The fleet that Duke wants to build, in the absence of war, will launch at least two giant ships of about 500 tons a year, and this is only the first few years, and it is best to reach the scale of five in the future.

And in the event of a war, then all resources will definitely be supported by the construction of the shipyard, at least not less than the launch rate of five warships per year, of course, the more this number, the better.

You must know that in the history of the earth, there has always been a saying about a century-old navy, because if you want to build a powerful navy, as a "noble army", it is far from being able to build a strong army in a few years, and it takes decades or even hundreds of years of accumulation to become the most top-level powerful navy.

Moreover, the sail warships of this era have very high requirements for sailors, and if so many sails want to move quickly, it depends on the exquisite cooperation of sailors. Naval warfare in the Middle Ages was basically about seeing who had the more skilled sailors to work together, and who could turn the ship around faster and fire the gun to gain the upper hand.

The adjustment at sea is far from being as simple as on land, and a group of professional and sophisticated sailors is the guarantee of the future storm fleet. It takes years of sparring to train a qualified sailor, so Duke has to prepare everything in advance, just like the giant wood used in shipbuilding.

"My lord, if you want to live by your standards, this is a huge amount of money, and it is a great burden on the Storm Territory. ”

Old Watt still reminded Duke very professionally, because he was worried that Duke did not know the cost of shipbuilding and training sailors, which was to train more than 1,000 skilled workers and more sailors at every turn, and it was simply going to spend a lot of money on it, not to mention that shipbuilding itself was an incomparably money-burning business.

"I know, but that's what Stormcastle has to do, and if we can make it, then everything will be paid back quickly. ”

Duke replied firmly, he planned to use three years to train at least 1,000 skilled workers, at least 5,000 professional sailors, after all, in this era, there are hundreds of operators of a sailing ship, and the mortality rate and ship damage rate in this era are also amazingly high, almost reaching one-third to one-half.

So 5,000 people are not a lot of flattening down, and these 5,000 people can only be regarded as a foundation, and it will be enough to have 1,000 people really reach the level of getting on the ship in three years, after all, it takes time to build a ship, how can there be so many training ships for them to use.

At the same time, Duke also knew that these investments would be astronomical, at least at the level of tens of millions of gold coins. But as long as the Storm Fleet is formed, the future seafaring trade will be almost equivalent to the same value of gold, and the income of a ship will reach an exaggerated figure of millions of gold coins, so these investments may be recovered within a year.

Of course, the financial pressure on Stormfort in the early stage was very high, and Duke planned to build some small ships to trade with the coastal empire if it really couldn't support it, and adopt the model of making money while building to reduce costs. So Duke is not in a hurry, anyway, the sea is an untapped treasure in this era, and he has become a pioneer, as long as he makes money from it, these are not problems.

Duke was left to Watt Sr. in charge of the Stormyard, and he also went to the Stormkeep to meet Faski. As the leader of the Stormfishmen, Duke plans to discuss the battle plan with her this time.

Faski was a little surprised by Duke's arrival, but quickly saluted Duke, she was now accustomed to being a subject of Stormcastle, and the life of the Wave tribe had improved in a straight line, and all the fishmen had adapted to their new lives. Even some of the wealthy people in the Fish-Man Tribe have moved to live in places like Storm New City, and have used the Storm Market to sell some of the Sea Clan's specialty goods to make a profit.

It can be said that the Sea Clan has slowly merged into the Storm Castle, and there is no longer the surprise and surprise of seeing those fish-man warriors before, and the Sea Clan themselves are also happy with this change, after all, the human world is much more comfortable than gnawing salted fish in the sea, and now it is to ask them to return to their home in the Sea of Death, and it is estimated that many guys are unwilling to go.

After Duke saw Fasqi, he didn't talk nonsense to her, and said directly in a commanding tone: "Fasqi, now that the construction of the Storm Shipyard has started, this sea of death in the future must be under the control of Storm Fort, so now I give you an order, take the initiative to attack the Wild Shark Tribe, at least to ensure absolute safety within a hundred nautical miles of the Storm Territory." “

Storm Shipyard is different from Storm Fortress, as a shipyard, it must have docks and other equipment, so it must be built by the sea. Because he is the closest to danger, and he does not have enough fortifications like Storm Fortress, it is conceivable that if there is no way to control the entire Sea of Death, then the Storm Shipyard will always be in a dangerous situation, which is very detrimental to the future of the Storm Shipyard.

So Duke could take a defensive position in the face of the Shark Tribe before, because his interests in the ocean were not very obvious and strong, and if the Shark Tribe was too stimulated to carry out with them, it would be a matter of more than worth the loss at first sight, after all, the Storm Fishman Army has almost controlled the sea area within dozens of nautical miles around the Storm Fortress, and the marine products of this era are not as consumed as much as in later generations, and this is also a fish gathering area, so there is no need to worry about the food problem, and the Storm Fishman Army and the Shark Tribe have maintained a situation where they want to live in harmony with each other。

But now Duke can't be satisfied with this situation, the ocean is the greatest wealth in the future, and the Storm Fish-Man Army's way of catching and eating one by one, completely does not reflect the value of the fish. And with the expansion of millions of people in the Alpine Territory, the demand for meat will also increase greatly in the future, and the current livestock and poultry of Storm Castle are far from meeting the needs of so many people, and it will take at least a few years to develop, and Storm Castle may develop a larger territory in the next few years.

So as the saying goes, the mountains eat the mountains, and the sea eats the sea, before the storm territory had been guarding the cornucopia of the Sea of Death and there was no way to develop it, but now Duke has relieved the initial difficulties, and he is starting to move towards the Sea of Death!