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Chapter 85 The Possible Future

"Not counting the 13 ships of Dongchang, and the 5 ships of Licang, there are as many as 27 merchant ships directly belonging to our Dongbao." In the Incheon Shipbuilding Research Institute, Raphael is standing with a precise North In front of the Pacific Ocean Chart, He Baoer explained: "Among them, there are 13 soft-sail blessing ships, 7 hard-sail blessing ships, 5 green-browed clipper ships, and 2 sand ships. It is the territory of the imperial court, if our sea ships continue to increase, it will be difficult for Lushunkou to provide us with shelter."

"What about here?" Bao'er thought for a while, and then said: "Our cooperative relationship with Li Cang has always been very good. As long as the mutual benefits continue, he can always provide us with shelter."

But Raphael shook his head.Pointing to the brownish-yellow sea off Incheon Port on the chart, he said: "It can be used as a research base, but it cannot be used as a deep-water port. Have you seen the brownish-yellow area on the map? It means that this area is muddy." , for ordinary small boats, the water depth of three meters is enough for them to navigate, but we can't.

Moreover, this sea area has the largest tidal drop in the world. If we use this as our base, ships can only enter and leave the port during high tide.Therefore, although the Incheon Port is safe, if anything happens on land, our fleet will become vulnerable in an instant. "

"What about Busan?"

Raphael nodded, and gave Bao'er an approving look.But he also said: "Busan Port is indeed good and very suitable. She is already in my port expansion plan. In the future, she will echo Lushunkou and Jiaozhou Bay and become one of the important ports controlling the maritime trade routes in Northeast Asia. But that future is still too far away, and she is too close to Dameng and Dongying, and I am afraid that we will not be able to hide our fleet within five years."

"If we break up the fleet." Bao'er asked, "How about spreading them to multiple ports?"

"That's what I mean too. As the so-called Three Caves of the Rabbit, I plan to continue to develop two more ports far away from the mainland. One is to turn them into transshipment points for ocean trade, and the other is to use these ports to disperse more and more of our merchant ships. Finally And most importantly, in order not to attract excessive attention from the imperial court, these ports are used as hidden ports for warships."

"Do you have a goal?"

"Yes!" Raphael pointed to the southeast overseas of the Central Plains, and said: "Based on the Central Plains, but isolated overseas, sparsely populated, and have little contact with the Central Plains. But it is close to the Central Plains, which is suitable for warehouses , is also suitable as a safe haven. The forest resources are rich, and it is also convenient to purchase logs from the southeast and central south!
Once the situation is unfavorable to us, we will send warships to block the strait and block north-south traffic.It can even form a blockade with Busan, lock the coastline of the Central Plains, or protect the west coast of the Pacific Ocean from foreign enemies.So in the next ten years, I will build Keelung and Kaohsiung on Wanwan Island into two indestructible sea fortresses!Then use this as a base to connect Ryukyu in the north, Luzon in the south, North America in the east, and India in the west. "

"Finally fulfill your dream of dominating the Seven Seas?"

Raphael rarely showed a shy expression, and nodded with a smile.

"So, how much money do you need to meet your short-term goals?"

"3000 million...no! 5000 million silver coins! Only 5000 million silver dollars are enough to build merchant ships, warships, and the initial construction of two ports. Then we can start trade in spices, porcelain and silk with India, so that silver will continue to flow Income will help us achieve our next goals.”

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Then Raphael received 5500 million silver coins from Baoer.

"The extra ones are for your up and down management." Bao'er pointed out: "Although today's Wanwan Island looks like a ghost island, it is still under the jurisdiction of the Penghu Inspection Department in name. In the future, there will be no excuses, whether to rent or buy, you can figure it out."

"Please rest assured, Governor, I promise that there will be no omissions!"

After that, the two discussed something intermittently, but most of them were trivial matters.At this moment, there was a thunder-like noise outside the house, which startled the two of them.

Bao'er, who was still in shock, asked Raphael: "Is this also the surprise you gave me?"

Raphael shook his head, telling Bao'er that this was no longer a surprise, but a fright!As he spoke, he took Bao'er and ran out of the house in a hurry, and then saw at least 20 people surrounded by a thick, black, and long big guy, rubbing the black everyone like Big Bao'er Partner.

Seeing this, Raphael almost jumped up happily, and he shouted happily: "These bastards really made the cannon out, and they only took less than two months!"

