Of course, who wouldn't want a piece of the pie if it was profitable?

But this cup of soup is not something that everyone can drink, and the Xiang family today is not a fragrant bun, and it is not an exaggeration to compare it to a hot potato, not because of anything else, but from the perspective of the economic crisis and financial situation faced by the Xiang family.

The officials of the Yuan court were a very wrong investment.

Since this is a very wrong investment, it does not affect the people who have achieved great things, and they will be well supported, and they will become a part of it and those who do things!

Xiang Zeyu's choice is the most correct path to choose among the wrong investments.

In comparison, the Dongzhen Company under the management of Su Zedong can do too much charity to the Xiang family, in the actual situation, a little bit of exploitation is necessary, but it is not a thing that will necessarily exist, these methods and things are in a long period of time, there is no way to complete the morality.

Morality, that is, mutual benefit.

Su Zedong provided a certain amount of funds and manpower and material resources to help the craftsmen of the Xiang family, as well as carpenters and figures similar to engineers and designers in later generations to complete the work tasks of a ship or a ship, but there was no accurate time, which was to give them enough space to exert their abilities.

In just one year, more than 20 large ships similar to Chen Youliang were formed.

If he just researched these things that he didn't have, Su Zedong wouldn't be happy, after all, these things were only not very difficult to do, but there were still people and things to complete many of these things.

According to the manpower and material resources we have now, we will reassemble or change the use of the ships that have been formed and can be put into practical use, and then put them into new wars.

The first one, the only thing Su Zedong wants to do is a serial boat.

Su Zedong has a bit of research on ships, although he doesn't know how to do it, but he knows general things, which are recorded in many books and notes in later generations.

This chain ship is a light ship, 4 zhang long, resembling a ship, but actually two ships.

The front ship occupies one-third, and the rear ship occupies two-thirds, which are also connected by two iron rings.

The front ship has many large inverted whiskers, loaded with fireballs, divine smoke, divine sand, poisonous fire, and fire, and has fire guns, and the rear boat has oars to carry soldiers, it is precisely because of this that Su Zedong chose to make such a type of ship first.

Because, the ability to make a boat is also a craftsman, carpenter, technology, etc., and in terms of firearms, Liu Zhenming also laid a good foundation in the early stage, so it is not difficult to make a chain ship, and it can still play a role.

In addition, during the battle, the serial ship sailed straight to the enemy's position with the wind, the front ship was nailed to the enemy ship, and all kinds of firearms were ignited, and at the same time the iron ring was released, and the rear ship returned, and the rear ship returned, and the flames of the front ship swirled, and the enemy ship was burned.

The second category, in Su Zedong's plan, is to build a mother ship.

The mother ship is a kind of light ship that is transformed and deformed according to the actual situation.

The length of the mother ship is 3 zhang 5, 2 zhang in the front, 1 zhang 5 in the rear, only the gangways on both sides, hollow inside, there is a small boat, there is a cover board, there are 4 oars to row, and the mother ship is tied with ropes.

The mother ship has firewood, oil, gunpowder and fire. During the war, the mother ship quickly approached the enemy ship, nailed it together, and set the mother ship on fire and the descendants returned in the sub-ship.

In the later stage, all Su Zedong thought about was to build, or find some fire dragon ships.

The dragon ship is also a light ship, and its body is divided into three levels.

Protected by raw cowhide, with a hole on it, a knife board in the middle, a nail board, and a soldier in ambush. There were flywheels on both sides, 4 sailors. Defeat the enemy first, lure the enemy to board the ship, activate the mechanism, and make the enemy fall from the upper layer into the middle knife board nail board.

The red dragon boat is a kind of transformation of the fire dragon boat, and Su Zedong does not plan to make it, because it is flashy, it is a light ship, the hull is like a dragon, divided into 3 layers, and there are firearms, knives and guns inside.

The bow of the ship is like a dragon's head and its mouth open, and there is a soldier hidden in it to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The dragon's back is nailed with bamboo chips, a small iron door is opened on the chest, and there is one mouth on each side for a soldier to paddle. There are 2 solid wooden frames, and the keel of the ship is lowered with iron to make the ship stable.

The interior is not equipped with anything other than weapons, and two soldiers fire firearms in it, and one soldier is at the helm and sails. They often attack the enemy with a salvo of hundreds of ships.

The Cangshan ship is the ship that Su Zedong wants to make the most in his plan, but in order to adapt to all the current situations and still face problems, after the discussion of the management of Dongzhen Company, it was decided to move the construction of the Cangshan ship to the third batch of construction.

Cangshan boat is a small ship in the traditional sense, with a draft of 5 feet, equipped with 2 jack franc machines, 3 bowls, 4 guns, 40 nozzles, 60 chimneys, 30 fire bricks, 100 rockets, 4 medicine crossbows, and 100 crossbow arrows. There were 37 people on board, 4 sailors, 33 soldiers, and a third class. The first armor is a franc machine and a shotgun, the third armor is a firearm, and the second armor is a cold weapon.

