Go to Ma Xiangnan hurriedly ran back and started to find a few big businessmen to buy a ship together, and take the matter of sea trade, before leaving, it was a red-mouthed and white-toothed person who first placed a list of two ships here in Ning Zeyuan, and the deposit was naturally not for the time being, so it all depended on his old face with mountains and rivers and ravines.

Ma Xiangnan had to be anxious, maybe he was still the first news now, but as long as this matter passed through the political hall, there would definitely be a lot of people who knew the news, and when the time came, a lot of people must have rushed over to buy boats.

Time is running out, seize the day!

To be honest, Ning Zeyuan sincerely admires people like Ma Xiangnan. Ma Xiangnan is a son of a famous family, his elder brother, and now he is the first assistant of the Chu State, such a person, if he wants to be rich and noble for a lifetime, it is very easy, but he ran here and did it for so many years, turning himself into an old farmer in the countryside.

People like themselves gather around the emperor, most of them are for the ambition in their hearts, thinking about being famous in the world, thinking about leaving a name in history, but this horse Xiangnan seems to be satisfied as long as the people under his rule live a good life.

Such a pure person deserves his own respect. Not to mention that he will have to rely on Ma Xiangnan to help block things in the future, even with Ma Xiangnan's persistence, Ning Zeyuan will also give him face.

The horse went south, but Ning Zeyuan was not idle. Now he is accompanying Zhou Baozhen, a representative of the Zhou family from Bozhou, Qi State, to visit the Baoqing Shipyard.

Standing on the high trestle, you can clearly see the huge dock, hundreds of workers under the leadership of the master, are in full swing in the final finishing work of a ship of three masted main battleships, Zhou Baozhen is an expert, of course, it is very clear that it will take a month at most, and Daming will have another main battleship launched into service.

It made his heart chill.

Because in the Baoqing Shipyard, there are three such large docks, which means that the Ming Kingdom can build three such main warships at the same time. And there are also a few small docks, which naturally make some auxiliary warships.

This is only half of the strength of Daming today, Zhou Baozhen knows that the Ning family's shipyard in Quanzhou has become an empty shell, and in Huludao, a larger shipyard has also begun to have ships launched.

With a little estimate, it can be understood that in the current Ming Dynasty, at least six ships and three masted main warships are launched every year. And the Bozhou Zhou family, even if they don't do anything, they can build one at most.

This sea is already the world of the Ming people. When I think of this, my heart is extremely bitter. This is a vicious circle, the strong get stronger, the weak get weaker, and eventually the weak have no more land to stand on.

"Lord Ning, how many years of silver have you invested in the water master for a year?" He asked bitterly.

Ning Zeyuan glanced at him and said proudly: "Everything, everything we have gained from sea trade, Your Majesty has not taken anything, and all of it has been invested in the construction of the shipyard and the sailor. Brother Zhou, Bozhou Zhou and my Quanzhou Ning were originally neck and neck, but now, to be honest, they are no longer the same. After all, the power of a country cannot be compared with the power of a family."

"Is there still a Quanzhou Ning clan?" Zhou Baozhen couldn't help but sneer.

Ning Zeyuan laughed loudly, stretched out his arms, and seemed to hug the battleship in the dock below, "Brother Zhou, the next day, when the thousands of warships of my Daming Navy Division crisscrossed the world and spread the Sun and Moon Banner to every sea area of this sea, along with the Sun and Moon Flag, there was also the prestige of the Ming Emperor and the name of Ning Zeyuan, the Governor of the Navy, Quanzhou Ning Clan is indeed gone, but the Ming Ning Clan will be famous all over the world."

Hearing Ning Zeyuan's bold words, Zhou Baozhen's heart was shocked, and he turned his head to look at this young man who was only in his early twenties, and an inexplicable emotion suddenly grew in his heart.

Emperor Qin Feng of the Ming Dynasty is a young man, but this person's vision and mind are far from being comparable to Emperor Chu and Emperor Qi.

No one knows the current situation of the Qi State better than him, those Qi State warships that have declined, how dare they go to the deep sea, and when they encounter these fleets in Ning Zeyuan's hands, they are afraid that the whole army will be wiped out immediately. Does they still have any experience in fighting in the far seas?

He let out a long sigh. It was to fight in the ditches and ditches of the Jinghu River, and the Qi State also sent Cao Hui to Bozhou, which was both soft and hard against the Zhou family, forcing the Zhou family to send people to confront the Chu State sailors. He even had the intention of swallowing Zhou's in one gulp. The Emperor of Qi not only took a fancy to the strength of the Zhou family on the water, but also to the massive wealth that the Zhou family had accumulated over the past hundred years.

