Yang Huairen smacked his lips, thinking that what Lao Dai Tou said made sense, most of the things in this world are worth a penny.

But money is really not a problem for him, the problem is how to spend it without being told anything.

Of course, as for how much it would cost to build enough warships according to his plan, he still had to ask.

"Uncle, I want to know, how much does it cost to build a real warship like the one you said?"

Old Dai was a little surprised, originally thinking that Yang Huairen, the young prince, might have just moved the idea of building a warship to arm the Wude army on a whim.

He thought so, maybe it was just a good face, and now that he had told him the difficulty of building a warship, he should retreat.

But Yang Huairen continued to inquire about the cost of the warship, which made Lao Daitou a little surprised, because he knew that the cost of building a warship was not a small amount, and with the character of the imperial court in the past, he would definitely not pay this money.

So it can't be that he pays this money himself, regardless of whether it is in line with the rules or not, a prince pays for his own money to arm the army, who will do this kind of money-losing business?

However, since Yang Huairen asked, Lao Daitou still calculated carefully before replying, "If it is an ordinary small warship, the kind of three or five hundred materials, in fact, it does not need any good materials, and the cost is two or three percent higher than that of an ordinary cargo ship."

If it is a medium-sized warship, 1,000, 1,500 or 2,000 materials, the price should be twice that of an ordinary cargo ship.

Because this kind of warship has not been built for many years, the old man can't say a dead number, so he can only roughly estimate that a warship of 1,000 materials needs at least 6,000;

About 10,000 yuan for 1,500 materials and about 15,000 yuan for 2,000 materials, and the price also increased with the size of the ship. ”

Yang Huairen thought about it and felt that the price was within a reasonable range, so he asked again, "How many soldiers and horses can these warships that the old man said can be loaded?" I don't mean how many people there are, but how many soldiers are loaded. ”

Lao Dai Tou calculated according to the weight of a heavily armed soldier on the top of two ordinary people, and after a little calculation, he replied, "If you are a warship, a ship with a thousand materials should be able to carry a thousand sergeants, and a ship with two thousand materials should be able to carry two thousand sergeants, and so on."

As for other logistical materials such as horses, grain and grass, and baggage, in fact, they can also be loaded with accompanying cargo ships, and it is not necessary to load all of them with combat warships. ”

Yang Huairen nodded, "Then does it mean that a big ship of 5,000 materials can carry 5,000 soldiers?" ”

Lao Dai said with a smile, "What the old man said is rough, but the prince needs to know one thing, the five thousand materials are talking about the volume of the ship, not the load, and the carrying capacity of the five thousand materials is actually almost ten times that of the one thousand materials."

If the soldiers are willing to squeeze it, seven or eight thousand people will also be pretended, but if they do this, they will not be able to adapt to it when they reach the sea. ”

"Oh, I see."

Yang Huairen smiled and picked up the wine bowl and invited Lao Daitou to eat wine, but in his heart he began to calculate according to his newly known knowledge.

If he wants to attack Jiaozhi, for the sake of insurance, he will need 30,000 elite soldiers, and a ship of 1,000 materials can roughly carry 1,000 fully armed soldiers.

Then he needs to form a fleet, at least two large ships of 5,000 materials, more than 10 medium warships of 1,000 to 3,000 materials, and another 10 to 20 cargo ships to load grain and grass.

In the case of cargo ships, it is easy to solve, and the city ship division can come forward to rent them from those sea merchants, but in the case of warships, new warships must be built.

Then calculate the cost based on the price of the warship, the cost of the super warship of 5,000 materials is about 70,000 to 80,000 guan, and the rest of the medium-sized warships are calculated according to an average of 25,000 guan, and ten is 250,000 kan.

Together with the other equipment on the warship and other small warship equipment required, then if you want to form a fleet, you need at least 500,000 yuan.

This number is indeed relatively large, no wonder the imperial court is unwilling to spend money on this, the warships of the Changguo Army back then were estimated to have spent more than 100,000 at that time, which can be regarded as the blood capital of the imperial court.

This is the short-sighted behavior of the literati in the Northern Song Dynasty to govern the country, and the money is spent on the salaries of the civil officials, and they are reluctant to spend money on the construction of the army.

For example, a prime minister's monthly salary is as high as 300 yuan, which is only the salary of the main position.

Counting other benefits such as subsidies for clothing, millet, tea, wine and kitchen materials, charcoal money for heating in winter, income from the field, subsidies for servants, additional expenses, minister's money, subsidies for business trips, and the emperor's reward on festivals, the annual income is as high as more than 7,000 yuan.

There are also four or five thousand governors of the central organs of the imperial court, judges of various courts, scholars, and scholars of various ministries.

It doesn't take much every year, and squeezing out one percent from the mouths of these high-ranking officers is enough to form a well-equipped fleet.

Not to mention the redundancy of officials in the Northern Song Dynasty, the large number of local middle and low-level officials was also the highest and the best welfare in all dynasties.

So there was a strange phenomenon in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was clear that the government's fiscal revenue such as tax revenue was the highest in all dynasties, but there was not much surplus in the treasury, and the imperial court could spend so much income every year.

In a good year, it is good to say that in case of a disaster year, the imperial court will immediately have a deficit, and the money spent on the army is basically not spent on the local area, which is a kind of indiscriminate spending of money and not doing things, so the emperor and the court are not willing to fight.

There is a more interesting phenomenon, according to the official history, the Northern Song Dynasty did not fight many wars, but the victory rate was quite high, much higher than that of the Han and Tang dynasties, which were strong.

But everyone thinks that the Song Dynasty is weak because the Song Dynasty lost key battles, while the Han and Tang dynasties grasped those key battles that affected the national fortunes, and the gap was obviously widened.

The reason why Yang Huairen wants to build a strong naval army has a great relationship with the understanding of later generations, as a strong country, it must have a strong navy.

At present, the opponent on land cannot be defeated by a hard fight, and the quality of the infantry army needs to be improved urgently, but the opponent at sea, whether it is the countries of Southeast Asia or the Japanese country in the east, is not strong, but can be bullied and bullied.

Yang Huairen also tried to use his own way, first using the army to train his hands, the military strength is not good, the improvement of the quality of soldiers needs to be cultivated for a long time, but whether the enhancement of equipment can have an immediate effect, it is not easy to say.

If it is feasible, it can be transferred to the army with the experience of the army, and if the advantage of gunpowder can play the expected effect on the real battlefield, Yang Huairen feels that it is not impossible to eliminate the threat before the catastrophe of the Han people.

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