It is true that the grain business is booming, but the grain is sold quickly, and the inventory is also very small, and the hundreds of thousands of stone grain that Zhang Feng brought back from the Ryukyus last time is about to be sold in half, and the remaining grain can be sold for about a month. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And after more than a month?

Therefore, Xu Liangyi said: "Lord General Soldier, there are about 300,000 stones of grain in our warehouse, and it can be sold for about a month, and after a month, we will face a situation where there is no rice to sell." ”

This money is so good, Zhang Feng naturally doesn't want to stop after a month, Zhang Feng is in need of money, and he needs a lot of money. So, Zhang Feng stood up and thought about it.

On the one hand, the price of grain in all parts of the country is not cheap, and if you sell it for three taels of silver and one stone, you will definitely lose money, and in addition, if you collect grain, you will need a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as transportation costs.

This method does not work, Zhang Feng shook his head gently, except for this method, then you can only go to ocean trade, or be lucky like last time, and seize so much grain.

It is impossible to be so lucky every time, so in the long run, you can only take the road of ocean trade, Zhang Feng's mind quickly flashed the names of several nearby grain-producing countries, such as Japan, such as North Korea, southward such as Vietnam, such as the Philippines, etc., and a little farther Thailand.

After thinking about it, Zhang Feng already had a preliminary plan, so Zhang Feng said to Xu Liangyi: "Don't worry, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and we will definitely have enough food by then, and our dozen or so grain stores will definitely not close." ”

Zhang Feng said this, and thinking of Zhang Feng's various miracles, Xu Liangyi was greatly relieved, Xu Liangyi had unprecedented confidence, and the general soldier said so, then there would definitely be enough food.

These grain stores don't need to be closed, Xu Liangyi's heart is light. Xu Liangyi was naturally reluctant to close these grain stores, these grain stores Xu Liangyi not only spent a lot of effort, but also looked at the large amount of gold and silver coming in every day.

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Since Zhang Feng agreed to Xu Liangyi, he naturally had a plan in his heart, no, he came to the Shanghai shipyard the next day.

This month, selling grain alone is more than one million taels of silver, Zhang Feng is naturally confident, and the first thing he did when he arrived at the shipyard was to convene a group of technical backbones, management backbones, as well as Tang Jianqing, Song Yingxing and others to hold a conference.

Zhang Feng carried out a series of deployments, first of all, to expand the shipyard, increase the number of docks, increase the number of shipbuilders, etc., of course, Zhang Feng also increased investment in shipyards.

In addition to the Shanghai shipyard, Zhang Feng plans to build a second shipyard, which will be located in Ningbo, that is, the Ningbo Shipyard.

In addition, Zhang Feng decided to build a large number of 3,000-material steam carriers, which were specially used for ocean-going trade, and of course, such carriers could also be used as transport ships or supply ships for the navy.

The 3,000-material steam carrier, the civilian version is mainly used for ocean-going trade, and on the basis of the civilian version, a few 70-mm guns are added, and the civilian version of the ocean-going steam carrier becomes the military version, which can be used as a transport ship or supply ship for the navy.

Steam-powered seagoing ships of 1,000 or 2,000 materials built in the past could also be transported, but this kind of ship was more inclined to combat and minded between transport ships and warships.

Zhang Feng has decided to expand the Shanghai shipyard, increase the number of docks, and immediately start the construction of 3,000 ocean-going steam-powered carriers. In this way, the Shanghai shipyard will be able to start construction of four ship types at the same time, namely 1,000 materials, 2,000 materials sea ships, 3,000 materials transport ships, and ironclad ships under construction.

In the future, the main warships of the navy in the future will be ironclad ships, and the 1,000 or 2,000 seagoing ships produced and equipped with the navy in the past can only be regarded as supplements, because such wooden structure seagoing ships are difficult to be the main battleships, and the main battleships must be ironclad ships.

The new 3,000-material steam-powered transport ship that will be built is of course also a wooden structure, because the wooden ship is built quickly, and Tang Jianqing is very good at building wooden ships.

Zhang Feng believed that Tang Jianqing would definitely be able to build a steam-powered transport ship of 3,000 materials that he was very satisfied with, and with such a large transport ship, Zhang Feng would start to take the road of ocean trade.

Because Zhang Feng knew that at this time, European countries had begun to colonize everywhere, and he could not lag behind them or lose at the starting line.

In 1600, the East India Company was founded. The Netherlands has begun to win the title of sea coachman, and now, whether it is the Netherlands or the United Kingdom, has begun to penetrate into East Asia, and there is no shortage of ocean-going fleets of these countries.

"Lord Commander, don't worry, the 3,000-material steam carrier, there is no problem, we will be able to start construction soon."

