Win the Ding 1617

Take a trip to the Telugu area and transport back [-] tons of cotton. How much yarn can be spun and how many pieces of cloth can be woven by these cotton, and after the processing of dyeing and printing, it will be multiplied several times in the hands of every consumer. The profit, this, Zheng Sen is a bit overwhelmed.

It's no wonder that the Zheng family's maritime business is mainly about trade, not manufacturing.As long as they ensure that the supply of goods is under their control, they can then obtain a large amount of profits from maritime trade.

However, if the future Guoxing Lord knows what these ships are carrying when they go south to the Telugu region for trading, I am afraid that he will go crazy.

In order to maximize the benefits, and at the same time expand their own industrial products as much as possible and use them to offset the purchase price, a large number of armor, swords, matchlock guns, gunpowder, tailored for Tianzhu people, in line with their habits and body characteristics, It was stuffed into the cargo hold of the ship as payment to the sultans and nobles at all levels in the Telugu area in exchange for the cotton in their hands.

Under the threat of leather whips and long knives from the sultan and nobles, the area of ​​cotton planted in the Telugu area doubled every year, and the sultan's soldiers also used the characteristics of those weapons to the extreme on the battlefield, killing Mo The advance and retreat of the Mughal Empire, the warriors of the Mughal family, who were brave and invincible in the past, became vulnerable and fled in the face of the dense rain and strong and sharp swords of the Telugu Sultan army.

With the soaring cotton planting area year by year, among the commodities exported to the Telugu region, rice quietly appeared in the list of goods as military rations for Sudan.

Cotton grown in our own fields using cotton seeds provided by Nanzhong Army.You can trade with Nanzhong merchants in exchange for magical weapons and armor like Ramayana, fight against those hateful Mughals, seize more land and slaves, plant more cotton, and exchange for more weapons Armor and gunpowder, such a virtuous cycle is in front of us, if the Sultan of Telugu refuses to do it, his nobles will drive him off the throne of Sultan, and then support His Majesty the Sultan .

But these things.It's not something that children like Huamei can know.

At best they know.Every time a cargo ship goes to Telugu, or a Portuguese ship comes from the ground in Goa, it will bring goods mainly cotton and wheat, in addition to these two.In the cargo hold are those beautiful Tianzhu orchids.Big food horse.There will also be various precious stones or gold in the captain's cabin. [

Huamei's personal soldier, Aji, who attracted countless Japanese warriors to drool at her long legs, slender waist and fat buttocks, was such a slave who was used as a payment by the noble lord.Sent to Hue, after several rounds, became one of Huamei's personal soldiers.

Watching another group of orchids coming out of the cabin to make up the payment, sniffing the vaguely familiar smell in the air, listening to the local dialect, and watching the group of orchids be at a loss for the unknown fate. With a "confused" expression, Aji felt very fortunate that his fate was good, and he played the role of the chief armor next to the eldest lady.

Seeing the group of female slaves in sari being brought into the carriage, the group of men in the crowd who had been wandering on the sea for a long time and didn't know the taste of meat for a long time finally looked away reluctantly. Step forward.

Passing through the wharf of the cargo ship, not far away is the place where five or six ships of the Zheng family are moored. There are already sailors and soldiers who have gone shopping, and some low-level officers will frantically purchase all kinds of goods in the commercial port. They brought back the big and small bags, and spent the porter’s interest, exchanged shopping experience with each other on the pier, and showed off to colleagues who didn’t have time to go shopping.

"Look at the cloth and silk we bought. I have seen the wife of Mr. General Soldier wear it. The Wufu and Twelve Sheets are made of such fine cloth and silk. It is a fairy-like attire! This One horse is only two silver dollars, and I bought five horses in one go! There are all different designs!"

