For a global hegemon like Ming Dynasty, Yoshino's tonnage, range and comprehensive combat effectiveness are very suitable, and the cost is also affordable. It is naturally the best general-purpose ironclad ship.
Due to the size of the battleship, a catapult can be installed in the future to take off a ship-based reconnaissance aircraft. It can also carry at least two seaplanes without a catapult.
In contrast, the modification space of Laiyuan and Zhiyuan is very limited. Small and medium-sized countries whose national power is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty will use these two types of ironclads as capital ships.
In addition to the New Inca Empire and the Ottoman Empire, even France and the Netherlands cannot afford to purchase and build Yoshino in large quantities as a battleship.
The cost of building a Yoshino is about four million silver coins, which is a price that can be achieved by lowering the construction cost by building in large quantities.
For France, which has an annual income of 30 to 40 million silver coins, it is very difficult to spend more than one-tenth of its annual income to purchase a Yoshino for the navy.
It is impossible to purchase a Yoshino in a year, unless Louis XIV does not intend to raise a large army.
Purchasing one vessel every two years is barely enough. After careful calculation, it is best to purchase one vessel every three years so as not to affect other expenditures.
There is no other company in the world that can acquire ten brand-new Yoshino ships like the Dutch Navy at one time.
After finalizing the deal, the Dutch Navy instantly surpassed the French Navy and became the second largest navy in the world.
The combat effectiveness of these ten Yoshinos is equivalent to the sum of all the ironclad ships of the French Navy, which is equivalent to the current strength of the Dutch Navy being twice that of France.
According to Emperor Haojing's established plan, excluding the Zheng fleet, by 1700, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Ming Navy would be equivalent to that of the Netherlands, France, Ottomans, Sweden, Venice, and the New Inca Empire combined.
If the additional 80 Yoshinos built can be completed on schedule, then twenty years later, the strength of the Ming Navy will increase by about 50% based on the original plan.
It can form a huge fleet consisting of four Blüchers, twelve Bismarcks, twenty Dingyuan, ninety Yoshino, thirty Laiyuan, and thirty Zhiyuan.
So much so that the Navy Commander-in-Chief Jie Xuan, who is nearly 70 years old, is still like a child, calculating the current size of his fleet and the amount of future equipment every day.
Emperor Haojing would not pour cold water on him. Back then, Jiexuan led many expeditions to North America and returned victorious from each trip. While making a lot of money for the court and soldiers, he also contacted allies and shocked the barbarians.
Now Emperor Haojing is going to let this subordinate know that all the achievements he made back then have been converted into armored ships. Presumably no naval general will refuse such a gift.
After receiving the ten third-level ironclad ships stipulated in the contract in Tianjin, Admiral Van der Zahn hoped that Little Putmans could coordinate them so that his fleet could stay in the Ming Empire for more than half a year to familiarize himself with the warships.
At the same time, we hope to give our side the opportunity to coordinate exercises with the Ming Empire's fleet at sea, and at the same time, allow the marine engineers to receive systematic training from the other side nearby.
Because unlike the first-class ironclads that introduced technology, the Netherlands did not introduce the construction technology of the third-class ironclads this time. The non-combatants on the ship must learn how to repair the warship to prevent the warship from breaking down halfway.
Emperor Haojing would naturally agree to this request, but the other party must pay sufficient food, fuel, ammunition and spare parts costs in advance. However, we can provide all-round training for him free of charge.
During the winter of the Ming Dynasty, only the Penglai and Qingdao bases in the north can be used normally. The Lushun base will be affected to some extent by ice floes, and the Tianjin base will be completely blocked by sea ice.
The southern bases include Dinghai and Sanmen bases in Zhejiang, Zhanjiang and Shilong bases in Guangdong, Sanya base in Qiongzhou, and Yanlong and Kaohsiung bases in the East.
As Zheng Zhilong takes his fellow villagers to South Africa, the ownership and use rights of the two major bases in Xiamen and Quanzhou in Fujian will gradually be transferred to Jiexuan.
