Aiman wanted to get the bomb, and she knew it was something that could change the world.

But to tie up with Luo Lan, she was still very hesitant. Because she represented not only herself, but more than two hundred sailors and soldiers.

If something happens to Luo Lan in the future, she and her crew will not be able to escape.

In the cabin, Aiman told Mead and a few old crew members about it very seriously, and everyone's first reaction was to refuse.

"Although Luo Lan has rum, his fief is too weak after all, even we can invade Phuket Island, and there is no security in this kind of place."

"He doesn't have even a thousand soldiers, and he still wants us to fight for him? You can't take it personally. ”

The old crew, who had never seen a bomb, objected, but Mead fell into deep thought.

Ai Yiman was silent, and motioned for the old crew to go out first.

Only Aiman and Mead were left in the cabin.

Mead hesitated, "Ai Yiman, what do you think?" ”

"Tell me what you think." Aiyiman did not take a position.

Mead grabbed the hilt of his sword in distress, and his face was full of tangled looks: "Luo Lan's prospects are very good, as long as he develops the military, he can still be a little overlord on the island......"

Mead has a vision, and he doesn't look down on Luo Lan, but he doesn't look up to it either, and Phuket's innate advantage is still too poor.

Ai Yiman walked to the window and looked intently at the sea, and his handsome cheeks were not shocked, so that people could not see their thoughts.

Mead stopped talking, he knew that Ai Yiman must have had an idea of his own.

"Bet once, I don't want to sell rum for the rest of my life, I want to be the queen of the sea." After a long time, Aiyiman said calmly.

Mead knew that the calmer Aiman was, the more upside down her heart would be.

At this moment, Queen Aiman puts her future all on the lord of a small island.

"I see, I'm going to convince the crew." Mead followed Aiman's ideas without hesitation, and he actually had his own little calculations.

Prince Luo Lan just wants to fight the southern state, this is an "internal matter" issue, it does not involve the rest of the countries, it will not attract retaliation, and the Aiyiman fleet is quite safe.

If Phuket Island is attacked by an irresistible attack in the future, the Aiyman fleet can still get out, but it will be difficult to get out of the way.

Everything is risky, and Mead is willing to take the risk this time.

In the special industrial zone, Luo Lan did not wait for Aiyiman's decision, he went to the northern mining area to check the manufacturing progress of the cartridge transmitter.

Since there is no shortage of wood and there are many craftsmen, it is still convenient to make a barrel transmitter.

And the refining of sulfur is getting faster and faster, and the workers are familiar with it, and the operation is much faster.

Daisy estimated that the 5,000 kilograms of pyrite brought by Aiman could meet the gunpowder needs of 60,000 rockets.

Again, this is due to the fact that only one-tenth of the sulfur gas can be collected.

However, this was enough to surprise Luo Lan, and what surprised Luo Lan even more was that due to the high purity of sulfur, the gunpowder needed to make rockets could be easily made.

In the past, this kind of gunpowder needed to be purified repeatedly, wasting countless hours, and only a hundred qualified rockets could be made a day, and it could be interrupted at any time.

And now, if you stir charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur in proportion, you can put it into a powder cartridge, which is not known how many times faster.

"Your Highness, if you give me another hundred workers, we can make thousands of rockets a day, and when everyone is proficient, the speed will be faster, and we will be able to make 60,000 rockets in less than a month."

"Also, another three hundred workers will be assigned to Mr. Bor, who will need more bamboo and poles."

"By the way, the current rockets are basically transformed from the previous arrows, and after the arrows are used up, you need to make arrows, Your Highness remembers to open another workshop, specializing in making arrows and sending them over, it is best to open an arrow workshop in the northern mining area."

Daisy said a lot of words in a row, and after finishing speaking, she bit her lip embarrassedly, and her shy answer looked very cute.

After he said this, Luo Lan suddenly realized a problem, that is, the problem of arrows.

Now there is no shortage of gunpowder, but there is a shortage of arrows, and making arrows is also a university question, and there are many materials needed, not to say that you can just cut a wooden stick.