"What is that of yours?! Look at this precious knife we ​​bought! I drove by the shop for an authentic bared iron steel knife. Ten Chongzhen Tongbao, with one knife, turned into twenty pieces! It cost me fifteen pieces. A silver dollar! However, it’s not expensive! We, a man who is licking blood with a knife head, have a precious knife in his hand, that means he has an extra life!"

On the pier, the cooks sent by the South China Army and the Zheng family fleet gathered around the kitchen truck, preparing lunch for everyone. On the diving board, a few porters carried huge oil baskets one after another To the lower cargo hold, it acts as ballast and replenishment for the fleet.

"Master, your knife. And the money you got back." Shi Lang's personal soldier whispered in his ear, and suddenly pulled his gaze back to his side.

A three-foot-long Yanling knife made of iron and steel sells for fifteen silver dollars, which is a lot of money for Shi Lang, but he pulled the knife out of the leather scabbard and looked black and heavy. Gently twirling the blade with his hand, Shi Lang nodded in satisfaction, the money is really worth it!

"Also, young master, you asked me to inquire about the price earlier, so I inquired about it." That soldier was also a child of the Shi family, and he was extremely diligent and cautious in his work.Otherwise, Shi Daxuan would not have sent him to accompany his son on this mission.

"Vegetable oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, vegetable oil is the cheapest, three hundred catties per basket, ten silver dollars. Peanut oil is the most expensive, seventeen silver dollars. Rice, brown rice, fifty yuan, Nanzhong Tongbao, one stone, polished round-grained rice, one hundred yuan Tongbao, one stone." The soldiers whispered in their ears to Shi Lang the prices they had inquired about.

"What about gunpowder?! What about those big and small Franglers, firecrackers, etc.?"

Shi Lang came here this time, apart from establishing friendship with the young master of the Zheng family and making a few friends with the Li family, another task was to purchase some equipment and firearms for the development of the Shi family. medicine".That soldier was sent to inquire about prices.

"These things are not sold in the shops. No matter how high the price is, all the shops are out of stock. Later, a guy from our hometown said that to buy these things, he had to go to the General's Mansion to apply for a license. , go to the head office of the Han Yuan Company to buy, ordinary stores simply don’t have the guts to sell these things!”

Hearing this, Shi Lang couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.Looking at his own small boat, he was very aggrieved to follow the main ship of the Zheng family, Da Qingtou, just like he was following Zheng Sen.However, his ability to control his emotions has far surpassed his age, "Okay, I get it, let's think of other ways later!" [

Two pairs of eyes in the crowd stared at Shi Lang's master and servant's every move from different angles, and each kept it in their hearts.

Over there, Hua Mei and Zheng Sen had already quarreled.

The reason is simple.

Zheng Sen pointed to his own ship and boasted to Hua Mei.This big green head.It was Zheng Zhilong who used the captured Dutch and Liu Laoxiang's belongings to buy a lot of artillery from the South China Army after the Battle of Liaoluo Bay, and used them on the Dutch plywood boat salvaged from the sea and the pirate's lucky boat. artillery.Made after upgrading the firepower system.

It has twelve gates of Dafolangji.There are thirty doors for the small Frang machine.Four [-]-pound guns, nearly fifty guns, can be said to be a leader in the Zheng family's fleet.The firepower of this ship.In front of the Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong seas, Shi Lang swallowed his saliva many times in secret.

However, such a ship of the Overlord level of the sea was reduced to something worthless by Hua Mei.

"What's wrong with the 46 guns? How many guns can be fired at one time? How much does a ball salvo weigh? For such a ship, at most one-third of the artillery can fire at the same time. It's amazing! Such a ship, in front of my father's navy, only needs a round of artillery fire, and it will be punished immediately!"

How can these words be accepted by the young and energetic Zheng Sen?So, regardless of the cute little girl opposite, the two started arguing in full view.