There are thirteen naval bases in the mainland, and Emperor Haojing thinks they are basically enough.
No matter how much it is, annual repairs and maintenance will cost an extra amount of money.
Nandu Base and Wuchang Base are used by the Inland River Fleet, including Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake. The Inland River Fleet is equipped with armed patrol boats ranging from 100 tons to 300 tons.
There is another main reason why Emperor Haojing did not agree to increase the number of sea bases, and that is to build an air force base next to the naval base. In the future, the functions of the two will be integrated into one and become a naval and air force base.
The naval and air force base must serve as both an airport and a dock. It is used to take off and land Air Force fighter planes and dock Navy warships. The airport may also be used by the Naval Air Force.
To upgrade and expand the thirteen coastal bases in the territory, the relevant investment will reach at least 6.5 million silver coins, with an average of 500,000 silver coins for each base.
Infrastructure includes the construction of runways, hangars, oil depots, weapons depots, housing and logistics warehouses for air force officers and soldiers, etc.
Given that the current size of the Air Force is still relatively small and is the weakest of the three services, the scale of investment is still controllable and low.
Emperor Haojing's plan is to station at least one squadron of approximately forty-eight fighters at each navy and air force base.
Due to the unreliability of the engines, half of the number were kept as spares to ensure the squadron's daily availability.
Based on the current research and development progress, Emperor Haojing believes that it will take more than thirty years for the Air Force to become a combat force on par with the other two services.
Upgrading from airships to aircraft is one stage, and equipping aircraft with combat capabilities, especially the ability to threaten sea targets and shore targets, is the second stage.
To ensure the destruction of targets, especially ironclads, that is the third stage.
Each stage takes ten years, and the total of the three stages does not seem to be a long time.
At present, the orders for fighter jets are still relatively limited, with the total orders being less than 1,000.
When the performance of the engines gradually stabilizes and the aircraft begins to be exported, there will be a blowout growth.
The current orders for iron steam merchant ships and fishing boats are a good example. The number of orders is so large that they have been scheduled for ten years before delivery.
For example, Chongguo ordered one hundred 100-ton fishing boats, fifty 200-ton fishing boats, ten 500-ton fishing boats, and thirty 5,000-ton merchant ships at once.
The total population of Chongguo, which has a cold climate, is less than one million, but the surrounding waters are extremely rich in fishery resources, especially king crabs.
In the past, due to the lack of high-horsepower fishing boats, fishermen could only use small wooden boats to fish. Not only was the efficiency very low, but the ability to withstand wind and waves was also very poor.
The emergence of steam fishing boats solved this problem. In terms of workload, one steam boat is worth ten wooden boats.
The two major local specialties of Chongguo are sulfur and seafood. 60 to 70% of the sulfur soap used in the Ming Dynasty was produced in Chongguo.
After the implementation of mechanized production, Chongguo's sulfur soap production has increased rapidly.
The emergence of steam fishing ships and the hub of North American routes made Chongguo's economic strength rank among the top five of many overseas vassals within ten years.
Buying king crab locally in Chongguo only costs half a silver coin each, which is very cheap.
It was made into cans and sold to the Ming Dynasty, and the price in stores reached five silver coins.
But it's also great value for money. Each can is as big as a basin, and each can contains a king crab.
Every year, Emperor Haojing purchases at least 100,000 canned king crabs from Chongguo to reward officials and soldiers with outstanding performance.
Just buying canned king crab is not enough. Among the many vassal states in the south, Qin (Bismarck Islands, New Britain Island, New Ireland Island), Huiguo (Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa), Xiangguo (Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia), the canned tuna produced by these three companies is also unique.
Emperor Haojing helped the southern countries build canneries and purchased a large amount every year, which was regarded as poverty alleviation for them.
The coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty are also rich in seafood, but king crabs are extinct, and tuna is only found in southern waters.
Generally speaking, the taste of shelled seafood is basically inferior to that of Liaodong’s specialty – crickets!
Among fish, the meat texture of a few fish such as grouper can be compared with tuna.
