Chapter 720: Prince Yinsha of the West Sea
The best shipbuilders in the Shaodian Kingdom are on the western coast, and they work in large families without official service, and the people can recruit them basically at a lower level, but they are also worth a lot of money. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"The most inferior shipbuilder also needs 20,000 gold coins a year, plus apprentices, handymen, and so on, a group of people need 40,000 or 50,000 gold coins a year, is it really necessary for us to build our own ships?"
"It is necessary, the development direction of Juyang City is on the Tongyuan River, and the boat is the most important tool. Only medium-sized ships can be built here, and we can afford to afford them, so if we can develop a new type of ship, we can sell one a year and earn back our wages, and we won't lose money in the long run. "Ding Kui has long-term goals.
"It's great if those craftsmen can build ships, but it's not easy to develop new ships. The old man disagrees with Ding Kui's point of view.
"I'll find a way to develop and innovate, you just need to find experienced craftsmen. "Ding Kui wants to set up a shipbuilding team that belongs to the Ding family.
Seeing Ding Kui's resolute attitude, the old money man no longer persuaded and decided to increase his efforts to search for shipbuilders.
Most of what happened in Giant Sheep City was under the monitoring of the Spy Intelligence Department, and the young secret would pick what he thought was important to report to the king, but the king didn't care about Giant Sheep City. For Shaodian Dan, the matter of his son-in-law Ding Kui is far less important than that of his nephew Shaodian Yong.
Shaodian Yong is the eldest son of Shao Dianji, and he is only ten years younger than the king's uncle, which means that Shao Dianji was eighteen years old when he was forced to die by Zisi, and he felt like a mirror for his father's death.
Shaodian Dan knew that this nephew would not have a good impression of him, and out of a promise to his eldest brother to save Shaodian Yong's life, he sent Shaodian Yong's family to a remote place at the suggestion of Zisi.
Yinsha Island, the largest island in Xihai Prefecture, is also the largest island in the royal family's territory, the island contains rich silver mines, which is a relatively wealthy industry of the royal family, and Shaodian Yong was assigned to guard the royal family's property.
Everyone knows that Shaodian's Dou Qi Gong method is the fire system, and the island is the place where the water element molecules are active, although Yinsha Island is rich, it is not good for the royal family who practice the fire system exercises, so Shaodian Yong was sent over to be equivalent to distribution.
Originally, Shaodian Dan had nothing to worry about by sending Shaodian Yong to such a distant place, but recent events made the king vigilant.
It has been nearly half a year since the invasion of the fleet of the Kuril Alliance, and the navy of the Shaodian Kingdom was defeated at the beginning, and the commander of the West Sea concentrated all the ships of the navy before launching sporadic counterattacks, and during this time, half of the sea territory of the Shaodian Kingdom fell into the hands of the Thousand Islands Alliance.
The Commander's Office promptly mobilized the naval forces of the four coastal states in the west to meet the enemy, and the commander of the West Sea finally stopped the invasion of the Kuril Alliance.
Shaodian Yong, the prince of Yinsha, led the warships of Yinsha Island to raid the flank of the Thousand Islands Alliance, fought fiercely for 28 days and nights, recaptured 18 large and small islands one after another, and fought the most beautiful victory since the invasion of the Thousand Islands Alliance, which greatly boosted the morale of the navy, and Shaodian Yong's prestige in the navy even surpassed that of Sima Heng, the commander of the West Sea.
Zisi received a notice from the chief chamberlain and entered the palace overnight to meet the king.
"Here's a military situation, take a look. Shaodian Dan motioned to the chief of the chamberlain to hand over the military intelligence documents to Zisi.
Zi Si quickly skimmed through the military intelligence documents, with a solemn expression on his face, and asked, "Is it your will for Prince Yinsha to attack?"
"Of course not. Shaodian Dan leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed on the palace lamp above his head.
"Prince Yinsha risked his life to fight the enemy army to defend the country, and there was nothing to blame, but it was illegal for him to send troops privately, and he was able to defeat the powerful Kuril Alliance fleet with only one island's troops, which shows that he put a lot of effort into the military construction of Yinsha Island. The minister had never heard of the need for such a strong military force on Silver Sands Island. Zi Si said the worries in Shaodian Dan's heart.
A steward guarding the silver mine, with such a strong fleet under his hands, must have been trained a lot, and other people need to give the king a clear explanation for doing such a thing, let alone a person who has a vendetta against the king to kill his father.
Shaodian Dan said unabashedly: "He has never forgotten the events of the past, if it weren't for the invasion of the Thousand Islands Alliance, Gu still didn't know that Yinsha Island had such power, what was he thinking about normally?"
"Why hasn't there been any news from the island for so many years?" Zisi did not answer the king's words.
"You asked about the point, the eyeliner arranged by Lone on the island is useless, either bought by him or secretly removed, and now Yinsha Island is probably all under his control. Shao Dian Dan's face showed a gloomy color.
Zi Si came up with an idea: "Do you want Prince Yinsha to move somewhere?"
"What should he do if he refuses? It is inconvenient to move him now, the external troubles of the Thousand Islands Alliance have not yet been resolved, and he has staged a good show just right, and at this time, the world will definitely say that it is difficult to deal with him with an attempt to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. "Shaodian Dan didn't want to kill his nephew because of this incident.
