Shen Yourong frowned slightly, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "It depends on what the imperial court thinks." ”

"Oh?" Feng Ziying just said "oh", but did not say anything, waiting for the other party to continue to explain.

"With the current financial resources of the imperial court, I am afraid that the cabinet and the military department only want to temporarily restore the Liaonan-Denglai route and ensure the military supply line in Liaodong, if it is just like this, it is also simple, repair the existing ships of the Shandong Navy Division, and add some ships appropriately, and also need to supplement some small cannons, well, it can barely make do."

Shen Yourong said very reluctantly, obviously not very much approved of this strategy, but this is the most likely path to be adopted by the imperial court, after all, this is the most economical, and tens of thousands of taels of silver can make do with it.

Feng Ziying didn't expect Shen Yourong to be so pessimistic about the imperial court, it seems that the other party should have been heartbroken by the attitude of the court bigwigs in Liaodong and Fujian.

"General Shen, this kind of strategy can only be said to be better than nothing, if it is really like this, the imperial court does not need to set up a special governor of Denglai, it is more than enough for a governor." Feng Ziying shook her head, her eyes clear.

"You don't need to test me, although Ziying is in a humble position, but the strategy of opening the sea was proposed by me, that is, the cabinet princes and the emperor also came to me to discuss it, where to invest the money and silver after this debt, then the Denglai-Liaoning route and even the control of the future trade between Korea and Japan is imperative, and even in the future, Fujian, Zhejiang and even Liangguang will also follow suit, of course, it may be a little late, we need to consider a priority, so, I want to listen to General Shen's more practical advice."

Shen Yourong's face was hot.

He didn't expect the other party to be so frank, but he seemed a little narrow-minded.

Solemnly got up and hugged his fists, Shen Yourong apologized in a deep voice: "Lord Feng, Shen has lost his words, what he said before has some emotions, and he has been stimulated by all parties over the years, and today I heard what Lord Feng said, Shen felt both ashamed and excited." ”

"It doesn't have to be that way. Since Wenyan recommended General Shen, Ziying naturally trusted him, and what General Shen said before also made Ziying's heart shake, and she had the urge to express her heart, so Ziying really hoped that General Shen could bring Ziying a more valuable suggestion. ”

Feng Ziying's words made Shen Yourong feel even more embarrassed, and he calmed down, and then said: "If the imperial court really intends to talk about the construction of sailors, then in Shen's opinion, we should abandon the original ship model, and choose the new shipbuilding technology brought by the Xiyi people, and choose the latest Karen ship of the Xiyi people as the main ship of our sailor fleet,......"

Seeing Feng Ziying's puzzled face, Shen Yourong explained again: "Karen is said to be a Franco, and it is also said that it is Galen's, well, it is evolved from a medium and large three-masted schooner, the kind of larger schooner is more suitable for ocean navigation, it is said that it has been quite popular on the side of the Xiyi people, that is, in Sulu, Luzon, Manraka in the South Seas, it can be seen everywhere, but it is not as practical as our Dazhou Fu boat sand boat in the offshore sea,......"

One sentence made Feng Ziying's perception of Shen Yourong go to a higher level.

Galen ship? It's not just anyone who can say that.

Although Feng Ziying's knowledge of ships can only stay in some previous lives to bring impressions, he also knows that the history of the Galen ship as a warship in the Age of Discovery is not short, and it can even be said that it has dominated an era.

"Is there any advantage to this Galen ship? Well, can we make it? Feng Ziying also once betrayed in front of the cabinet and the emperor, but to be honest, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, so he could only say the big words first to stabilize the hearts of Emperor Yonglong and the cabinet princes, otherwise it would be difficult to win their support.

"There are many advantages, the first is suitable for ocean voyages, the second is more suitable for arranging artillery, and the third can also be better used for changes in the wind direction at sea, of course, there are also disadvantages, the operation is complicated, and there are many sailors required, if it is a warship, it will take up a lot of space, but I think that in the future naval warfare, it is becoming more and more difficult to adapt to the ship-jumping battle in the face of many artillery and complex sea areas, and it is more necessary to choose the right sea area to fight, but where will the war give us so many choices?"

Feng Ziying understood that this person really had real materials, and when the officers and soldiers in the navy fleet and even the pirates and pirates of the Great Zhou were still addicted to relying on rocket fire attacks and jumping ships to fight for victory, he had already seen farther and saw the changes in the naval battle, which shocked Feng Ziying.

Seeing that Feng Ziying was silent, Shen Yourong also thought that his point of view was too unconventional, which made the other party unacceptable, and he was slightly disappointed, but it was normal to think about it.

If you don't eat this bowl of rice, you don't have long-term contact with ships at sea, who can understand this?

