"In the Royal Navy, warships can be roughly divided into four categories. Class I warships, three-layer gun decks, more than 100 artillery pieces, with a capacity of more than 875 people, with a capacity of 2500-3500 tons, which are generally used as the flagships of the fleet. Class II warships, three-layer gun decks, 90-98 artillery pieces, with a capacity of about 750 people, with a capacity of more than 2,000 tons. Class III warships, two-layer gun decks, sixty-four-80 artillery pieces, with a capacity of about 490-720 people, with a capacity of 1,300-2,000 tons."

"Generally speaking, Class III warships are the main force of the Royal Navy. The most common battleships that the Royal Navy owns are Class III warships. Or a smaller Class IV warship. This class of warships has two layers of gun decks, 50-56 artillery pieces, a capacity of about 350 people, and a displacement of more than 1,000 tons."

Townsen, a nobleman from Great Britain, introduced Chu Yun in detail.

Chu Yun was secretly surprised when he heard this. Regardless of the size of the ship, just by looking at the firepower configuration, even the fourth-class warships have stronger firepower than the most powerful warships in the late Ming Dynasty!

"Mr. Townsend, how much silver is needed to build this four-class warship?" Chu Yun asked.

Chu Yun was really eager to build a navy. Only with a strong navy can the safety of trade be ensured, so that the industrial products produced by Jinzhouwei can be continuously exported to the whole world.

Townsends a finger.

"Ten thousand taels of silver? That's fine. We can still find a way to create a few ships." Chu Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

Townsend shook his head: "Sir, I think less. A four-class warship costs 100,000 taels of silver."

"100,000...10,000 taels of silver?" Chu Yun was so surprised that his jaw was about to fall to the ground.

In other words, even if he loses everything, he can't get a Class 4 sail battleship!

"This is just a cost, and it does not include the salary of the crew, the maintenance costs of artillery and ships, and the supply of daily necessities and ammunition. If you calculate carefully, you will have to spend at least 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver every year." Townsend said.

Chu Yun's face became worse the more he heard. His naval dream sounded far away.

"Are there any smaller warships that are slightly less powerful and have a less cost, about tens of thousands of taels less?" Chu Yun said.

"If the commander cannot build the above four levels of warships for the time being, he can build smaller fifth-class battleships and sixth-class battleships. They and the previous four battleships are all three-masted cross-sail battleships, with 200-40 artillery pieces, and 200,000 to 30,000 taels of silver are necessary."

"As for smaller ones, it is no longer possible to count the battleship. The double-brigged gunship is generally equipped with 16-24 guns, and tens of thousands of taels of silver should be enough. Although the power of the gunship is not as powerful as that of the battleship, it is its flexibility and can perform patrol and escort tasks."

Several technical experts from the British Empire in parallel world discussed the navy, talking nonsense.

By the way, Chu Yun already has an idea of ​​the structure of the Royal Navy.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain used Class I battleships as the spiritual symbol and Class III warships as the main force, and then was supplemented by a large number of gunships to perform escort, patrol and other tasks.

Although Chu Yun did not seem to have any strength to build a terrifying battleship, in the late Ming Dynasty when the navy was in decline, especially in the north, he might have dominated the entire country by just using gunships equipped with 24 advanced artillery pieces.

To build the brig gunship of the British Empire in the 18th century, it is necessary to light up the "Galen Sailing" technology, metallurgy technology in the 18th century, smoothbore gun technology in the 18th century, and nautical technology in the 18th century.

Among them, the "Galen Sailing" technology has been widely used in the West, and only 50 civilization points are needed. The smoothbore gun technology was installed in the 18th century and required 500 civilization points. However, the metallurgical technology in the 18th century had already been pointed at the same time as the steam engine technology was pointed out, so it did not need to be pointed. As for the navigation technology in the 18th century, it required 500 civilization points.

A total of 1,050 civilization points are needed.

If you want to build a British Sail Battleship, you need to point out the "Sailing Battleship" technology and need an additional 1,000 civilization points.

In fact, the civilization point is nothing to Chu Yun. Since he occupied the Jinzhou Wei, as the population, business, industry, culture and agriculture of the Jinzhou Wei began to grow, Chu Yun has nearly 10 civilization points every day. Now, Chu Yun can point out all these technologies after he has been in the past year.

But what if it all was made? If there was not enough silver, even a battleship could not be built!

Let's wait a little longer. Chu Yun temporarily put down his dream of a strong navy. He also understood why Zheng He's voyage to the West was criticized for being terminated for being expensive.

If a fleet of tens of thousands of people is only for the purpose of promoting national prestige, rather than plundering resources on a large scale and opening up stable trade routes, it is simply a waste of resources and a great opportunity to start the era of great navigation. In addition, it is impossible for agricultural countries to support a huge fleet in the long run.

"It seems that we are still far from building our Royal Navy." Chu Yun sighed.

"Yes, the British Empire has a population of nearly 10 million, and after generations of accumulation, it has only reached the scale of more than 100 battleships." Several technical experts comforted, "We only have tens of thousands of people here. Agriculture and industry have barely started and have not completed the accumulation of original capital. If we forcefully build battleships, it may drag down our economy."

"What you guys say is that I'm too impatient. I'm going to beg you all. When I have time, I'll invite you to the best restaurant in the city for dinner." Chu Yun said.

"You are welcome, you are grateful that we can have the full support of our superiors and make our learning useful." Townsend and others said.

After seeing off several British experts, Chu Yun began to adjust his psychological expectations. The Navy did not need to think about it for the time being, so let’s develop infantry and artillery on a large scale.

Chu Yun thought that the next target of the Later Jin retreated from Goryeo would be the Jinzhou Guards, and he had to arm himself before the Later Jin went south. Besides, even if the Later Jin did not come to attack the Jinzhou Guards, Chu Yun was still fighting against the other three states in southern Liaoning - Fuzhou, Gaizhou and Haizhou. If the four guards in southern Liaoning were captured, Chu Yun's civilization point growth rate would be four times that of now! You can open a 18th-century technology in one or two months!

After muttering for a while, Chu Yun strode to the barracks to inspect.

"Teacher Yang, how many people have your first infantry brigade recruited?" Chu Yun summoned the four infantry brigade officials.

"Report, the first infantry brigade under his jurisdiction has been expanded from 300 to 500. Later, Chen Ting asked 100 people to be sent, leaving only 400 people!" Yang Tai, who was carrying a tiger's back and a wolf's waist, said straight.

"Fuck! There are at least eight hundred people in your first brigade! I can't tell you, you are still a rich man!" Chu Yun kicked him hard.

"Hey, boss, how do you know..." Yang Tai was not angry, but smiled foolishly like the silly son of the local rich man's family.
Chapter completed!