Chapter 268: Huge Cost

Hearing such praise, after Jiang Feng came to the Ming Dynasty, in addition to showing off fresh dishes, he was really not much different from the ancients in other aspects.

For example, he doesn't have any superb economic means, but he knows that smuggling salt and smuggling at sea makes money, so naturally he has done it, and in this era, as long as he has the strength to protect himself and deter others, even if he is a fool to do it, it is a big deal.

So he made a fortune, his great military exploits are inseparable from his own martial bravery, plus he is also willing to spend money to pay attention to righteousness, and because there is no advanced method of governing the army, he uses all kinds of training methods and military methods of this era, even Western methods.

Now the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is so scumbag, one is that the interior has been peaceful for a long time, and the other is that officers at all levels are making money, so some people really put their minds on training, so it seems that Jiang Feng's Dengzhou battalion is outstanding, and Zhang Liang, Luo Yi, Yang Da, Liu Twelve, Liu Thirteen and others around him.

is either a generation of military origin, or a generation of anti-thief origin, naturally it is getting stronger and stronger.

Of course, Jiang Feng's own modern experience is also constantly integrated into it, such as those modern physical training methods, such as the training of those queues for soldiers, in fact, this is the root cause of the emergence of the so-called strong army, but these things belong to the slow emergence of things. It doesn't give a very intuitive impression at all.

Jiang Feng sometimes feels that he is too adaptable to this era, he himself should be regarded as a rather outstanding person in this era of the Ming Dynasty, instead of the so-called overhead crossing that he occasionally saw in modern times, reciting ancient poems to seduce women on the one hand, and making steel and glass to seduce men on the other. Although this situation is only a small complaint, it is also regrettable.

But today, one of my opinions on ships is actually in exchange for the title of "genius", and under the description of the white man's hands, a few old shipwrights in Nanjing and Tianjin, who were only subdued by Jiang Feng's official authority at first, also vaguely figured out this joint.

Looking at Jiang Feng's eyes, they were full of surprise and admiration, in fact, the question about the shipyard was twenty or ten years later, because of the needs of ocean navigation, the tall ship of the Spanish galleon was already a little uncomfortable and clumsy because of the problem of too high a center of gravity.

So there was the Galen ship, which is the prototype of the so-called modern sailing ship, and the current sailing ship only has some differences in details, but the general things are also fixed. Jiang Feng's suggestion was just to make a prediction in advance and tell everyone the most reasonable shape.

The society of the Ming Dynasty was the so-called Shi Nong Industry and Commerce, of course, in reality, the scholars and rich merchants who were officials far exceeded the farmers and workers, and those craftsmen who seemed to be semi-slaves were actually the lowest, and the praise of these people was nothing if they were put on others.

However, Jiang Feng has always been an admirer of technical personnel from modern times, and has an unparalleled importance. Hearing the white and local boatwrights say this, I suddenly felt extremely proud in my heart, as if I had drunk snow water on dog days.

He tried desperately to be reserved, but his mouth grew bigger and bigger, and finally he had to cough a few times to control his emotions, and pretended to be flat and announced to these people in front of him:

"Everyone, your salary will increase by three percent from now on, you can allocate resources up and down Yantai Mountain to cooperate with you, and when this big ship is built, I will have a heavy reward here!"

This sentence is really loved by everyone, and the people in the room are cheering, Jiang Feng's hand pressed downward, signaling everyone's quietness, and continued there:

"Here in Dengzhou, merit has always been a heavy reward, you build bigger cannons, build bigger ships, I will definitely have heavier rewards here."

After finishing speaking, he answered that those people were excited and excited, and turned around and went out with his subordinates, and after going out, Jiang Feng excitedly waved a few punches into the void in a row, you can imagine how much his safety will be guaranteed with such a ship, and how his strength and wealth will increase.

The guards on the side are no longer filled by the iron dings, but all veterans of the Dengzhou battalion, these people did not start with Jiang Feng, they have not seen Jiang Feng's wanton arrogance, they have seen more of Jiang Feng's increasingly authoritative appearance, and they feel very happy to see Jiang Feng like this.

