The next morning, Zhao Lie packed up his mood and continued to set off, there was no time to pause, the damn thief God didn't give him much time, the Macau in front of him had everything he needed, he had to take it down, he needed to act in time, not useless hesitation.

Zhao Lie took Li Hu, Yu Dabao, and Qi Wei to the Macau Cannon Foundry, which is now owned by Wan Nu. Bugarao inherited, and the old Bugarao, who founded the first artillery factory in the Far East, has retired, after all, he is old, and it is time to retire.

As the largest and most advanced cannon foundry in the Far East, the Macao Cannon Foundry has been able to reach the Japanese countries in the north, the Spaniards in the Philippines in the south, the Dutch people in Jakarta, the French and the English have all come here to set the cannons, and recently even the behemoth in the north of the Ming Empire and the local sailors in Guangzhou and Fuzhou have also come to buy cannons, not to mention the pirates and maritime merchants from all over the country, which makes the business of the cannon foundry prosperous, and the cashier is soft, and the little Bugarao prays to God that the chaos in the Far East will never stop. In this way, his business will flourish even more.

When Zhao Lie saw Xiao Bu Jialao, he was also surprised to see Zhao Lie so young.

"Mr. Bugarao, I want to order four more nine-pounder guns and four twelve-pounder cannons here, and I don't know when you will be able to deliver them." Zhao Lie didn't ask about the price of the cannon at all, and he felt that this young man was not bad for money, he only cared about the speed of delivery, and Xiao Bujialao liked such a high roller, and people were stupid and had a lot of money.

"This gentleman, because we have too many orders in our hands, you want to order, and it can only be delivered in three months." Xiao Bu Garao took a sip of tea unhurriedly and said. In the Far East, you can only buy a large cannon here, and the imitation Fran cannon of the Ming Kingdom cannot be used as the main naval gun, and a fleet without a large cannon sails in the South China Sea, where there are many pirates, that is, to find death, so I am not in a hurry, you are in a hurry.

Zhao Lie also understood, he pretended to be displeased, smashed his mouth, and said helplessly, "I just have doubts about whether you can deliver the cannon on time." "The meaning is obvious, you have so much output, it makes people suspicious, when the time comes, you will receive my deposit and not deliver the goods, who will I go to.

"May I have the pleasure of giving you a tour of the artillery factory, your mind will change when I think about it." Little Bugarao proudly said that his artillery factory was unquestionable.

Just as I thought, Zhao Lie's purpose here is for this, and the purpose of revealing suspicion is also to go deep into the artillery factory to investigate.

Xiao Bu Jialao guided Zhao Lie and his entourage to the gun factory, only to see that the factory covers a wide area, divided into an iron cannon factory, a copper cannon factory and a smelter, and the craftsmen in the factory are in full swing. Zhao Lie noticed that more than ninety percent of the factory were Ming gunsmiths, which was also due to the fact that the Portuguese were too small in population and had to train a large number of Ming craftsmen to rush to work, who made the business of the gun factory so good, Zhao Lie was secretly happy at this time, this batch of China's first batch of modern heavy industry workers was going to be their own.

Zhao Lie was satisfied with this, paid a deposit of 1,000 taels of silver, and turned to leave, hinting that Qi Wei was concerned about this, and that the receiver would be Qi Wei, and he would put all the useful characters away, which Zhao Lie had coveted for a long time.

Zhao Lie came to the largest inner harbor shipyard non-stop, in the name of course, the custom ocean-going ship, the shipyard's steward Wang Ming met with him, and learned that Zhao Lie planned to customize a Western-style galleon, Wang Ming was a little surprised.

"Brother, the red deck ship has a wide hull, flexible starting, fast speed, conducive to long-distance sailing, there were also Ming people who planned to customize this ship before, however, this ship I Daming bow will not operate soft sails, and there are not many foreign sailors, and the courtesy can not be hired, many maritime merchants give up, brother custom sea ship, this point is very important, otherwise even the shipyard will not be able to go out." Wang Ming, a middle-aged uncle who was slightly blessed, pointed out the main point of this, which means that the master, understand the difference between the Xiyi warship and the Fu ship and the Guangzhou ship.

"Thank you for your advice, but the sailor's family has already settled in Manila. This time the ship is all the idea of a certain one, and a certain is to match the tall and big appearance of the galleon, and the atmosphere. Zhao Lie's face was full of indifference, giving people the appearance of the second ancestor who was not bad for money.

