

Whether it is now or in the future, the navy is an extremely expensive service, but at the same time it is also the most important and most dependent armed force of all countries. But if the national power is too weak, you can only watch other people's gunboats show off their power in front of your eyes.

In terms of the national structure and national strength of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and other countries, they are well aware of this truth, but it is impossible for them to burn money unrestrainedly like Daming, and their strength does not allow it.

When the Dutch gunboat design experts learned the cost of the "Pangu" class that will be released a few years later, they were also deeply moved. After hearing that Ming Dynasty would build six battleships of this type, the Dutch looked even more ashamed.

This move indicates that from then on, the status of the sea hegemony will belong to Daming without dispute, and from then on, they can only be friends, not enemies.

Daming is really too rich.

This is a huge sum of more than four million taels of silver!

The annual fiscal revenue of the Dutch government is only slightly higher than this figure, but this revenue is used for various domestic construction and welfare expenses. If there is a slight surplus at the end of the year, or if the deficit is not large, it is already a high incense , and Emperor Ming directly approved this astronomical expenditure without hesitation.

Coupled with the construction of other gunboats, the Dutch knew after a little calculation that Ming would invest as much as 200 million Ming silver coins in the navy every year in the future, which was beyond the budget of European countries.

After learning about the overall development ideas and plans of the Ming Dynasty Navy, the Dutch government immediately strengthened its ties with all aspects of Ming Dynasty, and released rumors that it hoped to sign a permanent alliance treaty with Ming Dynasty.

Being friends with the strong is the only correct way out.

In order to show their sincerity, the merchant ships of the Dutch government and the East India Company, when they came to Daming to purchase goods, would bring varying numbers of talents of various types to Daming every time.

Because they know that Emperor Ming likes to recruit talents, especially talents in mathematics, physics, and manufacturing. As long as His Majesty the Emperor of Ming can be favored, the permanent alliance treaty that the Netherlands is eager to reach is likely to be achieved in the end. Approved by Emperor Ming.

Of course, this is also the news that Zhu Youjian deliberately asked Honglu Temple to release after learning of the Dutch's intentions.

Since you want something from me, then you have to exchange it with something I like, or I will become a winner?
There are only eternal interests between countries, and there is no eternal friendship.

　Thank you for being cold and heartless.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)