A series of plans are being carried out in an orderly manner.

According to Deng Haonan's request, Lin Feng and others recruited a group of young people again, and then after brutal elimination and strict "political zhì" selection, they resolutely supported the principal Deng Haonan before staying.

In this way, Deng Haonan's direct team expanded to 5,000 people and has become a force to be reckoned with. A thousand men were retained on Kinmen Island, of which 500 were formed in a battalion of marines, commanded by Kuroko and Da Niu. In wartime, he went on duty with the warship, and defended the camp and served as an escort in peacetime. The remaining 4,000 people are stationed at the Xiaonanshan Naval Base.

Originally, Lin Feng and others believed that more people should be recruited, and the more the merrier. However, in the end, it was denied by Deng Haonan. At present, Deng Haonan feels that 5,000 people are enough, and in line with the principle of preferring shortage to excess, 5,000 elites are enough to compete with the major forces.

However, at present, Deng Haonan has manpower, but unfortunately there are not enough warships. Although Yan Siqi relented and allowed Deng Haonan to own five three-masted ships, it was a pity that Zhang Shicheng and Ma Cheng occupied the shipyard and could not deliver them to Deng Haonan for the time being on the grounds of the shortage of warships. Therefore, Deng Haonan currently only has a three-masted ship that he brought from Bei Zhen Town, plus the Pallas on standby in Macao.

Liu went north to contact the owner of the shipyard to negotiate the purchase of a large sea ship suitable for armed sailing. However, at present, in order to fight against the Dutch naval invasion, the imperial court is preparing a naval division and purging the coastal guards. Therefore, the management of large ships is very strict, and it is not easy to obtain suitable sea vessels.

Can't you build your own ship?

Deng Haonan racked his brains. If you really can't buy a big ship, you can build your own ship. However, shipbuilding is too slow. According to the shipbuilding level of the Ming Dynasty at this time, it takes six months for 300 shipwrights to build a 500-material three-masted ship, and then counting the work time such as sea trials and decoration, it will take seven or eight months to complete. Although the cost is only two thousand five hundred taels of silver, it is much inferior to spending three thousand taels to buy ready-made.

At this time, Yan Siqi, a rich man, paid for Deng Haonan, so Deng Haonan was not short of money, so he was more inclined to buy ready-made sea ships.

While Deng Haonan was pondering, Lin Feng brought someone in.

Deng Haonan looked up and saw that this person he knew, one of the disciples of the first phase of the martial arts hall.

His name is Chen Yaoming, and he is in his early twenties. Although the body has been trained intensively, it still looks a little thin. was originally from an official eunuch family, because his father was involved in the Donglin Party, and the whole family was framed and imprisoned by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, and died unjustly in prison. Chen Yaoming was studying abroad at the time and lived at his uncle's house, so he escaped.

"Headmaster!" Lin Feng said: "Chen Yaoming said that he has a way to buy a ready-made sea boat!" ”

Deng Haonan was in high spirits, and hurriedly asked Chen Yaoming: "Really? ”

Chen Yaoming replied respectfully: "Yes! Headmaster! ”

At the urgent request of Deng Haonan and Lin Feng, Chen Yaoming told the whole story.

It turned out that Chen Yaoming's uncle Xu Long was a Chaozhou businessman with a shipyard under his name, and he was one of the top maritime merchants in Chaozhou.

Chen Yaoming was worried when he heard Lin Feng say that Deng Haonan couldn't buy a warship, and he himself was also a member of the martial arts academy and desperately wanted to have a warship. Therefore, he hoped to make a trip to Chaozhou and persuade his uncle Xu Long to sell more warships to Deng Haonan.

That's great! Deng Haonan was very happy in his heart, he really wanted to do something!

So he said, "Okay! Chen Yaoming, you go to Chaozhou immediately and meet your uncle Xu Long! Tell him about the ship we want to buy! ”

"Don't worry, headmaster!" Chen Yaoming said excitedly: "I have long been looking forward to our powerful fleet!" I must convince my uncle this time! Bring back some more boats! ”

Deng Haonan nodded and said to Lin Feng: "You bring a few people, prepare some gifts, and go to Chaozhou with Chen Yaoming." Greetings Xu Long on my behalf, we can't be rude! ”

Lin Feng nodded yes, and said, "With Chen Yaoming's assistance this time, I think there should be no problem!" I wonder if the headmaster has any explanation for the purchased warship? ”

Deng Haonan said: "Buy as big as you want, but the minimum of the warship cannot be less than 300 materials, and the wood is best of the highest quality, the stronger the better, and the speed of the ship must be fast!" As for the quantity and price? Money is not a problem, you can discuss it with Chen Yaoming! ”

"Yes! The principal guarantees to complete the mission! ”

Lin Feng and Chen Yaoming stood up and saluted, Deng Haonan nodded, and the two were ordered to leave.

After the two left, Deng Haonan ordered Da Niu to send someone to find Wang Zhaoyang.

Not long after, Wang Zhaoyang trotted all the way.

"Report! Principal, are you looking for me? With a standard military salute, Wang Zhaoyang was already standing upright in front of Deng Haonan's desk.

Deng Haonan put down the text in his hand, nodded, and asked, "How is it?" How's it going to do what I've told you? ”

From the day Deng Haonan established the martial arts school, he secretly set up an intelligence agency. Deng Haonan is well aware of the importance of intelligence, and the success or failure of a matter often depends on the success or failure of intelligence work.

Wang Zhaoyang is one of the students of the first phase of the martial arts school, and Deng Haonan saw that he was usually cautious in his work, careful, and had an ordinary face, which did not attract attention, and was suitable for intelligence work.

Deng Haonan's intelligence team is currently small in number, mainly because Deng Haonan is very cautious and cautious. You must know that in ancient times, people did not have a lifelong faith, and it was easy to defect or be bought by other forces. Therefore, Deng Haonan demanded that the intelligence staff must completely obey his personal will, which was more severe than that of other students.

Therefore, Deng Haonan conducted strict training for the cadets of the reconnaissance section and used the brutal methods of the special forces to train Wang Zhaoyang and other cadets of the reconnaissance section.

The effect is still good! In the end, Wang Zhaoyang, Qian Haihao, Ao Xuan, Dong Nan, Liang Hui, Song Deguang, Feng Lingfeng, Li Xiaowei, Li Zixiang, Yao Bin and others passed the strict test, and in addition to becoming a special soldier, their other identity is an agent, and under the entire Deng Haonan system, they are only responsible for Deng Haonan alone.

"Report to the Headmaster!" Wang Zhaoyang replied respectfully: "In accordance with the principal's request, we have set up a foreign intelligence collection agency in Macao. At the same time, we have also bribed some informants within the major forces to provide us with information and intelligence. It's just that we've just started our work, and the level of the informant is still very low, and we can only hear some ordinary information, and higher core secrets are still waiting for us to further penetrate! ”

"No hurry!" Deng Haonan nodded, and asked again: "How did you deal with the problem of revealing the identity of the informant?" ”

Wang Zhaoyang said: "According to the principal's requirements, we adopt a one-line step-by-step contact, and the informant does not know his identity at the next level, no matter which link is exposed, no one will trace us!" ”

"Good!" Deng Haonan was very satisfied with the work of Wang Zhaoyang and others, so he said: "I called you this time to ask, do you know this person Xu Long in Chaozhou?" ”