Moleno hurriedly said in accordance with the oriental etiquette: "Sincere congratulations to Your Highness, may the Lord bless your fleet." ”

He immediately remembered that he had received news a while ago that Da Ming was not hesitating to invest in the construction of a new type of gunboat, so he cautiously asked: "I wonder how many warships of your country's naval division have successfully returned home?" ”

Zhu Linmiao knew that he was trying to set up information, so he smiled slightly at the moment, and did not hide it, "At present, there are five warships on the double-deck gun, two of which are equipped with thirty-four guns, and three are equipped with twenty-two guns. There were also fifteen auxiliary boats of six to ten guns. ”

Moreno was stunned when he heard this, a warship with thirty-four guns? The main warships of Helan's Dongfan Fleet and Spain's Manila Fleet were only thirty to forty guns!

He hurriedly said: "Do these thirty-four cannons contain small cannons under three pounds and rapid-fire cannons and the like?" ”

These Europeans never took the Ming Dynasty's artillery and warships in their eyes in the past, and Zhu Linmiao didn't think it was wrong, and the data came as soon as he opened his mouth, "Six eighteen-pounder guns, ten twelve-pounder guns, and the others are at least six-pounder guns." ”

Moreno was taken aback, if what His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King said was true, then the Great Ming Naval Division already had the strength to compete with Dongfan's fleet!

You must know that there are only two warships with more than 30 guns and two warships with more than 20 guns, and the remaining eight capital ships are actually armed merchant ships. Even considering the gap in the quality of sailors, the Helan people would never dare to say that they were sure to defeat the Daming Sailors!

This Eastern Empire is simply terrible! In the past few decades, the Ming State could only rely on a large number of Junk ships to fight hard against the Lan people, although they could force the Helan people to retreat, but they always suffered heavy losses. Until last year, there was no news of them building thirty-gun warships, and by this time they had already equipped two!

Once this huge empire gets serious, it will simply make people feel chills in their hearts!

He suddenly had a hint of impulse, maybe joining forces with Da Ming, he really had a chance to defeat the Netherlands, the overlord of the Far East Sea.

But then he remembered the Dutch fleet stationed in Batavia. It was a terrifying force with more than 100 warships and armed merchant ships, including nearly 10 warships equipped with 30 cannons, and even more ruthless characters with more than 50 cannons like the "Dodrechet"!

Moreover, the Ming Kingdom still has to fight with the barbarians in the north at the moment, and it is impossible to draw all its strength to deal with the Helan people.

Moleno shook his head unconsciously, there was no possibility of challenging the Helan people at the moment, calm, calm.

Zhu Linmiao seemed to see his thoughts, and said with a smile: "If the current Daming Sailor is not enough to give Ezeba Youya confidence, then I can tell you that in a year at most, the situation of monopolizing the Daming maritime trade with the Lan people will disappear."

"However, I also want to remind you that when that time comes, I will no longer need your help."

In order to take care of the habits of the Spaniards, Zhu Linwei described the warships in terms of the number of cannons, but in fact, he designed the warships according to the shipbuilding standards from the eighteenth century onwards.

According to the current shipbuilding method of the Europeans, it is not impossible for the Shaowu to be stuffed with forty guns, but that will have a negative impact on the performance of protection and navigation. In other words, to calculate the real combat effectiveness, the Daming Naval Division has actually begun to surpass the Helan people entrenched in Taiwan.

Moleno lowered his head and thought for a long time, but still said cautiously: "I will convey your meaning to the Governor, let us think about it again." ”

"Absolutely."

……

Zheng Chenggong and Liu Guoxuan, Zhang Guoxuan and other major generals of the navy division took a sentinel boat up the river, and arrived outside Nanjing the next day.

The place where the group disembarked and landed was not far from the Longjiang River, and from a long distance there were a large number of cars, horses, and craftsmen forming a "water flow" constantly entering and leaving the shipyard, a very busy scene.

Zheng Chenggong and the others changed horses and rushed to the city, and when they passed by the Longjiang Shipyard, they clearly saw that several huge slipways inside were full of people, and the towering gantry cranes had been built for the most part, and the surrounding timbers of various sizes were piled up into mountains.

Liu Guoxuan swept away his previous decadent state, and said happily: "It seems that the warships lost by the sailor this time will soon be able to make up for it." ”

"Yes, look at this scene, it's bigger than Yongbeili and Nan'an combined!"

Zheng Chenggong sighed, "Your Highness has always been thoughtful, and this time he is afraid that he has already reported the plan of the entire army of the Navy......

In front of the Yamen of Yingtianfu, the generals of the sailors dismounted and saluted, and Zhu Linmiao stepped forward and patted their arms one by one, "It's good to come back safely!" ”

I saw that all of them were tanned, and their skin was very rough from the sea breeze. Especially Liu Guoxuan, there is still a scar on his face, which adds a bit of fierceness.

Everyone followed Zhu Linmiao into the mansion, and Zheng Chenggong said, "My subordinates know that His Highness is worried about the situation of the water master, so they rushed back to play to you in the starry night." ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "How is the loss?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, as reported the day before yesterday, six warships including Jianchang and Weiqing sank, and five ships including Guang Signal and Guo Ziyi were seriously damaged. In addition to the warships, more than 1,200 people were killed, wounded, and missing from the navy......"

Zhu Linmiao was silent when he heard this, this time the storm sailor lost one three-hundred-ton warship, five small warships, and the seriously injured warship may take a long time to repair. Compared with the warships, the casualties of the sailors may be more difficult to make up, and although the sailors are not injured this time, they can also be called extremely heavy losses.

On the side, Liu Guoxuan suddenly said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, in fact, compared to Jianyu, our losses are much smaller. The moment the storm came, his subordinates saw forty or fifty enemy ships buried at the bottom of the sea, so that they could build those small boats, and it was estimated that not many of them would be able to return safely. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded and said: "The secret report sent by Beijing has lost nearly seventy percent of the Jianyu Water Division. ”

"Seventy percent? More than 200 boats! Liu Guoxuan was happy, "No wonder Zhoushan said that there has been no movement of the thieves recently, it turns out that they have suffered such heavy losses." ”

This is the benefit of the ocean-going seaworthiness of the Galen ship, plus the smallest warship of the Daming Naval Division is more than 70 tons, and the resistance to wind and waves is much stronger than that of Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

After entering the main hall, everyone sat down, and their own subordinates served tea.

Zhu Linmiao asked Zheng Chenggong at this time: "Da Mu, you haven't seen any news back for more than half a month after you encountered the storm, where is the sailor during this period?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, when the first time I encountered a strong wind, my subordinates planned to take shelter in the Ryukyus, but the wind was too strong, and the sailor was constantly blown south-east.

"When the wind stopped, we didn't know where we were, and the grain on the ship was soaked a lot, but fortunately, the Guangzhou brought a lot of canned food, so we were able to survive." I want to talk about "The Rise of the Ming Dynasty 1646" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~