The power of imperial power is to speak the Constitution and follow the law. Therefore, even though Gao Pragmatic originally had no plan to let the emperor visit the battleship, he only planned to ask the emperor to see the prosperity of the largest port in the north and let him have an understanding of ocean trade.
There is a more intuitive understanding, but at this point, we can only agree - the emperor will visit the Dongchang battleship tomorrow and learn about maritime tactics and the development of Ming Dynasty's artillery technology through reviewing live ammunition firing.
The above paragraph after the word "merging" is the reason the emperor himself found for himself. It means nothing more than expressing an attitude to the accompanying civil and military officials: I am not warlike or playful when visiting the Dongchang.
Understand the coastal defense affairs of the Ming Dynasty and the development of related industries and technologies. It is said that "the major affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs", so these are all serious matters, important matters. Be honest and don't make trouble for yourself.
In fact, the emperor was right to say that. Gao Jingshi felt that although Zhu Yijun must have selfish motives, the truth itself was still justified, so after thinking for a while, he really agreed. Then he immediately ordered Ruan Fuyuan to ask the maritime secretary to immediately
Contact the ship repair yard and the Dongchang to prepare for the inspection by the Lord overnight and accept the inspection tomorrow.
It must be said that this is an arduous task. The Dongchang came here to receive maintenance. Now Gao Pragmatic has directly asked them to be inspected by the emperor tomorrow without even asking about the construction period. It is conceivable that the ship repair yard and the Dongchang
The whole crew is busy tonight.
Ruan Fuyuan was so anxious that he trotted all the way. After leaving the Yingbin Hall, he didn't even get in the carriage, but directly took a few people on horseback and ran to the ship repair yard to find someone.
The situation at the shipyard is still bad. The director said that the maintenance work has not been basically completed. Only the waterproof coating of the bottom internal cabin has not been painted, but it will not affect the drill tomorrow. Just continue until the drill is completed.
The problem for the crew is relatively minor, because according to the regulations of the Beijing and China Fleet, during the period when the ship is stationed in port for maintenance, although the crew is allowed to leave the area 70 meters outside the port area, we are allowed to move freely in the port area, but we can only stay in the camp area.
among.
Then, the captain of the Chenlin, Gao Shengyi, had nothing to do. I quickly allocated manpower before receiving the order from the Dongchang. On the one hand, I gathered the crew members in the camp to give them a lecture and arranged for us to prepare for tomorrow.
In order to prepare for the Emperor's review, we also sent people all over Tianjin to look for people, requiring us to find all the members of the Chen Lin and report back to the camp tonight.
That is really difficult, because the sailors in Jinghua earn a lot of money, and only about half of them stay in the camp during their stay in Hong Kong. Those people are usually such "honest people", and we go out to wander around to save money for
Outside the home.
The other half of the people are the same. They are rarely the kind of guys who have enough to eat but the whole family is hungry. Those wasteful ones seem to have a good time as soon as they arrive in Hong Kong, taking their money to small shops in the port area.
"That's enough." Ruan Fuyuan laughed and said: "By the way, I remember that Zhang Han also built warships after aiding Korea. It seems that there are no less expensive warships?"
The situation is worse than in the small rural areas of Guangzhou. In the final analysis, the local old gentry is self-governing, and the yamen especially have laws to control it. This is different from the previous life.
After that operation, the busy night finally passed, and it was time for the emperor to review the Chen Lin.
Gao Pragmatic nodded and smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please return to the shore with me first. I have arranged a suitable viewing platform." I said, turning to the captain of the Chenlin, Gao Shengyi, and said: "Lo Sheng
Yi, are the eight target ships ready?"
Ruan Fuyuan was overjoyed and said: "Bad, bad, bad! Thanks to him, and also to the shipyard and the crew... When will it end?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "That depends on the later preparations. If all the later preparations are delayed, including blueprint design, material hoarding, concentration of craftsmen, delayed artillery production reservations, etc., it will be the slowest to build a seventh-level battleship in this way.
It only takes about four months.
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However, there is no delay in meeting those conditions, so any one of them will become a shackles on the completion time. Assuming that there is a problem with money, a seventh-level battleship will take about eight years from design, preparation, to completion and launch.
