Looking at the fleet that had been thrown off and could not see the shadow, Zhou Hai sighed with emotion, "I must ask the chief to equip the steam fortune ship as soon as possible, who will still be our opponent in the future." If you can't beat it, you can escape! ”

Zhang Wu: "You are so unconfident, so many artillery pieces still want to escape." ”

Zhou Hai: "Didn't I think of the worst outcome? With the Steam Fortune Boat, hehe! In the future, the ocean will not be the world of our brothers. ”

After speaking, he patted Zhang Wu on the shoulder, showing smugness without reservation, now the volunteers are divided into two major factions, the navy and the army, and it is not wrong to say that Zhou Hai and Zhang Wu are in the world.

Li Shi, Li Hu, several military commanders of the same level, can't go to the sea to grab credit from them.

Chen Zijian belongs to the quiet type and doesn't like to be flattered in front of him, otherwise a lot of sycophants would have come over. Unless you report something.

Zhang Wu knew Chen Zijian's character and bragged to Zhou Hai.

"Zhou Hai, tell me about your exploits in Annan and let me see the world."

Zhou Hai waved his hand, "Didn't Brother Wu slap me in the face when he said this, what about that place in Annan, the thieves are uncomfortable, and the weather is much more difficult than staying here." But the people there have given me a lot of knowledge. ”

Zhang Wu is curious? What can the people be strange about?" ”

Zhou Hai sighed with emotion, "Brother Wu, you haven't seen it, even in the most ordinary Annan people's house, they are all full of grain, and some grain has been piled up for too long and moldy, ordinary people are like this, not to mention the granaries of large families, good guys." ”

"Zhou Hai, what you said is too mysterious!"

Zhou Hai: "Brother Wu, what I said is not exaggerating, if it weren't for the search for a lot of valuables in the Annan Palace, seventy percent of the fleet behind would be filled with grain. Think about the fact that a year ago you could only eat bran at home, and think about the mountains of grain in Annan, hey! ”

Zhang Wu: "How can the people of Annam have so much food? ”

Zhou Hai "has inquired, the local rice is three seasons a year, the local people don't need to take care of it at all, the grain can be abundant, now I know why the chief asked me to go to Annam, there is not much else, but there is no problem with food guarantee." ”

After speaking, he looked at Chen Zijian lying in the shade, full of respect.

Zhang Wu: "That brother, your credit is great, I have to envy you, I didn't understand why the chief didn't pay attention to growing food, it turned out that there was such a place, and in the future, the head of Annan would definitely send a large army to occupy it, how could such a good place be let go." ”

Zhou Hai "Annan was originally the imperial court, the imperial court set up a Jiaozhi political secretary in Annan, Annan Li rebelled, the imperial court was unable to suppress it, and became the current uncrowned king, the younger brother in the bombardment of the Li palace, he met a lot of people who were interested in the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhou Hai: "Brother Wu, what task did you do with the chief to go north, tell the younger brother." ”

With Zhou Hai's level, knowing the inside story is nothing.

I heard that Zhang Wu uprooted the Zheng family's forces and found sulfur mines and coal, Zhou Hai said, "Brother Wu, it seems that my credit is not as good as yours, this time I went to Annan, all by the might of firearms, otherwise I would rely on the rookie who was established less than a year ago, and went to Annan to fight, I don't know if I can come back." ”

Zhang Wu "Hehe, Zhou Hai, you can use gunpowder boldly in the future, gunpowder will definitely not be lacking, obediently, a small island is all sulfur, enough to use casually, there is no need to buckle the buckle in the future." ”

What Zhang Wu said is shameless enough, according to the amount of gunpowder used by the volunteers, it can make the enemy cry and find no place, and if you don't use seven or eight tons of gunpowder in a battle, it is considered a lot, which is called Qu Xuanmen.

Before Zhangjiacheng's gunpowder, it could only ensure the use of the volunteers, and the envy and jealousy of the civilians, especially the mining, could only find some leftovers and pick up leaks between the fingers of the volunteers.

"Haha, Brother Wu, thank you."

Zhang Wu: "Forget it, then thank the chief, I just followed the chief to the sea to do things." ”

"The chief seemed to know that there was a mine there, and took us there directly. I played a commanding role in it, and when it comes to credit, I can only say that I am much worse than you. ”

As the two spoke, a shadow appeared in the sky, and it didn't take long for it to whirl and hover over the steamboat.

Zhou Hai was dumbfounded, because he saw a figure under the big bird, what is this?

I just want to take the Minnie gun next to me and knock down the things on it.

