Great Tang Southern Emperor

It's a pity that this plan was rejected by Li Zhen, because it was not necessary, or the appearance of this battleship was too advanced. Such a battleship will definitely be needed in the future, but the power will no longer be sails, but steam equipped with steam engines Battleship—after all, the larger the tonnage, the slower the speed of the warship. Even if it can be carried by ordinary sails, the speed will not be much higher. Only the steam engine is the future of the battleship.

Chapter 1062: Chu Liang’s Resentment ([-] words)

Chapter 9 Cheng Chuliang’s Resentment ([-] words)

Of course, although it is said to be a steam-powered battleship, steel is not necessary for a steam-powered battleship. The main material of these warships will still be wood for the time being. After all, the development of steel battleships in this era is simply a dead end—first It is the limitation of materials. Although the current Tang Dynasty has developed through Li Zhen's desperate efforts, it is still constrained by the development of the times. Today's annual steel production is only [-] tons, a mere [-] tons of steel, let alone [-] tons How many battleships can you build even if it is a thousand-ton battleship?Especially now that Datang is also undergoing various constructions. There are many places that need steel. Even if steel warships can be built, the imperial court will not distribute too much steel to the navy. It is too much to build with steel in this era. extravagant.

In particular, the quality of iron ore in Datang is too poor. If you want to smelt steel on a large scale, you have to wait until Australia is developed.

Secondly, it is a technical problem. With the current technology, steel warships can barely be made, but the construction speed is not even considered. It is thankful that one ship can be produced in three years. They are all riveted battleships, and the quality is very unreliable.With this time and skill, if you use wood, even the fleet can make several for you. With these wooden warships, Datang might be able to conquer several countries and occupy a large territory. Rivalry on a battleship?

It is said that one step beyond the times is a genius, and one step beyond is a lunatic, but there is another way to interpret this sentence, that is, half a step beyond the times can make you a master, but one step beyond the times is suicide. Don't wait until your steel warships are popularized, and other countries have already caught up with wooden warship technology. That is really not worth the loss.So if you have this time to make steel warships, it is better to make more wooden warships.

Of course, steel warships are necessary, and Li Zhen has never given up on research in this area, and even made a small warship a few years ago, and the test results are very reliable, but if you want to develop these steel giants on a large scale, To be honest, it is very difficult - after all, the model is a model, and the real thing is the real thing, and the two sides are not a concept at all.

Especially in this era, Datang's warship technology is already the top in the world. Although wooden warships are not as good as steel warships, they are enough for now. Even if Li Zhen keeps not lighting up In terms of steam engines, wooden battleships can even be used for at least another 100 years. In this era, except for Datang, other countries do not even have artillery, and naval battles are more dominated by boarding battles. As long as the gunpowder technology does not leak, the big Tang Guang's artillery skills are enough to rule the roost at sea for 100 years.

Therefore, steel warships are of course to be developed, but they are not necessary. At present, it is only necessary to study slowly in spare time. Besides, wooden steam warships are not without benefits, that is, the density of wood is comparable to that of warships. The steel is much smaller, and the speed of a wooden warship of the same size must be far faster than that of a steel warship. Although the strength of wood is far inferior to that of steel, a wooden warship with extreme speed mode can only run back and forth at most, and then it can almost be dismantled. The shipyard is closed, but in an emergency, this effect is still great.

Closer to home, Cheng Chuliang saw that Li Zhen didn't like him, so he changed the topic to Liu Rengui again: "Your Highness, you don't know how embarrassing Liu Rengui is now—he wants to order a super battleship But it has already been spread. If he is really allowed to build this ship, then his Yuezhou Fleet will really ride on the head of all our navy fleets. Shit, Your Highness, he is going to commit suicide Yu Haijun..."

Li Zhen said impatiently: "You said so much, don't you just want me to reject his proposal? Are you too mean?"

"What? I didn't think so—Your Highness, you really underestimated me. Am I, Cheng Chuliang, the kind of person who stabs a knife in the back?" Cheng Chuliang said righteously: "I mean, since this matter You have to treat it fairly, since even Liu Rengui can build a super battleship, we can't fall behind."

Li Zhen said angrily: "Nonsense, the reason why people do this is because they are rich, do you have money?"

"Isn't there still you here?"

"It turns out that you are targeting Ben Gong?" Li Zhen was furious, this group of people really became more and more lawless, and they even dared to plot against themselves.

Cheng Chuliang took it for granted: "Otherwise, why do you think I have to talk so much nonsense with you?"

"..." Li Zhen was so choked that she almost couldn't breathe, this bastard really dared to say anything.

