Sun Chengzong was a little embarrassed and helpless. On the one hand, his own people were so unbearable, and on the other hand, His Majesty’s pressure was too great, which made the ministers very nervous.

This time, people from Zhu Youxiao were as nervous as those who came out of Zhu Youxiao.

"Okay, please give me no gift." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, "Let everyone in Denglai be exempt from gifts."

This place itself is not Zhu Youxiao’s goal, and he has never thought about what to do here.

To be honest, this place is not a developed region at all. The officials are just doing things here, and there is nothing to praise or to clean up. I didn’t come here to see them, so it doesn’t matter.

Zhu Youxiao's attitude made all the officials in Denglai breathe a sigh of relief. It's great that His Majesty can't see us.

After entering Denglai City, Zhu Youxiao’s people were welcomed and managed to deal with defense.

This has become the first thing Zhu Youxiao has to do after entering the city. No matter what the circumstances, his own people can finally be more reassuring.

After settling down, Zhu Youxiao left Denglai City the next day and rushed to Qingdao.

The name Qingdao was named after Zhu Youxiao. In the past, this place had no name, but was just a military town under Denglai.

But now it is different, because there is a shipyard, with a name here, and a large number of troops are stationed.

In addition to the original military town, there are also many navy soldiers. All of these people were drawn by Zhu Youxiao from various places.

Those who trained these people were some officers drawn from coastal defense in various places, asking them to come here to train and operate; among them, some of the people who were supplemented by the Royal Academy.

The leader is also very famous, his name is Zhao Lujiao. This person was recommended by Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli to Zhu Youxiao.

When Zhu Youxiao came to Qingdao, the people from Qingdao were already waiting here.

In addition to Zhao Lujiao and others, there were also people from the shipyard.

There are two people in charge of this shipyard, they are the Song brothers, the eldest brother Song Yingsheng and the second brother Song Yingxing.

The Song brothers are considered outstanding representatives of graduates of the Royal Academy. After some experience, Zhu Youxiao sent these two people here.

In addition, there are also eunuchs in the shipyard in charge of the East Factory. The eunuchs in charge of the East Factory are supervising these people here. Of course, this is not the main responsibility. His main responsibility is to appease the Portuguese.

As for how to comfort us, our Dadong Factory has its own way.

In recent years, Zhu Youjiao has been giving up these people. In Macau, Zhu Youjiao is willing to spend a lot of money. It is the best way to poach people at a high salary. Moreover, these people came to the Ming Dynasty to make money?

So there are many Portuguese people here. In addition to those who are good at shipbuilding, there are also those who are good at sailing. Some merchants even simply take out the charts and sell them. For them, there is nothing they dare not do.

Now this era of great sailing is a messy era. Pirates are rampant, the state sponsors pirates, and even the navy is pirates. In order to make money, everyone is naturally willing to do it.

Many Portuguese in the Macau artillery factory have been poached to the capital over the years. In the past, Zhu Youchao cared about these people and put a lot of effort into it, but now it doesn't matter. They have already squeezed out what they need.

Zhu Youxiao wanted other things, either it was too difficult to do it, or he could only develop it himself.

Under such circumstances, Qingdao's shipyard has basically been under the control of the Ming people.

Song Yingsheng and Song Yingxing have done a good job in the past two years.

This time, Zhu Youxiao came here, and first came to take a look at his shipyard. This made Zhu Youxiao unable to help it. After all, the ships here will be of great use in the future.

In addition, I want them and the people from the Baike Academy to study it carefully and see if there are any changes.

After all, the original artillery can definitely not be installed on these warships. The original artillery is too backward and new artillery needs to be installed.

If there is anything on the warship that needs to be changed, or new artillery needs to be developed, these things need to be communicated.

On this point, Zhu Youxiao has never been stingy with money.

You know, in later generations, Zhu Youxiao was a member of the Duota God Sect.

The multi-tathic gods, also known as the multi-tuft gods, advocates more and more, which means good, and great means beauty, range means truth, and caliber is justice.

If you fail, it means that your turrets are not enough, your caliber is not big enough, and your range is not far enough.

In the Ming Dynasty, the fleet that Zhu Youxiao wanted to build must have large enough warships, enough warships, and at the same time, there must be enough artillery. The artillery must have large enough power and long enough range.

Now that the cannon is ready, the rest will be found on the ship.

After meeting Zhu Youxiao, the Song brothers felt mixed feelings.

Since they arrived in Qingdao, they have not seen His Majesty for several years.

Speaking of which, they had a deep relationship with His Majesty. After all, they had already known His Majesty before they became officials. And His Majesty at that time gave them a very good feeling, and they felt better in the past few years.

Now that they saw the emperor, they naturally wanted to show their achievements to Zhu Youxiao.

After they saluted, Zhu Youxiao walked over with a smile, reached out to help the Song brothers up.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the two of them and then said with a smile: "It's dark, but it looks much stronger. You have been here for a few years, and I know a lot about the news. I have to say that you have done well."

"This time I left the capital, the first thing I thought of coming to you, looking at your achievements over the years, and listening to your thoughts. After all, many things cannot be mentioned in the question book, and I can't explain them clearly. You can tell me anything. After all, in addition to the relationship between the monarch and the minister, we still have a private friendship."

Zhu Youxiao said this sentence very politely and his tone was relaxed.

Of course, everyone knows that this is the emperor showing his magnanimity, his care for his subjects, and his approachableness.

But if you don’t know what you think of as a minister and really treat the emperor as a friend, it will be bad.

The Song brothers quickly said gratefully: "It is a blessing for me to be able to get the concern of your Majesty."

