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Chapter 217 Getting ready to go to sea
Chu Yun proposed to go to the Ryukyu Islands to arrange and control the route to Nanyang, but Chen Ting, who was arranging logistics, was too busy.There are more than a dozen warships, supply ships, merchant ships, and thousands of naval personnel. The materials consumed every day are calculated in ten thousand catties.Not just food, but also fresh water, herbs, gunpowder and other supplies.

A large amount of materials were transported to the port of Dalian Port, and then the workers on the dock loaded these materials into the supply ship.

Workers on several docks were loading and unloading cargo, still whispering in private.

"You see that the Fuliao army has packed so many things on the ship. It is estimated that they are going to go to sea or go on a long journey. Judging by the amount of goods, the fleet of the Fuliao army may be coming out in full force. I don't know Chu Yun for such a large-scale operation. Will that guy come?" said a dock worker.

"If Chu Yun came in person, then we will find an opportunity to slaughter him, so that we can have an explanation to His Majesty's dead soul."

"On weekdays, Chu Yun has a large group of guards shouting from left to right, and we have no chance to attack. If Chu Yun wants to go to sea, we will find a way to sneak into his boat in the vast sea, take the opportunity to kill him, and then throw his body at sea. "

These workers were the Houjin assassins who planned to assassinate Chu Yun during the Shangyuan Festival.However, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu inadvertently disrupted the assassination plan of Shangyuan Festival, and they have been lurking since then, and have not waited for a good opportunity to assassinate Chu Yun.Until the demise of Hou Jin, they cut off their funds and had to work on the dock.

A group of Ouchi guards with high martial arts and martial arts were loading and unloading goods at the pier, and they were reduced to such a point. They didn't believe it, but they were forced by life.

"Their fleet is looking for personnel to do chores and go to sea with the army. The employment period is three months, three taels of silver per month. Why don't we apply for the job, mix into their fleet, and wait for an opportunity to assassinate Chu Yun?"

"It's impossible in this life for us big inner guards to do chores on the ship, clean up the deck, and prepare meals for the chief soldiers!" the assassin chief said dissatisfied.

"Boss, what we are doing now is no more glorious than working as a handyman on a ship, and it costs less than two taels of silver a month. We can work as a handyman on a ship for three months, and we can still save some money to improve our food." said an assassin.

"You -- what you said makes a lot of sense. If you take care of food and drink, I will count us in one month, and we can earn dozens of taels of silver in three months. We are going to pay it." The assassin leader rubbed his hands .

"Boss, isn't our most important thing is to assassinate Chu Yun and avenge His Majesty?"

"Fool, how do we assassinate without funds? I think it's good to be a handyman on the ship. It can assassinate Chu Yun and save money." The assassin leader nodded, giving up his integrity long ago.

As time went by, more and more people became aware of the movement of the Dalian Port Navy, and some businessmen from the Far East Trading Company also came to sidestep Chu Yun, wanting to understand Chu Yun's next big move, so as to detect business opportunities in advance.But Chu Yun was unmoved in the slightest. Except for the closest people, no one knew that Chu Yun was going to the Ryukyu Islands in person.

"The fifth infantry brigade and the sixth infantry brigade sent battle reports. They recently fought seven battles with Haixi Jurchen, beheading thousands, and opened up the passage from Jianzhou to Hulunbuir. Haixi Jurchen was divided into two parts, and their power further shrank .” Zhao Youguang from the Military Staff Department reported to Chu Yun the battle situation west of Jianzhou.

"The Haixi Jurchen is just dying, and sooner or later they will submit to us. Let the fifth infantry brigade and the sixth infantry brigade continue to grind them until they voluntarily surrender to us." Chu Yun waved his hand, "order the third infantry brigade to guard the building The state guards against the remnants of the Jurchen nobles in Jianzhou. The second infantry brigade, the fourth infantry brigade, and two dragoon brigades defend Xining Fort, Liaohetao, and Liaodong City. Then he will be stationed in Jinzhou and be in charge of the newly prepared overseas infantry brigade and overseas artillery brigade."

"My lord, is the speed of our military expansion too fast? Now our army has six infantry brigades, two cavalry brigades, and one artillery brigade. There are nine brigades with 5 people in total. Even the troops on the front line of Ningyuan are not as many as ours. , more than enough to take care of the defense, why increase the military expenditure?" Zhao Youguang asked puzzled.

"Looking ahead, the newly established infantry brigade and artillery brigade are not used for defense, but for offense. We must have an army that can be deployed on any island in the East China Sea at any time to conduct mountain warfare and destroy the enemy. This overseas infantry brigade and overseas artillery brigade, I gave them 8000 to [-] people, which is much more than ordinary infantry brigades."

"The market in Nanyang and Donghai is tens of millions of taels of silver every year, not only in Japan and Korea, but also in the southeast coast, Nanyang island country, Annan country, and Westerners. Do you know how much tolls the Shibazhi pirates charge for large merchant ships coming and going? 3000 taels of silver per ship! As long as we control this route, we can earn more than one million taels of silver every year just from tariffs! In addition to our crazy dumping of goods, I only need to invest millions of taels of silver in the navy and overseas troops. But we can get a steady stream of millions of silver taels every year, how much money do you think we will have in a few years?" Chu Yun said.

"This, this, this, it's worth it, it's so worth it!" Hearing Chu Yun's calculation, several members of the military staff department's eyes lit up, wishing they could roll up their sleeves and take Nanyang immediately.

In fact, Chu Yun is not counting the gains brought about by grabbing territory, grabbing resources, and manipulating other kingdoms.Chu Yun knows that many important strategic materials in the future will be produced in the Nanyang Islands, such as natural rubber.

"So, is it easy for me to risk my life and work hard for the glorious future of our Liao army?" Chu Yun couldn't help but become intoxicated with himself.

Time continued to pass, and soon it was autumn.Chu Yun came to this time to enter the third year.With the arrival of two third-class battleships and several 24-gun gunboats, the number of battleships under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Navy reached an astonishing three.Two of the battleships were sailing battleships produced in southern Liaoning. They were named "Daqin" and "Daqi" by Chu Yun. The goal was to gather together the seven heroes of the Warring States Period.

In addition to the three battleships, there are also nine frigates, and two gunboats are left to stay in Dalian Port.This time, there were twelve naval warships and seven supply ships, followed by several merchant ships heading for Ryukyu trade.The owners of these merchant ships were also astute, and just took advantage of this opportunity to let the navy open the way, and their own merchant ships followed.With such a strong army, who in the East China Sea would dare to rob?Is it tired of work or looking for a draw?
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