"ten years?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
"Your Majesty, this is just my estimate."
A craftsman replied respectfully, "Yesterday we looked at the map of a first-class battleship and saw three rows of cannons on both sides of the ship, totaling more than a hundred cannons, and the cannons can hit two or three miles away. This requires the hull to Extremely strong..."
Li Shanchang couldn't help but feel shocked when he heard the craftsman's analysis.
A warship with a hundred cannons? !
Or a cannon that can shoot three miles away?
How big is this boat?
For a moment, Li Shanchang was shaken. He looked again at Zhu Yuanzhang, whom he had followed since Chuzhou, and suddenly felt that he was strange and could no longer see through him.
"Ten years is too long."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You start with the construction of third-class battleships. I will appoint Mr. Han as the Commander-in-Chief of the Ming Dynasty Navy and will be fully responsible for shipbuilding. The skilled craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty have gathered in Yingtian Mansion. I want to see new warships equipped with new cannons go to sea as soon as possible!" "
Li Shanchang felt unhappy after hearing this. He wanted to be the Navy Commander?
navy?
Just to destroy the pirates?
Xu Da guards Peiping and is in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops in the north, but he can only be a naval commander?
Even if he is old now, he should not look down upon him so much!
When Li Shanchang was dissatisfied, ten craftsmen and officials from the Ministry of Works knelt down to receive the order.
Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened, "You didn't even have breakfast before going out in the morning?!"
Everyone was afraid to plead guilty.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, and Li Shanchang knew that this was what he was starting to think about.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang just said lightly:
"If a new type of warship can be built within two years, I will allow you to leave your craftsmanship."
As soon as these words came out, the ten craftsmen all raised their heads and looked at the Holy Master with astonishment.
After a long while, the craftsman who had just spoken hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, and the other nine craftsmen also kowtowed violently and knelt to thank the Holy Grace!
"..."
Zhu Yuanzhang was in a complicated mood. He thought of Chu Zhen's words again and waved them out.
Only Li Shanchang, Zhang He and Zhu Shou were left.
"Give me tea."
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang said this, the two governors immediately stood up and saluted to thank the Holy Spirit for the gift.
Li Shanchang stood up after a moment's delay to thank him.
"Why do you need to be polite when you are good? We are the parents of children."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, raised his hand to call the three of them to come near, and ordered someone to lift a piece of cloth on the wall behind him.
A vast territory map was displayed in front of the three people.
Li Shanchang looked up in shock and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, this -!"
"I got the map from Master Chu."
Zhu Yuanzhang put his arm around his shoulders affectionately, took him to the map, and pointed to him: "Do you know where this is?"
"Xiao Liuqiu?"
"Not bad, what about here?"
"Da Liuqiu...and Japan!"
"It turns out that Shanchang is also very familiar with overseas, so I feel relieved."
Zhu Yuanzhang used the wooden stick handed over by the eunuch to point at Xiaoliuqiu Island: "I appoint you as the naval commander. You will control all the naval forces of the Ming Dynasty, send ships to Xiaoliuqiu to build the Chief Secretary and the garrison, and integrate Xiaoliuqiu into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. "
Li Shanchang looked at the map several times, "Only when I look at this map do I understand why Your Majesty wants to build a navy!"
On this map, all the overseas countries of the Ming Dynasty are marked, and the sea areas are clearer than ever before.
The location of Xiaoliuqiu Island is too critical, and this island is larger than Daliuqiu, almost half the size of the Chief Envoy.
"Besides, there is bird droppings here. You can also send a boat to bring it back."
Zhu Yuanzhang clicked on one of the islands again.
"guano?!"
Li Shanchang was shocked.
For the dignified Korean prince, transporting bird droppings is not only a great shame and humiliation, it is simply——
"Don't underestimate the guano. Master Chu personally instructed that the guano on the island has been accumulated for a long time and has no fertility. A stone of guano transported back to the Ming Dynasty can produce hundreds of tons of grain. There are countries in the West that hunt for guano." Battle at sea.”
Li Shanchang: "..."
He was reckless. He didn't expect that the guano on the island would be so effective after accumulating over time.
"besides!"
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the Japanese country and said, "I want to level this place and dig the graves of the Japanese pirates' ancestors."
Li Shanchang read the history books and found that the Japanese country could not even defeat the Meng Yuan Dynasty, and the ship capsized in a storm.
But now that the Ming Dynasty has Chu Zhenren's new type of sea-going ship, it might be possible to capture it.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel excited.
"I want you to build a shipyard in Yingtian Mansion."
Zhu Yuanzhang patted him on the shoulder and said to him cordially: "You go and unify the navy of the Coastal Guard Station, establish the Ming Dynasty Navy, build new warships, and equip them with new cannons. Not only will the Japanese pirates be completely wiped out, but I will also send the Ming Dynasty Navy envoy Hong Mao." Fan Guo ordered them to pay tribute every year!
I want overseas silver to flow into the Ming Dynasty and help me complete the task of apportioning the land! "
The last sentence shocked Li Shanchang and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
He seemed to have seen Zhu Chongba when he was conquering the world.
"My lord, Li Shanchang will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust!"
Mr. Li Shanchang of South Korea bowed respectfully.
"Hahaha, get up."
Zhu Yuanzhang helped him up, pointed to the two people behind him and said: "I asked Zhang He and Zhu Shou to assist you, and then ordered the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War to supervise the construction of warships and the formation of a navy. You will deploy troops and horses to the Coast Guard and the Navy. It’s all under your command.”
After roughly speaking his thoughts, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Shanchang to go back and write a detailed memorial.
After finishing, Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded Li Shanchang and three people, each with a mango. Li Shanchang got a slightly larger mango, and the other two were equal.
"Your Majesty, this...is the fruit offered by Master Chu?!"
Li Shan was shocked when he finally saw the real thing.
It’s January now!
"I bought it from Master Chu."
Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately corrected it, so that one day the Chu Zhen boy would come to the Ming Dynasty, and these officials would regard him as an audience.
bought?
Li Shanchang accurately grasped the difference, but did not ask any more questions. After respectfully thanking the reward, he and Zhang He left the Huagai Hall.
Back at Yingtian Mansion's home, Li Shanchang ordered his servant to get the stove, sit by the stove, roast the mango, and then carefully tear open the peel to reveal the fresh flesh inside.
The servants around were all stunned when they saw it, and they all said that this was His Majesty's grace to the master. In the entire Yingtian Mansion, the master was the only minister who was granted the fairy fruit!
His son Li Qi and his daughter-in-law Princess Lin'an were also there. Princess Lin'an even said resentfully: "My father gave fruits to my brothers and sisters, but I am the only one in Yingtian Mansion who doesn't have them."
Li Shanchang paused in his action of peeling the fruit.
Princess Lin'an is the eldest princess, so she doesn't have one? !
Just at this time, the servant hurried in and reported: "Your Highness the Princess, Sir, the eunuch from the palace came and said that the Holy One has given a fruit to Your Highness the Princess to enjoy!"
"Father rewarded me?!"
Princess Lin'an was filled with joy and went out with her husband. Soon she came back with a mango bigger than Li Shanchang's hand.
I gave half to my husband.
The couple enjoyed their meal happily, but Li Shanchang couldn't taste the mango.
"You will go into the palace tomorrow to thank me."
Li Shanchang said to the two of them.
Li Qi was originally unwilling to go, but after seeing the unquestionable look on his father's face, he had to agree.