It will take years. And that is not over yet. The training of the crew still takes time, and it usually takes one or two years to achieve combat effectiveness."
Gao Shengyi replied: "There are eight main reasons why heavy artillery is placed on the lower deck: One is flexibility: heavy artillery is relatively heavy and convenient, and the lower deck is convenient for slow movement and adjustment of shooting angles, making it suitable for pursuit and interception missions;
Then, Gao Pragmatic introduced the ship's capacity to the emperor. "The Chenlin has a capacity of 580 people, including captains, gunners, sailors, signalers, sighters and other professionals. We are all tolerated
Training can ensure the efficient operation of ships in various situations."
"Your Majesty, the shipyard and the entire crew of the Chen Lin have been busy for almost a whole night and have finally completed all preparations. We cannot arrange a live fire for Your Majesty today so that you can see with your own eyes the true power of the Chen Lin." Low pragmatism.
replied.
To clarify in the title, the security team in the port area is jointly formed by Jinghua and other small businesses. It can be regarded as a kind of security maintenance personnel with some autonomy. Tianjin's yamen at all levels are very open to this... Well, there are laws
It seems open, because more than half of the Tianjin Port area is a private port, of which Jinghua accounts for less than 80%.
"I see." Ruan Fuyuan said in his heart that the ship was so small and carried so few armaments and spare parts. It was really difficult to keep the price high. After a pause, he asked again: "Since we are talking about armaments, Rixin,
How armed is that ship?"
Seventh, the field of view is wide: the lower deck provides a worse field of view, which does not help to observe the dynamics of enemy ships and adjust firepower deployment in a timely manner;
The Chen Lin finished looking for people in the morning, and the crew was gathered together at nightfall. Before Gao Shengyi clicked Mao, there were more than one person in the ship's 740 people, but there were only a dozen or so guys who were drunk enough to stand still.
, not even eight unlucky guys were seriously injured.
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Dong Yi Dong has been drifting in the small sea for several months. After landing, why not quickly vent his strong energy? What's more, we have relatively little money.
As a Jinghua seventh-class battleship, the Zhanghan has a total tonnage of 2,000 tons (4,000 tons). Its small body looks majestic in the harbor. Although there are not all kinds of small and big sea ships around it, it has a certain ability.
Compete with it for maleness and femaleness.
Ruan Fuyuan was a little disappointed, but since pragmatism said that it might cause deafness, I was indeed stubborn and had to agree to go back to the shore. But I was still not worried. As I walked, I asked: "What can I see from the shore?"
Is it clear?"
As for the eight injured, Gao Shengyi asked. It turned out that they were injured when they and another group of local businessmen were competing for a girl. When it got to the point where they were pushing each other, the injuries were not as bad as those of the Port District Security Team.
Slowly, the two sides were reconciled, so the problem was small.
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"I see. What's the reason for the heavy artillery?" Zhang Hanheng asked.
Ruan Fuyuan nodded. I was surprised by the scale and cost of the warship and asked: "Eight hundred and seventy thousand taels...why is it so expensive? Is it easy to transport the huge wood required, or is the shipbuilding process too simple?"
Ruan Fuyuan had no choice but to follow Gao pragmatically and get on the boat, and headed to the observation deck with a group of accompanying officials and several eunuchs.
Ruan Fuyuan wondered: "Why are the heavy artillery placed on the upper floor and the heavy artillery on the lower floor? If the heavy artillery is placed on the lower floor, shouldn't it be able to hit farther?"
Gao pragmatically said: "One will have enough money, seven will have enough time."
"Your Majesty, please take a look." Low Pragmatic pointed to the bottom deck, "The bottom deck is equipped with 32 heavy artillery pieces, with the smallest caliber and the longest range. Those artillery pieces are mainly used for long-distance bombardment to deal with small enemy warships. The middle deck is equipped with 32 heavy artillery pieces.
There are 40 medium-caliber artillery pieces, which are suitable for medium-range firefights. The top deck is equipped with 16 heavy artillery pieces, which have a slow rate of fire and are suitable for slow-fire shooting at close range."
