Iron Dynasty

The palace is surrounded by silver and is very beautiful.

Aster has a bold personality, and Xiao Ming will get married immediately. She and Luluo will soon be King of Qi's.

So she grabbed a ball of snow from the ground, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness wants to eat rouge, so the slave and maid must be chased."

After all, Yang Qixue threw it to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming flashed sideways and knelt down and grabbed a handful of snow. Before he stood up, he was hit by a snow ball.

He stood up, saw Luluo still keeping the posture of throwing him, and suddenly screamed and rushed over.

"what!"

With a scream, Luluo ran to Zixuan, and the two fled while throwing snowballs at Xiao Ming.

"Hehe, none of you can run away." Xiao Ming grabbed the snowball and threw it over.

The three were playing in the palace, when Zhang Liang walked in under the guidance of Jiading.

Seeing Xiao Ming playing with Aster and Luluo, he coughed twice in embarrassment.

When outsiders appeared, Aster and Luluo naturally didn't dare to be naughty anymore, they narrowed their smiles and stepped back.

Looking back and seeing Zhang Liang, Xiao Ming guessed his purpose, "The Galen ship is all completed?"

Since the last time he went to the shipyard, Xiao Ming has instructed Zhang Liang to speed up the progress, because according to Zhang Liang, the completion of these three ships at the end of the year is very difficult.

"Going back to your Highness, the old slave is finally disappointing His Highness's expectations. Now that the three Galen ships are all completed, they can sail at any time." Zhang Liang said excitedly.

Xiao Ming's spirit was shocked. It is now the end of the seventeenth century, and the eighteenth century will be entered after the New Year. This is the peak of the glorious era of great navigation in history.

In modern times, his motherland has missed this era. When he comes here, he will never let this happen again. With the endless wealth and resources overseas, Xiao Ming must have a share of the pie, not let the Western powers dominate.

"Take this king to see."

Although it was still snowing, Xiao Ming could not suppress the excitement in his heart. He and Zhang Liang rode to the shipyard in Xiaoqinghe.

At this time, someone had arrived earlier than him, and naturally it was Yue Yun and others who were about to drive the Galen ship out to sea.

"His Royal Highness, can we go to sea after New Year?"

When Xiao Ming arrived on the boat, Yue Yun asked excitedly.

At this moment, a thick layer of snow fell on Yue Yun and the crew, and the excitement of sailing made him forget about this.

"No, you have to wait for the gun to get on the ship."

Now the three Galen ships are all sailed, but the sails are now retracted, and the three ships are still staying on the river beach, just to wait for the guns to board.

He didn't know exactly how dangerous the unknown sea was.

But the Ottoman Empire as a bridge between the East and the West already had artillery, and he concluded that the West is not lagging behind.

After all, in this time and space, the Gothic steppe empire on the northern grasslands replaced Mongolia and carried out a western expedition to Europe, and the time was about fifty years earlier.

Of course, in Xiao Ming's view, the Western Expedition may have an impact on the historical process of Europe, but it is not an absolute impact. The different routes of civilization development are also one of the reasons why Europe gradually distanced itself from the feudal dynasties of the East after the Middle Ages.

But no matter what, Xiao Ming will remain cautious until he fully understands the level of Western civilization.

This is why he insisted on boarding the naval gun.

If Yue Yun encountered the European fleet at sea, or the pirates who are rampant at sea in this era, at least he could have the power to counterattack.

After all, whether it is a Galen ship or a naval gun, he is confident that he will not lose to the West in this era.

"Wait?" Yue Yun was suddenly a little lost.

Xiao Ming's expression became serious at this time. He said, "Correct your attitude. This time you are going to go on a long voyage, and this king will have a very important task entrusted to you. This is not a trifling matter. You may never come back."

Seeing Xiao Ming being so solemn, Yue Yun put away his frivolous attitude. He held the rudder and asked tentatively: "His Royal Highness, what is the mission?"

"The first is to bring back crops such as potatoes, peppers, corn, and sweet potatoes. The second is to touch the level of modern civilization in the West. The third is to draw a chart to find a route for the Qingzhou Navy."

Yue Yun has been staying at the Bowen Academy during this period. In addition to learning maritime navigation knowledge, they also divided the position of each crew member on board.

The gunner followed Luo Xin to train artillery, and the others followed Niu Ben to practice martial arts.

Although sailing warships can shoot at each other in this era, they may have been unable to sink each other because of solid shells.

Therefore, the final battle can determine the outcome, so personal force is equally important.

In addition, the ship was also assigned a translator, navigator and other positions. This translator was naturally prepared by Xiao Ming for contact with the West.

If there are colonies of European powers all over the world now, then the translator will play an important role in communication and facilitate him to collect information.

Yue Yun nodded. The above three goals Xiao Ming had mentioned in the Bowen Academy, but they didn't expect that it would be their purpose of going to sea this time.

Wake up to Yue Yun, Xiao Ming inspected the three Galen ships one by one under Zhang Liang's leadership.

According to the standards of sailing warships, all of his three Galen ships belong to the fifth class sailing warships.

Because the first-class sailing warship generally serves as the flagship of the fleet, it has three artillery decks, with 106 to 122 guns, a capacity of more than 900 people, and a displacement of 2500-3500 tons. The second-class sailing warship is slightly smaller, and it also has three gun decks and artillery. From 86 to 98, the capacity is about 750 people, and the displacement is about 2000 tons.

Three-tier sailing warships are called battleships. They have two to three gun decks, 64 to 80 artillery, 490 to 720 people, and displacement of 1,300-1800 tons. This type of warship is the main battleship of the sailing warship era.

The four-tier sail battleship is smaller, and this type of warship generally has two gun decks. uukanshu. There are 50 to 54 com artillery, with a capacity of about 350 people, and a displacement of more than 1,000 tons.

The Tier 5 sailing warship is the warship that Xiao Ming now owns. This type of warship generally does not serve as the main combat task, but serves as an attack on merchant ships and ocean navigation.

Xiao Ming's purpose of sending Yue Yun at this time was naturally not for combat, because facing the Western maritime hegemons who had already been on the sea, none of these three Galen ships had the qualifications to deliver food.

His purpose is only to find the way and introduce crops.

Confirming that the three Galen ships had the ability to sail, Xiao Ming went back to prepare for Chen Qi to install the naval guns.

Although the military workshop has been preparing, the 150 artillery pieces of the three Galen ships are also a large amount, and they have not been produced yet.

To truly realize the long voyage, at least the end of the new year.

So he said to Yue Yun: "You still have to spend the new year honestly, and you will go to sea in the future."

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