"Of course, but iron is too expensive, how much silver does an iron-hulled ship bigger than this cost, I'm afraid it won't cost four million taels for one, even the court can't afford it." Wang Haiting shook his head and said.

"I can import it from the West, and the reason why I am so sure that I want to fight is because we have this kind of iron-hulled ship, which is our unique weapon of mass destruction." Tang Wen said.

"If we can equip an iron-hulled ship that is even larger than this, plus our cannons can shoot far and be powerful, and with powerful firearms, we will be much more sure." Simon Taigao nodded.

"Rest assured, our ship is already at sea. It will arrive soon, and even if the Linghai General Army Yamen wants to recruit my people, it will still be some time.

Didn't the battle for the east just start, it wasn't that serious.

What we need to do now is to train soldiers, especially on ships, to strengthen our naval combat capabilities.

It is necessary to form a naval battle and a land battle as one. For example, it is possible to practice landing operations, ship battles, etc.

By the way, I will tell the master who drives the speedboat that during this time, I will pick a group of boatmen to come over and learn how to drive an iron-hulled boat. Tang Wen said.

"This matter has been trained for a long time, and dozens of boatmen who can drive iron-hulled boats have been trained." Luo Yiwu said.

"From now on, call the captain, not the boatman. The person who assisted in driving the boat was called the first mate, and there was also a second officer......

The helmsman who specializes in driving the ship is called the helmsman, and the captain is the captain of the ship, and the personnel on board are fully dispatched.

Our boat is not small, and it takes more than a dozen people to cooperate to make the boat run normally.

By the way, a group of people from Zhan Dongwen's mechanic repair team were sent over to repair the ship.

Because, the ship is often broken, and it needs to be repaired by a special person. Tang Wendao.

In fact, Tang Wen's plan is to return to Yunhai City to order a batch of merchant ships that look like coast guard ships.

Carrying the black-clad cannon up to it would become an earthen gunboat, and of course, the necessary firing holes would have to be in place.

It is used to fight wars in wartime and to transport goods in peacetime.

Of course, the tonnage will not be very large, and there are about two or three hundred people on board, and the maximum displacement is about seven or eight hundred tons.

At that time, each ship will be equipped with a few black-clad cannons and two hundred firecrackers, and it will be an ancient version of a warship.

"Jiang Xuan has seen the lord!" As soon as he saw Tang Wen, Jiang Xuan actually snatched a step from the living room and went to the door to greet Tang Wen.

Even, when he saw the salute, he bowed slightly, which made Yunhaitang and the gang nervous.

You know, this guy is also the deputy commander of Linghai Province, a powerful person in the provincial capital, and a member of the Sanpin.

Wang Haiting couldn't help but look at Ximen Taigao in shock, and Ximen Taigao also looked at Wang Haiting with a shocked face.

Jiang Xuan's bow completely leveled the self-esteem and arrogance of the elders of Yunhaimen.

Of course, Tang Wen also felt it, glanced at the popular villains on their heads, and found that they all bent down towards him, with an inclination of 10 degrees, and they were almost on the ground.

"Lord Jiang's face is full of red light, and the Yin Hall is shining, there should be a good thing." Tang Wen said with a smile.

"It's all thanks to the Lord." Jiang Xuan didn't deny it, he was quite proud.

"My master has been promoted to the commander of Linghai." Jiang Mansion housekeeper Wei Zhao said with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations." Tang Wen congratulated each other, and the two sides entered the living room.

"This time to the front line, the materials given by the lord played a big role.

Especially wine and weapons, they both like it.

I drank all the wine I bought from the lord and sent it away, so I also made a lot of achievements, and I used it to upgrade directly after I came back. Jiang Xuan sighed.

"Lord Jiang needs it, even if you open your mouth." Tang Wendao.

"Of course I'll have to buy another batch, this time in larger quantities. However, the tents still have to be in batches, a thousand tops. Jiang preached.

"I'll have to wait a few days, and the goods are still at sea." Tang Wendao.

"No problem, it's in time. However, recently there has been another fight along the eastern coast, and I have to be busy again.

Lord beware, the Sun Kingdom is attacking, and you should pay attention to pirates at sea.

