"What else can it look like? It's just a salmon-grade imitation of the Mongolian Navy." Hong Tao told the answer without even thinking about it. All the Mongolian Navy warships captured in the Battle of the Three Kingdoms were taken away by the Southern Song Navy. The shipbuilding technology of the Southern Song Dynasty was not low, much higher than that of Mongolia, but there were problems in the design thinking. Now that the samples are available, they will only be better and faster than those of Mongolians.

"Hehe... I have to say this as soon as I guessed it. But this time you guessed it wrong. The ship they built looked very similar to the dragon shark-level, but the mast was not that high. I can't say the specific performance, so I'd better ask Commander Kong and Wen Xiaoqi to ask them to answer you. I took them to Mingzhou on the ship of the Song Dynasty Maritime Merchant to see it. Although they couldn't get too close, they looked at it for two days and said they understood it." Cixi smiled proudly. He finally saw that Hong Tao had guessed it wrong, which was rare.

"Then you go find Kong Pei and Wen Xiaoqi first, and let Minister Li come in by the way." Hong Tao was indeed a little surprised, and even said he was surprised. The Southern Song Dynasty court actually imitated the Dragon Shark level without saying a word, which was not easy to deal with.

But it shouldn't be too surprised to think about it carefully. The shipbuilding level of the Southern Song Dynasty was not low. The Wen family's previous shipbuilding skills were probably not ranked among the shipbuilding craftsmen in the Southern Song Dynasty. After their own guidance and continuous experiments, they could still build a warship of thousands of tons. If they were given enough time and reference objects in the Southern Song Dynasty shipbuilding craftsmen, they had no reason not to imitate it, but they didn't know how the counterfeits they imitated were performing. There are two other key points, which is how well they mastered artillery and navigation techniques.

With advanced ships alone and without the navigation technology that echoes it, the ship still cannot perform its full performance. Although the Navigation School has trained many merchant ship sailors for the Song Dynasty merchants in the Straits Company in recent years, the position of navigator has never been taught. The two navigators on each merchant ship belong to the Royal Navy, all of whom are students of the Jinhe Empire, and none of them are Song people.

Even if these navigators are not careful or reveal some of the navigation technology for other reasons, Hong Tao is not worried. The core technology of this set of things is the manufacturing principle of sextant and the use of month distance meters. Merchant ship navigators only know how to use sextant, and month distance meters are only a small part of what they will use on their own routes. If many geometric calculations have not been learned incompletely, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand. It is not that they cannot learn it, but this process will be very long, because it is not easy to restore and understand a set of systematic knowledge from fragmented information.

There is another thing that Hong Tao also cared about, that is artillery. The Southern Song Dynasty court began to imitate artillery a few years ago. The Mongol Empire imitated the mortar cannon, which was considered a wrong way, but the artillery imitated by the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty was not crooked, but the caliber was a little small. ******* was not very powerful. As long as the direction was right, what was left was patience and luck. No one dared to say that the casting craftsmen in the Southern Song Dynasty would definitely not be able to find a suitable bronze formula. They just didn't find it at that time. What about now?

"Your Majesty, this is the report for this year. The red one is the goods sold directly by the empire, and the black one is the goods exchanged by the empire from surrounding vassal states. This book is the goods exchanged by the Mongolian Empire, the red one is retained by the empire itself, and the black one is transferred through the merchants of the Song Dynasty. This book..." Not ten seconds after Cixi left, a crisp sound rang out in front of Hong Tao. Hong Tao, who had originally lowered his head and thoughtful, directly covered his forehead with his hands. He was very afraid of this sound.

"Minister Li... Just tell me one thing about it. There are so many books of accounting, which year do I have to see! Are you going to be exhausted? Besides, I don't care about the accounts." I have to listen, because it is relatively comfortable to listen. Li Niang's small hand-headed characters cannot be said to be irregular or clear, but the font is too small and looks one by one. If you look at two articles, you will have the urge to tear them off. Not to mention reading several books.

"Simply put, the sales are very good. The high-quality rum produced in Jinhe City is about to be sold out, and there is not much sugar in stock. I would like to make a suggestion, can I prepare some from Kalamba Port every month?" Li Niang was really obedient. It wasn't it simple, there was no number left, it was all about.

"I think it's better not to be allocated. Kalamba Port also has to face the great cannibals and countries on the Indian Peninsula, and transportation back and forth is also a troublesome. Why not, take people to Mayi Port for inspection. They are not growing sugarcane, so they should just plant more and build sugar plants and wineries directly with them, so that they can not grow grains, and grow sugarcane, sugar and brew bars, and the grain required is uniformly allocated by the empire."

