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- A warship costs five hundred thousand taels of silver, which is really expensive.
Li Xiang was completely shocked by the price he estimated.
And he knew that he had underestimated this.
Not to mention anything else, such a warship can carry so many artillery pieces. And it can also sail and fight on the sea. This kind of ship, at least in the Ming Dynasty, could not be built.
Therefore, the cost must be high.
With those artillery pieces included, such a ship must be more expensive than I expected.
This is not a boat at all, it was simply built with money.
Li Xiang even felt that he was hallucinating. He found that the warships had turned into the color of silver and began to flash with a silver luster.
The warship he saw was a copycat-improved Dutch-style commercial warship from the Song Empire.
This improved version based on the Dutch dual-purpose ocean-going ship, in addition to the heightening of the hull and the thickening of the deck, the ramming angle and artillery are also added to the bow, and the stern is also equipped with iron plate armor and artillery.
At the same time, the three poles also have an extra sail, which adds propulsion to the ship.
Of course, the most important and secretive thing is that the engines and propellers are installed on the bottom of these ships. This was something that absolutely did not exist in the seventeenth century, and it could be regarded as the secret weapon of the Song Empire.
Therefore, this improved warship, in terms of speed, firepower and defense, will greatly exceed the sea-going ships of all contemporaneous countries.
This has been proven in America.
Whether it¡¯s the Spanish or the Dutch, if their fleet encounters the Song Empire¡¯s fleet, they will only be wiped out.
Even after a naval battle, both sides suffered a very large proportion of battle losses.
The fleet of the Song Empire also suffered a miraculous zero battle losses.
At sea, the speed and artillery range of a warship determine the outcome of a battle to a large extent.
"At least from now on, the Song Empire is the lucky one who is on the side of the goddess of victory.
Although the performance of the Imperial Fleet in the East is not impressive, with the acquisition of Kyushu and Zhao Hongyu gaining a foothold here, the Imperial Fleet will definitely shine one day in the future.
Of course, it¡¯s not like the Imperial Fleet has never shined before.
The most elite armored navy of the Japanese was soon annihilated.
It¡¯s just that this matter is too embarrassing for the Japanese, so it is impossible for the Japanese to publicize it.
Therefore, no one here in the Eastern Sea knows about this matter.
But this also shows that the strength of the imperial fleet can also be demonstrated here in the East.
As an old pirate, Li Xiang has never been able to look away from these imperial warships parked in Nagasaki port since he saw them.
He is a pirate and has been dealing with the ocean and ships all his life. To a pirate, a ship is equivalent to a war horse mounted on the crotch of a cavalryman.
"Uncle, do you think these ships belong to the crown prince of the American Song Empire?"
Standing next to Li Xiang and looking at the ships, Yang Biao's eyes were full of envy and shock after hearing what his uncle Li Xiang said, his eyes widened even more.
Li Xiang nodded: "These ships cannot be from the Japanese, nor from Southeast Asian countries. It is impossible for the Koreans to have such shipbuilding skills, so I can only say that they belong to the crown prince."
Yang Biao thought about it and felt that his uncle was indeed right about this matter.
Yang Biao also knew what kind of people the Koreans were.
The Koryo people, like the Japanese, built huge tortoise-shell ships with pavilions that could carry many soldiers.
Because of conceptual reasons, it is absolutely impossible for the Koreans to build such a warship with a large number of artillery guns, because they simply do not have that much money.
Not to mention the countries in South Asia, their own ships can just hang out in the coastal waters. There is no way to go far across the sea, so it can't be them at all.
In Yang Biao¡¯s eyes, the civilized natives in Southeast Asia are like monkeys in the primitive jungle.
Therefore, they will not build such a fierce-looking warship.
"As for the Southern Barbarians, he never thought about it at all.
As for the Ming Dynastyit won't be the case.
Battleships like this are expensive to build, even more expensive than the legendary treasure ships.
Even if the Ming Dynasty could build, but the main officials among them were corrupt and were making some expenses and so on, so it was impossible to build a ship so well.
??Besides, Yang Biao knew very well what the warships of the Ming Dynasty's coastal navy looked like.
Today¡¯s Ming Dynasty marine water divisions are equipped with warships worth 200 materials. The main large-scale warships of this kind generally have 5 masts, are 18 feet long, 6 feet 8 feet wide, have a displacement of about 1,700 tons, and a width-to-draft ratio of between 2.93 and 3. The ship was equipped with trebuchets, cold weapons and combatants, but no artillery.
The rest are either horse boats, "fast ships" or shipping ships (transportation), or serial boats (small assault ships).
¡°Moreover, the naval warfare method of the Ming Navy focuses on boarding warfare, which is a very mainstream method of warfare in the East. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty would not spend so much money to build such an expensive battleship.
