Situ Yan took the initiative to chat about Li Hongfei's gossip, and even Zhu Yujiao, who was unwell on the side, stared at her eyes and pricked up her ears, listening carefully, a woman's gossip heart is extremely strong, especially about the bits and pieces of her beloved. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"You think too much, there is really no festival between me and Wu Sangui, if you insist on saying that there is, it is only a difference in position, he is a national thief and traitor, I am a loyal person, how can I compare." Li Hongfei hurriedly pasted gold on his face.

In fact, on the issue of Chen Yuanyuan, Li Hongfei can't deal with Wu Sangui at all, just in terms of the two of them treating women, Li Hongfei can get rid of Wu Sangui's eight streets.

Although Li Hongfei also hopes that there will be a group of wives and concubines, at least in his heart, he has always regarded Chen Yuanyuan as his lover.

Instead of treating a woman as an object or tool like Wu Sangui, when necessary, even if it is pushed out and caused to bear the infamy of the ages, he will not hesitate.

The reason why Chen Yuanyuan is so disappointed in Wu Sangui is precisely because of the so-called "Chong Guan and angry for the red face", in fact, the news of Chen Yuanyuan in Jiangnan has long been known to everyone, but this King of Pingxi, who loves her so much that he doesn't even want his family and country, has never given up the glory and wealth of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and returned to the Nanming camp.

Even if Wu Sangui was worried about Zhu Youzhen's revenge, he sent an envoy to Jiangnan to comfort Chen Yuanyuan!

It's a pity that for more than three years, Wu Sangui didn't do anything, which was also the fundamental reason for Chen Yuanyuan's death.

"Hey! The women of the country only hope that the new warships of the adults can be formed as soon as possible, so that the sailors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not be able to wreak havoc in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the business of the Cao Gang will be much easier. Situ Yan said.

Li Hongfei's fleet of the Yangtze River Naval Division, because of the number of warships, now only the line from Nanjing to Shanghai, and the waters of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are still under the control of the Qing Army's naval division.

In the past two years, Li Hongfei also wanted to compete with the Manchu Qing Division, but first, the number of his sailors was small, and second, the generals of the Sailor Division under his command were far from reaching the level of the Fujian Navy.

Although Situ Yan said that he did not understand military affairs, he actually knew very well in his heart that the new warships researched by Li Hongfei could definitely suppress the Manchu Qingshui Division and regain control of the Yangtze River waterway.

And even if Situ Yan doesn't say it, Li Hongfei will increase the equipment of the water division, if you want to recover Jiangxi, Hunan and other places, the water division will block the Yangtze River and prevent the Qing army from rescuing, it is very necessary.

Just when the two were chatting, Lang Zhong had already been invited, and after diagnosis, Zhu Yujiao was indeed just seasick, nothing serious, and she prescribed some self-cultivation prescriptions to finish the matter.

On the way back, there was no bump in the waves, the steamer was much more stable, and in order to take care of Zhu Yujiao, Li Hongfei ordered the speed to be reduced to 4 knots, and it was not until the afternoon that he slowly drove back to the Baoshan shipyard.

At this time, the guests who participated in the ceremony of the warship entering the water had already left, and only Wu Hao, the prefect of Suzhou, and Zhou Furen, the richest man in Suzhou, continued to wait for news here.

Wu Hao is the parent official of Suzhou, and at the same time indirectly can be called Li Hongfei's money bag, nearly half of the tax revenue in Suzhou and other places in recent years has been used for the equipment construction of the First Group Army, and now Baoshan Shipyard has made a new type of warship, Wu Hao began to calculate, how much military spending needs to be allocated this time.

And because Zhou Furen is the person in charge of the manufacturer of the steam engine, it is necessary to know the results of this test and the military's purchase intentions.

"No need to ask, this experiment is very successful, the shipyard can start to vigorously build new warships, Lao Wu, you prepare one million taels of silver in advance, and the shipyard's ten docks will start construction at the same time, and strive to build a hundred steam warships within two years."

Sure enough, as soon as Li Hongfei opened his mouth, he asked Wu Hao for money.

Today's shipyards have relatively simple structures, and the construction process of wooden warships is not as complex as ironclad ships, otherwise during the Ming Dynasty, there were three or four thousand large and small warships, and only a few shipyards along the coast, how could it reach such a scale?

Ten warships were launched at the same time, and a hundred medium-sized warships were built in two years, as long as the finances were fine, it was not difficult in other aspects.

