After walking for more than ten days, everyone also came to Dengzhou.

Seeing that Xie Ru came here with this group of fishermen, Miao Daoyi was also a little surprised, and he couldn't figure out what the other party was planning to do.

He sneaked into the city, only to find that this former coastal town was now in full swing, with many craftsmen and soldiers around, and there were many soldiers and soldiers around to supervise, so that the recruited people were working hard to dig the earth, not knowing what to do.

In short, Dengzhou at this moment is completely prosperous, where are the signs of troubled times?

Stepping into the city, Xie Ru saw the scene in the city, and he was already happy.

Xing Zhen was surprised and asked, "Father-in-law, what's going on here, why are there so many people, what are they doing?" Along the way, many people were humming and moving the trees down the hill and transporting them to the houses next to the docks that had been built.

Near this dockyard, the craftsmen used various tools to polish it into planks and put it together.

Xing Zhen had never seen such a scene, so he was naturally quite curious.

"Haha. You don't know, do you? They're building ships. Xie Ru replied with a smile, without hiding the meaning at all.

Xing Zhen looked clear and replied: "It turned out to be a sea ship! So, what is the purpose of building a sea ship?"

"Of course, it's to destroy those southerners. ”

Xie Ru's eyes flashed with hatred, and he said with annoyance: "That group of southerners relied on the strength of their naval army and repeatedly launched attacks from the sea, which annoyed us. In order to prevent these southerners from sabotaging, although the khan issued a ban on the sea and asked us to implement the policy of internal relocation, it was a symptom rather than a cure for the root cause. Therefore, Marshal Zhang asked me to form a naval army so that I could completely defeat the Nanren. ”

"I see. Xing Zhen replied thoughtfully.

Xie Ru smiled: "That's nature. It's just that I have a distinguished guest visiting, so you can go back and rest first. After all, you should be tired of this journey. Just rest in the city. ”

Xing Zhen couldn't refuse, so he had to come to the room specially prepared for him to rest under Xie Ru's arrangement.

Xie Ru walked out of Dengzhou, but came to the port. Miao Daoyi secretly followed, just because he was curious in his heart, and he also wanted to know who the person Xie Ru wanted to see was.

"Whew-"

A loud whistle sounded suddenly, and everyone on the entire dock couldn't help but cover their ears.

Miao Daoyi was secretly surprised, and thought to himself: "What is it, there is such a big movement?" Gazing at it, I immediately saw that beyond the sea and sky, there was a black dot slowly approaching like this, it should be a sea ship.

But this sea ship is very different from other sea ships, it does not have the towering mast, and the huge sails, but there is a huge chimney erected, from which black smoke is spewed, and the huge paddle wheels on both sides beat the sea, propelling the whole battleship, and it sails straight towards the shore.

Seeing this sea ship, Xie Ru was obviously a little excited.

Miao Daoyi was also secretly shocked: "What a huge ship, how big is it?"

The length of this giant ship is about sixty zhang, and the width is more than seven zhang, and I don't know how many things can be loaded inside, but who this giant ship belongs to makes Miao Daoyi a little puzzled.

Because from this thing, Miao Daoyi obviously felt that it was somewhat similar to the train of the Red Phoenix Army, but he didn't know who made this thing.

When the ship came to shore, he lowered the pedal from above, and a man came out of it.

Although this person was wearing a Confucian robe, he had thick curly hair, and his eyes were also a little blue, which looked quite different from the people of the Central Plains, and he should have some bloodline of people with color eyes.

When Xie Ru saw this person coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "Brother Haiyun, it's been a long time." ”

"Today is coming, and I have you to thank you. It's just that Marshal Zhang? He didn't show up here?" Pu Shougeng's eyes swept across the port, and he came with a little hesitation.

Xie Ru was embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "You also know that the Song army's offensives are becoming more and more frequent. In order to be able to resist the invasion of the other side, Marshal Zhang had to run around to maintain the stability of his rule, and he really couldn't spare time. That is why I have come to see you in his place. ”

"It's fine. Just your deposit?"

Pu Shougeng opened his mouth and replied, staring at Xie Ru with his eyes.

Xie Ru was stunned for a while, but he didn't expect the person in front of him to be so direct, so he had to wave his hand and let the soldiers in the distance push a carriage over, and said, "This is the 10,000 taels of silver you want, all of which are here." ”

10,000 taels of silver, that is, 1,000 catties of silver, the ancient system is not the same as the current system, one tael is about the same as 31.25g, if it is calculated in this way, it is equivalent to 300 kilograms, and how can one or two maids be able to lift it?

Naturally, it can only be carried by horse-drawn carts.

