Walking around before the end of the year to pay New Year's greetings belong to people who are very close. New Year's greetings based on work relationships are all after the New Year. When Xu Yuanzuo went to Shanghai Kangjia under the banner of "Xu", it caused almost half of Shanghai County to shake. People have never found out that the Kang family and the Xu family are so close.

It is conceivable that the number of people who post in the door after the year will definitely reach a peak.

The Kang family opened the middle door to greet Xu Yuanzuo, and Kang Chengsi took Xu Yuanzuo's forearm all the way to the inner hall, which was regarded as a good treatment for the Tong family.

waited for the three of them to sit down, sent Xiao Xi out, and had no scruples about talking.

"The virtuous nephew is here for the matter of Jinshan Island, right?" Kang Chengsi asked.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "Although the little nephew is concerned about this matter, since he has entrusted Shibo, how can he be urged to do so?" I am here today mainly for New Year's greetings. Kang Chengsi smiled and stroked his beard, and Kang Pengzu also smiled silently. Xu Yuanzuo continued: "By the way, I want to ask about the fleet. ”

Kang Chengsi was obviously stunned: "Where does the virtuous nephew still have a place to use a boat?" ”

Xu Yuanzuo nodded: "Since the first year of Longqing, Huanghuai has broken several times, the canal has been silted, and the boats have been blocked. I went to Suzhou in the winter months, and there was a rumor there that wanted to persuade the imperial court to open a sea voyage. I think this sea freight will have to be opened sooner or later, otherwise there will be no money and grain in Taicang, and there will be no white rice in the inner warehouse, how will the salaries of hundreds of officials be paid? What do frontier soldiers eat? If it alarms the holy driver, it will be a major event that shakes the world. ”

Kang Chengsi bowed slightly: "This is inevitable." The inner government relies on white grain, and it can't afford to spend an inch of time. ”

"Since we have to go by sea, the biggest relationship is defense." Xu Yuanzuo said: "White grain is originally a private transport, and after the sea is changed, it will naturally not be called to transport the army." As for other grains, the troops who are used to the canal can't transport grain on the vast sea. ”

Not to mention the transport army that took the canal to go to sea, even if it was a sailor who was used to walking in the South China Sea. They may not be able to go to the North Sea. The hydrological environment, the astronomical environment, the wind-oriented islands and reefs, if you are not careful, it will be the end of the ship's destruction and death.

"The Xu family plans to get involved in this deal?" Kang Pengzu's face was full of curiosity: "How much can you earn?" ”

Xu Yuanzuo shook his head slightly: "This matter is a long-term benefit, just in terms of the present, it is better to buy land to plant cotton mulberry." ”

Kang Pengzu sighed and didn't say anything more. He remembered the contents of the trioath. He is only in charge of the water master, and the rest is handed over to Xu Yuanzuo. Today, Xu Yuanzuo does not mention the matter of dividends, and he will never ask more, this is the oath.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "Those who oppose the opening of the sea are nothing more than unpredictable sea routes, great drifting, and robbing by Japanese robbers as a reason for opposition. In fact, we all know that the sea route is not necessarily more difficult than the canal, and the drifting is far less expensive than the canal. Only this pirate has to be guarded against. ”

"If someone bites to death, it is said that there are Japanese robbers who are causing trouble in the East China Sea. How can Jing Lian refute it? Kang Seung-si asked.

"The little nephew is not going to refute." Xu Yuanzuo said: "The little nephew will only make a military order, whether it is drifting or looting, all the losses will be borne by Zaixiali - it is no problem to guarantee hundreds of thousands of stones with the financial resources of Renshoutang." ”

Kang Seung-hei immediately understood.

If it is guaranteed by the carrier, then the imperial court does not have to consider the risk at all. Since you don't have to think about the risks, it doesn't matter if there are pirates or not. However, Cao Yun is a major event that affects the whole body, and I am afraid that this guarantee will come out. In the East China Sea and the North Sea, a large brigade of "pirates and pirates" emerged.