"In addition to relying on sharp guns to deal with others in your family, do you have skilled sailors? No matter how good the boat is, no matter how good the guns are, you need a group of people who don't know water and don't know how to control the boat. Wait for the sails, use the landlubbers with the sculls, I will use this broken ship, and send your ship assembled with hundreds of cannons to the Crystal Palace, your cannons and ships are my spoils of war!"

The eldest son and eldest daughter of the two power groups, based on their own knowledge of naval warfare and their own military strength, desperately tried to convince the other party in this debate, let the other party admit that their strength is not as good as that, and admit defeat.So he bowed his head in front of himself.

However, no one can convince anyone.The people below Shi Lang were all watching the two men debate with their young and mature appearance.

"Ah!" Huamei saw a few figures out of the corners of her beautiful eyes inherited from her mother, and immediately let her see the hope of victory.

"Uncle Jian! Uncle Mai! Big Hao!"

The few people she called were the boatswain and gunnery of Shou Han's ship Chang Sheng, and they naturally knew more about sea operations than Hua Mei.

Known as Uncle Jian, Jian Erqi, the gunner on Changsheng, listened to the introduction of the situation to himself and his colleagues by the young lady in front of him, and also to the eldest son of the Zheng family in front of him. Things, I couldn't help but look at each other and smile with a few colleagues, that's how it is!

After explaining the situation to her reinforcements, Hua Mei realized that these uncles seemed to have just returned from the sea, and they still smelled strongly of the sea, and their eyes and faces were a little red from the sea breeze.But Dad's ship is clearly moored in the port!

"Uncle Jian, did you go fishing by yourself?"

When several people heard Huamei's question, they couldn't help laughing in unison, "That's right, we went out to sea to fish, but we caught squid! And it's the biggest one!"

Hearing the arrogance in the words of these people is extraordinary, Shi Lang, Hua Mei, and Zheng Sen all knew that these people must not be as simple as they said.

"Appreciate further details."

Led by the older Shi Lang, Zheng Sen also bowed deeply to the few people headed by Jian Erqi.

Several people discussed in low voices, and finally Jian Erqi announced to Hua Mei decisively: "Come with us! Take you to see the new ship!"

Along the road paved with ashes mixed with stones on the pier, a group of people, led by Jian Erqi, came to a rather remote corner of the port.

"That's the ship we're going to sea this time!"

Jian Erqi proudly pointed to the center of the sea with his arm.

Everyone looked in the direction of Jian Erqi's finger, and there was a huge ship moored in the sea.There are many small boats busy coming and going around it.

If the Guangzhou-class cargo ship that everyone saw just now is a small mountain, then this ship is a high mountain.

everyone.Everyone including Hua Mei was dumbfounded!

"There is such a big ship?!"

"I don't know how many sailors and gunners are needed to operate such a ship?"

"How much time and money would it take to build such a ship?"

"This boat is much bigger than the Guangzhou class we took when we came from our hometown in Telugu!"

"Isn't this the boat hanging in Dad's study? It actually went into the water?! I didn't even know it?!"

The ship in front of me was more than twice the size of the Guangzhou-class cargo ship, and the sails on it were as dense as clouds, and the sailors on the ship were scrambling to pack the sails and sails on the deck.On the double gun deck, the densely packed guns look dizzying.

"One, two, three, four..." Shi Lang silently counted the number of cannons in his heart. He knew that with the strength of the Southern Chinese Army and the ability to forge cannons, it would never set up a cannon for a cannon boat. If you have cannons but don't arrange artillery, count the number of cannons.Then you know the number of gun positions!

result.The number is astonishing. There are 25 cannons on one side of the ship. If the cannons placed on the deck are also counted, this ship will have at least [-] cannons!

"No wonder this little girl from the Li family looks down on our gunboat! It's me, too."

"This is a newly launched ship. My lord told me to wait. We planned to use this ship as his flagship in the future, so we mobilized people to go out to sea with the people from the shipyard for training and running-in. Find out where there are still some flaws."

