Zhao Lie, together with the armor group, the firearms group and a group of companions, more than 40 people came to the official office, Zhao Lie asked them to wait outside, Zhao Lie, Yu Dabao, Du Li entered, and came to Mr. Wang's public house, Zhao Lie knocked on the door first, Mr. Wang agreed, Zhao Lie pushed the door in, and saw Mr. Wang discussing matters with Zhou Treasurer.

"Childe is here, what is lacking?" Mr. Wang shook the folding fan lightly and said with a smile, he knew that this little fox had come to collect it again, and in the past two months, this second son had come to ask for armor and baggage many times since he served as the bow of the Fuhai.

"The little one is sorry for Mr. Wang," Zhao Lie smiled and arched his hand, his face was as thick as iron stone, regardless of the fact that he had already reaped the benefits several times. "The Fuhai will set off for the day after tomorrow, but the ship is still not in good armor, so I can only ask for help from Mr."

"What Childe said is not true, it should be said that the Fuhai has all the armor, but it can be said that the armor on these warships is the most complete, not to mention that the armor that was asked for last time is gone." Wang Zhe folded his fan and nodded at Zhao Lie, and scolded with a smile.

"Mr. Wang, the student is not lying, this expedition, the student is also the first time, the armor is still missing, and I hope Mr. will help you." Zhao Lie smiled and denied, looking like if you don't give it to me, I won't leave.

"Haha, the kid is naughty." Wang Zhe smiled helplessly, knowing that Commander Zhao would put all the expectations of his family in the future on this young master, and it was natural for him to have more armor with him. "Treasurer Zhou, you take Gongzi to the official treasury, get four pairs of fish scale armor, eight pairs of leather armor, and then ten Lu Mi guns with him."

"Twenty strokes of Lu Mi Gong, Mr. Wang will be successful." Zhao Lie couldn't help but plead.

"You kid," Mr. Wang pointed at Zhao Lie angrily, "with him, the prince should not come here in the future, and the treasury will be emptied by you." After that, Wang Zhe looked down at the case and completely ignored the little splash in front of him.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, and I hope that Mr. will be successful in the future." Zhao Lie hurriedly thanked him. He looks like a good student and a good baby. Wang Zhe just snorted and didn't look up.

Zhao Lie dragged Zhou Ku out of the public house.

Wang Zhe looked at the door, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, "It's a pity, I haven't learned the history." ”

In a blink of an eye, the warehouse led more than ten soldiers to open the warehouse door, only to see a forest of knives and guns, shields listed, but also neat, in the last small room, the bracket supported six or seven pieces of fish scale armor, good maintenance, the helmet is shiny, the armor leaf flashes, but the heart guard is slightly smaller, it is a mid-range armor.

Li Shan and Lu Yuan selected the armor, and then took away five more Lu Mi guns and five shields and left, which made Zhou Kuan extremely helpless, this young master can't afford to provoke him.

Ordered a few people to turn the warship, Zhao Lie and a few companions came to the craftsman of Shuizhai, there are not many craftsmen here, only more than 50 people, two craftsmen Yuan Yi and Guo Fu stepped forward to salute. The previous time, Zhao Lie offered a reward in front of all the craftsmen, such as making granular gunpowder according to Qi Ye's new book, rewarding 50 taels of silver, paper packet fixed propellant, rewarding 30 taels of silver, and hydraulic or animal power forging hammer, 200 taels of silver. And took out five hundred taels of silver on the spot as construction expenses, Zhao Lie still remembers that everyone was surprised and suspicious, and surprised and happy, in Zhao Lie's opinion, the reaction was not enthusiastic, and it was too normal to be surprised and happy. In their lifetime, these craftsmen have not experienced this, the craftsman's monthly salary is only two taels of silver, the craftsman is less than one or two silver, and the apprentice does not even have a salary.

