After slandering the complicated relationship between John Bull and Hansmeow before World War I, Chen Xin also regretted the final outcome of the Prussia. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In that traffic accident, the Prussia's bow mast and foremast broke, and the Prussia could not continue sailing due to the lack of auxiliary power.

After several failed attempts to tow and rescue, the Prussia was eventually blown ashore by winter winds and stranded on land.

Due to severe damage to the keel, the ship was scrapped. Fortunately, all the crew members escaped safely, and the cargo and some equipment on board were also rescued.

Eventually, as a famous ship, the Prussia disappeared into history.

After feeling a little nostalgic, Chen Xin once again shifted his attention to the beautiful transport ship modeled on the Prussia that he had built.

Being able to build a high-tech transport ship similar to the "Prussia" in 1902 in 1630, Chen Xin is full of gratitude to Lao Bai for this supercomputer.

Of course, supercomputers alone are not enough, and there are also a large number of shipbuilders, whose hard work has led to the immediate results.

Chen Xin is very satisfied with the craftsmen, and when the matter is over, these craftsmen who have the experience of manufacturing 10,000-ton transport ships will have a very broad future.

Everyone present looked at the big guy together, and their eyes were also full of fascination.

In this era when a wooden ship with a load of 200 tons is considered the main force and the load of 600 tons is considered "huge", this behemoth that can carry 8,100 tons of materials at a time is simply a monster, and there is no way for anyone not to indulge in her beauty and majesty.

Anya couldn't help but ask the hearts of most of the people present at this time, "Then, what's the use of this big guy with sail power?" ”

Chen Xin's eyes swept over Anya's eyes slightly, and explained softly, "The steam engine ship has its unique advantages, with fewer controllers, high stability of the ship, and so on, but it also has huge disadvantages of high maintenance costs.

At present, there are still many places in the world that are in an undeveloped state, such as the vast land of North America, Australia and other regions are barren at this time.

If we want to dominate the world of the future, we must have a place in these regions.

However, in this era, it was very difficult to emigrate to those places by steam-engine ships, and there was no way to solve the problem of fuel when returning to the sea.

Let's talk about the all-steel test ship that has just been launched, with a coal carrying capacity of 600 tons, which is the result of the hard work of many coal workers.

In those barren places, there is simply no way for us to complete the development in a short period of time.

And, more importantly, the horsepower of the steam engine is not high yet, and we can't use the existing steam engine to drive too large a ship.

Therefore, in the short term, on large ocean carriers, we have to use sail power, which is the only option. ”

"Oh, I see. However, your lordship, why do we have to master North America and Australia? Those places are so far away from us, don't we still have so much land in Luzon, Malay, and Indonesia in front of our house that we can occupy?

Even, there is the vast land of Daming. ”

"Hehe, that's right, our main goal has always been on Da Ming, but what we need is not a broken Da Ming, what we need is a complete Da Ming.

But do you know how many people the Ming Dynasty has now?

At least hundreds of millions of people, but what about their per capita arable land?

It's ridiculous to say it, many of the Ming people don't even have their own land, they farm for others all year round, earning a little bit of food that can't be eaten.

Coupled with the weather problems in the Xiaoice River period now, the northern part of Daming has constantly encountered natural disasters, and a large number of land harvests have failed or even failed, resulting in a large number of displaced people.

Displaced people who do not have enough to eat will wander around, constantly disrupting more order, creating more displaced people, and in the process, a large number of people will die.

You know, those are our compatriots.

The per capita arable land is not enough to feed so many compatriots, so how to solve this problem?

I think it's about immigration.

You must know that North America and Australia have a vast territory, many plains, and a suitable climate, which is suitable for the development of planting industry, and in the future, when the technology is mature, large-scale mechanized planting can be carried out.

Those places are the granaries of the earth.

Now those places are still in the period of development, even barrenness, which is a godsend. Tianyu does not take it, but suffers the blame. We can't afford to be left behind. ”

After a slight pause, allowing everyone to digest what they had just said, Chen Xin continued, "Although it seems that we are constantly pursuing industrialization and exploring various mineral resources, some ministers even regard these mineral resources as the cornerstone of our kingdom's future.

But, in fact, in my eyes, the population is the most important, and the food that feeds the population is also the most important material in the kingdom.

In the future world, occupying grain exporters such as North America and Australia is equivalent to mastering the lifeblood of the world. ”

Looking at everyone thoughtfully, Chen Xin smiled and didn't say more, these are established national policies, and it is enough for these navy and relevant central personnel present to know about it, too detailed things, there is no need to say it here.

Anya looked at the big ship in front of her, her eyes seemed to be starring, and she asked for a long time, "Your Excellency, dare to ask how big is this huge five-masted transport ship?" ”

Chen Xin was like a big boy showing off his toys, and replied in a proud tone, "Hehe, if you say it, it can scare you, after this ship is completely built, it is a behemoth with a length of 147 meters, a width of 16.5 meters, a depth of 10 meters, a draft of 8 meters, a full load displacement of 11,330 tons, and five huge masts of 68 meters high."

Her carrying capacity also reached a staggering 8,100 tons. In addition, it can maintain a maximum speed of 21 knots for a long time, and sail long distances on the ocean.

After this transport ship is put into use, it can transport all the population of a town of about 1,000 people at one time, and all the materials related to the primary construction, and cross the gale within level 9 together, arrive in North America, Australia and other regions, and build a complete town at one time. ”

"Oh my God, it's so powerful, doesn't that mean that as long as we can pull out the population and materials, we can build a base in North America or Australia at the rate of one small town per month?"

"Although the real data is not so ideal, it is not much different.

Therefore, my expectations for this five-masted transport ship are much greater than the all-steel test battleship that was launched just now. ”