"In that case, you can strengthen the defenses of Silver Sands Island so as not to be counterattacked by the Kuril Alliance, and by the way, send someone to the island to find out the situation. "Zisi can't make a plan and has another plan.
"This is okay, the expenses of the Sect Mansion in the past few years have been very large, and if there is something wrong with Yinsha Island, the life of the Sect Mansion will be even more difficult. You go back and think about it, how to arrange Prince Yinsha after the matter in the West Sea is over. Shaodian Dan did not forget the family that he promised to protect the eldest prince.
Zisi had a strange smile on his face as he left the palace. He thought differently from Shaodian Dan, and it was in the long-term interests of the Zi family to completely get rid of Shaodianji.
The next day, the king summoned Shaodian Huang and Shaodian Mi, and the clan government came forward to deal with the affairs of Yinsha Island.
Shaodian Yong is about to enter the year of no confusion in another year, with two sons and a daughter under his knees, and he is slightly better than his uncle in terms of fertility, but his fighting spirit cultivation is still stuck in the shield breaking knight.
His appearance is a bit like Shao Dian Dan, but he is more resolute and less handsome than Shao Dian Dan, and his figure is also a little stronger.
Today's Silver Sand Island is an atmosphere of preparation for war, this island is equivalent to the size of two counties, with a population of no less than eight million, and the Thousand Islands Alliance will not be able to capture Silver Sand Island without concentrating all its forces.
"The output of the silver mine has doubled this month compared to last month, but thirty miners have died of exhaustion in the mine, should we send more miners?" said a chief steward reporting to Prince Silversand.
"Well, send all the captives of the Thousand Islands Alliance to be mine slaves, be careful not to get tired this time, it will cost a lot of blood to catch them, and we have to let them dig more mines to repay our soldiers. "Shaodianyong's dark skin is the result of long-term exposure to the sun and rain at sea.
"Just now, the Second Young Master came to the minion and asked the minion for the 'Hellfire Sword' captured from the Thousand Islands Alliance, saying that it was a gift you promised to give him when he was promoted to a trainee knight. ”
"Hehe, that's right, yesterday he came to tell me, saying that he had condensed his fighting spirit and was promoted to a trainee knight, and as soon as I was happy, I said that I would reward him with a good sword, but I didn't expect her to actually set her eyes on the 'Styx Fire Sword', it was taught by his mother, right?
Okay, you go and fetch me the 'Hellfire Sword' in a moment, and I'll give it to him myself." In this sneak attack on the Thousand Islands Alliance, the people of the Gu family contributed a lot, Gu Qian's mother's family made a contribution, and I should also reward her son. But don't let the princess know yet, and I'll tell her later. "It seems that Shaodianyong's backyard is not very peaceful.
Kicking and kicking, a big man walked over with his head held high, came to Shaodian Yong and bowed, and said: "The commander of the West Sea has a messenger to invite the prince to go to Zhanlongwan Water Village to participate in the celebration ceremony. ”
Shaodian Yong stroked the short beard of his chin and said: "Oh, Sima Heng is borrowing me to encourage the morale of the army, or not, I will take the opportunity to show my face in the army and tell the messenger that this king will definitely go to the meeting on time." ”
"The last general will take more elites to accompany you to Zhanlong Bay. "The big man doesn't seem to know how to speak.
"Hahaha, it's enough for you Gu Jian to accompany me, at this time, except for the people of the Thousand Islands Alliance in the West Sea, no one will be unfavorable to me, and if there is Sima Heng, the first one will not let him go. Shaodian Yong personally served a cup of tea to the biao-shaped man.
The big man named Gu Jian drank all the tea in the cup in one gulp, and even chewed the tea leaves and swallowed them in his stomach.
Sima Heng doesn't know how much to thank Shaodian Yong, without the sneak attack of Prince Yinsha, the Shaodian State Xihai Navy doesn't know where to retreat to gain a firm foothold.
In terms of the number and quality of warships, the Kuril Alliance is far superior to the Xihai Navy, although Sima Heng is called the commander of the West Sea, but he can command only the navies of Haishan Prefecture and Xihai Prefecture, and the navies of Linhai Prefecture and Hailin Prefecture are nominally under his jurisdiction, but he can only be transferred through the Commander's Office.
In the early days of the invasion of the Kuril Alliance, the navies of the four states fought separately, and the commanders of the Kuril Alliance seized the opportunity to break them one by one. When the Commander's Office reacted, it mobilized the navy of the four states to assemble at Sima Heng's station, Longwan Water Village, and Sima Heng found that his subordinates were all defeated generals, and the morale of the whole army was extremely low.
Fortunately, the Prince of Yinsha appeared in time and boosted the morale of the Xihai Navy with a great victory, and Sima Heng was able to take Shaodianyong's remaining prestige and use his familiarity with the climate of the West Sea to win several key sniper battles, forcing the Kuril Alliance to halt the pace of invasion.
One day in early April, Zheng Huan and Ding Kui appeared together on the dock of Juyang City.
Looking at the wharf with a forest of masts, Zheng Huan sighed: "Today's wharf is indeed going to be crowded, I didn't expect a small giant sheep city to attract so many merchant ships to come, this official has studied the history of giant sheep city, and the best year is less than half of the current one." ”
"Therefore, the last general thinks that the city urgently needs to add a dock, which can also add another merit to the lord of the city. "Ding Kui's position as captain is lower than that of the city lord.