Chapter 241: The Ming Dynasty’s people are too advanced in playing the navy

"I understand..." In fact, Qin Yaozu didn't understand anything at all, and his mind was blank.

"Also, your Fisheries Supervision Department involves fish in the sea and disaster relief in the mainland. You have to find a place with convenient locations for management. In this way, the location of your Fisheries Supervision Department is located...it is located..." Yang Jing couldn't remember what the place was called, so he turned to ask Xu Guangqi: "Master Xu, what is the name of where you came from? It seems to be the estuary of the Yangtze River."

Xu Guangqi was also shocked by what the emperor said, and was still digesting the emperor's words. When he heard the emperor ask himself, he quickly replied: "Report to Your Majesty, Songjiang Prefecture, Shanghai County."

"Yes, yes, that's the place, connected to the sea and the Yangtze River Water Road, the Fisheries Department is set up in Shanghai County to facilitate you to collect fish and send it to Shaanxi." Yang Jing decided on the office location of the Fisheries Supervision Department.

Qin Yaozu has been confused since just now. He has neither understood what the emperor asked him to do nor why the emperor did this. However, he probably also understood that his task was really difficult. Perhaps, he should not have agreed to the emperor's second choice just now. He should choose the first one and become the eunuch in the seal in the internal officials. In this way, it would not be so hard.

"I obey the order." I didn't understand, but I still have to say that.

"Da Pei, which department is responsible for the salt of this pickled fish?" Yang Jingwei asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, Shanghai County is under the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture, Songjiang is also a salt-producing place. There is a Songjiang Transportation Branch under the Liangzhe Transportation Department. If Your Majesty wants to allocate fish salt, it should be allocated from the Songjiang Transportation Branch." Wang Chengen replied.

"Okay, let's allocate it from here." Yang Jingying finalized this matter again.

Zhang Jiude felt that he had come and had almost no chance to speak. After thinking for a long time, he finally decided to speak, showing his existence, and said, "Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"Oh, what's there, just say."

"Report to Your Majesty, the World Hebei District is somewhat similar to the Fisheries Administration Department established by Your Majesty. Is it a united relationship?" Zhang Jiude has been dealing with rivers all year round and is more clear about the matters involving rivers.

"What is a riverbed?" Yang Jie asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, the rivers and lakes are the places where fish tax are collected, and there are more than 200 rivers and lakes in our dynasty. " Zhang Jiude replied.

Yang Jing was also stunned. It turned out that there was also fishery administration in the Ming Dynasty. Yang Jing always thought there was no fishery administration. However, after thinking about Zhang Jiude's words, he realized that this was probably different from his Fishery Administration Department. He Bo probably collected fish tax on freshwater fish, while his Fishery Administration Department was in charge of sea fishery administration, which was still a little different. After thinking about it, he said, "This has nothing to do with it. Now the Fishery Administration Supervision Department is still in the process of creating a new relationship. It is not appropriate to make the relationship complicated, so don't involve these two." Yang Jing decided not to merge these two together for the time being. If the relationship is complicated, it will be bad and waste energy.

After discussing the matter in the fishery industry, the matter came to an end. Xu Guangqi planned to say goodbye. He still had countless things to wait for him to work, but Zhou Yanru was still kneeling there. Xu Guangqi was not leaving, nor did he not leave, but he kept glanced at Zhou Yanru with his eyes.

Zhou Yanru felt that he was really unlucky and knelt down. However, the emperor had never asked him to get up. He had been kneeling for a long time. The emperor seemed to have forgotten that he was still kneeling. He didn't ask him to get up. He didn't dare to get up, so he had to kneel there all the time. What's even more unlucky is that the emperor's words just now were so shocked that he didn't even notice it when he pinched his thighs. Now that the force had passed, Zhou Yanru felt that the place he had just pinched was so hot that he felt that it hurt.

Zhou Yanru wanted to slap himself in the mouth. He shouldn't have talked too much just now. The disaster came from the mouth, and he said nothing wrong. He was scolded by the emperor without saying a word... But why did the emperor and Xu Guangqi talk so much? Ask and answer, you said I was discussing it, and just settled such a big thing simply. It seems that this imperial teacher still has a few tricks! It seems that he has to learn more from Xu Guangqi in the future...

