Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

"Master, I'm checking the hue, brightness, and concentration of the flame!"

The environment was too noisy, so Jin Mi answered loudly. ♙♦

Everyone couldn't help but frown slightly when they heard this.

Only Zhu Di's eyes lit up, but he didn't speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more curious. He raised his finger and pointed at the three-swing converter and asked with a smile: "How do we feel that this flame has not changed at all? Is there any mystery in it?"

Jin Mi smiled shyly and scratched his head, "Master, this is my own experiment, pig iron slurry, wrought iron slurry, mixed steelmaking in the laboratory. It has not been verified in large-scale industrial applications, and I don't know if it is correct." .”

"Tell me! Tell me, Master. Master wants to hear what you discovered." Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged loudly with a smile.

Jin Mi looked at Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun.

Zhu Di and his wife smiled and nodded in encouragement.

Jin Mi silently took a deep breath and introduced: "Master, I found that through the hue, brightness, and concentration of the flame, first of all, you can judge the temperature in the furnace, and secondly, you can also judge the quality of the steel produced. "

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"The color of the flame is bright white; the concentration of the flame is thick and opaque; and the height of the flame is not high. These characteristics all indicate high temperature."

"The color of the flame is dark blue; the concentration of the flame is thin and transparent; and the height of the flame is very high. These characteristics all indicate that the temperature is low."

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Jin Miyue said, the look on his young and immature face getting brighter and brighter.

From time to time, he pointed to the converter not far away and made gestures in order to tell Zhu Yuanzhang more clearly.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jin Mi's energetic and young face, and while smiling, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This little guy really likes to do these studies.

If you don't like it, you won't have this look on your face when talking about these things.

This little guy's talents are based on Jin Yiwei's tracking records in previous years.

Although not as good as the best ones like Dongxu and Yuanji.

But there is no problem at all in taking the imperial examination and becoming an official.

If you were a young scholar in the Ming Dynasty, if you had this talent, you would have studied hard and sharpened your head to become an official.

I would never do this kind of dirty, tiring and painful research like Jin Mi.

This is the gap between Zhongyuan and Laosi.

Comes from the gap in thinking!

"Master, look, the flames are starting to flutter and become less sticky. Moreover, the flames explode into several small flowers in mid-air, with big sparks and many branches."

Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses, squinted his eyes, and looked at the converter in the direction of Jin Mi's finger.

Everyone also looked at it carefully.

Sure enough, it was exactly what Wang Jinmi said.

Hu Weiyong, Lu Ben... everyone pricked up their ears, trying hard to hear what Jin Mi would say next.

"According to my small-scale experiments in the laboratory, the molten steel produced at this time has the disadvantages of high hardness, high strength, and poor cooling plasticity. The steel produced at this time can be used to make crowbars, hammers, and drill bits. , reamers and other tools.”

"Although the carbon content of this kind of steel is lower than that of pig iron, it is still very high. I call this kind of steel rich carbon steel."

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"The swing of the flame has shrunk slightly; the spark branches remain at 3 to 4, and the branches are long and powerful; most of the ejecta is sparks."

"I classify the steel produced at this time as medium carbon steel. The steel produced in the laboratory has better preheating processing and cutting performance, and has strong endurance and tension. If this kind of steel is used To build a house, the steel refined from a small amount of small steel furnaces used in building houses in Yanjing is better than that. This kind of steel is made into steel bars to build a house. I think that even if it is to build a seven or eight-story house, it is enough to ensure the safety of the house. Solid, but this is my speculation and has not been verified.”

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"When the flame swings violently, mainly from above, the bright white flame leaves the top; the spark disappears, and occasionally becomes weak, with only 2 to 3 branches; most of the ejected objects are sparks and stars (sparks that spray very quickly), Start spraying slag particles."