After Li Hongfei finished explaining to Wu Hao, he turned to Zhou Furen and said: "The textile industry and the smelting industry will slow down first, concentrate manpower and material resources, and build a hundred marine steam engines first, no problem, right?" ”

Although it is an inquiry, it is more of an order, Zhou Furen's enterprise, after all, is a military industrial enterprise, and it usually produces civilian money to make money, and once it comes to the production of military materials, it must be mainly military.

"Master Horse, can you listen to the words of the lower official about shipbuilding?" Wu Hao said suddenly.

"Oh? Can't the government come up with that much money? Li Hongfei thought that Wu Hao wanted to raise the issue of funds.

A medium-sized warship in the Ming Dynasty needed about 40,000 taels of silver, plus the supporting steam engine, the cost of 50,000 taels was absolutely at the top, and the government only needed to take out one million taels in advance, and the remaining two years would be paid in installments, which was nothing to Suzhou's finances.

"It's not a financial problem, it's just that the lower official has a proposal, since this steamer can be modified on the original warship, then why not refit all the existing warships? In this way, it not only saves costs, but also allows the sailors to form combat effectiveness in the fastest time. Wu Hao said.

The bigger Wu Hao's official becomes, the more he will be able to make careful calculations.

He could hear from Li Hongfei's tone of proposing to build 100 new warships that this was about to be reequipped for the Yangtze River Naval Division.

After all, Li Hongfei often did this in the past, once Suzhou Heavy Industry invented a new weapon, the previous old weapon would be replaced and sold to friendly forces at a low price.

If it's an ordinary weapon, it's just a warship, and now in the entire Ming Dynasty, only Li Hongfei and Zheng Chenggong have warships in their hands, Zheng Chenggong's family has a big business, and he also has his own shipyard, so he may not be willing to accept the rags that Li Hongfei eliminated.

Once these old ships can't be sold, won't they have to be smashed in their hands?

According to the habit of the ancients of three years of new, three years of old, and another three years of sewing and mending, Wu Hao's first thought was to improve these old-style warships.

"Yo! Your proposal is good, I was negligent for a while, I didn't expect this stubble, Lao Wu, you have made a great contribution this time. Li Hongfei praised.

Once the Yangtze River Navy Division is replaced with steam-powered warships, with the speed of the original sail warships, it will inevitably drag down the overall battle formation, so these sail warships are bound to face the fate of elimination.

However, Li Hongfei only thought about getting on the steam warships quickly, and he really neglected the plan for dealing with the original warships, and these eliminated warships could not be sold to merchants as fishing boats.

The Suzhou government does have money, but it does not have the wealth to this extent.

Moreover, there is one most critical factor, and that is time.

To build a hundred new warships, even if it is built while training and running-in, and when the combat effectiveness is really formed, I am afraid it will take more than two years, and now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has destroyed the remnants of Li Zicheng, the Central Plains is about to start the final battle of unification, and there is not much time left for Nanming.

And Nanming now has an absolute advantage, only the sailor is left, and now there is a way to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the sailor, Li Hongfei naturally has to use it.

"In this way, the Yangtze River Navy Division has more than 200 medium-sized warships, all of which will be converted into steam warships, and after the modification of these warships is completed, fifty new warships will be launched." Li Hongfei thought about it and simply increased investment.

If only the steam power system is installed, it will not take much time for 200 modified warships, all the docks will start construction at the same time, and ten ships can be launched in a month, and if the rhythm of the war is controlled in place, it will definitely be able to catch up with the decisive battle with the Manchus.

Moreover, these modified steam warships are several times stronger than Zheng Chenggong's Fujian Navy Division's warships, and when the Yangtze River Navy Division reloads, they can also sell these second-hand goods to Zheng Chenggong at a high price, so that he can lead the steam warships to Taiwan and ravage the Dutch.

As soon as Li Hongfei's words came out, Wu Hao and Zhou Furen couldn't help but roll their eyes at the same time.

Wu Hao originally wanted to save some money and engage in infrastructure construction, but the refit of 200 warships would cost almost 4 million taels of silver, and 50 new warships would have to be put on the horse later, and it would cost another 2.5 million taels.

And Zhou Furen also secretly hated Wu Hao's big mouth, the military industry does make money, but that is for the outside army, such as Qi Jiajun and Zheng Jiajun, only to make equipment for Li Hongfei's first group, which is basically the cost price, and it is not as fast as selling civilian products.

Originally, if you get 100 sets of steam engine equipment, you can still spare a little time to make a profit on civilian products, but as a result, Wu Hao did this, and Zhou Furen's factory is estimated to have to work overtime to produce 250 sets of steam engine equipment within two years.