Just like the original Ning clan's power in Quanzhou, the Zhou clan is also so general in Bozhou, but when the country's powerful machine is really strong and unreasonable, the Zhou clan is also helpless, the only difference with the Qi clan in Qi is that when they really have no way out, they can retreat to the sea, and they will go to be pirates.

But now with the strong existence of the Ming Navy, being a pirate doesn't seem to be a promising job anymore. Even now, they are entangled with Zhou's few warships in the open sea, in a year, Zhou's three battleships were sunk, and they really can't afford to lose, and if this continues, Zhou's really has no way to retreat.

"Now you can launch six capital warships in a year?" He asked.

"No, starting next year, we will only build three or four capital warships a year, but well!" Ning Zeyuan dragged out his voice and looked at Zhou Baozhen meaningfully, "But one of them is not a three-story three-masted battleship, but a five-story ship."

Zhou Baozhen's body shook, and Huo Di turned his head to look at Ning Zeyuan: "Five-story ship, you, can you already build it?"

Ning Zeyuan nodded: "In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the five-story ship has been conducting research, and then finally gave up halfway, not because the research could not be done, but because the investment was too huge and had to be terminated, and the drawings were also sealed. Later, the years changed, and those who participated in the research were finally left alone. Those drawings, we Ning's got it, I believe you Zhou must have also gotten it. Since last year, we have invested a lot of manpower and material resources to pick up this matter again, and this year we finally decided on the final plan, and now the first engineering ship has been completed in Huludao, and after sending Brother Zhou away, I will go to preside over the final sea test."

Zhou Baozhen's face was flushed, his hands trembled slightly, and he obviously couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, "Brother Ning, I don't know if you can let me open my eyes?" As soon as the words came out, he suddenly came over again, shook his head, and said gloomily: "Forget it, this is a reluctant invitation."

Ning Zeyuan laughed, "If Brother Zhou is not in a hurry to go back, of course you can follow me to take a look. To be honest, in the past, although our Ning Zhou clan was sometimes dirty, on the whole, they were still safe and sound, and sometimes they could even help each other."

"Today is different!" Zhou Baozhen sighed.

"Brother Zhou, don't worry too much, since I said it, I can naturally do it, not to mention anything else, just the fact that your Zhou clan has deposited millions of taels of silver in our Daming Changlong Bank is enough to guarantee that you will follow me to participate in this major military aircraft!" Ning Zeyuan said with a smile: "If Brother Zhou dares to leak the secret, we will dare to swallow your silver when we turn around."

Zhou Baozhen's face was a little ugly, "Doesn't Changlong have a confidentiality system?"

Ning Zeyuan laughed: "Brother Zhou, you won't be so naïve, right?" There is indeed a secrecy system, and we will not swallow other people's silver, but if you let the Ming have a major loss, don't forget that Changlong is the Ming after all."

Zhou Baozhen snorted, "This is really driving wolves at the front door, and tigers entering the back door."

"Brother Zhou, your Zhou family's boss has deposited such a huge amount of money in Changlong, it is not because he wants to hand over a letter of nomination and make a plan to meet the source on both sides. But this kind of wall grass, it's okay to do it now, if one day Qi Ming is right, you still want to be the wall grass, I'm afraid that no one can tolerate it, this point, big brother should remember." Ning Zeyuan said sincerely.

"Of course we do, but now, what can we do?"

"Big brother, I'm afraid I still have to persuade you to make plans early!" Ning Zeyuan smiled and said: "It's not me who came to be a lobbyist, with Da Ming's intention of preparing to show his strength on the sea, isn't it much better than Qi Guo?" Especially for us Ning, Zhou, people who originally relied on the sea to make a living. Running the sea trade, being a pirate, and making a small fuss in this sea area, it is too petty. Do you know what our Great Ming Majesty said to me?"

"I wonder what His Majesty the Emperor said?"

"Your Majesty said that you should let the people who beg for a living on this sea abide by the rules set by my Ming Dynasty, and wherever the Ming warships go, it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty." Ning Ze is far away." Brother Zhou, if the Zhou clan is interested, the Ming fleet that is all over the sea will have a place for the Zhou clan."

Zhou Baozhen took a deep breath: "I'm afraid that this matter will be decided by me."

"Of course I know that this matter is not something that can be decided in a moment, but it is just to let Brother Zhou think about this possibility, don't hide it from Brother Zhou, this time the five-story ship was launched for sea trials, I didn't have to prepare to let them slip around the sea a few times, but to drag him out to do a fight, we have to build a base in Manila and build a military port, Brother Zhou is an expert, you should know what this means!" Ning Zeyuan looked at Zhou Baozhen with a smile.

Zhou Baozhen looked at Ning Zeyuan in shock.

"Brother Zhou doesn't believe it? When I go back, I will introduce you to another person, and you will know that I am not telling you a lie, this person's name is Chen Ci. One of the great generals in charge of the army of the former Da Yue."