The time soon came to February of the fourth year of Jianxing, and the situation between all parties became more and more tense, and the atmosphere of war became more and more intense, and there was a tendency to break out.

In the garden of Weifu on this day, Wei Shuo accompanied his wife and concubine to play, Gao Juan, Song Yingying, You Weiwei, Liu Yuzhu and other four-room concubines, plus his wife Pei Yinger, five big beauties circled him alone, making him so uncomfortable.

Originally, Pei Yinger still wanted to marry Sima Yan into the Wei Mansion together, but considering that she was born in the Jin royal family, even if she was alone now, Liaodong didn't dare to let her be a concubine for Wei Shuo, so she had no choice but to give up for the time being.

Gao Juan, Song Yingying and the other four are just bargaining chips given away by various families for the benefit of the family, and they have no feelings for Wei Shuo at all. At first, Wei Shuo was a little unaccustomed to it, but after a long time, he got used to it, which was a very common thing in ancient times. Gao Juan, Song Yingying and others didn't feel inappropriate, but felt that the family had found a good home for themselves.

In order to cultivate their relationship with each other, Wei Shuo took advantage of the time to get together with his wife and concubine before the expedition.

Just when everyone was drunk, they heard someone shouting outside the corner gate: "My lord, Lord Liu, the commander of the Liaodong Naval Division, asks to see you!" ”

Wei Shuo smiled apologetically and got up to leave, Pei Ying'er had long been surprised by this, she explained with a smile: "A few sisters, our husband is very capable, he is very busy every day, and he has to make up his mind about major and small things in Liaodong, like today, this situation will happen in the future, I hope my sisters don't mind." ”

"My sister is serious, and my sister understands in her heart!"

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When Wei Shuo came to the front, he saw that Mr. Liu and Wang Wei were waiting in the hall, and when they saw him walking in, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Since the year before last, Liaodong will take out a part of the funds from the sea trade every year as the water division development fund, I don't know how your water division has developed in the past two years?"

To be honest, Wei Shuo didn't care enough about the development of the water division. In addition to investing a sum of money every year, there is not much support from other aspects, which cannot be compared with the Xiang army and the government soldiers. There is no way around it, at least for ten years, infantry and cavalry will still be the most relied on in Liaodong.

"Returning to the lord, since the beginning of the previous year, the shipyards in Laoshan and Lushun have provided a total of 50 large and small warships for the sailors. Most of them are medium-sized sand boats and Mengchong fighting ships. It was not until the end of the Chinese New Year this year that the shipyards of the two places finally handed over two Fuchuan warships to the naval division, so that the naval division initially had the ability to fight in the ocean. ”

"The Fufune battleship has been built?"

Wei Shuo was overjoyed when he heard this, and he almost didn't jump up, he has been busy with the war recently, and he has almost forgotten all about it. The two ships are twin sister ships with the same design, and he has seen the drawings before, and they are the largest warships in service since the preparation of the sailors, with ocean-going capabilities.

Mr. Liu and Wang Wei said excitedly: "Yes, my lord, I came here with Commander Wang today." It is to announce the good news to the lord, and the other is to invite the lord to participate in the ceremony of the induction of the blessed boat. ”

A few days later, Wei Shuo rushed to the port of Arthur on a naval warship, ready to participate in the induction ceremony of the Fuchuan battleship. At this moment, the gongs and drums in Port Arthur were noisy, the flags were flying, and the dock was full of officers and men of the Sailors, and everyone had a look of excitement on their faces, and it was obvious that they all knew what it meant for the Fuchuan battleship to enter service.

After several years of development. Liaodong has established the largest shipbuilding base in northern China today. Today, in Laoshan and Lushun, there are no less than five large shipyards run by the government and private sector alone. There are countless small and medium-sized shipyards. There are more than 3,000 shipbuilding technicians, and tens of thousands of ordinary apprentices.

"My lord, could you please name the two warships?" Mr. Liu excitedly walked to Wei Shuo's side and asked.

Wei Shuo was silent when he heard this, and the names of the naval warships of various countries in later generations were quite particular, such as the Eight Great Distances of the Beiyang Naval Division and so on. Considering that it was convenient for the naval division to command and organize the fleet, Wei Shuo was determined to make the naval division's warships clear. As in the original history, the province was completely based on the emperor's personal hobby to choose the name.

