Looking at the two eager army and navy leaders in front of him, Emperor Zhu frowned a little - France and the Netherlands are not weak chickens!

It costs a lot to defeat them! And this benefit...

France was the era of the Sun King Louis, the heyday of the Bourbon dynasty. It was a cloud of famous generals and a sea of ​​elite soldiers! There was Prince Condé, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and François Eugen's--just Zhu.

Henry's cousin... is now 8 years old, and he is still an Italian dwarf. He knows how powerful he is as soon as he hears it! In France today, one is really more awesome than the other, and one is even better than the other.

Even shorter, it’s hard to deal with even if you think about it!

Now is the time for the Netherlands to be awesome, because there is no "water-replacing-army" war that shattered the Dutch country, and the Netherlands has also gained an alliance of "the Netherlands on the sea and France on the land". So.

The Netherlands' national power is still at its peak, and it is not far behind in the latest naval competition. Like the Ming Dynasty, it has built a new battleship with a load capacity of 1,000 tons and can be equipped with 40 12-pound long-barreled bombardment guns. Its strength is just now

of!

Of course, if we just look at the paper strength, the Dutch Navy and the French Navy together are far inferior to the Ming Dynasty Navy.

Currently, the Pacific type battleships equipped by the Ming Dynasty for use in the decisive battle in the ocean include Pacific Type A, Pacific Type B, and Pacific Type C, a total of three new models.

Among them, the Pacific A-type is the latest to be finalized among the three models, with the smallest tonnage and a load capacity of only 700-750 tons (the Pacific A-type ships are not exactly the same, so the tonnage varies). It is also the weakest in armament and equipment.

24 12-pound long-barreled bronze cannons were built. However, they built the largest number. A total of two modifications were produced, and a total of 45 ships were built. In addition, the design of a third modification has been completed, and the Navy has built 15 ships.

The orders are being built by shipyards in Nanjing, Shanghai, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places.

The Pacific Type B was finalized later, with a slightly larger tonnage of 800-850 tons, and strong armament, equipped with 32 12-pound long-barreled bronze cannons. Currently, one modification has been released, and 20 ships have been built. The second

The modification is being designed and has not yet been finalized.

The Pacific C-type is the latest model, with a tonnage of over 1,000 tons! Currently there is only one model, with a total of 8 ships built and 7 more under construction. The first modification of the Pacific C-type has also begun design.

In other words, a total of 73 ships of these three types of battleships have been built so far, with 23 more under construction.

Of course, these three types of battleships capable of decisive ocean battles are not the entire lineup of the Ming Navy's main fleet.

The Ming Dynasty Navy also has two special battleships, the Malacca type and the hard sailing type. Among them, the Malacca type is also divided into three types: A, B, and C. A total of 30 ships were built, and they are all completed so far (three ships have been lost).

The hard sailing type is a cheap battleship transformed from the commercial Pacific sailing ship - as the Pacific Rim route has become more and more popular in the past two years, more and more Pacific hard sailing ships are put into use, which can

There are more and more sailors who are skilled in sailing this type of sailing ship. Moreover, shipyards all over the Ming Dynasty did not know how many Pacific hard sailing ships were built. Those experienced shipwrights can say that they can build the ship with their eyes closed.

Come out. Therefore, the cost of building a hard-sailed Pacific battleship is very low!

In addition, because the Pacific hard sailing ship uses hard sails, there are fewer sailors on board, and the cost of use is much lower than that of soft-sailed capital ships.

Moreover, the sailors of the Ming Dynasty were very familiar with the Pacific hard-sailed warships, so it would not be difficult to recruit some merchant sailors to join the Pacific hard-sailed warships.

Because of the above advantages, the Ming Dynasty had a large number of Pacific hard-sailed battleships, more than a hundred!

Of course, the shortcomings of this kind of Pacific hard-sailed battleship with outstanding advantages are also outstanding, that is, the speed is too slow... so it can only do some chores such as escorting, transporting, bombarding coastal targets, and supporting landings.

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If the Pacific type battleships, Malacca type battleships, and Pacific hard sail type battleships are added together, the total number of bombardment gun battleships owned by the Ming Dynasty is more than 200, which is more than the total number of bombardment gun battleships owned by Britain, France, and the Netherlands!

