Standing on the dock, Luo Yishui looked up at the giant creature in front of him, and his eyes showed a look of horror. Standing in front of him was the latest fifth-level battleship that the Ming Dynasty was carrying out, the Dachu.

"It's different from Taiping. It's not only bigger, but also has a great change in appearance." Luo Yishui turned his head to look at Qin Feng.

"Of course." Qin Feng nodded and said, "The Taiping and Daqin are both sails and manpower as the most basic power, and the Dachu will be the first steam warship in the true sense. All his designs are to maximize the power of steam power and artillery, so there is a big difference from the other two five-layer warships in appearance."

Luo Yishui changed his color and said, "Your Majesty means that after the Da Chu is put into actual combat, will the combat effectiveness be stronger than the Taiping?"

"Of course." Qin Feng smiled and said, "The Taiping was rebuilt on the basis of the old ship, and it still has many shortcomings. The Dachu has avoided these problems to the greatest extent. In fact, it is not just the Dachu. The latest warships that the Ming Dynasty is now under construction have all been redesigned. Brother Luo, it won't take long to see a brand new fleet. They are the cornerstone of our maritime hegemony after the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is the Taiping or the Daqin, they can only exist in history as pioneers."

Luo Yishui walked to the dock and reached out to touch the cold hull of the Dachu, "It's actually iron?"

"How is that possible?" Qin Feng laughed: "I dream of using steel to build a warship, but now there is no possibility. There are too many problems, and there is no way to solve them now. This dream can only be left to future generations."

"Your Majesty really thinks that a ship made of steel can float on the surface of the water?" Luo Yishui looked at Qin Feng strangely.

"That's natural, I'm sure." Qin Feng smiled and remembered the aircraft carriers in later generations. They were truly huge as a mountain. Compared with it, the Da Chu was just a small toy.

"But I don't believe it?" Luo Yishui reached out to knock on the ship gang of the Dachu and shook his head.

"I'll take you to see a rare thing later, and you'll believe it." Qin Feng smiled slightly.

"The Da Chu is so powerful, why are you still packing iron plates on the hull? Isn't this increasing the weight of the hull?" Luo Yishui was a little strange, "This time, Taiping wiped out the Pattaya fleet, and it was their speed that played an extremely important role."

"Because the Taiping was modified by an old ship, the entire warship was equipped with only three steam engines. The Dachu was newly designed, and its power was made of four steam mechanisms. More importantly, the current steam engine, because the cylinder block is solved, the performance has been greatly increased, so it has no effect on wrapping iron plates outside." Qin Feng said: "Because now we can only use wood to build warships, fire prevention is still the most important issue. Once the enemy ship breaks through the protection circle of the Dachu package and is close to a huge figure like the Dachu, fire attack is undoubtedly the most threatening. So we wrap iron plates below to maximize protection."

Luo Yishui observed carefully and suddenly found that these iron plates were detachable. He couldn't help but wonder: "What's the reason?"

"Iron plates will rust and be corroded. Now we have not made much progress on this, and there is no way to solve the problem. On the sea, this damage will increase exponentially, so these iron plates need to be replaced after working for a period of time." Qin Feng explained.

"So that's it!" Luo Yishui suddenly realized, but felt a little lost. "I have been away from this land for too long. Now they really become I dare not recognize it. Your Majesty, I am really out of date. I don't understand these things at all."

"Over the years, our Ming Dynasty has indeed changed with each passing day. Not only did the Ming Academy of Sciences have created a lot of new things, but the folk, innovation and invention have also become the hottest things, because once they make good things, they can get everything, money, power, and wealth. In this regard, our Ming Dynasty is not stingy. Now the Ming Dynasty believes in one sentence, technology is the primary productive force."

"I'm afraid you said this sentence by Your Majesty, right?" Luo Yishui said with a smile.

"I said it is indeed what I said, but now the Ming Dynasty has taken it as a standard, because now everyone has found that I am right." Qin Feng laughed. He pounded the hull of the Dachu. "Like a steam engine, he not only qualitatively improved the combat effectiveness of our warships, but they also showed their skills in civil use. Many things that seemed impossible in the past seemed easy with the help of machines."

"Your Majesty is right!" Luo Yishui nodded.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the rare objects mentioned earlier. After reading them, you will not have any doubts about using steel to build warships in the future." Qin Feng said.

"Just trying to open your eyes."

