Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 752

[Chapter 752]

“Your Highness didn’t lie to us, you really don’t need sails to sail far away.” The

steamship left the dry dock and continued to sail to the sea.

Feng’er grabbed Luan’er’s arm and jumped lightly, her face flushed with excitement.

Luan’er was also in shock, staring blankly at the steamboat.

Even though King Yan had introduced the steamship to them, it was still inconceivable to see it with his own eyes.

Although Yang Susu did not lose his composure, the hand that grabbed Zhao Xu’s arm was inadvertently exerting force.

Zhao Xu felt it, and smiled lightly. She, the princess, was holding on. If there were no outsiders in front of her, she might have to shout like Feng’er.

Zhao Xu understands this very well.

After all, they have been living in a feudal superstitious society before.

Although I learned that some amazing changes are taking place in Yanzhou.

But because of living in a deep boudoir for a long time, it is only heard and rarely seen.

Therefore, when they saw the steamship, it was no different from seeing the Star Destroyer when the contemporary people saw it.

Compared to Yang Susu and the others, Chen Shou, Zhou Yi and others were surprisingly silent.

It’s just that there are tears in the eyes.

From sailing warships to steamships, their feelings are the most direct.

For Zhou Yi, the entry of steamships means that the Yanzhou Navy will officially enter the era of steamships.

In the Naval Academy, King Yan once described to him the vision of iron-clad ships sailing on the ocean.

Now, this fascinating vision has finally taken its first steps.

For Chen Shou, since building steamships.

His shipbuilding experience was almost overturned.

If sailing warships can still be classified as traditional wooden ships, steam ships are completely different ships.

Moreover, steam sawmills, steam engine cranes and other machinery have been added to the shipbuilding workshop, and the traditional hard work such as hand saws and shoulder resistance has disappeared, and the efficiency of shipbuilding has been greatly improved.

When building steamships, due to unfamiliarity with steam chainsaws and other machinery, they were a little slow at first, but as time went on, they built faster.

If it is to build the next batch of steamships, it will not take a year at all, six to eight months will be enough.

“Everyone, the launch of the steamship is a great joy for me. From now on, my shipbuilding technology has officially equaled that of the Western countries.” Zhao Xu said, everyone was excited, and he was equally excited.

In this era, whoever dominates the ocean can control maritime trade routes and obtain resources from all over the world to help local development.

This remains true to this day.

Without a strong navy, it is impossible to protect overseas interests.

Overseas industries that have worked so hard and invested heavily will be disrupted by hostile forces in an instant, and even lose their money.

Therefore, he has attached great importance to the navy for a long time.

A huge amount of money has been invested in shipbuilding.

As a result, Chang Wei and other army generals often complained that the army’s salary would not be able to keep up with that of the navy.

And for such a large investment, he needs to be rewarded.

From now on, it’s time for the Navy to pay back the tribute.

Still, steamships were just the beginning.

Next, he will let Chen Shou carry out the research and development of the iron-clad ship.

So he continued: “But don’t be proud, steam ships are the most basic, and the battleships will only become more and more complicated.”

After finishing speaking, he gave Tsui Hark a look.

Tsui Hark understood and ordered two guards behind him to carry a wooden box over.

The box was opened, and inside was a thick stack of drawings.

“Your Highness, these are…” When Chen Shou saw this, his body trembled slightly.

“These are blueprints of new warships, including ironclad ships, ironclad troop carriers, ironclad supply ships, ironclad medical ships, etc.” Zhao Xu said.

After asking Chen Shou to build the steamship, he spent this year drawing the blueprints of other ships.

After preparing the launch of the steamship, hand over all these blueprints to Chen Shou.

Just like the Research Institute and the Research Institute of the Bingzheng Division, a research institute was also set up in the Ship Division, and Chen Shou was ordered to lead a group of craftsmen to divide the work.

After all, after the construction of sailing warships and steamships, the Ship Division must have accumulated a large number of skilled shipbuilding craftsmen.

And they celebrate the roots of shipbuilding.

Since their beginnings, Daesong’s shipbuilding industry will develop rapidly.

“This… so many.” Chen Shou didn’t care about his appearance, and squatted down to rummage through the blueprints in the box, like digging a gold mine.

Zhou Yi was no better, he was as happy as a fool, and squatted down to observe his drawings with Chen Shou.

After understanding the structure of the ironclad ship, both of them were silent for a while.

Zhou Yi stood up slowly, looking at Zhao Xu, his eyes were full of stars.

At this moment, he admired King Yan very much.

King Yan didn’t lie to him, there really was such a terrifying warship as an iron-clad ship.

If thick iron armor can be inlaid on the battleship, the shells of the opponent’s artillery hit the iron-clad ship, it is like scratching an itch.

“It’s enough for you to be busy for a while. In addition to the drawings, Wang Chong will also send you steam forging hammers, lathes and other machinery.” Zhao Xu said.

The ironclad ship of this era is covered with iron armor on the wooden battleship, equipped with propellers and triple expansion steam engines.

And the iron armor embedded in wood requires riveting technology.

This is actually to pass a non-threaded bolt through iron armor and wood, and then use a forging hammer to smash the end without a nut into a nut.

Because at that time, the craftsman will take a sunken mold and place it on the bolt. The side facing the forging hammer is flat, and the side facing the bolt is sunken into the shape of a nut.

“Hey, I’m not afraid of being busy, I’m afraid of being idle.” Chen Shou was still squatting on the ground, refusing to take his eyes off the drawing.

The three of Yang Susu couldn’t help laughing when they saw this.

Zhao Xu shook his head helplessly, looking at the steam ship and sail warship that were gradually going away.

Turning his head, he looked at Zhou Yi, “The steamship is also given to you, don’t let me down, go destroy the British fleet, and take Dongying to me!”

“Yes, Your Highness!” Zhou Yi said to Zhao Xu A powerful military force, looking excited.

Nodding his head, Zhao Xu watched the steamship with everyone for a while before leaving the shipbuilding workshop.

Just like last year, the Navy also needs to conduct a month of adaptive training for the launched steam ships and sail warships, and at the same time practice tactics such as formation attack.

Therefore, it will take at least December for the navy to launch an attack on Japan.

For Zhao Xu, this timing is not bad.

Think of it as a big gift for Dongying in the New Year.

After personally participating in the launching ceremony of the battleship, Zhao Xu was not in a hurry to go back.

Yang Susu and the others had never seen the sea, so he simply played with them here for a few days.

In addition, he also discussed with Chen Shou about civilian steamships.

He asked him to select some officials of the Naval Department to be responsible for the construction of the official civilian shipyard, specializing in the construction of civilian ships.

He hopes that in the next one or two years, commercial steam ships will appear on inland rivers, steam fishing boats will appear on the sea, and even steam luxury cruise ships will appear on the sea, becoming the second type of transportation after railways.

After staying in Jinghai for three days, Zhao Xu returned to Yanzhou.

Next, he just needs to wait for Zhou Yi to go out in peace.

(end of this chapter)