The thoughts and actions of Lida and others, Li Guozhi knew it well, of course, in addition to his own observations, there was also a report of Matteo Ricci's thoughts on Lida and others.

Ricci said that the Portuguese ships in Macao and Hong Kong are well maintained, and it will not be a problem to fight for at least another ten years. So, to be honest, Li Guo was very interested in Portuguese ships.

But now Lida and the others have been attracted by the silver to buy the ship, and they are in a hurry. In this case, Li Guo was not in a hurry. Sometimes you can put things off and put them down, but the effect is better.

Li Guo's purpose in buying a ship at the beginning was mainly to build a shipbuilding imitation, although Song Yingxing has a lot of skills, but he is not a professional shipwright. Moreover, the treasure ship-making skills of Zheng He's time were almost lost, so copying and improving them was the fastest way.

And the Portuguese ships can still fight, which is a good thing. Another reason why Li Guo was not in a hurry was that now he was thinking about how to buy the ship, how to deploy it, and how to incorporate these people.

Now seeing that Lida and the others were really anxious, Li Guo summoned them slowly and talked to them about the warship and the recruitment of sailors.

&――Novel anshuba}.nbsp; "Do you really want to buy a boat?" Li Guo frowned.

Lida and the three captains looked at each other and nodded firmly. During this time, several people thought a lot and reached a consensus on the purchase of a boat. Because they are now in a very difficult economy, in addition to the depression of trade, the maintenance of ships is a great expense for their current economic situation.

Because of the demise of the Kingdom of Portugal, there was no longer a moral or legal constraint on the sale of warships. So. They were at ease with the sale of warships.

But if Li Guo didn't buy it, they could only watch the warship stop in the harbor and let the warship be corroded by the sea. Lida: They really don't have money to maintain it.

So. Selling the ship allows the ship to play its role and solves the livelihood problem.

So, Lida said to Li Guo, "General Li, let's be honest with you, we really want to buy a boat, if you think the price is too expensive, these can be discussed." ”

"Oh?" Li Guo raised his eyebrows.

"We can buy a ship for at least eight thousand taels of silver. Too little is really not good. Lida said.

Li Guo looked at Song Yingxing, and Song Yingxing nodded. When Lida reached the North Sea, Song Yingxing saw the Portuguese ship. Eight thousand taels is worth it.

"What about your drawings?" Li asked. This is very important, the drawings are for the maintenance of the ship, but also for the ability to quickly imitate the ship and improve it.

"The blueprints, of course, were given to you with the ship." Lida replied.

"And what about the sailors on board? You know, although our men can also be trained to sail warships. But after all, it is still necessary to have an experienced sailor to guide. So, we want to hire some people. Li Guo said.

As for the hiring of sailors, Lida and the other captains thought it was feasible.

In the Western Empire at that time, there was a huge difference in income between people. For the general population, the living situation is not very good. In England, for example, in the twenties and thirties of the 16th century, only about a quarter of the population lived on wages, and the wages were not high. Compared with the annual income of officials and traders in the Ming Dynasty, it is thirty or forty taels. The Portuguese had an annual income of about 10 taels to 20 taels of silver.

The Portuguese soldiers stationed in Australia are even worse, now earning almost no income. It's all about making ends meet. Therefore, Li Dajian said that if food, clothing, shelter and transportation can be guaranteed, then these Portuguese sailors can give an extra ten taels of silver every year.

Li Guo thought in his heart, no, this is too low. So, Li Guo nodded and agreed.

In this way, Li Guo and his entourage followed Lida and others to the seaside of Beihai City.

There, Li Guo saw a very harmonious scene. The sailors on the ship had already gone ashore, and Li Guo's sailors there gave them a warm reception according to Li Guo's instructions.

Although the two groups of people did not understand each other, they were quite clear compared to the gestures. These Portuguese sailors had no support and were in a difficult situation, so they were very envious of these people who had passed through Li. This is also the nature of human beings, otherwise how to say that things have to be organized! With an organization, there is something to rely on.

Therefore, when Lida and the others announced that they were ready to lead this small fleet to prepare to join Li Guo, the vast majority of people were in favor of it, because they were now homeless.

This was very satisfying to Li Guo, because a ship needed 150 people to start and fight, so Li Guo ordered Ma Shiyao to select personnel to take turns on the ship to study.

Li Guo took a detailed look at these large ships, which were a large three-masted galleon commonly used at the time, with three decks. On both sides of the ship there were three rows of portholes, in which a lot of gun ports were exposed.

At that time, Western ships were equipped with a lot of artillery, and there were many artillery configurations on the ships, the most important of which were cannons. The cannon is the largest and most powerful weapon, with a higher diameter-to-length ratio than the average long cannon, and the largest cannon can shoot a fifty-pound cannonball down to 500 meters away, or even farther away, to hit an opposing ship. This is a weapon used to attack the enemy from a long distance in naval warfare.

There were also fired from rotating gun carriages mounted on the ship's side guardrails. All cannons are reloaded, which means they can be reloaded very quickly if necessary. Rotary guns can fire both solid shells and grapeshothulet shells for anti-personnel personnel. This is a close-range weapon in naval warfare.

Seeing that Li Guo was very concerned about firearms, Lida took the drawings to Li Guo and told them to Li Guo.

Lida's ship was the flagship, equipped with about 30 heavy guns. Two guns were placed in the stern of the ship and were used as stern counter-attack guns. Two guns were placed near the mainmast, and two guns were placed on the foredeck. The remaining twenty-four long-barreled and half-barreled cannons were placed on both sides of the ship, because the main fire of the artillery at that time was on the sides of the ship.

Moreover, most of the artillery was mounted on two-wheeled carts.

In addition, the ship is equipped with 14 swivel guns, which are usually placed on deck or below the ship, and can be reinstalled in various places including the legend and stern if necessary.

Li Guo was very satisfied, it was already very good for the time being, after all, he had his own warship.

However, according to the deployment of modern navies, there are not enough soldiers on board. In addition to the crew of about one hundred and fifty people, only two hundred soldiers could be transported. Li Guo thought about improving.

But there was one thing that had not yet been decided, and that was the question of the departure of the captains of Ottorida.

So Li Guo asked, "Mr. Lida, do you want to stay with me or do you want to leave?" (To be continued......)