"Zhou Aiqing, get up. Don't keep the words of the Celestial Kingdom like this in the future. I have warned you before to care more about the people, the people, and go to the grassroots to understand the actual situation more. Do you understand?" Yang Jing looked at Zhou Yanru, a very young deputy ministerial-level official, and kindly educated him.

"I obey your order, thank Your Majesty for your teachings, I will remember them in my heart." Zhou Yanru stood up as usual, feeling that the place where his thighs were just pinching was not ordinary pain. In this Wenhua Palace, there was no ritual loss, so Zhou Yanru had to grit his teeth and hold on.

When Xu Guangqi saw that the emperor asked Zhou Yanru to rise up, he said goodbye.

When he went out, Zhou Yanru seemed to have one leg lame, and he was crooked and turned. Yang Jie felt strange when he saw it. He just knelt for a while and couldn't do it? Is this guy so young, so he can't do it?

Xu Guangqi and his party bid farewell, and Yang Jing left behind Qin Yaozu.

"Qin Yaozu, the fishing boat is over. Let's talk about your ship styles and the advantages and disadvantages of various warships. After deciding on the styles of various warships, we will report to Master Xu." Yang Jing turned the center of this matter to the construction of warships.

Qin Yaozu's mind was full of mist. After adapting for this period of time, he finally had a certain understanding of his new position, that is, he might have to fight at sea, so his view on this warship has changed greatly.

"As for your order, your Majesty..."

"...Your Majesty, I think that when building a ship, you should build a big ship, especially the ship, so that you can sail on the sea for a long time; when building a ship, you should build a powerful ship, so that you can withstand the wind and waves on the sea; artillery weapons must be sharp, so that you can suppress the enemy..." Qin Yaozu saw that his position had changed from an internal official to a fishery admiral, and he had to deal with the ocean every day. The attitude of building a ship for others, which did not matter how hard it was to build it, changed and became a loyal supporter of the big ships and giant cannons, because only big ships and giant cannons can guarantee the safety of people at sea. If you set up a sampan to go out to sea, Qin Yaozu would never do it.

Yang Jie sounded a little weird, but he still asked him to continue talking.

"I think that in a fleet, it is best to have treasure ships to be the commanding ship, which is the core of the entire fleet; then use this kind of great blessing ship as a boat, specializing in combat, which can effectively attack the enemy and eliminate the enemy, and this kind of large ship can also be used as the commanding ship of the team; then build several smaller lucky ships, as warships, and also as the main force of the navy, specializing in combat; then build several horse and fast ships, which can fight in water or transport military supplies; then allocate several water ships, so, Your Majesty, a relatively complete fleet is completed,

A fleet is suitable for long voyages, but can travel thousands of miles and have sufficient supplies..." Qin Yaozu is now a complete supporter of the big ships and giant cannons. While speaking, he picked up different ships and gestured to the emperor. At first, when he talked about the treasure ship, he took the treasure ship. When he was on the boat, he took the big lucky ship, then the smaller lucky ship, then the horse and fast ship that was bigger than the small lucky ship, and finally the water ship, which was also very large... Yang Jing compared the composition of this fleet with the yellow croaker ship behind it. It was impossible to see, it was all giant ships.

Yang Jie looked at the fleet composition recommended by this guy to him, and felt that this fleet was very different from Ando's fleet. The Western fleet did not have any logistics ships that specifically transported materials. Qin Yaozu's fleet had armed transport ships such as horse and fast ships that could fight and transport materials, and even water ships that specifically transported food and fresh water. This was indeed very different from the thinking between the East and the West.

"Qin Yaozu, your fleet is too luxurious, why are there so many grain transport ships and water ships?" Yang Jingwei was also depressed. This kind of fleet is probably not a fleet that is specifically responsible for combat. The gap with the Western fleet is also too big.

