Chapter 135 Iron-clad ship! !I want to break the backbone of my little life! (Please subscribe!!)
"Ouyang Lun, stop being poor, your Uncle Ma is going to be angry."
At the critical moment, Queen Ma came in with a bowl of lotus seed porridge and said with a smile.
When Ouyang Lun saw Empress Ma, he naturally felt friendly and said, "What Auntie said is true, but I won't say it anymore."
"Husband, please eat something to cushion your stomach first." Empress Ma handed the lotus seed porridge to Zhu Yuanzhang's hand.
Zhu Yuanzhang was still very angry at first, but after eating two more mouthfuls of lotus seed porridge, his mood became much more stable.
"Auntie, this lotus seed porridge looks delicious!" Ouyang Lun said expectantly.
"Didn't you eat when you came? You had to come and steal our food." Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.
"I didn't want to come over early to see Lao Zhu, so I didn't even eat." Ouyang Lun said eagerly.
Empress Ma smiled and said, "I just happened to make more. Besides Ouyang Lun, who among you wants more?"
"Madam, I also want to have a bowl." Li Shanchang said.
"I."
"And I!"
Mao Xiang/Jiang Wei also raised their hands in dismay. No one had eaten breakfast and they were all hungry! After a while, everyone in the room had a bowl of lotus seed porridge, and while eating, they started discussing.
"Prefect Ouyang, what do you think of this bandit siege? Don't you think there is something fishy in it?" Li Shanchang asked.
Zhu Yuanzhang was drinking porridge. When he saw Li Shanchang asking this question, he quickly pricked up his ears to listen.
Regarding Li Shanchang's question, Ouyang Lun already had an idea. After taking a sip of lotus seed porridge, he said: "To be honest with you, I also feel something is wrong. All the bandits in Yong'an Prefecture have been wiped out by Wagner mercenaries. Eight, we can’t raise [-] bandits no matter what.”
"Judging from the information we have so far, these bandits are all bandits from the prefectures surrounding Yong'an Prefecture, such as Erlong Mountain/Baihu Slope, etc. There are at least a dozen bandits. If there is not one super powerful person, , it is impossible for these bandits to gather together."
"But their slogan is to avenge the bandits in Yong'an Prefecture, and they want to cut Prefect Ouyang into thousands of pieces." Li Shanchang continued.
"I think this is an excuse!" Ouyang Lun shook his head, "In addition to interests, there are interests among the bandits. If the leaders are in trouble, they will fly away, let alone avenge them and besiege the county. In my opinion, they are the real ones in Yong'an Mansion. Someone you want to deal with!”
"And this person is quite important!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately became nervous. Ouyang Lun must have discovered something.
He immediately winked at Jiang Wei, who immediately asked: "Master Ouyang, I saw that the bandit leaders were all arrested, but do you have any useful information from the bandit leaders?"
Ouyang Lun shook his head and frowned: "I got angry when I mentioned this. The bandit leaders were indeed arrested, but they all had poison in their mouths. Before I could arrange the interrogation, these bandit leaders bit off the poison in their mouths one after another. The poison pill poisoned him to death.”
"So I feel more and more that there is a big problem here."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang/Li Shanchang and others were shocked, and at the same time a little regretful. If these bandit leaders died, all the clues would be lost.
Ouyang Lun continued: "However, there is another bandit leader who did not commit suicide by taking poison. Perhaps he did not expect that he would be caught. Moreover, this bandit leader is not from Ming Dynasty, but Xiaori is a Japanese pirate!"
Japanese pirates! ! Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils shrank! The driving force behind this bandit rebellion is Japanese pirates! ! Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned gloomy, and his murderous intent was revealed bit by bit.
Mao Xiang/Jiang Wei also looked at each other unkindly.
Only Li Shanchang took a breath and looked more relaxed.
"Mr. Li, why did you smile just now?" Ouyang Lun asked curiously.
"Did I laugh? No! Magistrate Ouyang, you must have read it wrong." Li Shanchang shook his head quickly, "This Japanese pirate is really bold. Not only did they harass our country along the Daming Sea, but now they are meddling in the internal affairs of our country!"
"After returning to Beijing, I must report this matter to His Majesty."
Ouyang Lun immediately said: "Mr. Li, it's not enough to just tell our Emperor Zhu about this matter. You also have to persuade him to find a way to deal with these Japanese pirates. These Japanese pirates are not good people. They are burning, killing and looting along the coast of our country, Ming Dynasty. And I have always coveted the Ming Dynasty. If I were Emperor Zhu, I would definitely find a way to destroy these Japanese pirates and the island where they are located! Once and for all!"
