Daming 1805

Chapter 271

Dashi Kingdom currently does not have a navy, only the guards have some small patrol boats, the largest tonnage is no more than [-] tons.

At present, Dashi Kingdom does not have the ability to independently maintain and use thousands of tons of "big ships", let alone large capital ships of tens of thousands of tons or even tens of thousands of tons, so there must be a learning process.

Thousand-ton destroyers, [-]-ton small cruisers, [-]-ton light cruisers, [-]-ton cruisers, small battleships and aircraft carriers, main battleships and aircraft carriers.

If there is no teacher to teach this series of steps, if Dashiguo learns by itself, it will take at least 20 years.

Maybe 30 years can't be done...

But the Great Food Kingdom is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Jingyuan is still a prince, so it is impossible to fumble around in the Great Food Kingdom by himself, so he will definitely find a way to hug his thigh and ask the Ming Navy for help.

But even if the Ming Navy directly leads it, it will probably take ten years for the Great Food Nation to train enough sailors and officers to be able to drive the main battleships and aircraft carriers to the battlefield.

Zhu Jingyuan thinks that the fastest solution is for the retired veterans of the local navy of the Ming Dynasty to move over as a whole to serve the Dashi Kingdom as a whole, and take the recruits of the Dashi Kingdom's navy on board for training.

If all the capital ships are purchased at one time and the entire fleet is trained as a whole at one time, it is estimated that it will be done in a total of five or six years.

This first requires that you are willing to spend money, and then you need the full cooperation of the Ming Navy.

The problem of money is actually not that big, the key is that the difficulty of power cooperation is too high.

Zhu Jingyuan considered for a long time, but finally gave up this extreme plan and decided on a 12-year study plan.

Within three years, master the technology of maintaining and using destroyers over [-] tons.

At the same time, the construction of the naval base is completed, and there are more than four [-]-ton escort destroyers.

Within five years, master the technology of maintaining and using combat destroyers of more than [-] tons, and have more than four combat destroyers.

Within seven years, master the technology of maintaining and using cruisers of more than [-] tons, and own more than four light cruisers.

Within nine years, master the technology of maintaining and operating cruisers of more than [-] tons, own two cruisers of [-] tons,
Within 12 years, master the technology of maintaining and using battleships and aircraft carriers, and complete the basic combat fleet formation:
It has one battleship, one aircraft carrier, four [-]-ton cruisers, and eight [-]-ton light cruisers.

There are more than eight [-]-ton combat destroyers and more than sixteen escort destroyers.

Then train soldiers with two crews on one ship, and strive to double the size of the fleet within 15 years.

Zhu Jingyuan wrote down the general direction of development.

The next morning, Zhu Jingyuan handed over his plan to Guan Tianpei:
"Buy the boats on this timetable, and at the same time recruit immigrants directly from the native land, immigrants who aim to be sailors and officers.

"In addition, recruit craftsmen and workers to build the naval base, and build maintenance facilities in Liusha City and Meng County."

Guan Tianpei was originally from the navy and was actually very familiar with warships.

But I was a little surprised by Zhu Jingyuan's plan:
"Your Highness... Don't tell me about the meeting yesterday, are you going to buy a yacht? How did it become a warship?"

Zhu Jingyuan said of course:

"What's wrong with warships? Are warships more exciting than yachts? Do you like warships or yachts?"

Guan Tianpei couldn't help laughing immediately:
"Of course it's a warship."

Zhu Jingyuan also laughed:

"That's it, I think buying a yacht is a waste, so I changed it to buying a warship, and a warship can also be a yacht.

"The construction of warships also takes time. The larger the warships, the longer the construction period. We must prepare the ships in advance.

"So orders for destroyers will be placed immediately, cruisers will be ordered within two years, and battleships and carriers will be ordered within five years.

"You are directly responsible for the entire project. After the entire fleet is formed, your rank should be at least a major general.

"As for the teacher, I will contact Father alone and ask him to arrange a group of veterans to come and help."

Guan Tianpei understood that this was to build a fleet from scratch.

You can learn more in the process than you can learn by serving in the current fleet.

Considering Zhu Jingyuan's special status, following him to complete this task from scratch, it can be said that the future is boundless.

Guan Tianpei said a little excitedly:
"The subordinate understands, I will arrange it immediately!"

Guan Tianpei went to find Liu Zhixin and asked Liu Zhixin to coordinate the Dashiguo military room to buy the destroyer Zhu Jingyuan wanted.