Hong Tao did not agree with Li Niang's suggestion. This method can only solve it for a while and cannot increase the actual output. The best solution is to increase the output, but Jinhecheng does not have so much labor to build this low-tech product, so now we have to exert the power of the colonial people. Mayi Port, which is the Port of Manila in later generations, is the closest to Jinhecheng, so let's annex it first.

"...will they agree?" Li Niang is a pure economic talent. When she talks about her duties, she will be done immediately after talking about anything else.

"I think I will agree... It doesn't matter if I don't agree. The warships bring cannons over there, so they must agree. You don't have to worry about these things. Go and discuss with Minister Huang the area of ​​sugar cane planting and the construction of sugar factories and wineries. I will ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do the preliminary work for you, and then the Royal Navy warships escort you over there." Hong Tao began to smile again. He never spoke seriously for more than half an hour.

"So rough!" Li Niang frowned every time she saw Hong Tao smiling, then picked up a large stack of account books on the table, turned around and walked with big striking words, without even saying hello. If she was idle, she would definitely fall heavily on the door. But this time she failed because Cixi and Kong Pei and Wen Xiaoqi were standing outside the door, but the three of them were stared fiercely by Li Niang. The monk was confused and entered the house in a daze.

"The new warship of the Southern Song Navy is slightly smaller than that of the Jiaosha class, about 300 to 350 tons. The three masts are about 30 meters high, all of which are horizontal sails, without bow sails and stern sails. There is only one layer of artillery deck, the caliber of the gun is not more than 100 mm, the number is twenty, and the range is relatively close, only about 200 meters. It is probably a problem of *******, which causes insufficient chamber pressure. Xiaoqi and I have seen them shooting targets, and the rate of fire is about three minutes per shot, and it is estimated that it can be improved after training. Let Xiaoqi talk about the rest, he knows more about the ship than me." Cixi should have explained to Kong Pei and the two of them what Hong Tao wants to listen to, so as soon as they entered the house and before they sat down, Kong Pei began to introduce the parameters of the new warship of the Southern Song Navy.

"Their ships look very similar to the Jiaosha class, but they are not very similar in structure to the Jiaosha class. The bottom of this ship should not have a steady plate, so when turning, crosswind, and firing, the hull is very swaying. If they did not increase the weight of the pressed object, they should have overturned. Also, the structure of the hull is different. The hull of this ship is not very thick, no more than 30 centimeters. I guess there are still partitions inside, otherwise the overall strength will not be achieved."

"With heavy loads of the silo and waterproof partitions, the load capacity of the cabin will be much smaller, which will seriously affect the endurance. The second artillery deck cannot be arranged, and the living conditions are even worse. Its speed is pretty good, and it can reach nine knots, and the side wind will be good. However, once it encounters the wind and the wind on the side, the speed will be very severe. It cannot reach four knots, and the steering is even more problematic. You cannot make a sharp turn... It's probably that much, and even more detailed performance, you have to get on the boat to see it. Minister Ci said that our people are still not up at present. The Southern Song Navy has taken good care of these ships very strictly, and the navy's camp cannot enter."

Wen Xiaoqi said it more in detail and professionally. Many details made the layman blindfold but could not blind his eyes. Through the hull's driving posture and turning posture, he could see the general structure and characteristics of the ship.

"It's only temporary. After a while, my people will be able to go in. You help me train shipbuilding knowledge and tell you what you want to see if they want to draw it back." Cixi quickly added, emphasizing that the difficulties are only temporary and the future is still bright.

"Old Kong, it seems that the training targets of the Royal Navy must be changed. Don't look at opponents with the old eyes of the past, and you have to keep pace with the times. Study more and study how to deal with this new ship. I guess their number will not be small." After listening to Kong Pei and Wen Xiaoqi's introduction to the new warships of the Southern Song Dynasty Navy, Hong Tao was really a little troubled.

The problem of technological spread will come sooner or later, and I am mentally prepared, but after it really comes, it will still be a little troublesome to deal with it. If warships suddenly arose in the Southern Song Dynasty, it will be several times more terrifying than the Mongolian Empire.

First, it has many ready-made shipyards, and it can build large warships with a slight change; second, it is not short of talents. Whether it is a shipmaker or a sailor, it is ready-made, and has rich experience. There is no problem that requires long-term training to board the ship; third, the Southern Song Dynasty court was much richer than the Mongolian Empire, and it was easier to deal with when you have money and a lot of things. The most important thing is that you can't take the initiative first, and you can't drive the warships to harass the Mongol Empire like you do when you have anything to do.

Faced with a Song Dynasty dedicated to developing the navy, Hong Tao had no good idea, he could only defend himself by passively. I hope that the court, which is easy to get crazy, will not slap this time, and must not come to Southeast Asia to cause trouble, otherwise his emperor would not be able to convince the parliament to tolerate them.

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Chapter completed!