Shi Liang's ignorance of this decision was expected by Chen Wu

In fact, the two great powers around the Cook Islands, the Qianyuan Empire and the Lena Dynasty, had enough strength to cross the sea to conquer this divided and war-torn island nation. Although there are many reasons for not getting your hands dirty, the main thing is nothing more than unprofitable. Shi Liang was definitely unwilling to fill his subordinates into this hole with no return in sight without knowing the iron ore of the Asahikawa Domain.

In order to make the other party change his mind, Chen Wu slightly revealed a little information to him.

Not surprisingly, after listening to his words, Shi Liang was really surprised and delighted.

"There is an iron ore in the Asahikawa Domain that has not yet been discovered? Enough for the Songjiang Army for more than ten years or even longer? ”

To be honest, Shi Liang was really a little skeptical of this information. If there really is such an iron mine, how could the local daimyo of the Asahikawa Domain not find it? Those poor and crazy guys, but they dream of removing some resources from their own territory to pay back. But thinking about Chen Wu's smooth and lingering mystery since his beginning, plus there are indeed Haikou who have taken refuge in Chen Wu, maybe there really is such an iron mine.

"If the information is reliable, the minister has no objections."

Of course, he knew how short of iron ore was in the three counties of Songjiang, and if he wanted to conquer Cook Island across the sea, as well as transport iron ore back and forth in the future, he would need a strong fleet of sailors. For the first person of the Songjiang Military Naval Division, there was no better news than this.

What admiral would think he had too many ships?

After moving Shi Liang, all that remains is to discuss the specific plan.

Chen Wu didn't know much about the Cook Islands, after all, when he paid attention to the island nation on the forum. It's almost being pushed by the Lena Dynasty's player camp. But the good thing. The Matsue army only needed to deal with the Asahikawa clan. In terms of strength, you have an absolute advantage. The only points that need to be discussed are nothing more than the timing and scale of the troops, and the specific location of the landing.

"With the previous appropriation, a batch of new ships have been completed, and the rest will be launched next year. Since the distance between Quanzhou Port and the southeast of Cook Island is about one-third of the sea distance closer than the Chengxi Port heading south to the Omanis, if there is a month to prepare, we will mobilize the Ninghai Naval Division with all our might. You can transport 2,000 cavalry to the Asahikawa Domain at once, or far more infantry! ”

Although he already knew that this admiral was not a layman who did not understand the market of sailors, he still made an update on it.

"It doesn't take that much."

Chen Wu was still a little worried about the vagaries of the Eastern Ocean, after all, these wooden sail warships were too fragile. Large ships with thousands of materials are fine, but smaller sea ships have poor ability to resist wind and waves. In case Master Ning Hai really encountered some accidents, then Chen Wu couldn't cry.

Without this foundation, I don't know how many times more difficult it will be to rebuild.

"The first batch of landings can transport two brigades of cavalry and one and a half wings of infantry."

The cavalry, with men and horses, took up much more space and consumed much more at sea than ordinary infantry. An army of this size may seem like 2,000 cavalry, but in reality the size of the delivery fleet required is much smaller than the latter.

As for two corps of cavalry, one and a half corps of infantry. Whether he could solve the Asahikawa Domain, Chen Wu had no doubt at all. On going it alone. Those Dongyi ronins and samurai who are not afraid of death may be very powerful, but when it is the turn of the regular army to fight, the Dongyi people on the Cook Islands are still a thousand years ago!

As for whether other forces on the island will come to interfere, there is no need to worry too much about this.

If the Matsue army really showed its determination to seize the entire island and eliminate the qiē forces on the island, then the various daimyo might still join forces. However, as long as the Matsue army stated that it was for the sake of the Asahikawa Domain's pirates coming to retaliate, and strictly guarding this area to prevent expanding its power, the other daimyo might be wary, but they would never take the initiative to provoke.

After all, the Matsue Army was "part of the empire" and was a behemoth in the eyes of the pirates. Moreover, dozens of forces of different sizes on Cook Island also have irreconcilable contradictions of their own. Unless it is a last resort, there is little possibility of joining forces.

When the iron ore of the Asahikawa Domain is gradually mined and the benefits are moving, it will be at least a few months or even half a year later. By that time, the Songjiang Army had already completed the landing of the second and even third waves of garrisons. The daimyo on the island don't even dare to have this idea, so they can only pray in their hearts that the army of the Kingdom will not look at their one-third of an acre of broken land!

"It's just that big, how long does it take to ...... As fast as possible, as fast as possible. ”

The reason why Shi Liang was urged was because the Cook Islands were only a stage target of the Matsue Army, and what they were trying to do was only the Asahikawa Domain. After getting it, Songjiang's sailors have more important tasks, and next time it will be related to the Songjiang Army's other shortage of food, and even whether the Songjiang Army has the potential to dominate the world.

Much more important than impoverished Cook Island!

"Wechen understood."