Qin Yaozu now wished that his fishery supervision department would use treasure ships. This would be safe. When he saw the emperor ask, he immediately replied: "Report to Your Majesty, as the saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass will go first. If this fleet is traveling far away, without supplementation, wouldn't it disperse the morale of the army? Therefore, in the fleet, there are horse and fast ships, and this horse and fast ship can not only transport military supplies, but also participate in battles, but also transport horses. When you arrive at a certain place, you can put down your horses and become cavalry. In this way, the ocean-going fleet will have deterrent power...." Qin Yaozu was very confident when talking about his fleet.

Yang Jing was also very thundered. Isn’t this the Marine Corps? Or the Marine Cavalry,..., the Ming Dynasty’s thinking is really a big gap with himself! Or, the Ming Dynasty’s thinking has surpassed centuries, and did he directly play the navy since the 19th century?

"Qin Yaozu, I ask you, who told you the ratio of your fleet? How did you think of it?" Yang Jingwei was very curious. What did Qin Yaozu think about his mind? The gap between the East and the West is really not very big. Today's Western warships, based on the King of the Sea, have more than 800 sailors, and the Ming Dynasty's blessing ships of about the same size, have only more than 300. Obviously, Western sailors are not as good as Ming Dynasty soldiers. At least in space, there are more Ming Dynasty soldiers.

"Report to Your Majesty, I am very stupid and know so much there. I also asked some old men and old officials. From them, I learned that the fleet was like this when the third guarantee eunuch Zheng He went to the West. I just copied the fleet of the third guarantee eunuch Zheng He, but the number was smaller..." Qin Yaozu said modestly, very honest, because Zheng Huaizhong repeatedly warned him to say whatever he said in front of the emperor.

Yang Jing was speechless. Sure enough, the Ming Dynasty people started playing the navy since the 19th century, which was too advanced. They skipped the Westerners' way of fighting naval battles and playing naval. As soon as they got on the horse, they were aircraft carriers, large warships, small warships, armed transport ships, and logistics ships. There were also marine cavalry in the navy...

"Then you have to be equipped with a lot of non-combatants in your fleet." Yang Jingwei asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, indeed, if you follow the configuration of the three guarantee eunuchs, in this fleet, in addition to the official army, there are flag soldiers, warriors, officials of the civil service, compradors, bookmakers, officials of the Ministry of Revenue, Yin-Yang, instructors, medical officials, and internal officials..." Qin Yaozu's dream broke out. Now the eunuchs regard Zheng He as their goal of hard work and are very familiar with everything about Zheng He. Because of Zheng Huaizhong and the various explanations of the internal official supervision, the emperor was very interested in voyage to the West, and the emperor's interest was naturally the interest of the eunuchs. Qin Yaozu happily reported the personnel configuration on Zheng He's fleet.

Yang Jing was completely speechless. According to Qin Yaozu's configuration, he skipped the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the history of naval development, and started playing directly from the nineteenth century, and maybe even from the twentieth century. Yang Jing remembered that only in later generations could all kinds of ships with full functions form a fleet, but now, it is only in the early stage of the seventeenth century.

What made Yang Jing even more confused was that Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty started playing like this since the 15th century, more than 200 years ago, and it was even longer than the 19th and 20th centuries in later generations.

What made Yang Jing most confused was that Zheng He's navigation data was lacking. Even if he wanted to start playing in Zheng He's era, it wouldn't work. The naval naval forces in the Ming Dynasty were really not strong, they were all small boats and could only fight in the near-shore.

"Oh..., I know you are talking about the events of Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Guards, at that time. Now, it is different from that time. Don't go too far. Let's talk about it. There should be no too many idle people in the fleet. The fleet should still be mainly used to ensure combat effectiveness. The fleet exists for battle..." Yang Jing was entangled for a while and felt that it was impossible to follow Zheng He's path now. First, the shipbuilding technology has not been settled. Second, the West has gradually risen. The warships built purely for combat pose a certain threat to this large and complete fleet. If he simply follows Zheng He's old path, he may not be able to do it.

