No matter what era it is, the sailor is an extremely expensive branch of the army, and it is the same in this era, take their current warships, although they are all made by themselves, but from finding materials to craftsmen to construct, it also costs a lot of money.

The largest naval warship in Datang is sailed and rocked at the same time, but the volume is not very large, the length is only about 30 meters, the width is only about six or seven meters, the travel speed is not very fast, and the ability to resist wind and waves is also very low.

To put it bluntly, it is an inland river wooden boat, if it is on the sea, it can only perform some transportation tasks, if it is a combat mission, it can only rely on the collision of the ship, in addition to the stone thrower on the ship, and directly jump ship to fight, in Li Xiang's eyes, this is the most backward way.

Li Xiang already had sailing gunboats in his system, so Li Xiang ordered the entire battalion of the Dengzhou Naval Division to set sail, but to Li Xiang's surprise, the Dengzhou Naval Division actually came from the land, you are obviously all officers and soldiers of the Naval Division, how can you come from the road?

"Li Zhilong, the deputy governor of the Dengzhou Water Division, has seen His Royal Highness."

When he saw the swarthy man in front of him, Li Xiang always felt that this person did not look like a general of the navy, but a general on land, and the height of the whole person was almost one hundred and eighteen, and this height was definitely quite powerful in this era.

Li Xiang had never heard of this name before, and it was also because the water division of the Tang Dynasty was not very powerful, so the number of occurrences of this name in history was relatively small.

The imperial court's attention to the water division itself is relatively low, after the failure of the last Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, the imperial court allocated less money to the water division, they usually live a life, if they want to improve their lives, it can only be in a dream, and suddenly they are all transferred to His Royal Highness Taisun, which is equivalent to giving these people a way to live.

Although they have been living by the sea, but they also have some understanding of the affairs of Chang'an, since Li Xiang appeared, the whole Tang Dynasty has become different, they also once thought that the sailor could get in touch with Li Xiang, but Li Xiang has been Tuguhun and Tubo, so we can't put horseshoes on our boat.

This time, we finally heard our prayers, and the emperor made His Royal Highness the governor of the water division, and we people can be regarded as having survived.

"How many people are there in the Dengzhou Naval Division?"

If these people all came by boat, Li Xiang's heart would be a little happier, and you people all came from land, then it means that your ship is not of much use, or you have no ability to sail on the sea at all, if this is the case, Li Xiang is afraid that the entire Dengzhou Navy Division will be dismissed.

Li Xiang's dream is not limited to the surroundings of Datang, all the good places on the sea are still in Li Xiang's mind, if the sailor can't do it, then those good places can only be dreams, Li Xiang will never allow such a thing to happen, even if you have made great contributions to Datang before, and now you can't drive a warship, then you can't stay here.

"If you go back to Your Highness, the Dengzhou Navy Division has a total of 23,500 people, and now there are 11,900 people in Liaodong, and the rest will arrive within a month, and only 3,000 people will be left in the Dengzhou Navy Division camp to defend."

Li Zhilong said with great interest, but Li Xiang frowned, maybe this guy didn't hear what he said clearly, not to ask you to report how many people there are in Dengzhou, but to ask you how many people can fight?

"General Li, can you hear this king's question?"

Li Xiang repeated it again.

"Back to His Highness's words, his subordinates have heard clearly, all the people of the Dengzhou Navy Division can board the ship to fight, but there are only fourteen ...... in the Dengzhou Navy Division camp."

Li Zhilong met Li Xiang's eyes, without the slightest dodge, many people in the court were impeaching him, saying that he was not strict in governing the army in peacetime, and this guy had no one to speak for him in the court, so he was very aggrieved all these years, His Royal Highness came up and asked this question, which is also his favorite to talk about, although there are only fourteen warships in the naval camp, but in the past two years, he has not been idle, and all the people under him have been trained, and the elite does not dare to say, but at least there is no problem with boarding the ship to fight.

"Everyone can board the ship and fight, but if this king gives you a big ship now, can you sail out?"

Li Xiang said with some disbelief, after all, he had already obtained the official document from the Ministry of War, and the annual military expenditure of the Dengzhou Navy Division was also 350,000 yuan, but since the year before last, the annual military expenditure was only one-third, and it was good that these people could eat a full stomach, how could they still go to training?

"Please inspect Your Highness, if you can't drive to the sea and come back intact, your subordinates are willing to sacrifice their heads."

Li Zhilong said this Li Xiang was really a little surprised, most people can play Tai Chi, and they will not answer positively, last time, Li Zhilong just got on with us, but Li Xiang's favorite is such a person.

"Go to the beach and call your best one hundred and fifty people."

Li Xiang is also interested at this time, there are already two kinds of warships in the system, one warship is a third-level warship, one warship is a second-class warship, and another first-class warship, but it is still in a gray state at the moment, and there is no way to exchange it, Li Xiang is ready to exchange a third-level warship first.

Li Xiang also studied the warships in history, and the third-class warships were basically comparable to the warships of the Kangxi period.

The length is about 60 meters, the width is about 8 meters, and there are two redcoat cannons in the bow of the ship, and 14 cannons on each side, which is already out of the way of warfare in today's era.

When everyone saw this warship, everyone felt that this warship was a little strange, because the warships of the Tang Dynasty were flat on both sides, but this strange warship still had some openings, what were these openings for? And there are some black holes sticking out of these openings.

Li Xiang doesn't require these people to fire now, only requires them to be able to drive out for a walk, and then drive back back, which means that you people are qualified.

A thousand years later, the warship, as soon as you get started, you know how much better, Li Zhilong is also an expert in this area, whether it is the structure or the materials used, it is much stronger than the current warship, this guy immediately ordered the soldiers to get on the ship......