Tang Jianqing confidently played the package ticket in front of everyone.

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Zhoushan Military Port.

Several seagoing ships are quietly docked at the dock, some of them have gone to sea for training, and it is estimated that it will take several days to return, not far from the dock, on a training ground, there are hundreds of sailors training, this is a member of the Marine Corps.

There are not only fleets, but also marines, and the marines have grown to the size of more than 2,000 people, after several months of training, the marines already have such a momentum, the only thing missing is actual combat.

Only after actual combat can we improve the quality and be reborn.

In addition, the number of warships is a little small, with 10 ships of 2,000 materials and 6 ships of 1,000 materials, a total of 16 ships.

Sixteen sea ships, this is Zhang Feng's entire family background, and two thousand sea ships are still far away in Naha Military Port. Zhang Feng stood on the dock, looking at the sea ships docked at the dock, and felt that the number of ships was too small.

Next to Zhang Feng is Zhao Weibin.

Zhao Weibin said: "Your Excellency, there are a total of eight sea ships docked at the dock, and six of them have gone to sea for training, and it is estimated that they will come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest." ”

Zhang Feng nodded.

Zhao Weibin said: "Lord Commander, I heard that the shipyard will soon deliver two more ships of 2,000 materials to us, is it true?" ”

The Shanghai shipyard has been building sea ships, and two more 2,000 steam-powered sea ships will be delivered to the navy soon.

Zhang Feng said: "The delivery of these two 2,000-material ships is a matter of these two days, and in addition, our 'Shanghai' ironclad ship is about to be launched. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Weibin was overjoyed, he knew more about the ironclad ship Zhao Weibin, and he was also very looking forward to it, but he didn't think that this ironclad ship was about to be launched, and the construction speed was really fast.

The launch of the ironclad ship means that the construction of the ironclad ship has entered the final stage, and it is estimated that it will be able to conduct sea trials in another three or five months.

Zhao Weibin said happily: "Lord Commander, this is really exciting news, ironclad ship!" In the future, we will assemble a fleet of powerful ironclad ships! ”

Zhang Feng also thought so, in this era, ironclad ships are undoubtedly very powerful, not only have thick armor, but also the caliber of artillery has reached one hundred and fifty millimeters or even two hundred millimeters.

The two were chatting about the ironclad ship that was about to be launched, in the distance, on the sea, a sea ship was slowly sailing over, Zhang Feng had good eyesight, sharp eyes, and could vaguely see that this seemed to be a thousand-material sea ship.

How can a single ship with a thousand materials be shipped?

Zhang Feng was a little puzzled, under normal circumstances, his own sea ships sail in formation, if it was the sea ships that went to sea for training a few days ago, they would definitely come back together in formation, not such a lonely one.

"Binoculars!"

Zhang Feng suddenly felt that something was wrong, and immediately shouted loudly, Zhao Weibin also realized that something was unusual, and immediately gave Zhang Feng a monocular.

Through this monocular, coupled with Zhang Feng's good eyesight, he can see more clearly this time.

This is a thousand-material ship, undoubtedly its own ship, but this ship is very damaged, you can clearly see multiple damage, and it has burned, and there are traces of the fire that has just been extinguished.

After taking a serious look, Zhang Feng's face gradually became solemn, fully aware of the seriousness of the matter, and seemed to have guessed little by little.

"Commander Zhao, take a look."

gave the monocular to Zhao Weibin, where did Zhao Weibin dare to slack off, he immediately took the telescope and looked at it, so at this glance, Zhao Weibin's face changed greatly.

"Commander-in-Chief, that's our ship! I guess I came back from the Naha Military Port, and something big must have happened at the Naha Military Port! ”

Zhao Weibin shouted loudly, his face changed greatly, full of anger, because of anger, his face was a little terrible, this is who ate leopard gall and actually moved towards his boat.

On the dock, the sailors gradually increased, obviously, many sailors saw this ship that was getting closer and closer, and saw this ship that had obviously been badly damaged, and the sailors knew that something big must have happened.

The sea ship was getting closer and closer, docking towards the dock, Zhang Feng's heart was heavy, the damage was so serious, there was a possibility of sinking at any time, it was not easy to sail here and successfully dock to the dock.

On the boat, several sailors came down with a miserable face, and the leading sailor said sadly: "Lord Chief... I... We ......"

The leading sailor couldn't say any more anymore, sobbing, Zhang Feng comforted: "Don't worry, talk slowly, what's going on?" ”

After listening to Zhang Feng's words, the leading sailors were a little better, and said sadly: "Lord Commander, they came to many ships, many people came, and all the brothers died in battle, only a dozen of us remained, all of them died!" ”

"Lord Commander, you must avenge your brothers who died in battle!"

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