Liu Zhixin subconsciously thought that this was Zhu Jingyuan's escort fleet for his yacht.

So Liu Zhixin didn't think too much about asking, and directly arranged for the relevant department to place the order.

Zhu Jingyuan first sent a telegram to his father, asking for support and help from the navy.

Then I went to the harem and informed the people I was going to take with me to get them ready to leave within five days.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't mention the matter of escaping the summer heat. There's no need to specifically mention this kind of purpose, as long as you don't come back when you get there.

Speaking it out specifically, and letting Liu Muyun's extroverted personality spread the word, it might have a slightly bad influence.

After all, I can bring my family with me, but I can't bring all the citizens with me. Ordinary people have to stay here to suffer.

Including the two concubines Liu Muyun and Yu Muxue, as well as the maids such as Chunxiang, they were a little surprised by Zhu Jingyuan's urgency.

Zhu Jingyuan's request to bring everyone, including his two sons, with him was even more suspicious.

But they didn't ask any questions, but made guesses in their hearts as a matter of course.

I want to visit Mozhou, but I don't want to be separated from my wife and children...

This kind of speculation made them not express any opinions, they all nodded in agreement one after another, and immediately ordered people to prepare.

Five days later, the [-]-ton passenger ship assigned by the Royal Liner, the Daishan Island, arrived in Liusha City.

The Governor's Mansion of the Right Army of the Ming Dynasty also arranged a fleet to escort Zhu Jingyuan to Mozhou for inspection.

Zhu Jingyuan boarded the boat with his wife, children and maidservants.

Liu Zhixin brought the officials of the Great Food Kingdom to see him off.

Before boarding the boat, Liu Zhixin couldn't help asking Zhu Jingyuan:
"Your Majesty, have you selected our yacht yet? Why don't you place an order with the destroyer?"

Zhu Jingyuan had already given up on the yacht, and at this moment he was taken aback:
"Yacht? What yacht..."

But when the words came to his mouth, he reacted:

"I haven't planned it yet. What I want is special, not a ready-made product. You don't have to worry about it."

Zhu Jingyuan waved goodbye as he spoke, and boarded the passenger ship under the guard of the guards.

After the passenger ship left the pier, Zhu Jingyuan and the other passengers felt cooler under the sea breeze.

But the actual temperature is still relatively high, Liu Muyun is still willing to walk around occasionally, and Yu Muxue has been paralyzed for a long time.

In order to allow enough time for Meng County to prepare for the reception, the speed of the passenger ship that Zhu Jingyuan was on dropped to ten knots.

It took half a month of running slowly on the sea before arriving at Meng County, the capital of the Mozhou region of the Great Food Country.

The fleet left the Persian Gulf and headed south along the coastlines of Dashi Peninsula and Dongmozhou Peninsula.

When the boat approached the coastline in the east of Mozhou, Zhu Jingyuan felt that the temperature on the sea was more comfortable.

After arriving at the equator, the maximum temperature during the day is less than [-] degrees.

Even the lazy Yu Muxue was willing to come out for a walk.

On May [-], the second year of Ankang, the fleet arrived at the destination and docked at the Meng County Wharf.

The guards on the ship disembarked first to set up defenses. Zhu Jingyuan's family disembarked and joined Lin Zexu who was waiting here.

Then they drove together to the residence prepared for Zhu Jingyuan's family, a Taixi castle in the east of Meng County.

During the opening of the new sea route, the Portuguese occupied Meng County as their stronghold in the east of Mexico Island.

The Portuguese built the castle in 1593 and named it Fort Jesus.

Later, the castle and the city were occupied by the Omanis for a long time, and finally fell into the hands of Daming along with the city.

Now the Ming officials headed by Lin Zexu call it Xiyi Fort, which was originally intended to be used as a military camp.

When they received that Zhu Jingyuan was coming to inspect, they found that there was no suitable place for Zhu Jingyuan to live in Meng County.

There are many houses and manors of various kinds in Meng County, but it is difficult to guarantee their safety.

The castle has walls, a moat, and is a completely separate building.

The internal and surrounding environment are completely controllable, and it is very close to the existing county government office, which seems to be four very suitable places.

So Lin Zexu arranged for people to clean it up, and after rearranging it, it was used as Zhu Jingyuan's temporary residence.

(End of this chapter)