"Daisy, how many arrows do we have?" Luo Lan asked, and Daisy stretched out two fingers: "Less than 20,000, this is still collected by everyone on the entire island for so long, and there are no arrows that can be transformed into rockets when they are used up, and they need to make arrows." ”

The problem is still quite serious, it is impossible for 20,000 rockets to carry out a saturation attack, and it will be shot out in a few rounds, and the arrows consumed by the canister are dozens of times that of the bow and arrow.

"Yes, Daisy, you pay attention to rest, and I will take care of the rest."

Luo Lan left the northern mining area and planned to return to Phuket City.

As he rode to Rickett, he bumped into Ai Yiman, who was talking to a local girl, attracting a lot of young men to peek at him.

Luo Lan shouted at her, and she smiled with a raised face: "When are you going to fight the Southern Pradesh?" ”

What she meant by this was that she was going to mess with Luo Lan.

Luo Lan was overjoyed and took her to speak alone.

"You can keep that ship, there are no big ships in the southern state, one ship is enough to control their course."

"Leave one more merchant ship behind, I have found a silver mine here, and I need a big ship to transport it to the south."

Luo Lan's two requests made Ai Yiman a little depressed: "You're really welcome, you open your mouth and ask for half of my boat." ”

She complained, but acquiesced. She didn't need a warship, because no one would rob her, and those who dared to rob didn't bother to clean her up, and the warship was just an ornament.

It doesn't matter if you separate a merchant ship, it's just to transport rum anyway.

"I can give you a ship, but what do you mean by transporting the silver mines to the south?" Aiyman was puzzled by this question.

Luo Lan smiled sinisterly: "There is a Nanshan country in the south, which is very good at making weapons, and the confidence of the southern state comes from the Nanshan country, so I have to pump his confidence." ”

Ai Yiman blinked, shook his head and snorted: "You're really bad, I understand, I'll let Mead stay, he will take two ships to the east coast to standby, it will be fine, right?" ”

Ai Yiman was afraid that the ship would be discovered by the Southern Plains, which would arouse Barron's suspicions.

Luo Lan shook his head: "Barron knows that you are trading with me, and it's okay to find out." The West Coast has to go around a big circle to Nanshan Country, so let's go south from the East Coast. ”

The two of them had made up their minds, and they both laughed bitterly.

After that, Aiyiman prepared to go north, while Luo Lan returned to Phuket City.

He first went to meet the winemakers, and the winemakers were going crazy, they finally received the money and admired Luo Lan even more.

Luo Lan celebrated with them, and then went to the coal merchant with the gold coins.

These coal merchants have been sad since the beginning of the winter, because they have provided the southerners with free swarm coal for a whole winter, and they have lost a lot.

Luo Lan knew that they had a grudge in their hearts, so now that rum had made money, he hurried to "pay it back".

The coal merchant was naturally full of joy, and said vigorously that there was no need to rush to pay it back, so that Luo Lan squinted.

After paying back the money, Luo Lan chatted with the most qualified coal merchant about making arrows.

As a result, the other party said: "Your Highness, making arrows is not a simple matter, if you want to open a workshop, it is impossible to make arrows in a short time." But we are willing to contribute, we don't have an army in Phuket, we have to build it, otherwise even pirates will be able to rob us when we get rich in the future. ”

It is well said that national defense must be carried out.

Luo Lan thought about this matter seriously.

When it was dark, cavalry came from the south, a couple of guards, and they were in a hurry, with important things to report.

Luo Lan listened to their report.

"The southern state once again purchased armaments from the southern mountain state, and Gargo ordered that the grain be levied for the last time after the spring harvest, and the people did not object."

"Gargo expanded his army, and now the number of soldiers is two thousand five hundred, all armed, and the cavalry has also expanded by fifty, making a total of three hundred and fifty."

"Count Charles analyzes that Gargo will not expand his army anymore, and our side can no longer put pressure on Gargo."

It seems that the military race is coming to an end.

Gargo was not a fool, and he would not have been intimidated by the peasant army.

Luo Lan needed more terrifying means.

"Tell Charles that there will be merchant ships from the north going south, with silver ore in them, and let Charles meet him at the port of Nakajima State."

The corners of Luo Lan's mouth hooked: "Let Charles take the silver mine to the Nanshan country, and buy the arrows and trebuchets of the Nanshan country, and buy them in large quantities." Also, this matter must be known to the Southern Pradesh. ”