Otherwise, the goods will be robbed, and the loss will be great. Jiang preached.

"Alas...... Lady Jiang is out of luck. No, there was a big war just after taking office, and this time it was on the doorstep. Therefore, the task given by the top is very heavy. Wei Zhao sighed.

"Damn, the silver taels alone require us to command the yamen to raise 1.5 million taels.

Swords, cannons, guns, etc. are required.

It was already stretched in the past, and now it is difficult to have so much. Jiang Xuan patted the handle of the chair and said with a gloomy face.

I'm asking for money again......

Tang Wen knew it.

"I can donate forty black-clothed cannons, seven hundred firearms, three hundred taels of silver, plus a batch of ammunition for Lord Jiang." Tang Wen had a wit, the pile of 'garbage' in Yunhaimen had not been sold, so it was more cost-effective to simply donate it directly for war exploits.

"The lord is benevolent and righteous, dedicated to the country, Jiang admires, admires!

Today, you have solved Jiang's urgent need, and in the future, you will be my Jiang Xuan's brother.

Your black-clothed cannons and firecrackers are all counted as double their combat merits, and the other 300,000 taels of silver donated are counted as 1.5 times their combat merits.

Steward Wei, you immediately count it and convert it. ”

Jiang Xuan stood up and hugged his fists excitedly. For fear that Tang Wen would regret it, he hurriedly cooked the raw rice into rice.

Otherwise, he will not be able to complete the task just after taking office, and his ass will not be able to sit steadily.

"One black-clothed cannon was folded into one hundred thousand taels of silver, and one pole was six hundred taels.

Forty gates are four million taels, and seven hundred rods of fire are five hundred thousand taels.

The total amount of ammunition is 500,000 taels, plus 300,000 taels of silver, one and a half times that is forty-five taels......

More than 45,000 feats. Wei Zhao immediately took out the abacus and pulled it up.

"Hahaha, brother, are you satisfied with more than 45,000 battle exploits?" Jiang Xuan laughed.

"There's Brother Lao Jiang." Tang Wen arched his hand, knowing that Jiang Xuanquan had given him one and five times, or even double.

Otherwise, a second-hand black-clothed cannon would be at most forty or fifty thousand taels of silver, and all of them would be discounted into one hundred thousand taels for Jiang Xuan.

The fire gun is about the same, the new one is only three or four hundred taels, and Jiang Xuan has converted it into six hundred taels......

"Hahaha, brother, let's be with each other." Jiang Xuan laughed, "By the way, our yamen has to pay you silver for the 1,000 tents, and this time it will be 2,000 taels of silver." No discounts, no discounts, no discounts, housekeepers, give a total total. ”

"Then you don't have to, it's still eight folds, I don't want two folds here." Tang Wendao.

"Nope! Brother, this time I bought it on behalf of the governor's yamen, and I took it and took it, and I wanted to earn what I should earn. Jiang Xuan said with a smile.

"Then brother, I'll be disrespectful." Tang Wen hugged his fists and smiled.

"One top is two thousand, and one thousand tops are two million taels. This is a million taels of silver tickets, sir, you take it first, and the remaining one million taels will be pulled out by the governor's yamen after the tent is in place. Jiang Xuan said.

"Brother Jiang, if the Sun Kingdom attacks, there will definitely be chaos along our coast." Tang Wendao.

"That's for sure, the general army yamen has shrunk its forces to the vicinity of the provincial capital.

Even the sailors of Bufang Yanling County have withdrawn back, like yours, this place is too remote, and now it is basically empty, leaving the garrison battalions of various provinces to fight on land.

There's no way to manage the sea, so I'm going to warn you to watch out for pirates.

I see that Koh Samui is under construction, but it can't be destroyed by pirates, and a year's hard work is wasted, so how much silver will you have to lose?

Also, you have to take care of your own safety. It is really not possible to evacuate Koh Samui first and move to the provincial capital to be safer. Jiang Xuan said.

"This is the family business of the Tang family, the Tang family is left with these, it is impossible for me to leave, and the real island will be ruined and people will die." Tang Wen shook his head.

"Why don't you listen to persuasion, stay in the green mountains, and don't be afraid of no firewood." Jiang Xuan said.

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