Cha Zhu has a strong confidence in the Imperial Naval Division, since he began to be in charge of the Imperial Naval Division, Cha Zhu has been collecting information on the East and the South Seas almost every day, especially the navigation data and military data, for Dongying, although the Japanese of the East Ying disturbed the Ming coast for hundreds of years, but, after all, they are some small fights, when the Japanese Kou dispatched the most troops, it was only a few thousand, although brutal, but after all, it was a group of rabble, and it could not become the climate; Decades ago, Toei had entered a new era, and the shogunate forces controlled the various islands of Toei, but the force in their hands was not strong enough to be feared.

What really makes Cha Zhu interested is the South Seas, the indigenous strength of the South Seas will not be abnormal at that time, but the power infiltrated by the Western countries should not be underestimated, especially Spain, the Netherlands, England, and the three countries, have established a strong military presence in the South Seas and even India, taking the Dutch as an example, the Dutch have nearly 1,000 large merchant ships in the East India Company in the South Seas, and have hundreds of capital warships, and these warships, even if they are second-class main warships, are better than the main warships of the Fujian Navy Division. The guns on the main battleships of the Dutch were so strong that out of expectation, each capital battleship had dozens of powerful red-coated guns, which crisscrossed the South Seas and were difficult to meet opponents; Even Zheng Zhilong, who was at his peak, did not dare to confront the Dutch in Nanyang, and now, because the Fujian Navy Division lost one-third of the main force, it is even less of the Dutch's opponent.

Cha Xuan said slowly: "Don't worry, Mu Feng, the information on Dongying's side is constantly gathering to the Sailor Yamen, Zheng Sen has also sent all the information about Dongying that the Zheng family has to us, and I am still absolutely sure of the Dongying forces controlled by the islands of Dongying and Tagawa Nanazaemon, you haven't been in the Imperial Sailors, I don't know the current situation of the Imperial Sailors, do you know how many warships and how many artillery there are in the Imperial Sailors now?" ”

Qin Mufeng shook his head and said blankly, "How do I know?" Tell me about it. ”

Cha Xuan said with a smile: "Now the Imperial Navy Division has two flagships of 3,000 materials, which is what we often call handsome ships, thirty main warships with 2,000 materials, and nearly 100 warships of various types with 1,500 materials and 1,000 materials, and the number of artillery on these warships will scare you to death!" One hundred and fifty flowering guns, all equipped on the flagship and capital battleships, three hundred red-coat guns, more than 300 Franc machines, more than 300 rockets, and our firearms have exceeded 1,000......"

Hiss......

Qin Mufeng gasped, nearly a thousand artillery pieces plus more than 300 rockets, the strength of such firearms has exceeded the artillery strength of the entire Ming Army! Definitely to exceed, you must know that the entire Tianwei Army plus the four towns of Nanjing, the two towns of Jingying, a total of twelve military towns, the number of artillery guns, is not more than four hundred, this gap is too big, such a force, is it not enough to sweep Dongying? How can it be? It's enough to wipe out the entire Dongying clan!

"I'll be obedient, Lao Cha, how much silver has the emperor invested in the Imperial Sailor......"

Qin Mufeng grinned and asked bitterly.

Cha Xuan stretched out a slap, shook it towards Qin Mufeng, and replied: "Five million taels, this is still a conservative estimate, and it may be ...... more."

Poof!

Yuan Jixian, who was on the side, sat directly on the ground, and the corners of his mouth began to foam......

Five million taels of silver, five million taels!

That's an astronomical amount!

It can be said that in addition to Nanzhili, no province can now hand over five million taels of money and grain to the imperial court in a year, even if it is Huguang Province, which is second only to Nanzhili, it will definitely not reach this level, you know, Yuan Jixian was the governor of Huguang before, when Huguang was the richest, the money and grain handed over in a year was only more than two million taels, and the money and grain spent by an imperial sailor exceeded the taxes of Huguang Province for two years, this emperor is really too able to toss, is it worth it? You must know that in the past three years, the imperial sailors have only fought a battle with Zhang Xianzhong on the Yangtze River, and Zhang Xianzhong's elite has been surrounded and annihilated, but compared to Wu Bai's investment of ten thousand taels of silver, this return is too little, right?

Even Qin Mufeng swallowed a mouthful of foam with difficulty, and complained: "What's special, people are better than people, angry people, Lao Tzu led the second town of the Tianwei Army and the right town of Nanjing, fighting to the death, fighting bloodily, and having countless achievements, managing the emperor to ask for silver, it seems to be difficult to rob his wife, the sailor is good, he fought a battle in three years, and threw it into Wu Baiwan taels of silver in one breath!" I'm so dead! ”

It's no wonder that Qin Mufeng is red-eyed, how many sailors are there in the entire empire? Together, there are only 20,000 people, which is not as much as the strength of a town in the right town of Nanjing, but the military salary of the right town of Nanjing for a year, even the artillery and ammunition equipped with it, is only 800,000 taels of silver, which is even included in the rewards and pensions, and in three years, it is only two million taels of silver, this is the first military town of the Ming Dynasty, and in three years, the military salary is less than half of the imperial sailors!

"What are you anxious about?"

Cha Xuan rolled his eyes and replied: "I'm talking about the silver spent by the Imperial Sailors to equip the warships and artillery ammunition, but it does not include the salaries of the Imperial Sailors, do you know the salaries of the Imperial Sailors?" An ordinary sailor soldier has more silver than our cavalry, and an elite soldier or a seafarer who has been rated as a first-class navigator has a salary of more than thirty taels of silver a year, if you add these, even the expenses of the Firearms Bureau and the Treasure Shipyard are counted, and it is a proper three years of 10 million taels ......."

"Damn, Lao Cha, you're not kind, you're too unkind!"

Qin Mufeng's face was full of resentment, and he complained: "How can I say that you are going crazy to get into the water division, it turns out that there is so much oil and water, you don't know how to pull a brother?" Bai has been good with you for so many years......"

Check the black line on his forehead, and said angrily: "Get out, where Lao Tzu goes, where you follow, you are a dog skin plaster, the ghost is not gone, with you, Lao Tzu can't get any fart, Lao Tzu finally ran to the water division, avoided you, you are special, and chased after you!" Are you annoying, annoying? When will Lao Tzu be good with you? Lao Tzu only belongs to the future wife, you can die as far as you can, give me as far as you can die! You don't need to meddle in the affairs of the water master, and you don't have to think about meddleling, unlucky, why did the emperor throw you over again! ”

"What's the matter, is Lao Tzu so unpopular? Staying in the capital, I was driven out by the emperor and Yifan, and I came to Nanjing, and you said that you bombarded me, which annoyed Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu beat you half to death, and directly robbed the sailor! ”