Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly!

The smooth sailing of the tin fishing boat on the surface of the lake proves that it can also 'swim' at sea.

Although the hull is rusty, it can still sail after all, isn't it?

This is a fishing boat that was supposed to be scrapped in the virtual world, and its important core part is nothing more than its old engine.

For Song Hu, only that thing is the most precious.

"It's our secret weapon, it can be used as a cruiser when it's filled with diesel. It's just a pity that it doesn't have weapons, which is a bit disappointing. ”

The secretary of the gene man put forward his own opinion to Song Hu.

In terms of speed, steering and movement, this kind of tattered iron fishing boat of later generations must be better than the style of this era, the sea boat Niu 13, but unfortunately this kind of ship has no attack power.

So, even if it could sail on the sea, what good would it be?

Could it be used for fishing?

The secretary of the gene man didn't think that the fishing boat, which was supposed to be scrapped at such a high price, was used for fishing.

Song Hu could never be that idiotic.

A ship that is going to be scrapped will cost 20 million yuan.

That's not a small amount of money.

"I've thought about this for a long time, if I don't have attack power, how can I buy it back and prepare it for use." , Song Hu turned his head and said to the secretary of the gene person. "This is what I plan to use as a coastal patrol vessel, and if there is no military facility, it will have no deterrent effect at all."

Recently, there has been some news from the city of Manhattan, which is very worrying.

As Manhattan's trade with Europe became more and more popular, it attracted a large number of pirate ships in the surrounding waters.

These pirates plundered passing ships at sea, and even attacked Manhattan warships on several occasions.

Although many pirates have cooperated with the Manhattan gang, not all pirates will cooperate with the gang. A large part of the pirates, they simply don't like the gangsters of Manhattan.

They roam the waters around Manhattan as if they were in their own backyard.

This poses a big hidden danger for the city of Manhattan.

And these pirates learned about the city of Manhattan through various channels, knowing that there are very few warships on the Manhattan side, so they are so unscrupulous.

And the ship is less of this. It is also the current weakness of the Song Empire.

It is estimated that there are about three or four hundred pirate ships in the waters near Manhattan today.

However, the Song Empire's current naval armed forces were only a few dozen or so ships.

Although the Empire can already build battleships, it takes a year to build one.

Yes, there are many shipyards, and even if they start construction at the same time, it will take a year to form combat effectiveness. And it also required a large number of skilled sailors, so the Song Empire had a headache for this.

Because of the pirates, although the brave merchants continued to make their way to Manhattan, and they were clever enough to form a fleet.

But pirates exist. After all, it will have an impact on Manhattan.

And after learning that Manhattan's maritime defense is insufficient, the pirates are now in private contact, preparing to unite all the pirates near Manhattan to form a powerful maritime force to attack Manhattan and plunder.

You must know that more than 400 pirate ships, if they are really united, it is really not a force that can be peeked at.

Each ship alone had two hundred and fifty sailors, and the ships together there were 100,000 sailors.

Not only can these sailors steer ships, but they can also become qualified warriors as soon as they land on land.

If the intelligence shows that it is accurate. If these guys really joined forces to attack Manhattan, Manhattan's losses would certainly not be small.

If you don't manage to develop a building that has been developed for more than a year, it will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

This is something that no one wants to see.

Although there are coastal batteries along the coast of Manhattan City and on Manhattan Island, it is still a bit insufficient to deal with so many pirate ships.

Therefore. In order to deal with this situation, Song Hu racked his brains and came up with such a solution.

That is to buy the scrapped iron fishing boats from the virtual world, and then use these boats as patrol ships to find pirates and destroy them.

Although there are no weapons on such fishing boats. But Song Hu has solved this matter very well.

The cottage musket workshop, with Song Hu's capital investment, has begun to cottage a disposable shoulder-mounted bazooka.

This bazooka doesn't have much technical content. And the process is not troublesome, and the cost is not high.