Seeing Raphael coming, the blacksmiths who tested the cannon hurried forward to salute humbly but excitedly: "Shopkeeper, we thought that the pile of iron-making blueprints you gave us was enough. But we didn't expect you to give us The casting drawings are even more amazing! If it weren’t for you, who would have thought that the iron castings made of dry sand mixed with coal powder would be so much stronger than those made of clay molds! Our big guys only made 21 cannons, Who would have thought that the 22nd gate would become it!"

Another blacksmith also emphasized: "In fact, when we reached the 19th door, we had already figured out the way of sand and coal powder, but we didn't pay attention when making the mold. The thickness of the sand mold was not adjusted evenly. It cracked when it was left to dry. Then we adjusted the mold again, and after another failure, it finally succeeded for the 22nd time."

Bao'er came to the side of the hard and black artillery, and saw that the big guy was about two and a half meters long, and the muzzle was as thick as a fist.A blacksmith saw that Bao'er was dressed in extraordinary clothes, and he was chatting and laughing with the shopkeeper Raphael, so he took the initiative to explain to Bao'er: "The inner diameter of this cannon is exactly 4 inches, and the barrel is 18 times the inner diameter, and the length is 7 feet 2 inches. A The cannon weighed about 3000 catties."

"3000 catties?" Bao'er looked at the big guy in front of him and exclaimed, "No wonder it's so big!"

"It's really a big guy!" Raphael also said: "The system asked us to build an 18-pound cannon, and the blueprint of the molten iron casting gun given was also an 18-pound blueprint. However, the craftsmen in the Central Plains have no idea about the pound, but fortunately The drawings given to me were based on the original ratio of 1:1. When the blacksmiths measured the inner diameter of the cannon, they found that it was a few millimeters smaller than 4 inches, so they directly built it according to [-] inches to save trouble.”

"But you have also seen..." Raphael continued: "This thing is too bulky, and it can only be used as a fixed fort besides being used on a ship. If you want to use it in field battles, it will be the commander and It is a nightmare for artillerymen. And it can penetrate 100 cm oak planks within 120 meters. With this gun, our fleet can sail the fleet of any country on the sea for at least 50 years!"

"But this is just our starting point. My ultimate goal is to make the battleship free from the shackles of the wind, protected by metal armor, and have a rear-loading rifled gun that can kill opponents thousands of meters away!"

"I should be even more grateful for the decision to set up the research base on the peninsula. The coal and iron resources here are so rich that I am speechless. And here is not only coal and iron, but also all the mineral resources needed in the industrial era! Not only Here, the Northeast region, which is separated from the peninsula by a river, can become the biggest reliance of our future industrial system! Under our leadership, the entire Northeast Asia will move towards industrialization 400 years ahead of schedule!"

Bao'er smiled, because he thought the scene Raphael had painted was too beautiful, so he asked, "Are you stimulated by the illusion a few months ago?"

"That's right! I was indeed stimulated! You in the illusion told me to continue to work hard, which means that we were still not working hard enough before seeing the illusion. At that time, I saw that the boat I was driving was just a sail battleships, but I think that if that day really comes, there must be at least one fleet that can change the situation of the battle!"

"Because everything we do now is for that possible future!"

(Strange knowledge 1: The author knows that there are two kinds of pig iron, namely white iron and gray iron. Gray iron contains silicon crystals and graphitized carbon elements, so although its strength, plasticity and toughness are much lower than steel There are many, but it has excellent castability, wear resistance, machinability, and shock absorption. Of course, the smelting level in the middle of the Ming Dynasty could not make the furnace temperature rise above 1550 degrees, so it is impossible to restore silicon, which is basically impossible. Mass production of gray iron. The author can only open a plug-in for Raphael, so that he can obtain related technologies in his own system. In short, gray iron is the best choice for front-mounted smoothbore guns at this level of productivity.)
(Strange knowledge 2: In the nautical age, the British standard marine 18-pound gun had a caliber of about 131mm, which was just a little smaller than 4 inches. In addition, the longer the barrel of the gun, the farther it can shoot. As for the double diameter of the front-loading gun , the right to be the author nonsense.)
(The author complained: tangling with these trivial things all day long is of no use to writing!)

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The author would like to thank zxc322 for his opinions and suggestions, and also thank Fengli Tianyi for pointing out the author's shortcomings.Next, the author will strengthen the portrayal of the protagonist, and at the same time strengthen the plot conflict, so that readers can find more cool points.If you think there are any deficiencies in this book and areas that can be improved, please correct me boldly.

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