"We need to buy big ships, but they can't be warships, and we don't have a lot of money." Said a lieutenant colonel of the South Korean New Army. But his current identity is only a purchasing manager of a Korean foreign trade company.

"It's got to be armed. It is better to have a cannon. Or machine guns or something, we need these things. Said the lieutenant colonel of the South Korean New Army, who made up his makeup.

"Oh. What business do you do? "In the north port of Qin. A shipyard owner asked.

"We. Hey. At this time, the purchasing manager glanced back at the other person and smiled.

"What do you think we do?" The purchasing manager asked.

"I don't know. I don't want to know either. Normally, the people who buy a ship like this are not good people, and besides, you do bigger, you know. None of the armed merchant ships of the Qin State were equipped with cannons. And you need to load the cannons. This was a real surprise to me. Said the owner of the shipyard.

"Wooden shipyards are not doing well. Nowadays people are willing to use iron-hulled ships. And they are reluctant to use such wooden boats, which they consider not to be strong. On top of that, the kind of boat is expensive, but safe. The owner of the shipyard explained.

"I want to ask, though. Why don't you buy iron-hulled boats? The boss asked.

"We don't have much money? Either the ship is better, or the weapon is better. We choose one of the two, we believe that it is more important to have a weapon than a ship. Safety first. The purchasing manager said the whole time.

"Yes. You're smart. Said the shipyard owner.

"You know what? The armed merchant ships of the Qin State were not so smart, they didn't understand at all, no matter how good those ships were, if the weapons were not powerful, they would still lose to their opponents. Before, hadn't they already lost to the Chu State Water Army? The shipbuilder said.

"Besides, those ships, no matter how good they are, the shells can still penetrate them, so it's better to work on the weapons." The shipbuilder said.

"That's what the boss said." The purchasing manager praised.

"That is, those Chu people came to me to buy this kind of ship, and I can also get the cannon they want the most. You say, "Can I not know about these things?" Said the shipyard owner.

"That's right, it's right." The purchasing manager nodded vigorously and said yes. Actually, what the shipyard owner said was not entirely true.

The reason why the armed merchant ships of the Qin State were not working hard enough on weapons. Mainly because of the backwardness of the weapons and equipment of their opponents.

Previously, the Chu navy was only equipped with flintlock rifles, pistols, and some explosive weapons, which did not support them to have decent combat. At this time, the machine guns equipped with merchant ships in the Qin State were already weapons beyond their time. It can be said that this is not an order of magnitude confrontation at all.

Qin's machine guns fired an average of 400 to 600 rounds per minute. On the other side, the Chu State Navy needs to prepare two or three hundred people to shoot at it on an equal footing, and the effect of shooting has not yet been calculated. Such a situation is very unfavorable for the Chu State Naval Army.

However, subsequent weapon upgrades have made the contrast of weapons unbalanced. Qin's arms export restrictions were lowered. Cannons also began to become an important weapon exported to the Chu State, and the important thing is that the Qin State has a lot of such old-fashioned artillery stocks, most of which come from the army, and the army is eager to deal with these things, so they dispose of these things to the Chu State and other surrounding countries, for these countries, the Qin State's cannon is still a very powerful weapon, at least in their opinion.

You know, the lethality of the rifle is still very limited, but if it is an artillery, the role of the gun will greatly cause serious damage to the infantry, and. The attack distance of artillery is long and the lethality is large, so the Chu army still likes this kind of high-power weapon, and some nobles' private soldiers are also equipped with artillery, they believe that artillery can show their strength.

Behind the disposal of these stocks is the Qin army's painstaking efforts to sell weapons, they have purchased a large number of weapons, and now they need to convert these weapons into money. There is no such large market in the country, so they can only sell these weapons to these countries in order to convert them into money to buy advanced weapons again.

While the Qin military was reselling these artillery, the weapons of the surrounding countries were upgraded again. The South Korean New Army re-equipped three artillery regiments. The total number of their artillery pieces reached more than five hundred. This number is already very large for an army of only 60,000 men.

And not just the new army of South Korea. Zhao also strengthened the equipment of three artillery regiments. But these artillery regiments are not used in front-line operations, they need to be trained. Good training. And it was used as a killer last.

