Sun Jingting always felt that there was something wrong with this ship!

According to a report from Taiwan, it is estimated that it will take two to three years to build a 600-ton ship, and it will take at least about two years, which is considered fast. In Europe, it takes about a year to build a 600-ton ship, and if it is a 1,000-ton ship, it will take at least a year and a half to two years, and even now there are large warships of more than 1,000 tons, it is beyond Sun Jingting's imagination, I really don't know how big the ship must be! As for the four ships in front of him, they are all 400-ton large warships, and there are large rowing ships on both sides of the hull that are more than ten meters long......

Chang Wei seemed to see Sun Jingting's different color, and at the moment the two of them took a few steps forward, Chang Wei said: "Originally, I was going to wait for Brother Xiaozheng to inspect Taiwan for a few days to see the wind and then decide whether to report...... In fact, although the people who came over from the marching division today were all high-ranking officials, not many people knew about it. The people who train and build ships here have not been able to leave for several months, the soldiers can only send letters, or they have been reviewed, the craftsmen are all from their families, anyway, they are provided with food, and they have an extra high income if they can't go out for a few months, and they are happy. If this matter is not fought, we are prepared to only report it to adults, after all, it cannot be taken as a common practice. ”

"Fear you mean there's something wrong with these ships, right?"

"Yes." Chang Wei said calmly: "The four ships are all made in a hurry, the wood is all wet wood, and the structure is faulty, so although it can be launched, it can only be used in the near sea, but it doesn't matter, the sail pulp warship was originally used for offshore operations." But there is no way to last too long for the ship, a year at most...... After a year, the guns had to be unloaded, and the ships naturally broke up and disintegrated. ”

Sun Jingting felt his heart pounding, and his eyes were a little black, such a huge warship, so majestic, so unstoppable, it turned out to be like a paper stacked boat, it was fake!

He held back his anger and said in a low voice, "How much silver does this ship cost?" ”

"In a hurry, the cannon and sail rope parts can be dismantled at that time, counting the wood, labor, and time costs, eighty thousand taels of ships."

"Four ships are more than 300,000 taels...... Sun Jingting pointed at Chang Wei with trembling fingers......

Chang Wei was very calm: "I really don't be in charge of this matter, it was Li Shouxin who took the board when I went to Hirado, the manpower, the place, the slipway for shipbuilding, and the soldiers, all of which he and Dezhnev were in charge of." Later, as soon as I returned, they reported that they were worried that the Dutch would not move on our schedule, and it turned out to be true...... It can be seen that they are out of Europe together, and they really know each other's roots. Originally, this matter was not my first and last thing, but now that I know and agree, of course the responsibility is on me. I have already asked the eldest brother for my guilt, and the eldest brother replied that he was not guilty of the matter. ”

Sun Jingting didn't think that Chang Wei was using Zhang Han to press himself...... Of course, there is no need to be so naïve, he was carried away by the huge amount of more than 300,000 yuan before, if he is still in Mobei, this matter cannot be forgiven...... In order to save expenses, the military department has almost saved all the expenses that can be saved, and the free tea originally supplied to the officials costs less than 1,000 taels a year, and this item has been reduced under the auspices of Tian Jitang.

Fortunately, Sun Jingting and Li Shenming are in charge, and Hutchison is now also bent on progress, and cutting some small benefits will not affect the morale of the army and the people...... But they are in thousands of provinces to the north, and here they are taking silver and putting it into the sea...... Looking at the boats, it's okay, imagine these ships as silver, more than 300,000 taels, and more than 6,000 ingots of silver for a silver and 50 taels of silver, and they are piled up together to be a mountain of silver......

But at this time in Taiwan, Sun Jingting already understood in his heart that fighting this naval battle is inevitable, you should not fight, and others will take the initiative to fight. And the war is fought with silver, and all victories, with very few exceptions, are almost all piled up with gold and silver......

Chang Wei can understand Sun Jingting, but silver is mostly just a number for him, when he was in the grassland, he burned 600,000 yuan, that is to say, the Chang family is also very rich, although there is no net worth of hundreds of thousands of taels, but Chang Wei has been a gentleman since he was a child, and he has never worried about silver money since he was born...... Poor families, often because they can't take out a tael of silver to see a doctor and cause children to die, the voice of the miner husband and wife when they hug their children and cry is the first miserable voice in the world, the purpose of the Sun family's uncle and nephew to establish the Dongshan Association is to make the miners less poor, so that they can help each other, this layer of intention is really chivalrous, and Chang Wei is such a noble son will not understand.

Chang Wei said with a smile: "Brother Xiaozheng, the silver is not going today, tomorrow is not coming, we have all the preparations to dare to fight, and if we can defeat the enemy, in the words of the eldest brother, it will greatly reduce the cost of time...... If we don't build this ship, I'm afraid we won't be able to develop it for three to five years, and if we delay it, the losses will be even greater. ”

Sun Jingting knew that if it was really as Chang Wei said, the loss would be calculated in tens of millions...... But no matter what, it was always distressing, and I couldn't help glaring at Chang Wei at the moment.

