Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

Chapter 463 Advantages of sailing on a sailboat
"This~" Wu Yan said with a shrewd look in his eyes, "Can you introduce this ship to me?"

He didn't refuse, he wanted to talk to Qin Wei more.

This Dali is very strange and mysterious. He wants to know more about Dali.

As a businessman, what he values ​​most is profit.

And often some unfamiliar and powerful forces contain interests that others don't know about.

A strange and powerful force, a dynasty from the far west sea, will this bring him a new trade route?
At this time, Wu Yan was no longer interested in sailing, but in the Dali Dynasty.

"Of course no problem!" Qin Wei smiled.

Then he waved and summoned the navy general who was accompanying him this time.

Introducing sailboats naturally needs to be introduced by professionals.

As for the person here who knows the most about sailing boats, it must be the captain of this ship.

Lu Baifeng, Marquis of Muyang in Dali, is currently the captain of the First Battalion of the Donghai Navy.

He is the captain of this ship and the general accompanying Qin Wei on this trip.

Lu Baifeng stepped forward, first bowed to Qin Wei, and then said to Wu Yan: "Please follow me!"

The sailboat is very large and equipped with many things. Getting to know this boat is not something that can be accomplished in a short time.

Fortunately, now that everyone is stuck here and unable to move forward, Wu Yan has time to get to know the ship well.

In this way, Wu Yan and Lu Baifeng entered the cabin and learned about the situation of riding a sailboat.

Qin Wei stood on the deck and continued to observe the battlefield ahead.

They were still far away from the battlefield, about forty or fifty miles, and could not see the specific battle situation at all. They could only see the flashing light and the surging waves on the sea.

Qin Wei spent a little bit of energy and used it on his own eyes, and he could probably see the flickering light pillars clearly.

Obviously, the war method between the Dayu Dynasty and the Dayi Dynasty was very similar to the war method of the Daji Dynasty. The two sides were constantly fighting with psychic cannons.

This situation is also expected, after all, this is the central sea area.

Both the cultivation level and the cultivation industry in the central sea area are much higher than those in the western sea area.

Psionic cannons, which are relatively rare in the western seas, are almost the most common distant weapons here, but crossbows and the like have all been eliminated.

Even ordinary merchant ships are equipped with psychic cannons, which shows the popularity of psychic cannons in the central sea area.

After more than an hour, Wu Yan ended his visit.

When he came to Qin Wei again, there was an excited look on his face.

"Sir, how much does this warship cost?"

Before visiting the sailboat, he just thought the sailboat was majestic. But after he learned about the sailboat, he fell in love with the sailboat very much.

In particular, the mechanical design on the wind boat was an eye-opener for him.

On the contrary, the psychic cannon and the wind formation made him feel nothing special.

Qin Wei looked at Wu Yan with some surprise. He didn't expect that Wu Yan really wanted to buy a sailboat.

In fact, he had no intention of selling sailboats in the Central Sea at the beginning. After all, the shipbuilding technology and various cultivation industries in the Central Sea surpassed Dali. In his eyes, although sailboats are good, there should be no market in the Central Sea. That's right.

When he was in the Shenglan Dynasty, Emperor Ji also visited Chengfengchuan, but he only said that Chengfengchuan was good and had no intention of purchasing from Dali.

But now Wu Yan actually wanted to buy it, which surprised him.

In fact, he underestimated the design of the wind boat. Indeed, neither the wind formation nor the psychic cannon were rare existences in the central sea area.

But in terms of mechanism skills, Gong Shuqiu and Master Ban are definitely the top ones.

Even in the central sea area, it is difficult to find mechanics who can compare with them.

As for the reason, on the one hand, mechanism art does not belong to the cultivation industry. The so-called cultivation industry refers to the industry closely related to cultivation.

The mechanism technique is not indispensable for practitioners.

Therefore, whether it is the Western Sea, the Central Sea, or other sea areas, there are mechanism techniques, but the mechanism techniques are not considered to be brilliant, and can only be regarded as something that a small number of people are interested in.

Because of this, Dali's machine skills are particularly eye-catching.

Especially the wind boat designed by Gong Shuqiu and Master Ban, the mechanics in it are even more ingenious.

Wu Yan was astonished when he looked at the mechanisms in the cabin.

The mechanisms in the cabin are not used for fighting, but for assistance. Every aspect demonstrates the exquisiteness of the mechanism technique.

Let's put it this way, even the toilet on the wind boat is different from other boats. Wu Yan tried a small flush toilet more than ten times.

Needless to say, long-distance sailing is boring, but staying on a ship for months on end is nothing more than hygienic.

The cabins of many cargo ships are full of stench, making people miserable.

However, the cabin of a sailboat not only has a good ventilation system, but also has a clean toilet and even a bathroom.

Compared with those merchant ships and cargo ships, sailing ships are exquisite and luxurious.

If Wu Yan was just a small maritime businessman, he would naturally not think about enjoying such luxury, but he is not a small maritime businessman, and he also hopes that his life on the sea can be more comfortable.

Qin Wei thought for a while and said: "If it is fully equipped, it may require [-] million imperial coins!"

Qin Wei has learned about the cost of manufacturing a windship. In fact, the cost of a windship is mainly the psychic cannon and the wind formation. On the contrary, the cost of the huge hull and those exquisite mechanisms is pitifully low.

Let's put it this way, excluding the psychic cannon and wind-riding array, the manufacturing cost of this wind-riding ship is only 200 million imperial coins, which is 200 million large glass silver dollars.

