The emperor was not a joke. Throughout October, the Ming Dynasty was mobilizing water and land. Whether it was the navy, the new army, the Ministry of Works, and various scientific research groups led by Wang Chengen were busy. Chongzhen did not want to do this as if he was facing a great enemy. With rockets, he dispatched 7,000 new troops and wanted to destroy less than 2,000 Dutch soldiers with lagging equipment. Isn’t it just a game! Of course, after all, I took this opportunity to test the Ming Dynasty’s pre-war mobilization ability.

In order to conquer Taiwan, Chongzhen summoned Zheng Zhilong to Nanjing. Zheng Zhilong is now very careful about his words and deeds and cannot let his competitors seize the handle. Although he still doesn't know the chairman of the Federation of Industry and Commerce, the latest approval rating shows that he has great hope. Zheng Zhilong asked himself as the central officials after a while. Zheng Sen praised the emperor for lying on firewood and tasting gall, and the momentum of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty. Since the emperor summoned him, there is no reason not to come! Zheng Zhilong rushed to Nanjing along the way.

"Long live my life when I see my emperor!"

Chongzhen looked at this famous pirate leader and could not tell that he was forty years old. In addition to his burly figure, he also had a handsome appearance. If he hadn't had a beard, he would have a star style in ancient costumes in later generations.

Chongzhen said as usual: "Zheng Aiqing is calm." Then he asked with a smile:

"Zheng Aiqing, guess what I've called you to Nanjing, what's wrong?"

Zheng Zhilong had already guessed that it was mostly to conquer Taiwan. The emperor had already let the news to take Taiwan. He had been operating Taiwan for many years and wanted to take Taiwan, at least he had to ask his own ideas. However, Zheng Zhilong was not sure that after the emperor arrived in Nanjing, many measures were unreasonable. For example, the president of the Federation of Industry and Commerce was a bit incredible. His mind turned around and turned, since ancient times, the power of heaven was unpredictable. Chongzhen killed a minister of the Ministry of War and said he could be cautious. He replied now:

"I report to the emperor, I really don't know. As soon as I received the emperor's edict, I immediately rushed to Nanjing. What the emperor wants me to do, just give me the order. I will go through fire and water and die!"

Chongzhen thought to himself that this guy is said to be versatile, known as a versatile guy, known as a Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese language, is proficient in Western swordsmanship, and even plays guitar. He can kill out of the pirates and finally destroy the dissidents among the pirates. He is really a talent! A talent like Wang Chengen, a monster, does not come from this era after all. The most expensive person in the 17th century was also a talent. If Chongzhen could use Zheng Zhilong well in the early years, he would never fall into the position of hanging himself.

Well, this is a talent, or an international talent! Let’s make it open and honest:

"Zheng Aiqing, I'm summoning you here this time to capture Taiwan. I want to hear your opinions." Nowadays, in terms of naval wars, no one can compare to Zheng Zhilong. As for Shi Lang, Chongzhen looked down on him very much. I don't know how anyone would like to praise Shi Lang to the altar in the future. Although Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty later, he was also deceived! But in addition to being skilled in naval wars, Shi Lang can only be regarded as an ungrateful person.

Regarding the capture of Taiwan, the Military Affairs Office invited Zheng Zhilong to attend the meeting, and Wu Sangui and Chen Zilong were also present at the meeting.

The first major thing to study was the modification of the emperor's ship. Zheng Zhilong pointed out as an expert that if it is to be modified, two large ships must be modified. If it is one, if it is a key attack, the emperor's safety will be worrying. And even if the enemy wants to attack, the two identical ships cannot tell which one is the target of the focus. This will undoubtedly greatly improve the emperor's security in the sea. As a result, in order to be more safe, the research decided to modify three three-masted gun ships. In addition to being equipped with wire mesh cement armor, all the old cannons on the ship will be removed and replaced with rocket launchers, howitzers and thunderbolters.