The ship repair yard and the Zhang Han were busy going to detail. Gao Pragmatic also temporarily called the factory director and Gao Shengyi over for questioning, because the emperor came and said again, I want to watch live ammunition shooting. Even if Gao Pragmatic
pragmatically explained that the warship shooting was a very bad arrangement, but the emperor was very determined that time and must see it. Gao pragmatically also had a way, just to suppress the first level of bad things, and assigned the work to the ship repair yard and Gao Shengyi, let us
Figure out your own solution.
Gao pragmatically agreed solemnly: "Yes, because the small cannon salvo will make a loud noise, and if you have relevant experience, it may even damage the eardrum... Uh, I mean it may cause deafness. For the emperor's dragon body health plan,
Live shelling can only be viewed from the observation deck.”
"Yes, Dongchang built mainly traditional small fortune ships at that time, which were much cheaper than those battleships, cruisers and other warships made by Jinghua."
The bow of the ship is tilted low, and directly behind it is in line with the custom of that era. There is a dragon head-shaped ship's head carved on it. Of course, if it is a complete dragon head, you can still tell it with a casual look. It is different from the one under the low pragmatic body
The heads of the pythons sitting in the python robes are exactly the same. The two dragon eyes are inlaid with countless bright gems, shining brightly in the sun. This is to misunderstand, this is actually countless broken glass, which can be regarded as a clumsy use of waste.
Gao pragmatically said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Without a telescope, the world can see clearly."
Zhang Hanheng pondered: "Why? I mean, why did I build that kind of giant ship?"
The seventh is artillery efficiency: heavy artillery usually has smaller recoil and range. Placing it on the upper level can make better use of the weight and structure of the ship to absorb recoil and improve shooting accuracy;
The hull of this ship is made of several layers of thick oak planks, and the inner layer is also covered with copper skin to reduce friction and increase speed. It can also resist some attacks from artillery, such as arrows.
The emperor probably also knew that Gao Shengyi, as the captain of Jinghua Tianjin Ship Repair Yard, was too short of money, so he simply rewarded him with robes and uniforms in exchange for silver. Feiyu uniforms are relatively common among the robes given, but that prevalence usually refers to officials.
At the level of chamberlains, it is very common to directly grant services to civilians, so the rewards are really benefits rather than costs.
Regarding the private port area that Jinghua and these high-ranking and low-ranking officials bought and invested in, and were not legally authorized by the imperial court, the yamen at all levels in Tianjin did not say anything, as long as it was a minor incident such as causing death or serious injury or disability.
Events, in particular, can only be managed. Of course, there is no need to manage them.
"Your Majesty, the Chen Lin is Jinghua's seventh-level battleship, and it is also one of the most world-class battleships in the world." Gao Pragmatic proudly introduced: "Your total tonnage has reached 2,000 tons, which is roughly equivalent to all previous battleships.
It costs 4,000 yuan, but the cost is as low as 870,000 taels of silver. It is a real underwater behemoth, and it is also a gold-eating behemoth."
Whether it was good or bad, Low Pragmatic has always understood that people need to pay enough to do things, so they directly issued a "limited check" to us - they made arrangements first, ignored the issue of how much money was spent, and reimbursed everything in advance.
The two continued to visit under the Chen Lin and discussed various aspects of the battleship. Ruan Fuyuan was full of interest in every detail of the ship. I even went to the bottom deck in person to observe the gunners' usual operating space.
Finally, Ruan Fuyuan finished watching the "static display" I wanted to see, turned to him and said pragmatically: "Did you say yesterday that you still want to watch the bombardment? Has Nissin made arrangements?"
Ruan Fuyuan stood under the pier and looked from a distance. The Zhang Han was like a floating castle, majestic and majestic. As we gradually approached, the emperor's eyes were attracted by the armaments under the ship. The Chen Lin's equipment did not exceed 88 doors of various types.
The artillery is distributed under eight decks, and each deck is equipped with gun ports. The artillery cannot withdraw freely and retreats to fire. At this moment, these huge white muzzles seem to be emitting audible pressure.