If you want to eat real seafood, you have to live in Sanya all year round.
In the north, eating a stew of conch, abalone, shrimp, and large yellow croaker is considered Chinese New Year...
There were no special circumstances for the main force of the Ming Dynasty fleet, and Emperor Haojing allowed them to be stationed at the Sanya base during winter training.
On the one hand, it is to avoid being affected by low temperatures and maintain combat effectiveness throughout the year.
On the other hand, it is an opportunity for the people below to take supplements, so that everyone can eat cheap seafood for three months a year.
50,000 to 60,000 sailors were stationed at the Sanya base, but they were able to support a group of farmers and fishermen around them, including those selling fruits.
In Qiongzhou, fresh fruits and seafood are cheaper than canned food, which is the biggest benefit.
In order to allow most inland people in the Ming Dynasty to eat canned seafood, Emperor Haojing had previously ordered subsidies for shipyards.
It's not a loan, but a loan. That is, as long as the shipyard receives the order, it can apply for a loan from the bank and repay the loan after the ship is delivered.
Even to build a small steam fishing boat, the cycle takes a year.
If the shipyard does not have enough funds in the early stage, it will not dare to buy a large amount of raw materials even if it receives an order.
The buyer only needs to pay 30% to 50% of the purchase price, and the rest will be settled when the ship is picked up.
The reason is simple. Many buyers also lack funds, and some even use their property as collateral to obtain loans.
The booming development of foreign trade allowed a large number of maritime merchants to see opportunities to make money, and later even fishermen joined the ranks.
It’s definitely not possible to be a single fisherman, but a partnership of a dozen or twenty people will be enough to pool the money to buy a fishing boat.
Even if you don’t have enough money and you don’t qualify for a loan, there are still ways to get enough money to buy a boat.
The first is to borrow loan sharks, and the second is to cooperate with the owners of restaurants and restaurants.
The annual interest rate of the former shall not be higher than 30%, otherwise it will not be protected by the Ming Law.
The latter's cooperation method with fishermen is also very simple, that is, the fishermen supply seafood to each other.
As long as the ship does not sink, the restaurant can continue to obtain cheap seafood, and supply its own products without the possibility of not being able to compete with good products on the market.
If you are lucky enough to go out to sea and be able to drag back a whale, it will be equivalent to paying off half of the boat's loan at once...
Another reason that prompted fishermen to take risks was the low price of coal in Ming Dynasty.
In particular, hundreds of ships transport coal from the Lianghuai coal mines every day, some to Nandu and other places, and the other to Zhoushan.
Dinghai in Zhoushan is one of the main markets for fishing boat owners to buy coal. After fishing boats catch good coal, they can put it in the freezer and then go directly to Qiantang to supply restaurants there.
If all the goods caught are ordinary goods, they can be supplied to canneries in Zhenhai or Dinghai.
Thanks to the iron ore in Ma'anshan, iron sheet processing is extremely developed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and canneries have benefited from this.
There are two other major dependencies in the north, one is the Benxi iron mine in Liaodong, and the other is the Maoshan iron mine in the northeast of Kimchi.
The reserves of the latter in the open-pit mining part alone are as high as one billion tons, with an iron content of more than 50%, making it a high-grade iron ore.
Bartering in exchange for shiploads of iron ore became Emperor Haojing's first choice because the other party's mining costs were lower.
The kimchi party also cheered and cheered for the chance to have a local product that the Ming Emperor had taken a liking to, and celebrated excitedly for three days and three nights.
I had heard that the Ming Emperor was going to have a beauty pageant, and Kimchi Shang Xia carefully selected a group of beauties.
When he arrived at the Ming Dynasty, he was left aside because his figure did not meet the Ming Emperor's requirements.
After finding out the truth, Kimchi's top management searched for all kinds of local beauties that met the specifications and sent them to Beidu.
The second time they were returned, the reason was that the appearance and figure of these beauties were exactly the opposite...
Emperor Haojing almost vomited when he saw a group of big pie faces!
