Han Yike, Yu Tongyuan and other high-level officials of the city department received the order of His Royal Highness to urgently recruit into Beijing, and rushed back to Nanjing non-stop.

Deng Duo, who went to meet them, did not take them into the city, but came to the treasure shipyard in the northwest outside the city.

"What are you doing here?!" Yu Tongyuan and the Wu brothers are incompatible, and they are naturally not interested in their territory.

"Hahaha, this is the king's territory!" At the head of the city, there was the arrogant laughter of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

"Your Highness!" Everyone hurriedly dismounted to meet His Highness.

"Come on, come in." Zhu Zhen smiled and beckoned everyone to come to the treasure shipyard.

~~

On the watchtower in front of the pond, His Royal Highness the King of Chu pointed to the giant ships located in the pond, and said to Han Yike and Yu Tongyuan and the others: "These are all our ships!" ”

"yes, that's great!" Yu Tongyuan and the others burned when they landed. "With these ships, we can be ashamed!"

"Isn't this a ship of the imperial court?" Han Yike will never be able to change the problem of fast talking.

"The treasure shipyard is now part of the city." The sixth child rolled his eyes, and Teacher Luo hurriedly explained.

"That can't be appropriated from the imperial court's ships." Han Yike still shook his head and said.

"Of course it costs." The sixth brother said angrily: "I have to thank the captain of the big brother on the list." ”

"That's ......" Although Han Yike didn't understand His Highness's nonsense, he remembered that His Highness said at that time that he would let the big households in Suzhou donate.

"In short, this shipyard will be in your charge for the future." The sixth child immediately assigned him a task and said: "The factory director has just died, and the rest are all guilty, you have to resume work and production as soon as possible, and you must ensure quality and quantity, do you understand?" ”

"Understood." Instead of scratching his head, Han Yike was a little excited.

Not for anything else, just for a thrill. Moreover, His Royal Highness has already made a sample in Suzhou, how to deal with all the wicked people, he only needs to take the medicine according to the prescription and make a slight improvement.

~~

On the same day, Yu Tongyuan and others worked tirelessly to inspect all the boats in the pond, and they didn't even bother to eat.

Early the next morning, Nan Anhou reported the inspection to His Royal Highness with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.

"What, not optimistic?" Zhu Zhen saw that Yu Tongyuan's face was no longer very happy.

"Well, it's a mixed bag." Yu Tongyuan smiled bitterly: "The condition of the ten completed battleships is not bad, and if you maintain and repair them carefully, you should be able to go to war." ”

"But what." His Royal Highness the King of Chu took a sip of lotus leaf porridge.

"But those ten semi-finished products will take at least half a year to go into the water." Yu Tongyuan said with a wry smile: "Treasure Shipyard shipbuilding is about slow work and meticulous work. The ship is indeed better than elsewhere, but it is also slower than elsewhere. ”

"Half a year, it's too late...... King Chu put down the porridge bowl, took the handkerchief offered by the palace maid and wiped his mouth. Picked up a large envelope on the table, handed it to the other party, and said, "I just received it." ”

Yu Tongyuan saw the '600 miles expedited' and the stamp of the delivery time on the envelope, and knew that the letter was sent yesterday and delivered to the capital overnight.

He quickly pulled out the letter paper and looked at it, and his face was pale.

Liao Dingguo also came up curiously, and after reading it, he also changed color and color.

The letter was written by several people, Wang Dayuan, Yu Tongjiang, and Liao Dingguo's younger brother Liao Weiguo.

One thing these people have in common is that they were all on the four boats that were captured.

He knew why Yu Tongyuan was in a hurry. Because the sailors on the four ships that were captured, as well as Wang Dayuan and Yu Tongjiang, are now serving hard labor in the old nest of the pirates.

Just a few days ago, those Haikou people sent a handwritten letter from Wang Dayuan, Yu Tongjiang and others to the Yamen of the City Shipping Division. Order them to pay a huge ransom within a month, or else kill one person one day until they are finished......

The people of the City Division did not dare to slack off when they received the letters, and hurriedly used their highest authority to send these letters to the capital.

This makes the matter urgent all of a sudden—if you rebuild the ship for half a year, and then the officers and men take over the ship, you will have to run in for a month, right? Before the time comes, all the captured personnel should be killed.

There are many brothers and fathers and sons in Chaohu Lake, and the pressure is too great after suffering for more than half a year. I'm afraid that if I can't hold out at that time, the morale of the army will collapse.

Zhu Zhen knew that at this time, helping Yu Tongyuan and them and rescuing the captured brothers would be able to completely gain the loyalty of the Chaohu Water Master, instead of being like now, he was just their last resort.

So from the very beginning, he carried this on his shoulders.

"So, you can't count on these semi-finished products?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice, "Not to mention those materials." ”

"Of course, it will be of great use in the future, but far water can't quench your thirst." Yu Tongyuan said astringently.

"These are the ten boats that fit together." Zhu Zhen muttered: "Two for four thousand materials, eight for two thousand materials...... Isn't it a little less? ”

"It's a lot less." Liao Dingguo sighed.

"In the previous battle alone, we saw that they had twenty-four two thousand feeds, and seventy or eighty clippers of all sizes." Yu Tongyuan also sighed and said: "The gap in strength is too big, and you can't use His Highness's family background to add oil." ”

"Tell you the truth, do you want to use these ten boats to save people? Don't worry about what this king thinks. Zhu Zhen stared at Nan Anhou with blazing eyes.

"......" Nan Anhou hesitated for a moment, nodded heavily, and said, "Yes!" ”

"If the brethren just died in battle, then there is nothing to say, and the crockpot will inevitably break by the well." Then his eyes reddened and he choked up, "But they ...... now." Alas, if you don't give it a try, it will be difficult for people to sleep! ”

"Okay." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "I approve it." ”

"Your Royal Highness...... Nan Anhou and Liao Dingguo puffed, knelt on their knees, and said with tears in their eyes: "If I can get back by luck, I will definitely go to the soup for His Highness in this life, and I will not give up!" ”

"Of course you're coming back safely!" Zhu Zhen said categorically: "Before you came, this king thought about it - it is true that I am outnumbered by the enemy, but the two enemy armies, Fang and Chen, have deep contradictions, and the latter once wanted to annex the former. They shouldn't always be together, they should usually be separated! ”

"yes." When Nan Anhou and the others heard this, there was light in their eyes. Before, they were only shocked and did not expect this at all. "If they are divided and annihilated, their big ships, a little more than us, still have to fight!"

"Also." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice: "I still have a way to improve my combat effectiveness, but it may subvert your cognition, I wonder if you are willing to listen?" ”

"Yes, of course I do!" The two nodded vigorously. "As long as we can save our brothers, we will listen to everything!"

"Okay, my suggestion is that when you engage the enemy in the future, change from the bow to the enemy to the side to the enemy!" Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice.

"Broadside to the enemy?" The two couldn't help but be disappointed, what kind of bad idea was this? Waiting for someone else to hit their own hull with the bow of their ship?

P.S. Tonight is gone.

(End of chapter)