"Relying on the strong support of Xiangping City, with sufficient financial guarantee, the construction of Jinjin has begun to take shape."

"At present, the construction of the high-end shipyard in Yujin has been completed, and the naval camp has also been completed. At the same time, our army has preliminarily trained more than 10,000 sailors, of which 2,000 are special types of scaly sailors! ”

"The water division will be of great use in the future, and more than 10,000 people are not enough. Degao, I ask you to build up a 100,000-strong sailor army as soon as possible, including at least 30,000 scaly sailors! ”

"Of course, I will provide you with the corresponding manpower and financial security!"

Ling Cao, who was still with a bitter face, was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the lord will guarantee that the lord's order will be completed by three months at the latest!" ”

"Good! I am relieved to do things at JCDecaux, you can do it! ”

Shang Ji nodded with satisfaction, and then pointed to a battleship on the sea and said, "The general has never boarded a large battleship yet, so let's go up and have a look."

"My lord, please!"

Of course, Ling Cao would not refuse, and hurriedly led the way ahead.

"As the lord can see, the sailor can only have sailors, and the battleship is the core of the sailor's combat power!"

Ling Cao pointed to dozens of large and small ships on the sea, and then continued: "Thanks to the battleship drawings given by the lord, our army has now mastered the construction methods of three types of warships, such as the Luhua, the Fighting Ship, and the Stern Ship, as well as large civilian ships such as the Junk Ship. Because the time is too short, the number of warships in our army is still insufficient. ”

"Up to now, our army has 16 warships, 9 fighting ships, and 3 warships in active service. Three of them are the main battleships of our army's naval division, equipped with scaly armor sailors to control, and their combat power is very strong, and they are not inferior to the warships of the same level under the general of the ship! ”

Ling Cao pointed to the three largest warships and said arrogantly.

The hull of the warship is long and narrow, with a length of more than 80 zhang and a width of 13 zhang. There are openings on both sides of the compartment, which can be used for crossbow or trebuchet shooting, and the surface is covered with a layer of iron cast of fine iron, which is immune to most ordinary arrow shots, and also has a fairly good defense against crossbow arrows and stone carts.

The combat state is always fully loaded with about 2,000 people, and the ability to maneuver in rivers, seas and lakes is very strong, and the overall combat effectiveness is also quite strong.

It is currently the main model of the warships of the Han Naval Division, and one of the core combat forces under the command of General Lou Chuan.

Of course, such a behemoth is naturally quite expensive to build. A stern also needs at least 200,000 gold, and the cost is comparable to 10,000 elite foot soldiers.

Although the cost of Lu Hua and the fighting ship is much cheaper, it also requires tens of thousands of gold coins.

The navy is really worthy of being a money-burning soldier, if it weren't for the windfall that Shang Ji got before, he wouldn't dare to accept this sailor in front of Shang Ji!

"Not enough! Not enough! ”

Looking at the behemoth on the sea, Shang Ji shook his head slightly, turned to Ling Cao and said, "The goal of the first stage of our army's naval division is to have fifty Lu Hua and five fighting ships, and ten ships. In addition to the warships, I also asked for at least fifty large junk ships to be built, and it was important to ensure that the army could be transported across the sea at any time when needed! ”

"In addition, the need for large ships also needs to step up construction, our Liaodong is located in a remote area, the road traffic is inconvenient, but the sea and land are much closer. Maritime traffic is crucial for both military and civilian purposes, and JCDecaux is invited to take the extra mile! ”

"The subordinates understand, the lord can rest assured, and the subordinates will do their best to complete the tasks assigned by the lord!" Ling Cao said solemnly.

The county commander who had been acting as a background board next to him suddenly moved in his heart, opened his mouth several times, and finally closed it for some reason.

Shang Ji waved his hand, and just saw the appearance of the county order wanting to speak and stopping.

"Is there anything you want to say about Li County?"

Li Lin, that is, Li Xianling, was startled at first, and raised his head suddenly, and saw Shang Ji looking at him with a smile, barely squeezing out a smile, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Dare to ask the prince, whether it is possible to build a large fishing boat in the shipyard."

Shang Ji knew what Li Lin was thinking as soon as he heard it, and immediately looked back at Ling Cao. In fact, Shang Ji himself did not know whether the shipyard had such capabilities.

"Lord Qi, it is not difficult to build a fishing boat, whether it is a fighting ship or a junk boat, it can become a very good ocean-going fishing boat after a little transformation!"

Ling Cao thought about it slightly, and then said to Li Lin.

"Great!"

Li Lin suddenly snorted excitedly when he heard this.

Then he reacted quickly, and hurriedly stopped bowing his head and saluted: "It's rude, and I ask the prince to forgive me!" ”

"It's okay, seeing that Li County Ling is so excited, I don't know what happy things are."

"The prince doesn't know!" Li Lin seemed to gradually get used to getting along with the merchants, and the tension slowly dissipated, and he said: "My clan city is close to the sea, and many people have made a living from fishing and hunting. ”

However, the waves and clouds in the sea are strange, and the slightest mistake is to die in the belly of the fish, and countless people die every year because of going out fishing. The reason for this is nothing more than that the people's fishing boats are small and weak, and they cannot withstand the wind and waves of the sea. If large fishing boats can be built, the danger of people going out to sea to fish will definitely be greatly reduced, and the harvest will be more abundant! ”

"Li County Order, let me ask you, how much seafood can be caught in a year in the city" Hearing what Li Lin said, Shang Ji's heart moved, and he asked Li Lin.

"Fu Jun Mingjian, the land of my clan is barren, the people have insufficient cultivation and harvest, and the millions of people in the city need at least more than 200,000 stone of various seafood supplements every month to barely maintain." Li Lin's face was shocked, and he replied with a little shame.

"In other words, the city can harvest at least two million stone of fish and meat a year."

"The sea is vast and inexhaustible, and all kinds of resources are inexhaustible, and the people have always relied on the sea to replenish it to protect the people from hunger. If you have the right large fishing boats, you can multiply the seafood harvested several times each year! ”

"Degao!"

"The last general!"

"Pass my order and let the shipyard immediately begin designing and building large fishing boats, and lease them to the common people of the Clan. If there are people who buy fishing boats, sell them at a flat price! In addition, when the sailors and soldiers went to sea for training, they caught as many fish and shrimp as possible without affecting the combat strength of the troops. ”

"Attribute obedience!"

"Li County Order, please mobilize the people of the county to catch as much seafood as possible, and buy the excess Xiangping City with all your might. Ben will send special personnel to deal with this matter after returning to Liaodong. ”

As I said before, Liaodong has always been in a state of food shortage. Seeing that the real troubled times are coming, food has become the top priority. Merchants need to do everything they can to increase production and income as much as possible.

However, Liaodong is located in a bitter cold land, and grain production has not been high. Before that, it suffered the baptism of Xianbei invasion, and the grain output plummeted.

If it weren't for the large amount of grain reserves in the Qiankun Creation Ring, Liaodong might have fallen into famine a long time ago.

However, no matter how much food there is, there will always be a day when it will be eaten, and the key is to achieve self-sufficiency in Liaodong as soon as possible. Now that such a very effective means of increasing production has been suddenly discovered, Shang Ji naturally cannot miss it.

Not only in the Wei family, Shang Ji also plans to promote this kind of initiative in all coastal states and counties, since Liaodong is relatively poor and can't afford to eat food, then let's eat meat together!

If possible, the Shang Ji also planned to make seafood a fist trade commodity in Liaodong, and trade it with inland states and counties, so as to strengthen Liaodong's economic power.