"Don't even think about it... don't even think about it." Li Zhen categorically vetoed it: "The Navy Palace has been handed over to the state. If you have any problems, you can find the state to solve them. Public affairs are public and private affairs are private. Don't expect this palace to help you. Take out a penny."

"Oh, what's the difference between public and private?" Cheng Chuliang continued to play a rogue: "I heard from my father that His Majesty recently revealed the news that he wanted the Zen seat. By that time, Your Highness, you will be the emperor. At that time, you will be rich. Four seas, what belongs to the world belongs to you, and what belongs to you belongs to the world, is there any difference?"

"What's the difference?" Li Zhen was annoyed by his shameless words, and snorted coldly: "You can talk to Father Emperor if you have the ability, he also has a lot of money in his internal treasury, try to see if he knows how to do it." Appropriate money from your own treasury to build ships for you?"

"Then let's forget it..." Cheng Chuliang stopped talking, and wanted Li Shimin to pay for him to build a ship. Not to mention whether he has the qualifications, but Li Shimin didn't have much money in his hands. One problem is that the national treasury is empty, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has been crying to him for poverty, but Li Shimin has used his own treasury to subsidize abroad, and he has not recovered until now.

What's more, the Tang Dynasty has now recovered, and it is even more prosperous than before. It is conceivable that once Li Zhen succeeds to the throne, the foreign war will begin immediately. No one knows when this war will last and how much money it will cost. It would be good to have a little more money in the inner treasury, just in case of emergencies, and it would be even better if Li Zhen put her private property into the inner treasury in the future—although this is unlikely, after all, although the inner treasury is known as the emperor's Private money, but the internal treasury also has a name called the reserve treasury. Once the treasury is empty, the emperor needs to take money from the internal treasury to fill the emptiness of the treasury.Since Li Zhen clearly divided public and private affairs, he certainly would not let his money become a reserve treasury.

These truths are not clear, but he is still not reconciled - as he said, once the super battleship project of the Yuezhou Fleet is implemented, the status of the Yuezhou Fleet with super battleships will definitely increase greatly, although it will not Far beyond the rest of the fleet, but definitely above the rest of the fleet.

It would be fine if it were the other fleets. After all, the Yuezhou Fleet itself was one of the most powerful fleets in the Tang Dynasty.

You must know that the Quanzhou Fleet has always been competing with the Yuezhou Fleet. Neither of the two sides was convinced by the other before, and no one was inferior to the other in terms of combat achievements or earning power. As a result, the Yuezhou Fleet is now superior to them because of a battleship. a head?How does this make the Quanzhou Fleet, which has been in conflict with the Yuezhou Fleet, deal with itself?

So even though love was impossible, Cheng Chuliang still found Li Zhen, wanting to make some autumn wind—even if Li Zhen didn't give money, at worst, Li Zhen should also pass their super battleship plan.Before he came, he had already discussed with his subordinates that even if their Quanzhou fleet would eat dirt in the future, they must get out super warships, and the Yuezhou fleet must not let them surpass them.

"Don't worry, I didn't pass Liu Rengui's super battleship plan." Seeing Cheng Chuliang's depressed face, Li Zhen couldn't help smiling and said.

"Eh?" Cheng Chuliang suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Zhen in surprise: "Didn't pass? Why?"

"How should I put it? It's not that it didn't pass, it's just that this plan was postponed by me." Cheng Chuliang of Li Zhen's family was surprised, and explained with a smile: "As for the reason, you also know about steam engines..."

"Oh, Your Highness is planning to use the steam engine on the ship? This is really great. I said that this idea is achievable. Our Xiaocheng is simply too talented. If you say it, you will be sure. Your Highness will ship in the future. If it can really be built, I must be equipped with the first one." Cheng Chuliang naturally knows about steam engines, although these years there is no suitable sealing material for steam engines due to the lack of rubber - but this kind of suitability does not mean that the effect is not good Well, in fact, there are some materials in Datang that can temporarily replace rubber, and the effect is better than rubber. For example, after Li Zhen made a steam engine eight years ago, fish glue was used instead of rubber.

In addition, after several precious glues from Persia were combined with Datang’s local glue, the sealing effect of the product was even far superior to that of rubber. The only problem is that the price of this kind of glue is too expensive. After all The main ingredients are shipped from far away Persia, coupled with the scarcity of wave production, even in Persia, it is very scarce, so the cost is very expensive.Although Li Zhen has collected regardless of the cost, but these years have only produced less than ten steam engines with this magical glue.

