Chapter 10 Takes Office

The degree of freedom is high, the funds are broken, and it is really poor and white. Looking at the sparse Jimo Commercial Port, Gangzi suddenly had a feeling of being deceived, no wonder Wei Yu put a commander so simply, it turned out that this was a pit, without the support of the palace's funds, whoever was a governor here couldn't play.

Let's hurry up and find Cui Shi, everyone should find a way to build up the economy of Jimo Port, otherwise they will not be able to fill this bottomless pit with their own funds alone.

The main bookkeeper Cui Shi has taken office, and in the Admiralty Mansion of the Jimo Navy, which is much smaller than the Donglai Navy, Gangzi met this Yuandonglai Navy officer who has been dealing with since he entered the game.

Since the destruction of the Jimo fleet, the Admiral's Mansion has also been deserted, and only a dozen officers and soldiers can barely maintain the majesty of this mansion. Faced with Gangzi's inquiry, Cui Shi replied: "The Jimo Mountain Road is rugged and the roads are narrow, and it is impossible to maintain a large-scale fleet with the trade of the commercial port alone, and if you want to develop the fleet, you need to find ways from other aspects." The princess once mentioned to me that the lord had a privateer certificate issued by Qingzhou, which must be hinting that we should find a way in this regard. ”

Gangzi sat down Cui Shi, who was standing and reported, and a pot of tea rushed up and said: "What adults are not big, we are good brothers for so long, you will call our relationship far away as an adult, I will still call you Brother Cui in the future, you can call me Gangzi." ”

Seeing that Gangzi had no boss at all, Cui Shi thought about Gangzi's past behavior, and his expression naturally relaxed a lot: "The rules in the army cannot be changed, and the majesty of the Gangzi brothers also needs to be maintained. I really didn't expect that Brother Gangzi would step by step into the position of Zhonglang General, and I was also promoted to the captain of the school by virtue of your merits, brother, I used to think that I would sit in the position of Yuanmen official for the rest of my life, hahaha......"

Gangzi also smiled: "That's also Brother Cui's insight into talents." This time, let's rebuild this Jimo Navy with brothers and hearts, and make our reputation on this ocean. ”

"Good!"

Ambition is there, but where does the money for development come from? Robbery can only be a kind of capital input, but this kind of financial resources is very unstable, and it may not be open for a month, or it may be open for a month. Gangzi's Black Sail pirates all regarded robbery as a temporary leisure activity, and it was even more impossible for the Jimo fleet to survive by robbery.

Shipbuilding is a good source of money, the orders for speed-enhanced dhows in Gangzi's hands have accumulated a terrible number, the speed of shipbuilding on Black Sail Island is limited, and the shipyard in Anne Village is still under construction in large quantities. In this way, Jimo Shipyard can undertake part of the shipbuilding business, but the profits will be divided by the Jimo Port Finance. However, for Gangzi, it is only a left-handed hand-to-right-handed. The finances of Jimo Port ultimately served the Jimo fleet.

The order for speed-enhanced dhows can be regarded as alleviating the depleted finances of the Jimo Navy, and Cui Shi was overjoyed to get a large amount of money from Gangzi: "Now we can finally recruit some soldiers, Brother Gangzi, you don't know, my brother doesn't even have the manpower to patrol these days." ”

This batch of orders can also alleviate the current situation of the Jimo Navy, after all, the profits from the construction and transformation of sloops are still limited, unless Gangzi contributes to his huge trade difference. But...... If Jimo Port is Ge's private territory, Ge must be a big investment of money, but Ge is just a governor. Maybe one day he will be promoted to the Qingzhou palace as the princess's "personal assistant", that is, Mogang will be replaced by a commander, won't my brother's money be cheaper than others?

Therefore, it is still necessary to tap the potential from the port itself.

Artillery is not to be thought about, this is a big source of wealth for Black Sail Island. Gangzi will not ask Jimo Port to get a piece of the pie. Moreover, the artillery of the Jimo Navy is supplied by Jimo County, and the Jimo Navy buys and sells it far less profitable than the direct cannon of Heifan Island, and even in Gangzi's plan, all the guns of the Jimo Navy are provided by Heifan Island. Fertilizer and water don't flow into outsiders' fields.

So where else can you make money?

Ship remodeling!

Transformation is a must-play activity for rich people, and transformation is more expensive than shipbuilding, and if you are not satisfied with the attributes, you can change it again. Change the price of seven or eight boats on the top of a modified ship.

Jimo Port has a high-class shipyard, which can theoretically be retrofitted for three-masted warships.

So Gangzi came to Jimo Shipyard under the leadership of Cui Shi, twenty docks have begun to manufacture dhows, and another twenty docks are being expanded, plus the shipbuilding speed of Heifan Island and Anne Village, the order for 10,000 speed-enhanced dhows should be completed within a year.

In the shipyard's ship designer studio, Gangzi met with six ship designers owned by the Jimo shipyard. Five intermediate ship designers and one senior designer.

