"I have to warn you, I'm not an expert in weapons. I could try to suggest some improvements to your weapons, but you'd better not get your hopes up. Horse whistle thought for a moment.

General Fitzroy laughed, "No problem, I'm not an expert in weapons, but I'm sure you and the craftsmen must have a good conversation." ”

The horse sentry came to Fitzroy's unit and exchanged views with the soldiers and weapon craftsmen for a while, and according to the opinions of later generations, he proposed some improvements to the weapons being used by the British army.

His advice was conservative and pragmatic, he did not want weapons that were not under his control to evolve too quickly, nor could he be full of empty guns and not give the British any benefit, so that business would not be done.

Relying only on light weapons, the Apache's military power was far from sufficient.

Mexico was too busy to provide the Apache with a few artillery pieces, which obviously did not satisfy the appetite of the horse whistle.

He needs more, bigger.

Artillery is actually no longer a problem, now the horse whistle just pays for it, and the artillery produced by the British satisfies him both in terms of quantity and quality.

The problem today is the ship.

More precisely, warships.

Ma Whistle wants to buy some second-hand warships, the advantages of second-hand warships are cheap, fast arrival, it doesn't matter how old the ship is, it is enough for the Apache. Of course, it's better to take some professional naval and technical personnel back by the way.

He hoped that after several years of hard work, Apache would be able to build a navy on the west coast of the Americas that could withstand US pressure, and then establish a more stable connection with East Asia.

If this step goes well, what Apache needs to do later is to continue to develop, and frantically arch the north and south, making the Civil War more tragic than in history, destroying more purely, and completely tearing apart the Star-Spangled Banner.

At the right time, the horse whistle asked General Fitzroy for relevant information.

"Do you want to buy a second-hand warship?" General Fitzroy was a little surprised, and looked at the horse whistle with a sincere face, "But I remember you said that you live in the interior of the Americas. ”

"Mainly inland, but not entirely inland," Ma Whistle said. I am well aware of the richness of the ocean and the necessity of exploring it. ”

"It's really ambitious." General Fitzroy smiled, "Well, what kind of warship do you want to buy?" There are a few ships that are about to be decommissioned that can indeed be sold to you, but the price will not be very cheap either. ”

Whistle: "How much does the cheapest cost?" ”

"Cheapest ...... There is a corvette, which belongs to the sixth class of warships, armed with twenty guns, which can be sold to you for three thousand pounds. "Fitzroy recalled," recalled, "and another one about the same, about four thousand pounds." ”

"Even better than these two is a forty-four-gun frigate, and you might have to pay ten thousand pounds to buy one."

"As for bigger boats, frankly, I wouldn't recommend you buy them." Fitzroy concluded.

Ma Whistle pondered for a moment: "Take me to see these three ships." ”

"Yes."

As it turned out, the horses did gain a lot of friendship by helping the British improve their weapons, and he finally bought three frigates that were not too old, which he finally paid for only fifteen thousand pounds.

And in addition to the warship, he received a group of military advisers. In a way, these military advisers are more important than ships.

Ma Shou also bought several second-hand merchant ships.

The ships were there, but they were empty, so he immediately began to busily fill them with empty warships and merchant ships.

He purchased a lot of important materials that were not easy to buy in the United States, and then recruited a group of high-level craftsmen.

These craftsmen were really not cheap, and in order to make them willing to go to the Americas with him, Ma Whistle offered a salary significantly higher than the British level, and promised to pay a large amount of settling-in money.

So he definitely can't recruit too much, not too much, mainly to bring some critical skills and experience to Apache.

After recruiting these craftsmen, Ma Whistle bought some more grain and drove to Ireland in the name of charity to help the victims.

Of course, he didn't really do it for charity, in fact, the food on the ship couldn't help a few victims at all, and the price of food was not cheap now.

He just wanted to collect some people.

In the disaster area, the least valuable thing is people, and it is a good time to import.

Of course, the horse whistle will not accept everyone like some countries in later generations to accept refugees, and finally shoot themselves in the foot.

The refugees he took in were mainly children, and they were developing normally, at least not with brain problems, and the average age was about eight years old - too big, the cost of education was high, and no; If it's too small, it's expensive to raise, and don't want it.

These children can bring their relatives with them, but not all relatives, specifically only women of childbearing age.

If you want to bring relatives such as fathers, uncles, grandparents, etc., it is definitely not possible.

In this case, it is easy to do, just give some food to relatives, many parents are willing to do this, after all, it is not to let their children be slaves, and they can live their own lives.

There are about 1,000 school-age children, plus hundreds of women of childbearing age, which is considered to be the implementation of the principle of giving priority to women and children.

As for the adult males, it was not completely confiscated, but the number was extremely small - only a few dozen.

After all, with the current environment in Ireland, the young and middle-aged male civilians who have some ability have basically run out, and who is still starving here, so most of the people left behind are not suitable for acceptance.

The dozens of adult males who were accepted either had special skills, special status, or had a child who was smart enough to negotiate terms with Ma Whistle.

Two of these men impressed Ma Whistle extremely much, and it is estimated that he will never forget it in his life.

"Mr. Kennedy?" Ma Sentry stared at a shy young man in front of him, "What will you do?" ”

Kennedy seemed a little flustered: "I ...... I can make barrels. ”

Ma Sentry nodded: "It's nothing, you go and rest." ”

A cooper was obviously not qualified to let him receive it, but it was a pleasure to receive this guy.

Because he was nine points sure, he concluded that this young Irishman named Patrick Kennedy was the ancestor of Merlot, not only the surname, but also the appearance of the two was somewhat similar.

Happy.

In addition to Kennedy, there was also an "acquaintance" on the ship of the horse whistle - Bai Deng.

However, compared to Kennedy, who was ten out of ten, this worship made Ma Whistle not sure if it was the ancestor of the Rare Sect.

But he remembered that Xizong was also of Irish descent, and it seemed that he also ran out of Ireland in this era, so the probability should not be small.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it's not, the timeline has been significantly distorted, and the life trajectories of these two people are bound to be very different from the original history.

For the horse whistle, this is entertainment.

After leaving Ireland, several ships headed west with supplies and men, and they were to round Cape Horn and then head north to California.

The sentry travelled to Liverpool to take the remaining people to Lincoln, where the school was almost repaired.

However, as the train they were on passed through Manchester, a large group of workers who were assembling caused the train to stop.

"Universal suffrage!" The workers shouted.