After boarding six or seven warships one after another, Zhu Jie stopped patrolling, and finally had an intuitive understanding of the Dongting Lake Sailors, maybe the soldiers of the Dongting Lake Sailors are good, but the combat power of the Dongting Lake Sailors is really worrying, not to mention the South Seas, even if it is a normal voyage on the sea, it is estimated that it is hanging......

"Okay, let's stop here today, Lord Zheng, after settling the sailors, all the generals above will go to the Longjiang Treasure Shipyard in the evening to discuss matters!"

Zheng Haotian hurriedly agreed.

In the evening, all the generals related to the sailors came to the Longjiang Bao Shipyard.

Zhu Jie was on the tiger skin chair in the middle, Li Yan and Mao Yuanyi were sitting at the top and bottom, and Qin Mufeng and others were sitting on both sides one by one.

"My lord, this is Ke Zhenlong, the commander of the water division, this is Zhang Jun, the commander of the water division, this is Dong Yuan, the commander of the water division, this is Jiang Huan, the thousand households of the Chinese army of the water division, this is Su Yutao, the thousand households of the former camp of the water division, and this is the thousand households of the left camp of the water division, Lou Lan; This is Liu Dawei, a thousand households in the right camp of the water division; This is Zou Yike, a thousand households in the rear camp of the water division, and this is Xu Botao in the thousand households of the baggage battalion, these are all the generals of more than 1,000 households in the water division, and they are all cadres in the army! ”

Zheng Haotian introduced the generals around him to Zhu Jie and others one by one.

"Cadre? Are they all go-getters? ”

Zhu Jie asked.

Zheng Haotian said angrily: "My lord, I don't dare to say anything else about the Dongting Lake Water Master, all the soldiers are cadres, and the last general guarantees that as long as they are talents, they will definitely be promoted, and if you want to fill the number in the water division, it is impossible!" ”

Zhu Jie nodded and replied, "Okay, everyone, sit down." ”

Zhu Jie said slowly: "The emperor ordered me to supervise the military affairs of the Dongting Lake Water Division, from now on, the Dongting Lake Water Division will no longer be the establishment of the guard, but the battalion system, it is the military town of the Water Division, renamed the Ocean Water Division, the station is tentatively set in Yanziji, the army is trained on the bank of the Yangtze River in Yanziji, Zheng Haotian is the first chief soldier of the Ocean Naval Division, and Ke Zhenlong is the deputy commander-in-chief; Zhang Jun and Dong Yuan are generals, and thousands of households in each battalion are guerrilla generals! “

"Yes, sir!"

Zhu Jie continued: "Lord Zheng, how many warships does this sailor have that can go to sea now?" ”

Zheng Haotian smiled bitterly: "My lord, most of our Dongting sailors are fighting in inland rivers, rarely entering the sea, and most of the warships in the camp are flat-bottomed sand boats, which are not easy to run aground, but it is not easy to run aground when such warships enter the sea......

Zhu Jie really didn't think of this problem, the Dongting Lake sailor and Zheng Zhilong's sailor are not the same thing at all, one is mainly in the inland river, the other is mainly in the sea, the battlefield is different, and the warships naturally have are not the same, it's just that now the development of overseas trade is imminent, time waits for no one, if this sailor can't enter the sea, then what's the use?

"Shi Mingong? Hu Yanlei, now it's up to Longjiang Bao Shipyard, one year, give you a year, do your best, how many lucky ships suitable for sea combat can be supervised? It will take me a year to replace all the ships of the entire Naval Division! ”

A year?

Mao Yuanyi and Hu Yanlei are a little dumbfounded, although the current Dongting Lake Sailor is in decline, but it still has hundreds of large and small ships, and so many warships have been built in a year, not to mention where the artillery comes from, it is impossible to build warships alone!

"My lord, are you kidding, don't talk about the current Longjiang Treasure Shipyard, even if it is the Longjiang Treasure Shipyard at its peak, it will definitely not be able to build so many warships in a year......

Mao Yuanyi smiled bitterly.

Hu Yanlei shook his head even more, and said bitterly: "My lord, if you don't make it difficult for you, in a year, more than 100 large and small warships have been built, if it is a merchant ship, it is still possible, but the warship, there are too many things to do, we can't complete it at all, even if the recruited shipwrights are here, it is absolutely impossible to complete it......"

"Can't finish, can't you finish, will you all just finish talking? Can't you just use your brain and think of a way? I don't believe that we can't build so many warships in a year at such a big Longjiangbao shipyard! ”

Zhu Jie was a little angry, time is running out, he has promised those nobles that overseas trade will definitely be able to get huge profits, and now, just the sailor has encountered a problem, how can others trust you?

Hu Yanlei smiled bitterly: "My lord, we are building ships, not building walls, the walls are tired and not strong, and it is a big deal to collapse and rebuild them, but it is not possible to build warships, once the quality of the warships declines because of the urgent construction period, and there is a problem, it is the life of a whole ship......

"Is there really no way?"

Zhu Jie's face was a little ugly.

"Actually, there is not necessarily no way?"

Li Yan on the side said in a low voice.

Zhu Jie's eyes lit up and asked, "Brother Li Yan, what good plan do you have?" ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "My lord, I don't know much about shipwrights, and for shipbuilding, it's very unfamiliar, let alone a good strategy, but I think that since we can't build enough warships in a short period of time, it is better to buy them directly, as long as we have money, I think, we still have no problem buying some warships......

"Brother Li Yan......"

Zhu Jie said helplessly: "We are a warship, not a merchant ship, merchant ships can be bought, but where can we buy warships?" ”

"First,"

Li Yan replied: "Warships can also be bought, in Fujian, Zheng Zhilong's subordinates have warships, as long as we give the right price, you can buy warships, this is not a problem; Second, even if we can't buy enough warships, we can still purchase merchant ships, use these merchant ships as a basis, pull them back to Longjiang Bao Shipyard, directly renovate, and install artillery, isn't it the same as a warship? It's a big deal, our Longjiang Bao Shipyard will gradually replace these modified warships with new warships for a period of time in the future, and it is not impossible! ”

Zhu Jie was overjoyed, looked at Mao Yuanyi, and asked, "Shi Mingong, you are an expert, is it feasible to convert a merchant ship into a warship?" ”

Mao Yuanyi said with a smile: "Mr. Li Yan is worthy of being the number one think tank under the command of the adult, although it is somewhat difficult to convert a merchant ship into a warship, but it is much faster than a newly built warship with a high-rise building on the ground, and we have some new weapons and technologies that can be tested on these merchant ships, and when we build a ship, we will be more sure......

(End of chapter)