Qin Yaozu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, according to me, it is better to have a treasure ship as a commanding ship. If there is no treasure ship, you have to use this large blessing ship as a commanding ship. You must also use a large blessing ship when you take a boat. Small warships can use this small blessing ship, and even Haicang ships can be used. This horse and fast ship can be equipped with less horses, and more weapons and gunpowder, and less water ships. In addition to medical officers, the rest of the ship can be saved. In this way, many people can be saved..." Qin Yaozu also knew that it was impossible to build Zheng He's treasure ship now, so he made a simple version of the fleet.

Yang Jing originally thought that all the Ming Dynasty warships were connected to the Western warships, purely considering combat as warships. However, after thinking about it, after listening to Qin Yaozu's words, and thinking about the division of labor of various ships in the future, it was also a trend. Therefore, he decided to retain the traditions of the Ming Dynasty today, or try to align with the 21st century.

"Well, okay, according to yours, the treasure ship is first exploring and building it. Use the treasure ship as the flagship, the big blessing ship as the boat, as the big battle ship, the small blessing ship is used as the warship, as the small battle ship, the horse and fast ship as the armed transport ship, responsible for food, weapons, gunpowder and military supplies, etc. There is no need to transport horses, water ships... Add a communication ship that is specifically responsible for communication and conveying messages. This is roughly the case. Look at the proportion of these ships, how many each are equipped with?" Yang Jing decided to retain the tradition of the Ming Dynasty and retain the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. As for the pure warships in the West, it is more suitable for the current market, or the cooperation between various ships in the Ming Dynasty is more suitable for the world. This has to be tested by time.

"As for orders, Your Majesty,... I think that a fleet is equipped with a commanding ship, at least five large ships, ten small warships, three horse and fast ships, two water ships, and communication ships, about two or three." Qin Yaozu was also half a bucket of water about this matter, and he didn't know much more than the emperor. But since the emperor asked, let's talk about it. Qin Yaozu guessed that he told the fleet in his mind. This ratio was completely compared to the previous fleet of the barbarians, and there was more than him, so that the future performance of this fleet would be better than that of the barbarians. Qin Yaozu had a little thought.

Yang Jie came down and looked carefully at the ship models that Qin Yaozu picked out. There were five or six types of ships. The biggest one was the treasure ship. This kind of ship has not yet been settled, so it is still a matter of whether to build it or not.

The smaller ones are the kind that Qin Yaozu held in his hand and Andobi, which is a big blessing ship, and the smaller ones are a small blessing ship, a horse and a water ship, and finally a communication ship.

Yang Jie picked up the kind of ship that Qin Yaozu and Ando competed, and said, "This kind of ship is a big lucky ship."

"Your Majesty, it's exactly. This kind of ship is a great blessing ship, which can be used as a boat. It has eight red cannons, forty thousand pounds of Folang machines, and other firearms. It is considered a powerful warship." Qin Yaozu said.

"Well, this is good. Are your ships done according to the actual size of the ship?" Yang Jingwei was also a little troubled now. Yang Jingwei didn't understand the various data, crew, firepower, and endurance of the ship.

"Reply to Your Majesty, yes, except for the treasure ship, the others are made according to the existing warships in our dynasty and according to the actual size, otherwise they would not be called the ship." Qin Yaozu said very proudly. The inner court official and supervisor are not a good meal, and there are all kinds of skilled craftsmen in the world.

"That's great. According to yours, we will build five or six such great blessing ships first..." Yang Jie picked up the large blessing ship and said that this kind of blessing ship had eight long-range red cannons, and a little closer, forty thousand pounds of Folang machines, which was considered to have fierce firepower, and other small firearms were even less counted.

Then he picked up the smaller lucky ship and continued, "This kind of lucky ship is used as a small warship, and as you said, it is built ten ships." The gun positions on this are much less, about half the size of the previous one.

He picked up the armed transport ship like the Horse and Clippers and said, "There are only two such Horse and Clippers."

Then there was the water boat. Yang Jie thought for a long time and said, "I don't want this. It's not about going to the ocean. His function is in the horse and fast ship." Yang Jie did not ask for the water boat in the end. This was a combat fleet, not a fleet like Zheng He who used it.

Finally, he picked up the example of a communication ship that was temporarily used as a communication ship and said, "This communication ship should also be built two or three." A fleet was finally formed.
Chapter completed!