Chapter 1524 Emperor Wen Asks His Son

Later, Yun Zheng asked Zhao Liuliang for detailed information about the current situation of Xinjin Port and the Shipping Company.

Now, with the navy fleet led by Yao Baoju and others, the shipbuilding speed at the Shipbuilding Department has slowed down.

Now, Shuobei is building small and medium-sized warships.

In addition, the existing warships will be improved so that naval guns can be moved onto them.

Although it is just an improvement, there are many things to consider and the difficulty is quite high.

The construction of the ironclad ship that Yun Zheng had previously instructed was also progressing slowly.

It is relatively easy to cover a warship with iron armor.

However, this iron armor is easily corroded by sea water, and the shipping company currently has no good solution.

The shipping company has tried methods such as applying wax, anti-rust oil and painting. Although they have certain effects, they are not ideal.

In addition, they also thought of using copper-tin alloy to replace iron armor.

This alloy can effectively slow down rust after being quenched and then treated with wax.

But in this case, the cost of building a warship would be too high.

This ironclad ship was covered with armor only to deal with enemy rocket attacks.

It is really not worth it to spend such a high cost.

Now, the people in the Shipping Department are still racking their brains to find a solution and making various attempts day and night, all in an attempt to build this ironclad ship within the time set by Yun Zheng.

As for the Beihuan soldiers led by Heasu, they have also been training.

However, because those people were generally not familiar with water and had never been in contact with warships before, their training progress was not very ideal, but those people were indeed training seriously.

Later on, Zhao Liuliang said, "Your Highness, I have a suggestion, but I don't know if it is appropriate."

"explain."

Yunzheng smiled.

Zhao Liuliang: "What I'm thinking is that we need to improve so many warships and add more guns. We are really too busy to handle it!"

"Can we move the naval guns or artillery directly onto the warship?"

"Anyway, there isn't much difference between firing in the cabin and firing on the deck."

"We can just reserve gun positions for the warships we build in the future..."

Yun Zheng attaches great importance to the navy.

Moreover, as the countries surrounding Daqian have been defeated, the navy will definitely be the main force for future expansion.

In this way, the navy's warships must be constantly improving.

Instead of improving the gun positions on old warships, it is better to reserve gun positions on future warships.

According to the current modification, the time spent on building a battleship that can use naval guns to attack enemy ships will actually not be much less than rebuilding a battleship from scratch.

Take their current battleship for example.

This battleship can actually only be considered a semi-finished product.

According to Yun Zheng's previous idea, a gunboat should have five guns on both sides.

But their warship only had three naval guns on the port side.

But it took a lot of time to change it to what it is now.

In fact, if we don't consider the materials, with the time and manpower, rebuilding a real gunboat should not be much different.

"Your idea is good."

Yun Zheng nodded gently, "But have you ever thought about it? There will be wind and waves at sea at any time, and the weather at sea changes rapidly. What if it rains, or the big waves wet the gunpowder? What should we do?"

"This……"

Zhao Liuliang was speechless.

He had never thought about this issue before.

They now know that this naval gun is good in every way except that it is afraid of rain and moisture.

Once the gunpowder gets wet, it's no better than boiling over a fire.

Zhao Liuliang thought about it and asked again: "Then we add a small layer on the deck of the warship to store the naval guns and the corresponding ammunition. If the weather is suitable, we can take them out to fire. If the weather is not suitable, forget it. Is this okay?"

"Anything is fine."

Yun Zheng smiled, "As long as the ship's guns can be used and the stability of the warship is not affected, there will be no problem! After you go back, confirm it with the people from the Ship Department and then report it to the king!"

Zhao Liuliang hit the nail on the head.

Modifying a battleship is indeed not as good as redesigning it.

However, changes still need to be made.

He could first send shipbuilding personnel from other places to Shuobei to learn how to modify warships.

Then, several ports were improved simultaneously.

Within one year, we will strive to build two complete gunboats in each place.

With seven or eight gunboats like this and the temporary solution discussed by Zhao Liuliang and his men, if they can't even defeat the Yu Kingdom fleet, then the navy can be disbanded!

After the two discussed for a while, they decided on this matter.

He has already given orders to the firearms workshop to focus on producing cannons.

All resources are tilted towards the firearms workshop.

I believe that by the time they set out to attack the State of Yu, they will be able to create a powerful fleet.

While Yun Zheng was discussing with Zhao Liuliang, Emperor Wen also gathered the Second Prince and others together.

"Did you see everything?"

Emperor Wen nodded at the merchant ship that had already sunk for the most part, "What do you think?"

Upon hearing Emperor Wen's words, the Second Prince felt bitter in his heart, and he swore an oath: "Father, I know that my sixth brother is wise and brave, and has made great contributions to the world. I dare not have any ideas!"

"I, your son, would never dare to have any ideas..."

The Eighth Prince and the Fifth Prince also nodded repeatedly, but they felt depressed.

Aren’t they good enough?

Their biggest wish now has become to be a prince who lives a life of idleness and waits for death. What else do they want from them?

You can't just kill them all to feel at ease, right?

"It's worthless!"

After listening to what they said, Emperor Wen glared at them unhappily.

"what?"

Several people were a little confused.

What do you mean?

Could it be that my father wants to instigate them to rebel?

So, they have to let them give away the head?

Just as the Second Prince and the other two were secretly depressed, Yun Ting suddenly spoke up: "I think I understand what father means."

"Oh?"

Emperor Wen turned his head and looked at Yun Ting, "Then you tell me about it."

Yun Ting glanced at Emperor Wen and asked tentatively, "Father, are you trying to say that since my sixth brother has such a powerful weapon in his hand, as long as he is willing to help, it will be a piece of cake for us brothers to establish a country overseas?"

Hearing Yun Ting's words, the Second Prince and the other two were stunned.

Is this what father meant?

"Yes, Not Bad!"

Emperor Wen looked at Yun Ting approvingly and said, "It seems that your time in Shuobei was not wasted!"

Does the Emperor really mean this?

The second prince and his two companions' eyes lit up.

Establish a country overseas?

It seems that it is not impossible!

As long as Lao Liu is willing to help, this will be an easy task!

"In fact, Sixth Brother has already told me about this."

Yun Ting smiled, "Sixth brother told me that there are still large tracts of fertile land overseas. No matter who it is, no one can manage such a large tract of land. If I want to try my luck at being an emperor, he can send troops to help me establish a country overseas..."

As he spoke, Yun Ting told Emperor Wen what Yun Zheng had said to him before...