After testing, after adding gypsum to cement, the thickness of the cement armor can be reduced. Finally, the armor thickness of the emperor ship is set to seven centimeters. Just this item alone will increase the weight by about thirty tons. Although the other two ships are also equipped with armor, they are just for the purpose of mixing beads, and they are mainly used as gunboats. In order to ensure the flexibility of the gunboat, the thickness of the barbed wire concrete armor has been reduced to a level that it cannot be thinner - ultra-thin - four centimeters. Anyway, it is impossible to tell the difference between the three ships from the outside. As for the protection ability of the ultra-thin armor, fire protection is nothing, and bulletproof ability can also increase by a large part.

Then, based on the consideration of reducing the center of gravity of the hull, the gunship removed the top cabin and changed from five to four layers. The mast was reinforced with angle iron. At the bow and stern of the ship, each equipped with a 75mm howitzer that can rotate 120 degrees was installed. According to Wang Chengen's idea, the main weapon should be rockets, and when it is close to combat, it relies on rifles and grenades. However, under Zheng Zhilong's suggestion, various types of thunder throwing weapons were still installed. After all, Zheng Zhilong is an expert in naval warfare. Others attending the meeting were completely disgraceful to naval warfare. Everyone should not take the advice of naval warfare seriously.

However, the sharp cut of the three modified three-masted ships caused fierce disputes. Just because half of the 300 sailors were originally planned to be used for the gang fight, the number of them to be reduced from 300 to 100, Zheng Zhilong was very opposed. Finally, Chongzhen made the decision and cut it, why do you need so many gang fighters? With super weapons in his hand, how could the enemy ships crash into it? Then there is no need to fight this battle.

After modification, the main combat weapon became a 107 rocket launcher, howitzer and mine thrower as auxiliary. In melee combat, there were rifle shotguns and grenade-type incendiary bombs. In addition, rocket incendiary bombs and grenade-type incendiary bombs also made a batch of equipment gunboats. The incendiary bombs use the by-product of coking coal tar as fuel. It just so happened that the coal tar is a viscous black liquid. It uses a blow-flash fuse and a small amount of charge. After the explosion, the burning viscous liquid splashed everywhere. Although it did not have the terrifying effect of napalm bombs in later generations, it would undoubtedly be a nightmare for enemy ships.

The new army on the expedition has been training on the ship for several days, and the adaptive training on the ship has been on the same line, one after another. As for a group of new army officers and soldiers, although they can be called elite soldiers on land, when they get on the ship, some people are very angry at the beginning, and the shooting training on the ship is even more inaccurate. However, the more unacceptable the officers and soldiers are, the higher the training will be. After more than ten days of high-intensity training on the ship, the officers and soldiers of the new army have finally begun to slowly adapt to water life and shooting.

Chongzhen also took time to get on the boat to adapt. However, the focus of Chongzhen during this period was to investigate King Ding.

Dingwang is a low-key person who doesn't like to show off. This child is obsessed with technology and is obsessed with technology day and night. I have to ask him if he has any good news recently.

When King Ding saw his father asking, he said:

"It is indeed gratifying to report to the two rolls of oblique rolls made by my father and I have made together, and the seamless steel pipes are rolled out. However, there are still many problems here. The scrap and defective rate are too high, so I am embarrassed to ask the emperor to see it. I want to wait until the two rolls of oblique rolls are improved before asking the emperor to inspect it."

When Chongzhen saw that the child was honest, he hurriedly asked:

"The waste defective rate of two-roll oblique rolling is high, and I have heard of it. Tell me, how high is it?"

King Ding said in a timid tone:

"I am incompetent. When rolling low-carbon steel pipes, the scrap defective rate is about 30%, and the scrap defective rate is already very high. Unexpectedly, when rolling manganese steel pipes, the scrap rate is even higher, reaching more than 50%. There is no way. If you roll the scrap, you can only return to the furnace and roll it." King Ding rubbed his hands and continued:

"I also asked Director Wang. Director Wang asked us to adjust the shape of the roll and slowly explore new parameters, such as inclined rolling angle, rolling roll speed, rolling pipe temperature, etc. I was stupid and have not solved these problems yet."

