"You said you wanted to buy that big black ship?"

In the yamen of the governor of Guangzhou Prefecture, Zhang Han just picked up the teacup and took a sip, then buckled it heavily, and blurted out: "What are you buying it for?" Say big and small. ”

After the battle, there was nothing to inspect the wrecked ships, and after Zhang Han checked the number of ships, he ordered people to go to Xinhui to repair them, and there were hundreds of large and small ships, but he didn't see one intact, and the two centipede boats were not in good shape.

The big black ship is indeed not big in Zhang Han's eyes, and it is only a little more than ten feet, which is one-tenth larger than the four hundred cao boats when he supervised Cao Yun before, so Chen Mu's proposal has become a trivial matter in Zhang Han's eyes.

This kind of trivial matter Chen Mu came to him specifically to find him the governor of Liangguang, which was in vain and unpleasant.

After thinking about it, sitting in front of him was a cronie who had just made a meritorious achievement, Zhang Han blew the hanging leaves in the teacup, tasted the aftertaste after sipping, and said with a smile: "Fanren likes to trade and trade, and your thousands of households trade with them are not counted, but you also have to pull Guangzhou Dusi to do business with Fanyi." Trade is a gift from my Ming Dynasty to the people who have come from afar, and they should know how grateful they are - what is the price? ”

Chen Mu sat upright on the chair, listening to Zhang Han's inquiry, he was overjoyed in his heart, and said, "Nearly a thousand taels." ”

"A thousand taels?"

Zhang Han put down the teacup and frowned, raised his two fingers to Chen Mu and nodded, and asserted: "You didn't do the matter of Xiangshan Shipyard with your heart. ”

"If you do it with your heart, you won't be deceived by the Francois people, a mere ten-zhang boat dares to ask you for a thousand taels of silver, and eat the bear's heart and leopard's gall! A 400-00 boat carrying 2,000 stones of rice is only 150 taels of silver from good nanmu wood, and 75 taels if it is made of pine and fir wood. ”

"The two 400 ships that have been allocated to your Xiangshan have only 42 taels and 74 taels of silver, and with 2,500 workmen, the bottom ship is less than 200 taels of silver."

"Humph!" Zhang Han snorted and said, "That's just a six-hundred-material boat, how can it be priced at a thousand taels?" ”

Chen Mu really didn't know the cost of the Ming ship, and when Zhang Han said it at this time, he also felt that a thousand taels of silver was indeed very expensive - the price of six or seven four-hundred-material fortune ships, could it not be expensive!

"Back to the military gate, this is not necessarily the Yishang deceived the lowly position, after the discussion, the Yishang himself proposed to exchange two four hundred material fortune ships for a new big black ship, now you teach the cost of the lowly ship, think about it carefully, maybe it is the reason why the small country and the widows of Fanyi, the wages and materials are expensive."

Zhang Han heard that the two lucky ships were replaced by a black ship, and Mei Yu stretched slightly, Chen Qianhu's obsession with the black ship made him feel very confused, so he heard Chen Mu continue: "It's not a secret, the black ship that wants Fanyi is not to guard against the sea or to load goods, but to buy it back and dismantle it in Xiangshan." ”

"The ship can carry cannons, and even if six or seven guns are placed on it, the hull will not be damaged, so that this is the time to understand, so that future shipbuilding can be used as a reference, as the governor said before."

Zhang Han is a person who loves to wear a high hat, Chen Mu did not have any flattery on his face, and said very seriously: "The art of turning Fanyi into my Chinese long skill, my craftsman can know the structure at a glance, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it is always necessary for the shipyard craftsmen to see it, so that it is easy to learn." ”

"There is some truth in what you say, but the lucky ships can't be allocated to you, and those ships will have to be transferred to various places for coastal defense after they are repaired, does Fanyi need silk?"