But these less than ten steam engines have brought a huge change to Datang's industry. Although Li Zhen also designed water-powered machinery before the steam engine, compared with steam power, water power is too much. Too late is also inefficient.But after the steam engine came out, its efficiency alone was enough to be worth ten water-powered steam engines.In addition, the power of the steam engine is higher. If a fast iron ingot is forged with a hydraulic hammer, it may take more than 100 strokes to achieve the desired effect, but if it is forged with a steam hammer, it will be successful in three to five strokes.

Later, after the steam engine appeared in Lingnan, many people visited it, including various talents in the navy, who became very interested in this kind of steel monster that can generate huge power—and Cheng Chuliang was at that time. A hypothesis was once put forward that if this steam engine can be put on a warship, the power generated by it will bring huge changes to the development of warships, and it may even become a mainstream in the future.

Although Li Zhen didn't say anything at the time, she appreciated Cheng Chuliang's alertness, because later generations have repeatedly proved that steam is the future of ships. Even when various new energy sources emerge in endlessly, steam engines are still the mainstream.

Because the steam turbine has the advantages of large power and low maintenance cost, and although the gas turbine has a high speed and fast acceleration, its output power is not as large as that of the steam turbine. The power system is still a good choice - of course, the steam turbine at that time has evolved many times, and its power and efficiency far exceed the earliest steam engine.

But in any case, the future of the steam engine is bright, there is no doubt about it, especially Li Zhen’s earliest design drawings are very mature technology, even if it is used for 100 years, it will not lag behind, as for 100 years later It doesn't matter to Li Zhen whether future generations can carry out further development on the new drawings - if the future generations are really so useless, then they deserve to be destroyed.

Li Zhen confirmed Cheng Chuliang's guess with a smile: "You guessed right, the future is the era of steam engines, especially on ships, because with the popularization of steam engines, the tonnage of warships will gradually increase. Now you look at a thousand tons A warship of [-] tons already feels very huge, but what I can tell you is that once the steam engine can be moved to the ship, the tonnage of the warship is likely to break through to more than [-] tons, and that is the real prehistoric Behemoths, these so-called giant ships are like babies in front of them now."

"Is there really such a big warship?" Cheng Chuliang asked expectantly, and couldn't help thinking in his heart: If he could sit on such a warship, how majestic would it be?If he could have such a warship as his flagship, his life would be worth it. Thinking of this, his mouth is watering.

In any era, the navy has a complex of giant ships. In short, the bigger the ship, the better, and the bigger the ship, the more prestigious. Even in World War II, the performance of the aircraft carrier has been proven, but some naval generals know that the aircraft carrier is the natural enemy of the battleship. , but because of the giant ship complex, they have been reluctant to accept aircraft carriers (the dispute between the aircraft carrier faction and the battleship faction). Active in the sea battlefield.Even in the 80s, battleships have declined, aircraft carriers have completely replaced the battleships, and some countries still have battleships in service (the Missouri in the United States even lasted until the 90s before being completely retired).

Chapter 1063 Everyone Wants Me To Die

Chapter 10 Everyone Wants Me Dead

"There will definitely be." Li Zhen comforted, of course, these words were only comforting, because even he himself did not believe these words.

Of course, battleships with larger tonnages need to be built, but wooden steam battleships are destined to be eliminated after all, so Li Zhen only plans to build ones of five or six thousand tons at most, and there is no need for more than [-] tons. Yes, even five or six thousand tons of battleships will not be built too many, and maybe a naval district may not be able to equally divide one.

Because the tonnage of a battleship is directly proportional to its price, every time the displacement of a battleship increases by one ton, the cost will rise geometrically. According to statistics, in the Western powers of later generations, an ordinary first-class The cost of a battleship (such as the Victory, with a displacement of [-] tons) is as high as [-] pounds, while those battleships with a tonnage far exceeding that of a first-class battleship (such as the Holy Trinity and the Valmy with a tonnage of more than [-] tons) are even more expensive. It is a sky-high price, almost three times that of a first-class battleship.

With this money, Li Zhen might as well add a few more battleship formations to the navy, or even simply invest in the shipyard, so that they can speed up the research of steel battleships, which is better than this.The reason why Cheng Chuliang is so foolish is to cheer him up. As for the future - when the steel battleship is built, everyone's eyes will be on the steel battleship. Who cares what you said?

Even if Cheng Chuliang still remembered and planned to ask Li Zhen for it in the future, Li Zhen only had to say, "Do you want a steel warship or a [-]-ton wooden warship?" 'It can completely make him shut up-after all, although wooden warships are majestic, steel warships are more powerful. If there is a sentence at sea, one of the most common steel warships can completely smash more than ten wooden warships.

"Great, Your Highness, you must leave one for me, no, the first one must be mine." Cheng Chuliang said very excitedly: "Let's not talk about anything else, just say that the proposal to put the steam engine on the warship is not good. I proposed it, and based on this credit, you can't treat me badly, Your Highness."

