Not long after returning to Chang'an, Li Ye received a memorial that the Haihe Yamen's half-dharma vessel was about to launch.
This matter is of great importance, and to a certain extent determines the success or failure of Li Ye's overseas business. Li Ye has always been very concerned about it, so he left the central place and went to Guangzhou in the south of Lingnan to inspect it for himself.
It was a bright and clear day, Li Ye stood on the watchtower of the navy camp, looking around, he could see that there was a large area of sea in the bay full of ships, and there were only three rather tall buildings.
These three buildings are exactly the same in terms of appearance and equipment.
Different from pure wooden building ships, these three building ships have built skeletons based on spirit wood and spirit stones, and only use hard wood in the secondary parts. In order to eliminate the difference and achieve the effect of camouflage, the entire building ships are Painted black, it shimmers with a metallic-like sheen in the sun.
Each building boat is divided into three floors, the first floor is the hut, the second floor is the flying hut, and the uppermost floor is the noble room. Each floor has a protective female wall, which can be used to defend local bows and arrows and arrow stones. There are arrow holes on the female wall for launching bows and crossbows. In order to defend against enemy fire, the ship is covered with cowhide for heat insulation.
In addition, there are ropes, sculls, sails, boats and other equipment.
Because they are experimental products, these three are the first batch of semi-dharma weapon sea ships to be launched.
After seeing it from a distance, Liu Zhiyan, Peng Zushan and his disciples invited Li Ye to visit on the boat. Li Ye naturally nodded in agreement. From the appearance of these three buildings, except for the overall color and luster, they are not much different from ordinary warships. For the real doorway, you still need to get on the boat to see it.
"There are three magic weapon bed crossbows at the bow, and two at the stern. Together with the side strings, the magic weapon Fuyuan crossbow, arm tension crossbow, and horn bow crossbow form a strong crossbow formation. Only this part of the force, a warship is equivalent to A Guancheng." Peng Zushan walked in front and showed Li Ye the configuration of the warship.
Ordinary warships can't install so many magic weapon crossbows, because they can't withstand the huge impact force when the crossbows are fired. If they are equipped forcibly, the result is that the warship will fall apart first.
"Of course, the most outstanding feature of the warship is not these powerful crossbows, but the magic circle built on spirit wood and spirit stones."
Peng Zushan walked to the deck and pointed to the place where several monks who practiced high-level Qi training gathered. There was a raised platform there, "With these magic circles, we can apply a layer of defensive light to the important parts of the warship. Even if it is a Daoist cultivator, he can't easily break through it."
Li Ye was very satisfied and nodded from time to time.
Peng Zushan continued: "As for the propulsion of warships, we use formations, demeanor, and oars to combine, so that we can obtain more powerful stabilizing forces besides normal sailing. When the wind direction is wrong, or when fighting, we only need The monks preside over these formations, and the warship can gain astonishing speed."
Speaking of this, he said with some emotion: "But in this way, the consumption of spirit stones will be a lot, and a lot of Qi training monks will be required to sit in the command. In the past, such warships were impossible to appear, and the dynasty did not have so many Qi training monks don't have so many cultivation resources."
Li Ye didn't take it seriously, "As long as the warship is really powerful, this investment is nothing."
What Peng Zushan meant was that maintaining such a warship would cost money and require talents. But to Li Ye, this was not a big deal at all, and he was mentally prepared for it.
If a warship with a half magic weapon is fully operated, it needs more than 300 Qi training monks. They have to control the magic weapon and the crossbow to maintain the operation of the formation, and among them are the masters of each core.
The heart formation method needs the real world to do it.
In the past, the seventh-rank official was at the level of the first level of Qi training, and the power of the monks in this warship was already the power of a feudal town!
If it was ten years ago, not to mention that such a semi-dharma weapon warship could not be built, even if it was built, it would not be used at all. This is the fundamental reason restricting the emergence of such a powerful warship.
But now, the Dharma Academy of Tang Dynasty has been established at the prefecture level, and a few wealthy places, such as Gyeonggi, Qingzhou, and even counties have academies.
The number of monks that the academy can train for Datang every year is an extremely terrifying number.
As for consuming resources, Li Ye doesn't care.
Don't aircraft carriers burn money
The current half magic weapon warship exists in the same sense as the aircraft carrier.
With these half magic warships, you can plunder more wealth and control more resources. This is an investment, and there is nothing to feel bad about.
"These new warships are completely different from ordinary warships. Now that they have been launched into the water, they will go overseas soon, but they don't have a name yet. I dare you, Your Majesty, please give me a name!" Seeing that Li Ye was very satisfied with the warship, Liu Zhiyan lost no time Make this suggestion.
Seeing that everyone was looking over, Li Ye's eyes were filled with anticipation, and he knew that their request should be met. At the very least, it was also respect for their hard work.
He pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "These semi-magic warships are responsible for the mission of opening up overseas for the dynasty. They need to show their power on the ocean, wipe out all enemies that hinder the progress of the Tang Dynasty, and protect the ocean of the Tang Dynasty. Territory. So, in my opinion, how about calling it a 'cruiser'?"
