The recovery of Montevideo did not cause any waves in the Ming Dynasty.
Even the newspapers did not issue warnings, and there was no parade to celebrate the victory, because everyone knew that the fall of the city was only a matter of time.
"The Imperial Army suffered 1,049 casualties and 4,172 wounded. The enemy defenders suffered more than 29,000 casualties, 7,820 wounded, 11,238 prisoners, and 7,651 missing..."
On the way to the shipyard by car, Liu Kunpeng looked at the numbers in the newspaper and couldn't help but admire them.
"The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army has reached a new level! The death ratio is nearly thirty times, which shows how brave the Imperial Army is!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the secretary sitting in the passenger seat said.
"Director, in the final analysis, it is artillery. One of my classmates is on the front line. They said that the military has been encircling and not attacking these days, firing at least 300,000 rounds of artillery shells. I guess this is also the reason why there are so many missing people in Brazil.
, even the hard-fried ones were reduced to ashes..."
"Oh, this is how the imperial army works. In terms of cost, artillery shells are always cheaper than people. Cheng Zhe, how much does it cost for our immigration department to transport an immigrant? 7.32 yuan to 7.81 yuan, even if the casualties are not counted.
Training expenses and pension expenses are just the cost of transporting from China to Linhai, which can almost buy five or six artillery shells. If the training cost is also included, the cost of a soldier is at least more than 20 yuan, which is less than 20 artillery shells.
.If you add in the pension, you need to spend at least five or six hundred yuan for every soldier killed in battle, which is hundreds of rounds of artillery shells. In fact, war is like business, and the cost always needs to be calculated. Compared with weapons and ammunition, in fact,
People...are the most expensive cost!"
The reason why Liu Kunpeng has such a view is that Emperor Zhu Da has instilled it in them over the past many years. The reason why he emphasizes the supremacy of manpower is because the Ming Dynasty is short of people!
For the Ming Dynasty, which lacked human resources, cannonballs could be manufactured at any time, but people could not.
"Besides, in terms of time, it will take at least four months for us to recruit a person from China, transport him here, and then complete the recruit training before he can go to the front line. Four months, if it is a child, from the baby
It takes eighteen years to reach adulthood, but how long does it take for our factory to make a cannonball?"
The answer is obvious. The director's words made Sun Chengzhe think for a moment. Then he remembered that as early as in Nanhua, His Majesty had always emphasized that "human lives in Nanhua are more valuable than cannonballs" and "I would rather exchange a hundred cannonballs for one."
human life".
"I have learned a lesson from my humble position."
When the secretary nodded with deep understanding, Liu Kunpeng sat back in his seat, half-closed his eyes, and muttered to himself.
"Actually, in the final analysis, our Ming Dynasty has developed industry and commerce. If it were other countries, even if they wanted to fire hundreds of thousands of artillery shells, they would have to have them!"
Yes, in the past ten years, Daming's industrial output has firmly ranked third in the world. Although its iron output is only 2 million tons, which is only equivalent to 10% of the world's output, its steel output has exceeded 4 million tons.
Guan, accounting for 70% of the world.
The only weakness is coal, but it is only 28 million tons, and 80% of it comes from the Beihai Governorate. In addition, 7 million tons of coal need to be imported from the Cape Town Colony every year. Therefore, the most sought-after merchant ships in the Ming Dynasty will always be
They are all ore ships. Of course, there are also immigration ships.
The former is under the control of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, while the latter is under the control of his Immigration Department.
The reason why it is so popular is that the Ming Dynasty needs to transport tens of millions of tons of coal from overseas every year, and at the same time it needs to introduce a large number of immigrants from China.
Today Liu Kunpeng went to the shipyard to participate in the launching ceremony of a new immigrant ship - the launching ceremony of the 17,000-ton immigrant ship "Henan".
"Henan" is the second-generation large immigration ship of the Ming Dynasty, with a tonnage of 17,032 tons, a length of 227 meters, and a width of 22.3 meters. It is the largest ship in the world after the "Great Eastern". It is equipped with two three-expansion reciprocating steam engines.
