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Three days had passed since their departure from Dengzhou, and they had arrived at the first port, the only port of Tongzhou in the Wei king's fiefdom.

Before the fleet arrived in Tongzhou, Xiao Ming had already sent scouts to inform the King of Wei.

When the battleship docked at the Tongzhou dock, the King of Wei appeared on this pier on time.

"Virtuous nephew, Uncle Huang has been waiting for you here for a day." King Wei looked at Xiao Ming who came down from the battleship and laughed.

One foot fell to the ground, Xiao Ming's heart was finally steady, it was really a torment to sail at sea for three days in a row, and he finally experienced the hardships of a naval officer in these three days.

When he was on the boat, he saw King Wei, and he also smiled, "Uncle Huang is really honored to be able to come to Tongzhou in person. ”

"The virtuous nephew is polite, and now the imperial uncle has to rely on the virtuous nephew." King Wei's eyes swept over the huge battleship with a deep envy and shock.

Xiao Ming laughed, he noticed King Wei's eyes, this was a greedy look, presumably King Wei valued his battleship at a glance, he said: "Uncle Huang has great powers, nephews should rely on Uncle Huang, this time to stop in Tongzhou is exactly what Uncle Huang needs to help." Xiao Ming said indifferently.

King Wei was stunned for a moment, he remembered the scout's words, Xiao Ming's fleet docked in Tongzhou to replenish, not a simple stop, and the list provided by the scout also recorded the materials needed.

"Hahaha, yes, yes, Uncle Huang remembered, Nephew Xian, this supply Uncle Huang has been prepared, you can supply it now." King Wei said.

Xiao Ming's heart was relieved, but he was still a little worried, hoping that King Wei would not pass him small shoes again, otherwise he would make King Wei's life sad in the future.

Ordering the fleet to be replenished immediately, Xiao Ming followed the King of Wei into the city of Tongzhou, and he had to act on the spot at the warm invitation of the King of Wei.

After three rounds of drinking, King Wei said: "Virtuous nephew, Uncle Huang really underestimated you, I didn't expect you to have such a powerful fleet, this fleet can be a draw even with the Dutch." ”

King Wei had envy in his tone, he knew the Dutch, and he also knew the strength of the Dutch warship, and from the news he got, Xiao Ming's warship was very similar to the Dutch warship.

Now that he suddenly led such a powerful fleet, how could he not be envious.

"Uncle Huang has won the award, these warships are just the warships of my nephew to protect the merchant ships, but I dare not say that I am fighting with the Dutch." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

King Wei's eyes were very hot, and he asked tentatively: "How did my nephew build these warships, oh, I think of it, it must be the work of the missionaries, hey, why didn't the imperial uncle have this luck?" But how many such warships can the virtuous nephew build for the imperial uncle? ”

Xiao Ming's expression moved slightly, he didn't expect King Wei to make such a request, he might give artillery and muskets to King Wei, but he would never give the battleship to King Wei.

After all, in such an era, a battleship loaded with artillery is a great threat to the shipping route, and it is very difficult to search for it.

"Uncle Huang, the construction of these warships is complicated, and there are only about a dozen nephews in three years, and the cost of these warships is high, one is more than one million taels of silver."

"A million taels!" King Wei's face turned pale.

"Of course, this smallest battleship also has about sixty guns on it, and the guns alone are 1.2 million taels, not including the cost of the battleship."

King Wei nodded, he understood that the artillery on this kind of battleship was called a naval gun, and the price was more expensive than ordinary artillery.

"It's a bit expensive." King Wei rubbed his chin, he already knew that the King of Chu had purchased thousands of naval guns from Xiao Ming, and using these naval guns, the King of Chu was going to build a fleet.

And he and the fief of the king of Chu are only separated by a river, the king of Chu is taking the advantage, hesitated for a moment, he said: "In this case, the imperial uncle doesn't want to embarrass the virtuous nephew, so the virtuous nephew might as well sell some naval guns to the imperial uncle." ”

Xiao Ming immediately laughed when he heard this, now that the steam engine has been officially put into production, Qingzhou's industrial capacity is about to undergo earth-shaking changes, and the forging technology of this artillery will also be accelerated.

The king of Wei now offered to buy artillery to send him silver, and he said: "Uncle Huang, this is not a problem, but this silver ......"

According to Xiao Ming's tone, a thousand naval guns are 20 million taels of silver, which is a high expense, but in order not to be overtaken by the King of Chu, he gritted his teeth and said: "No problem, it's a big deal to copy the homes of a few rich merchants." ”

Xiao Ming suddenly felt a burst of sadness for these businessmen, no wonder many businessmen are thinking of a way to stay in Qingzhou now, there are really no human rights in other places.

However, he didn't care about the life or death of the merchants of Weidi, all he wanted was 20 million taels of silver.

"Uncle Huang is refreshing, so how many cannons does Uncle Huang need?" Xiao Ming asked.

"A thousand doors." King Wei said.

Xiao Ming understood that this was a contest between the King of Wei and the King of Chu, and he said, "Then how is the imperial uncle going to pay this silver." ”

"Hehe, virtuous nephew, it's not the emperor's uncle who picks the door, one is one in this business, two is two, since the virtuous nephew is going to use Tongzhou as a supply point, this supply material must be counted as silver, and the warship docking at the dock is also silver." King Wei looked like an old treacherous and cunning man.

There is no free lunch in the world, Xiao Ming naturally knows that King Wei will not use Tongzhou as a supply base for him, so he said: "Uncle Huang's words make sense, since this is the case, all the supplies of Qingzhou's official ships will be deducted from this fee, but even so, there is still a lot of silver to pay." ”

"That's for sure, the supply cost of this Tongzhou wharf will be temporarily pressed to two million taels, after all, just this time the supply to Uncle Huang cost 20,000 taels, and the number of times in the future will be more and more, and we will talk about it when this silver is spent." King Wei's eyes flashed with shrewdness.

Xiao Ming nodded in agreement, he doubled the price of the naval gun, it was already dark enough, how could he make King Wei have some psychological comfort.

Then the king of Wei said: "There are still 18 million taels left, don't hide it from the virtuous nephew, the imperial uncle also has some large merchant ships, the imperial uncle is willing to use a hundred large merchant ships to offset the remaining 10 million taels, and the remaining 8 million taels of imperial uncle will pay the virtuous nephew with 400,000 taels of gold and 4 million taels of silver, how about it?" ”

Xiao Ming sighed in his heart, this Wei land is really rich, and the King of Wei is really a local tyrant.

"Deal." Xiao Ming nodded emphatically, this business is very cost-effective, not only to get the supply point of Tongzhou but also to make an arms business.

After a short stay in Tongzhou for a day, Xiao Ming led the fleet to continue to sea the next day, and the next place he arrived at would be Ningzhou, the king of Chu.