Li Dayin fulfilled his promise and completed the acquisition of the fleet in one month, eight ships of 500 materials and two ships of 300 materials, and these ten ships will form the main force of the inspection fleet of Jimingguan.

In addition, there were 12 small and medium-sized ships ranging from 200 to 100 materials, costing a total of 69,000 taels.

Zhao Ran had to marvel at Li Dayin's efficiency, to be honest, if he were himself, it would take him a month to complete the acquisition of so many sea vessels, and he himself felt that he had no idea where to start. You know, it's New Year!

The ships are now moored in the civilian shipyard of the Longjiang Shipyard – the Xinjiangkou Shipyard is building container ships and warships and cruise ships in batches, and there is no slipway to renovate them.

The shipyard's craftsmen and the shipyard monks and sailors were busy repairing and replacing damaged panels on the ship, cleaning the cabins, inspecting the cables, and painting the paint.

After these tasks are completed, equipment will also be installed, including spirit gathering runes, magic crossbows, heavy cannons, and so on. All this equipment has been pulled from the large warehouse of the fifth military camp to the slipway.

Because the ships acquired were of different types, they needed to be planned and arranged separately, and the ships of 500 materials were equipped with two or three crossbow guns, a water dragon dance, and a fire dragon cannon with a large deck area. Two seagoing vessels of 300 materials can each place a French crossbow heavy cannon in front of the other. Smaller boats can only have one at the bow.

While the hard sail is a crosssail, it has the advantages of easy sailing, saving manpower, and easy repair, but it also has various defects, such as it is a crosssail, and it is much less than the sail in the arrangement of gun emplacements.

However, the East China Sea is full of hard sailing boats, so there is no big problem. is so armed, in fact, it is already very strong.

The situation at sea was even more severe than last year, so Zhao Ran simply borrowed a boat from the sailor. Endorsed by Lu Xixing, Ji Mingguan borrowed all the ships and sailors of Songjiang Town through the Ministry of War.

There are three 500-gauge warships and 38 ships below 200 in Songjiang Town, and these ships can be prepared on the spot in Songjiang, and when the ships of Yingtian are fully armed, they will sail over to join them.

At that time, the Jimingguan inspection fleet will have 11 ships of 500 materials, two ships of 300 materials, and 50 small and medium-sized ships of less than 200 materials. A fleet of this size, although it is still far inferior to the Island Owners Alliance, is still worthy of a battle. At least the Yangtze River estuary should be protected.

In mid-February, the ship was ready, and 150 monks and 2,600 sailors and sergeants were stationed at the Longjiang Shipyard, ready to board the ship at any time.

However, until the eve of departure, the lights in the Jimingguan Hall were still bright, and the joint parties had never decided who would be the commander-in-chief of the inspection fleet.

According to Zhao Ran's meaning, fundamentally speaking, the change in the situation in the East China Sea was caused by him, if he didn't want to fight for Daomen to control this sea, it would not trigger the establishment of the Island Owners Alliance, and this matter should be settled by him.

But others don't think so.

Zhao Zhixing was the first to object, and his reason was: "Yingtian needs Abbot Zhao to preside." He enumerated the matters that were now being carried out, such as the construction of the Yingtian Yangtze River Bridge, the reform of the clan lordship system, the large-scale construction of the newest ships of the inspection fleet, the issuance of small silver tickets, and the sermon of Wenchangguan, and then exclaimed: "Without Abbot Zhao, which one can still operate normally?"

Zhao Ran was about to make a statement, telling everyone that anyone can operate normally without the world, and just said: "Can ......"

was blocked back by Zhao Zhixing fiercely, and Zhao Zhixing said categorically: "Can't!"

At the same time, Li Dayin and Lu Xixing both seriously agreed with Zhao Zhixing's speech, and responded with warm applause, which made Zhao Ran stunned.

The last to make up for the knife was Lu Yuanyuan, who found a very unserious reason for Zhao Ran at such a serious meeting, proving that Zhao Ran was indeed not a suitable candidate for the commander-in-chief of the fleet: "Abbot Zhao has been married for less than half a year, and he has no children, so it is not suitable to lead the army to the expedition like this." ”

Such a reason actually resonated unanimously with all parties at the meeting, which surprised Zhao Ran.

The next thing is the competition for the post of commander-in-chief, but such a scene of "fighting for power" moved Zhao Ran very much. Everyone knows that the island owner alliance ships are powerful, and they have been fighting at sea all the year round, and their advantages are extremely obvious, and they are willing to come forward at this moment, not to fight for power and merit, this is really to pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers.

The most fierce competition was Lu Xixing and Li Dayin, the two of them had already taken the case, their hands on the table, their noses were about to touch together, glaring at each other.

"I'm the palace envoy of Chaotian Palace!"

"You haven't been on the boat!"

"Our Chaotian Palace is the Beijing branch of the Thunder Sky Pavilion!"

"You haven't been on the boat!"

"This is a naval battle, it's a war!

"You haven't been on the boat!"

"I'm a refiner, I'm deeper than you, and I have a better chance of surviving!"

"You haven't been on the boat!"

"You should go to the cultivation ball competition!"

"You haven't been on the boat!"

......

Later, Li Dayin said a few words, he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, just two years ago, my Sanmao Pavilion was still thriving, my ancestor was a great heavenly master of the Daomen Hall, and my teacher was the sitting heavenly master of the True Master Hall. My teacher is depressed because of this, and I don't know if there is a chance to cheer up, I am bent down to be a man up and down in Sanmao Pavilion......"

Speaking of this, Li Dayin almost choked up: "Just let me go." I know that the situation is not good, and I know that there are many difficulties, but at least, this is an opportunity to atone for the sins of the Sanmao Pavilion, this is also an opportunity to prove my Li Dayin, and it is also a chance for the disciples of the Sanmao Pavilion to straighten their backs. For this day, I, Li Dayin, have never missed a day of training classes, and I remember the names of all the trainees, and I have never screamed bitterly during the sea trial exercise! Here, I solemnly implore all of you to give me this opportunity and give Sanmao Pavilion a chance!"

Listening to his pleading, Lu Xixing slowly sat down, and Tang Yaozu, Wei Chaozong and the others stopped talking.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Ran spoke: "If you really want to talk about taking a ship to sea, there is no one here who can claim to be stronger than Lao Li, vote, agree to Lao Li as the commander-in-chief of the inspection fleet, please raise your hand!"

Everyone raised their hands, including Li Dayin himself.

The fleet set sail in the middle of the night, Zhao Ran and others watched the fleet sail into the night, Li Dayin waved to Zhao Ran and others on the last sea ship, and finally got into the mist on the river.

After a long time, Zhao Ran turned around and said to Lu Xixing beside him: "Let's go to Chaohu Lake tomorrow." ”