Zhang Wu stopped, "Zhou Hai, don't be impulsive, it was the Air Force who came to patrol, and he should have seen the black smoke and came to check." Don't hurt your own people. ”

When Zhou Hai went to Annan, he had never seen a power delta wing, but Zhang Wu knew that this was something made by the chief, and as a military commander, he had also piloted the sky with Chen Zijian, so he would not be a stranger to flying on his head.

Zhou Hai put down the Mini gun, "Brother Wu, what's the matter." ”

Zhang Wu explained to Zhou Hai about the power delta wing, "Now in this part of Dianbai County, there is an air force patrol, and they saw us coming to check. ”

"Brother Wu, you said that thing, can I try it."

Zhang Wu: "There are a lot of training grounds, you can try it when the time comes, but will you be afraid of heights." Let them take you on the fly and see. ”

Chen Zijian was not surprised by the power delta wing in the sky, if he reached the sea off the coast of Dianbai, and there was still no air force patrolling, it should be his turn to be angry.

The Denbai County Naval Base, which controls the ships of the channel, the natural sea channel is particularly advantageous for defense, and the artillery is erected on the shore, with a width of less than two thousand meters, within the range of the artillery.

Under the leadership of the battleship that came to pilot, the steam fortune ship entered the electric white base, and the appearance of the steam fortune ship triggered another round of onlookers.

"Squad leader, do you see it, why does the lucky boat over there have no sails, and how do two such big paddle wheels turn. Could it be that people have been stepping on it from Zhangjiacheng Shipyard? ”

Before the paddle wheel, the navy knew the role of the paddle wheel and the distance, after all, as long as you saw it once, you would know how to move, that is, rely on the special crew manpower on board.

However, we all know that relying on human power, it can only last for a maximum of about an hour, and human power is generally used in battle, and most of them rely on sails as power in peacetime, and manpower is only a magic weapon used at critical moments.

Now I see that without sails, the four paddle wheels are turning rapidly, which requires many manpower to turn. This is the confusion of ordinary navies about the steaming fortune ship.

"I know this, obediently, do you see it, four bright wheels, how many brothers do you need to step on that thing!"

The squad leader was equally surprised.

"Stand up for me, I see that there is no flag over there, it is the chief's special, and the chief has come to the base."

Half an hour later, Chen Zijian left with his personal guards, and Zhou Hai and Zhang Wu had a new mission at the Dianbai County base.

There is already a steamboat, and in the next period of time, it will be equipped with the navy in batches, and the two naval leaders are here to discuss the training issue.

Chen Zijian was not as familiar with the affairs of the navy as they were, so he didn't bother to point fingers.

In the oil base, 500 China Construction Second Bureau is busy building oil warehouses.

Hearing that the city lord was coming, Zhao Ronghua, the director of the oil base, came out with a few people to greet him. If it weren't for the guards who came to explain before, Zhao Ronghua would not have to be quiet. In order to pat the sycophants, hundreds of people working must be pulled in line.

Seeing the horses coming, Zhao Ronghua, the city lord among the guards, trotted over and pulled the horse rope for Chen Zijian.

"Meet the city lord, his subordinate Zhao Ronghua is the director arranged by Deputy City Lord Zhang."

Chen Zijian dismounted, stepped on the ground with riding boots, and gave the horse whip to the guards next to him at will.

"Well, Director Zhao, take me to see the oil!"

Zhao Ronghua: "Does the city lord need to rest, his subordinates will arrange it immediately." ”

"It's different."

"City Lord, please! There are already five oil warehouses filled with oil, and ships bring oil back from Luzon every few days. ”

While leading the way and explaining, Zhao Ronghua introduced the situation of the oil base to Chen Zijian.

can be the director of the oil base, Zhao Ronghua is naturally not an ordinary person, he still can't pass the Xiucai exam five times in the imperial examination, and he is discouraged to be a teacher for the son of a rural landlord.

Soon after the volunteers came to Zhangjiacheng, they met the conditions in the recruitment of small officials, and with their later performance, they were sent by Zhang Youde to manage the oil base.

The base plans to build fifty oil warehouses, of which twenty-five have been completed so far, and only five oil storage warehouses have been completed.

Knowing the situation of the base, Chen Zijian was more satisfied, since the oil has been extracted, the next thing is just to increase the intensity.

"City Lord, please see."

Zhao Ronghua ordered someone to scoop out a barrel of oil and put it on the ground.

Smelling the familiar smell of gasoline, Chen Zijian nodded.

"That's right, it seems that Li Si is not mistaken, he did a good job, come here."

The guards came out "Chief! ”

"Send someone to Luzon and give Li Sijia a hundred gold coins. Tell him it's good. ”

"Yes, chief, subordinate arrangement."

The others were puzzled and didn't know much about oil, otherwise they wouldn't have looked like this.

Now the gold coins are no longer in circulation in the market, and Chen Zijian is specially used to reward meritorious subordinates.