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Chapter 143 The Navy swallows gold (please subscribe, ask for a ticket)

Da Liang put away the shipbuilding blueprint that Xu Man gave him, thought about how much he still had left, and then replied: "No problem, I will give you a [-]% discount, but the artillery may not be able to equip you for the time being, I have some The matter needs to go to Songjiang, and the cheap artillery can be solved when I come back."

Xu Man said: "We are escorted by a single-masted warship. The artillery on the merchant ship is not a necessity. It is okay not to install it for the time being."

"Then I'll be fine."

After earning another sum of money, Daliang handed over the drawings to the shipyard, bid farewell to Xu Man, and quietly returned to his "Black Fire".

The "Skeleton Soldier" and other warships have entered the dock for overhaul. Sidney and his four captains practiced naval battle tactics with models on the combat chart in the captain's room of the "Black Fire".

After seeing Da Liang coming in, knowing that he had something to discuss with Sidney, the captains of the four brigantes saluted him and left.

However, before Da Liang asked about the expansion of the Black Fire Fleet, Sidney surprised Da Liang by opening his mouth.

"My lord, there is no money, when will you replenish the funds of the Black Fire Fleet."

Just kidding, I made 50 by hacking a ship of spices, 20 of which went directly to the account of the Black Fire Fleet. How long has it been since I wanted you to pay for the shipbuilding? Money, have you embezzled?
Seeing that Da Liang's complexion was abnormal, Sidney took out a bill and said: "Since I accepted the Black Fire Fleet, in order to make the fleet form combat power faster, each artillery group has to fire 100 shells every day. The Black Fire Fleet There are 144 cannons in total. The gunpowder and shells worth 50 silver are needed to fire each cannon, which costs 7200 gold per day. We have conducted this kind of training for three days in total and cost 21600 gold. After that, each cannon will fire 20 cannons every day Cannonballs cost 17280 gold in total to maintain the bombardment level of the artillery group. In the battle against the troop carrier, my First Fleet fired an average of 150 shells per cannon, which cost a total of 6044 gold. Only shells were consumed, and we spent 44924 gold."

Looking at the consumption of shells in large quantities, his eyes became dull.Hey, let's shoot here and there. This is obviously throwing gold into the sea. In just a short time, nearly [-] gold shells have been fired.

My flesh hurts, my flesh hurts...

However, this costly daily training consumption cannot be reduced. Sweat more before the battle and bleed less during the war.In the battle against the troop carrier fleet, the Blackfyre First Fleet was able to fight the enemy fleet gun to gun without losing ground because of the huge amount of training before the battle.

Think about the city at the entrance of the stone cave, what the walking dead who just touched the artillery looked like, a total of five cannons were fired and four of them were blown up in the end.

Therefore, the daily consumption of fleet training must not be reduced, the flesh hurts... bear with it.

Down there are all kinds of daily consumption, food, fresh water, wooden barrels, and ropes, which added up to nearly 5000 gold.

The previous overhaul and minor repairs of the ship cost another [-] gold.

Da Liang didn't bother to look at other small expenses, such as odds and ends.

And then there's the list for this overhaul.

A three-masted battleship and four two-masted battleships were all seriously damaged, and the maintenance cost alone was as high as [-] gold.

Other peripherals such as sails that need to be replaced are another string of expenses.

But the real focus is the artillery.

All 120 iron smoothbore guns must be replaced. Based on the price of 600 gold for one gun, this is 72000 gold.

The navy is indeed not something that ordinary people can play.

Da Liang looked at the list and felt that his head was big.No, no, money can't be spent like this, especially artillery, 600 gold is obviously the price that the Pudong Fleet uses to trap adventurers.Brother is the captain of the Pudong Fleet, and all the injuries in the fleet were caused by Shangjiang City. The ship repair fee can be ignored by Brother himself, and he can't continue to cheat Brother on the artillery.

"I'll talk to Joyce about the cannon. I'll give you these ship drawings, and I'll give them to you..." Da Liang gave Sidney all the shipbuilding drawings he got from Joyce, and then looked at Xu Man. Part of the 5 gold coins given to the shipbuilder was given to Sidney: "I'll give you another 25000 gold. You first build one or two merchant ships and the 'Black Fire' to form our transport fleet, and put Shangjiang City- The material circulation route between Feichen Island and Black Fire Territory has been opened, and the Black Fire Territory is under construction and needs a lot of things.”

Sidney put away the drawings and gold coins and agreed, "I see, my lord."

Da Liang continued: "It is not a long-term solution for the Black Fire Fleet to always consume so much. After the fleet is overhauled this time, you immediately organize the fleet to go to sea to rob. The fleet must be looting and training troops at the same time, so that daily consumption can be self-sufficient as soon as possible, and there will be a small amount of surplus to compensate for new ships.”

"Yes! Your lord."

After leaving the "Black Fire", Da Liang walked into the Admiral's Mansion of the Pudong Fleet again.

After seeing Da Liang, Joyce stood up from behind her desk, and asked the attendant to bring a set of clothes and armor: "You came just in time, the transport team from the Gravel Camp is ready to go, this is the sacrificial priest." Robes and crusader armor, you and Julian immediately put on and join the troops over there, remember what I told you, and use your mind to observe the secrets of the dungeon."

Da Liang put away his clothes and armor, and then said: "Leave the matter to me, you can rest assured. But I still need help with a little thing, otherwise I will inevitably feel restless even if I go to the dungeon, in case I miss something , wouldn’t you have betrayed your lord’s trust?”

Joyce asked, "What is it?"

"My lord, my Black Fire Fleet has entered the Pudong Fleet Naval Port for overhaul, but the artillery sold to me by our Pudong Fleet is too expensive, 72000 gold! How can I have so much money... I think it is the same as a shipyard , you still give me an internal purchase price and forget it, no matter how my fleet is repaired, it will also serve the Pudong Fleet.”

Joyce chuckled and said, "Don't think I don't know what happened to the ten single-masted battleships you just took away and the five two-masted merchant ships you are building. You should know how much money you have caused me to lose. I don't care about shipbuilding with you, do you still want to continue selling the artillery of my Pudong fleet?"

Da Liang, whose carelessness was seen, smiled dryly: "I was forced to do nothing because I was too poor. I had to support a large group of soldiers, and I also had a fleet that cost more money. Today I know the cost of maintaining a fleet. How scary it is, and I can deeply understand how much thought the adults have to spend every day in order to maintain the consumption of the Pudong fleet. It’s just that, my lord, I really don’t have the money to buy guns. Without guns, my fleet can’t go to sea, can’t go to sea, You can’t rob those ships bound for Chongming Island. Every time you block a merchant ship that docks at Chongming City, you can weaken Joshua’s strength.”

(End of this chapter)