The Zheng family's naval army was defeated and fled after leaving seven boats, including three Daifuku boats.

It's not that Zheng Zhibao doesn't want to take the lead in the Dafu ship, the Dafu ship is the largest ship among all the sea ships, one is worth 100,000 silver, and if there is silver, it is not sold, and the shipyard controlled by the Zheng family can't build a few in a year.

But the problem is that the three Daifuku ships were taken care of, the sails were all broken, the sailors and sergeants suffered heavy casualties, and there was simply not enough manpower and time to change the sails.

"It's a pity!"

Li Chuan felt a little regretful in his heart that he couldn't leave all the more than 60 warships behind.

Ships of these days were not cheap, and they were not easy to buy, and they might not be able to be bought with silver. It's a pity that he has a hundred family members under him, and it's okay to wait for work and wait for rabbits, but there is no way to pursue the defeated army of the Zheng family.

Fortunately, there were still seven warships left, which was somewhat of a consolation.

"Go, tow the boat over."

Li Chuan waved his hand and ordered, and Huang Tianxiang immediately took his family and sailors with him.

Seven warships, and three of them are still large fortune ships, plus the three large fortune ships that were snatched from the Zheng family before, that is ten warships, and seven are still large fortune ships, and it is almost enough to train a naval army of two or three thousand people.

Soon, several small boats sailed away from the dock and, like arrows from the sea, shot at the warships that were floating on the sea several miles away.

The seven ships were in shambles, covered in blood, and the dead and wounded soldiers and sailors were taken away, saving the family the effort of disposing of the dead and prisoners, but it was still not easy to change the sails and tugs of the seven ships.

Especially the sails of the Daifuku ship, dozens of people worked hard to drag together.

By the time they put on their sails and sailed all seven warships to the water village that was under construction, it was already dark.

According to Li Chuan's requirements, on the basis of the original, the water village has been expanded several times, and the large fortune boat can almost stop more than 100, but the construction period is a bit slow, and it may not be completed after the New Year.

"When will the water village be built?"

Li Chuan was a little dissatisfied and asked with a frown.

Huang Tianxiang's heart suddenly, he was in charge of the project for the first time, and he had no experience at all, basically a few officials who were responsible for assisting Jin Shanwei were in charge, and he would urge a few words at most, and sometimes he was fooled and he didn't know.

At this time, when I heard the young master ask, I knew that the young master was not satisfied with the construction period, so he said cautiously: "The previous Feng Quan said that it could be completed after the end of the year, mainly because it was a bit difficult to clean up the sediment, and the water depth was at least three zhang or more. ”

Li Chuan said: "The construction period is urgent! ”

"The little ones know."

Huang Tianxiang hurriedly responded, but he was more anxious than the young master.

It is not a long-term solution for the warship to be moored outside, and people have to be sent to watch it for twelve hours a day, and the warships that have been snatched are somewhat damaged to varying degrees, and they can't be repaired, so they will wait for the water village to be built and repaired.

If the water village is not built, those warships will not be able to travel at all.

"Young master, a total of 2,126 shells have been fired."

After counting the consumption, the second dog hurriedly ran over to report.

"So much!"

Li Chuan frowned again, a shell of 6,000, more than 210 rounds is more than 12 million, and more than 10 million were fired in less than an hour, and this was just a not large-scale firefight.

No wonder the old saying goes, when a cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, which is really not an exaggeration at all.

If it's just money, with Taobao's trading system, money is not a problem.

But Levin's ammunition production capacity is not enough, the 10,000 rounds of artillery shells ordered before have been handed over one after another, and nearly 3,000 rounds have been consumed after training and two battles, and now there are only 5,000 rounds left.

At this rate of attrition, at most two more firefights of this magnitude, we would have to run out of ammunition.

After arranging for the guard, Li Chuan returned to the commander's residence.

Li Changyue and Su Xiaomei had already gotten the news, knowing that Li Chuan and his family had defeated the Zheng family's naval army with artillery, their hearts were all in place, and there was no need to run for their lives, so everyone had no pressure in their hearts, and they all looked smiling.

Wang Guihua showed off her craftsmanship and made a table of good dishes to celebrate the young master's fight off the thieves.

That's right, in Wang Guihua's simple concept, those who dare to trouble their young master are thieves.

Even if it is an official or soldier, she will be classified as a thief.

After dinner, Li Chuan took Su Xiaomei to stroll in the courtyard.

Su Xiaomei had a smile on her face, but there was a faint worry hidden in her eyes.

Li Chuan comforted her and said: "When troubled times come, it is not peaceful anywhere. I want to protect the people around me, and there will be no shortage of battles and killings in the future. Even if I don't provoke others, there will be people who take the initiative to trouble me, I have Westerners' artillery and muskets, these firearms are made by the strongest countries in the West, and no one else can get them for the time being, only I have them, so you can rest assured, as long as the three thousand families are trained, with Westerners' guns, even if the world is chaotic, I can protect you. ”

Su Xiaomei only felt that her heart was about to melt, and for the first time, she felt that this man was so tall.

In the past, Li Chuan was a useless scholar, but although he changed his temperament, he gradually became less annoying.

But in Su Xiaomei's usual impression, even if Li Chuan worked hard later and provoked the Li family, at most, he could get Western goods and earn money for the Li family, and he couldn't get anything to do with Wei Guangzheng's manly husband.

But at this time, listening to Li Chuan's confident words, what Su Xiaomei heard was responsibility, the kind of responsibility to hold up a piece of the sky for the people around her with her own strength, which made the man next to her suddenly add a unique charm.

A manly husband should be like the man around him, with responsibility and responsibility.

In Su Xiaomei's heart, a real man should be like this.

Therefore, Su Xiaomei's heart was melted.

For some reason, her heart was beating faster.

Li Chuan waited for a while, and when he saw that Su Xiaomei didn't speak, he felt a little strange in his heart, turned his head to look, and saw that she lowered her head, and her face turned a little red, so he wondered even more, pinched her little hand and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Not much!"

Su Xiaomei was a little flustered, and her heartbeat was even stronger.

Li Chuan glanced at her twice, stopped unconsciously, stretched out his left arm around Su Xiaomei's thin waist, gently wrapped it, took Su Xiaomei into his arms, and said, "Just say something, don't hide it from me." ”

"It's really nothing!"

After all, Su Xiaomei is not the eldest lady who has been raised in the boudoir since she was a child, although the sudden heartbeat made her a little at a loss for a while, but she still said generously: "What you just said is very manly." ”

"Manhood?"

Li Chuan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "A man's duty is to keep his family small, otherwise what kind of man is he." ”