Otherwise, you think that among the tens of millions of women of the right age in the Ming Dynasty, only a few hundred meet the beauty pageant standards?
This is an emperor's beauty pageant, so the threshold is very high, and not just any crooked person can get in!
The first batch of thirty-three beauties, Kimchi did not catch up.
In the second batch of sixty-six beauties, Kimchi did not catch up.
The beautiful biological mother started organizing the third batch of ninety-nine beauties again, but the eldest son was no longer so interested...
I already have ninety-nine concubines. There is really no need to marry the same number of beauties again, and I am not a wholesaler!
Emperor Haojing thought that after he married nearly a hundred beauties in succession, they would give birth to a bunch of cubs.
Due to the heavy burden on the family, my quality of life has been seriously reduced!
In contrast, my mother's requirements for her second son, Xiao Feizhai, were much lower.
This guy has married less than thirty wives, including two foreign wives, and he is completely busy.
Unlike myself, who worries all day long about the concubines teaming up to come in and defeat the emperor...
A certain emperor was not in a hurry, but his mother and officials from various places were very happy to do it.
The latter is eager to have as many as possible, so that the beauties in his territory will have the opportunity to flourish.
The beauty who has already won the emperor's favor in the palace can naturally help him with his pillow.
A beautiful mother likes daughters-in-law who can give birth to fat grandsons, while a certain emperor likes young ladies who will never get pregnant.
Not getting pregnant means that you have nothing to worry about and can play whatever you want...
Due to the special preferences of a certain emperor, these concubines were able to compete for favor even if they had no heirs.
A certain emperor already had enough heirs. His sons were over seventy and his daughters were hundreds. In the future, the issue of enfeoffment would also be involved.
Daughters and granddaughters will marry outside, which is easy to handle, but sons' sons are also a troublesome problem.
If the biological mother drinks the elixir and can significantly delay aging, should her children also take part?
The elixir was a specialty of Emperor Haojing. There were more than three hundred servings a year. How could they all be given to the women in the imperial palace?
In contrast, the concubine who still had no heirs was more popular with Emperor Haojing.
Feed one person and the whole family will not be hungry!
In order to prevent his money bag from being divided up by his heirs, Emperor Haojing had already set the rules.
Regardless of son or daughter, regardless of the main wife or the side wife, when everyone reaches adulthood, they can receive a fee of 100,000 silver coins at a time.
With this money, as long as it does not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the children can do whatever they want.
It’s gambling, eating, and entertainment, and you can spend it as you like.
But after all the money is spent, as the father, he has no obligation to pay any more.
The safe way is to deposit money in the bank or lend money to merchants who are short of money, so as to ensure income during droughts and floods.
The young lady who is closer to the six noble concubines who are doing business has already paved the way for their children to take.
The top eight concubines received tens of millions of silver coins every year. If they just drank some soup with them, that would be tens of thousands of silver coins.
If you just want to eat and drink, plus some seasonal clothes and consumer goods, fifty silver coins a day and twenty thousand silver coins a year will be enough.
Children born to the first eight concubines, as long as they are not involved in the succession of the throne and do not violate the law, are theoretically regarded as legitimate children by the emperor and can enjoy higher treatment than other children of concubines.
As for the children born to the ninety-nine little sisters who came in later, it all depends on their own abilities. There are endless people who seek connections and use the back door.
There was also a young lady who wanted to adopt her children to those infertile sisters, but Emperor Haojing did not stop her.
As long as no one is killed, the girls can play as they please.
Once you take a life, you will be responsible for the consequences!
A certain wealthy prince knew this very well and was worried about his children's future.
When the two brothers had dinner together, as the elder brother, Emperor Haojing could easily enlighten this guy.
There is only one title for a prince, and naturally there can only be one heir.
The person who inherits the throne in the future may not necessarily be the smartest of his sons, but he must be someone who cannot cause trouble.
A certain fat man was thoughtful after hearing this, stroking the beard on his chin and thinking for a long time, and finally decided to enjoy the title of nobility for another fifty years...
