Speaking of this, Zhu Su felt a pain in his flesh. Li Jinglong, the son, doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, and if he fights a few people, this cannonball is like a sugar pill and doesn't need money...... Whose fleet is so extravagant as to be covered with artillery nets?

Firing artillery at sea is no better than firing a rain of arrows on land, and the arrows are shot out, and the battlefield can generally be recovered after the fact. Regardless of whether the cannon hit or not, the shell sank directly to the bottom of the sea. Not to mention that the cost of cannonballs is better than that of arrows!

In fact, the Ming Dynasty still does not pay much attention to the ship-borne firepower of the navy, most of these cannons are built to prepare for the Ming border army, the Western Expeditionary Army, and the Southern Expeditionary Army in the next few years, and they were borrowed by Zhu Su and installed on various warships and merchant ships. Cannons can be borrowed, but shells can't. You must know that the cost of a cannon is at most a hundred taels, and the silver consumption of shells as consumables is the majority. Zhu Su said that the officials of the Ministry of War asked for the supply of shells in the warehouse of the Baoyuan Bureau by means of loans.

I originally thought that those pirates and Western warships that might be used to guard against the sea, who knows, just arrived at the treasure island of Li Jinglong, and directly dumped a third of the ammunition of more than ten ships. This one-third of the ammunition is really worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, you know, the cost of building a port on this treasure island is only more than 10,000 taels of silver. Li Jinglong, a loser, is equivalent to directly increasing the consumption of the construction of this Great Ryukyu port several times in one day.

After listening to the account that Zhu Su calculated for him, Li Jinglong was also dumbfounded. Where is this war, this is simply smashing the opponent's army to death with silver!

can enjoy the feeling of crushing and mowing the grass, and consciously glimpse the progress of his future life, how can Li Jinglong easily give up artifacts such as artillery? Although his face turned pale for a while due to the pain in his flesh, he still gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Buckle the button, the little nephew has been in the Qianzhuang for many years, and he has been sent to the merchants for many years, and he has some savings in his pocket." ”

"And...... My father and grandfather always thought that I couldn't go through everyone's doors, but now I finally got a glimpse of a way that would allow me to make my country's prestige overseas. ”

"The status of my Cao Guo Mansion is originally due to His Majesty. If you can be loyal to the country, even if the family is surrounded by walls, it is nothing. ”

Although he is considered to be a dog, he can actually see it clearly, and today's Ming Dynasty is known for his military exploits, and even if he has saved a mountain of gold and silver at home, it is just something outside his body. If you can use cannonballs to blast out a world-famous feat, even if you run out of gold and silver, what does it matter.

Li Jinglong had already made up his mind in his heart, and from now on, he would rather save money than build ships, build artillery, and bombard him at sea with cannons. Qingfu can not be enjoyed, and the firepower must be in place. Firepower is victory, firepower is meritorious, firepower is meritorious service, and the name will go down in history!

Not to mention the firepower...... Are you afraid that you won't be able to grab the money?

Zhu Su saw that he had obviously made up his mind, so he also let him go. At least Li Jinglong already has self-confidence, and although his summary of the naval battle is very expensive in terms of the productivity of this era, it is actually not wrong.

What Zhu Su didn't know was that because of Li Jinglong's epiphany, there was a greedy grandfather in the Ming Dynasty who was extremely vicious and did everything for money, and decades later, when the Chinese countries led by the Ming Dynasty went to war with the Western world, as long as he heard that a certain country was rich and extravagant, Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, would plunder its land with a fleet, loot the treasury, and plunder its treasures. Everywhere it goes, those European nobles who like extravagance all change their color and dare not show off their wealth anymore, which indirectly promotes the prevalence of the virtue of thrift and thrift in European countries......

Li Jinglong's extravagant and terrifying naval warfare method has also left a strong mark in the history of world warfare, and later generations mentioned Li Jinglong, the god of war on the sea in the Ming Dynasty at the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century, and he is recognized as the founder of the "doctrine of firepower superiority......

After learning the details of the previous battle, Zhu Su dragged Li Jinglong off the ship and boarded the port, which was named "Danjiang Port". Because the call of Da Ryukyu Island was too awkward, Zhu Su followed the name of the Min people in the text sent to Yingtian, and called this place "Dawan". Before coming, Zhu Su had already asked the local people and officials in Fujian, and had a certain understanding of the tribal situation on Dawan Island, so as soon as Fang landed on the shore, Zhu Su asked Li Jinglong: "Where is the tribe you said you once visited?" Draw him on a map. ”

"That tribe lives on a high mountain, probably here." When it comes to business, Li Jinglong is also solemn. He said to Zhu Su: "Fifth uncle, that tribe doesn't seem to have too much hostility towards us, and it has been very close to my Han family merchants before. ”

"My nephew heard that they seem to have a holiday with other tribes, and we are here after all, so it is better to win them over and use them for our use."

Surprised that Li Jinglong could also hear these clues when he first arrived, Zhu Su nodded approvingly: "You are right, these tribes of the Min people who live in the mountains call them "Gaoshan", and the Gaoshan tribe you once had dealings with has an old relationship with Fujian merchants. Because they are among the few tribes willing to trade with our Han family among the closed Dawan tribes, they are quite rich among the tribes, and they are not as ignorant as the other tribes. ”

"But because of this, they have always been hated by the other tribes, and some other tribes who are also members of the Gaoshan tribe have also been very suspicious of them."

"I see." Li Jinglong nodded. "My nephew understands, but it is not much different from Miao Jiang's 'raw seedlings' and 'mature seedlings'."

"Yes." Zhu Su said. "This part is undoubtedly a breakthrough for us to open up the situation in Dawan, and we must win it over. After I found out the news, I sent a letter to my father, asking for permission for us to recruit this Ming Tusi. ”

"In Nanyang, there are many tribes that admire my Han culture, for these tribes, I will spare no effort to recruit and gradually educate and assimilate, and I can become a member of my Huaxia in the future."

"However, most of these tribes are not liked by other tribes, so my Ming must have a deterrent effect in Nanyang in order to have a bargaining chip to make these tribes who admire Daming belong to them, so that they can believe that relying on Daming can protect their own safety."

"I have asked my father to set up the Nanyang Fleet, with a part of the Fujian and Guangdong naval divisions as the team. Originally, there were no candidates for the post of Admiral and Chief Officer of the Nanyang Fleet, but now it seems that you have a lot of experience in naval warfare, so I recommend you as the Admiral of the Nanyang Fleet! ”

(End of chapter)