The Dutch were mainly active in Taiwan before, and rarely in Guangdong, and the Cantonese sailors, including Wang Yan, did not know much about the Dutch.

Shi Lang turned out to be a thousand households of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family had many contacts with the Dutch, so he could be regarded as having seen the Dutch and knew more about the combat power of the Dutch.

He listened to Wang Yan's words, and immediately explained: "Returning to the Duke of the Kingdom, if Heyi is on land, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Guangnan, it is easy to destroy it like dusting with your sleeves. However, Heyi relied on artillery clippers, and even if the Ming Dynasty had 100,000 male soldiers, they could not go to the sea to catch him, and the warships of the Guangdong Navy Division were far inferior to Heyi, so the last general did not have the heart to win. ”

The naval ships of the Ming Dynasty, after the sea ban, the tonnage gradually decreased, the naval warships of the early Ming Dynasty, the main warships were about 5,000 materials, that is, more than 2,500 tons, Zheng He's treasure ships were tens of thousands of materials, some Western scholars believe that they reached 20,000 tons, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the main warships degenerated to less than 1,000 materials, and the tonnage was less than 400 tons.

At this time, the main battleship in the Western sailing ships began to move towards the thousand-ton class, and Wang Yan had also seen some of the Xiyi scripts, but after all, he had never seen it with his own eyes, so he didn't know where the gap was.

The Han people call Huaxia China, and take China as the world, outside the Han land, it is called Hu, Lu, Di, Yi, Rong, and Barbarian, and the reason why it is so contemptuous is naturally because of the advanced and powerful Han culture and civilization, only advanced can be qualified to despise backwardness, Wang Yan as a scholar, for his own culture and civilization, naturally has a strong self-confidence, although he recognizes some of the advantages of Xiyi, but also intends to absorb, but he still despises Xiyi in his heart, so he frowned and asked: "Heyi's warship, how much better than the sailor's warship?" ”

Shi Lang led Wang Yan to the camp and said: "Guogong, the matter of naval warfare is nothing more than a big ship to win a small boat, and a big gun to win a small gun; Many ships are better than few ships, and many guns are better than few guns. Heyi has also fought twice with my Daming before, and the reason why he was defeated by Daming is not that his ship is not strong, and his equipment is unfavorable, because there are many people on the Daming ship, and the Heyi people are few and few. ”

Wang Yan nodded, in the Battle of Penghu, the governor of Fujian, Nan Juyi, fought more than 1,000 Heyi with 10,000 people, Zheng Zhilong in Liuluo Bay fought with 150 warships, and fought more than 60 Heyi and pirate ships, all of which were outnumbered by many.

Shi Lang continued: "When the last general was in Fujian, he had seen the Heyi warship in the Fujian Sea, its captain was more than 20 zhang, several zhang high, two decks, more than 30 cannons were lined up next to the ship, a total of more than 60 guns, the cannons could shoot four or five miles, and the fishing boats were hit and smashed immediately. And the warship of our naval division, the largest one is only thirteen zhang long, four zhang wide, with 30 guns, the size and artillery are only half of Heyi, and the body of Yi is narrow and long, and the hull of Fu is wide, which is not conducive to riding the wind and waves, and the speed is not as good, so if it is close to the Guangdong naval division, the final general will think that the chance of victory is not great. ”

Wang Yan stopped and said with some surprise: "Is the gap so big?" ”

Shi Lang said: "It may be more serious than what the last general said, above the sea, it has always been the world of the Zheng family, and the imperial court did not pay attention to the Guangdong sailors before. The current naval division was only formed after the Guogong entered Guangdong, and most of the ships were warships transformed from merchant ships brought from the south of the Yangtze River, and the artillery of the naval division, except for a batch purchased from Macao, was all old artillery and could not be reused. ”

Speaking of this, it comes back to the old problem, in the final analysis, Nanming still has no money, and with the finances of the imperial court, the supply of Lu Shi is guaranteed, and there is no surplus money to develop the water division.

The only time the Guangdong Navy added new guns and new ships was before Wang Yan entered Chu, and in the past year, he has never added a little new belongings.

Thinking about the unspeakable secrets of the water master, Wang Yan couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that the imperial court's decision to go to war is a bit reckless." ”

"Guogong, isn't the imperial court planning to contact the Portuguese to fight against Heyi together?" Yu Fangqi, who had not interjected beside him, saw that Wang Yan was a little disappointed, and hurriedly said that unlike Shi Lang's opinion, he tried his best to fight.