The Song brothers have been in the officialdom for several years. In the past few years, they can be regarded as old foxes in the officialdom. Although they are even worse than Xu Guangqi and others, among the younger generation, no one in the court can surpass the Song brothers and others.

After a reminiscing about the past, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.

Zhu Youxiao said, "Take me to see the ships you built. You know, when I was in the capital, I missed these ships all the time, and waited for them to sail out to sea all the time."

Who should I go out to sea to fight?

Zhu Youxiao had already thought about this, except for the Dutch, he would not be the second candidate at all.

Now the Dutch still occupies Penghu and even the northern part of Taiwan.

The southern part of Taiwan has now been belonged to the Spanish, and neither of these two groups have any good people.

After the Ming fleet is completed, they will naturally have to take action against them. First, they will take back their territory, and second, they will be just to train soldiers.

It is meaningless to abuse vegetables. Only by fighting with masters like them can you test your true level. If you can beat them down, the Ming Dynasty's navy will truly have the ability to go out and do what you want to do.

After hearing what Zhu Youxiao said, the Song brothers looked at each other and quickly said excitedly: "Okay, please come here for your Majesty."

What is the most uncomfortable thing about being an official is that you have done good things and good things at night, but you cannot get the emperor's reward or the court's recognition. This is the most uncomfortable thing.

The Song brothers and the others worked here for several years, and they could be said to be diligent. Although there are many rewards in the emperor's letter every time, this kind of thing is not enough. As long as the emperor sees his contributions, the reward will definitely not be less, and it will be very beneficial to his future.

So this is a very good opportunity, so the Song brothers naturally have to seize it.

After entering Qingdao, the group quickly transferred to the port.

This place is busy at this time. Some warships have been built and parked in the port, some are undergoing testing, and some are manufacturing in the dock next to them.

Originally, a large amount of wood was needed to build a ship, and a long piece of wood had to be used as the main beam, which was a very troublesome thing.

But now the new craft does not require such things at all. The keel can be made by splicing. Even if there are any difficulties, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty can solve this problem.

For this shipyard, Zhu Youxiao transferred many craftsmen.

While walking forward, Song Yingsheng introduced Zhu Youxiao.

Song Yingsheng said directly: "Our warship has three models. The smallest one is a fast boat, flexible and easy to turn. It is ready to be equipped with twenty cannons and equipped with two hundred soldiers."

"The medium-sized warships are ready to be equipped with sixty cannons and equipped with two thousand soldiers. The large warships are ready to be equipped with one hundred and ten cannons and equipped with five thousand soldiers.

"A fleet consists of two large warships, six medium warships, and twelve small warships. The rest are transport ships and supply ships. The entire fleet will be equipped with 30,000 soldiers."

"From the current construction speed, the first fleet will be able to officially start training by the end of the year."

"The warships are now more than half completed, and the rest have been laid with keels. What is waiting for is the artillery of the court. As long as the artillery is shipped, they can be loaded on the warship. At that time, our warships will be able to sail to the sea."

After listening to Song Yingsheng's introduction, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then take me up and take a look."

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao turned around and walked forward.

In addition to artillery, other things must be equipped with on the Ming Dynasty warships, such as hand-cranked machine guns, which are used when they are ready to land for combat or when the two warships are close enough.

However, Zhu Youxiao felt that this thing might be easier to use on small warships. I don’t know if this hand-cranked machine gun can be bigger, so I asked after I went back.

In addition, there are rockets. This thing has been used more frequently in the army in the past two years and is deeply loved by the new generals. They no longer look down on the original artillery, and they prefer to use rockets.

In fact, in this era, rockets do have some cheating places.

When the British army attacked the printing degree, they suffered losses in the Indian city-state and were blown up by rockets, almost so much that they could not find the North.

The British army's artillery was no match for rockets at all. Later, they learned this technology and created more advanced rockets themselves. However, as time went by, gunpowder became better and better, and artillery technology also developed greatly.

The artillery had a longer range and greater power, and gradually this kind of rocket was eliminated. Of course, it was not completely eliminated. Later it became Katyusha and missiles.

But now it takes a little effort to change to Katyusha or missiles. If there is new gunpowder, many things can be solved. Their power will become greater and their range will become longer. They can even be made into mines and fired from the water, which can directly bombard the bottom of enemy warships.

Nowadays, wooden warships are basically blown up one hole and hit the soul. The enemy warships will definitely be sunk, and there will be no suspense.

So Zhu Youxiao was not worried that the rockets were not yet ready for retirement.

After getting on the warship, Zhu Youxiao reached out to pat the boat and looked around carefully.

After looking at the location they reserved for artillery, Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied.

Although some places need to be changed, Zhu Youxiao believes that it will not take too much effort. After all, the new artillery now requires smaller areas, the recoil is much smaller than before, and the range is longer and the power is greater.

Although there are no steam iron armored ships now, even wooden ships are equipped with such artillery, which are powerful enough.

After walking around, Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied and did not let someone go out to take a walk around.

Originally, Zhu Youxiao wanted to do this very much, but he still put this idea in his heart.

The reason is also very simple. The ship is not stable now. Who knows if he will fall into the water after driving the ship?

You know, this is the sea. If you fall into the water in the sea, you may not have a great chance of survival.

After taking a walk around Zhu Youxiao, he took the people back to the shore with satisfaction.

The group came to the factory building of the shipyard, and Zhu Youxiao sent someone to distribute food and rewards.

These are all for shipyard craftsmen. The emperor gave rewards when he walked to a place. This is a habit and he cannot break the rules.

How can you let go of a good opportunity to win people's hearts?
Chapter completed!