Ouyang Lun didn't have the slightest fondness for Xiaoli, the Japanese pirates, and encouraged Emperor Zhu to destroy the Japanese pirates. This was definitely a good thing to accumulate merit and leave a name in history.
To avoid all kinds of ups and downs in the future.
The emperor was nearby, and Li Shanchang did not dare to take over everything. "I guarantee that your majesty will know about this matter, but how to deal with the Japanese pirates requires your majesty's wise decision."
Mao Xiang said: "It is indeed time to deal with the Japanese pirates. Although they did not invade the Ming Dynasty on a large scale, they were distributed along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, constantly harassing and infiltrating. This bandit rebellion is the most obvious."
"If it is not dealt with, the people along the coast will never have peace!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly. How could he not know this? However, the problem faced by the Ming Dynasty was not just the Japanese pirates. Once the Japanese pirates were attacked, not to mention the efforts of the whole country, it would consume most of the energy/money. So what happened to Beiyuan? manage?What to do if there is a domestic disaster? "I believe that our wise and mighty Emperor must have paid attention to the issue of Japanese pirates for a long time, but he just didn't think of a suitable countermeasure for a while."
"It is unrealistic to mobilize the whole country to deal with Japanese pirates."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ouyang Lun, "Since you brought it up, you must have thought of some plan. Mr. Li is here. You can just say it. If you say it well, Mr. Li can give your opinions to To His Majesty the Emperor!"
The wise and mighty Emperor, Lao Zhu, you are worthy of being Emperor Zhu’s biggest fan!
Ouyang Lun came here this time to actually use Mr. Li's mouth to send a message to Zhu Yuanzhang, so when Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question, Ouyang Lun thought for a moment and said: "As for the Japanese pirates, they are just cleaning up their sea rogues." The pirate power cannot be eradicated at all. If you ask me, attack the Japanese pirates' homeland directly. As long as they occupy their homeland and control their so-called emperor, it will be like catching the queen of a group of ants. How should we deal with it? Just deal with it.”
"The Japanese invasion will be resolved naturally."
Regarding the method proposed by Ouyang Lun, Queen Ma, Mao Xiang, Jiang Wei and others all nodded silently.
Li Shanchang shook his head, "Prefect Ouyang, although your method is good, but if you attack the Japanese country so hastily, will this generate some bad rumors and cause other surrounding countries to change their attitude towards our country, the Ming Dynasty?"
"It damages Daming's face!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded silently, and Li Shanchang finally expressed his worries Lun said, "I don't agree with what Mr. Li said. The country's reputation is never given by others, but earned by oneself!"
"Why should we tolerate Japanese pirates when they attack our Ming Dynasty? I won't attack others unless they attack me. If they attack me, I will attack them! If he is weak, he is justified? Damn it!"
Forehead. Everyone at the scene had dark expressions on their faces when they heard this.
Although what Ouyang Lun said was a bit rough, his words were not rough.
Ouyang Lun continued: "Also, everyone must not treat Japanese pirates as human beings. They are just monsters in human skin. Their hearts are twisted. When the Tang Dynasty was strong in history, there were various They sent envoys to the Central Plains to study, and on the surface they were groveling, but secretly they were greedy to learn the essence of Chinese culture, and finally succeeded in ushering the agricultural era into the feudal era."
"It can be said that if there was no Chinese civilization, these Japanese pirates would still be in primitive civilization!"
"After the Japanese pirates developed, their inner ambitions also continued to expand. This is a typical erwuzi. For this kind of nation and country, we have to directly break their backs and make them forever fearful!"
"This is the right way!"
After Ouyang Lun said this, Li Shanchang stopped talking.
On the one hand, I feel that Ouyang Lun seems to know/hate the Japanese pirates very well, and at the same time they are also very cruel!
It is no wonder that such a cruel prefect could cultivate cruel people in Yong'an Prefecture.
Zhu Yuanzhang listened silently, vaguely feeling that Ouyang Lun was right, but with the current strength of the Ming Navy, it was already the limit to protect the coastal border of the Ming Dynasty from large-scale invasion by Japanese pirates. It was a risky move to attack the Japanese pirate island mainland. Once it fails and the entire Ming Navy is buried under the sea, then even if the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty is opened, the Japanese pirates will even counterattack the Ming Dynasty land. By then, the Beiyuan forces in the north will definitely not watch, and the Ming Dynasty will fall into a two-front war. There will be a danger of destruction! This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang has not dealt with the Japanese pirates for a long time.
