Hearing the phrase "forty cannons", Shi Manqiang was startled, and couldn't help but say: "If such a ship comes in, our port will not be able to stop it at all." ”

Zhao Jin smiled and said: "It's really unstoppable, but this ship will also suffer in our port, these foreign ships are taking advantage of the loopholes, they didn't expect that our artillery is not a dead thing fixed on the battery, but our family is also inexperienced, if there is an enemy ship next time, it will not make such a mistake, although the foreigners have many battleship artillery, but the advantage of shore guns over naval guns is too great, you don't have to worry about anything." ”

The artillery on the fort actually had the upper hand after firing, and the initial surprise had a lot to do with the lack of experience, because the Qiē artillery combat techniques of Zhao Ziying's battalion were all taught and theoretically taught by Zhao Jin, and before accumulating actual combat experience, these would seem very rigid.

After saying this, Zhao Jin carefully observed the artillery on the second deck, and found that the appearance of this artillery was much rougher than Zhao Ziying's own artillery, and it was not so fine when casting, and then it was used at sea and had losses in the wind and rain.

It is estimated that a few foreign ships will shell to destroy the defense, and then go ashore to plunder, but it also depends on the local defense, as long as the official port and the private port of the sea owner react in time, I am afraid that dozens or hundreds of arson boats will be released long ago, and then drive the boat to besiege the jumping gang, then it will not suffer any loss, it is not good that these foreign ships are also completely annihilated, thinking of this, Zhao Jin laughed self-deprecatingly, it turned out that the defense of Haizhou Port was not as good as other places.

"Have you ever seen the largest gunboat? What does that look like? Zhao Jin asked again.

"Hui Jinye's question, it is twice or more larger than our current ship, there are more than a hundred guns, and the lower deck is full of heavy guns, and there will even be twenty-four-pound cannons." Louis described.

Even if he was as calm as Shi Manqiang, he opened his mouth wide when he heard these numbers, he had already seen the power of the eighteen-pound cannon, it was really powerful to destroy the mountains and split the stones, with such artillery, Shi Manqiang didn't think that there was any city that could block the attack of the Zhao Zi battalion, and now he actually heard that there were twenty-four pound cannons, and what did he say that there were more than a hundred cannons on a ship, Shi Manqiang didn't even dare to think about what it looked like.

"But such gunboats are operating in the near sea, and there are very few expeditions." Louis added.

"It's still a long way off!" Zhao Jin sighed, not knowing what he was feeling.

After saying this, Zhao Jin walked down again in the crowd of guards, but there was water seepage in the cabin below, Shi Manqiang said: "This is not something we broke down, torture the prisoners to know, this ship has this problem for a long time, and they will use a pump to pump it out when there is more water, and they have asked the shipwright of the shipyard to see it, saying that this water seepage problem can be repaired." ”

This water seepage problem made Shi Manqiang very disdainful, the boat was still leaking, how could such a family be reassured, but at this time, Louis opened his mouth and explained: "The boat leakage is not a big problem, some ships are leaking all the way from the Americas to Asia, and they can survive with a pump drain along the way." ”

The drain machine everyone has seen just now, but it is a lever machine, relying on two people to constantly rise and fall at both ends to absorb water and drain water, after hearing Louis's explanation, Shi Manqiang only shook his head there, thinking that this is really too troublesome, but Zhao Jin was very silent at this time.

After reading the whole ship inside and out, everyone returned to the deck, the cabin below the deck smelled very bad, and the quicklime disinfection was sprinkled, which made people feel even more uncomfortable, and now they felt comfortable when they came out, Zhao Jin looked at another dilapidated Galen ship, and asked: "Louie, can we build this kind of ship according to it?" ”

Louis immediately reacted and replied: "Yes, my subordinates have seen the shipyard masters build ships, they all make miniatures first, and then design big ships according to this, with the appearance of this Galen ship, and with enough materials and craftsmen, we can build the same ship, or even better and larger." ”

Zhao Jin had a smile on his face, his eyes were always inseparable from the foreign ship on the side, as if he was in reverie to say that Louis was bigger and better, just after a while, Zhao Jin said: "Louie, from today onwards you will stay here, now your job is to build such ships, train such crews and sailors, what is lacking is raised, as long as it is within the scope of Xuzhou, we can give you satisfaction." ”

Louis hurriedly agreed, followed by Zhao Jin's personal guards secretly surprised, Jin Ye is such a steady and calm temperament, rarely makes such a statement, it seems that the limited number of times are related to this Louis, Zhao Jin continued: "If you don't understand, torture the prisoners, or spend a lot of money to invite outside, the same is true for shipbuilding, I want to see Xuzhou's own seamen, their own sailors, their own gunboats, if you can build and train me, then this team will be handed over to you to command, and your power and wealth are related to this." ”

Hearing Zhao Jin's words, Louis took a few deep breaths, but he still couldn't hold back his excitement, shipbuilding, navy and even maritime trade were involved, all of which had to be handed over to himself, how much power and wealth was this, Louis even felt that the current sea was not blue, but gold and silver, and it was full of gold and silver treasures, and he could catch it if he wanted to.