The group left the dock and turned to another small dock. There were several gray ships parked there. The small one was not much larger than the fishing boat, but the largest one was the size of a three-layer warship, but only one layer.

"Brother Luo, come and see, what material is made of?" Qin Feng asked with a smile, standing in front of these ships.

Luo Yishui walked to the ships, stretched out his fingers and knocked them, with a look of confusion in his eyes. After carefully checking, he said in horror: "Cement?"

Cement is no longer an ban on this continent. Cement manufactured by the Ming Dynasty was also dumped on a large scale in Daqi. Compared with the cement workshops in Qi, the cement workshops in Daming were larger in scale, more advanced in technology, and much lower in cost. When the Ming Dynasty relaxed the ban on sales and developed it into Qi, Qi's own cement workshops were immediately suppressed and almost unable to survive. In addition to several state-owned ones struggling to support the court, the private cement workshops basically collapsed.

Because the cement produced by the Ming Dynasty was not only low in price, but also better in quality. Even the cement needed by the Qi State and the military were purchased from the Ming State.

The Ming Dynasty had a long discussion and objection to this. In fact, whether it was the Ming or the Daqi people, they knew the outbreak of the war between the two countries. Materials such as cement could make the city walls stronger, make the roads smoother, and dispose of better quality cement to Qi. In the eyes of some Daqi people, it was like a capital enemy. During that period, the cement workshop owners of the Ming Dynasty were very sad and were often besieged. They believed that they were selling national interests in order to make money.

But the court gave them strong support in this regard, and this opposition finally gradually disappeared.

"It's cement!" Qin Feng smiled and patted these ships, "Not only there is cement, but also steel, but the steel is wrapped in cement. Just install them with a soup steamer, and these ships can sail freely."

"Since that's the case, why do you still need to build wooden warships?" Luo Yishui said.

Qin Feng spread his hands: "This thing is solid and solid, but it has too many shortcomings and is useless. They can only play a role in some relatively fixed occasions. Of course, it is not impossible to use him to transport goods in normal times."

"Cement-made ships can actually float on the surface?" Luo Yishui was a little disbelief, jumped onto a ship and walked several times.

"Brother Luo, now you believe that you can build a warship with steel, right?" Qin Feng smiled and said, "Since the cement ship can float on the water, what's wrong with the steel ship? Yu Cong, do you think so?"

"What Your Majesty said is very true. In fact, when I was supervising the construction of this kind of cement ship, I felt a little anxious. Until they floated firmly on the water, I was sure that this was true. This also made me feel full of hope in building a real steel warship, and I couldn't wait."

"I can't hurry!" Qin Feng waved his hand, "I'll wait until the professors and masters in our Academy of Sciences can produce anti-corrosion and anti-rust things to extend the life of steel in water."

"Your Majesty said, I am anxious. In fact, even now, on the sea, no one is the opponent of our Ming Dynasty." Yu Cong said proudly.

"That's not necessarily." Qin Feng looked up at the West, "The Western Tiger Dynasty has all armored warships. Although they do not have the power of artillery, their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. Moreover, it is reported that there are too many warships, so these cement ships will play a big role at that time."

"His Majesty has such a powerful warship, and is he still worried that he cannot defeat the enemy of the West?"

"Before we are concerned about victory, we will first defeat, know ourselves and our enemy, and we will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Now, we still have too little understanding of that distant enemy. After all, we have a lot of knowledge about the warships that can be invested in the Naval Battle of Manila. At that time, there will be some land battles. Brother Luo, you now understand why I want to combine all the countries in that sea into a whole, right? Because we have to build a defense chain on all the island countries in that sea, with our warships on the sea and strong troops on the land. Only in this way can we truly block these enemies and annihilate them. Because of the existence of Qi, the power we can invest is actually limited. The day when the Western enemy arrives is the beginning of the decisive battle with Qi."

"I don't think Qi is the opponent of the Ming Dynasty." Luo Yishui said.

"I know Brother Luo is talking about these new weapons from our Ming Dynasty, but the one who decides to win the war will never be the first, and the talent is. What's more, this is a national war. Even if we have an absolute advantage in weapons, Brother Luo thinks we will be in a prosperous and prosperous way? When Moro was uprising, his subordinates held only some sticks and farm tools, but they beat the fully armed Yue people to pieces. How can we not be guarded against the lessons of the past?"

"The country of Yue was corrupt at that time, how could it be compared with the current Ming Dynasty?" Luo Yishui said.

"But our current enemies are far from Morocod!"
Chapter completed!