This nobleman in front of him actually has such a powerful sea power!

William's eyes almost showed caution, is the earl of the Ming Kingdom so powerful.

At this point, he had already nodded like garlic, "Your Excellency, if that's the case, we're willing to continue trading." ”

"Okay, you take advantage of these two days to prepare the supplies to go to sea, two days later you go directly to the sea, let's trade in Lingdingyang near Xin'an County off the Pearl River Estuary, if anyone wants to attack you, then I will send warships to protect."

Xin'an County is the Hong Kong of later generations, and if you go out to the open sea, you will not be afraid of being intercepted.

"My Gaode, you must be my angel", William stood up excitedly, almost about to step forward and kiss Liu Ximing's finger, but he ruthlessly refused.

"Then I'll go and prepare."

Looking at the figure of William rushing out, Shen Huai, who had been staying behind the screen, walked out with a smile.

"Uncle, aren't these people stupid, aren't they afraid that we will eat black?"

"Hahaha, it's not that they're stupid, but they're carried away by interests," Liu Ximing said meaningfully.

"But it's also a fool who has a fool's luck, and he actually met us, and I really only plan to trade this time."

However, Liu Xi's words were that if the Thirteen Elements dared to attack, he would send a ship to bless him.

But in fact, he was ready to clash head-on with the Thirteen Elements, and the news that William and others were purchasing supplies for the sea in the city could not be concealed at all, and the Thirteen Elements would definitely do it at that time.

It just so happened that Liu Ximing also figured out one thing.

Fu Bo Shi came to the South China Sea this time to fight for sea power, not to be quietly exploited by others, and even if he didn't do this, just for the future sea power in East Asia, he must first make a name for himself.

Since we will have to fight sooner or later in the future, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the initiative is still in our own hands and play with prestige first.

After William and the others emptied the goods, there was only cotton cloth left in his space, and he already had an idea in his heart for this batch of goods, and he just happened to implement it together.

Sure enough, as soon as William and the others moved, Wu Guodong and the others noticed it.

Although I don't know why these people only bought some low-value commodities and prepared to go to sea, Wu Guodong firmly believed that this must have something to do with the new Amber.

The Thirteen Lines themselves were loose, and the merchants had a keen sense of smell, and the news that the new Amber wanted to bypass the Thirteen Lines to trade alone gradually began to spread among the maritime merchants.

Everyone is now waiting to see the final result, and Wu Guodong believes that if Xin'an Bo wins, then the situation of smuggling will definitely become worse, and more and more people will do their own thing.

At that time, not only will the Zheng family's task not be completed, but even the interests of the Thirteen Lines will not be guaranteed, and he, as the president, will never sit idly by.

"Go, send someone to the Admiral Yamen to report the news, be sure to ask them to keep an eye on the open sea."

"Yes, sir."

As for Liu Ximing, after instructing William and the others to meet two days later, he took Fubo with him

The 2,500 people of the pro-guard battalion all went out of the city, joined the other troops, and then headed in the direction of Shenzhen in the future.

Two days later, in Xin'an County, near the sea near the Tsuen Wan District of Hong Kong.

Liu Ximing and others hurried all the way here, and at dawn, he released several small boats from the space, and sent people to the sea to investigate the hydrology and find a suitable place to place the battleship.

The draft of the Liujia battleship is 3 to 6 meters, and if you don't check it in advance, it is easy to run aground on the shore.

Xin'an County is not developed at all, and there are only a few small fishing villages by the sea.

Seeing that there was no one around, Liu Ximing took out the battleships one by one in the place where he had been explored.

Under the bright sky, a huge ship appeared on the empty sea in an instant, smashing a large white spray on the sea, which also attracted loud cheers from the soldiers of the Fubo Division.

This is the first time that the battleship of the Fubo Division has appeared on the sea, and with the endless ocean, Lake Qingbo is simply a small fish pond.

"The soldiers on the Sun Wu, ready to board the ship."

Although You Degao was also excited, he still conscientiously fulfilled the mission of the admiral of his fleet.

"Whoa"

The 420 officers and men of the Fubo Division, who had already changed into the Liu family's customized naval uniforms, hurriedly rowed towards the battleship through the small boats one by one.

"Officers and men of the Wu Qi, get on board."

……

The names of the warships kept ringing, and hundreds of people always followed.