Dali's cost of manufacturing the psychic cannon was 150 million imperial coins, and the Chengfeng ship was equipped with 48 psychic cannons, so the psychic cannon alone required 200 million imperial coins.

The Chengfeng Array requires about 500 million imperial coins.

Therefore, the cost of a complete sailboat is about 8000 million royal coins.However, this was the manufacturing cost in the past. At that time, Dali's manufacturing of sailing ships had just begun large-scale manufacturing, and at the same time, the manufacturing factory of psychic cannons was also expanding.

With greater scale and more experience, this cost will become even lower.

For a cost of 8000 million, Qin Wei quoted [-] million, which is definitely a conscientious price.

Wu Yan was startled, "So cheap?"

"Is it cheap?" Qin Wei was a little confused.

This price is very high. Now Dali's financial income is increasing continuously, but he does not dare to build sailing boats without limit.At most, six or seven ships can be built in a year. This is the result of Qin Wei's internal treasury support. If the court alone can only build one ship in a year.

Qin Wei felt that Guina was considering it based on Dali's financial income, but this is the central sea area.

In the central sea area, the Ten Thousand Emperors Coin is the universal currency. All forces and dynasties do not have their own separate currencies. Even silver, gold and the like are not circulated. Only the Ten Thousand Emperors Coins and Spiritual Stones can be recognized.

At the same time, there is also a clear exchange ratio between Ten Thousand Emperor Coins and Spiritual Stones. One Spiritual Stone can be exchanged for millions of Emperor Coins.

Although Qin Wei has been in the Central Sea for a while, he doesn't know much about the prices in the Central Sea because he has been wandering in the sea.

Now he is just like a country bumpkin who comes to a big city. Of course, prices in a big city will be higher, and money will also become worthless.

Of course, there is also the reason why Wu Yan miscalculated the price of the mechanical creation.

The art of mechanism is very common in Dali, and the prices of various mechanism creations are becoming more and more affordable. For example, flush toilets can be afforded by any wealthy family in Dali.

Qin Wei's rhetorical question made Wu Yan feel that Qin Wei was honest.

That’s right, it’s honesty.

The price of such a good boat is so low.

At this time, Wu Yan was really excited. At such a low price, he wanted to buy a few more boats.

However, Qin Wei's sailing boat did not meet his needs.

What he wanted was a merchant ship, and Qin Wei's sailing ship was a warship.But this problem is easy to solve, just redesign it.

So he thought for a while and said, "Can you help us design a merchant ship?"

Qin Wei naturally had no reason to refuse and said, "Okay."

"You can tell me what you want!"

Wu Yan thought for a while and said: "We are a caravan. In fact, we can't use such a big ship. The hull length is about thirty feet. In addition, we don't need so many psychic cannons. On one ship Ten psychic cannons will do.”

"But we like your flying machine beasts very much, and we want to get more of them."

"Also, the cabin doesn't need that many rooms, as long as there are a hundred or ten rooms."

"In addition, we don't need the wind formation..."

Wu Yan has an endless tendency to talk about it.

Qin Wei was speechless upon hearing this, and waved his hand directly, saying, "Okay, don't say anything anymore."

He probably understood what kind of ship Wu Yan wanted.

What Wu Yan wanted was a merchant ship, not the Chengfeng.

Aren't the ships built according to his requirements the most common merchant ships in Dali?

It's not exactly the same. Dali's merchant ships will not be equipped with psychic cannons, just crossbows.

"Uh, what's the problem?" Wu Yan was a little confused.

Qin Wei said: "I'm not good at handling this matter. It's better to wait for a while and let someone come to deal with you."

To meet Wu Yan's needs, professionals must handle the matter.

Qin Wei didn't bother to talk about prices or anything like that.

So he decided to ask Shen Wansan to talk to him.

Before coming, he had never thought about doing business in the central waters, so naturally he would not bring Shen Wansan with him.

But now it seems like I can give it a try.

When Dali entered the western waters, he saved a lot of money by building ships, but now that he has entered the central waters, it seems that he still needs to build and sell ships.

This is really a trick that will be eaten all over the world.

As for whether this business can be done and whether it is worth doing, that is what Shen Wansan should consider. Qin Wei is too lazy to worry about it.

Wu Yan also understood that Qin Wei's identity seemed unusual, so he did not force it. He just said: "I will leave you the specific address, and also the formation pattern of the communication weapon!"

The formation pattern of the communication instrument is the identification number, which is somewhat similar to a telephone number.Of course, array patterns are not numbers. Each communication instrument has a unique array pattern. When transmitting a message, you must first use spiritual energy to outline the opponent's array pattern on the array plate.This ensures that the letter can be accurately delivered to the other party's hands.

So knowing the other party's formation pattern is equivalent to getting the other party's contact information.

"Okay!" Qin Wei nodded, and then gestured to Xiao Shunzi, asking him to write down Wu Yan's communication array pattern.

"It may take three or four months for them to come over. Then they will contact you directly!" Qin Wei said to Wu Yan again.

"I understand!" Wu Yan also knew that it would take a long time to come from the far west sea.

In this way, Qin Wei and Wu Yan reached an agreement.

As for whether this business can be successful, it depends on the subsequent negotiations between him and Shen Wansan.

What Qin Wei values ​​​​is not the deal with Wu Yan, he just thinks that this may be a good opportunity for Dali to get a new way to make money.

The transaction with Wu Yan was just an attempt. Even if it failed, it didn't matter. There was no loss anyway.

(End of this chapter)