For thousands of years, relying on rocket fire attacks and gang jumping battles to decide the winner has been regarded by everyone as a guideline, and the emergence of firearms and artillery has not changed everyone's concept

The family felt that the instability and accuracy of artillery could not be a magic weapon to win, and the fire gun could only be used as a support like a bow and arrow.

If he hadn't seen the structure of Hongmaofan's ships and artillery configuration in Penghu, and also seen the drills of such ships in naval battles, he would not have believed that the decisive factor in such naval battles had shifted to relying on artillery to decide the victory.

Taking a deep breath, Feng Ziying stabilized her mind: "General Shen, I agree with what you said, but can we build this kind of ship?" In addition, you feel that you think that artillery will play a key role in future naval warfare, but can our Great Zhou's artillery be suitable for the use of this kind of ship? I know that there are also artillery on the ships of our Great Zhou Naval Division, but they are not big, and the response is not very good, what is the reason for this? If the artillery made by our own Da Zhou is difficult to adapt to the ships of the naval division, how to solve it? ”

Shen Yourong's heart trembled slightly, suppressing the joy and surprise in his heart: "Lord Feng, do you agree with these points of view?" ”

Feng Ziying laughed, "General Shen, don't you think that if I propose a strategy to open the sea, and I want to persuade the cabinet princes and the emperor, I don't know anything about the sea, right?" So how do I convince them? Do you really think that the cabinet princes and the emperor can be deceived just by lip service? ”

Hearing Feng Ziying say this, Shen Yourong didn't care about the ridicule in Feng Ziying's words, he fixed his mind and said: "Lord Feng, in front of you, Shen doesn't hide anything, what you said is very difficult, but it is not impossible to solve,......

"......, Cullen, uh, that's what you said about the Galen ship, but also the Clark sailing ship that is more suitable for merchant ships, in fact, it is very common in Sulu Luzon, and there is also a shipyard in Manila Franc Man, and there are many ships including Franc Man and Red Hair, although these ships are also very technical, but as long as we are determined to build, we can also build them,......"

"......, it's nothing more than spending money to hire their shipbuilding technicians, in fact, in Liangguang in Luzon, although such talents are rare, but they can also find one or two, of course, it is definitely far from enough, if you really want to build it as soon as possible, you can entrust those Franco-Robot and Hongmaofan, let them go to their home country to hire such technicians for us, and promise heavy profits, it is impossible!"

"Even we can go directly to Luzon and Manraka to dig up people, there are many Franco-machine people in Luzon, and there are also many red-haired people in Manraka, they all have factories for building ships, and as far as I know, many of them come to our side to make a living, most of them are living in the mother country and even difficult to sustain themselves, as long as they have this technology, we are willing to offer higher and more generous treatment, we can dig them up for our use, and our craftsmen can also learn from them,......"

The more Shen Yourong spoke, the more excited he became, "Shen has been in contact with those Franc Ji and Hongmao Fan many times, and they are very interested in coming to the Great Zhou to trade, but they are very disappointed by the imperial court',......s sea ban, if we can use this as a condition to allow them to come directly to our Great Zhou to trade, and offer some conditions, I think they can recruit this kind of craftsman for us."

Feng Ziying was also a little excited.

When he came to this time and space, he deeply felt that as a liberal arts dog, he certainly had advantages in many current political and historical affairs, but he had little knowledge of all kinds of ordinary technologies before the industrial revolution, except for the occasional one or two things that he dabbled in because of interest, and the others were at a loss.

Like the shipbuilding technology mentioned by Shen Yourong earlier, as well as the artillery technology that may be involved, it is all a scientific and technological accumulation that requires science and engineering, and I don't even have a basic gold finger in this regard, how can I open it?

However, if you think about it, even if you are an engineering dog, you may not be able to understand these technologies of that era, so if you really want to solve the problem, you have to start with the basic industrial technology of this era.

Although the Great Zhou of this era had some scattered leads, the closed system thought made the entire educational, scientific and technological and industrial system have begun to lag behind the Western European countries that have entered the Age of Discovery.

"General Shen, can the artillery technology I mentioned earlier also operate in this way?" Feng Ziying asked.

Shen Yourong hesitated for a moment, "Lord Feng, artillery making technology is probably also a confidential matter in Xiyi, if you want to obtain this kind of technology, I'm afraid it will be difficult, of course, the Xiyi people are very profitable, they come from thousands of miles away, I think if we can give preferential treatment in trade and trade, maybe we can." ”

Feng Ziying was very satisfied, Shen Yourong's performance had greatly exceeded his imagination, it was too rare to have such a sober person with a fairly broad vision in this era.

"Well, General Shen, I see, apart from these, what else do you think we need to solve immediately?"

"Tofan." After a long time, Shen Yourong said slowly: "Shen is worried that if we can't completely control Dongfan as soon as possible, Franc and Hongmao Fan will peep at Dongfan sooner or later." ”