Zhang Han somehow suddenly asked about Haojing's trading of silk, pointed at Chen Mu and shook his head and smiled: "It's still a bad head for you, this year's Fujian merchants who have traveled widely are struggling in Guangdong, and the guards in various places have set up blockades, and the merchants can't get to your Xiangshan territory to be detained, and the goods are pressed a lot in the Guangzhou treasury, and the first reward of your Xiangshan is two thousand seven hundred taels." ”

"If you want, the old man will use 1,500 horses of various colors of silk to dial you, the market price is like eight coins of silver, and then allocate a thousand taels of Xiangshan Banner Army to the pension, how about it?"

How is it?

Chen Mu's head is big, and the price of sixteen horses in a bundle of silk in Haojing last year was nearly 100 Kruzado, so 1,500 horses?

His eyes were full of Franc Cruzado's gold coins, as if he would become rich overnight with the governor's words, this is not a matter of a few thousand taels of silver, so resold is the equivalent of thousands of Cruzado, tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Replaced by warships, it is dozens of 400 ships.

"Thank you for your humble duties!"

"Oh, it's profitable." Zhang Han didn't know the price of Haojing silk, but seeing Chen Mu's expression, the old governor also laughed and said: "If you can settle this matter, the state government will reward the war profits of Xiangshan with silk, and the old man will not allow the purchase of the boat, and the old man will not let you do the business of fornication." ”

"Maybe there will be Haojing to attract merchants to Xiangshan to buy silk at a high price, and in a few days they will dedicate a boat to Xiangshan Shipyard, which is uncertain."

Zhang Han raised his eyes and looked at the carved fish flying cover on the edge of the door, and said with a smile: "Don't forget to get started at that time, the old man sent someone to make a medal with Yiren's preference." ”

Chen Mu was dumbfounded when he heard this, how could the old man think about everything he wanted to do?

"This ...... Thank you for your love from the military! ”

Zhang Han stroked his white beard and smiled, and said: "You have captured Guanghaiwei, defended Guangzhou City, and killed Zeng, all of which are powerful, and these are your three military exploits; The governor of Guangxi, Yin Yang, used your method to break Wei Yinbao's base in Dacheng and the Ordnance Bureau, and imitated the engine gun and sent it to Beijing, which is also your miracle work. ”

"The old man reported these exploits to the military department together, Yu Zhifu is old, and the second generals Tang and Guo are useless, your merits are enough to command the envoys or go to the Fifth Military Mansion to take up important positions, but it is not suitable for the old man to come, you are still young and have ambitions, and it is not beautiful to enter those places to be constrained in many ways."

"And Guangzhou Mansion is the Lingnan metropolis, and the responsibility of guarding is extremely heavy, and this responsibility lies with you."

Zhang Han's words were extremely serious, and his eyes turned to Chen Mudao: "Staying in the Guangdong Dusi, being a commander, and awarding you the rank of third-grade general is considered to have wronged your merits." If you stay patiently for a few more years, it will also be considered experience, and if the old man is transferred to the military department in the future, he will definitely find a good place for you. ”

Talented generals will not stay in the guard, even if they are the commanders of the third rank.

But Chen Mu is the opposite of others, he wants to stay in the guard, the entire Xiangshan Institute is thriving, and he can die of anger if he is transferred away at this time.

Although the merits were there, and the promotion was expected, when Zhang Han personally said that he had made a contribution to himself, Chen Mu's heart still skipped a beat.

"Back to the governor, I want to stay in Guangzhou Mansion if I am lowly in my position, that ...... Xiangshan Institute, can it be under the rule of lowly office? ”

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Han laughed heartily, did not answer him this question, raised his hand after stroking his palm, signaled that he could go, and rarely got up and said goodbye: "Humble position, let's call it like this for a few more days, Tan Butang and Wu Shilang are both soldiers, and there is an old man to get his hands on it, and it won't take a few days to call himself the last general!" ”

"There is still a long way to go, you have to pay more attention to your body, take good care of your injuries, even if you have martial arts, you can't indulge too much."

Zhang Han's words made Chen Mu puzzled, where to go, how could he, a big bachelor who had never been married, have anything to do with indulgence.

Then I heard Zhang Han stand at the door of the front hall of the yamen of the governor's mansion and say to him: "Many of your family members are in the camp, let people take you to Guangzhou Zuowei." ”

Dependents?

Chen Mu seemed to know something.