How could these two landlords think of buying those ragged fishing boats with a newly built ship that could carry fifty people and five tons of cargo, and the cost price was only a thousand gold coins? Could it be that he used this to send gold coins to Zhao Hu?

When Peter and Kate heard this, they suddenly looked at Zhao Hu in a daze for a while before Peter patted his head. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"I forgot that Brother Zhao Hu only came here not long ago, alas, let me tell you, the shipyards in Haiquan Province can't make sea ships at all, and the shipyards around the dock are used to repair ships! Let them build sea ships, it's a joke! ”

Speaking of this, Peter said with a complaining face: "And don't want to leave a few masters, as long as those shipwrights are upgraded to be able to build sea ships, they will be recruited by those good ports immediately."

"And the empire is also happy to see the excellent shipwrights of the whole empire gathered in one place, because it is convenient to manufacture a large number of ships and facilitate protection, so even if you want to use an executive order, there is no way to retain talents!"

Zhao Hu and the others were stunned, they really didn't expect that there would be such a thing, because Haiquan Province did not have a deep sea port, even shipbuilders could not be retained?

"How did the merchant's merchant ship come from?" Zhao Hu was still very puzzled.

Even if the shipyards in Haiquan Province can't make sea ships, they can go to other provinces to buy them, so why bother with the wrecked ships they have captured? So ask this suggestive sentence.

Peter understood the meaning, of course, and sighed again and said, "Among the five coastal provinces of the empire, the only shipyards that can manufacture sea ships are Haiwu Province and Haiguang Province. Needless to say, Haiwu Province specializes in manufacturing warships for the Empire, so Haiguang Province specializes in manufacturing ships.

"But if you think about it, so many merchants in the entire empire, so many ships needed by magnates, can only be obtained from Haiguang Province, and there are only a few shipyards, unless you are a big noble, otherwise you can only obediently queue up no matter how much money you have. Don't look at us as a provincial military and political leader, but the sea ships that were booked two years ago have not yet left the factory. ”

Kate interjected on the side: "Otherwise, why don't you think we should do it ourselves, but instead partner with the people of the Southeast Peninsula to give him a profit out of thin air?" It's because there are no ships that can go to sea! ”

Zhao Hu and the others were dumbfounded again, judging from these words, the empire's sea ships are very scarce, and those broken fishing boats don't look very dilapidated, but they all have the ability to navigate, so these broken ships are in short supply!

Ou Di, who originally wanted to propose that Zhao Hu sell the captured broken fishing boat to buy a big boat, gasped for a while, but fortunately this proposal was not said, otherwise it would be too late to regret it when the boat was sold.

Maude, who was listening, didn't react, while Nangong Dun walked out and knelt in front of Zhao Hu.

"My lord, my subordinates propose to loot some shipwrights and come back, so that you can make a lot of money just by selling ships! The subordinates please order the adults to hand over this matter to the subordinates, and the subordinates will not disappoint the adults! ”

Maude was stunned for a moment, but he also knew that this guy took the opportunity to increase his weight, so he scolded secretly, and also grabbed out and knelt on the ground to express his willingness to recruit a shipwright for Zhao Hu.

Peter's eyes widened and he said, "Well, Brother Zhao Hu, who are these two, why are they so bold?" ”

And Kate sneered, "Raider shipwright? Recruiting shipwrights? You can tell! Skilled shipwrights are the treasures of the shipyards, and there is enough regular division to guard those shipyards! ”

Maude and Nangong Dun ignored the two military and political leaders of Haiquan Province, and they thought that such a big military and political official of a province would personally come to visit a small major in this remote place, so we could know how capable this major was.

Ou Di, who was always on guard against them, would never have imagined that the military and political leaders of Haiquan Province deigned to come to Zhao Hu to discuss smuggling activities, and actually made these two guys who had just taken refuge die for Zhao Hu from then on.

Zhao Hu explained with a smile: "The shipwright they are talking about is not the shipwright of the empire, they don't have the courage to violate the laws of the empire. ”

Zhao Hu is also a shrewd person, and he did not explain the identities of Nangong Dun and the others.

"Not a shipwright of the Empire? Is it the Liberal Alliance? The free alliance of the merchant country is even more precious to those shipwrights! Peter asked, frowning.

"Hehe, of course it's not from the Freedom Alliance, how can I be a subordinate of a little major to offend a country? Although it was an enemy country, it didn't have such a great ability. ”

Zhao Hu smiled and said the answer.

"The shipwright that my subordinate is talking about is the shipwright of the southeast peninsula."

Seeing Nangong Dun and Maude nodding, Peter and Kate both jumped up and said in surprise: "The shipwright of the Southeast Peninsula? Brother! Don't you know that our partners are a force on the Southeast Peninsula? This is a matter of offending your partner! ”

Zhao Hu didn't speak, just glanced at Nangong Dun.

