After Lu Xiangsheng's new appointment came out, the entire capital suddenly became lively.

It’s not because this young cabinet minister is not old, and it’s only a step away from the Governor of Zhili to the Cabinet Minister, so it’s not rare. Who doesn’t know that Lu Xiangsheng is the confidant of His Majesty today, and promotion is inevitable.

But what makes people think is that this title is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Prime Minister Europa.

This is different. When I heard this, I felt that this title was not in charge of my internal affairs in the Ming Dynasty.

Could it be that His Majesty's next focus is going to Europe?

This signal is particularly important. If you want to do big things these days, you must follow Your Majesty's pace. Don't question too much what Your Majesty wants to do.

Because the lessons of the past are all there, the people who questioned are now building roads in Habra, and those who followed His Majesty have made great money.

The construction of a Tianjin industrial base has made countless people full and overeat.

Therefore, following His Majesty and having meat to eat, this principle is very popular in the Ming Dynasty.

Although there are some annoying guys who are sing bad things, no one pays attention to this anymore. Maybe some eye-catching guys.

So Tianjin Shipyard received a large number of orders, starting with sea ships of more than 2,000 tons, and the loan business department of Daming Taxation Bank was already full.

Many guys who are still watching the ocean trade are going crazy at this time, waving the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty tax treasury and buying merchant ships everywhere and recruiting sailors. As long as you want, the price will be available as you wish.

Especially for retired naval personnel, as long as you say a number, those bosses will never bargain, and even take good care of your family, making you embarrassed not to do anything with others.

During this period, European countries were quickly built up, and Lu Xiangsheng used his name as Prime Minister of Europa Affairs to issue a decision to summon merchant ships to the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, the trade of merchant ships in the Ming Dynasty would ascend the throne in this institution, and then the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, the Europa Affairs Office, would form a fleet to set off for Europe together.

Everyone knows that it is easy to keep warm, and the collective action plan led by the Ming Dynasty has received support from many people.

Navigation is not a trivial matter. If you don’t do it well, you will have to be buried in the sea. The chance of survival with experienced people is much greater.

So when Lu Xiangsheng issued this announcement, in less than a week the fleet had gathered 240 sea ships, and merchant ships of all sizes were moored on the sea surface to wait for loading and then set off.

Even Lu Xiangsheng did not expect that the people nowadays are so enthusiastic about going to sea, and many wealthy families have also shifted their enthusiasm for land to their enthusiasm for sailing.

Because there is no way, whoever moves land in this day is against the emperor, but sailing and trade can get the support of the emperor. How do you think they choose?

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has just entered the stage of comprehensive development of navigation and trade, and it is the right thing to do to plan overseas business territory in advance.

No big businessman has followed the trend and took risks in the first stage of development, so that he can become a generation of wealthy businessmen.

There was never a shortage of adventure spirit among the Ming Dynasty, especially those merchants. They could risk beheading when they did not allow maritime trade. Now that the Ming Dynasty supports them, what are the concerns they have?

Wherever you can make money, there will be my Daming merchant.

The Fourth and Fifth Divisions of the Third Marine Division of the Ming Dynasty were also ready. The Third Division was originally in Nanyang and was transferred back for repair. Now it has also been added to the Europa Strategy.

Of course, these are all ground combat troops, as well as part of the Ming Tianjin Fleet, thirty Manchu-class rapid destroyers, twelve provincial cruisers, and one primary battleship as flagships.

The Mansion-class rapid destroyer has a displacement of 2,200 to 2,400 tons, a 74-meter long, an 8-meter wide, and a draft of 5-meters. The entire ship has six watertight compartments and is equipped with forty bronze 150mm cannons.

The provincial cruiser has a displacement of between 3,700 tons and 4,000 tons, with a length of 88 meters, a width of 11 meters, and a draft of 6.5 meters. The entire ship has nine watertight compartments, equipped with sixty bronze 150mm cannons and ten 170mm cannons.

The primary battleship has a displacement of 6,200 to 6,500 tons, a length of 103 meters, a width of 13 meters, and a draft of 8 meters. The entire ship has thirteen watertight cabins, equipped with bronze cannons of 150 mm and 60 gates, 170 mm and 30 gates, and 210 mm and 6 gates.

This primary battleship also specially added a steam engine power system, which can achieve a speed of eight knots with the power of the steam engine, and steel plates are added to all key parts for protection.

These steel plates have been tested. The 150-mm bronze cannons in the current service of the Ming army cannot penetrate, and the 170-mm bronze cannon can only have a 40% chance of breaking through within a distance of 100 meters.

These warships are the latest warships of the Ming Dynasty, and are the crystallization of the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding industry at this stage.

The Europa was too far from the Ming Dynasty and its power was complicated. Zhu Youxiao felt that it might be difficult to do things if the Ming Dynasty did not have a certain deterrence there, so he mixed the fleet.

Although the number of warships in this fleet is not yet fifty, its combat power is definitely not weak. The power of the 150 mm bronze cannon can be at least equivalent to the 32-pound cannon on the side of Europa.

Now that Europa's main force is equipped with less than 20-pound guns, there is no need to mention the combat effectiveness. It would be a bad feeling for Europa's main warship to get shot. If it hits a key part, it will be a severe blow.

Zhu Youxiao thought that with these forty-three warships, Lu Xiangsheng was enough to strengthen his voice in Europa.

If anyone dares not give face, he will directly open the cannon and knock his mother!

There were also 327 auxiliary ships of various types, Kunpeng-1 troop transport ship, with a displacement of 4,000 tons, and can transport soldiers and equipment from one brigade at a time.

There is also the Kunpeng-2 supply ship, which is filled with various supplies and building materials used to build Versailles, such as cement steel bars and so on.

This time, Zhu Youxiao spent a lot of money to mobilize all the ships that could be mobilized, and then specially transferred the ships from the commercial companies below and the Nanyang Navy to form such a large fleet.

It is also a thanks to the support of the Tianjin Industrial Base of millions, so that Zhu Youxiao can save up so much wealth.

But compared with the Netherlands, which claims to have 15,000 ships, Zhu Youxiao feels that it is not enough to see it.

It seems that if I, the Ming Dynasty, did not create ten thousand sea ships, I would not be called a maritime power.

Although most of the 15,000 sea boats in the Netherlands were small boats, Zhu Youxiao didn't care about it, so he felt uncomfortable if he put aside the size and size without 10,000.
Chapter completed!