And this weapon was widely used in the wars in the United States and Iraq and the war with Afghanistan.

For less than 120 yuan, it will be scrapped after a one-time launch, and it can be manufactured with seamless steel pipes.

Although this weapon is not strong enough against tanks or anything, it can still deal with the hull of a wooden ship in 1621.

Propelled by the eruption of gunpowder, its firing range was up to 200 meters.

At best, the power of the explosion can only cause injuries to people, not death. However, the flammable phosphorus mixed with it after the explosion can cause great damage to the hull.

It was precisely because of this that Song Hu began to commission a cottage workshop to start manufacturing this weapon.

Of course, due to the limitations of the space-time trader, the power of this bazooka will be suppressed. However, the original technology content of this weapon is not high, so even if the system suppresses it, it will not be able to suppress it to the point.

To put it bluntly, it is a steel pipe plug gunpowder, and then it can be combined with a little bit of later generations' techniques.

You must know that in later generations, there will be cattle people who can make artillery mortars at home.

Think about it, a fishing boat can carry ten genetic people, and each of them has two bazookas. With the speed of the fishing boat, you can easily get close to the pirate ship and launch rockets.

Haluha, that will be a pirate's nightmare.

And the pirates' cannons are still solid bullets, and the accuracy is not necessarily so accurate.

Therefore, the feasibility of his own plan is still very high.

It's just that the price of fishing boats is too expensive, a fishing boat that is about to be scrapped will cost 20 million, and his monthly expenses are only one billion yuan.

You can't buy many fishing boats at all.

At the same time, he also had to buy a large number of building materials to develop Lake Ontario City, and cultivate Chinese gene people to increase the share of gene people in China.

So. He could only squeeze it now.

Fortunately, he informed Zhang Tie and five other 'township chief' level genetic people of his idea, and with their help, this plan can be implemented.

His plan is very simple, everyone squeezes out 100 million yuan every month to buy this kind of scrapped fishing boat.

Then through the dense river, drive to Lake Ontario.

In this way, they can get thirty-five tin fishing boats in a month.

In less than half a year, they will have more than a hundred of these fishing boats. When the time comes, you can assemble a fleet and start cruising.

Although it is not as numerous as the pirates, its maneuverability is unmatched by that of a pirate sailboat.

Zhao Hongyu, who is far away in Europe, still doesn't know what to do. Under the development of Zhang Tie and Song Hu, the current America has come up with something that they have not gotten by themselves.

Although this makes Lake Ontario seem a bit nondescript, a lot like the kind of punk city in abstract sci-fi comics.

Medieval costumes, steam everywhere, winged airships in the sky, and steel jungle-like cities. It's not like that yet, but it's starting to smell a little bit like that now.

If it continues to develop like this, it is not certain that Song Hu will really make Lake Ontario like that.

But I have to admit that if he keeps this development going smoothly, the time for the rise of the entire empire will be greatly shortened.

Of course. Electricity and mining equipment are only available here in Lake Ontario, but not in Manhattan and five other cities under construction in Quebec.

The reason is simple, everyone's development focus is different. After all, the personalities of these genetic people are different.

And there is a limit to the number of such devices, Song Hu drilled a control, and he seized the opportunity-

Dividing Line –

"Your Excellency, I've got a letter from the Europeans. It was brought back by His Highness on behalf of a Dutch merchant ship. Please take a look at it. ”

While Song Hu was playing in Lake Ontario, Zhang Tie, who was in Manhattan, also received a letter from Zhao Hongyu from Europe.

"Put it down, you can get out."

Zhang Tie's work. Piled up with papers.

Compared with Zhao Hongyu, who is in charge, there are many genetic people like Zhang Tie and Song Hu who don't need to be busy.

"That's good, sir."

The uniformed genetics answered, then put the letter on the table, and left Zhang Tie's office.

Zhang Tie temporarily put down the document in hand, picked up Zhao Hongyu's letter and read it.

