Chapter 318: The Elephant and the Chick
His subordinates listened to what Mao Wenlong said, and hurriedly came out and said, "Report to the governor, brothers, it has been prepared for a long time, we have specially dried some dry goods, and the ones we picked are all good." ”
"There are also some smuggled from Najiannu, and the best wild ginseng under the forest is also ready, and it will be sent back to your majesty to replenish your body."
"In addition, there are some leather goods, these leather goods were originally intended to be sold, and now they are not sold, they are all given to Your Majesty first."
Mao Wenlong nodded with a smile and said, "You are not reluctant, in the past two years, we have received money and grain from Your Majesty, but it is much more than we used to sell skins and dry goods. ”
"You people, each of you have benefited from this, your military pay has increased two or three times compared to before, and your wives and sons in the family can eat meat and wear new clothes."
"This is all Your Majesty's kindness, we must know how to be grateful."
The adjutant general and others patted their chests and promised: "What is the governor talking about?" Your Majesty's grace to us people, we people take it to heart. ”
On top of the warship stepped an official dressed in civilian attire.
Mao Wenlong looked at it, but he was a little surprised in his heart, the official who came this time seemed to have a bit of a high status, and he turned out to be a squire.
It's just that he doesn't know whether this squire is Sun Zhiqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, or Lu Xiangsheng, the waiter of the Ministry of War, or Sun Yuanhua, the waiter of the Ministry of Works.
Everyone knows that these three waiters are Zhu Youxiao's henchmen, if Zhu Youxiao has something important and wants to send someone to announce it to Mao Wenlong, then it should be one of these three waiters.
But Mao Wenlong thought about it for a while, although this Lu Xiangsheng is a soldier with the identity of a soldier in the army, but he leads troops in Liaodong and harasses Jiannu from time to time, so it is unlikely that Lu Xiangsheng came here.
Then the squire here can only be Sun Yuanhua or Sun Zhiqi.
The person who came was Sun Yuanhua, Mao Wenlong greeted him and gave Sun Yuanhua a salute first.
"Under Mao Wenlong, may I ask who Shangguan is?"
Sun Yuanhua also gave him a salute in return, and said with a little enthusiasm on his face: "Mao Dudu is polite, and it is Sun Yuanhua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, who specially sent a batch of money, grain, armor, weapons and warships to Mao Dudu. ”
The generals of Dongjiang Town were shocked, they originally thought that these big ships and the merchant ships behind them were just transporting supplies to them.
Who knows, this Sun Yuanhua came over and handed over the ship to them.
Mao Wenlong also felt a little stunned, his hands kept rubbing each other, and his words were already a little unconfident.
"Sun Shilang, you're not kidding, are you, these ships were really handed over to us?"
Sun Yuanhua nodded and said, "This is His Majesty's holy decree, how dare I joke about it." ”
Mao Wenlong and others believed it.
Also, no matter how bold Sun Yuanhua is, he doesn't dare to joke with Zhu Youxiao's holy decree.
The merchant ships over there were already unloading boxes of supplies.
If it was before, Mao Wenlong and the others would have rushed over with great interest to see what materials had been unloaded on these merchant ships.
But today he has no interest in these supplies at all.
Not to mention that he has no interest in these materials at all, even the most greedy and greedy generals under him have no interest in these materials.
They no longer care whether it is pork or mutton that is unloaded, and they no longer care whether it is sea salt or lake salt that is unloaded from the boat today.
Mao Wenlong showed his enthusiasm like never before, came to Sun Yuanhua's side, and asked, "Sun Shilang, can you take us on the boat to have a look?" ”
Sun Yuanhua has nothing to do, these ships were originally meant to be given to Mao Wenlong.
When Sun Yuanhua was about to agree, the deputy general beside Mao Wenlong secretly poked Mao Wenlong's waist.
Mao Wenlong saw that Sun Yuanhua was about to agree, and the deputy general secretly ran to Mao Wenlong's ear and said, "Governor, we should first invite Sun Shilang and them into our station to pick up the wind and wash the dust for them." ”
Mao Wenlong also hesitated when he heard this, according to the etiquette, it should be like this, how can he say it so Mao Wenlong still understands the rules of officialdom.
Sun Yuanhua is a celebrity next to Zhu Youxiao, and he is also a waiter in the Ministry of Industry.
People got off the boat, and now they must not be able to eat well and dress warmly, just look at this Sun Yuanhua's face is bruised, and his lips are bloodless, so he said that this guy sits on the boat until his kidneys are deficient, I am afraid that some people believe it at this time.
Mao Wenlong nodded reluctantly and said, "Then let's go and wash the dust first." ”
Sun Yuanhua laughed, took Mao Wenlong's hand and said, "Mao Dudu, why be so polite, it won't take much time after all, let's go on the warship and take a look." ”
As soon as Mao Wenlong was obedient, he responded on the spot, "Since this is the case, it is disrespectful." ”
Sun Yuanhua thought about it and laughed a little, this Mao Wenlong is really not very polite.
Sun Yuanhua, Mao Wenlong and others got on the warship first, and the other small boats were not on for the time being, and the first thing to see was the big ship of 5,000 materials.
Mao Wenlong felt a little intoxicated.
Although he is not a general of a naval army, he has been in Dongxiang Town for a long time, and he also has some small warships.
But his little warship now looked like an elephant with a chicken standing next to it, in front of a five-thousand-pound ship.
While looking at the ship, Sun Yuanhua introduced the ship to Mao Wenlong.
"It's not the same as the previous warships, this time the ships that have been transported have keels, and the structure of the hull is also different."
Mao Wenlong didn't quite understand what a keel was, so Sun Yuanhua slowly introduced the role of the keel to them.
"It's a ship with a keel, and it's more stable when sailing."
Sun Yuanhua also sighed, we have brought a total of four large ships of 5,000 materials, eight large ships of 2,000 materials, thirteen ships of 1,060 materials, and 16 ships of 500 materials, if we need to build enough combat effectiveness, we need a total of more than 28,000 sailors. ”
"The boat came with a total of 8,300 yuan, and some other vacancies, when the time comes, Mao Dudu will slowly recruit people for training, and we will also transfer people from sailors from all over the country to you, in short, the soldiers on the boat must be sufficient."
Speaking of this, Sun Yuanhua suddenly turned his head, looked at Mao Wenlong very seriously, and said, "Mao Dudu, Your Majesty will only give you one year, and within one year, Your Majesty must see a usable fleet. ”
Mao Wenlong has now been fascinated by these warships, no matter if he can't do this, he patted his chest and promised: "Please Sun Shilang go back and report to Your Majesty, if I can't train a strong naval army in a year, then I will come to see you." ”
Mao Wenlong has made a military order, Sun Yuanhua smiled, did not speak, but continued to walk with Mao Wenlong to the warehouse.
"These timbers were originally saved by sailors from all over the world, and in order to build these warships, Your Majesty has transported almost all the wood that has been dried in the shade."
"Within two years, the imperial court will not be able to make new ships at all, so Mao Dudu will make good use of these ships, and there will be no more additions in two years."
"Brother Shen!"
"Hmm!"
Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.
But it doesn't matter who it is.
There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.
on this.
Shen Changqing is used to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.
Arguably.
In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.
The Demon Suppression Division is huge.
The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.
Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.
Have memories of the predecessor.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.
Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.
At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.
Access to the attic.
The environment has changed in vain.
A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.
The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.