For Zhao Hongyu, he feels that this place has become a garbage recycling center.

The things that were obtained from the Metaverse were basically either scrapped or flawed.

Earlier, the rice was stale rice, the mustard was expired, the military coat was black-hearted cotton, and even the original iron utensils were of inferior quality.

Well, now, even the iron fishing boat he bought is his grandmother's thing that is about to be scrapped.

This made Zhao Hongyu feel more and more uncomfortable the more he thought about it.

But when Zhao Hongyu looked back and thought about it, he felt that if he didn't even want these shoddy and scrapped things, then there would be nothing to use.

Although the steel pipe is shoddy, after all, it can still be used to make copycat weapons.

Although fishing boats have problems of one kind or another, they can also sail at sea.

Although I complain about old rice, expired mustard and other goods, the Indians and Europeans living in Manhattan are flocking to it.

In general, there is still a market for these things.

Fortunately, for food, Zhao Hongyu already has his own land and can eat fresh.

Otherwise, God knows if he continues to eat those things obtained by the virtual world, and whether there will be such and such diseases in the afterlife.

"Seriously, there are indeed many problems with the high-tech products of the virtual world." , Wang Shan also spoke at this time. "In the case of the Sea King, the propellers hidden under its hull often stop running, and after our inspection, the reason is that it is too old."

As soon as Wang Shan said this, Zhao Hongyu had to say: "Grandma's, are all the high-tech products we buy scrapped or shoddy?" But what did it turn out to be like this? ”

In this regard, although Zhao Hongyu was unhappy, he had nothing to do.

Who let the copycat research institute in the space-time trader not be able to study it by himself.

Of course, no matter what kind of product is studied. The investment is very large.

Don't look at Zhao Hongyu is very profitable now, owning seven cities under construction.

But now the money he earns is simply not enough to develop research.

At most, it is to study pickled cabbage, or other small products.

When it comes to weapon manufacturing, or something a little more sophisticated, his current investment is not enough.

In this regard, Zhao Hongyu could only sigh.

"I think maybe it's a space-time trader that's restricting something. Otherwise, there would not be such a problem, after all, we would be too rebellious. It is not necessary that there will be unexpected situations. ”

Wang Shan thought about it and said his guess.

Zhao Hongyu thought about it when he heard this, although he felt that it was not very reliable, but he had no other explanation.

Limit, what to restrict?

If it's really a restriction, then the space-time trader should not even give him scrapped things.

After all, the scrapped products of later generations are agents when they get this, and they are absolutely cross-era products, isn't it?

Zhao Hongyu could only complain about these words in his heart.

"Go on, how old those tin fishing boats are."

Zhao Hongyu continued to turn the topic to the iron fishing boat.

Ahem!

Zhang Tie cleared his throat. Then he replied, "Now we have a total of one hundred and twenty-eight tin fishing boats, all of which are about to be scrapped, and none of them are good." I even found a fishing boat from 1968 with almost rusty hull and engine......

With Zhang Tie's narration. Zhao Hongyu has already complained about his powerlessness.

Old tin fishing boats, poor engines, these are the reasons why such boats cannot be used on a large scale and at will.

God knows if a ship like Ludao will drop anchor at sea and be unable to move after it sets sail.

When dealing with pirates. Isn't this happening with three ships?

Before they entered the battlefield, the engine was scrapped with sparks.

"Your Highness, these ships are used or not. I guess it's all troublesome. Zhang Tie said to Zhao Hongyu.

"For what?" , Hearing Zhang Tie say this, Zhao Hongyu was a little puzzled.

Wang Shan seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Zhang Tie waiting for his next words.

"It's almost winter, and we don't have anyone here who can maintain a tin boat. By the time the winter comes, the hull will freeze, the engine and other parts will be damaged, and there will be no maintenance or anything, and in the early spring, I estimate that these tin fishing boats will have to lie on their stomachs and not move. ”

Zhang Tie voiced his worries.

After Zhao Hongyu listened, the corners of his mouth twitched.

No, Zhang Tie's worries are not unreasonable.

Don't look at these tin fishing boats, they are not very expensive, but they also need to be maintained.

Especially the engine or something, these are needed.

However, there are no maintenance personnel to manage the maintenance of the hull and engines.

In fact, the hull is easy to say, mainly the engine.

