A navy without warships.
How can it be called a navy?
"That's great, that's great."
At this time, a commander stood up, his expression filled with joy, and said, "If we can build a good warship, then our navy will be able to truly gallop across the sea in the future and patrol all the surrounding islands!"
The other naval commanders were also very excited, knowing the significance of warships to the navy.
The reason why they did not choose to pursue the pirates when facing them was that they had won.
Isn't it because we know that the warships under the navy are not strong?
It is possible that they are not even as good as the pirates' warships.
If they were to chase after him.
They were afraid that the last casualty would be their navy.
Now, although most of the pirate forces have been eliminated after the last war, there are actually still other forces.
No one can guarantee that these pirates will not set their sights on the coastal prefectures and choose to attack.
Therefore, whether the navy can have good warships has become a top priority.
This is also what all the naval commanders are looking forward to.
Zhao Jiguang looked at the people in front of him with a smile on his face. He then said, "Indeed, this is exactly what I have in mind. Furthermore, His Majesty has not only granted permission for the navy to build warships, but also intends to allocate funds from the court to support our navy."
"That is to say, while our navy's pay remains unchanged, we will have more silver to build warships."
When these words were spoken, the deputy generals were shocked again.
Because they had no idea.
The imperial court actually had to pay separately to help the navy build warships.
You must know that this is not a small expense, and the navy commanders are well aware of it.
This matter will certainly be opposed by the ministers, but it is obvious that His Majesty does not care about it at all.
At this moment, everyone was somewhat moved.
Always.
The navy was not favored by the court.
At the beginning, the late emperor also reduced the navy's military pay again and again.
As soldiers of the Great Wei, they naturally did not dare to have any opinions on such matters, but they could not help but think that this was because the navy was not strong enough and could not truly defend the territory of the Great Wei like the garrison in the north.
But now, His Majesty has begun to pay attention to the navy and first sent people like Zhao Jiguang.
Then he asked the court to pay for the construction of warships for the navy.
Like the unwanted child in the family.
Suddenly received the love of my parents.
How could this not move the naval lieutenants present?
As for Zhao Jiguang, he naturally understood what they were thinking.
In fact, even he was shocked when he got the news. After all, he is now the commander-in-chief of the navy, and they all prosper and suffer together.
If the navy is valued, doesn't that mean I am valued too?
So in his heart, he is concerned about the current Majesty.
Besides gratitude.
It means respect.
In particular, he also knew that his sister was in the palace and was deeply favored by His Majesty.
Thinking about the current emperor, he is very good to the Zhao family.
There was no suppression as rumored when he first came to power.
"General!"
At this time, a commander from the tent came out and said, "General, when will we start building our warships? Also, when will the people from the Ministry of Works come to Haizhou? Building a warship is very troublesome, so we need to hurry up."
The navy is building new warships, and the commanders are now a little impatient and want to start as soon as possible.
More importantly, the navy needs more than just one warship.
At least hundreds of new warships will be needed, right?
Everyone is looking forward to it.
I wish I could see that day sooner.
When Zhao Jiguang heard their words, he smiled and said, "Everyone, His Majesty has granted our navy full responsibility for building the new warships. Therefore, the Ministry of Works will fill in the gaps. At the same time, whether it's the blueprints or other aspects, our navy will handle them all."
The navy builds warships alone?
When these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked and some could not believe it.
Because this is beyond their capabilities. The navy are composed of military personnel and are only capable of fighting large-scale wars.
As for designing warship blueprints, that is absolutely impossible.
Even within the navy, there are many talented individuals in this area, but they are limited to repairing warships. As for being fully responsible for building warships...
"This..." A commander frowned and said immediately, "I'm afraid this won't work. Our navy doesn't have the ability to do this."
Whether it is the navy's warships or the ironware and bows and arrows used by garrisons in other places.
Basically, the Ministry of Industry takes the sole responsibility and builds them.
Now, do it alone.
That is absolutely impossible to do.
But at this time, Zhao Jiguang smiled slightly, then took out a small booklet from his arms, looked at everyone and said, "Don't worry, everyone. This general has some experience in building warships. This is the blueprint I drew personally in the past few days, which includes various warships."
"At the same time, this general has also designed many warship models, which you can all take a look at."
After saying that, he clapped his hands.
Not long.
Several guards carried out several boxes and opened them.
In the box was the warship model that Zhao Jiguang had built over the years without telling his father or anyone else.
You must know that this was not made casually. He consulted many ancient books and drew lessons from real warships before making it.
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