"The steel billet that comes out of the furnace at this time is mild steel. I also call it low carbon steel. This kind of steel has low strength, low hardness and softness. It has very good plasticity and toughness, especially cold plasticity. It can be pulled directly without preheating. Steel wire, if this kind of steel is used to stamp the helmets used in the military, it will be easier to stamp and form. As long as it is stamped and formed, and then tempered and carburized, the hardness and strength of the helmet surface can be improved. "

"This kind of steel is very suitable for making paper clips, rivets, bolts, shafts, and bicycle chains. It can effectively simplify the process difficulty in manufacturing parts. If the hardness and strength need to be improved, as long as the parts are made and tempered Just carburize it and it’ll be fine.”

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"Master, that's all. These are all my own guesses. I don't know if they are correct or not."

At the end of the sentence, Jin Mi became shy again, scratching his head with a smile.

Ha ha……

‘This is an honest kid. ’

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily, patted Jin Mi on the shoulder, and encouraged: "Master doesn't understand this, but Master knows that when doing this kind of research, you are not afraid of making mistakes. Even if you are wrong a thousand or ten thousand times, as long as you are right once, you will be successful." You succeeded, work hard!”

Jin Mi smiled and saw Zhu Yuanzhang staring at the converter intently, so he stood beside Zhu Di without disturbing him.

Zhu Di looked at it with a smile and said with appreciation: "Master, your summary feels very reasonable. Since the correctness has been verified through small-scale verification in the laboratory, the possibility of application in large-scale industry is also very high."

He never expected that this little guy would actually come up with an experience summary of judging carbon content through flames.

I am afraid that in the laboratory of the Research Department, there is a lot of sweat, using small crucible furnaces, one furnace after another.

Before there were more advanced technical means.

Even the industrialization period in history.

In steelmaking, the quality of steel is also judged by observing the flame.

Jin Mi happily pointed at the converter and whispered: "Master, if my conclusion is correct, and this new type of raw and wrought iron converter steelmaking can be successful, in the future, as long as we train some experienced people who can 'watch the fire' Masters can control the quality of steel more stably, and there is no need to mix and re-smelt the steel in several batches to achieve a balanced steel quality."

Zhu Di nodded.

Not only can the steel quality be balanced.

‘Fire watching’ is also a prerequisite for large-scale industrial steelmaking.

To be honest, the small 100-pound steel furnace used by the First Steel Plant is not called industrial steelmaking.

It's just a handicraft steelmaking method that's slightly more advanced than wrought iron.

"You have concluded that high carbon steel, medium carbon steel, and low carbon steel, have you identified the carbon content of the three steels?"

Jin Mi scratched his head, "Master, the student really wants to make an appraisal, but the variables involved cannot be controlled by the student. For example, if the steel produced in the small crucible converter in the laboratory is poured out and waited for condensation and weighing, the remaining steel in the crucible furnace will Part, it has a big impact on weighing and determining the carbon content.”

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Zhu Di listened carefully. The difficulties Jin Mi encountered were uncontrollable variables.

Reminder: "Why do you have to pour it out and weigh it? You can weigh it together with the crucible furnace. Just weigh every clean crucible furnace in the control group before refining. The total weight after refining is cooled Just subtract the weight of the crucible furnace.”

"In addition, the most important thing for this experiment is to choose pig iron and wrought iron produced in the same batch. Even if the carbon content of pig iron and wrought iron produced in the same batch is slightly different, the difference should not be big. More It can ensure balance.”

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"Under our current conditions, if we want to measure the carbon content more accurately, we need to increase the number of experiments. Suppose we select ten batches of pig iron and wrought iron. For each batch of pig iron and wrought iron, we need to do at least ten batches of pig iron and wrought iron. In the secondary carbon content measurement and identification test, first find the average carbon content of ten tests in each batch, add the average values ​​of the ten batches, and then calculate the average. The carbon content data obtained in this way will be more accurate."

Wang Jinmi's eyes lit up and he said happily: "Master, I understand! Master taught us when we were young!"

By expanding the amount of data and finding the average, this method was learned when the master gave them math lessons when they were children.