Without a strong sailor to escort them, the Xu family's fleet would be fish on the chopping board. It was eaten and wiped clean, and there was still a large wave of people waiting for cynicism.

"I was going to tell you about the water master after the New Year." Kang Chengsi said: "Now that the military department has opened up most of the joints, it will be spring and moon soon, and it will be March or April at a slow time, and the inspection department over there will be set up." Now the documents of the Nanjing Military Department have come out, called the Guishan Inspection Division. Just wait for the Beijing Military Department to issue a document. ”

In order to avoid rejection by the Ministry of War, the word "Jinshan" was deliberately avoided in the document, and Mishima was drawn far from the coast on the chart. Coupled with the entrenchment of the "Haikou Bandits", it is really necessary to set up a new inspection department.

Of course, it is necessary to grasp the right proportion. If a "coastal defense station" is set up in one step, it will be a little laughable.

"If so, how many ships will be mobilized next year when the south wind blows?" Xu Yuanzuo said.

Kang Chenghe's face was embarrassed, and he said: "There are now three ready-made large ships, counting the small boats, there can be more than 50 small ships, carrying 500 soldiers. The point is that there is no cannon. ”

Xu Yuanzuo frowned slightly.

In later generations, there were many people who advocated that the Ming Dynasty lagged behind Europe, and the most important argument was that the European ships had entered the era of artillery, and the artillery of the Ming ships was not as good as that of Europe.

However, armies sometimes resemble merchants, often choosing the weapon with the highest price-to-value ratio over the most powerful weapon.

For the Ming Dynasty, the cost of building a ship was much smaller than the cost of building a cannon. The Hongyi cannon that Jiajing bought from Macao was worth 1,000 taels, while the cost of a large sand boat was only 1,500 taels. Daming has the advantage of local coastal waters, and the sailor resources far exceed those of Taixi, so it is the best choice to use the ship to deal with the artillery.

Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general, once summed up: "There is no other way to fight at sea, the big ship beats the small ship, the big gun beats the small gun, the many ships win the widowed ship, and the many guns win the widowed guns."

Three big ships, five hundred sailors, it's too dangerous.

It is even difficult to say whether the sailors protect the fleet, or the fleet protects the sailors.

"Is there any other way to think of it?" Xu Yuanzuo asked, "There is still half a year before the south wind rises......

"Ship materials, glue, and paint must be dried in the shade, and half a year may not be enough." Kang Chengsi said.

Xu Yuanzuo bit his lip slightly and said, "Can you steal the beam and change the pillar?" ”

Kang Chengsi was stunned.

"Let's just say that Jin Shanwei's ship was sent to the shipyard for maintenance, but in fact, it was used as our ship first." Xu Yuanzuo said: "If someone from above inquires, let them go to the shipyard to see the ship that has not yet been repaired." ”

Kang Chengsi smiled awkwardly: "Jing Lian still doesn't know where our shipyard is?" ”

"Huh?" Xu Yuanzuo was dazed and ignorant: Isn't it in Shanghai? Shanghai is a famous military port and shipbuilding base.

"In Huguang." Kang Chengsi said.

Xu Yuanzuo felt that the whole person was not good.

"Why are the ships built inland?" Xu Yuanzuo almost screamed.

Kang Chengsi stroked his long beard and said slowly: "Jing Lian, what we want to build is a battleship." ”

Xu Yuanzuo really wanted to hit his head on the ground.

With the development of private capital, many industries have changed from purely government-private partnerships to public-private partnerships, or purely private enterprises. However, the shipbuilding industry and the salt industry have always been completely state-run factories. There is private salt in salt, and that's because of the inadequacy of monitoring means. Shipbuilding is not a job that can be done by just opening a family workshop.

Although the sea is now open, civilian ships can go to sea, but not everyone can build the standard warships used by sailors, and no one dares to build them.

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