Guessing that Chen Wu had other plans, Shi Liang immediately said that he would draw up a plan and speed up the progress as soon as he went back.

"One more thing." Chen Wu spoke again and proposed a plan that shocked Shi Liang: "I will ask the Financial Services Department to allocate an additional amount of money to build ocean-going ships that run the sea." The size of this four-masted ship is larger than that of existing ships, and it is necessary to ensure that a single ship can carry 3,000 stone of cargo. In terms of quantity, the first batch will supervise the construction of 100 ships. By the way, a Quanzhou Shipping Department was set up to be responsible for the overall arrangement and management of these sea vessels. ”

A four-masted ship capable of carrying 3,000 stone cargo on a single ship!

Sea vessels of this size have long been owned by the Andaman city-states, which often do maritime trade. On the side of the Empire's Donghai County, some large chambers of commerce also equipped a small amount. It can carry 200 sailors and carry cargo of 3,000 or even 4,000 koku. The shipbuilding is mostly made of fir wood, and there is a sturdy deck, with up to 60 small cabins below the deck, and the living comfort is also very good. And use hemp and tree oil to mix the wall twist joint, to eliminate the possibility of water leakage to the greatest extent.

In the game before the crossing, such a sea ship can be regarded as an out-and-out big ship. It wasn't until eight years after the game that the Players' Guild led the development of the seven-sail grain ship and even the twelve-sail treasure ship, but this was basically the pinnacle of wooden sailboats.

Only when Chen Wu crossed the update, the firearm development license, the unlocking of the technology tree to modern times, and even the appearance of the steam engine and the industrial revolution, will there be further ironclad ships and even real ironclad ships - but that scene, I am afraid that the "Empire" game will not be seen until it goes out of business.

Of course, Shi Liang didn't know about the other world, so in his eyes, these four-sailing ships that Chen Wu didn't care about were already big guys. Build a hundred ...... in one go

Are there really so many boatmen in Quanzhou?

Or even if there were, could the Songjiang Army afford that much money?

Moreover, listening to Chen Wu's tone, these 100 articles are only the first batch. How far does this governor want to develop maritime trade?

"You don't have to worry about money." Chen Wu understood his worries and assured: "The Songjiang Army will not expand in the next two to three years, and the excess financial revenue will be greatly tilted towards the water division. This is not a reckless force, every penny invested in the sea ship now will bring a tenfold and hundredfold return in the future! ”

This world may be limited by the deduction of the brain in the game and the setting of the development team, and there is a lot of lack of understanding and development of the sea. Even in the history of Chen Wu's journey through the real world before that, as long as it was not in the period of the sea ban, the scale of shipping was far greater than it is now. However, it also gave Chen Wu the opportunity to use the advantages of opening the sea to make amazing profits, and use these profits to build a powerful army, and incidentally cultivate the embryonic bourgeoisie within the force.

………

Shi Liang eventually returned to Quanzhou with a little surprise and suspicion, but more with excitement.

As early as when he attacked Ninghai and sent Luo Tianxiang to recruit the Ninghai Division, Shi Liang already knew that this governor was different from the center of the empire. But it wasn't until today that he realized that the Governor valued the sea far more than he thought. Moreover, the other party seems to have an inexplicable confidence in the future development, as if he is very sure that the future will be like that, and even as if he has seen it with his own eyes.

Surrendering to such a lord is really stressful enough for me, the Admiral of the Navy!

After sighing, he stepped into the dry camp of Quanzhou Military Port in high spirits. Only three days later, with the assistance of several generals of the naval division, some of the information transmitted by the military intelligence department of Tongguò, combined with the description of the naturalized Haikou in the naval division, came up with a rather detailed landing plan.

At the same time, the sailors of the division intensified their training and recruited a new crew for the newly launched warships.

Under the supervision and coordination of the newly established Quanzhou Shipbuilding Department, the official shipyard of Quanzhou Port has also slowly broken ground and is ready to be built. A group of shipwrights who were originally subordinate to Ninghai Division will be directly assigned to the shipyard after the completion of the shipyard and will be under the unified management of the Harbour Master. As for the boatmen recruited by the people of Quanzhou, they were no exception, after handing over the new ship and settling the wages, they didn't have time to rest for a few days and figure out where they should go to find work next, so they immediately received an appointment from Ninghai Seaman.

This time, it is no longer a temporary job, but a long-term meal ticket for a shipwright in Quanzhou!

If it was before the rise of the seaport in Donghai County, when the private shipbuilding industry in Quanzhou Port was the most developed, the shipwrights of these private shipyards might still be a little hesitant. But now, those who really have great skills have long since moved away. It is not easy for those who are still staying in Quanzhou Port to support their families. Almost without hesitation, the vast majority of the shipwrights who received the offer agreed to join the Quanzhou shipyard.

The shipbuilding industry of Ninghai County, after experiencing the ups and downs of prosperity and decline, has ushered in a new www.biquge.info of Biquge with the change of owners and a large amount of capital and policy inclination! (To be continued.) )