It was the largest steam engine of its kind at the time, capable of producing 15,000 horsepower, propelled by twin propellers, with a design speed of 18 knots and a maximum speed of 19 knots.
"With 18,500 beds and 16 immigration ships of the same class, we can transport almost two million immigrants to Daming in a year..."
He threw the "Victory Wine" in his hand and hit the left string of the "Henan". The gate of the dry dock opened, and the large immigrant ship floated steadily amidst scattered cheers. The ear-piercing
The ship's whistle sounded, reminding onlookers that he was about to head to the sea and sail to the country.
Of course, he still needs to outfit - install immigration cabins. Those immigration cabins are similar to containers. Even the "Henan" is somewhat similar to a container ship. 1,200 immigration cabins can be installed in the spacious cabin, and each immigration cabin can
Accommodating 20 people, more people could be transported if it were not for the need to arrange restaurants (study rooms) on each floor.
But even so, it is already the limit. When every immigration ship leaves China with a full load of immigrants, it is when he, the director of immigration, is most worried. He is afraid! He is afraid of a shipwreck! Once something happens, it will be the biggest disaster in history.
The shipwreck!
Fortunately, this is a deep-sea route, so there is no need to worry about dangers such as rocks.
"Director Liu, as soon as next June, the "Henan Class" from the three major shipyards will be delivered. With them, immigration can increase by at least two million every year!"
Will Lee was the most famous naval engineer in the Ming Dynasty. He was a naturalized citizen of Irish descent. When he was still called Will Rouse, he participated in the construction of the "Great Eastern". The first batch of 10,000-ton ships in Nanhua were
Designed and built by him.
Of course, his fame is not that he presided over the construction of the first batch of 10,000-ton ships in the Ming Dynasty. The most fundamental reason is that one-third of the naval engineers in the Ming Dynasty came from his disciples, and they can be called the "shipbuilding engineers of the Ming Dynasty".
Grandmaster".
"Gong Li, two million is a lot...but it's still not enough!"
Liu Kunpeng said with a smile.
"There are tens of millions of compatriots in China waiting for us to be shipped back!"
What is the most popular in China?
Of course they are humans.
China's population is the capital for Ming Dynasty to dominate the world. This is known to all, but this capital must be transported to Ming Dynasty before it can become Ming Dynasty's capital, otherwise it will be in vain.
"Well……"
Looking at Liu Kunpeng in surprise, Li Will said.
"Director Liu, you can't just think of transporting them all in one year!"
There are many people in China, of course Will Li knows that, but he can’t transport tens of millions of immigrants a year?
"The more immigrants we can transport, the better..."
Staring at the immigrant ship on the sea, Liu Kunpeng said in a rather sighing tone.
Just as His Majesty said, the disaster in China is a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity for Ming Dynasty!
"The appearance of this ship is quite unique!"
Indeed, its appearance should be regarded as strange in everyone's eyes: the forecastle and chimney are located in the middle of the merchant ship, but they are concentrated on the right side, occupying only a quarter of the width of the deck, and the wooden strip-shaped deck from beginning to end
With a length of more than 200 meters, such a spacious upper deck can be used as a sports ground for immigrants and an open-air classroom. In short, it is of great use.
This was also the original goal of designing it - it was the idea of Emperor Zhu Da.
This is the Ming Dynasty’s “Quick Immigration Ship”, an epoch-making immigration ship. If a photo of it were taken to another world, someone would be shocked and say... This is clearly an aircraft carrier!
Yes, to a certain extent, it does look like an "aircraft carrier". Even Emperor Zhu Da's original idea was based on an aircraft carrier. After all, it has a spacious cabin, a large deck, and can accommodate many containers...
...In future wars, if the technology matures, they will naturally be the first batch of aircraft carriers of the Ming Dynasty. They need simple improvements and can be used as aircraft carriers. Their performance will definitely not be worse than the escort aircraft carriers of World War II.
How much? In fact, the world's first aircraft carrier was also an improvement from a civilian ship.
And now, they are Ming Dynasty’s immigration ships!