"Japanese pirates are indeed hateful, but launching an attack on Japanese pirate island is too risky. This is undoubtedly gambling on the fate of the country. Before the Beiyuan problem is completely solved, I don't think His Majesty the Emperor will agree." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ouyang Lun, "You If there is a better way, why not just say it!"
"Lao Zhu, you are really enthusiastic about politics and have a good vision. No wonder you are prosperous in the capital." Ouyang Lun praised him, and then said with a smile: "Fighting at sea is indeed like gambling, almost a battle. It determines victory or defeat, so the quality of the warship becomes the key to victory or defeat."
"Although my ships are not many in number, their combat power is unrivaled by any of the Japanese pirates!"
"In addition to large ships, the shipyard is also developing a warship made of iron. I call it an iron-clad ship!" Ouyang Lun's eyes glowed, "Once the iron-clad ship is built, it will be a real iron-clad ship." Overlord of the sea!"
"Only one can defeat all the Japanese pirates!"
"At that time, the iron-clad ship will lead several large ships to wander around the Japanese pirate island every day. From time to time, they will fire two cannons and find any reason. For example, one of our crew members is missing. We need to go ashore for inspection. I am afraid that the Japanese pirates will not be together. Don’t even dare to fart!”
"If they dare to resist, that would be even better. Kill them until they cry for father and mother, kneel down and call grandpa!"
This this. The big ship was shocking enough, but I didn't expect Ouyang Lun's shipyard to be able to build warships made of iron.
Although I don’t know how powerful the iron-clad ship is, I can definitely think of the difference between wooden swords and iron swords/iron armor. At least no one wants to use wooden swords/wooden armor now, right? "Iron-armored ship!! Can the ship made of iron by Magistrate Ouyang float in the water?" As the most educated/smartest person at the scene, of course this is what Li Shanchang thinks of himself. Li Shanchang expressed doubts, "Everyone knows that wooden boats Iron can float on the water, so people made boats, and if iron is thrown into the water, it will immediately sink to the bottom. It would be embarrassing if the iron-clad ship that spent a lot of money to make sank immediately after being launched into the water."
Zhu Yuanzhang/Mao Xiang/Jiang Wei and others were shocked but also expressed doubts.
Iron will sink in water, this is basic common sense.
In response, Ouyang Lun smiled slightly and said, "Wooden blocks float when put into water, while iron blocks sink when put into water. This is a fact, mainly because the two materials have different densities, but buoyancy is not just a factor of density."
Ouyang Lun was about to do some popular science, but when he saw the clear stupidity in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and others, he immediately gave up the idea and changed his thinking.
"Auntie, can you help me bring in the iron basin?"
"Why do you want an iron basin?" Queen Ma asked curiously.
"Useful." Ouyang Lun did not directly mention the usefulness of the iron basin, but everyone vaguely felt that it was related to the armored ship.
"Okay, I'll get it for you." Queen Ma smiled and walked out of the room without asking.
When Queen Ma came back, she actually had an extra iron basin in her hand.
"Give you."
"Thank you, Auntie!" Ouyang Lun took the iron basin and walked to the bathroom. Zhu Yuanzhang lived in a luxurious suite, which naturally had a separate bathroom.
"Follow me and take a look. I want to see what kind of medicine this guy is selling!"
Zhu Yuanzhang followed immediately.
Li Shanchang/Mao Xiang/Jiang Wei and others also followed into the bathroom.
When they came to the bathroom, Ouyang Lun had already placed the iron basin in the water tank, "Look, this iron basin is made of iron, but now it can float on the water, and it can even float on the water." It has a certain load-bearing capacity.”
As he said this, Ouyang Lun casually took the brush/water cup and placed it in the iron basin, which was also stable.
"The water in this water tank represents the sea, this iron basin represents the iron-clad ship, and this brush/water cup is the cargo/crew on the ship!"
"Do you understand this?"
With such an intuitive demonstration, Zhu Yuanzhang and others naturally understood.
"It seems that it is really feasible to build warships out of iron!"
"Iron is infinitely harder than wood. With an iron-clad ship, it can run rampant. No wooden ship can resist it!"
"More than that, even if the warship opposite has artillery, it may not be able to blast through the armored ship's defense."
"Also, armored ships are not afraid of fire. It is impossible for anything like a fire to even burn the ship!"
After confirming that the armored ship is really feasible, Zhu Yuanzhang/Li Shanchang and others have already begun to imagine the future. With the armored ship, it is like a fully armed person and an unarmed person. The outcome is self-evident!
"Ouyang Lun, when will this armored ship be built?" Zhu Yuanzhang and others asked expectantly.
(End of this chapter)