Zhao Lie is not in a hurry, he believes that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, and sooner or later someone can't help but start to tempt. Sure enough, yesterday Yuan Yi came to report that the granule gunpowder had been made, and he asked Gongzi to go to check it.

"Childe, please look, this is granular gunpowder." Yuan Yi knelt down on one knee and offered an oiled paper bag with both hands, Du Li took it and put it in front of Zhao Lie, who fiddled with the gunpowder particles in the bag that were smaller than rice grains, and it was extremely even.

"Childe, the little one was an apprentice in Jinmen when he was young, and he saw the production of granular gunpowder in the Ordnance Bureau, but the time was long, and some forgot, this month, the villain tried to make it several times, and finally made it, the gunpowder prescription is according to Qi Ye Ji Xiao's new book contained in the nitrate one tael, sulfur one money and four points, willow carbon one money and eight points, add water after mixing, stir and mash, and then dry and screen, that is, if you add wine instead of water, the effect is better. There is not much left after this drug is fired in the Lumi gun, and it can be cleared once in five times, compared to once in the past, it was fired once in the chamber. ”

"Let's go, give it a try." Zhao Lie and the others came to the open space outside the courtyard, Du Li took out the Lu Mi gun, poured the propellant into the fire door, loaded the propellant and projectile from the breech, pressed it with a branch, lit the fire rope, aimed at a big tree, pulled the trigger, and the fire rope entered the fire door, "boom", a puff of white smoke came out of the gun, the big tree swayed, and the branches and leaves flew wildly.

"Okay, Yu Dabao, take out fifty taels of silver and hand it over to Yuan Tou." Zhao Lie was overjoyed.

"Thank you, thank you, Childe." Yuan Yi knelt down and took the silver with trembling hands. The other craftsmen's eyes widened, and envy, jealousy, and remorse filled them.

"The official's reward is still there, so I hope you can make the object as soon as possible." Zhao Lie added another fire.

"I will live up to the trust of my lords." All the craftsmen responded in unison, and the atmosphere was warm. Seeing that the adults are really trustworthy and brave, I can't wait to do it immediately.

"Yuan Tou, has the medicine package been made?" Zhao Lie asked.

"My lord, I have made two kinds, one with a little more charge and one with a little less, and I haven't tested it yet." Yuan Yi replied worriedly. If you don't speak, you don't know if you can do it, how dare you make more medicine bags, once it doesn't work, the cost is too much, I can't wait to eat the head.

"It's about the same, match a few more, try more, choose the best one, the range is long enough, and it won't damage the Lumi gun." Zhao Lie commanded.

Yuan Yi hurriedly agreed.

"Yuan Tou, how much of the remaining granular gunpowder can be configured according to the selected recipe." Zhao Lie asked.

Yuan Yi calculated carefully, "There are not many granules of gunpowder made first, and it is estimated that six or seven hundred copies can be made." ”

"Okay, tomorrow afternoon, this official is waiting for your news." Zhao Lie finalized it.

"Yes, Childe." Seeing the people who were eager to try, Zhao Lie left satisfied.

At night, Zhao Haiming once again summoned Zhao Lie to the study.

"Lie'er, yesterday I discussed with Mr. Li for my father, as you said, for the sake of the family, we still have to do something." Zhao Haiming seemed to be a few years older in one day, "However, his father was vast for a while, he had no clue, he had been planning for a long time, and he could only let go if he had money and grain in his hands, but he only had more than 10,000 acres of land at home, and only more than 60,000 taels of silver. ”

"Father, although there are 10,000 acres of fertile land in the family, the children still see too little." Zhao Lie said.

Zhao Haiming looked at Zhao Lie inquiringly.

"If you open the foundation, Dingkou is indispensable, whether you go to war or farming, there is no Dingkou there is no water infantry army, my father imagines that if there is a large area of land, he can gather a large number of displaced people, settle on the acres of land, select from them for training and become a military tun, cultivate when the farm is busy, practice when the farm is slack, so that the foundation will be completed in several years, and these soldiers will try their best to fight to the death in order to protect their fields." Zhao Lie opened the pie to paint.

