In the eyes of the delegations of the two countries, the sail warships are advanced military warships and are the foundation for gaining a foothold in the sea.

But for Fan Jinyan, this is just a piece of silver to be exchanged, a tool to attack the shipbuilding industry in Nanyang and even Europe.

Therefore, Clive's question seems to be sharp, and there is a suspicion of eavesdropping on secrets. However, in Fan Jinyan's view, it was just to ask him about the productivity of Qiongzhou and consult the price of sail warships.

I saw him smile slightly, without the slightest intention of concealing it, and said: "Chopping Lang has just studied the launch, and there is only this one for the time being, and in terms of cost, it cost about one million taels of silver." ”

After speaking, seeing that Claire breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his heart was relieved again, he continued: "However, now that there is a shipyard in Qiongzhou that has started construction at the same time, there are already five ships that are about to be completed, and the cost of the others should be about 500,000, I believe that in the near future, with the proficiency of the workers, the speed of shipbuilding will be faster and faster, and the cost will be lower and lower." In a year, it should not be a problem to build ten ships. ”

Sure enough, as soon as Fan Jinyan finished speaking, Claire's heart was suddenly raised, and her blood pressure rose even more.

The entire Netherlands may not be able to build ten warships in a year, but a small Qiongzhou has such a ability?

You must know that the Galen ship type has been popular in Europe for decades, and several generations of craftsmen have long been familiar with it, and a shipyard can only launch one ship a year.

And Qiongzhou is still a new warship, and most of the workers are still in the exploration stage, how can one shipyard build two?

However, suspicion is suspicion, and when they got on the ship, the shipyard near the bay had already proved that what Fan Jinyan said was true.

In fact, Clive was also confused, the Netherlands is a small country, with a population of only one million, and nearly half of the people are stationed overseas all year round. Hundreds of thousands of people can really engage in the shipbuilding industry, at most only a few thousand, and it is impossible to compare with Fan Jinyan's ability to allocate more than 20,000 people to participate in shipbuilding.

Unlike Clive's frightening, Gil was happy in his heart, anyway, Britain's interests in the Far East were only to the Indian Ocean, at least for a few years, there would be no conflict with Qiongzhou, it was best to buy a few ships back to study and study, if the relationship between the two countries broke down because of interests in the future, it could also be invincible.

Just when the two of them were pregnant with ghosts and thinking wildly, Yang Dahai, who was temporarily the captain of the ship, ran to Fan Jinyan's side and said, "Master Hou, can you start when you arrive at the predetermined place?" ”

Fan Jinyan nodded, glanced at Jill and Clive who looked dazed, and said, "Let's start!" Let Benhou's partners see how the battleship's guns are fired. ”

"Hey, hey." Yang Dahai nodded with a strange smile, turned to the helmsman above and shouted, "Right full rudder, turn to the southwest." ”

After saying that, more heralds shouted: "Left-string gunners prepare." ”

The capital ship rode the wind and waves, crossed a beautiful parabola, and quickly headed for a small island in the southwest direction.

The battleship slowly approached the nameless island, and when the two sides were about 300 meters apart in a straight line, Yang Dahai held the copper pipe that stretched from the splint to the ship's hold, shouted loudly, and opened fire.

With his voice, it was passed down layer by layer, and the gunners who had already adjusted the angle subconsciously pulled the cannon rope.

Suddenly, the left chord of the entire battleship erupted with tongues of fire accompanied by loud noises, and a full hundred cannonballs flew towards the island at an extremely fast speed.

And, the inertia of the artillery return force for the whole war, tilted several degrees to the right. Fortunately, the hull was big enough and the draft was deep enough, and there were no jokes.

The people of the two missions did not care about the tilt of the ship's hull, but clung to the side of the ship, staring at the small island in the distance towards their own stone mountain without blinking.

However, in an instant, more than 100 shells accurately fell on the bare rocks, and suddenly like a mountain collapse and a sea cracked, after a dull loud sound, a large area of explosion fell off, fell into the sea, and set off a huge column of water.

Immediately afterwards, the battleship circled to the other side of the island, and a Qiongzhou Navy battleship with the battle flag of the Daming Navy Division was quietly parked there, and with the washing of the waves, it fell together.

Obviously, Fan Jinyan wanted to use this ship for experiments.

This time it was no longer one round of shooting, but three rounds of continuous shooting, and almost the vast majority of the shells fell on the opposite battleship, directly disintegrating it, but with a cup of tea, it was still a battleship on the sea just now, leaving only scattered planks and sails.

If attacking the rocks just now is just an appetizer, shooting at the warship is really showing the power of the wave-cutting capital ship.

Although the battleship on the opposite side was the Qiongzhou Navy, it was a medium-sized armed merchant ship commonly used in the Netherlands and the main warship of most European countries.

With just three salvos, it was reduced to nothing, what kind of strength is this?

If it was the main battleship of the Netherlands, how many rounds could it withstand?

Four wheels?

Or five rounds?

Claire suddenly felt that she was still underestimating the capabilities of such a battleship.

Not only that, but Fan Jinyan then ordered a ramming test, which really let the members of the two delegations see the formidable defense of the sail warship.

Except for minor frontal injuries, the Wave Cutter Capital Ship was still extremely strong. The other Galen ship broke off directly and sank into the sea completely.

Jill was overjoyed, and after seeing the speed, attack power, and defense power, he could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, "Your Excellency Marquis, no, Fan, my friend, this kind of battleship is too powerful, can you sell a few to our company?" ”

Of course, Fan Jinyan knew that he bought it for research, and with the development of the shipbuilding industry in the West, it would not take more than a month to decipher the structure.

However, Fan Jinyan couldn't stop selling it because of this, so he naturally nodded and said: "Of course it's no problem, after two months, five battleships will be launched, one million taels and one each, just buy it." ”

"What?" Jill was shocked and said incredulously: "Fan, are you robbing money?" Didn't you say that the cost was only 500,000? ”

Fan Jinyan smiled quietly, shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and said, "One million taels, one is not a lot, anyway, only I have it." ”

Claire originally thought that Fan Jinyan brought them here just to show off to them, but she didn't expect that she would agree to sell it to them, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Your Excellency, why did you agree to sell such an excellent warship?" ”

This really reminded Jill, and she stared at him with the same puzzled eyes.

Indeed, if Fan Jinyan had remained quiet, quietly built dozens of his ships, and then suddenly attacked and raided the South Seas, perhaps he would have been able to take over the entire South Sea Sea in one fell swoop and enjoy everything that the Dutch East India Company had here. (To be continued.) )