Chongzhen laughed and said:

"I am very satisfied with these two roll inclined rolling techniques that can be mastered in such a short time. My son is very good, this is a great achievement. As for improvement, take it slowly, and there is no need to be anxious. Everything has a process. You see, it has been crafted for two thousand years, but when it comes to steelmaking, it is only recently that you have handled the technology of converter steelmaking. You are already very capable, and you should be proud!"

When King Ding heard his father's encouragement, his eyes flashed with light, and suddenly he turned dim again, and he stammered:

"Although I have made some efforts, it was actually done by Director Wang, so I dare not take credit for it."

Seeing that King Ding was like this, Chongzhen felt infinite warmth in his heart, held King Ding's hand and said:

"You are so sensible, my father is very happy! But if you have merits, you don't have to be humble. You are less than fourteen years old and I have such a heart, so I have confidence in you!"

Seeing that his father said this, King Ding suddenly said something:

"Father, sons and masters made a prototype of a steam turbine based on the drawings drawn by Director Wang. It turned out well, but it looked very ugly. Should the father go and see it?"

When Chongzhen heard this, he was so happy that he fell from the sky. If the steam turbine was done, would the pace of the industrial revolution be far away? He immediately said:

"Of course my father has to go see it. I can't wait for a moment, so I'll go see it with you." I thought to myself, this child didn't know that this was an epoch-making invention - OK! It's a bit bloody inventories, but at least so far, no one has found a second person making a steam turbine, so it's an invention, so I'll listen to it if I say it! At least, I can't say it's just a pirated copy!

When he arrived at the land of Ding King, Chongzhen saw the appearance of Ding King's steam turbine.

I saw a copper water tank on the left, and a charcoal fire was burning underneath, and coal burned in the furnace. A copper tube led to a thing on the right that looked like a fan of later generations. However, there were many blades on the wheel hub, and steam was blowing on the blades. Under the impact of high-pressure steam, the blades were rotating rapidly.

The entire blade is exposed, and the steam dissipates in the air after the work is done. In Chongzhen's eyes, this steam turbine is really not practical. It has extremely low heat conversion efficiency, which means it can be used as a principle machine. However, Dingwang connected this simple steam turbine with a belt transmission to the blower. You can really replace the person. Chongzhen patted Dingwang's shoulder and praised Dingwang. Dingwang was quite self-aware and hurriedly said:

"Father, this steam turbine is also unsuccessful, but the second generation steam turbine guided by Director Wang is being made. Next time the father sees it, it will be much better. The impeller blades will be closed, and the steam will return to the boiler to reuse it, and it will never be as steam as this."

Chongzhen looked at the sensible King Ding and found a firm look in the child's eyes. His heart trembled and his eyes were a little wet. He quickly turned his face and went to see the converter steelmaking. The current converter is three times larger than the original one. With the hydraulic powered blower, the steelmaking efficiency is much higher.

After reading the situation of King Ding, Chongzhen felt very calm.

That night, Chongzhen favored one of the Korean beauties. He kept them away for several months, and only explained to learn Chinese and palace etiquette, which made people look forward to it and look forward to it. Only then did they see the beauty of heaven. They were about to go to war. Chongzhen was in high spirits and with his passion, he brought the white and tender Korean beauties Jin Renmei to the clouds.

The next day, Chongzhen went to Zhou Fei'er's house and listened to a song "Yi Jian Mei" that Zhou Fei'er sang while playing. The blurry song accompanied by a bit of rustling piano sound, and the sound of the song was soft and quiet. As he listened, Chongzhen's heart moved and Jing Ke's goodbye to the goodbye of Yishui - Gao Jianli Beat Zhu, Jing Ke sang: The wind was whistling and the Yishui was cold...
Chapter completed!