Become a feudal king from today

"Your Highness did not lie to us. We really don't need a sail to sail far. ReadМ"

The steamship left the dry dock and continued toward the sea.

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

Luan'er was also in shock, staring blankly at the steamship.

Although King Yan had introduced steamships to them, they still found it incredible when they saw it with their own eyes.

Although Yang Susu did not lose her composure, her hand that grabbed Zhao Xu's arm was unintentionally forceful.

Zhao Xu felt it and smiled softly. She, the princess, was holding on hard. If there were no outsiders in front of her, she would probably scream like Feng'er.

Zhao Xu understood this very well.

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

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

But because I have lived in a boudoir for a long time, I have only heard about it and rarely seen it.

Therefore, when they saw a steamship, it was like the contemporary people seeing a Star Destroyer.

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

But there were tears in his eyes.

From sailing battleships to steamships, they feel it most directly.

For Zhou Yi, the addition of steam ships means that the Yanzhou Navy will officially enter the era of steam warships.

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

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

For Chen Shou, since the construction of steamships.

His shipbuilding experience was nearly overturned.

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

Moreover, steam sawmills, steam engine cranes and other machinery were added to the shipbuilding workshop, and the traditional backbreaking work of hand sawing and shouldering disappeared, and the efficiency of shipbuilding was greatly improved.

When they were building steamships, they were a little slow at first because they were unfamiliar with machinery such as steam chainsaws and were unfamiliar with their skills, but as time went on, they built faster.

If the next batch of steamships is built, 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, I will officially tie the shipbuilding technology of the Western Territory countries." Zhao Xu said, everyone was excited, and he was also excited.

In this era, whoever dominates the oceans 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.

After hard work and huge investment, overseas industries will be disrupted by hostile forces in an instant, or even lose all their money.

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

A huge amount of money was invested in shipbuilding.

So much so that Chang Wei and other army generals often complained that the army's military pay would not 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 reciprocate.

However, steamships were only the beginning.

Next, he would ask Chen Shou to develop the ironclad ship.

So he continued: "But don't be proud, steam ships are the most basic, and warships will only become more and more complex in the future."

After saying that, he gave Tsui Hark a look.

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

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

"Your Highness, these are..." Chen Shou saw it and his body trembled slightly.

"These are drawings of new warships, including drawings of armored ships, armored troop carriers, armored supply ships, armored hospital ships, etc." Zhao Xu said.

After letting Chen Shou build the steamship, he took time to draw drawings of other ships during the year.

After preparing to launch the steamship, give all these drawings to Chen Shou.

Like the Research and Development Institute and the Warfare Department Research and Development Institute, a Research and Development Institute was also set up in the Ship Department, and Chen Shou was ordered to lead a group of craftsmen to divide the work for research and development.

After all, through the construction of sail battleships and steamships, the Ship Division must have accumulated a large number of craftsmen skilled in shipbuilding technology.

And they extol the foundations of shipbuilding.

From their beginning, Da Song's shipbuilding industry would develop rapidly.

"This... so many." Chen Shou didn't care about his image, and squatted down to look through the drawings in the box, as if digging for gold.

Zhou Yi was no better. He was as cheerful as a fool and squatted down to look at the drawings with Chen Shou.

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

Zhou Yi stood up slowly and looked at Zhao Xu with eyes filled with stars.

At this moment, he admired King Yan extremely.

King Yan did not lie to him. Sure enough, there were terrifying warships like ironclads.

If a battleship can be inlaid with thick iron armor, the shells from the opponent's artillery hitting the armored ship will be like scratching an itch.

"It will keep you 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 ironclads of this era were wooden battleships covered with iron armor and equipped with propellers and triple-expansion steam engines.

When iron armor is embedded in wood, riveting technology is required.

This is actually to put a bolt without threads through the iron armor and wood, and then use a forging hammer to smash the end without a nut into a nut.

Because when the time comes, the craftsman will take a concave mold and place it on the bolt. The side facing the forging hammer will be flat, and the side facing the bolt will be sunken into the shape of a nut.

"Hey, I'm not afraid of being busy, I'm afraid of being free." Chen Shou was still squatting on the ground, refusing to move his eyes away from the drawing.

When Yang Susu and the other two saw this, they couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Xu shook his head helplessly and looked at the steamship and sail warship that were gradually moving away.

Turning his head, he looked at Zhou Yi, "The steamship is also given to you, but don't let me down. Go destroy the British fleet and capture Japan for me!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Zhou Yi made a powerful gesture towards Zhao Xu, looking excited.

Nodding, Zhao Xu watched the steamship with everyone for a while before leaving the shipyard.

Just like last year, the Navy still needs to conduct a month of adaptability training for the steamships and sail warships launched, and at the same time practice tactics such as formation attacks.

Therefore, it will be at least December before the navy can launch an attack on Japan.

For Zhao Xu, this time is not bad.

Think of it as a New Year gift to Japan.

Having personally participated in the battleship launching ceremony, Zhao Xu was not in a hurry to go back.

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

In addition, he also discussed with Chen Shou the matter of civilian steamships.

He ordered some officials from the Ship Department to be responsible for the construction of official civilian shipyards, specializing in the construction of civilian ships.

He hopes that in the next year or two, commercial steamships 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 mode of transportation after railways.

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

Next, he just had to wait for Zhou Yi to go on the expedition.