Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 476 The sea is open to all rivers

"This is just the beginning."

Seeing Wang Zheng so excited, Zhu Youxiao walked aside and lifted up another red cloth, "Since it is said that treasure ships equipped with iron armor can sail on the sea in the future, does that also mean that sea ships made entirely of steel? Can we also ride on the sea?"

One word stirs up a thousand waves! !

Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, Jiao Xu and others all had shocked looks on their faces when they heard what their emperor said.

They couldn't help but be shocked! !

To their knowledge, they have never thought that wood should be abandoned to build a sea-going ship, and the entire body should be made of various steel and iron materials. Even if such a lump of iron can be built, won't it sink when it hits the water?

This is what Zhu Youxiao said. But if it were another person, Wang Zheng and the others would not only ignore it, but would even call it wishful thinking.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to do."

Wang Zheng's Adam's apple moved up and down, and he looked at Zhu Youxiao and said: "If you really want to build a steel warship with all kinds of steel and iron materials, you must find a way to make it float on the sea. From this, we must Construct numerous watertight bulkheads, and even if this steel warship is built to be long enough, its scale will far exceed the largest known sailboat!"

"I know what the Qing family wants to say."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and faced everyone's gaze, "It is not difficult to make a steel warship float, but what to use to drive it has become the biggest problem. Simply relying on the masts and sails is not enough. Sailing on the sea is undoubtedly a useless existence."

Wang Zheng was silent.

This is a cruel reality!

"This is a problem that the shipping and armament departments will jointly solve in the future."

Zhu Youxiao continued: "Because this is not only something that the Ship Cleaning Department has to conquer, the Arms Cleaning Division also has to conquer it, because the model I asked the Inner Court to build is not just as simple as a ship model."

When talking about this, Zhu Youxiao walked to a place and lifted up another piece of red cloth.

This is a model composed of carriages, and the one at the front is a locomotive. Seeing this strange combination, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, and Jiao Xu frowned.

what is this?

"I call it a steam train."

Seemingly seeing everyone's doubts, Zhu Youxiao pointed to the model in front of him and said: "It travels on a double track, and what makes it move is not wind power, let alone animal power, but its own drive." , as for what is the driving force, you can guess the name through me."

"steam?"

Jiao Xu frowned and said.

"How is this possible?"

Song Yingxing opened his eyes wide and said, "It's incredible to use steam to drive it."

"It's quite incredible."

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and said: "But have you ever thought about it, before gunpowder was developed, it was purely a matter of magicians who mixed sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal in order to seek immortality. This did not lead to the elixir of immortality, but unexpectedly We have developed extremely powerful gunpowder, wouldn’t this have been unbelievable before?”

In fact, the civilization nurtured by China has an extremely rich foundation. This is by no means comparable to that of continents such as Europe. Not to mention the four major inventions, let's talk about shipbuilding technology.

The technology of watertight bulkheads has achieved initial results as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The emergence of this technology, combined with keel laying technology, has contributed to the continuous increase in the size of ships, and even made steel warships a possibility. Since at the stage of complete exploration, the ancients could develop many advanced technologies and even clarify many standards, Zhu Youxiao has reason to believe that under the general direction he pointed out, with Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, and Jiao Xu With the efforts of many outstanding people, it is entirely possible to achieve what he wants.

Even if this time period is very long.

Even if it is wasted during this period!

But Zhu Youxiao is willing to wait and pay, because if these technologies really make breakthroughs and can be developed first in Ming Dynasty and invested in corresponding fields, the changes will be earth-shaking.

"Perhaps the self-generating ship can be bigger."

But under this situation, Wang Zheng started mumbling to himself.

In fact, before he was summoned to the capital, deep in Wang Zheng's heart, he had thought about letting the ship generate its own power and sail without relying on external wind power. However, the self-generating ship he conceived was far smaller than the steel warship model in front of him. Even if it were created, the distance it could travel on its own would be extremely short.

"These models are a generous gift from me to you, and they are also a generous gift to Ming Dynasty."

Looking at the people with different expressions in front of him, Zhu Youxiao lifted up his robe sleeves and said: "But if you want Ming Dynasty to have these generous gifts, you still need all the ministers to work together and play corresponding roles in their respective fields to see if they can be created." Come out, as long as we can create it, then the remaining problems won’t be a problem.”

At this moment, Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, and Jiao Xu looked at each other.

"I agree to all the problems that Wang Qing wants to solve when he returns to the capital, including wanting to recruit missionaries who are proficient in shipbuilding. After all, the foundation is very important."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Zheng and said: "But I have something to say first, some of which are related to the core areas of the Ming Dynasty's national destiny. Those missionaries cannot be allowed to participate in it, or even know about it. Those who are not of my race must have different minds." , you are all the treasures of my Ming Dynasty, I won’t say much about this, you all know it.”

"I know that some of you among the ministers originally believed in Western sects in order to obtain culture and technology that are different from those of the Ming Dynasty from these missionaries, but some bottom lines still need to be clear."

"The ministers can take away the models in front of them, but they must not be allowed to be accessed by untrustworthy people. This is the only chance for Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty's words, I will definitely keep them in mind!"

Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang and others all bowed in obeisance.

In fact, if you want to make a big breakthrough in the field of science and technology, you cannot have the mentality of building a car behind closed doors. You must have the mentality of being open to all rivers and extracting the essence and discarding the dross. Zhu Youxiao knows that there are hidden dangers in the premature emergence of these models in front of him, but Zhu Youxiao still wants to try it.

Let's see if Wang Zheng and the others can give themselves a surprise.

Even if this surprise takes thirty, forty, or even longer years, Zhu Youxiao can afford to wait!

"The corresponding dossiers involving these models were written down by me before orally."

Zhu Youxiao gathered his thoughts, looked at the people in front of him and said, "Please take them all with you when you leave the palace. First, sort them out as a whole to see how to overcome the difficulties and what support is needed during this period. When I submit memorials to the emperor, I will try to solve them one by one."

"I will obey your orders!"

Everyone bowed and worshiped again.

(End of this chapter)