"What is that smoked black monster?!"

"Idiot, that's not a monster, it's a ship, an unprecedented big ship!"

The residents in the Yokohama Concession discovered the 10,000-ton giant ship sailing from southern Liaoning, which was incredible.

The arrival of the Dongfang has attracted countless people to watch!

Four thick chimneys were emitting black smoke, and 10,000 tons of ships were anchored on Edo Bay. Because there was no suitable pier and it was impossible to dock, the Oriental had to stop dozens of meters away from the coast.

This huge ship is different from ordinary sail battleships. The sail battleships are generally two-layer and three-layer decks, which are even taller, while the steam iron armored ship has a single-layer deck with a narrow hull and a length of 125 meters!

The hull of the Oriental is covered with black paint, and the three big characters "Oriental" are painted with white paint on it.

The soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet stood on the sailing warships such as the Dachu, Daqi, etc., and looked curiously. The arrival of the ten thousand tons of Dongfang surprised them.

They had never seen such a strange ship, long and narrow, and it was really worrying that it would break in the middle.

The aspect ratio of ordinary sailboats is 4 to 1 or 5 to 1, while the aspect ratio of the Oriental reaches an astonishing 7 to 1 to 8 to 1. In fact, the later Titanic is even more exaggerated, with the aspect ratio almost reaching 10 to 1, and it was really broken into two parts when it sinks.

Zheng Zhilong stood on the dock, looking at the black smoke-filled Dongfang and its black metal texture, and his heart was inexplicably uttered.

This is a miracle of the industrial age. It is completely different from ordinary steamers. The cylinders alone weigh dozens of tons, which is completely unimaginable before!

"The Dongfang is much larger than the Yongchang, and it can come and go freely in a sea without wind." Zheng Zhilong seemed to be talking to himself.

"But General, I think the Oriental only has one deck. If it is used for combat, it can only install some artillery on the upper and lower decks. Perhaps the number of artillery is not as high as that of the Dachu and Daqi." Shi Daxuan, deputy commander of the Beiyang Fleet, stood beside Zheng Zhilong, and was shocked to find the shortcomings of the Oriental.

In the eyes of their naval generals, what they saw was not the transportation capacity of the Oriental, but the possibility of becoming a warship.

"It's not that the number of artillery is as good as possible... In the era of steamships, it depends on whether the hull is strong and mobility. And only heavy iron armored ships can carry larger caliber artillery." Zheng Zhilong has realized the future of steam iron armored ships.

"Steamboat..." Shi Daxuan had to face up to the Oriental. Its birth is likely to indirectly launch a change in the naval fleet.

"The arrival of the Oriental is to build a submarine cable from Yokohama Port to Beijing. We will soon be able to directly send a telegram to Beijing." Zheng Zhilong said.

"This is a great thing. It will be difficult for Japan to break away from our control in the future! As long as a telegram is taken in the capital, our Beiyang Fleet can take action immediately." Shi Daxuan said.

"It is said that the Oriental also brought something..."

"General Zheng, General Shi!" Da Yuer came to Yokohama Port and saw Zheng Zhilong and Shi Daxuan, who were watching the dock at the dock, and other officers from the Beiyang Fleet.

"It's better to come early than to come by chance. The Dongfang account has just arrived, and you have arrived too." Zheng Zhilong had already received Da Yu'er's letter in advance.

"This time I asked the Ministry of Revenue to send a batch of items, which were very precious things, so I had to come to pick them up in person." Da Yu'er smiled.

"Is there anything related to the Tokyo branch?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"Yes." Da Yu'er couldn't deny it.

The arrival of the Oriental caused a sensation in the Yokohama Concession. People in the Concession rushed to tell each other. Even some overseas Chinese were deeply shocked. They had never seen a steamship that was 100 meters long.

"Go back to the shogun quickly, the Kyushu army still hides the even more terrifying steam iron armored ship. It's simply a monster, suspected to be forty feet long!"

The shogunate spies in the Yokohama Concession immediately thought of giving back to Tokugawa Iemitsu. They didn't know what the Oriental was here to do, but the existence of the Oriental 10,000-ton steamship made them extremely panic.

Especially the black hull of the Oriental, plus the black chimney and the rolling black smoke, it is simply a black monster!

While the shogunate spies were busy giving back, Nelson took his men off the boat, and some sailors were carefully hanging down the big boxes.

"Minister, why are you here in person?" Zheng Zhilong was surprised when he saw Nelson coming.

"I want to experience the speed of the Oriental firsthand. I have to say that steam power is good. Our Admiralty will also find a way to build a steamship in the future." Nelson looked back at the Oriental and became more and more obsessed with steam propulsion devices.

"It's a pity that such a ship is too expensive to build. A shipyard has been working hard for several years to produce such an Oriental ship. Our shipyard also needs to produce a large number of merchant ships, fishing boats, and passenger ships..." Zheng Zhilong also thought about building a steamship, but was also scared by the high price when the steamship first came out.

"Maybe when the technology becomes more mature in a few years, the cost of steam iron armored ships will decrease. After all, there will be fewer and fewer good wood for making sailboats. In southern Liaoning, there are wood provided by the large and small Xing'anling, so the cost of making wooden sailboats is much lower than that of steamboats." Nelson sighed, and did not want to cause trouble for Chu Yun.

"Da Yuer has met Lord Nelson." Da Yuer said to Nelson.

"It turned out that it was you, the little girl, that I asked me to bring a batch of goods from the Ministry of Revenue to you." When Nelson saw Da Yu'er, who had a close relationship with his daughter, he seemed to remember something and took out a letter from the collar, "And the letter my daughter asked me to you."

Da Yuer accepted the letter with some joy: "How is Ling'er doing recently?"

"He can walk far away, babbling, and recognize ten Arabic numerals... Even my grandfather can call me." Nelson said of Chu Lingyun and said relish, "I think the description in the letter my daughter gave you will be more detailed."

"Ling'er is so smart. He will definitely be a talented person like the military leader in the future." Da Yu'er also listened with relish when he heard Nelson talking about Ling'er.

In her opinion, Chu Yun may be the smartest person in the world, how could his son be bad?

"Sir, where should these boxes be placed?" The sailors on the Oriental jointly carried the big boxes ashore from the boat, panting one by one.

Oyu'er patted her forehead lightly: "I almost forgot about this. You can put the box in the dock first, and I will send someone to Edo Castle."
Chapter completed!