Not long after, Henglian brought back a large number of models of various warships. The Tang Dynasty Navy's warships had many styles, and the more famous ones were slap ships, chariot ships, etc. Chongyi held the slap ships and chariot ships. Seeing Li Chengqian's face was queer.

He hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the shooting ships were already available in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After a long period of development, the technology gradually matured. A giant winch was installed on the warships and drove huge rocks to penetrate the enemy ships in water battles. It was a major weapon for melee combat in sea warships. And the vehicles and ships were warships that used pedals to drive ships to move forward quickly, which had a significant effect on assault warfare.

Later, someone combined vehicles and ships with slaughter ships to create a charge rock ship, quickly approached the enemy ships, and then used huge rocks to smash the enemy ships. The melee combat lethality on the sea surface was extremely terrifying......"

"These two types of ships are the most equipped by my Tang Navy now, right?" Li Chengqian asked immediately after hearing the introduction.

Li Chongyi nodded: "Yes, since the construction cost is not very high and the construction time is not very long, our army's main equipment is these two types of warships.

But most of them are relatively old, only some new ones in Feng Ang's hands. You're welcome to say that the navy under Feng Ang's hands can be said to be the best among our Tang army."

"Mrs. Xian is a hero among women. I still know that Duke Yue is a noble and righteous person. If he hadn't taken into account the overall situation, I would probably have fought for a few more years in the Tang Dynasty. It would be not surprising that he has such a strong man under him."

"But we can't let Yue Gong be beautiful in front of you. Come on, let's talk about the five-toothed ship that Jing Huan advocates." Li Chengqian could see that the two brothers were still very envious of Feng Ang's mansion who could fight and fight.

Li Jinghuan picked up the model of the Five-Toothed Ship and said, "Your Highness, the Five-Toothed Ship is five floors, more than a hundred feet high, with six poles on the left and right front and back, and fifty feet high. It can accommodate more than 800 soldiers.

As the name suggests, the "Five Tooth" warship has five "poisonous fangs", but this warship refers to a five-story ship. The five-story ship has a five-story structure and a height of 100 meters. The soldiers are placed on the bottom four floors, and the uppermost layer is the lookout and the command platform.

There are forty long oars on both sides, which are rowing. There are two rowing oars at the stern for multiple oars to roam together to control the direction of travel. There are women's walls on the decks and battle sheds of warships, which can hide the disadvantages. There are mercerations on the women's walls for archery.

There are horizontal bulkheads on the ship, and longitudinal beams and wood are arranged on the horizontal bulkheads, and wooden boards are laid on them. Cabins and combat platforms are set up on the wooden boards, and soil and stones are filled under the wooden boards to maintain the stability of the ship. During combat, the boulder is then raised to the top of the pole with a pulley, released the boulder, and used the falling boulder to smash enemy ships that dared to approach the battleship.

This boulder can be used repeatedly. Once it approaches the enemy ship, it can quickly destroy the hull of the warship. Each of these poles is about forty feet long, with a boulder at the top and a pulley at the bottom. If the battleship is surrounded by the enemy ship, six poles can be smashed down together, and the small boat next to it will be smashed into pieces.

The "Five Tooth" warship can be said to be the best ship that the Tang Dynasty can build now. Judging from the actual combat effectiveness, in the battle of Yanzhou, the Sui army attacked the Chen army's fleet with four Five Tooth warships, capturing more than 2,000 people, which made the enemy frightened.

In addition, Yang Su also built a number of auxiliary warships called "Pingcheng" and "Bai Meng". This also formed the powerful naval fleet of the Sui Dynasty at that time."

Seeing what Li Jinghuan said lively, Li Chongyi next to him also interrupted: "Jingren talks about its advantages, but as I said just now, the tower of the Five-Toothed Ship is too tall, and the wind and waves in the sea are different from the inland rivers. From my superficial view, it is better to take three floors. Doing so will not only greatly improve its stability, but also save a lot of costs and construction time."

After Li Chongyi finished speaking, both brothers looked at Li Chengqian in a straight face. No matter how much they said, they would eventually fall into money. The court's main energy is now spent on the Turks, and there is definitely no money on it. Although we know that the prince is a local tyrant, the cost of building such a giant ship is not a decimal.

"How much does a five-toothed ship cost?"

"It's about 40,000 yuan. If you only see a three-story boat building, the cost of building can be reduced a little."

Seeing that the prince was planning to act seriously, Li Chongyi quickly replied.

"Henglian, go and invite Master Zhang and Changsun Huan."

The money in the East Palace was in their hands. Zhang Xuansu was in charge of the industrial zone and the treasury of the East Palace, while Changsun Huan was in charge of the caravan. Li Chengqian really didn't know how much money there was on the books.

After Zhang Xuansu and Changsun Huan came, Li Chengqian told the two of them about his idea of ​​building a long-distance fleet. After that, the old man and the young man began to calculate the money he could use in Li Chengqian's study.

"Why should I choose a good deep-water port to build a warship? Do you think it's better to choose?"

Li Jinghuan replied casually: "The best port today is of course Guangzhou, but Your Highness also knows the affairs of the Feng family, so we can't use it. Dengzhou and Hangzhou were the places where warships were built in the former Sui Dynasty. Many people there were sailors and ships of generations. Although they have been abandoned over the years, they still have some background. According to my opinion, these two places are good."

Li Chongyi also nodded and agreed, "Your Highness, Jing Huan has a unique vision, I will discuss it."

Both places Li Jinghuan said have good deep-water ports. When Yang Guang was in power, his dragon boat was built by the Shipbuilding Department in Hangzhou, which shows that the craftsmen there were indeed good craftsmen.

Zhang Xuansu presented the handwritten copy of the statistics in his hand to Li Chengqian, saying, "Your Highness, you can use up the necessary expenses and the part you want to keep for the Northern Expedition. You can use about 1.8 million yuan of money. Recently, Du Gou spent a lot on the Cuihua Mountain project, and now there is only so much."

Li Chengqian nodded and turned around to ask Li Chongyi and the others: "In Jianli, Hangzhou, the large shipbuilding department, it is enough to use this money to build a thirty five-toothed ship, and it is enough to have certain auxiliary warships."

"Enough, enough", the two brothers would never have thought that Li Chengqian had so much money and could build a fleet.

"Okay, then I will go to find Your Majesty. Whether you want craftsmen from the Ministry of Works or want to transfer people to the navy, you will ask him to nod."

When Li Chengqian heard that he was going to find the emperor, Li Jinghuan said, "Your Highness, although the navy is a little broken, it is still an army. Can the Ministry of War agree to this large fleet?"

"No, the navy is a loss of money to the Tang Dynasty. How much money can Du Xiang have in his hands? The generals of the Sixteen Guards are all staring at that little military expenditure. Do you think he would disagree? Maybe he would invite me to have a drink."
Chapter completed!