Chapter 186 Mercenary

Two missionaries who could build ships began to tell the Western warship construction techniques to His Majesty the Emperor of the East in detail.

"That is to say, a fleet should have one or several large warships as the main battleships, and then several or some relatively small warships are equipped as the supplement to firepower, and some smaller warships to assist large and medium warships in combat?" Yang Jing originally knew very limitedly about the combat methods of this ancient warship, and the main ones were from movies, TV, novels, and games. For example, in the Pirates of the Caribbean, where two ships approached and bombarded each other with cannons.

"It is precisely, the respected Emperor, large warships cannot complete combat missions alone. They also need assistance from medium and small warships. For example, some places with shallow water, large warships cannot approach, which requires small warships to pass. In addition, the large warships have strong firepower and strong ability to resist strikes, and can be used to suppress the enemy warships on the front. These require the cooperation of various warships..."

Yang Jing nodded unstoppablely, thinking that this made sense: "Sun Aiqing, tell me, how did the navy in our dynasty fight on the sea?" Yang Jing was preparing to compare the way the Western and Ming warships fought in order to determine what kind of warships he wanted to build.

"Report to your Majesty, I have never experienced naval battles. I don't understand how to fight at sea. However, I have read some works of our dynasty, such as Qi Shuai said: "The lucky ship is as tall as a city, and cannot be driven by human power. It depends entirely on the wind. The Japanese ship is as short as my small boat. Therefore, the lucky ship rides the wind and crushes mantis. The power of the ship is not fighting mantis. It can be seen that the lucky ship of our dynasty is tall, relying on the wind and crushing the Japanese boat like crushing insects. It depends on the power of the ship. Therefore, I think that the sea battle between our dynasty and the Japanese rely on the large ship to suppress the small ship. It depends on the power of collision..." Although Sun Yuanhua has not experienced naval battles, he still quotes the classics and speaks very well.

"Another, I look at the records in "Wu Bei Zhi" that "the use of firearms and waves between the ripples may not be able to hit the thief. Even if it is in the middle, there is no amount, but it can be used to scare the enemy's heart and courage. There are two things that I rely on: launching the flaming machine. However, if it is not in the middle, there will be no ship or powder. One is. Fireballs and other fires at the bow of the ship. When they meet, they throw them from a high place, and the fire is fired and the pirate ship is burned. The two are also seen that naval battles, one is that they rely on large ships and strong ships, and the other is that they can hit the enemy ships. Then they rely on sharp artillery to bombard the enemy ships across the sea. Finally, they rely on fire and other burning the enemy ships. According to my eyes, these three methods are generally more effective in naval battles." Sun Yuanhua still tried his best to explain to the emperor how to fight at sea.

Yang Jing is really a novice in how to fight in the sea. He has only played games like "Age of Discovery IV", watched some movies, and some novels. He only knew that when he was far away, he used artillery to bombard the gun. The more powerful the artillery hit, the greater the attack power. Once the ship approached, he relied on sailors to board the ship to fight. Now, after hearing what Sun Yuanhua said, he has a relatively reliable understanding of the battle methods of this ancient sailing warship.

"Then what kind of ships are usually used in the navy in our dynasty? How big is it? How many artillery personnel are there?"

"Report to your Majesty, our warships are as big as giant boats like three-masted gunships. Go down, there are also big boats like lucky boats. Go down, the smaller ones are Haicang ships and Cangshan ships. When fighting, the giant boats can carry hundreds of people, the lucky boats can carry one or two hundred people, and the small boats can carry dozens to one hundred people... As for artillery, three-masted gunships, the artillery is between dozens and one hundred, and are equipped with other firearms, or bows and arrows. Big boats like lucky boats generally have dozens of cannons, equipped with other firearms, bows and arrows and other weapons... As for treasure ships, they have disappeared so far, and I don't know what they have equipped them specifically. As far as I know, the warships used by Qi Shuai in our dynasty in recent years are mostly lucky boats, and each ship can accommodate about a hundred people..." Sun Yuanhua also seemed to explain the various kinds of this warship to the emperor.

After hearing this introduction, Yang Jie felt that the current warships of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be very weak! Compared with the configuration of the Western "Sea King" configuration, it was not the same level! It seemed that the treasure ship could be compared with the Western "Sea King" model. However, the current treasure ship has been destroyed and cannot be built, which is still unknown. Qi Jiguang used only a lucky ship that can accommodate hundreds of people to fight against the Japanese. It seems that the decline of the Ming Dynasty navy was true, and he might have been too optimistic about the Ming Dynasty navy in the past. In order to compete for the overlord of the Seven Seas and find a piece of land for the Ming Dynasty people, he had to consider the pressure on warships such as the "Sea King"! Yang Jie fell into deep thought.

"Uh! The missionary named...Ando just now..."

"Dear Emperor, I am waiting for His Majesty's inquiry." The missionary named Ando immediately agreed.

"I heard you say that you are the Spanish? To build a warship that is stronger than the English? To avenge?" Yang Jingwei asked.