I haven't used it in so many years, and I actually forgot about it.

Zhu Di smiled and pointed at the converter, "Look at the flame, it looks like the low carbon steel flame you mentioned. Is it time for this furnace of molten steel to be released?"

Jin Mi couldn't wait to run to the laboratory for experiments right now, but was brought back from his thoughts.

Quickly get closer, take a closer look, even pull off the goggles, squint and take a closer look, then quickly back away and blow the whistle.

Di——

At the same time as the sharp whistle sounded, a flag message was played and shouted: "Close the No. 8 gas valve, operate the No. 9 gas valve alone, and push the converter to dump molten steel!"

Trumpeter on the high platform.

Suddenly he opened the whistle valve next to him.

Di——

A long and sharp whistle sounded.

White gas spurted out from the whistle horn, and the trumpeter turned to face the steam engine area and material stacking area behind, and quickly played the semaphore.

squeak!

With a sharp and piercing sound, the converter was pushed out by the cylinder from the high-temperature burning fire.

Several workers, wearing thick linen special work clothes, iron masks, and goggles, were pouring water on their bodies when several co-workers poured a large basin of water on them.

Several people cooperated with each other, holding a long iron rod with an iron hook, rushed forward, and hooked the huge iron hook reserved on the edge of the converter.

"one two three!"

The trumpet sounded.

The mouth of the pot-bellied converter tilts outward.

As several workers dragged their iron bars and ran backwards to evacuate, hot molten steel poured down.

It flows along the diversion groove reserved below to the billet cooling area next to it.

Jin Mi watched the converter pouring the molten steel. He stood up like a tumbler and introduced to Zhu Di in a low voice: "Master, in the design, we tried repeatedly and wanted to use the power provided by the steam cylinder to pour the iron slurry instead of There is a huge danger associated with manual dumping.”

"However, there are many technical difficulties that cannot be overcome for the time being. Although some of the mechanical structures used in them have been designed and passed experiments, they have the disadvantages of being too complex, too difficult to maintain, and having poor durability. Moreover, if these mechanisms are added, bracket, it will also cause the durability of the three-width swing mechanism to be reduced...

After hearing this, Zhu Di smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, you can build this converter, it is already very powerful."

Of course he knew that the more complex the mechanism, the worse its durability.

Especially in the early stages of this industry.

When making industrial equipment, you must take the stupid, bold, and bold route.

During this period, if we go for refinement, it will stifle the development of industrialization.

Only with the continuous development of industrialization and various disciplines such as materials science and design making great progress can we pursue precision and sophistication.

“For workers engaged in this process, we can set up other safeguards through strict training and in the operating environment. For example, can we draw a green line in front of the converter to indicate a safe zone, and draw a yellow line closer to it? The line represents a certain danger zone, the most dangerous place, draw a red line, and through these eye-catching reminders, workers engaged in this process are reminded at all times."

"In addition, some workers engaged in hazardous processes should be provided with higher remuneration protection and protection after disability."

"Furthermore, workers in this process are prohibited from working fatigued. Workers in other processes are required to work an eight-hour shift. Shouldn't three or four hours be enough for these dangerous processes?"

"In short, the technology is not up to the mark. While we are slowly thinking about improving the technology, we can completely overcome the various dangers and inconveniences caused by technical defects from other aspects. What I have mentioned, how to implement it in detail, depends on you. Later, in large-scale industrial trials, we continued to explore and summarize, and summarized a set of safe production processes."

The laboratory test was successful.

The completion of industrial project construction does not mean that large-scale industrial production can be carried out immediately.

It is also necessary to carry out industrial production practice for three or four months.

Inspecting equipment, exploring processes, training workers...

There is no need for him to dwell on this.

During these years of industrial construction, this set of processes has long been explored and summarized in practice.

Zhu Di watched the steel billet cooling. In the converter, another furnace of smelting began, and the workers were busy using large iron tongs to move the cooled and formed steel billets away to make room for the next furnace to cool.