"These two Fu ships are actually not the largest Fu Ship warships, they can only be regarded as medium Fu ships, as the main warships of the ocean-going naval division, their equipment number will not be less. I would like to name it as a county-level fortune ship. The first ship was named after Liaodong County, and its sister ship was named Changli County. ”

"In the future, when the shipyard's technology and scale go up, it will build a larger Fuchuan warship, and it can also be named the state class, what do you think?"

"Do as your lord commands." Gao Zhan, Mr. Liu, Wang Wei and others bowed down to receive the order.

The length of the county-level Fu ship is eight zhang, the width is two and a half zhang, and the depth is one zhang, with three masts and six sails, divided into four layers, which is slightly larger than the 'Laoshan' used for ocean trade. The bow is pointed, the tail is wide, the two heads are upturned, and the bow and tail are high. It had two sides arched outward, guarded on both sides, a tall hull with a wide flat deck, continuous hatches, and a pair of eyes on either side of the bow.

"Wow!" When the two warships of 'Liaodong' and 'Changli' slowly sailed into the harbor, the crowd of onlookers on both sides let out bursts of exclamations, and those sailors and sailors were eager to try, wanting to immediately board the new ship to see the real chapter.

"My sailor has this weapon, and the ship will be invincible at sea!" Mr. Liu and Wang Wei sighed casually.

"The bow of this ship is pointed, the tail is wide, the two heads are upturned, and the head and tail are high. Its sides are arched outwards and there are guards on both sides. The high head is conducive to the placement of ramming angles, so that the safety of the boat itself is greatly improved, and the pointed bottom makes it draught, which makes it more stable and fast in the deep sea! ”

"In addition, the Fuchuan battleship adopts a double-rudder design, so that it can advance and retreat freely in both shallow and deep seas, which greatly increases the flexibility of Fufune."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the whole ship is divided into four layers, the lower floor is equipped with earth and stone ballast, the second floor is the soldiers, the third floor is the main operation place, and the upper floor is the combat site.

There is a shipyard technician next to him who is responsible for introducing the Fuchuan battleship to everyone, and most people on the scene must not understand some professional words, but it does not prevent everyone from listening to it with relish.

"My lord, with the increasing number of naval warships, coupled with the newly commissioned county-level blessing ships, the number of naval divisions is a little stretched, and the minister implores the lord to approve the expansion of the naval division."

"How many more sailors does Zhixuan plan to recruit?" Wei Shuo also apparently realized that it was time for the Sailor Division to expand its army.

"Taking the 'Liaodong' as an example, it is equipped with a mast crossbow, a stern crossbow and twelve bed crossbows on the top deck for broadside battles, and the ship's large and small bed crossbows together have a total of twenty-two, so that a total of seven hundred and thirty-two sailors are required to allow it to sail on the sea."

"In this way, the sailor will have to recruit at least three thousand talents!"

"Well, anyway, the shipyard is constantly providing new warships to the sailors, so I think take this opportunity to let the two sailors of Liaodong and Laoshan each expand their compartments. In this way, the total strength of the naval division will be as high as 12,000 people, and hundreds of warships, which will be enough to run rampant all over the world. ”

"Thank you, lord!" Seeing that Wei Shuo was rare and generous, Mr. Liu and Wang Wei couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Hahaha, lord, the sailor has not been allowed to expand for many years, and today the two commanders Liu and Wang can be regarded as getting what they want."

"My lord, there is still a problem that needs to be solved."

"What's the problem?"

"Since the opening of the trade route from Nanyang to Liaodong, some ambitious people have coveted our Liaodong and made a lot of profits, and they have become impatient and began to frequently harass Liaodong merchant ships. It was only because of the lack of ocean-going warships that the sailors had not been able to make the trip, and now that the ships were in service, it was time to provide escort for the ocean-going fleet on the agenda. ”

As soon as Mr. Liu's voice fell, Wei Shuo frowned, he thought that Liaodong would be able to make money for a few years with peace of mind, and then it would attract the attention of other forces, but he didn't expect that it would only be more than a year later, and it would be coveted by others.

"The center of gravity of Liaodong is still the land of the Central Plains, and it is impossible to spare energy to invest in the sea, but sea trade is already the most important source of taxes in Liaodong, and we can't let it go, otherwise we will let the young people despise it. In this way, with a county-class fortune ship as the mainstay, a small ocean-going fleet will be formed to accompany the ocean-going trade fleet to the south. ”

"No!"

Mr. Liu and Wang Wei bowed down to receive the order, and the two of them knew that this was the limit of what Liaodong could do, but fortunately, there were not many powerful forces in the South Seas, and a small ocean-going fleet was enough to deal with general crises. (To be continued.) )