"How to get a large area of land, you must know that the gentry here have already occupied the acres." Zhao Haiming shook his head, his heart was still young and ignorant.

"With money and grain, you can have acres of land," Zhao Lie was not slow, "Father knows that my family has a golden rice bowl in his hand." ”

"Quickly." Zhao Haiming patted Zhao Lie's head angrily.

Zhao Lie rubbed his head, he was really helpless, more than 30 people were knocked on the head by his father, what a disobedience.

"Last year, the child went to Dengzhou with his father, and met a Francian missionary, Poyet, and his assistant Thiago. They said that there were hundreds of warships in the Spanish kingdom of Tessie, each with as little as twenty or thirty cannons, and as many as more than a hundred cannons, which was called the Invincible Armada. Seize the country and occupy land everywhere, destroy the weak, attack the strong, and let it cede the land and pay compensation. In the past, Zheng and Zheng Ye's fleet has accounted for half of Thailand, and there is a huge land in April and May in the east of my Ming Dynasty, and there are several Ming sizes, and they also occupy half of Thailand. Zhao Lie looked at his father as he spoke, and saw that Zhao Haiming could listen attentively.

Zhao Haiming had also heard in the past that Taixi had a strong ship and a good gun, especially for business, and sold it at sea, especially with excellent artillery, of course, he just heard about it in the past. Of course, their own Hongyi cannons and Francois are imitations of these people, which can be seen. "Lie'er, Taixi's artillery is excellent, but I'm afraid that the compensation for seizing the country and seizing the land will be too much, after all, sea ships can't go ashore." Zhao Haiming still has many doubts.

According to him, the Spanish infantry army had artillerymen, musketeers, spearmen, and shield bearers, and its fleet destroyed the navy, and the infantry army went ashore to attack the city, and the country of Franco, which was stationed in Macao, also paid tribute to it. Later, I proposed to lease a place for trade, but I did not allow it, and continued to attack and harass, and finally the imperial court would allow it, the north was not appeased, and the enemy was at present, and the Ming Dynasty would not be able to start a war on both sides. For example, if Korea and the Japanese attack like this, their national strength is weak, and they will definitely cede land and pay compensation. For example, Jeju in North Korea, if my family occupies it, you can raise soldiers, farm, and build ships. Zhao Lie continued to flicker.

"Well," Zhao Haiming's eyes lit up, yes, not to talk about the Japanese country, what the Korean military and civilians are like, but he knows that this combat power is really bad, this plan is feasible, but, "This plan is feasible, why doesn't Spain act like this." ”

"According to General Thiago, there are now England, France and other countries in Tessie, and the main force of the fleet does not dare to leave lightly, and it will take two years to go back and forth here, which is too far away, and I am afraid that my country will lose." Zhao Lie said unashamedly. In fact, at this time, he seemed to remember that the Spanish Armada had been wiped out, England, the Netherlands, and France had gradually become the main colonial forces, and Africa, the Middle East, the Far East, and the Americas had gradually become its hunting grounds. However, in order to convince Daddy, white lies are necessary.

"In this case, the cannon of the giant ship is the most important." The old navy Zhao Haiming said in one sentence.

"Father Gao Jian," Zhao Lie immediately presented a sycophant, "The cannon of the giant ship is one arm of my family, and the land Dingkou is the other arm of my family, and the armor and grain are all in it, for this reason, the child plans to go to Macao to seek the method of building the artillery of the Xiyi warship, and he will not hesitate to ask for it at that time." ”

"Okay, I'll have no worries." Zhao Haiming laughed heartily.

Zhao Lie is also happy, it is done, the old man is nodding, from now on he can act on his own, the Zhao family will assist in the future, and great things can be expected.