"Oh, I didn't expect that at this time, you still have such financial resources, which is really admirable. Pu Shougeng said with a smile.

Xie Ru said with a smile: "The matter of the navy is very important, and it is also ordered by the Khan to be done by us, so naturally I don't dare to hesitate." It's just what I want, did you send it?"

"Of course!"

Pu Shougeng smiled, and then opened the cabin.

Xie Ru naturally followed, opened the goods he needed, and when he looked up, he saw that the cabin was neatly filled with all kinds of boxes.

He was surprised and asked, "Is that what I want?"

"That's nature. Pu Shougeng replied: "Do you know how much effort I spent to get this thing? You must know that the Red Phoenix Army has always been strict with this thing, and it is difficult for ordinary people to reach it. How could I have made this thing without putting in a lot of effort?"

Mentioning this, Pu Shougeng was very proud.

Xie Ru looked complicated, looked at the huge paddle wheel and the chimney that was still emitting black smoke, and said, "Is this what you call a steam boiler?"

He had also served as a general in the Jin Dynasty's naval army before, but the Jin Dynasty had long since fallen, and the Mongols were good at foot warfare and didn't care much about the naval army, so it had not developed.

It was only because of this Northern Expedition that the Mongolian people were shocked to realize that this naval army had such strength.

In order to be able to fight against the Song Dynasty naval army, Na Ali Buge assigned Xie Ru to form a naval army under the advice of Zhang Hongfan, and the place he chose was Dengzhou.

Xie Ru also understood that it was impossible to defeat the Song Dynasty's naval army by relying only on the previous sea ships, so he used the internal system of Mongolia to contact Pu Shougeng in the Song Dynasty, and wanted to buy a marine steam engine from him to build a new type of warship.

This marine steam engine has been popularized among the ships under its command since the improvement of the Red Phoenix Army.

The people of the Song Dynasty also saw its power in the frequent trade, so they placed orders to the Chifeng Army, which was often 3,000 taels of silver, which can be said to be a major entry for the Chifeng Army.

That Pu Shou Geng is a merchant in Quanzhou, who is engaged in a ship business, and naturally knows the potential of this thing, so he also took great pains to get a few, and convened his craftsmen to study the structure, but unfortunately subject to the technical level, it has always been difficult to manufacture successfully, and can only rely on imports from the Red Phoenix Army to meet the requirements of his command.

Now, he relied on such means to sell the steam engine in his hand to Mongolia.

After all, the Mongols and the Red Phoenix Army were mortal enemies, so how could they possibly get such an important weapon?

"Of course. Although it is much smaller than that of the Red Phoenix Army, and there is this huge paddle wheel, it is enough to propel this giant ship to sail on the sea. Pu Shougeng replied proudly, but then he showed a little pity: "It's just that I heard that the latest warship of the Chifeng Army has removed the paddle wheel, but I don't know how they did it?"

"Alas. It's good to have this thing. I'll talk about the rest later. ”

Xie Ru listened to it in his heart, and he didn't feel like it.

The Chifeng Army has always been good at firearms, since the occupation of Chang'an, it is even more practical learning, and now not only did it come up with things such as trains, but also invented this kind of thing that can push giant ships, so it knew that its leadership was determined to be in the world, otherwise how would it come up with these things?

Fortunately, the other party and the Song Dynasty are also full of contradictions, and they are always peaceful but not unified.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that Mongolia will not be able to continue to support it.

Pu Shougeng's eyes were full of greed, and he could be said to be a full businessman: "And I got this thing for you, and I am really the biggest hero." Are there no rewards for you?"

"That's nature!"

Xie Ru replied, but then he was a little puzzled, and pointed to the wooden boxes: "If that's the case, then why is it like this?" He didn't know anything about these things, and he didn't know how to do them in order to make them work.

After all, in Xie Ru's design drawings, this steam engine is really the most crucial factor.

Without this steam engine, the so-called warship would not be able to exert its due strength, so I am particularly concerned about this, for fear that there will be some problems.

Pu Shougeng replied: "If this thing is assembled, its volume is really huge, and it is not something that my cabin can hold, so I dismantled it, so that it is convenient to transport it." And do you know how much effort I put into avoiding the Song Dynasty navy along the way?"

"As long as I am sure that this thing is real, I will give the subsequent 10,000 taels of silver immediately. ”

Xie Ru complained, and at the end he emphasized: "Of course." You'll have to tell me how to put this thing together. ”

Pu Shougeng replied: "That's good." ”

Let the people in the boat lift a huge thing from the cabin, and then put it on the edge of the port, and put down the boxes one by one, which also made Xie Ru feel relieved