Emperor Hongzhi traveled almost every position on the ship.

Oh, it turns out that the sails don't rise because there is no need to rely on the wind for the time being. This time, we need to try the strength of steam power.

Also... It turns out that ships can also sail with inertia to some extent. At first, when the boiler is burning, the ship is slow. When the speed gradually increases, the speed may be further accelerated.

There are also those strongmen in the boiler cabin, each of whom was bare-handed, but they were sweating profusely, and their skin was as white as if it was steamed by sweat.

The helmsman need to study the charts, and the sea ships must have relatively fixed routes, because unknown sea areas and unknown hydrology are prone to risk of falling into reefs, of course, especially near the sea.

Most sailing in the distant seas relies on ocean currents.

There is also wind force, and wind force is limited because the wind direction will change at any time.

besides……

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the sailors and sailors in the bumpy state. He felt unstable and dizzy when he stood here, but they all tirelessly performed their duties.

It's really not easy.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed in his heart.

It is conceivable how many hardships those who cross the ocean experienced on the way across the ocean.

When I went to the West, I was a national policy, and I would like to continue with my own will, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, which changed my life, but I... I almost ignored them.

Fang Jifan also began to talk: "Your Majesty, if the sea is tried, my son pleads that the Ming Dynasty needs to organize a large fleet of steamships."

"Yes." Emperor Hongzhi thought: "It must be expensive."

Fang Jifan gritted his teeth and said, "I heard that Franji people have a fleet, known as the Invincible Fleet. They traverse all over the world and are full of evil."

From Fang Jifan's standpoint, this is no longer full of evil deeds.

Emperor Hongzhi became cautious: "Is that true? After the sea trial, please come up with the rules. Among all the ministers, who can take charge of this fleet?"

"If Your Majesty believes in Erchen's words, Erchen's disciple Tang Yin has had the experience of being in charge of the navy before. It is safest for him to train the personnel and take charge of the fleet."

Emperor Hongzhi heard Fang Jifan put forward the word "believe".

Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly, your father died thousands of miles away in battle. You Fang Jifan is my son-in-law. You Fang Jifan, you trained the emperor's grandson, and let the emperor's grandson be both civil and military, which makes people admire you. You Fang Jifan gathered wealth in the West Mountain and gave me and the crown prince so many shares for free. This guy offended countless people for the sake of the new policy. If you say that you still have no trust in him, then who else can trust in this world?

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Tang Yin is a man with softness on the outside but strong on the inside, which is very useful."

He looked relieved. No matter what, Fang Jifan finally agreed to communicate normally, which was an excellent sign.

Emperor Hongzhi continued: "These Franchise men are really damn. They dare to claim to be invincible. All under the world are the kings and the shores of the land, are they kings and ministers and traitors? It turns out that everyone can kill them. Follow the vassals, can this fleet have a name for the ship?"

As soon as he said it, Emperor Hongzhi regretted it.

Let Fang Jifan name it is nothing more than a car accident scene.

Fang Jifan tilted his head: "My Ming Dynasty stood in the East, the country of the Celestial Kingdom, and a mere Franji dared to claim that he was undefeated. He was a ruthless person. I thought of a fleet that specifically restrained them. It might as well call it undefeated on the East. They are invincible and we are undefeated. The name of this fleet is like this fleet. It is Your Majesty's magic weapon. Looking for opponents from all over the world, you only want to be defeated. How can you, the world is unbeatable and you have to be undefeated."

This name………too arrogant.

It does not conform to the spirit of Emperor Hongzhi.

However… Emperor Hongzhi was actually relieved. No matter what, the name was far beyond his expectations of the other party's Jifan.

This is much more normal than the title of "The King of Scum" in the world who is not a slap in the world, and the title of "Little Zhu Xiucai" is a bad person, and it was much better than that of the previous one, like a man from a madhouse.

People are sometimes a bit inferior.

Even the Emperor of Ming Dynasty cannot avoid the common people.

When someone breaks through his lower limit again and again, even if he just a slightly normal name, he can get some psychological comfort to Emperor Hongzhi, and then he will have a strange mentality, indeed, growing up, and seeing people with admiration.

"Okay, according to what you have reported." Emperor Hongzhi found that for Fang Jifan, it seemed... as long as the question about Franji was involved, the taciturn Fang Jifan would be a little normal.

After the sea trial, the giant ship began to return. When the giant ship returned to the harbor, the officials on the shore all breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally... I'm back.

It didn't sink.

It is indeed God bless my emperor.

Long live my emperor.

People rushed to take out their telescopes and look in the direction of the giant ship.

