Become a feudal king from today

Jinghai County.

When the Russian delegation came to Dasong, Zhao Xu was here to observe the launch of a new batch of ironclad ships.

Compared with the first batch of ironclads, the construction period of this second batch of ironclads was shortened by about two months.

Firstly, this is because after the first batch of ironclad ships were built, mature supporting construction facilities became available.

Secondly, it is because after Dasong mastered the power generation technology, the shipyard also carried out power-related transformations, and now uses a large number of electrical equipment.

However, since the thermal power plant in Jinghai is under construction, the shipyard uses its own steam engine power generation unit.

"Including Jinghai Shipyard, a total of forty-eight ironclads will be delivered to the Navy by the end of this year. The Navy's sail warships will soon be eliminated." On the coast, Chen Shou looked at the twelve ironclads heading to the sea from the dry dock with a smile on his face. .

After a pause, he showed a pityful expression again, "It's just that our sail warship has only been delivered for a few years, and it will be phased out."

Although he said this, he was happy in his heart.

Because this means that the shipbuilding industry in Da Song is changing with each passing day.

At present, in addition to ironclad ships replacing sail battleships, Da Song's steam merchant ships are also replacing traditional sail merchant ships.

If you go to the bank of Jin River and look out, you can see steam merchant ships coming and going.

In addition to the inland rivers, steam merchant ships are also everywhere on the sea.

They continue to ship Dasong's industrial products to other countries and bring back cheap raw materials.

"Hahaha..." Chen Shou's words made Zhao Xu laugh, and he said, "This is called not leaving the old ones and not bringing in the new ones. Besides, there are already buyers for these sail warships before they are retired. We have used them." After a few years, I sold it at the original price and still made a profit.”

The sailing battleships replaced by the ironclads were naturally snapped up by satellite countries such as Goryeo and Japan.

Although, these countries are all subordinate countries of Dasong.

But there is no harmony between them, but there are conflicts of their own.

Therefore, in order not to let themselves suffer in the conflict, they are doing their best to arm themselves.

The muskets, artillery and warships eliminated by Dasong are naturally a piece of cake for them.

At the same time, from a Grand Song perspective, it is not a good thing for subject countries to unite in private.

Dasong only needs to mediate when they are in trouble, and just turn a blind eye or close an eye on weekdays.

"Master Chen, our emperor has never suffered a loss." Zhou Yi was also there at this time.

Hearing this, he also laughed.

The three of them chatted and laughed for a while. When the armored ship disappeared from sight, Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi, "By the way, how is your cooperation plan with the Qinshan Qinglong Army?"

Last time, after he made the next three major strategies, he asked Zhou Yi and Qin Shan to plan the second strategy assigned to them, the plan to restore India's country.

"Back to the emperor, we have finalized the next action plan." Zhou Yi was already prepared and took out the map from his arms and unfolded it.

After sorting out his thoughts, he said, "We are going to approach North America from two directions at the same time. The first one is the Hawaiian Islands that the emperor mentioned, and the second one is here."

Zhao Xu looked and nodded.

The location Zhou Yi refers to is not elsewhere, but the location of the contemporary Alaska Peninsula.

"According to intelligence, North America is currently divided into two parts. The northern part is called Quebec, which is currently a British colony, and the southern part of Quebec is the Sam Country that is independent from Britain." Zhou Yi said slowly.

Clearing his throat, he continued, "Since we extol our support for the Indian Restoration Movement, this movement will inevitably spread throughout North America and even South America. Therefore, we will discuss with Qinshan to establish two locations in Hawaii and here. Stronghold, providing shelter for the Indians, attacking from the north and the south."

"Okay." Zhao Xu did not deny the results of Zhou Yi and Qin Shan's discussion.

The Indian Restoration Plan was a general plan.

Since he left it to the two of them, it was up to them to do whatever they felt comfortable with.

"After those six days, the general will dispatch six ironclad ships to cooperate with the steam troop carriers to seize Hawaii." Zhao Xu agreed to his plan, and Zhou Yi couldn't help but get excited.

The next forty-eight ironclad ships entered the queue, making him extremely confident.

For him, the sea is now the back garden of the Dasong Navy.

From now on, their navy will completely shift from defensive to offensive.

They will seize the islands in the sea that are occupied by Western countries one by one.

For example, all the islands from Dasong to Hawaii are now under the control of Dasong Navy. Not only have supply points been established, but there are also garrisons.

In the future, there will be more and more such islands spread across the entire ocean, providing guarantee for the voyages of Da Song's naval warships.

Having said this, Zhao Xu ordered Chen Shou to continue with the next batch of shipbuilding plans.

According to his idea, the number of these ironclad ships would reach about 360.

Because for a long time, these armored ships will not be eliminated and will be the only main battleships in Dasong.

As for the next generation of warships, they are the cannon giant ships from World War I and World War II. They can no longer be brought up by relying on traditional steam engines.

What is needed is a steam turbine.

The craftsmanship of this thing is very complicated. Without several years of technical accumulation, I'm afraid it won't be possible.

But as long as it is done, it will be revolutionary for both battleships and power plants.

Even contemporary warships and thermal power plants use steam turbines to provide power and steam turbines to generate electricity.

As for why so many ironclads were built? The reason is also very simple.

He judged that the Western Kingdom, which had lost its naval advantage, would soon pick up its piracy skills and threaten Dasong's maritime trade routes.

These ironclad ships are meant to protect the shipping lanes.

After all, in the next few years, Dasong's trade will expand to North America, South America, Middle-earth countries and the Black Continent. The wider the scope of Dasong's merchant ship activities, the more warships will be needed to cruise.

After staying in Jinghai for a whole morning, Zhao Xu took the steam locomotive back.

On the way to Yancheng, he looked through the car window at the snow-covered wheat fields on both sides and the people passing by.

Although the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these people are better than before, they are still far from reaching his ideal goal.

He once told Liu Fu that all the children of Dasong people should be able to get a good education, have eggs and milk in the morning, and have meat for every meal on weekdays.

Now, only the people of Yancheng have reached half of this goal, and most of the people of Dasong have not yet reached it.

The reason is that although Dasong has developed, it has not yet fully developed.

Today, Dasong has no enemies that can threaten its homeland.

Then, he will use all means to build Dasong into a super developed country in this era.