Therefore, the current paper strength of the Ming Dynasty Navy has almost reached the historical level of the British Royal Navy at the end of the 18th century.

With such strength as the backing, Qin Mingtao and Chen Shangchuan will certainly be strong!

However, Emperor Zhu was not as arrogant as these two... In his opinion, it was not worthwhile to drag the Ming Navy's old people out to fight with the Dutch and French navies!

Picture what?

Although the French and Dutch navies have relatively few battleships, if they really had to fight it out, the Ming Navy would have a higher probability of winning.

But today's navy is a business of "kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 to yourself". If the main force of the French and Dutch navies were really wiped out, the main force of the Ming Navy would also have to lose at least half.

Even the ships, equipment, and personnel pensions, at least 20 million taels of silver have been wasted?

Of course, it is not impossible to get 20 million... The question is, if you invest this 20 million, where will the return be? Can Aurangzeb give 50 million?

Impossible!

The Ming Dynasty spent 20 million to save him, and then... there was no more!

What a loss of blood!

But what if the Ming Dynasty was a little more cowardly? Huddled in Malacca and let France, the Netherlands, and Dashun go to India to grab it... Aurangzeb couldn't stand it anymore, and at this time we could negotiate the price, maybe

Can negotiate for 100 million!

Zhu Cixi is a good person and is willing to save the Indian people...but we can't just let them be colonized by France! This Frenchman is more hateful than the British. When the time comes for the great revolution, they will demand freedom, equality, and fraternity.

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What will happen to the vast number of working untouchables in India who were colonized by the French? They will not be allowed to become untouchables!

So Zhu Cixiang is willing to save the untouchables in India...but the problem is, there is a fee!

How can you save people from fire and water without even negotiating a price?

Zhu Cixiang frowned and turned his gaze to Zheng Sen, the Minister of Revenue - Your father is a profiteer, and you also understand economics. You should know what I mean, right?

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the Ministry of Revenue has money!"

As soon as Zheng Sen opened his mouth, Zhu Cihong was disappointed - you are not as good as Zheng Zhilong! If Zheng Zhilong were here, he would definitely be crying at this time!

"Are you rich?" Zhu Cixiang winked at his senior brother.

"Your Majesty, you can absolutely rest assured!" Young Master Zheng Sen, how can he cry about poverty? He immediately patted his chest and said, "I can raise a military expenditure of 100 million for Your Majesty!"

100 million, you still want to spend 100 million... spend 100 million to save Aurangzeb? Do you think I am the God that Aurangzeb worshiped several times every day?

Zhu Cixiang was so angry that he didn't want to talk to Zheng Sen anymore. He immediately turned to look at Grand Duke Luo - You, the chief minister, look very treacherous. You must be able to understand the holy will, right?

"Your Majesty, now that Li Jicheng has colluded with the Western Barbarians and exterminated himself from the Celestial Empire, and recently killed his mother and imprisoned his biological father, it is really unacceptable. If the imperial court sends troops to conquer at this time, it will definitely get a lot of help, and a great victory can be expected!"

By the way...you are a Donglin Party member! Zhu Cixi then remembered that Grand Duke Luo was the favorite disciple of Donglin Party leader Qian Qianyi! No wonder he was so full of political correctness...Li Jicheng was going to India to become a Brahmin.

Kshatriya, why are you stopping him? Aurangzeb didn't give us any money! Just let him go! If he goes, won't it be easy for us to recover Yunnan? We still need Daoduozhu... who

Will help come in vain? They are all coveting the Ming Dynasty’s rewards!

Wei Zhongcheng, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has already seen Zhu Cixiang's thoughts... Long live the Lord is scared! Long Live Lord is old and does not have the ambitions of the past. What he wants now is to arrange for his descendants so that the Ming Dynasty will last forever.

It was the same as Grandpa Taizu in his later years.

There is not much point in starting a war with the French and the Dutch in the Little Western Sea. Even if you can beat them to the ground, if you want to open up a country or several countries in India, you have to continue to invest heavily and recruit troops for expeditions.

Moreover, India is also a place full of diseases, and the people from China are not accustomed to the local environment. If you are so motivated, you might as well put more effort into the New World!
Chapter completed!