"In the next two years, I have to live a hard life again!" Zhou Furen sighed secretly.

Seeing that the two did not refute, Li Hongfei made a decision directly, and immediately asked people to draw up a contract and set the matter, which was so fast that it seemed that he was afraid that the two would regret it.

Li Hongfei's quick finalization of the shipbuilding matter was indeed because he was in a hurry, and the information provided by Situ Yan let Li Hongfei know that the opportunity for Nanming's all-round counterattack had arrived.

If you can't take advantage of the weakness of the Manchu Qing to make a strong counterattack and recover the territory south of the Yangtze River, wait until the other side digests and absorbs all the occupied territory, and if the Southern Ming wants to rise, it will take more time and it will be more difficult.

Someone was sent to escort Zhu Yujiao back to Suzhou overnight, and Li Hongfei rushed into the barracks.

For Zhu Yujiao, it is impossible for Li Hongfei to have anything to do with her now, not to mention that the barracks are all men, and a little girl is in the barracks, which is really inconvenient.

"The master of the horse is really, it's so late, and he asked the princess to rush at night, if you want me to say, you should tell the emperor about this, and let the emperor come to punish him!" Xiao Ling'er sat in the carriage and hugged Zhu Yujiao.

Xiao Ling'er has been serving Princess Changping closely, and she knows the matter between Zhu Yujiao and Li Hongfei the best, and now Zhu Yujiao has been kicked out of the barracks again, which makes her angry.

"Don't talk nonsense, the husband is not wrong, compared to the Ming Dynasty, the children's private affairs can indeed be let go first." Zhu Yujiao made up a reason that she couldn't even convince herself.

"Cut! Before the princess passed the door, Chen Yuanyuan didn't stay in the barracks all day, why couldn't the princess be better, couldn't she compare to a geisha! Xiao Ling'er said openly.

"Bold! How the husband chooses, you can also be vain! Zhu Yujiao suddenly said angrily.

Chen Yuanyuan's overnight stay in the barracks was known to everyone in Baoshan Town, but this was before Zhu Yujiao got married.

And Chen Yuanyuan is not bad to Zhu Yujiao, in order to maintain the status of Zhu Yujiao's wife, she has not been alone with Li Hongfei for more than a year, so Zhu Yuanjiao still respects this sister very much.

Now that Xiao Ling'er is squeezing Chen Yuanyuan, Zhu Yujiao finally couldn't help but reprimand.

Xiao Ling'er saw that Princess Changping was angry, so she quickly knelt on the ground, and begged for mercy while clapping her mouth: "The slave should die!" You shouldn't say bad things about people behind your back, and ask the princess to forgive you! ”

"Okay, in the future, in the Horse Mansion, take care of your mouth, don't talk nonsense what you shouldn't say, otherwise the husband will blame you, don't blame me for not protecting you." Zhu Yujiao saw that Xiao Ling'er was pitiful, and it was inconvenient to continue to punish her, but she just reminded her that she couldn't say this kind of thing again in the future.

Li Hongfei has no way of knowing about the episode between Zhu Yujiao and Xiao Ling'er, he is in the barracks at the moment, and he is seizing the time to write a combat plan.

"My lord, the herald has been dispatched, Guo Sheng and Zhang Chao, it is estimated that they will not be able to arrive at the barracks until tomorrow evening." Stilwell came to Li Hongfei's office and replied.

"Okay, I know, just step down if it's okay." Li Hongfei was writing hard, and he didn't have time to greet Stilwell.

Stilwell didn't rush to leave, but asked in a low voice, "That....... In such a hurry to summon the two of them, is it about to go to war? ”

Hearing Stilwell ask about the war, Li Hongfei had no idea of continuing to write for a while, so he simply stopped writing, made a cup of tea, and said while drinking tea: "You are all very well-informed!" So tell me, where are we going to fight this time? ”

As for who to fight, it must be self-evident, it is the Manchu Qing who will fight.

But Nanming's current territory, except for the coast, has been surrounded by the Manchus, if Stilwell can guess where to fight, it proves that he should have a record in his heart.

"According to the humble position, there is no big move in the Manchu Qing Dynasty at present, and Jiangbei is guarded by the Second Group Army, if Jiangbei is attacked, it should be the main attack by the Second Group Army, and now the Qi family army has not moved, obviously this time it is not the Northern Expedition." Stilwell analyzed.

PS: In the future, it will be this kind of 4000-word chapter, plus more separately.

The results of this book are not very good.,Recommend tickets and monthly passes.,It's better to give a reward.,Genuine subscription is real.,So I also have the motivation to add it.。