Nangong Dun, who had been instructed, politely saluted Peter and the others: "Two lords, there are many forces on the Southeast Peninsula, as long as you don't attack the shipwright of your lord's partner, I believe that your lord will only be happy, and will not be angry with us." ”

Peter blinked, of course he knew that there were many shipwrights on the Southeast Peninsula, and he asked his partner for a shipwright, but the other party refused, and he knew the importance of the shipwright as the governor of the coastal province, so he didn't care.

But his request to buy a ship was also refused, which made Peter hold a grudge all the time, because the idiot also knew that the guy wanted to firmly control the transit station in his hands, and without the ship, he couldn't smuggle it without himself!

At the thought of being able to build a ship, Peter thought of the endless stream of gold coins rolling in, believing that if he controlled this shipyard, the backer would also look at him differently, right? After all, many of the backers' subordinates are in urgent need of sea ships, and this is a good opportunity to buy people's hearts.

Unlike Peter, who is immersed in fantasy, Kate, who is not stupid, has already said with a smile on her face: "Haha, Brother Zhao Hu really wants it, as long as the brother speaks, I will immediately transfer a brigade to listen to your orders, as long as the sea ships are built, don't forget to sell a few more to the old brother." ”

Hearing this, Peter's body shook violently, damn it! I actually forgot whose territory this was, and I dared to daydream about controlling the shipyard that had not yet appeared! Thinking of this, he immediately put on a smile.

"Brother, I don't have soldiers to send to my brother, but I can still help my brother dispatch the materials for shipbuilding, and the management personnel and the like, as long as the brother needs to speak, it is no problem to pull half of the shipyard away from the provincial wharf! As long as the sea ship is built, just take care of the old brother. ”

"Of course, the two adults take care of the lower officials so much, and the lower officials will never forget the two adults."

Zhao Hu said so, but he was secretly funny, it was still a shadow, and they asked for a sea ship here?

However, judging from the fact that they promised to give people and soldiers and materials, just to be able to buy sea ships, it seems that the benefits brought by sea ships are enough to make people crazy.

"Rest assured, we absolutely support my brother. By the way, I wonder if you can sell us a few captured sea vessels? Peter said.

Before Zhao Hu opened his mouth, Ou Di preemptively said to Zhao Hu: "My lord, my subordinates just went to take a look at those captured fishing boats, and found that they were all in tatters and needed to be repaired before they could be used." ”

Zhao Hu understood Ou Di's intentions, so he said with an embarrassed face: "Two adults, you have also heard, take those rotten ships to sell, the lower officials can't do such a thing, it's better to wait for a shipwright to make a new ship for the two adults, how about it?" ”

When you don't know the value of the sea boat, it doesn't matter how many you sell to them, but after knowing the value, especially knowing that these two guys don't have sea ships in their hands, and selling the boat to them, you are an idiot.

Zhao Hu is not an idiot, so of course he doesn't sell it.

Peter and Kate both had angry and bitter expressions on their faces, of course they knew what Zhao Hu meant, but they had a handle to be caught by others, and they couldn't beat him, so they couldn't help it, they only regretted why they were so stupid, and they wouldn't buy him a few before telling him the value of the sea boat!

Now I can only hope that after this guy owns the shipyard, he can sell a few to himself.

"Let's put this matter aside for the time being, I don't know when our partner on the Southeast Peninsula will arrive?" Zhao Hu asked.

Peter said: "We sent out pigeons before we left, and we agreed to meet here in two days. But I hope my brother won't be annoyed then, because we will be talking to a partner's cronies. ”

Zhao Hu said in surprise: "Isn't it? We all went out in person, and the other party only sent a cronie? Isn't that too contemptuous of people? ”

Kate looked at Zhao Hu's words, and Peter smiled bitterly: "This is also a helpless thing, our partner is a city lord with a lot of opponents, and it is absolutely impossible to come in person, because if he doesn't go out of the city with a large army, I'm afraid that assassination attacks will come immediately." We need to be considerate of each other's difficulties. ”

"I wonder if the two adults can make the lower officials understand how to divide the profits from this smuggling?" Zhao Hu asked.

Kate pouted: "We sell this product, and after deducting the cost, one side will take half of it." ”

"Isn't it divided equally among the three?" Zhao Hu was a little stunned, the two landlords were actually willing to only take half of the profits?

Kate looked angry: "Hmph, isn't it because we don't have a sea ship?" When we first proposed a three-way split, the guy said that as long as we could get the goods away from them, he could not make a profit. ”

Peter was even more bitter: "Brother, don't think it's fair, after all, the other party is responsible for transportation, but you must know that the price of this goods is set by the guy himself, and the ghost knows what the price of his purchase is!"