On the edge of a cliff near the sea in Shangyang Fishing Village outside Yongcheng, Yun Ze and Yue Pengju stood in front of the cliff, with nearly a hundred guards behind them. Ahead is the sea. There is a small harbor by the sea below.

This is the port used by the people of the fishing village when they go out to sea, and there are some small fishing boats docked at the seaside, and the fishermen are collecting their nets and moving fish.

It looks calm, with gentle waves at sea level and a clear blue sky.

"Big brother, we don't have a sailor, and in the face of those enemies overseas, there is no way at all, if we continue like this, it is estimated that it will not be long before our maritime trade will be lost."

Yue Pengju's expression was a little dignified, he also knew the importance of maritime trade to Danyang City, as Danyang City's overseas business became more and more frequent, it originally attracted many overseas merchants.

Many Westerners came to China by sea to do business, thanks to the Scots and Gauls who returned, and of course, mainly because the merchants of the Western Regions brought most of their goods to the West.

Those countries that had a great advantage in navigation chose to come to China by sea rather than the dangers on the land route.

Originally, two months ago, a lot of Western merchants came by boat to trade, and after them, many Westerners also came.

But not long ago, pirates suddenly appeared, destroying and killing many caravans that came by, and now, almost no caravans dared to come.

Yun Ze listened to Yue Pengju's report, he looked into the distance with deep eyes, and said lightly: "Have you found out about the situation outside this sea area?" ”

Before Yun Ze came, he had asked Yue Pengju to find out the situation in the open sea, and now although he did not have his own navy, it did not mean that Yun Ze was helpless against those Hebrew speakers.

When Yue Peng heard this, his expression was correct, and he hurriedly said: "After many inquiries, I have already understood the situation, after those Hebrew people were defeated and retreated here more than a month ago, they went to the open sea, and they occupied several contiguous islands in the open sea. In total, there were thirty warships, and in addition, the total strength should have been more than forty thousand. ”

Most of them were slave soldiers from the island, and less than 5,000 were Hebrews. In addition to the Hebrew forces, there were three other pirate forces in the open sea. They are the Sea Lion Gang, the Flying Fish Party, and finally the Black Bandits. ”

"The Sea Lion Gang, the Flying Fish Party and the Black Pirate Group, the strongest of the three pirate forces is the Black Pirate Group, the Sea Lion Gang and the Flying Fish Party combined, almost compared with the Black Pirate Group, I heard that the Sea Lion Gang and the Flying Fish Party have received the help of the Hebrew people, and have launched a war against the Black Pirates, they want to annex the Black Pirates."

"Looking at the actions of the Hebrews, it is estimated that they want to integrate all the forces of this open sea, completely cut off our opportunities to go to sea, and completely cut off our trade routes."

"Speaking of which, among the three major overseas pirates, the Black Pirate Group has the best reputation, they never oppress the sea people, and even help the sea people when they are in trouble. Even if they plundered the merchant ships in the past, they always only collected some money and never harmed people's lives, but the other two pirate groups were different, they did almost all kinds of evil, burning, killing and looting, and often harassed the people of the sea. ”

"If they were to mingle with the Hebrews, the people of the seashore would not have a good life."

Speaking of this, he looked at Yun Ze with a solemn expression, if this matter was really completed by the Hebrew people, then they would really never have any chance again. Unless they can build up a force in a short period of time to contend with the Hebrews.

But this is simply unlikely, not only is the construction of warships time-consuming, laborious and costly, but also the recruitment of sailors is a great difficulty.

Moreover, if the formation of the sailors is completed, I am afraid that it will take at least two years, and in these two years, it is absolutely impossible for them to make any money from the trade routes at sea.

"Is there a sailor here in Yongcheng? After all, it was impossible for Shiren to ignore those pirates overseas! Yun Ze looked at Yue Pengju and asked.

Yongcheng is near the sea, and pirates are rampant in this area, Yun Ze doesn't believe that Shi Ren will ignore it, even if it is not a large-scale sailor, at least he must have the ability to resist.

Unless Shi Ren felt that the defense at sea was not important. However, having said that, in this era, I am afraid that not many people pay attention to coastal defense. Even pirates, they only plundered the ships that sailed along the coast.

Or plunder the fleets of other countries that travel between China.

Of course, if these fleets want to invade China, the final result will be to land, and there will be no naval battle. The possibility of not building a sailor is not impossible.

When Yun Ze asked this, he felt that he might have asked a nonsense.

At this moment, Yue Pengju spoke: "On the side of Chuanshan Port, there are six big ships, which were originally used to defend against pirates, but after the sailors organized by Yongcheng fought several big defeats with the pirates, these warships were all abandoned there. Moreover, there is a shipyard there that is dedicated to building large fishing boats. ”

When Yun Ze heard this, his expression was overjoyed, there were ready-made large warships, but they could be slightly transformed. Moreover, if a steam engine were used, the speed of the ship would be many times faster.

Although, there are only six of them, and besides, it is possible that half of these ships are broken, but if they are repaired, there may be a few more that can be used.

It's just that the Hebrews have thirty warships, which are still more than 100 meters long, and it is not enough to build a few warships, but some is better than nothing.

Yun Ze hurriedly asked Yue Pengju to lead the way, and they rushed to the side of Chuanshan Port, when they saw the six warships at the port, Yun Ze was stunned, the warships were about sixty or seventy meters long and about fifteen or sixteen meters wide.

The hull is not big, but it is not small, and it is certainly small compared to the ships of the Hebrews. But it's much bigger than the big fishing boats.

However, what made Yun Ze a little speechless the most was that these warships looked to be in disrepair, and at least two of them would be useless even if they were repaired. The remaining ones can still come in handy if they can be repaired properly.

Yun Ze's eyes flashed, and he said to Yue Pengju: "You immediately go to the shipbuilding craftsmen to repair these warships, in addition, let the iron-making workshop in Jiaxing smelt a large number of iron plates, use the greatest manpower, at least in a month to repair these ships, I will draw you a few drawings later, in addition, let Danyang transport a few steam engines ready for sale." Let them give the steam engine a slight modification by the way. ”

Yue Pengju's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, although he couldn't understand what Yun Ze wanted to do, but the iron plate was put on the steam engine again. Plus the artillery made in Danyang City. Even if only four ships could be repaired, I am afraid that thirty ships of the Hebrews might be defeated.

He nodded, hurriedly responded, turned around and prepared to leave.

Before he left, Yun Ze said to Yue Pengju: "The matter here will be handed over to you, you can provoke some sea people who are familiar with water by the way, and train them into an army, it is best to recruit more than three thousand." ”

"Besides, I'll go to sea and take a look at the bandits...... By the way, you send an order to Danyang's side and ask them to transport more manufactured artillery. As well as as weapons and ammunition, try to send as many as possible. ”

When Yue Pengju heard this, his expression was stunned, his face changed slightly, and he wanted to stop it when he spoke, he guessed what Yun Ze wanted to do. But before he could speak, Yun Ze interrupted him.

"I have made up my mind, you don't have to persuade you, even if we have repaired these four warships, it is still a little difficult to fight against the Hebrews, if we can persuade the black thieves to join, we are definitely more sure. Moreover, the Black Thieves may become a weapon for us to defend the sea. ”

Yun Ze had the heart to subdue the black thief group.