Although since the Europeans came to the East, they have seen what artillery warfare at sea is, but the Easterners have sufficient human resources and have not learned the Europeans' naval warfare method at all.
Instead, they are still using the ancient naval battle model.
Only pirates like Li Xiang or Zheng Zhilong, in order to maintain their dominant position at sea, had no choice but to learn this European tactic and began to install artillery on their ships.
But the problem is that individual actions like theirs ultimately play a limited role. At the same time, because of their connections and money, it was impossible for them to load artillery on ships on a large scale and use artillery to conduct maritime battles.
You must know that it is not unreasonable to get ten thousand taels of gold when the cannon goes off.
The cheapest artillery piece costs more than a thousand taels of silver, but you always need cannonballs, right?
In this era, more than a thousand taels of silver is not a small amount.
Nowadays, natural disasters have occurred in the Ming Dynasty for many years, causing people to be displaced.
So, how much does it cost to sell a little girl from among the refugees now? It's just five taels of silver Sometimes I don't even need the money, I just take care of the food and just leave.
An acre of good farmland costs twelve taels of silver, and the cheapest is less than three taels per acre.
Even in the disaster area, an acre of fertile land can be as cheap as one or two and a half silver per acre.
And one tael of silver could buy half a stone of rice (ninety kilograms) as early as the Ming Dynasty. This was due to natural disasters.
Of course, the price of rice may be high or low depending on the environment in different places.
¡°But when pork is sold in Nanjing, one tael of silver can buy more than forty kilograms, and a sesame seed cake only costs five cents. If you eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles without meat, it only costs eight cents.
It can be seen how strong the purchasing power of one tael of silver is in this era.
Therefore, although a cannon costing more than a thousand taels of silver is the cheapest, it seems very expensive.
It¡¯s not enough to just have cannons, you also have to have cannonballs.
"Otherwise, the cannon worth more than a thousand taels of silver would be just a decoration.
Cannonballs cost money!
So how many shells are needed for a naval battle?
There is no precise number for this thing. After all, it depends on luck and the quality of the gunner.
??The cannonballs worth several dollars were fired one after another, but they were all in vain.
Although the pirates will buy some cannons to install them for appearance, there is no need to think about letting them use the cannons in naval battles.
This thing costs too much money.
So, even for people like Li Xiang, although he has four cannons on his Ming-style warship, these four cannons have not been fired many times in the past five or six years, and they have become completely decorations.
Li Xiang is like this, Zheng Zhilong is like this, not to mention the Ming Dynasty.
So, in the end, it will definitely not be the warships of these countries.
Because this kind of warship has many cannons, after a one-time salvo, at least a lot of money will be lost.
Look at the muzzles of these artillery pieces. They are larger than the artillery pieces used by the Southern Barbarians, so the shells are definitely much more expensive.
In this era, a solid bullet costs two taels of silver, and a blooming bullet costs one, two, or three taels of silver. The reason why blooming bullets are more expensive than solid bullets is because the blooming bullets have greater lethality. Of course, the price is not cheap. .
Thinking about it, this is basically the same as saying yes, stuffing silver into the barrel of a cannon and shooting it out.
This is very unacceptable to Easterners who have very serious small-peasant mentality.
"Uncle, you said this warship is going to?A single artillery blast would cost a lot of money. "
Yang Biao looked at Li Xiangwen with astonishment.
Li Xiang also felt a little emotional about this. What he felt was that the other party was so rich.
"It's hard to say, with such a big muzzle, the solid bullets alone cost three or four taels of silver. If you calculate it this way, one shelling will cost you at least 50 or 60 taels of silver. Think about it, it's really a waste of money."
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A shelling costs fifty or sixty taels of silver.
This is only a solid bullet, and it is the consumption of one shelling.
After a naval battle, you can't just fire once, it's simply impossible.
Therefore, based on this calculation, the consumption of cannonballs alone in a naval battle would cost at least several thousand taels of silver.
Thinking of this, Yang Biao felt that his mind was a little groggy.
Damn it, why do I feel like this is like using money to hit the enemy? After a naval battle, it costs thousands of taels of silver, my god.
"Biaozi, this is just the consumption of one warship. Carefully count how many warships there are here?"
Hiss!
After Li Xiang¡¯s reminder, Yang Biao suddenly took a breath of air.
Oh shit!
This is the real rich man!
But Yang Biao then thought again, wouldn¡¯t it be better if the crown prince had money?
They want to take refuge in each other.
By following such a wealthy master, wouldn¡¯t they be able to follow suit in the future?
Therefore, Yang Biao couldn't help but feel happy when he thought of this.
Li Xiang saw Yang Biao's emotional changes in his eyes and felt them clearly.
"Biaozi, why are you so happy? This crown prince looks like a prodigal at first glance. I am a little worried now about whether it is reliable for us to take refuge in such a person" (To be continued . Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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