In addition, it is going to be winter, and when winter comes, the engine that is already aging after the weather gets colder will make it even worse.

You must know that even in the future, the engines of some cars will be frozen and broken in winter.

Of course, most of these products are produced in China.

And these fishing boats are also manufactured in China, so such worries are not impossible.

"Leave it to fate, stop buying such ships for the time being, anyway, the battleship will be launched in three months. In the future, with battleships, we will have our own sea power, right? ”

Zhao Hongyu took a deep breath and said to Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie and Wang Shan nodded one after another.

Wang Shan said: "Yes, in three months, we will have several battleships launched, and there are dozens of copycat Dutch merchant war ocean-going ships will also be launched, so the demand for these iron fishing boats is not very large, and there is no need to continue to buy them." ”

Zhang Tie also agrees with this, after all, this kind of iron fishing boat is expensive, and at the same time, it is still a product that is about to be scrapped, and the cost performance is not high at all.

At the same time, shipyards in Manhattan and Ontario are now working on the construction of warships.

It won't be long before these 'moneyless' warships will be launched in large numbers to protect the waters of the empire.

Even if these warships are wooden, both the hull structure and the firepower and defensive power are much higher than those of the warships of the same era.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hundred years ahead of its contemporaries.

With such a group of warships, there is not much need for iron fishing boats.

"Okay, I'll inform Song Hu and ask him to stop the trade of tin fishing boats first."

Zhang Tie nodded in response.

"With this money, it is better to invest in other areas. I think the tin fishing boat should forget it, it's too wasteful. ”

After the matter of the tin fishing boat was settled, Zhao Hongyu and their topic turned to the British colonies and European affairs.

"I established concessions in Lisbon and Marseille, and in Cairo, Egypt. These places will be the foothold and springboard for us to enter Europe in the future, and can also help us understand the situation in Europe in a timely manner. ”

Zhao Hongyu said to Wang Shan and Zhang Tie seriously.

"Your Highness, are the French and Spain at war now?"

Zhang Tie asked.

Zhao Hongyu shook his head: "I don't know very well, but when I came back, the French were already gathering heavy troops on the Spanish border." Moreover, Portugal has also begun to revolt, and the situation at this stage is very good. ”

Zhao Hongyu told Zhang Tie about the situation he had mastered.

"It's been half a month since you came back, and I think there should be changes in this half a month." , Zhang Tie muttered. "Perhaps, now that the French and the Spaniards have gone to war, it is not certain that the war is in full swing."

"By the way, I received a letter from Wang Shan earlier, so I gathered 8,000 Somali and Gurkhaki soldiers from Quebec, and then commissioned French, Dutch, and British merchant ships to send them to Marseille." , Zhang Tie told the matter. "In terms of time, I think the soldier has arrived in France by now."

"Oh, have our soldiers already sent over?"

Hearing this, Zhao Hongyu's body leaned forward slightly and looked at Zhang Tiedao seriously.

"Yes, it has already been dispatched." , Zhang Tie nodded and replied.

Zhao Hongyu raised his hand and stroked his smooth chin.

"Let's not worry about Europe for now, with those 8,000 people, I think we should be able to withstand the pressure from the Holy Roman Empire and let the French do a big job."

Zhang Hongyu is very confident in his army.

What's more, this is still an army of 8,000 men.

"The Portuguese and the French will definitely be able to make the Spaniards drink a pot. And I made it clear to the Portuguese rebels, and to the Queen Mary of France, that it was best for them to divide Spain. When the Spanish Empire no longer exists, then their interests in Central America will not be anyone's interest, will anyone, right? ”

Zhao Hongyu laughed wickedly.

For him, his own interests are in the Americas.

As for the European side, there is no interest for him for the time being.

"Your Highness, are you going to do something to Central America?"

Zhang Tie's eyes flashed, and his face showed excitement.

"Yes, I've always wanted to keep Central America under control, because the climate over there is good for crops. If we don't control such a piece of grain-producing land in our own hands, we will really be sorry for ourselves. ”

"Besides, if there is no civil strife in Spain, it is impossible for Central America to get local support, which gives us a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation, doesn't it?"

Zhao Hongyu smiled evilly and glanced around at his two henchmen.

"Your Highness, the problem is that there are British colonies in front of us."

Zhang Tie squinted his eyes and talked about the two colonies of the British. (To be continued.) )