Yan Guo purchased the latest artillery of the Qin State, the artillery of the hydraulic retractor that was reloaded. This artillery is very powerful. But the expensive, but wealthy Prince of Yan was equipped with a heavy artillery battalion. Two field artillery battalions. A special artillery battery. They all use the most advanced weapons, for which they do not look down, on the contrary. However, the royal army of Yan State purchased some of these old-fashioned artillery, but the number they purchased was very limited, less than twenty-five. The losses of the royal army were significant. Moreover, the financial capacity is very limited, and it is already a miracle to be able to purchase twenty-five guns.

However, the largest number of purchases was not from these countries, but from the state of Chu, which had already purchased a thousand such artillery pieces from the state of Qin. Almost all the equipment and artillery of the Qin army were sold to the Chu State, so to speak, almost overnight, the firepower of the Chu army suddenly rose to a new level, which is also an important reason why the armed merchant ships of the Qin State lost the battle, and they did not know at all why the Chu army had so many more artillery pieces at once. And this purchase is still growing cumulatively, because there are still a large number of weapons companies in the market that manufacture such old-fashioned artillery and sell it to the Chu State. However, the state of Chu bought a large number of cumulatively.

And it was no longer the army of Chu and the private soldiers of the nobility that were bought, but some commercial water pirates and pirates, who began to upgrade their weapons in an all-round way.

"I'll tell you, if you're going to buy a few more ships. This is good for you. The shipbuilder said.

"But we don't have enough money." The purchasing manager hurriedly said at this time.

"I understand what you mean, but listen to me, and you'll understand why I said that." At this time, the shipbuilder said.

"If you do this, you can build a few more warships, which can save costs, because, according to the first ship, the cost of the later ships will be greatly reduced, this is an unwritten rule, the ships of the Qin Navy are built in this way, and their costs are saved in this way, this is the saying of sister ships." Said the shipyard owner.

"And it will be easy to upgrade in the future, and when these ships are built, they will be able to form a fleet, so that their combat effectiveness will be greatly increased, which is much better than a warship fighting alone at sea. It's not easy for a ship to sail at sea. At this time, the owner of the shipyard said.

"Yes. That's right. Well, our weapons can also be reduced by some costs. The purchasing manager asked at this time.

"This, of course. In addition, in the future, because it will be the same series of ships, the cost of retrofitting will be very simple. Said the owner of the shipyard.

"I think that's okay." The purchasing manager said to the person behind him at this time.

"Yes." The man in the back just nodded. And didn't say anything.

But the man secretly waved his hand. The purchasing manager who sees the gesture immediately understands.

"However, for such a thing, we need to apply, after all, we don't have a lot of funds to prepare." At this time, the purchasing manager said.

"We need to discuss this and consider referring to it." At this time, the purchasing manager said.

"This, naturally, naturally, you can discuss it." The owner of the shipyard said at this time.

"Well, we won't bother." The purchasing manager then resigned.

Immediately, the purchasing manager had a conversation with the mysterious person behind him.

"If we calculate according to this kind of procurement, we will need five times as much money to complete, so that if the king knows about it, he will have to kill us." The mysterious man said anxiously.

"But, you have to know that this is about whether the South Korean Navy can be established." The purchasing manager responded.

"The Queen has decided to build a navy, it's a fact, although it's only an organization in name, but don't forget. Only by developing the sea can South Korea become strong. Moreover, there are so many islands overseas that we need to occupy, and we are not willing to build just one ship, and, the boss is right, what can one ship do. I think that if we need to, we will have to increase the funding twenty times, and we will build as many ships as possible. The purchasing manager said at this time.

"You're crazy." The mysterious man said.

"That's right, crazy. Only in this way can the South Korean Navy be called a navy. At this time, the purchasing manager said.

"Okay, let's report this situation to the country and let them make a decision." The mysterious man said.

"Let's get started." Said the purchasing manager. The mysterious man was a supervisory civil servant sent from South Korea, and he thought the cost was too great. But that purchasing manager was an officer, and in his opinion, these expenses were quite normal. It is more practical to build up the arming of a ship than to build up the arming of a fleet.