Chapter 501
Not only was it Sejong’s order, but the reasoning was sound enough for ships to be assigned for communication exchange.
Of course, some grumbling during the process was inevitable.
“Isn’t it rather inefficient to dedicate all those precious steam-sailships for communication?”
“With steam-sailships being faster than regular sailboats, what choice do we have?”
“And the steam-sailships have reduced cargo capacity due to the space needed for fuel and freshwater. The efficiency isn’t great.”
“Even with reduced capacity, it’s still a considerable amount!”
“Should we assign the existing Challenger-class warships for communication duties then? We’d only get an earful from the ministers about carrying officials instead of cargo.”
As these heated debates continued, Hyang had to step in to sort things out.
“For communication purposes, steam-sailships are indeed more useful than the existing Challenger-class warships. However, dedicating steam-sailships permanently isn’t the best solution either. Therefore, we’ll proceed with developing dedicated vessels as quickly as possible.”