Wang Yan shook his head, "This Governor went to Macao this time, originally to discuss with Portugal about dealing with Heyi, but after listening to General Shi's words and learning the truth about the Guangdong Naval Division, this Governor does not plan to unite with Portugal for the time being. ”

"Why is that?"

"In the past, the Song and Jin maritime alliances agreed to attack Liao together, and the Jin army won all the way, but the Song was defeated by the Liao division, which made the Jin people see the incompetence of the Song army, and then the shame of Jingkang." Wang Yan looked at Yu Fangqi and explained: "In the eyes of the Governor, Portugal and Heyi are the same thing, but the Portuguese have to pay more attention to the rules than Heyi, so the court is willing to trade with Portugal." This time, the imperial court intended to unite with the Guangdong sailors as the main and the Portuguese as auxiliaries, but if the sailors themselves could not do it, the Portuguese would see the jokes at that time, but there were many hidden dangers. ”

Yu Fangqi was slightly stunned when he heard this, but Shi Lang hugged his fists and said: "Guogong, in fact, the training of Guangdong sailors has been in place, the key is that the ship's cannons are not fine, and the last general heard that Zheng Zhilong had copied He Yi's three-masted clipper before, no matter the size, or the artillery configuration is almost the same as Heyi's ship." If the sailors could have such ships, equipped with sophisticated artillery, they would not need the Portuguese, and the sailors would be able to fight. ”

"Oh?" Wang Yan was happy in his heart and asked, "As long as there is this kind of warship, General Shi is sure?" ”

"Back to the Duke of the Kingdom, Heyi came thousands of miles, and there were not many people in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, mainly because of the fast ships and guns. As long as there are the same warships and artillery, coupled with the absolute superiority in troops, and attack it several times, how can there be a reason why you can't win. ”

Wang Yan somewhat understood, the clipper ship is like a cavalry on the sea, and the ship of Heyi, not only fast but also has many artillery, it can be said that it combines the speed of light cavalry and the power of heavy cavalry.

For a time, Wang Yan had a strong interest in Zheng's imitation of the Heyi warship.

In fact, the ships of the Ming Dynasty were not bad at all, only after the implementation of the sea ban, it gradually declined, according to the "Shu Yu Zhou Counselling" record, the archives of the eunuchs of the three guarantees went to the West, including the charts, the information of the treasure ship, the original storage of the military department, but during the Chenghua period of the Ming Xianzong, there were eunuchs who asked the emperor to send people to the West again, the emperor moved, and sent officials to check the old files with the military department Shangshu Xiang Zhong, but they could not find it for three days, but it was said that it was hidden in advance by Liu Daxia in the car driver.

It is also said that Liu Daxia felt that the eunuchs of the Three Treasures went to the West, wasting people's wealth and not benefiting the country, so they burned the materials together, and the specific situation was no longer verifiable, anyway, at this time, the Southern Ming Dynasty was not capable of building a treasure ship.

Wang Yan thought that in order to defeat Heyi, then the Ming Dynasty would have to have bigger and stronger sea ships than Heyi, but with the degradation of shipbuilding technology in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention treasure ships, it would be difficult to build thousand-ton ships.

Wang Yan heard that the Zheng family had the same big ship as He Yi, and his heart suddenly moved, it doesn't matter if he can't build a bigger ship, the same ship can also be, and with the manpower and material resources of the Ming Dynasty, Heyi has one, and the Ming Dynasty can completely explode ten ships, and fight one with ten, how can there be a reason that it can't be beaten.

Of course, to build a ship, Wang Yan must first have money, drawings, and craftsmen.

"After Zheng Guo's surname experienced the change in Fujian, his strength was greatly lost, although he took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Qing army, from Quanzhou and Anping, and grabbed a batch of grain and grass materials, but it also attracted the attention of Zhang Cunren, who could only hold on to Kinmen and did not dare to move lightly." Wang Yan said: "The court opened the court this New Year, called him to the court to report on his work, but he only had to play the book, it can be seen that the situation is more tense, this time to deal with the Dutch, originally did not want to transfer him to the war, General Shi said so, but the governor is going to change his mind." ”

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