Zhu Di turned his head and saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's face was flushed with heat. He was worried that the heat would be bad for Zhu Yuanzhang's health, so he smiled and suggested: "Father, let's go see the cooled and formed steel billet?"

Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses and looked at the workers building piles of steel billets, "Okay!"

Everyone followed Zhu Di and walked to the steel billet pile area.

The factory director handed a manual drill to Zhu Di, and at the same time brought a piece of pig iron and wrought iron.

After Zhu Di saw it, he put the drill bit against the billet and shook the handle.

After a while, Zhu Di drilled a shallow hole in each of the three blanks.

He stood up and handed the manual drill to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After Zhu Yuanzhang tried it, he nodded and said: "The hardness of this steel billet is indeed softer than pig iron and harder than wrought iron. It is not certain whether it is the low carbon steel mentioned by Jin Mi, but it is definitely steel."

There is no problem in casting cannons, muskets, boilers, carriages, bicycles, and the Century Bridge.

He turned around and asked Jin Mi: "Little guy, tell Master, how many kilograms does this furnace produce? How many tons can it produce every day?"

Jin Mi replied with a smile: "Master, such a furnace weighs one thousand kilograms, and it takes three to four hours to refine pig iron and wrought iron..."

As he spoke, Jin Mi pointed to two blast furnaces, "These two blast furnaces can smelt ten tons of pig iron and ten tons of wrought iron, a total of twenty tons. Converter steelmaking. If this kind of low carbon steel is refining, one furnace It takes half an hour, that is, to make twenty tons of pig iron slurry and wrought iron slurry into steel. Each furnace of one thousand kilograms of molten steel requires forty furnaces."

"One furnace takes half an hour, and forty furnaces takes twenty hours."

"This furnace, according to our design, can just do it. For twenty-four hours, people have a rest, but the furnace does not have a rest."

"It can produce twenty tons of steel a day!"

"In other words, now, with this new converter, the amount of steel you make in one day exceeds the total amount of steel you made in a year?" Lan Yu exclaimed.

He did not forget that when observing the 100-jin small steel furnace, Zhu Laosi said that Yan Fan now produces more than ten tons of steel a year.

new

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben looked at each other.

Twenty tons a day.

There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year.

There is only such a steel-making furnace.

Yanfan can produce 7,300 tons of steel!

This is 7,300 tons of steel!

Used to make guns, how many can be made!

Jin Mi is not the only one who thinks about Lu Ben and Hu Weiyong.

He knew that Lan Yu had no hostility towards the master, so he nodded with a smile: "Theoretically, that's the case. This steel-making furnace is just an experimental furnace. Our Yan Fan's blast furnace technology for smelting pig iron and wrought iron can already do this. A 100-ton blast furnace.”

This is not his bragging.

Although in iron smelting, such a large blast furnace has not yet been used.

But in firing cement, this kind of 100-ton blast furnace has been used.

"As long as the technology is successfully verified and built, we will not build such a small ten-ton furnace with high energy consumption and high cost. Even if we do not build a 100-ton blast furnace, we will at least directly build a 50-ton blast furnace."

"A pig iron blast furnace and a wrought iron blast furnace are a hundred tons in total. At the same time, although the one-pound converter in the middle cannot be made larger with the technology we have now..."

It's not that bigger ones can't be made.

Mainly because of the larger furnace, it is difficult to control the heating, smelting, and complete mixing of the raw iron slurry solution.

"However, we have thought of a way to set up a string of more than a dozen or dozens of heavy-lift converters in the middle."

Adding a converter is easy.

It is nothing more than ensuring that the steam power is sufficient and replicating it according to the current converter mechanism.

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Is it that simple?

Lan Yu and others looked at Jin Mi talking and seemed very relaxed and easy.

Can't help but be silent.

This seems very easy for Yan Fan, this little guy who is obsessed with researching technology. As he said, it is just copying.