"Cruiser?" Everyone chewed on the name, feeling that it was very domineering and meaningful. They were all overjoyed, and they all saluted Li Ye at the same time, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the name!"
The three cruisers were named cruisers Jiazi, B, and C in turn.
Seeing everyone leaning over to salute, Li Ye smiled slightly, but there was some evil in his heart. But in any case, the cruisers in this world are different from those on the earth after all, but the same thing is that their appearance marks that ocean warships, and even the appearance of ocean warfare, have entered a new level.
Next, Li Ye stayed in the navy camp for a few days, mainly to watch the cruiser drills and confirm their actual combat effects.
The power of the cruiser naturally did not disappoint Li Ye, but its ability to consume resources also made Li Ye's smile gradually stiffen. He thought he was prepared for how much money the cruiser would burn, but he didn't know what a gold-swallowing beast was until he saw it.
With Datang's current national power, before actually controlling the archipelago outside the South China Sea, and communicating with the Americas to obtain resources there, there is really not much spare power to build more cruisers.
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Compared with that, the consumption of more than 2,000 ordinary soldiers on each cruiser is not worth mentioning.
But with these three cruisers, Li Ye has a lot more confidence in the next war against the Wa Kingdom.
"Before sending troops to Japan, the Lingnan Navy must carry out necessary reconstruction and reorganization around the three cruisers. Time is running out, and no one is capable of such a arduous task. I wonder who His Majesty intends to appoint to take on this important task?"
As the final subject of the cruiser drill came to an end, Liu Zhiyan asked Li Ye curiously.
The answer to this question is not
Not difficult, the most outstanding naval generals in the Tang Dynasty were nothing more than Yang Xingmi and Sun Ru. Not long ago, something went wrong in Yang Xingmi's practice, and he resigned from his position as admiral of the Jiangnan Navy, and was succeeded by Sun Ru. Now Yang Xingmi is recovering from retreat, after all, he is an idler.
Therefore, the candidates are ready to be announced, and there are almost no doubts.
"Yang Xingmi is still available, and his achievements in the position of general of the Jiangnan Navy cannot be ignored." Li Ye responded to Liu Zhiyan in this way. His words showed that Yang Xingmi was naturally the candidate for the general of the Lingnan Navy.
However, unlike Sun Ru, in order to successfully transfer to the Lingnan Navy, Li Ye saw Yang Xingmi's series of "magic manipulations" before. With his current cultivation base, it is not difficult to monitor the world with the eyes of the emperor.
But in actual use, it is impossible for Li Ye to stare at everyone, just like Yang Fei. He also used the eyes of the emperor to understand the other party's situation after he returned to Qingzhou and remembered this old man. So in normal times, Li Ye would choose some important areas and important targets to focus on.
Yang Xingmi is an important general of the dynasty, and he is also the most outstanding of the navy. He is also a general of the Jiangnan navy. His actions cannot escape the surveillance of Emperor Li Ye.
Liu Zhiyan was not an outsider, so Li Ye treated what Yang Xingmi did not long ago as a joke to the other party.
"This guy has such a sinister heart, he is no different from a villain. Your Majesty knows that he has a lack of virtue, so why do you want to use him?" After hearing the story, Liu Zhiyan was a little puzzled by Li Ye's decision to employ people.
Li Ye smiled disapprovingly, "In terms of talent, Sun Ru is indeed not as good as Yang Xingmi, and now that his mind has been dumped by the other party, it is even more embarrassing.
"The position of the Lingnan Navy will become more and more important in the future. Overseas battles are destined to be commonplace. In a dangerous and unpredictable environment, facing those outstanding naval generals in the world, don't I use the weaker instead of stronger ones?" ? One general is incompetent, and the whole army is exhausted, this kind of thing can't happen in the Tang army."
Liu Zhiyan was speechless.
Li Ye's words clearly mean that the strong have everything, the weak have nothing, and virtue can't decide anything at all.
Seeing that Liu Zhiyan was still a little confused, Li Ye went on to say: "Yang Xingmi was able to see the future of the Lingnan Navy in advance, and made plans early, so he did not hesitate to sacrifice his own practice, and the plan was successful. Determination and meticulous thinking are what Lingnan Navy generals need.
"The generals have ambitions. I'm not worried, but I'm happy to see them succeed. Those generals who just eat and wait to die are useless to the dynasty and can only do bad things. In short, if you want to make achievements, you must use your talents. Those who are virtuous but not talented Humans are only fit to teach children."
Having said all of this, Li Ye will not say any more.
To get to the bottom of it, Yang Xingmi is not a treacherous person, as long as he does not rebel, Li Ye can make his ambitions come true. And if he dared to have the idea of rebellion, Li Ye would let him know what sudden death was before he took any action.
Liu Zhiyan also understood what Li Ye meant, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will keep this matter a secret and will never disclose it."
Li Ye smiled slightly, but didn't say anything. The reason why he told Liu Zhiyan this was to let Liu Zhiyan know more about Yang Xingmi. After all, Haihe Yamen and Lingnan Navy still have a lot of time to deal with each other in the future.
Time flies, time flies, and it is June in a blink of an eye.