Buying a warship, Liu Chen has long had this plan, he has a different concept from the people in this world, the people in this world, their eyes are only limited to this big road, but they don't know that the vast sea is like a virgin land that has not been developed, and it is the most precious place. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Donglong Empire is undoubtedly powerful, but this strength is only limited to the Donglu Continent, although there were several huge fleets before, but almost all of them were used to defend the seaside, and they did not go through long voyages, and their combat effectiveness was extremely low.

Liu Chen came to this world, and after knowing the current situation of this world, he vowed in his heart that he must build a huge fleet, the first can defend against the country, the second can fight against foreign invaders, and the third can compete for the rich resources from the sea.

The idea is good, but the reality is unsatisfactory, the first batch of warships in Liu Chen's hands are still from the warships made by the Dongying Empire, even if the sailors have more than a dozen warships later, they are still dominated by the Dongying Empire.

It was not until Liu Chen occupied Rongcheng and vigorously started to develop the naval division that he finally built six warships by himself, and now the warships of the Han Army's naval division are partly the warships of the Dongying Empire, some of them are the warships built by themselves, and some of them are from those pirates who were exterminated.

Now the large warships in Liu Chen's hands are only warships, and there are only 22 warships when they are full, you must know that the current sailor is the standard configuration of a division, the scale of 50,000 people, according to a warship carrying 300 soldiers, at least nearly 200 warships are enough, those red horse boats are quite a lot, but the red horse boats do not have the ability to sail at sea, so now the Han army has a very large demand for warships.

Liu Chen has spare money in his hand, and the price of a warship on the market is only 30,000 taels of silver, which is enough to buy fifty warships after the Han army gets rid of the military now, but what makes Liu Chen distressed is that there is no seller, and at this moment, when he heard Wu Yong say that he had a way, Liu Chen's eyes also lit up.

"Oh? Is what the gentleman said true? Liu Chen asked with some surprise.

Nodding, Wu Yong said: "In Lianyungang in JS Province, there is a large port, which was originally the combat readiness base of the Yellow Sea Fleet of the Donglong Empire, due to the domestic war, Yuan Haihou, who was in charge of this fleet, was engaged in the resale of armaments, and sold the warships and materials and armaments here to the major forces, that is, some large pirates also traded with him, and in the past three years, at least hundreds of warships have been sold, and now it is estimated that there are nearly 100 warships left!" ”

"Hahaha, that's great, it's really an endless road!" Liu Chen laughed and said, just in an instant, he was happy, Lianyungang is not far from here, at most twenty days, you can take a one-way trip, back and forth, less than two months, if you can buy a sufficient number of warships from Lianyungang, then at least you can meet the current demand.

"Lord, that Yuan Haihou is a stingy ghost, the price of the warship in his hand is nearly ten thousand taels of silver higher than the market price, but then again, the warship in his hand is basically ninety percent new, and many of them have never been run!" Wu said with a reminder.

"It's a little more expensive, it's not a shortage now, deal with it first!" Liu Chen didn't care about spending money, because it had to be spent, and it was impossible to put himself in a dangerous situation in order to save money.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Chen said: "Sir, listen to what you mean, it seems that you have a certain friendship with this Yuan Haihou, so let's do it, you will be solely responsible for the purchase of warships, the first batch of thirty warships will be purchased first, with this batch of warships, the strength of our sailors will also grow a lot!" ”

"Subordinates obey!" Wu Yong did not refuse, and said.

In fact, Liu Chen also wanted to buy all the warships back in one go, but now he said that he really couldn't get so much money in his hands, with the price of a warship of 40,000 taels of silver over there, thirty ships would be 1.2 million, the Han army had just finished expanding its army, this 1.2 million was a big number, at least except for this 1.2 million, at present, with the financial resources of the Han army, it was impossible to come up with the second 1.2 million taels of silver!

"By the way, sir, you said there is another seller, I don't know who it is?" Liu Chen asked curiously.

Wu Yong did not hide it, and said: "In Zhoushan, ZJ Province, which is the base of the First Fleet of the East China Sea of the Empire, in addition to the daily use, there are also thirty or fifty warships, and the price is about the same as the price sold by Yuan Haihou!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Chen couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, the naval combat readiness of the Donglong Empire is not indispensable, if it is managed well, it will definitely be able to dominate the coastal area of the entire Donglong Empire, and a small Dongying Empire is not a problem at all, but the people in this world have not paid attention to the importance of the sailor, such a powerful military force, but they don't know how to use it, I have to say that it is a sadness!

"Let's buy these warships first, and when the warships come back, let the sailors go to the sea to fight the pirates, those pirates are the richest first, and the second is also a lot of warships, we can take them together, enrich our armaments, and play a role in training, over time, our Han army sailors will definitely be able to become really strong!" Liu Chen said with some wistfulness.

"My lord, there was a huge amount of wealth in Rushan City at the beginning, but Huaxiong's gang swept it all away, otherwise, we could also buy warships on a large scale!" Guan Yu spoke, with undisguised pity in his tone.

Liu Chen also knew about this, and he regretted it at the time, but the matter had already happened, and it was useless to regret it later, so Liu Chen didn't pay attention to it.

"General Guan, Rushan City has been taken, you are the commander of the third division of the Han Army, you have to manage it well, we will definitely march towards Yantai County in the future, if the credit is snatched away by the other four army divisions, then I don't care!" Liu Chen said half-jokingly.

Unexpectedly, Guan Yu smiled very confidently and said: "Don't worry, the lord will start a war in the future, and no division's combat power can compare to the third division, so please wait and see when the time comes!" ”

nodded, for this figure like the god of war, Liu Chen still believed in his heart, after all, in his previous life, Guan Erye's name was like thunder.

"Okay, that's it, let's go back to your original position first, Yan Qing, Tang Long, you two go to Huwei Military Port first, I still have to make arrangements, seven thousand people are still less, since I can buy a warship, then this time, I will bring more people, I just hope that the direction of Beiping can last for two months!" After speaking, Liu Chen also sighed slightly in his heart!