But if it were Daming instead.

They all listened in a daze, let alone construction.

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Everyone came out of the steel mill.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Jin Mi off and said a lot.

Then get on the carriage.

When the carriage started, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but waved to Jin Mi who was standing at the door through the window.

Zhu Di smiled and said, "I can see that my father is very happy."

snort!

"A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, withdrew his gaze and looked at Zhu Di, "Such a blast furnace can produce 7,000 tons of steel in a year. If you want to build a bigger one, wouldn't it be possible to produce 7,000 tons of steel in a year? The output will reach hundreds of thousands tons?"

Zhu Di nodded, "There are only a few months left this year. There is a high probability that this steel furnace will be verified. However, next year we will definitely build the fifty-ton or one-hundred-ton blast furnace that Jin Mi mentioned."

"Don't be overjoyed with success." Zhu Yuanzhang warned earnestly: "How much steel consumption do you have now? Suddenly the output increased several times. Don't let it happen that when you build the Century Bridge, there will suddenly be no sales. The large scale of the steel plant means that, There are many workers taking care of this job. If there is no sales, it will be a problem for the workers to eat, and they will definitely be resentful towards you and your regime."

Zhu Di nodded seriously and explained with a smile: "I have remembered my father's teachings. However, with the increase in steel production, I am not worried about sales at all. With the emergence of new steel-making methods, large-scale industrial smelting has Starting with steel, costs will plummet.”

"A thousand small steel furnaces each weighing 100 kilograms each, and seven to eight hundred people, can produce more than a dozen tons of steel a year. It consumes a lot of energy, and the labor costs are even more terrifying."

"This new steel furnace with an annual output of 7,000 tons only requires more than 300 people. One day's output is equivalent to that of the past year. I estimate that the cost of steel is at most one percent of that of a small steel furnace. , as the price of steel decreases, the prices of machinery such as bicycles, new horse-drawn carriages, and animal-drawn harvesters must be cut by at least half so that more people can afford them. The increase in sales of such products can completely consume hundreds of thousands of tons of steel. "

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, why was there no such indigenous steelmaking method developed in a small 100-pound steel furnace?

It is because the price of foreign steel is cheaper than that of domestic steelmaking.

Why is it that the steel produced by blast furnaces like Daye Steel Plant, which uses backward foreign technology, has poor sales and is on the verge of bankruptcy?

You know, it stands to reason that the labor costs of the Qing Dynasty at that time were much lower than those of foreigners.

The era he lived in.

It relies on low labor costs and high energy-consuming technical equipment that is one or several generations behind to produce industrial goods that are cheaper than foreigners.

In fact, the reason is also very simple.

With the loss of tariff sovereignty and railway sovereignty, foreign steel was controlled by foreigners through control of tariffs, dumping at low prices, and the power to build railways.

You know, the construction of railways at that time consumed the most steel.

Daye Steel Plant has no market.

No matter how low his labor costs are, he will not be able to develop.

And, of course, there's the bureaucracy.

Under such circumstances, the failure of the Westernization Movement was inevitable.

Zhu Di gathered his thoughts and continued: "In the future, Hai'er will also provide this kind of cheap steel to the green bicycle factory. With the cheaper labor costs in Ming Dynasty, Hai'er estimates that the bicycle cost of the green factory can be reduced to Within two silver coins, in this way, many people, after saving for a year, may be able to buy a bicycle or a human-powered tricycle."

"When the rail train is really developed in the future, even hundreds of thousands of tons of steel a year may not be enough. I estimate that under our Yan Fan rule alone, Japan, Penglai, and Luzon will build a continuous railway. The north-south railway, coupled with the steel consumption of other industries, probably requires two to three million tons of steel every year."

"If the imperial court can cooperate with me, the Yan Fan, to build the Grand Cross Railway in our Central Plains, I can assist the imperial court in building the steelmaking technology and train a group of steel workers and railway and bridge construction workers in the process of building the Grand Cross Railway."