"His Majesty, my respected Emperor, indeed, I am a Spanish. The English defeated our Spanish invincible fleet and had been suppressing my country. I want to come to the East to find a stronger force to defeat the English. I really want to take revenge. Your Majesty, I can build super warships for Your Majesty, such as the "King of the Sea". Your Majesty, I hope that one day, your Majesty's fleet can appear in the Mediterranean, defeat the English, and let the ugly English taste the taste of failure!" This missionary named Andor said of the destruction of the Invincible Fleet, with a bitter and revengeful look, and anger appeared in both eyes.

Yang Jing looked at this foreigner interestingly, and did everything to attack the British! Invincible Fleet? Yang Jing still has some understanding of this. It has been destroyed? Looking at this Ando again, it seems that he came to the East to find a stronger power in order to seek revenge. If this is the case, it would save a lot of trouble...

Yang Jing's head was running quickly and he thought for a while, and said, "Missionary Ando, ​​I do mean to build a large warship. As for your wish, let's talk about it later. Let's talk about it in the future. I need someone who can build a Western warship for me, such as the "Sea King". I wonder if you can do it?" Yang Jing thought for a long time and decided to let this foreigner try it. I believe that these foreigners have some real skills after being recommended by Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua. If they don't have the ability, they dare not come here to deceive themselves.

When he heard that the "Sea King" was going to be built, Ando's eyes were filled with excitement and immediately said: "As for your order, my Majesty, I am willing to serve you."

"Well, it's great, then, you can first draw the design drawings, demonstrate, make models, and train a group of craftsmen who can help you. I don't want to see you alone can't build a ship in a hundred years. Do you understand?" Yang Jingwei was thinking about learning this technique before talking about it.

Ando did not feel anything wrong at all and said happily: "As you wish, my Majesty." He happily agreed to the emperor's request.

Another missionary who could build ships was anxious. Ando had the job of building the "Sea King", but he got nothing. He immediately said, "Dear Your Majesty, what about me? I can build warships."

Yang Jingzhi remembered that there was another person who could build a ship, so he said, "You just accept Andu's leadership and build a warship with him. Of course, if you think your talent is much better than Anduo, you can apply to me to build a ship separately." Yang Jingzhi remembered that this person named Anduo had a good impression of this person, so he decided to let this person lead the construction of a ship. Others, let's take action. Of course, he didn't forget to arrange competition, arrange a competitor for Anduo and let Anduo work hard, otherwise, someone would catch up later.

This person is mixed with joy and sorrow. He is happy that he has a job given by the Eastern Emperor. He is very decent, and he is worried that he has to help his companions.

"Big partner, take these two people down, place them well, and give them the treatment of a guest official. Don't treat them badly. Let them draw drawings, draw drawings, and models first. The cost is 1,000 taels first. If it is less, then add it." Yang Jing is not stupid either. He is planning to see the real talents of these two people first. If you can't even draw the drawings, you can lose less. If you miss a thousand taels, you can afford to lose more.

Seeing that these two companions were valued by His Majesty the Eastern Emperor, the others immediately turned red and became uneasy. Looking at the companions who went out, they were drooling. In the warm pavilion, there were only people who could cast cannons, train soldiers, and become mercenaries.

After talking about the issue of the ship for a long time, Yang Jingwei had a general understanding in his mind and had a preliminary plan to deal with the remaining foreigners. According to the feeling of summoning these foreigners today, there was something going on between these foreigners and the Ming Dynasty. He had always been very decisive and fast, but today, it seems that he couldn't be too hasty. It would be better to find someone who knows the inside story to ask, so that he would avoid making mistakes in judgment.

"You all said it well, let's do it. You first register your own names, experiences, specialties, and those jobs that can be competent in my eunuch. I will arrange for you again. That's it... Big companion, let these people register, and then send someone to place them, so don't let them go far." Yang Jing felt that there was still inside information between the foreigners and the Ming Dynasty, which was a bit different from the plan he had originally considered. He planned to ask the insider and decide if he used this group of Westerners. Today, he received an important news, and many plans were affected and might need to be changed. Yang Jing had to suppress the arrangements for these missionaries.

"As for your order, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen had no good feelings for these Folang Jimen. After agreeing to the emperor, he took these Folang Jimen away. The treatment of these foreigners was completely different from the people in front of him, and they suddenly started to scream in a bustling manner. However, when he saw that the guards around were obviously not simple, so he could only shrink his neck and go out, and do as the emperor wished.

"Sun Aiqing stays behind, I have something to ask you." Yang Jingwei saw that Sun Yuanhua was also preparing to follow the group of foreigners, and then hurriedly stopped him. Sun Yuanhua must be an insider, and he was the one he was going to ask.

Sun Yuanhua immediately said respectfully: "Report to Your Majesty, I don't know what your Majesty has to do, please ask your Majesty for inquiries."