Liu Ximing's rules for the naming of battleships are mainly named after famous Chinese generals, and the nine battleships are:

"Sun Wu"

"Wu Qihao"

"Korean Signal"

"Li Jing"

"Yue Fei"

"Xiang Yu"

"Huo Qu Sick Number"

"Wei Qing"

"Wang Jian"

The other cruisers were named after the prefecture level, including 12 warships such as Shunqing, Boryeong, and Hanzhong.

The frigates could only be named after the county, and together with the three bird ships that came from Zhengjiashun, they were named Pengzhou, Nanchong, Yilong, Yangxian, and Dengzhou.

The navy suit of the Fubo Division is even different from that of the Long Xiang Division, which is mainly navy blue, with white and yellow as embellishments.

The military uniform as a whole continues the standard of the Beiyang Army, and the style of the middle seam is directly adopted in advance, no longer following the habit of the Han right, and the clothes are connected by two rows of symmetrical horn buttons.

The neckline is embroidered with a yellow logo, the cuffs are also embroidered with three yellow armbands, and a white armed belt extends from the left epaulette to the right waist, satisfying the obsession of Chen Yiding and other old scholars for the right side.

The epaulettes are still in the style before Liu Ximing, relying on goose yellow four-leaf clovers and horizontal bars to represent, with navy blue pants and navy blue military hats with yellow stripes, a heroic and vigorous air comes to the face.

The only pity is that the fabric of the military uniform is cotton, which is prone to wrinkles.

Nine third-class battleships were lined up in turn, and the remaining thirty-six small battleships followed, and You Degao chose Sun Wu

As the flagship, Liu Ximing also boarded the ship.

The 500 people of the guard battalion couldn't fit in one boat, so they had to disperse to other ships to help.

The money for hiring the Portuguese Manuela and others was not spent in vain, and with their suggestions and Liu Ximing and You De's senior officers to discuss on their own, the combat command system of the battleships of the Fubo Division has also been perfected.

The Fubo Division itself has official positions such as brigade commanders, ideological and political officers, and military judges, but when fighting at sea, it is also necessary to set up a commander of each fleet, who is fully responsible for commanding the fleet.

As for each battleship, it is equipped with professional positions such as first mate, second officer, boatswain, chief navigator, and chief artillery, and cooperates with the captain in commanding operations.

So when all 10,500 people waited for the ship, the entire fleet started directly.

Such a large fleet, although not to say that it covers the sky and the sun, is also very majestic.

However, when I first boarded the ship, there were many jokes.

In order to help them adapt to the wind and waves at sea, Liu Ximing asked the workshop to make a large net like a suspension bridge, which swayed like ocean waves.

Rao is like this, when the officers and men of the Fubo Division boarded the battleship in the sea for the first time, many people still fell and staggered, causing the captains of the ships to scold again and again.

Seeing that the battleship was about to go out of the range of Tsuen Wan, Liu Ximing stood at the stern of the ship and proposed to You Degao on the side:

"It's better to let each ship test the air cannon once, and don't rush around when the time comes."

"Whoa"

"Fart", Liu Ximing scolded with a smile: "It's all said, you are the admiral of the fleet, and you are the biggest in fighting at sea." ”

You Degao smiled a little embarrassedly, "A little nervous." ”

"Hahaha, this is nervous, wait for you to command a fleet of hundreds of ships, see what you do."

With the sound of trumpets on the forty-eight warships, the Liu family's fleet gradually entered the state, and under the impetus of the sea breeze, it approached the Lingdingyang sea area that had been agreed with William and others.

"Report to the Admiral, the first ship flag, an unknown fleet has been found twenty miles away." On the tall watchtower of the Sun Wu, a round pipe amplified the sound along the mast.

Liu Ximing and You Degao all took out binoculars and kept observing.

After You Degao looked at it, he immediately shouted into the microphone set up in the stern of the ship: "Captain, report the wind direction and the speed of the ship." ”

"The east wind, the speed of the ship is 6 knots, and it is still accelerating."

"Lookout, report the number of the other party."

"A total of 17 ships flying the red, white and blue flags."

As soon as the lookout finished speaking, he immediately shouted again, "Another fleet has been found behind the opposite fleet, number, 35 ships, and it is approaching the opposite fleet. ”

"This must be the Britons and the Thirteen Lines of Ships chasing them", Liu Ximing blurted out directly, and the British seemed to be forgivable for using the Dutch flag here.

You Degao nodded and did not say anything, turned around and continued to order, "Herald, inform the fleet, seize the upper hand." ”

The whole fleet immediately began to sound all kinds of shouts, shouts.