Of course he would not follow the example of the foreign devils in treating the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

To assist in the construction of technology, he will also assist in the construction of truly advanced technology.

As for him, is it profitable?

Of course there is.

The steelmaking plant built with assistance will definitely not be able to meet the needs of railway construction.

Most of the steel materials had to be provided by Yan Fan.

As well as steam locomotives, carriages, etc.

After the completion of the two grand cross railways, Yan Fan made a lot of profits from them, which spurred the explosive development of Yan Fan's industry.

The Ming Dynasty also mastered steelmaking and railway construction.

In the future, three vertical and three horizontal railways will be built, which will still be 100,000 miles or 200,000 miles.

Ming Dynasty could rely on the technology he assisted in construction and build it on its own.

Cultivate and develop the steel industry of Ming Dynasty.

This is a partnership that offers the best of both worlds.

Although Yan Fan suffered a slight loss in the construction technology, he didn't care.

Only with sufficient competition can Yan Fan be forced to carry out industrial upgrading.

snort!

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "It can be seen that the rail train is not there yet. You are already thinking about the Grand Cross Railway plan..."

Zhu Di smiled and scratched his head.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and glared. Even if he didn't know much about industry, he knew very well that in this plan, although it would be beneficial to the fourth Yan Fan.

But the court took advantage.

That is the fourth child.

If the current leader of the Yan clan is not named Zhu, he is not Laosi.

Will Ming be given so many tangible and intangible benefits in this way?

Won't!

He understands the relationship between countries very well.

"Dad makes a promise to you. As long as he is still alive and you build a rail train, he will sign a Grand Cross Railway Cooperation Plan with your Yan Fan as the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

The rules he set.

Even if people are gone.

The bid should still be implemented, right?

He was not sure about this, but he was also very sure about it.

Zhu Di smiled happily and said: "That kid must really work hard and make sure his father sees what the train looks like!"

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"Yan Fan is too powerful!"

In the carriage behind, Wang Yu looked out the window, at the large iron bridge retreating, and at the industrial area with billowing smoke to the south of the iron bridge, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Those giant steel beasts, Ling Gu... Ling Gu..."

He saw those giant steel beasts in the Yanfan Industrial Zone, and they were all cold to the bone.

In the converter, the molten liquid poured into the furnace for an instant.

The fiery red heat wave hit his face, as if he was about to be swallowed up and melted by the blazing flames spit out by Yan Fan.

"My dear, if you prohibit us Korean scholars from coming to Yanfan to study, will it offend Yanfan?"

Li Yi's expression suddenly changed, "The Lord of the Kingdom..."

"I will not prohibit us, the upper-class children of Goryeo, from coming to Yan Fan." Wang You raised his hand to interrupt Li He, "But I can't let those reformists see the scene of Yan Fan, otherwise, those damn reformists will only become more emboldened!"

Li Yi was silent.

Can it really be banned?

He may not think so.

Businessmen from Yan Fan frequently traveled to Goryeo.

The more forbidden it is, the more curious the various revolutionary groups will be about Yan Fan. There will inevitably be many young scholars from the bottom who will sneak into Yan Fan on Yan Fan's ships.

It is reported that there were many people in the Ming Dynasty who smuggled themselves into Yan Fan!

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"Whether we want to surrender to the Ming Dynasty or not is not yet certain, but we must not offend the Yan Fan. In the future, even if we are on good terms with the Ming Dynasty and have both sides, we, the shogunate, must not make good friends with the Ming Dynasty on the premise of offending the Yan Fan."

Hino Yezi looked at Zhu Di's carriage and said solemnly to his brother Hino Azusa and his eldest son.

They originally thought that Yan Fan's industry was similar to what they saw in Jinling Industrial Zone of Ming Dynasty.

She was thinking about it then.

Industry is the same.

The Ming Dynasty is larger.

It seems that when the time is right, they can get rid of Yan Fan's control by making good friends with Ming Dynasty.