Seeing that the group of people were almost gone, Yang Jing asked, "Sun Aiqing, I heard that in the Ming Dynasty, I once hired Westerners as mercenaries. Is there anything wrong with my original plan?" Yang Jing couldn't wait to ask about this matter. If this matter was true, then it would be very different from his original plan. He originally planned to hire these people as his guest officials, but now he suddenly heard that they were willing to be mercenaries. If this is the case, it would be much simpler and the relationship would no longer be complicated. The guest officials' status is also relatively high, and they can be considered to have a certain political status. With more people, it is also more troublesome. Yang Jing was still afraid that the court officials would cause trouble for themselves in this matter. If it was just an employment relationship, Yang Jing would not mind hiring many foreigners to work hard for him.

After hearing the emperor's words, Sun Yuanhua thought for a while, and said, "Report to Your Majesty, there is this matter. That is, a few years ago, when Liaodong was in crisis, the court did hire a group of Portuguese artillery masters and gun troops. This matter was made by Xu Guangqi, the teacher of the Wei minister."

Xu Guangqi did this? Yang Jing found it very interesting. It seems that his Master Xu is not only insightful in internal affairs, but also in military affairs, is not bad!

"What are the main things to hire this group of people? What happened later? But what are the results? This relationship is just hiring?" Yang Jingwei wanted to know the details.

Sun Yuanhua thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard from Master Xu about these things. I only know that these Portuguese people seem to be specializing in training gunners. The specifics are not very clear, and I only know some of the details. If Your Majesty wants to inquire, I may have to ask Master Xu." Sun Yuanhua didn't know the whole story of this matter. He said that he had to ask Xu Guangqi to know.

"Oh? That's it..." It seems that Xu Guangqi asked about this matter! Yang Jing was really interested in the fact that the Ming Dynasty could use mercenaries. If he could hire mercenaries from the West, he could even pay to hire a group of mercenaries to directly wipe out the Japanese in Ryukyu Kingdom. In this way, he would not have to wait for his own ship to build. The sailor training could start a war and help his navy train. This would be much better than he originally thought of relying on the navy within the Ming Dynasty to retrain, because the Ming Dynasty's navy had deteriorated very much, and these foreigners were different. He could cross the ocean from the West to the East. I believe that navigation technology and combat technology would all go through thousands of times.

After being tempered, this practical experience must be very rich. As the emperor of the Eastern Empire, I believe that as long as I click my finger, there will be foreigners in line to serve as mercenaries for me. In this way, my navy and navy can grow rapidly and shorten the time for army formation. What I lack is time. This ship has not been designed yet. It is just a concept that it can be built in a year. It may not be possible. Even if it is built, it will have to be adaptive training, test the performance of the warships, and train those landslides into real sailors. This takes longer. I want to go to North Korea to fight this year. It seems that there is great potential for this mercenary. I really have to talk to Xu Guangqi immediately!

Yang Jingyi figured it out and couldn't wait.

"Big partner, go to Master Xu's house immediately. I have something important to do." Yang Jingai said to Wang Chengen, who had just returned from outside.

Wang Chengen was still preparing to close the door, but when he heard the emperor say that the door will not close the door immediately. He looked at the sky outside and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, it may be too early."

"No, go immediately, big companion, speed!" When I thought of the excitement, Yang Jinghui no matter what time or not, I thought that playing games was normal all night!

"As for your order, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen no longer advised the emperor and immediately prepared items for the emperor to leave the palace.

The group went straight to Xu Guangqi's home.

Xu Guangqi's body was almost healing and was recuperating at home. Suddenly, he heard the butler report that the emperor was coming and came out to greet him immediately. However, as soon as he came out, he met the emperor in a hurry and bowed immediately.

"My memory Xu Guangqi bowed to my emperor long live long!"

"Master Xu, don't be too polite. Please come up quickly. I have important things to discuss with Master Xu." Yang Jing rushed into Xu Guangqi's house almost as fast as a sprint, panting, which surprised Xu Guangqi. What big thing happened that made the Emperor in such a hurry. Could it be that there was a coup? The emperor planned to escape? It was not like it! No sound was heard in the capital, and Xu Guangqi frightened himself, and even his hair stood up.

"Your Majesty, why are you so in a hurry?" Xu Guangqi didn't care so much and hurriedly asked what was going on. If someone really rebelled, Xu Guangqi planned to fight to the death with him and resolutely defend His Majesty the Emperor.

"Ahem... Master Sun, I want to ask you, do you know about the mercenary of Folang Jiren? I heard Sun Yuanhua say that this matter was urged by you? Tell me quickly." Yang Jing really wanted to know the ins and outs of this matter, his plan, and there were still big loopholes. He was too impatient to attack North Korea and use his own warships and fleets. It was only a few months, and he would definitely not be able to build new warships. He could only use the old Ming Dynasty naval warships or leases, purchase merchant ships to transport troops and train new recruits. It was too risky. If an experienced foreigner could be an instructor, his fleet would definitely be several times faster, and his combat skills would definitely be improved and mature quickly. This would definitely gain a lot of time for himself, and what he lacked was time.
Chapter completed!