It is a ship with modern significance, and if it can really be made, Su Zedong and Liu Zhenming plan to make necessary improvements or changes in the above data and firearms, and they can create new things.

Moreover, the list of Su Zedong's third batch of ships is also among them.

It is a warship that hits the water with wheels, 4 zhang 2 long, 1 zhang 3 wide, 1 foot each with a false frame on the outside, 4 wheels on the inside, the head of the wheel enters the water about 1 foot, and the speed of the ship is much faster than that of rowing. The bow is 8 feet long, the middle cabin is 2 feet 7 feet long, and the stern is 7 feet long.

There are slabs and nails, which are laid down on both sides, and each board is 5 feet long and 2 feet wide. During the battle, the sand and sand cylinders were first released, and then the planks of the ship were lifted, and the soldiers stood on both sides, throwing fireballs, rockets, and javelins at the enemy ships, and destroying the enemy ships.

Combat method: first fire gunpowder arrows from the ship, spray the poison dragon fire-breathing cannabe, wait for the enemy's combat effectiveness is slightly weaker, the soldier comes out of the cabin, throws incendiary, explosive and javelin and other things to the enemy ship, and uses hooks and other weapons to attack the enemy ship, and finally annihilate the enemy

In the later period, Su Zedong planned to build a centipede ship, which was a large, imitation Portuguese multi-oared boat, with a sharp and wide bottom, fast sailing, feasible against the wind, and not afraid of wind and waves. There are thousands of pounds of Franc machine guns, fireballs, rockets, and rockets.

In the fourth phase, Su Zedong's idea was to build a three-masted gunship: Giant.

The main force of the sailor, tall, with a head high and a tail, sails quickly, and is not afraid of wind and waves. The tree is 3 masts, the main mast is 4 zhang high, the length of the ship is 20 zhang, the cabin is 5 floors, the ship is as high as the city, it can accommodate 300 people, it is equipped with 8 Hongyi cannons, and 40 thousand catties of Buddha Lang machines.

Zheng Chenggong's naval division once defeated the fleet of the Portuguese East India Company and the Dutch colonial army, and the ship's construction style was lost, and only the wreckage was unearthed on Dongshan Island.

Su Zedong plans to start a new mission journey after doing well and perfecting these four issues: the ocean.

Su Zedong's initial idea was to follow the route of the British Empire, go to Africa, and transport things to Asia for sale in a relatively mild way compared to the British Empire at that time, that is, not only limited to the land of China, so as to enhance the national prestige and also contribute to territorial expansion.

Of course, Su Zedong didn't dare to think too much about a lot of things, after all, many things were in the confusion, and the purpose of the ships created in the first and second phases was to fight, that is, to fight.

The third and fourth phases are aimed at solving the problem of overseas powers, and the islands of Korea and Japan, as well as the surrounding small countries such as Vietnam and Burma, all require a certain amount of force to maintain this relatively peaceful way to solve.

There is no way to do this, after all, this fact is in front of us, and there is no way to change it easily......

Su Zedong didn't expect these things to develop to such a point......

Seeing the big ships docked by the river, Su Zedong really wanted to recite a poem, but he couldn't hide the passionate emotions in his heart to deal with it!

"Oh, I'm finally able to finish it, it's really not easy, it's not an easy thing." Su Zedong walked on the riverbank and said to Liu Zhenming: "It's been really hard for you for a while. From the first phase of construction to the third phase, it took just one and a half years to do it. ”

Liu Zhenming said with a smile: "These things really can't be forcibly placed on me, I really haven't done anything, these things are there, because there are many capable people in this era to do things, what I need to do and what I need to accomplish is to learn, in learning, I have to make progress, I am a student." ”

"Good! I just appreciate your learning attitude, brother! That's right! Haha"

Su Zedong said with a smile: "These things are easy to deteriorate, we must make good use of them and establish a series of charters, otherwise, we won't say anything in vain." ”

"Yes, you are right, in front of such a powerful military building, we are all small, only the hearts of people are huge. And it has to be all one, and no one's heart has deteriorated, right? Liu Zhenming said with a smile: "The things you said can be done very simply, but there are many people who can't do it." ”

"Hehe, you're worried, the Xiang family, I think you have a good brother-in-law! Hehe, you see, you have money and power, and you will admit your mistakes when you do something wrong, which is good. Su Zedong patted Liu Zhenming on the shoulder and said: "There are still many problems with many things, it's not that I don't tell you, it's just that you know, the angle of standing is different, and when you say it, it will change its taste." ”

"Well, I'll pay attention to this aspect." Liu Zhenming sighed deeply and said: "These things are not something that everyone wants to see, and everyone wants to happen, but since it has happened, it is indeed necessary to find a way to solve it well." I think that Xiang Zeyu has the right to speak in this matter. His character, at least not as bad as Xiang Feng. ”

"Yes, he's worth fighting for. As I said earlier, I can trust him in terms of power, money, and character. Su Zedong smiled: "As for the things in the family, I won't get involved." ”

Liu Zhenming nodded and said that he understood.