She didn't believe that King Zhu Di of Yan was so kind and allowed them to develop in the subcontinent.

In the depiction of Yan King Zhu Di, the subcontinent is clearly a land that is richer and more fertile than the Japanese country.

Such a piece of land is closer to Yan Fan.

Why didn't Yan Fan occupy it?

Therefore, she concluded that King Yan must have other motives for moving them.

But people have to bow their heads under the eaves.

Perhaps, before King Yan’s purpose is realized.

Will they be able to gain a firm foothold in the subcontinent, develop and grow, and not be afraid of Yan Fan?

In the future, it depends on who is more skilled.

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But since she came to Yan Fan, the more she understood, the more desperate she became.

What Yan Fan revealed was really too powerful!

The ferocity displayed by its powerful industry is as if it wants to swallow everything!

Of course, she won't sit still.

Perhaps, Ming Dynasty’s strength will increase in the future?

Ming Dynasty doesn't need to be too strong.

With its huge size, as long as the industrial scale is one-tenth that of Yan Fan, it may be possible to destroy Yan Fan.

It is said that the relationship between Prince Ming and King Zhu Di of Yan is becoming increasingly tense.

In the future, it may not be possible for the two sides to meet with weapons.

She also met Zhu Biao, the Ming Taizi.

It is definitely better to surrender to this person than King Zhu Di of Yan.

When facing Mentaizhu Zhu Biao, she didn't feel like her neck was being tightly restrained, as if she would be suffocated at any moment.

But every time I face Yan King Zhu Di, I will feel this way.

"Um."

Hino Ziyasu hummed lightly and reminded: "Don't hesitate, go and see King Yan today. We have to start relocating people before other princes. The sooner we go to the subcontinent, the greater the benefit will be to us. In addition, we must ask King Yan By leasing and purchasing some armed merchant ships, we need to control part of the transport capacity for migrating people, and we cannot let Yan Fan completely control it."

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That night.

Many people suffer from insomnia.

Zhu Di's study.

"Your Majesty, I object!" Yu Jing stood up excitedly, "Our naval warships have just been built three or four years ago. They are all good warships. How can we sell them to Japanese pirates! What if they learn our technology? ?”

Zhu Di looked at it with a smile, just like Yu Jing who could only go in but not out.

It seems that no matter what era the navy is.

They are all Pixiu characters.

"The warships must not be sold to them just like this. What we are selling are armed merchant ships, not warships. Therefore, in addition to the deck guns, other cabin guns must be removed. These warships can be sold for 40 to 50% higher than the purchase price. high price.”

"After gradually selling off these warships, we will replace them with fully steam-powered warships. At the same time, with the technological advancement of our steel production and steel rolling production lines, I am also thinking about letting the shipyard build several iron-clad warships. Warships, this kind of iron-clad warships are more suitable for your long-distance exploration."

to be honest.

He didn't expect that technology would advance so quickly.

If he had thought of it earlier, he would have built a steam engine ship so quickly.

Three years ago, nothing would have happened to launch the hybrid shipbuilding program.

But it’s not a loss either.

The selling price of this batch of warships can completely replace a steam-powered fleet.

Yu Jing then showed a smile on his face, scratched his head and said: "If this is the case, I support the sale of warships that have their artillery removed and converted into armed merchant ships. It is just right to let these Japanese pirates go near the Chen Dynasty to create trouble for Chen Zuyi and the Japanese princes to seize the subcontinent." Along the coast, we can also restrict the expansion of the Chen Dynasty in this direction. In the future, we can also ask the Japanese princes to send troops to destroy the Chen Dynasty!"

Even if the prince accepts the Chen Dynasty as a vassal and pays tribute.

It was inconvenient for them to attack the Chen Dynasty.

They can also drive the Japanese pirates to attack, and then they will 'attack' the Japanese pirates and annex the Chen Dynasty!

Has the prince already thought about the future friction between him and the prince and started to make plans in advance?

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