The senior designer is a white-bearded old man, an old pedant with a pair of eyes, and his name is Liu Hezhong. As the chief designer of Jimo Shipyard, when facing the inspection of the new chief, Old Man Liu came out of the crowd and saluted Gangzi: "Welcome to the Admiral's inspection of my Jimo Shipyard Design Office, I don't know what your Excellency can order." ”

Gangzi took a casual look at this design room, and the level of this design room could be seen from the few ship books on the shelves. However, Gangzi still asked Lao Liu Tou with a fluke mentality: "What is the success rate of your three-masted battleship?" ”

Hearing Gangzi ask about the three-masted battleship, Lao Liu Tou was ashamed and said: "Since the old man was promoted to a senior ship designer when he was 45 years old, he was entrusted by the Jimo fleet with the important task of designing the three-masted battleship, but the three-masted merchant ship successfully designed three, while the three-masted battleship has never succeeded, so I am ashamed and ashamed." ”

When he knew that Jimo Shipyard had a senior ship designer, Gangzi had great expectations for building his own three-masted battleship, but listening to what Lao Liu Tou said, the three-masted battleship didn't need to think about it.

So let's see how about the level of boat transformation of these people? It's a little easier to change the ship than to design the whole ship map, and the three-masted battleship transformation will be put aside first, and now the two-masted battleships in the hands of the player are all high-end, so make these high-end people's money first. So Gangzi asked each of the six ship designers to come up with a speed-enhanced brig.

Since Gangzi studied the theory of sailboat speed in the library of Lawrence Manor in order to design high-speed dhows, he still has a certain vision for the acceleration of sailboats. Watching the six ship designers unfold blank drawings to make sketches, after reading a few strokes, Gangzi scolded in his heart: "Ship designers? It's design! Brother was quite satisfied with a renovation in Plymouth, and in Hangzhou, the Sea Whale should be done three times before it met the standards in his heart, and it turned out that most of the designers of Dahan were at this level! It's no wonder that Brother is cold-eyed in Plymouth, and it is indeed a Han ship designer who is not angry. ”

It seems that if you want to make money by renovating ships, these sub-designers don't have to count on it. If you want to make a lot of money, you still need to establish a brand, and the probability of high-quality transformation is high, so as to attract more people to come to transform. Brother's horizontal transformation of the brig battleship should be competent, but Brother can't squat in the Jimo Shipyard all day long to draw drawings for others, right? It seems that we have to find a way to find a way from elsewhere to see if we can dig up a few ship designers with a high level.

There are definitely the most skilled ship designers in the UK, and they still need to go to Plymouth to find Sir Gardner to figure out a way.

Not interested in looking at the final transformation drawings of the Jimo ship designers, Gangzi left the Jimo shipyard with Cui Shi: "The level of these designers is really poor, how about the designers of our Donglai Navy, can you divide a few?" ”

Cui Shi said: "Alas...... I think we also have a warship comparable to the British first-class battleship, but our Han ship designers are all passed down from master to apprentice, the previous dynasty was in turmoil, and the inheritance of our Han ship design was broken. ”

Gangzi Daqi said: "Our Han also has a first-class battleship? ”

"Hmm...... Yes! When my great treasure ship dominated the oceans, the fleet was so spectacular, now it can only be seen through some models and drawings, alas......"

Gangzi thought back for a moment and asked: "When I went in and out of the Donglai Admiral's Mansion before, I saw many models of ships parked in the pool on the side, and the largest of them was very rich in the style of our big man, so it was a giant treasure ship?" ”

Cui Shi nodded and said: "Princess Wei's ancestor is a naval family, and her ancestor used to be the captain of a giant treasure ship, leaving a lot of information and models about the giant treasure ship, but there is no master ship designer in Donglai Port, and it is a great pity that he cannot understand the design of the giant treasure ship." ”

Dahan even had a first-class warship before! This news was secretly written down in his heart, and he recalled that Sir Gardner often expressed his appreciation for the ships of the East, and perhaps Sir Gardner also had some information about the giant treasure ship in his hands.

Looks like Plymouth has to go.

Gangzi said to Cui Shi: "I am going to focus on shipbuilding and ship renovation in Jimo Port, and I am definitely not competent with the existing ship designers, I am going to go to Plymouth, England to see if I can recruit some qualified ship designers, and Jimo Port will be entrusted to Brother Cui." ”

Cui Shi hurriedly said: "Before the general leaves, it is best to arrange for the fleet to be stationed in Jimo Port, now there are three dhow warships on duty in the port, and I can't even sleep at night when I am worried." ”

I almost forgot about it, that is, the south of Mogang is the Xuzhou Navy, and my brother came back from a long trip to find that the nest was taken by someone and laughed.

"The mixed fleet and the 'Flying Henan People' are stationed in Jimo Port."

"For the time being, the kamikaze special fleet is stationed in Jimo Port, organized into the Jimo Fleet, and there are ten Brig warships of Admiral Ben in the Battle of the Angry Sea, all of which will come over to equip the Jimo Fleet, and the Jiuzhuo Merchant Group (Black Sail Island) will send five more brigs and twenty high-speed dhows that have been produced to equip the Jimo Fleet. The mixed fleet was incorporated into the Jimo fleet, and the PK hairstyle did not recognize the acting commander of the Jimo fleet, and Zhao Zhengzhi recognized the chief instructor, you have improved the coastal defense of Jimo. (To be continued......)