Everyone smiled happily. Of course, some people couldn't help but say a few words: "It's just too bad. Tens of millions of taels of silver. Isn't it good to do something else? Even if it's a shipbuilding, it's enough to build a large fleet of ships to voyage to the West. But for the tens of millions of taels of silver, it only made a ship that would smoke. Oh... young people don't take charge of their own business, and they don't know how expensive it is."

Many people nodded.

They knew nothing about ships, and for them, ten million taels of silver, one hundred ships, and one, that was of course one hundred for a hundred.

When people raised their telescopes one after another, they found that someone on the giant ship also raised their telescopes to look at them. Looking closely, this person... looks very familiar...

Then, my heart skipped a beat, damn, Master.

Did the emperor see himself? Did he find himself peeking?

So, I quickly took off the telescope and looked lingering in fear.

A moment later, flags were whispered on the giant ship, and then an eunuch came: "Your Majesty, please come on board the ship."

At this time, the ship had already gone out to sea for a while, obviously... this proved that the giant ship was safe.

So, everyone got on the sampan.

This time, it was even more embarrassing.

Four or five old guys who had a dry meal got on the boat, and the other two or three rowed.

Two people paddled and five people watched.

The strongman felt that his arm was broken.

On the sampan, the man pinched his beard excitedly, found some inspiration, and couldn't help but want to chant poems.

Everyone boarded the ship one after another.

When he arrived on the deck, Emperor Hongzhi held his hands behind his back, but heard Zhu Houzhao say excitedly: "Father, Father... the results of the sea test have come out. This time, fifty miles round trip, the fuel used is only twenty or one. If we estimate this, the fuel is enough to provide a range of more than seven hundred miles. Not only that, the speed is extremely fast... and..."

He took out the dense books and kept reporting the results.

Success.

Great success.

This first ship is enough to take on a great responsibility, and is stronger than all the ship information that Zhu Houzhao saw now.

Larger, firearms are equipped with more complete, faster, and have enough speed to take on major responsibilities.

My years of hard work have not been in vain.

Fang Jifan also squeezed out a little smile.

He still believed that his father was not dead.

Although he was worried in his heart, he could still be happy as long as he didn't think about it.

And now... the achievements of these years have finally come true.

Emperor Hongzhi held his hands behind his back and nodded with relief.

Although he didn't know how to understand, he still doesn't understand. In addition to smoking, this ship could be faster, and where is it sharp.

But both the son and son-in-law agreed, then, it would be excellent.

Emperor Hongzhi said with gratitude: "The crown prince really lives up to my expectations. It's great, I'm very gratified."

Emperor Hongzhi looked happy: "I want to take the silver from the treasury and create a steam fleet. What do you think?"

All ministers, look at me, I will look at you.

Finally, everyone's eyes fell on Ma Wensheng.

Ma Wensheng felt that the pressure was very high.

The attitude of all officials is relatively clear.

They pay attention to spending small money to do big things.

Even if it is the emperor's money, don't the emperor's money also come from the people's money?

My Minister of War had to come up with something.

If you applaud Your Majesty, you will inevitably be despised by your colleagues and think that you are flattering, but...

He gritted his teeth and coughed: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it's better to be cautious. This steamboat seems majestic, but it's useless to put it on the sea? The cost of the steamboat is too huge. I beg your Majesty to think twice. It's better to build another one and try it first. How about it? If it doesn't work, it's better to build more sailboats, at the same price...the price of sailboats is much cheaper..."

Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly.

He found that these people were still thinking like that when he was in the past. At the beginning, he was also thinking like that.

However... what Ma Wensheng said was not unreasonable. This steamboat... is serious...

But at this moment, someone came on the ship and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

When Emperor Hongzhi saw that it was a eunuch and panted, he glanced at the eunuch sideways and said, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Dengzhou has sent a express report."

Dengzhou...

People looked surprised, what could happen in Dengzhou?

"Those ships, which had escaped the Ningbo Navy's ships, went north, attacked Dengzhou, defeated Dengzhou's Beiwu Water Village, and then ransacked them all and left."

call……

Dengzhou was not the focus of Daming's defense, especially after the Japanese pirates subsided.

Those Franji people kept asking Emperor Hongzhi to summon him but failed. They went north and actually... used this to show off their power.

Then...then...thinking again, the Invincible Fleet attacked Xinjin, is this another...a premeditation of Franji people, from Dengzhou to Xinjin, this is a warning to the Ming Dynasty. Is this implicit? Is this implicit? If the Ming Dynasty is involved in the ocean again, the consequences will be even heavier in the future.

Emperor Hongzhi looked miserable and said sternly: "Where is the pirate ship?"

"I'm already escaping from afar, I'm afraid I can't catch up."
Chapter completed!