God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

Chapter 584 The Yangtze River in Erha

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"It looks like it's pretty much the same. You guys are really powerful. You can't build such a large warship!" Lu Min looked at Gongsun Yu and said with emotion, "Did Gan Xingba pay this money?"

When Gongsun Yu heard this, he lost his smile and became silent. He looked at Lu Min with some embarrassment.

"It looks like you haven't paid yet. That's awesome." Lu Min looked at the warship that had been built and didn't know what to say.

"Although the weapons on the ship have been installed in place, the arrows in reserve have not been ordered yet. This is still a little short of funds..." Gongsun Yu said with some embarrassment.

If he hadn't accepted Gan Ning's large orders for fishing boats and made a lot of money, how could he have accepted Gan Ning's order to build large warships without even asking for a deposit?

Although a large part of the reason is that they received ship drawings from the Government Affairs Department, which provided more creativity and experience.

More fixings were installed on the ship, the center of gravity was lowered, the defense was increased, the keel was structurally increased, etc.

"You've built such a big ship, but you still lack money to order crossbow arrows?" Lu Min looked at Gongsun Yu in disbelief. How much can a few crossbow arrows cost?
"The number and types of crossbows required are quite large, so the money required is more..." Gongsun Yu said with some embarrassment, "Based on preliminary estimates, it will cost about 5000 million yuan."

After Lu Min heard this, he stopped and looked at Gongsun Yu suspiciously.

"5000 million dollars? How many crossbow arrows are you planning to buy?" The value of the crossbow arrows flashed through Lu Min's mind. Even if they were sold at the transaction price with Gongsun Zan, the quantity was extremely terrifying.

Even if there are more crossbows on this ship, it won't consume this amount of money.

"The main reason is that there are some special crossbow arrows that are too expensive, that's why they are so expensive." Gongsun Yu softened his tone and said as calmly as possible.

After Lu Min heard this, he was a little silent. The special crossbow arrows with high value could only be some crossbow arrows that were difficult to make or were taboo.

The production cost of that special crossbow is quite high, and naturally the price is also very expensive.

Even rich people like Gongsun Zan kept a respectful distance from those special crossbow arrows because they were too expensive.

"With the financial resources of the Gongsun family, they won't be short of 5000 million, right?" Lu Min asked Gongsun Yu with some doubts.

How could the Gongsun family, which had been building ships for so many years, be short of so little money?

Let alone 5000 million, even if it is [-] million, it won’t be a big problem.

"The main reason is that the order we received was not for one ship, but for eight ships!" Gongsun Yu sighed and said calmly.

"So, have you prepared all the materials?" Lu Min was speechless. Did he go through this before?

How dare you take the order placed by Gan Ning's Erha without getting the money?

Although he will definitely give it, and even give it enough, but should he be so reckless?

Just gathering all the materials for eight ships at once, is it worthy of being called the Gongsun family?

Gongsun Yu nodded, his eyes full of hope, looking at Lu Min sincerely.

"Okay, I will report this matter truthfully and hand it over to the Fenggao Government Affairs Department and let them help handle it." Lu Min sighed. There was no accident, but there were a lot more troubles.

I don’t know where Gan Ning went. Did he get all the money?

Eight warships, plus the cost of crossbows, are almost [-] billion. Did you use your brain when you placed this order?

Aren’t you going to the Yangtze River to recruit people?According to the distance and time, it’s time to come back. Has something delayed it?

"Then we'll have to trouble Lu Yuanzheng. With Lu Yuanzheng's help, this matter will definitely be solved, and we can build subsequent ships." Gongsun Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then entertained Lu Min grandly.Compared with Lu Min who found it troublesome, he had to do it.

Gan Ning's journey to the Yangtze River was full of twists and turns.

Since there were people stationed there, Gan Ning was naturally relieved and went to recruit people in a hurry.

Taishi Ci was called directly, and the elite of Taishi Ci's headquarters were taken away, and the entire Donglai Port was directly handed over to Chen Dao.

From Donglai Port all the way south along the coastline, all the way to the Yangtze River estuary.

After briefly measuring the water level of the Yangtze River, Gan Ning gave up the idea of ​​entering the Yangtze River with a large fishing boat.

After all, many of the sailors he wanted to recruit were in places that big ships couldn't go.

Fortunately, he brought his small warship with him.

Adhering to his familiarity with the Yangtze River, Gan Ning directly regarded the Yangtze River as his own territory, displayed his characteristics as a master, and strongly invited Tai Shici.

Taishi Ci had a high degree of trust in Gan Ning. Without thinking, he left his troops on the large fishing boat and followed Gan Ning alone up the Yangtze River.

Gan Ning also happily took out the bell that he used to be a Jinfan thief, as if the former Jinfan thief was back.

The best way to recruit these water thieves is to become a water thieves, join the water thieves, and finally surpass the water thieves, become a sailor, and then transform into a navy.

In this regard, Gan Ning did an excellent job.

All the way up the Yangtze River, relying on the familiarity of the Yangtze River and his own force, the deterrence brought by Jinfan's bells and generous welfare benefits, he conquered a large number of water thieves.

The various actions and successes on the road made Gan Ning show off in front of Tai Shi Ci, as if he was destined to do so.

Not only did he recruit men, but he also brought the water pirates' ships under his command.

Although I look down on these ships, they can at least carry people and at least walk on the Yangtze River, so there is no problem.

As his reputation spread wider and wider, it became easier and easier for Gan Ning to recruit people, and his fleet became larger and larger, with more and more people.

Gan Ning, who was recruiting people very smoothly along the way, successfully bumped into Sun Ce, who was also recruiting people very smoothly.

Sun Ce himself had no intention of recruiting people, but he couldn't resist leading troops from Yuzhou and preparing to attack Yangzhou.

The situations encountered on the road were completely beyond Sun Ce's expectations.

Wherever he went, there were surrenders, and the talents he recruited were bowed to him.

There were even a large number of righteous soldiers who raised their troops to increase Sun Ce's strength.

There were more than [-] people when they first came out. By the time they reached the Yangtze River, there were already nearly [-] people.

There are also many civil servants and generals, and they already have the atmosphere of a prince.

Sun Ce also had his own way of dealing with the civil servants and military generals under his command, making the civil and military affairs complement each other.

Even Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce with curiosity and disbelief when he saw everything he encountered on the road.

(End of this chapter)