Wang Ming pointed to the end, as long as the time comes, don't blame the shipyard for mistakes and omissions, as for whether this master will run aground and sink the ship as soon as he goes to sea, it has nothing to do with him.

Next, after Zhao Lie presented a lot of Chengyi, the two talked happily.

Zhao Lie learned that the shipyard is also very busy, since four years ago the Dutch attack on Macao failed, its fleet and the English fleet increased the attack on Spanish merchant ships, Portuguese merchant ships, Macao was forced to spend a lot of money to customize warships, the year before last, last year by the Council ordered four warships, two large and two small, as well as Portuguese maritime merchants, Daming maritime merchants, pirate customized sea ships, and fishing boats, the shipyard is also busy vomiting blood. Discovered that the shipyard craftsmen could customize Western-style sailing ships, and visited two warships that had just been launched, one large and one small, and three Galen sailing ships customized by a Portuguese maritime merchant. Battleships and merchant ships were about the same size, both were three-masted galleons, except that the lower decks of the battleships were opened to accommodate heavy guns, while the merchant ships were loaded with multiple compartments, with the battleships of 350 tons and 300 tons respectively, and the merchant ships were more than 400 tons. Zhao Lie's mood was immediately cloudy and sunny, which was really unexpected, but his own sailors were enough to control these sailboats.

In the end, Wang Ming took Zhao Lie to meet the shipbuilder Pinto. Garcia, Zhao Kui, the head craftsman of the Ming Dynasty, is nearly forty years old. Zhao Lie talked a few words and found that the two were very familiar with Chinese and Western ship types, Zhao Lie believed that this was the biggest discovery in the shipyard, and the talents who were familiar with Western techniques in the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century were the most valuable assets.

Zhao Lie sent people to investigate the shipyard again, and ninety percent of the rigging factory were Ming craftsmen, and he was even more satisfied. Don't underestimate the role of the rigging factory, the soft sails, ropes, and connectors on the ship are all made by the rigging factory, which is a large part of shipbuilding, even if Zhao Lie moves the shipyard to Shandong, the ship is built, and there is no rigging, so the rigging factory is also to be packed and taken away.

Krishto. Dalma was quite bored on the dock, because it was about to be the Spring Festival, and the number of maritime merchants coming to Macao had decreased dramatically, and Crishitto was not in a good mood.

"Joao, stay on duty for me for a while, I'll go home and have a look."

"Crishitto, do you have the strength to walk back in a moment, ah, haha......" said the chubby João with a lewd smile.

"Joao, you envy me, I'm married, and I have hot tea and snacks to serve when I go home. You kid only have cold water when you go home. Crishitto countered João and stimulated João, who was still alone.

"The two of you are very idle, I don't know if you have time now." A voice came from behind the two men.

The two looked back and saw Zhang Drum and another Ming man coming to them.

"Oh, Zhang, I don't know what's going on." In a few days, under the condition that Zhang Gusheng intended to make friends, several people were already very familiar.

"Krishto, our son is going to customize your galleon, and I'll be in charge of it, but I've never seen it, can you take me to see what kind of sailing ship it is."

"Well, this," Crischito hesitated for a moment, and handed over a heavy cloth bag with a playful voice, and of course João received one.

"Yes," Krishtto immediately smiled, and glanced at the drum with satisfaction, "But, when the time comes, don't say much, I'll take you in secretly, and you can take a look." "This friend is not in vain.

Zhang Gusheng nodded with a smile on his face, as long as he let him board the ship and take a look.

In the evening, it was in the cabin of the Fuhai again.

"My lord, the three Portuguese ships in Hong Kong have the largest one of three hundred tons and thirty guns, and the other two are two hundred tons and each have twenty guns. Only in the morning are all people, and the rest of the time they sneak out to have fun. Zhang Drum Beat reported what he saw on the ship one by one.

"Very good, drumming, credit to you." Zhao Lie did not ignore these three boats, after all, the three boats are fully armed, if the sailors on the ship organize a counterattack when the city is engaged, it will be a ** annoyance. At the moment, you can rest assured, even if there is something, I am afraid that there will not even be enough people on the ship for a while.

However, just in case, Zhao Lie still planned to send dozens of people to monitor the battleship and sailors at that time, so it was not a big mistake to be careful.

PS cheekily begged for a recommended collection, it is not easy for newcomers, and support is urgently needed.