Li Zhen was amused by Cheng Chuliang: "Hahaha... It depends on how good your escort is this time. If you can satisfy me, let alone the first one, I will send you as an extra." What's wrong with a steamship?"

Cheng Chuliang was overjoyed, and patted his chest to assure: "Don't worry about this, Your Highness. The fleet under his command is the devil king of the sea. All evils are warded off, and all demons are subdued. How can anyone dare to trouble us? To be honest, this time I will It is purely intended to travel for free, and there must be no enemies at all."

"That's not necessarily true."

Li Zhen didn't say this, but she knew very well that her inspection this time might not be as smooth as Cheng Chuliang expected.After all, I did not hide the purpose of this tour. Most people knew that after the last layout adjustment, they would really leave Lingnan and return to Chang'an to get back their own position—— Just ascend to the throne.

And in this world, there are countless people who don't want him to be on the throne. After all, he has made too many enemies over the years.Except for the few brothers who have always been demons in Chang'an, Buddhism, Confucianism, aristocratic families, Chengjianxi, neighboring countries, Nanyang, and Tianzhu have been secretly resisting and trying to recover after the destruction of the country. The nobles of the country and the Brahmanism declared as a cult by the Tang Dynasty and so on.

The reason why Buddhism wants to die is very simple. Not to mention that the two parties have conflicts themselves, it is because they were put together by him five years ago, which led to the invasion of Tianzhu Buddhism.This has led to even now, the Buddhist sect of the Tang Dynasty is fighting with the Buddhist sect of Tianzhu, and the two sides are fighting endlessly, falling into an internal melee.But Taoism is sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. At the same time, the fisherman has benefited and snatched a large number of believers from Buddhism. Coupled with the rumors of Taoism, not only Tianzhu and Nanyang, but even the private land of Buddhism in the Western Regions have been captured by Taoism. Part of it led to a great increase in the power of Taoism.

There are also some Taoist disciples who are not afraid of death even went to Dashi Persia to preach, and achieved good results. They just captured a large number of believers in the mouth of Islam, and gained a firm foothold in Persia and other places-of course, in Among them, the Tingfeng Mercenary Corps, which has been active in the west of the Western Regions, has also made great efforts and helped Taoism a lot.

Because of the prosperity of Taoism and the infighting of Buddhism, Taoism unexpectedly became the number one sect in the Tang Dynasty and completely suppressed Buddhism. This made Buddhism hate Li Zhen very much. Naturally, they did not want Li Zhen to return to Chang'an alive. Otherwise, if he is really allowed to inherit the throne, then Li Zhen's last shortcoming will be completely filled, and he will really want Dapeng to spread his wings and soar into the sky, and no one can check and balance him anymore. Trampled underfoot by Taoism.

The reason why Confucians want to kill Li Zhen is even simpler. Looking at Li Zhen's actions over the years, almost nothing is in line with Confucianism (whether it is emphasizing business, being warlike, or loving killing, both contradict the Confucian bargain).Coupled with his usual contempt for Confucianism and his support for other schools, he even has many disciples of hundreds of schools under his command, and some almost extinct schools that have been suppressed by Confucianism are showing signs of revival.

Except for some Confucian disciples who have special skills (such as Wen Xueling's geological exploration skills), the rest of the Confucian disciples around Li Zhen are not very good. ...All these things have made Confucianism aware of the crisis—once Li Zhen really takes the throne, there is a great possibility that he will really support all schools of thought, while suppressing or even directly abandoning Confucianism. This will definitely do nothing but harm to the development of Confucianism It's beneficial, if you want to put an end to this situation, the best way is to kill Li Zhen, and then support an emperor who respects Confucianism, or at least choose a benevolent emperor to take the throne, and even they already have a suitable candidate.

Not to mention the aristocratic family, ever since Li Zhen came to this world, she has been fighting wits and courage with the aristocratic family, and even suppressed the aristocratic family for a while, but because of the foreign war, the imperial court relaxed its treatment of the aristocratic family. Now they have taken advantage of the unfolding of the age of great voyages, followed the trend and made a lot of money, and they have risen again.After their rise, they are of course unwilling to relive the decline of a few years ago, so their choice will be the same as that of Confucianism, destroying Li Zhen, and then supporting a prince who is inclined to a family to ascend the throne, they also have a suitable selected.

Cheng Jianxi needless to say, not to mention that the two sides have been enmity many times, and they are already immortal, not to mention that their ultimate goal is to overthrow Datang, and even after five years of recuperation, they have accumulated more money than before. A powerful force, as long as it operates properly, it is still very possible to overthrow Datang.