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The largest ship has more than 3,000 materials, chasing the "Fengzhou" of the Qianming Dynasty!

According to Liu Sheng’s understanding.

Material, a unit of measurement for ships, had many meanings in the Ming Dynasty. It initially referred to the amount of materials used to build the ship, and later generally referred to the approximate volume of the ship.

If you have to convert it with the displacement concept of later generations of ships.

At this time, the ship's weight was approximately equal to 0.33 tons of displacement.

Therefore, the actual displacement of the thousand-material warship is 330 tons.

The displacement of the warship with more than 1000 materials is as high as tons!

It should be noted that among the huge ships of the Ming Dynasty, the treasure ships of Zheng He's voyages to the West were the most famous.

But it was only more than 5,000 materials, with a displacement of about 2,000 tons (the volume represented by the materials at that time was somewhat different from that in the late Ming Dynasty).

In the former Ming Dynasty, the Feng Zhou was used by the imperial court to send envoys to Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other overseas vassal countries. It needed to show the majesty of the Celestial Dynasty, so it was also very large.

However, according to the records of Yousi, the largest Fengzhou in the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties was only four thousand materials.

As for the various large-scale ships in Europe during the same period, mainly Galen ships, their displacement was only between 300 tons and 1000 tons.

At present, that is, in the seventeenth century in history, there are indeed warships exceeding one thousand tons, and there are even giant ships with a displacement of more than two thousand tons, but they are very few.

And mostly appeared in the late seventeenth century.

Therefore, the warships built by Longshou Shipyard are not much weaker than the European warships of the same period in terms of size.

As for the style of the warship, it is naturally based on the Galen ship, and incorporates the advantages of some Chinese warships, with some improvements made according to Liu Sheng's instructions.

Therefore, these warships should surpass European sailing warships of the same period in terms of performance and firepower.

"Your Majesty, please see, these warships were built by us using the wood we stored in the past few years."

"One flagship with 3,300 materials, two main battleships with more than 2,000 materials, and four frigates with more than 1,000 materials..."

When Yang Minghe introduced these warships.

The guards sent people to board the flagship to conduct a careful inspection to eliminate possible dangers.

Liu Sheng then led his entourage aboard the flagship.

The ship has a relatively long and narrow hull, two layers of Class A, and two rows of gun ports.

Twenty-four cannons can be installed on each side, plus a main gun at the front and end, for a total of fifty cannons!

Historically, the British Navy would be divided into six classes according to the size and function of the ships ten years later, which were later borrowed by various countries.

First- and second-level battleships are difficult to build and are rare in number. Most of them are important weapons for powerful maritime nations.

The main battleships of various countries are actually third-level battleships, which generally have two decks and more than 54 cannons.

Next is the fourth-level battleship, also called a heavy frigate, with one deck and more than 38 cannons.

Then there are fifth-level battleships, also called light frigates, with one deck and more than 18 cannons.

It can be said that the number of artillery guns on this flagship built by Longshou Shipyard should be equivalent to that of the main warships of various European countries at this time.

However, Da'ei's current cannon-casting level and the power of cannonballs have surpassed those of European countries.

Therefore, the actual combat effectiveness of this flagship is probably much stronger than the main battleships of several European naval powers!

After visiting the flagship, Liu Sheng said he was quite satisfied.

In fact, the Longjiang Shipyard in Nanjing has built nine of these 3,000-material warships.

The largest warship built by Longjiang Shipyard has 66 materials. Although it is still a double deck, it is equipped with cannons!

The ship was named Jinghai by Liu Sheng.

It is currently the flagship of the 1st Hailongwei Brigade.

Therefore, the warship of Longshou Shipyard, which is made of more than 3,000 materials, can only rank second in Da'ei in terms of tonnage.

In the future, when Damei builds larger warships and even armored ships, its ranking will be even lower.

While Liu Sheng was thinking about this, Yang Minghe finished introducing everything on this battleship and said, "Your Majesty, please name this ship."

Liu Sheng did have this intention, and did not refuse. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's call it the 'Guanhai' over there - I hope our navy can use this ship to survey the vast oceans west of North America!"

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On the night of rest in Longshou County.

Liu Sheng recruited Chen Bo, the leader of the third Hailongwei regiment, Shi Lang, the deputy regiment, and Zhang Shuiqing, the military and political officer, who were accompanying him this time.

After the three people saluted.

Liu Sheng asked, "Do you know why I brought you to North America?"

During the day, the three of them followed Liu Sheng to visit the Longshou Shipyard, as well as the Guanhai and other warships.

Perhaps the three of them were confused about what was going on, but now they have speculations.

Chen Bo, who was born in the Wei tribe, first handed over his hand and said, "The general will make a bold guess that it should be for the coastal defense of North America."

"You got half of your answer right." Liu Sheng said, "In North America, the coast of Longshou County and Weichu County can also be reached through the Xinluo River. The western sea frontier really needs a capable navy to patrol."

"But if that's the case, I don't need to transfer a regiment of your Hailong Guard. Just use one battalion as the basis and form an independent navy here."

"The reason why we brought the third group here is that while patrolling the sea areas, we hope that you will separate two fleets to explore the south and north along the western coast to record the hydrology and coastal geography."

"The fleet exploring south needs to be especially careful and beware of encountering the Western Yi fleet."

To be honest, Liu Sheng still can't be sure whether the North American side and the Da'ei side are in the same time and space.

But it is always right to have the Sea Dragon Guards wary of European colonists.

After listening to Liu Sheng's words, the three of them immediately took the order.

Later, Liu Sheng gave some instructions about other matters related to exploring the western coast of North America before letting the three of them retreat.

After the three people left, Liu Sheng couldn't help but touch the short beard on his chin, and was silent for a while.

The main reason why he chose the third group was to bring Shi Lang over.

After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to Wei, his generals with foreign surnames, such as Shi Lang's uncle Shi Tianfu, and even his cousin Zheng Cai and others, were transferred to other naval forces by Liu Sheng to divide and win over.

Speaking of which, Shi Lang was not originally in the army that the Zheng family handed over to the Da'ei court for reorganization, but was probably in the Zheng family's private army hidden overseas.

It was Liu Sheng who asked Shi Lang to come over by name and assigned him to the Hailong Guard.

At first Shi Lang was just a battalion deputy.

Later, he accumulated merit and was promoted to battalion commander and regimental deputy.

This time I brought Shi Lang here, hoping to use the Fangshan villa and his "supernatural power" to make Shi completely return to Dawei and be loyal to Liu Sheng.

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After inspecting Yanchang Town.

Liu Sheng did not go to the grassland.

The road there is too far, and it is in the rainy season and winter. There is only one camp, and there are less than 10,000 immigrants, so it is not important in the overall situation.

Of course, Liu Sheng's refusal to inspect does not mean that he is leaving the camp on the grassland alone.

This camp is under the jurisdiction of Longshou County.

Yang Minghe would regularly send people to inspect, and sometimes even go in person.

If something really went wrong in this camp on the grassland, it would be Yang Minghe's fault.

After Liu Sheng returned to Laichu County, he began to immigrate.