Staying in Xuzhou for a few years, Louis of course knows everyone's views on the sea, those officers and non-commissioned officers in Xuzhou always look down on the combat effectiveness of the sea, and feel that they are nothing more than taking advantage of the geographical advantages of the sea, although everyone knows that the merchants on the sea are very rich, but they feel that this is not the right way, but Louis is different, from Europe to the Americas, and then from the Americas to Asia, Louis has always been on the sea, he knows what the sea really means, whether it is from the military or from the economy.

What kind of group is Xuzhou, Louis is getting more and more aware, this group has done almost nothing at sea, and this group has mastered the port, mastered the commercial city, and has enough manufacturing capacity and capable personnel, if this qiē is in charge of himself, and is built from scratch, what does this mean?

It represents great glory, great wealth, every qiē that he has pursued all his life will be realized, Louis even thought far ahead, sailors and seafarers are recruited from the Cai family and the remnants of the newly joined pirates, maybe the poor fishermen along the coast here are also a good source, as for the instructors who train them and the craftsmen needed to make Galen ships, if the knowledge of the captives is not satisfied, then go to Macau and go to Nanyang to recruit and kidnap, anyway, Xuzhou has already done this.

Louis, who was shocked by this resignation, was a little abnormal, and when he stepped off the pedal, if it wasn't for the family next to him, he was afraid that he would have fallen directly.

"Big brother, do you have to use a foreign ship? I look at these Canton ships in the harbor are very good. Shi Manqiang ignored Louie's abnormality and followed Zhao Jin to ask.

"Foreign ships have sailed thousands of miles across the sea, but the Guangchuan Fu ship has not traveled so far."

"Big brother, I heard from those crew members and sailors that when the eunuch Zheng He went to sea, he also used these ships to run thousands of miles."

"But there haven't been in these years, and the most fundamental thing is that it is inconvenient for our ships to set up guns, and the guns can only be prevented on the deck, and this limitation is too great." Zhao Jin's answer made Shi Manqiang no longer argue, Zhao Ziying is still the system of the military town in the final analysis, and martial arts come first.

Zhao Jin and everyone arrived at the dock, Zhao Jin looked at the ships in the port, those ships damaged by the artillery battle were repaired, the shipwrights and shipwrights took tools and materials and went directly to the ship, each ship was busy, just looked at it for a while, Zhao Jin said: "Stone, in the future, all the expenses of the Zheng family gang in our port will be increased by one percent, whether it is berthing accommodation or purchase, if they come to ask, you answer like this, if there is such an inexplicable pirate invasion, then add another one, We don't lack those profits from trading with their Zheng family. ”

This is a bit clueless, but Shi Manqiang immediately understood, although this pirate attack, all kinds of signs indicate that it is related to Zhong Bin, but in the final analysis, the real suspicious is the Zheng family, and others do not have this cause and effect at all, if it is for the sake of conflict of interest, then what Zhong Bin's gang has a better chance, and these foreign ships are too coincidental, and the defense of the port is too targeted, but there is no evidence for this qiē, the Zheng family is still staying near the port, and the business is still running as usual, and no one can find fault with it.

Business has to continue, but Zhao Ziying can't make people feel ignorant, this reaction is a warning, but Zhao Ziying is also helpless, they can only do this to the Zheng family, because there is no sea power, this threat can only go to lose.

However, Haizhou Port can provide salt that is in short supply in Fujian, in fact, the Huai salt produced in Haizhou is a high-quality salt goods, which are best-selling goods for many places, not to mention the ironware, cotton cloth and shochu produced in Xuzhou, as well as all kinds of southern goods from Tongguò Qingjiangpu, which are either urgently needed by maritime merchants or profiteering goods, and these are all firmly held in Xuzhou's hands.

With the strength of Zhao Ziying, the leading gang on the sea may be able to destroy this Haizhou port, but there is no way to seize it, and there is no strength in the world to win this territory from the hands of Xuzhou soldiers and horses.

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