After entering the house and sitting down, after chatting a few words, Li Qiu said, "Patronizing and gossiping, I haven't asked Haishan Zirui what the situation of the two of you is now?" ”

"Hehe, what is their situation? I'm going to roll up and go home! I went to resign that day, and I kept them, these two are excellent sailor generals, and it would be a pity to go home to farm and cultivate the fields, but he insisted on leaving, but I couldn't stop him. Xiao Chen said.

"The two of them can understand what happened to the king, but why are they discouraged? Lord Lin Dongyang was unjustly imprisoned like you, and now the emperor is not reactivated, and he is still entrusted with important tasks? Li Qiu said.

"Look at what the prince said, how dare the two of us compare with Lord Lin Dongyang?" Lin Zirui smiled bitterly.

Who is Lin Dongyang? The official of the feudal territory, the second-grade officer! What are the identities of the two of us?

The small five-grade commander, the sesame-sized sailor military attaché, the emperor and his old man know who we are?

"Your identities are different, but your experiences are similar." Li Qiu couldn't say this deeply, but only vaguely said, "What Xiao Chen said makes sense, since the two of them are proficient in water warfare, they should give full play to their strengths and contribute to the country, and the matter of going home to farm will be mentioned again." ”

"The two generals don't know, the emperor has made our little prince the governor of Haining, with an ocean-going fleet under his jurisdiction, and is currently collecting talents, if the two are willing to come over to help, the prince will be very happy." Lin Qi smiled, "So are you willing, willing, or willing?" ”

"Ocean Fleet?" Liu Haishan listened to Du Te's freshness, "The villain was stationed in Haining Bay before, and I didn't know that there was such a fleet?" ”

"Yes, it seems that there are only some coastal frigates and patrol ships in the Haining Bay Military Port now, and there are no large warships? Could it be that he was transferred from Jiangnan? Lin Zirui was also confused.

"It's right if I didn't see it." Li Qiu said with a smile, "At present, our Haining Navy Division does not have a single soldier or a single battleship." ”

"The difference between the prince's words, if Haishan and Zirui join, isn't it just a soldier? Now it's just a battleship. Lin Qi said with a smile.

Oh......

Lin Zirui and Liu Haishan suddenly realized, it turns out that you don't have a fart, this is planning to start from scratch?

If you want to form an infantry or cavalry, it is actually not difficult, as long as you select some grassroots generals, recruit some young and strong people, buy some war horses, and train for half a year and you can go to the battlefield.

But the sailor can't do it, you don't even have a battleship, we can't get into the water at all, okay!

If you want to build a new fleet, it is not impossible, but there are three prerequisites, first, there must be silver, second, there must be a lot of silver, and third, there must be many, many silver!

Since it is an ocean-going fleet, there must be a large warship, and the price of a large ocean-going warship is at least three or four hundred thousand silver, if it is a large ironclad battleship with powerful firepower like Yan Yun or Ross, I am afraid that the cost will be higher!

And that's just the battleship, not the other auxiliary equipment......

And an ocean-going fleet, theoretically, must have at least twenty capital warships, which will cost more than 10 million taels of silver, not counting other frigates, cruisers, supply ships, and troop carriers!

Why is the development of our Great Zhou Sailor so slow, in the final analysis, isn't it because we haven't invested enough silver?

But this is actually understandable, because the emperor Li Wanjiang has never attached much importance to the sailors, or he feels that investing huge sums of money to build an ocean-going fleet is useless.

For example, the amount of money spent to build an ocean-going fleet is enough to equip a 50,000-strong heavy cavalry......

If the emperor reckoned like this, he was actually right.

Having silver is only a prerequisite, and the next step is also difficult, first of all, to build a large ocean-going warship, with the capacity of the most powerful shipyard in Da Zhou, it will take at least a year, and there are not many shipyards in Da Zhou that have the ability to build large warships, it is simply a handful.

So even if there is enough silver, it will take at least two years to start manufacturing and build twenty warships now.

This is still the most optimistic estimate, because it is impossible for those shipyards not to do anything else but to build us warships!

Besides, if the other sailors also want warships, can they all come with you?

That's not realistic. Of course, it is theoretically possible to buy ready-made ones, but with whom to buy them is also a question.

Battleships are not merchant freighters, they are not bought and sold casually!

At present, Rus's ironclad battleships are first-class, but firstly, they are expensive, secondly, they are impossible to sell to you, and thirdly, even if they are sold to you, they must be some rags on the verge of obsolescence.

And the warships of the Yanyun Navy are also first-class, but I am afraid that this Boss Xiao here will not sell it, the relationship between this Boss Xiao and the emperor, Yanyun County and Da Zhou is quite delicate......

And then there are Dongying, Burma, and Java, and they probably won't sell our warships easily, because the purpose of the ocean-going fleet we formed is not to target these countries?

"There will be silver, there will be battleships, everything will be there......" Before Lin Qi finished speaking, someone came again.

It was Duan Qiyun, Zhang Heng, and Lin Feixiong who came to sit down after saluting each other, and Li Fengtian hurriedly came again, and as soon as he entered the door, he repeatedly said sin.

But it turns out that Li Qiu invited a lot of guests today......

"Toyota is busy with official business, it's just a matter of coming a little late, Qiyun, Zhang Heng, Feixiong, the three of you are idlers now, why are you late? Isn't this not in the eyes of our little prince? "Xiao Chen came early, so he was very angry.

"How dare you?" Zhang Heng said with a smile, "The three of us made an appointment to go to you first, and then the big guys came together, but unexpectedly, they came up empty, but it happened that Dean Shangguan was at home, so he had to check our foot injuries for us, and prescribed some maintenance medicine, so it was too late." ”

"It doesn't matter if you have frostbite on your feet, do you?" Li Qiu asked.

"Healed." Lin Feixiong said, "If it weren't for Dean Shangguan, I'm afraid it would have been scrapped a long time ago, not only would my feet be wasted, but my legs might not be saved." ”

"Well, although the weather is warm now, it will be cold in the morning and evening, so you need to be careful." Li Qiudao.

"The appointment from the Ministry of War was sent to you, right?" Li Fengtian said to Lin Feixiong, "When are you going to leave?" Don't forget to look for me before you go, I have something to trouble you to bring home. ”

"Got it...... I was about to tell the prince about this, why did you let Qiyun and Zhang Heng stay and just drive me away? "Lin Feixiong was appointed as the general of Jiangdong, which is considered a high promotion, but he is not happy.

"Look at what you Feixiong said, this is the appointment of the Ministry of War, what the emperor means, you blame me, can't blame me?" Li Qiu said with a smile.