"This boat, if it is all operated by skilled hands, can sail for hundreds of miles in a day and night. Unfortunately, we don't have enough skilled hands to concentrate them all on one boat. At most, one-third of them are water. The soldiers of the division academy, the sailors recruited from Arakan, Nan’ao, etc., have to get used to their daily language, not to mention being able to do everything with one heart and one mind! It’s not bad if you don’t get tricked!”

Jian Erqi's hoarse voice seemed very tired.It can be seen that this new ship test at sea also exhausted them both physically and mentally.

Zheng Sen grew up in a group of sea merchants since he was a child, and he saw sailors who were full of the smell of sea water every day. I dare not say anything else, but his ability to distinguish the level of a sailor's technical level is better than his Hua Mei was much stronger. From the movement and speed of the sailors furling the sails, it could be seen that most of the sailors on this ship were rookies.

"This gang of damn southern barbarians are really fucking prodigals. I don't know where to get so much wood, hemp rope, and canvas to build such a good boat. Unfortunately, a good boat is in the hands of these people. What a goddamn thing!"

Zheng Sen looked at the brand new huge gunboat with some envy.

As the main ship of the Zheng family's fleet, Daqing usually has only a dozen guns on his head. Moreover, due to the structural problems of the ship, in order to reduce the damage of the recoil of the artillery to the ship, most of the artillery are large-scale Franglers. Because of the power of the ten-pound cannon, the twelve-pound cannon is used as a trump card, and each big green head is equipped with one or two guns.It is said that all such ships will be equipped with Zheng's fleet. As long as the ships of a few uncles and fathers are replaced with such ships, then Fusang in the east, Nanzhong Army in the west, senior officials in the south, Luzon , all are not a problem, the king of the sea should be surnamed Zheng!

"Father has a new ship, then, should the flag of Changsheng be lowered and replaced with another flag? Can I ask Father for this ship? Also come to be a captain?!"

Thinking of her beautiful navy uniform, with a small golden star above the yellow border embroidered with a thick gold thread on the cuff, Hua Mei trembled with excitement.

"Let mother and father talk to each other at night! No way! What should father do if he disagrees? By the way, I will ask my uncle to talk to father, and treat this boat as a gift from father for my birthday next year. Already!"

Hua Mei blinked her eyes, her mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to turn Father's Changsheng into her own ship.

Shi Lang and Zheng Sen on the side watched the beautiful little girl staring at the big boat in the sea, her figure swaying slightly under the sea breeze, and the cloak behind her back fluctuating under the wind. They couldn't help but look a little crazy up.

"Miss Li, it seems that your army has excellent ship guns, but the sailors' ship handling skills are too poor, so it's a pity that they can't fully display the performance of the ship guns." Shi Lang said very clearly. Pertinent.

"Yes! That's it! Why don't we go back and explain to General Li that my Zheng family will send out sailors, and your Li family will send out naval guns. We will definitely be able to wipe out all the forces on the sea!"

Zheng Sen heard something else from Shi Lang's words, and he immediately proposed this "win-win" solution with joy.

"Then there is no need. Thank you Mr. Zheng for your kindness." Before Li Huamei could veto it, Jian Erqi had already refused on Huamei's behalf.

"The naval academy of our South Central Army is the cradle for training officers of all levels, sailors and gunners of this navy. It is just like the cages used for fish farming that you have seen in various places in Nanzhong. Within a month, hundreds or thousands of sailors will graduate and go to the ship for internships. After walking a few times in the wind and waves, a rookie can become an elite soldier! I think that the sailors of your army have been fighting at sea for several or ten years. Did you come out? Haven't been trained?!"

Jian Erqi's words were soft but hard, and Zheng Senfa, who choked, refuted.

After seeing the boat, the three of them decided to continue wandering outside, and then returned to the city of Hue.

In the palace, the negotiations between Shou Han, Pei Lin, and Zheng Zhibao have come to an end. (To be continued..)

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