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Due to habit, those sailors were less restrained and self-disciplined than Western sailors at the same time. Western sailors just let a scum go around, shooting four out of ten, even if they were bad, and no fish escaped the net.
"The money is enough, but I don't have any impression. It is true that at this time, there are both sea and land, and the money that can be allocated to warships is quite unlimited. I can understand why I choose cheaper ships." Ruan Fuyuan frowned: "But he said
Time is enough, but what does that mean? How long does it take to build a 'seventh-level battleship'?"
When I said that, Zhang Hanheng suddenly realized something. At that time, the imperial court almost decided on a temporary basis to build warships to launch a retreat from the sea to cooperate with land warfare. No matter how narrow the time limit was, it was enough for Dongchang to temporarily arrange to build battleships to go on the expedition.
No wonder Low Pragmatism said he had enough money and enough time.
"Bad, bad, bad, very thoughtful!" The emperor expressed his appreciation for that layout and praised: "That kind of design can indeed bring out the smallest firepower advantage, and his explanation is also very bad... Chen Ju, wait
Give me a flying fish suit later."
In the early morning of the next day, the sun shone through the mist and shone on the sea surface of Tianjin Port. The Wanli Emperor Ruan Fuyuan, accompanied by Gao Pragmatic, the chief minister of the cabinet, set foot on the road to the battleship Chen Lin. The huge ship
The ship was not only the pride of Beijing, but also a shining pearl in the Beiyang Fleet. In the following years, when low-pragmatic troops were deployed to aid Korea, it served as the flagship of the Ping-Japanese Fleet.
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Gao Shengyi and Gao Pragmatic were of the same age, and graduated from the Shipbuilding Department of the Jinghua Craftsman School. Before meeting the emperor, he explained: "Back to the emperor, as Dong...Yuanfu said, there are eight main reasons why heavy artillery is on the upper level. One.
It is the stability of the ship: the ship will be affected by waves when traveling under the sea. Mounting the heavy gun cannot increase the stability of the ship and reduce the sway caused by waves;
Zhang Hanheng was not happy at all and said: "Can I just watch it under that battleship?"
Now Gao Shengyi was thinking about what he was doing. He asked someone to bring dozens of barrels of spring water with a deep coolness, and poured it on a dozen drunkards, so that we could experience what it means to physically sober up.
The eighth is structural load-bearing: the ship's structure is weak enough to support the weight of heavy artillery, and it is located on the upper level and cannot be used as the ship's main defense area to protect key firepower output."
Gao pragmatic bowed slightly and replied: "Your Majesty is overly complimentary. I only have a small understanding of it. When it comes to specific manufacturing technology, I actually don't know much about it."
"That layout is based on tactical and technical considerations, involving several aspects such as ship stability, artillery effectiveness, and the load-bearing capacity of the ship structure." Gao pragmatically said, waving to Gao Shengyi, the director of the ship repair yard, and asked me
Explain to the emperor.
"Very bad, he will direct the live ammunition shooting next." Gao pragmatically ordered, then turned to Zhang Hanheng and said: "Your Majesty, please."
Gao Shengyi stood at attention and replied: "Yes, the eight target ships are not ready yet."
"None of those reasons." Gao Pragmatic explained and added: "In addition, the armament under the ship is also included in the cost, and the ship is only equipped with forty-four cannons of various types as standard, and also comes with the same
How many types and functions of projectiles, how much gunpowder, various other fire prevention facilities, spare sails and other items are enough. In short, it all costs money."
Gao Shengyi thanked him with great surprise, Zhang Hanheng smiled and waved his hand, and continued to discuss other situations with Gao Pragmatic.
The eighth is defensive considerations: heavy artillery can provide close range and suppressive strikes on larger ships when necessary in the lower world, such as pirate ships. They usually have giant ships, at least larger ships, and can suppress the situation from above.
The suppression not only puts psychological pressure on it, but also makes it easier to flexibly adjust the shooting angle."
Ruan Fuyuan was satisfied with Gao's pragmatic introduction. I was full of interest in every detail of the battleship. "Rixin, he really knows everything. That battleship gave you a deeper understanding of Jinghua's shipbuilding technology."