For him, dealing with Zhao Hongyu's affairs is the most important thing, which is the core of the empire.

After reading the contents of the letter, the corners of Zhang Tie's mouth curled and he smiled.

Hehe, it's really unthinkable that His Highness actually opened such a situation in Lisbon. Yes, yes, Manhattan now needs a lot of labor to build roads, and it would be best if the European criminals could pay to work in the Americas.

Zhang Tie agrees with what Zhao Hongyu said in the letter about buying criminals from Europe and letting them come to the Americas to serve as laborers.

In his opinion, these mortals, like those black slaves, can be ruthless.

In this era, the construction of roads with cracked rocks is a very tiring and painful thing, and sometimes even life-threatening.

Many times, things that are too dangerous for the Europeans and Indians who do the work are not willing to do. This requires black slaves to do it, and although this is a bit cruel, there is no better way.

Now that there is such a choice as a criminal, how can Zhang Tie not be happy.

Criminals are good, they were all scum, all of those damn guys.

So let them do something dangerous, and it won't be too much of a burden psychologically.

You must know that every time you hear that a black slave has died, Zhang Tie's heart is not happy.

But for the sake of development, he can't care so much, doesn't he?

In fact, black slaves were also poor people, they were captured and sold by unscrupulous Europeans, and they had to be destroyed by Americans like him.

What he and many Chinese gene people are doing now is no different from the rice people of later generations.

They are all squeezing the blood and sweat of the black people, building their own wealth and the cornerstone of the empire on the black people.

However, for the rise of the empire and the owners of the Huaxia genetic manor who own their own farms, Zhang Tie can only continue the evil slave trade.

Otherwise, many development plans will not be implemented without manpower.

Never look at the influx of British from Virginia and Pennsylvania, bringing labor to the 'Empire', but they usually don't do dangerous work.

But slaves are different, they have to bear the dirtiest, most tiring, most painful and most dangerous things.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Tie could not give up the slave trade.

Although he felt sorry for the blacks, he was not so brain-dead that he would give up slavery.

At least the current slavery system is good for the Song Empire.

Of course, Zhang Tie will also choose those black slaves who are domineering and like to bully people to let them take on dangerous tasks, instead of choosing those black slaves who are cowardly and honest.

But criminals are different.

Treating criminals, Zhang Tie will not be so uncomfortable psychologically.

It seems that I have to contact a group of ships, and the European side has already started to move, and I will hurry up and transport the criminals back.

Now the road is being built, but the progress is not improving because the mortality rate is too high.

So, the arrival of these criminals can change this situation.

Workers can do the work that is not dangerous, and the criminals can take on the most dangerous work, which can greatly improve efficiency.

Do criminals have human rights?

Hell, talking about human rights with criminals in 1621 was a big joke.

Zhang Tie retracted his thoughts, and then looked down.

In the letter, Zhao Hongyu mentioned the establishment of a concession in Lisbon, which made Zhang Tie's smile bloom on his face again.

Aha, is that a small revenge?

In later generations, it was the Europeans who set up concessions in China, but now they have reversed the situation and become that they set up concessions on the land of the Europeans.

And the establishment of the concession was not by force, but only at the cost of some money.

You must know that the Song Empire lacks everything now, but it is not short of money.

Hmm, sugar, black tea, toothbrushes and toothpaste, and other goods, is Your Highness ready to set off a wave of advertising in Europe now?

Zhang Tie looked at Zhao Hongyu's letter and said to himself with a smile.

Well, but that's fine, it's also a good thing for Europeans to accept more goods, although ceramics are expensive and profitable, but they are always not as good as those daily consumables.

"Someone, inform the people in the national offices that in five hours I will be hosting a dinner party in the umbrella company, and at the dinner I will announce a business cooperation."

Thinking of this, Zhang Tie called the secretary in, and then explained to him. (To be continued.) )