The training of ships on the sea has already been quite large-scale, and the four ships are divided into two rushes to break each other, seize the limelight, and fire their guns on the side first; as for the collision with each other, the soldiers practice climbing and jumping gangs, which is also within the scope of the training.

At this time, Wang Jingzhong, who had been silent, stepped forward and said loudly: "There will be something to say about the training at sea. ”

"Lao Wang?" Chang Wei also knew Wang Jingzhong, who was born in the early border army and had old qualifications. At that moment, Chang Wei smiled and said, "Did you just see it and feel it, or did you think about it on the road?" ”

"I didn't think about it before." Wang Jingzhong said: "However, before leaving, I had a long talk with Wang Yan, and the lord said that he didn't know much about naval warfare, but he also knew that the spirit of naval warfare and land warfare has always been the same, that is, the one who has a queue wins, and can make the warship captain like a ship, firing fire one by one or firing several ships in a salvo, which is more powerful than a ship doing its own thing." When observing the naval warfare training, the general suddenly realized that when observing the naval battle, the officers and men of our naval division seemed to have a mixed sailor, and they had the tendency to fight on their own. Isn't this a waste of our army's advantage of being well-trained and able to fight in a coordinated and unified manner? The last general didn't know much about naval warfare, and he was stupid when he got it, so he asked Chang Zhengshi and Commander Li not to be surprised. ”

"Lao Wang suffered a loss, and his speaking style has changed." In the past, Wang Jingzhong was a brigade-level commander, and the next level was the regimental level, but in fact, the commander of a large team was originally close to the deputy regimental commander, and Li Shouxin's generation was a rising star, which was considered a junior, so it was very casual to meet and talk on the grassland...... There is even a faint sense of domineering, this time because of the loss, but the speech is quite polite and cautious.

Chang Wei laughed, but Li Shouxin and the others were thinking carefully.

Now the warship is Chinese as the captain, and the Russian is the first officer, and the actual power is the first officer...... This is also normal, and you can't call a layman to command an insider. In fact, the captains of the Chinese are also quite expert, such as Zheng Zhilong and others are already captains, the so-called knowledge of people is good use, Zhang Han originally did not trust the Zheng family brothers, and did not know Gan Hui and others too well, after the trip to Mobei and Tomsk, it is considered crooked, this group of people has served in the Hutchison system for nearly two years, this time it is really their own people, there is no problem in terms of trust, and it can be used greatly.

Although they have not reached the point of captain, they are very familiar with the situation in Nanyang and Japan, and even have been to Luzon, Zheng Zhilong can even speak the language of the Spaniards, Zheng Zhilong will rise in the past few years, and will become a hegemon in the five or six years of the Chongzhen period, which shows that when it rises, whether it is prestige or seniority, or a body of ability, it is enough, since this is the case, of course, it can be used directly...... The three Zheng brothers, plus Gan Hui, Shi Daxuan and others, are now the captains of one ship, plus Zheng Shaolai and other original captains of Hutchison, which is enough.

More talent will emerge in a few years, and there is no fear that if we can beat the Dutch, Hutchison will have plenty of time.

"We'll have to discuss this with Dezhnev." Chang Wei pondered for a moment, feeling that what Wang Jingzhong said was very reasonable. The current naval warfare, whether it is the arrangement of warships or the way of fighting in gangs, is dominated by the Russians and the Portuguese, so the tactics are also based on their understanding...... Of course, there is actually no method of warfare in naval warfare now, warships are fighting separately, and jumping gang warfare is also fighting separately, when the tension is tight, there is no distinction between sailors and soldiers, and there is actually no way to divide the warships too finely, and it will take a hundred years before the British military can make the naval officers, sailors, and marines roughly clear, and they can go their own way during the naval war, and it will not be too chaotic......

Sun Jingting didn't know much about these things, so he nodded helplessly.

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"The cool breeze is coming slowly, it's really comfortable."

"After all, it's still an island to live on."

"That's why we southerners just say that, northerners have just arrived, but they can't stand such humidity."

The drizzle was light, and when you looked at the wind on the big reef on the coast, the sea water was like a broken cloud, rushing in front of you, and then the sea turned to shatter, and then there were clouds as far as the eye could see...... In the distance, the sea level was pitch black, and more dark clouds were gathering.

Today, Zheng Zhilong asked Li Guozhu to communicate privately and say that he and He Bin went to the beach to fish, saying that it was fishing, but in fact it was just blowing the sea breeze, relaxing the mind, and chatting and resting.

"Look," Zheng Zhilong said to He Bin, "the Dutchman's ship has a sense of ill will!" ”

"Indeed." He Bin frowned and said, "How can there be a mooring so close." ”

Zheng Zhilong's ship, the Tianchengwei, was moored on the left side of the port of Hirado, and the coastal mountains were on the left, and the long trestle bridge was full of people loading and unloading goods...... After Li Dan's death, due to proper disposal, the Li family at least did not have an enemy on the surface, although it gave up a lot of shares, but at this time Japan was the center of trade, and Hirado was the center of the center, so there were countless merchant ships coming and going, and there were many merchant ships berthing next to the Tianchengwei, but most of them were small ships, and there were also some large ships with a displacement of 100 tons or 200 tons, which was very rare.