"His Majesty the King and the Earls are going to board the Black Devil!"

If anyone released it, the citizens who were on the banks of the river were restless and saw King Charlie and a group of British nobles approaching the ironclad ship in a small boat.

The ironclad ship of General Fubo, with a black hull, has been called the "Black Devil" in awe by them, and is opposite to the nickname "Golden Devil" of the newly launched Sea King.

The two warships are distinctive compared to other warships. The hull of the Sea King is tall and the gilded sculptures look magnificent. The General Fubo uses black paint. In addition to the several Chinese characters on the hull that the British cannot understand, the hull is pitch black, making people think of the devil in the night.

"I have seen iron ships in the East that are larger than this, and they say they are civilian." Sir Greenville met Princess Sophia with Princess Sophia when he was on his mission to the East, which was even larger than General Fubo, and was used to carry heavy cross-sea cables.

"This iron ship is completely different. It is a perfect industrial product for naval combat. Its artillery can easily destroy sailboats that dare to fight against it, and its hull can easily block even 36-pound shells." Zheng Zhibao proudly introduced the ironclad ship of General Fubo to the kings and nobles of Britain on the boat.

The closer Charles I was to the Iron Craft, the more I felt that the King of the Sea seemed powerless in front of the Iron Craft.

The King of the Sea, which was built with great effort to spend 60,000 pounds, was completely defeated at this time.

Charles I was like a child who compared to others toys. He found that the toys he had worked hard to save money was not as good as others, and he couldn't help but feel frustrated.

Charles I led the nobles to climb the deck of the ironclad ship along the ladder. On it was a group of black-haired and yellow-skinned naval soldiers, wearing uniform naval uniforms, some of whom were holding muskets, and curious eyes were looking at the kings and nobles of the European monarchy.

For the soldiers on the ironclad ship, they saw the princes and nobles in Europe for the first time, and were even more surprised by the other party's appearance.

"The hull is made of iron, and the hull will not be rusted due to the erosion of sea water?" Sir Pennington knocked the hull with the scabbard of the sword, making a sound of collision with the iron block, and couldn't help but wonder.

Iron shell ships were almost impossible to produce in this era because they lacked too many prerequisite technology.

How to make the iron ship float on the water and move it, and riveted iron plates to prevent steel from being corroded in seawater - these technical difficulties worthy of attention limit the technical precipitation of the era of iron-clad ships that originally took two hundred years.

However, now advanced warships such as Iron Crafts have appeared and are anchored on the Thames River.

Charles I and a group of British nobles patrolled the head of the ship, and the 60-pound iron cannon installed at the tail of the ship was used to fix and reduce recoil. Perhaps even the top deck was covered with iron plates, but a layer of wooden boards were laid on the iron plates.

Admiral Sir Pennington and a group of senior officers from the Royal Navy were both troubled - probably only God knew how to sink such an iron ship!

Charles I and others went down to the armored layer to patrol again. Ten 40-pound cannons were placed on the left and right sides of the ship on the deck of the armored layer, which was almost the same as the arrangement of the sail battleships, which slightly relieved the uneasiness of the Royal Navy.

At least the early ironclad ships had similar combat modes to sail battleships, and they all relied on artillery on both sides to decide the outcome.

What makes the Royal Navy most uneasy is the defense of the iron-clad ships, which is almost unsolvable, and it is difficult for arson ships to have much effect on the iron-shelled hull.

"The perfect hull structure and satisfactory material strength, I never thought that iron could be used to make ships, and there was enough power to sail on the sea. My God, how incredible!" Peter Pet, a ship designer who designed and manufactured the Marine King, was also in the process of visiting the ironclad ship of General Fubo.

The visit to the ironclad ship made him, a ship designer in the era of sail battleships, exclaimed surprise.

The structure of the ironclad ship gave him a lot of inspiration, but this inspiration was useless. He had no idea that the steam engine, a power device that transcends the era, was playing a magical role.

There are also many important basic technologies to build the foundation for ironclad ships.

"How much pounds does it take to build such an iron ship?" Charles I didn't know too many technical principles, but he knew that there was no shipbuilder in Europe who could build ironclad ships, and even the Royal Woolwich Shipyard did not have a slight technical reserve to build ironclad ships.

The only fastest way to get a cylindrical ship is to buy the cylindrical ship directly.

If he could buy a ship like this, Charles I thought that even if he paid twice to three times the money to build the King of the Sea, Charles I would think it was worth it even if he had paid more than 100,000 pounds.

"We are just soldiers responsible for the battle and do not have the authority to know how much it costs to build an iron ship. Please contact our army leader for such matters." Zheng Zhibao did not deceive Charles I, because only the departments responsible for the budget and finance of the General Fubo know that the iron ship was in their hands, and they just need to learn how to operate and use it.

"In the future, I will let our ambassadors talk to your military leader about the purchase of warships and the introduction of a batch of technology..." Charles I had to admit that Sir Greenville, Earl of Compton and other nobles who had been on missions to China had already had foresight. The East was much stronger than he thought, and could also create a terrifying ironclad ship.

"How many iron ships are there in the East?" Charles I thought of a serious problem.

"Three ships, only one can install artillery." Zheng Zhibao replied.

There was only one military ironclad ship, and that was fine... Charles I felt relieved when he thought that there was only one ironclad ship in the East.

But he did not expect that the production cost of accumulating this ironclad ship was not as expensive as he thought. Since Chu Yun could produce one ironclad ship, it would be easy to produce a second one. Unless Chu Yun was under huge threat, he could do his best to operate the state machinery and produce an ironclad fleet in a short period of time.

In this era, there is no threat that Chu Yun can vigorously invest in the ironclad fleet. He invested his funds in roads, railways, education, and technical research prepared for the future.
Chapter completed!