From this point of view, the title of a certain fat house can be directly passed on to a grandson or great-grandson!
Regarding this matter, Emperor Haojing did not want to interfere, but only gave his own guidance and suggestions, nothing more.
As long as a certain obese brother is not fat to death, with the help of the elixir, he will have absolutely no problem taking it for another fifty years.
Previously, a certain royal brother planned to sell the kimchi beauty to a certain fat house, but the latter politely declined!
This is purely a pile of unsaleable products, and about 90% of them belong to young ladies who landed face or chest first...
Even if there are a few young ladies who are qualified in both aspects, they are still very stiff when speaking plain language.
Before getting started, you have to test your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, which is asking for trouble.
For the Maoshan Iron Mine, we have to eat a batch of "big pancakes"!
Emperor Haojing believed that the top management of Kimchi had ulterior motives and kept trying to pay tribute to a bunch of "yellow lotus"!
If a kimchi lady can be exchanged for a ton of iron ore, all these things will be returned to the factory!
When he saw the second batch of pickle girls who had balls but no face, a certain fat prince was almost frightened and called the female ghost Smith!
In comparison, I have had too many study tour experiences in Europe, and those Western girls are at least pretty decent-looking.
You know, a summer blown by the wind is absolutely different from a summer blown by a typhoon!
The former sounds very romantic, and the latter sounds like I don’t know where it will be carried by the typhoon...
I heard from Miss Kimchi that once they are returned to the factory, their fate will be very tragic.
The tributes disliked by the Ming Emperor, no one dared to touch the rich gentry in Kimchi. It was said that marrying one of them would bring bad luck in life.
And after being married by the Ming Emperor, even if he was later expelled from his residence, the people who married him would flock to him because they could get the immortal energy!
Emperor Haojing believed that this was all due to eating too much kimchi, so he researched the metaphysics of athlete's foot!
There is no need for the eliminated ladies to return to the factory. Instead, they can be rewarded to the meritorious officials of the Northern Expedition.
Especially those guys who don't like to ride big horses and are very thirsty.
When I return to my hometown, I wish I could just go into the pig pen and snatch the sow...
Although many kimchi girls have pancake faces, their appearance at night can be ignored.
Covering your face during the day feels the same!
Between husband and wife, feeling is the most important thing!
I don’t know how the top management of Kimchi feels when most of the tributes he finally collected were handled by himself?
Since they are not a couple anyway, the other person’s feelings are not important!
If it is returned to the factory directly, the young lady will not feel comfortable, and the other party will also feel uncomfortable.
Calculating this, directly disposing of substandard products is the best solution.
Emperor Haojing did not intend to use these qualified young ladies. He just kept them in a small villa and took good care of them.
After a few years, a few of them will be disposed of together, and then they will be living together.
You can do this in the future. This is called a virtuous cycle.
To quote a certain health care father: Sorry, I have no idea about you at all!
Emperor Haojing and his fat brothers agreed that if they had the time, they might as well have more barbecue!
Eating mutton, ribs, and crispy bones in the summer, and eating oysters, conches, and abalone in the winter. Isn’t this much better than eating kimchi?
After the barbecue, watch a movie and eat some grapes, mango, and cantaloupe. It’s a life filled with endless joy!
Anyone who dares to let Emperor Haojing enjoy Miss Kimchi is tantamount to assassinating the king!
As for how to encourage subordinates?
Very simple!
Soldiers, the time has come to sacrifice your life for your country!
We must move forward indomitably and be invincible!
If the soldiers refused to sign for it, a certain emperor would have to reward the mine supervisors. At least they were not picky eaters!
In general, without a high-tech look and a whole body, it would be difficult for Miss Kimchi to cross a certain threshold...
There is a saying that is true - no matter the whole body, only the brain is damaged!
There is no way, it's useless even if you shout "Ah ~ Xiba", the reality is so cruel!
If he could choose one of the two, "iron ore" or "iron ore + young lady", a certain emperor would rather have all iron ore!
There is no other reason than iron ore cannot be mixed with impurities!