Liu Zhenming is not very close to his sister, but he has a lot of thoughts about his brother-in-law.

Not because of anything else, but because no matter what your sister says, no matter what time it is, she is her own sister, this is a fact that will not change, and it is still an unchanging truth, but if it is your brother-in-law, things are not so easy to do.

Liu Zhenming really couldn't make up his mind to determine why the head of the Xiang family, that is, his brother-in-law, had tried his best to help Dongzhen Company build so many ships and ships in the past few years.

But in general, no matter what the purpose of the head of the Xiang family called Xiang Zeyu is, this result is good, and such a scene is quite spectacular.

Not only Su Zedong was very happy, but Liu Zhenming was also very satisfied, not to mention Su Ersan, after so many days and nights, he finally got a report and was verified.

Of course, if you only rely on your own developed ships, like dominating the sea or the river, it will still be difficult.

This is not because of how big a problem the built ship is or how defective it is, that is, it can't be used just by looking at it, there is no way to fight it, it is impossible.

However, if you want a ship that has not been built for half a year and goes directly into the water, it is also fantastical.

If you are just traveling, there is no three-month adaptation period, whether it is an iron plate or a wooden plank, there is no way to get the approval of the sea or the big river, that is, it is absolutely impossible to guarantee the safety of the boat.

Everything must have an adaptation period to let things reach a good state, or a way to complete a thing, or a way and method to constantly adjust and adapt to the truth, so that to a large extent, it can be well improved and completed.

Su Zedong is not a careerist, but this does not mean that he is a person without ideas.

Since he has done so many things and has done it this far, he must have his own ideas and opinions in it.

Su Zedong believes that being a general who commands the Quartet does not have to be ruthless to be able to do things, and it really takes brains to accomplish a lot of things when there is still time in many places.

Moreover, if it really has to be to the point of rejecting force, Su Zedong believes that it is necessary to weigh the pros and cons before starting.

Therefore, on the issue of dealing with Chen Youliang's ships, Su Zedong's idea was to form a team of his own first.

It's not something that can be done on a simple scale.

Su Zedong is also thought of by the management of Dongzhen Company, many things and many characters are mixed in it, even if his ability is strong, there is no way to change the old saying: A strong dragon can't overpower the head snake!

On a problem, Su Zedong really admired himself, brought He Zhen here, had a good relationship with him, explained the situation to him, pulled him into his team, sucked him into his own group, gave him a lot of good fruits to eat, gave him a lot of benefits, and at the same time, he was also there to get a lot of benefits and help.

Indeed, there is a place called Guangzhou in Liangguang, which only became a treaty port during the Qing Dynasty.

But in such a place, there are many ships and lakes and other places with great potential for boat parking and shipbuilding.

Su Zedong also took a fancy to such a point, so he decided to vigorously cooperate with He Zhen, actively advocate a win-win attitude, and accelerate the addition of bilateral trade and multilateral cooperation, so that in this era of the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, the commercial and trade economy in various places can also get good and rapid development and progress, which is what Su Zedong and Liu Zhenming want to see the most and what they need to do the most.

Liu Zhenming also took this opportunity to find relevant ships, conduct research again, and on the coasts of many places, conduct actual combat training and selection, and finally produced more than 20 ships suitable for naval warfare.

Converted ships, among them. Although it takes a long time for them to get used to the sea, and it will take time for other people to get used to them, in terms of how to operate, how to carry out positioning strikes, and more ways and means to use it on the blade, these are the things that people want to know and get the most.

Liu Zhenming, as the commander-in-chief and general agent of this huge project, of course, hopes that this group of people will bring more development opportunities and new directions for development to Dongzhen Company.

Su Zedong's thoughts and views are consistent with Liu Zhenming on many levels, after all, they are all people who have made the soul penetrate this place from the 21st century, and there must be a kind of thinking inertia in many things and many problems.

The main question is whether there are really many ways and means to transform or change these things, and to make them those things they want to get and the ways and methods to apply them to them, which is the exact and clear law of the development of things that are needed.

Generally speaking, the two giants of Dongzhen Company, in the big picture, the overall plan and the general idea, are the same, there is no conflict, the contradiction of the point of conflict, is not whether there will be strange things in these big places or those places on the platform.

Therefore, in formulating the general strategy and ideology, the management of Dongzhen Company will not have any major problems and major deviations, which is undoubtedly a problem.