The people of the Ming Dynasty even said a little meanly that we Chinese are all a nation on a continent, and until now when we talk about our territory, it is still 9.6 million square kilometers, and we have completely ignored the 10,000-mile sea frontier of our motherland.

Not only these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty think so, but even now there are many people who disdain the so-called sea power. Even these elite soldiers in Dengzhou have heard a little about the amazing profits brought by Dengzhou's maritime business, but they still don't think that ships at sea are very important.

After Jiang Feng's excitement calmed down, he also saw the reactions of these young people around him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but if there were those iron men around him in the past, they must be as excited as him, because these iron men had been adrift at sea, so they naturally knew what the significance of such a warship was.

In a rather serious tone, he ordered:

"Leave two people here to guard, a team of 100 people come over, from now on everyone's entry and exit must be recorded, we can try to meet their requirements, but we must not leave the sight of the monitors, otherwise there will be no mercy."

Among the guards around Jiang Feng, there was always a guard with a fine charcoal pen and white paper, this person quickly recorded Jiang Feng's orders and returned to the residence, these orders and arrangements would be immediately executed by the nearby army and clerks.

However, after returning to the mountain, these orders will be rechecked in the hands of Liu Twelve and Jiang Feng to decide whether to supplement or revoke them.

The significance of the appearance of this kind of warship, similar to the corn on the mountain, must be kept secret to be able to rest assured, now the shipyards around the Ming Dynasty have been revoked, many big ships are burned in the harbor, but they have to build a big ship here and it is a large warship, if this is known by the outside, what will happen to the prohibition they have done is enough to kill the head and exterminate the clan.

However, he is also ruthless, and people outside Dengzhou must have doubts about themselves, but there is a problem of insufficient evidence, which can be regarded as a suspicion, if this battleship is known by others, I am afraid that he will be surrounded by heavy troops immediately.

These Dutch people from Spain, who were considered a little useless by themselves in the past, actually brought corn, and they could also build big ships, and Jiang Feng's attitude towards them quickly became important, and when he returned to Yantai Mountain, he immediately asked Liu Twelve whether to increase the treatment of these foreigners.

"My idea is to carve out all the fields outside the Thousand Households Dock Fort as their residence."

The Qianhu Dock Fort and the outskirts of Yantai Mountain are now a place where only the families of cronies can live, and it is already a great honor in the other four barracks in Dengzhou and Shandong, and now it is the family members of Tieding and some of the veterans, and some are old craftsmen who are quite skilled and authoritative in the workshop. It is very convenient to live here.

And it is very close to Jiang Feng's residence, according to traditional thinking, the closer you are to a person with a high status, the higher it is to prove your identity, so it is natural to become an honor. Jiang Feng felt that these white people were really too useful today, so he issued such an emotion.

Liu Twelve looked at the orders recorded by the guards who were similar to the armed staff officers, and he was also a little helpless now, he originally thought that he could be a strategist like Liu Bowen, but he didn't expect that what he was doing now was the role of a master.

Jiang Feng's actions are not clever, just rely on his own strength to forcefully reverse some things, if anyone stands in the way, he will kill him directly, the so-called gathering people's hearts and establishing a foundation is also so simple, it is directly to make money, and give money to the people below to improve their treatment.

The way to make money is even more simple and crude - monopoly, the means of eliminating competitors are also physical extermination, in other words, if it stands in my way to make money, I will be killed.

But these have nothing to do with any of the strategies in the book, but they are so effective, at least until now, they are still very useful, but sometimes, the details still need their own embellishment, or there is really a day, these strategies are still very useful.

Thinking of this, Liu Twelve smiled bitterly, but the task still had to be done, and he reminded Jiang Feng there:

"My lord, if you want to let the horse run, it is important that there is grass in front of you......"

Jiang Feng was also a little transparent there, patted his forehead with his hand, and said with a smile:

"I'm also happy for a while and forget everything, or follow the old practice and reward merit and deeds, so as not to disagree with people."

At this time, a tent gentleman hurriedly walked outside, and after the guard reported, he walked into the main hall, took out a list there after saluting Jiang Feng, and said:

"Mr. Zhao led us to roughly calculate the cost of shipbuilding, and the result has been obtained, this big ship is about 125,000 taels of silver!"