open sea

Chapter 181 Command
"You said you wanted to buy that big black ship?"

In the Governor's Yamen in Guangzhou Mansion, Zhang Han had just picked up his teacup and took a sip, then put it down heavily, and blurted out: "What do you buy it for? Talk about big or small things."

There was nothing to inspect the wrecked ships after the war. After Zhang Han inspected the number of ships, he ordered people to go to Xinhui to repair them. There were hundreds of ships, but he didn’t see one intact. The two centipede ships were both Was hit badly.

In Zhang Han's eyes, the big black boat is indeed not big, it is only about ten feet tall, and it is one-tenth larger than the [-] material tank boats he used to supervise the water transportation, so Chen Mu's proposal is in Zhang Han's eyes. It became a trivial matter.

Chen Mu came to find him the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi specifically for such a trivial matter, which was just annoying.

After thinking about it, the person sitting in front of him is a close friend who has just made great achievements. Zhang Han blew on the hanging leaves in the teacup, sipped it lightly and savored the aftertaste. Trade is not counted, but you still have to pull the capital of Guangzhou to do business with Fanyi. Trade is a gift from my great Ming to the barbarians from afar, and they should know how to be grateful—how much is the price?”

Chen Mu sat upright on the chair, and when Zhang Han asked the price, he was overjoyed and said, "It's almost a thousand taels."

"A thousand taels?"

Zhang Han put down his teacup and frowned, raised his two fingers and pointed at Chen Mu, and asserted: "You didn't put your heart into what happened at Xiangshan Shipyard."

"If you do it with your heart, you won't be deceived by the Frangji people. A mere ten-foot boat dares to ask you for a thousand taels of silver, and you have eaten the heart and guts! A four-hundred-meter tank boat carrying two thousand shi, well used Phoebe wood is only 150 taels of silver, and if pine or fir wood is used, it is only 75 taels."

"The two ships with 42 taels of material allocated to your Xiangshan station successively, the material silver is only 74 taels, and 200 taels. With [-] labors, the bottom boat is less than [-] taels of silver."

"Hmph!" Zhang Han snorted, and said, "That's just a six hundred-fee boat, how can it be priced at a thousand taels?"

Chen Mu really didn't know the cost of the bright boat, but when Zhang Han said it, he also felt that a thousand taels of silver was indeed very expensive—is the price of six or seven ships worth four hundred bucks not expensive!
"Back to the military gate, it may not be that the barbarian merchants deceived the low-ranking officials. After the discussion, the barbarian merchants proposed to exchange two [-]-year-old lucky ships for a new big black ship. Now you are teaching the low-ranking ships the cost. If you think about it carefully, it may be so. Yi is a small country with few people, so the wages and materials are expensive."

When Zhang Han heard that the two lucky boats were exchanged for a black boat, his brows relaxed a little. Chen Qianhu's obsession with the black boat made him feel very confused, so he heard Chen Mu continue: "To tell the truth, the humble The reason for wanting the black boats of Fanyi is not to guard against the sea or to transport goods, but to buy them back and dismantle them in Xiangshan.”

"Fanchuan can carry guns, even if six or seven guns are placed on it, it will not damage the hull. I want to understand this time, so that future shipbuilding can be used as a reference, just as the governor said earlier."

Zhang Han is a person who loves to wear a high hat. Chen Mu didn't show any flattery on his face. He cupped his hands very seriously and said, "The technique of transforming barbarians is my Chinese long skill. My craftsman knows the structure at a glance. However, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Let the craftsmen of the shipyard see it, so that we can learn."

"There is some truth in what you say, but the Fuchuan cannot be dispatched to you. After those ships are repaired, they will be dispatched to the coastal defenses of various places. Does Fanyi need silk?"

For some reason, Zhang Han suddenly asked about Haojing’s sale of silks and satins. He pointed at Chen Mu and shook his head with a smile, “It’s still your bad boss. The Fujian merchants who have traveled widely this year are struggling in Guangdong. They were confiscated before reaching the boundary of your Fragrant Hills, and a lot of property was held in the Guangzhou treasury, and the first-level rewards you received from Fragrant Hills amounted to 700 taels of silver."

"If you want, the old man decides to give you [-] bolts of silks and satins of various colors. The market price is like [-] cents a piece, and you can also send a thousand taels of compensation for the Xiangshan Banner Army, how about it?"

how is it?

Chen Mu's head is getting bigger, the price of a bundle of [-] silks and satins in Haojing last year was nearly [-] cruzados, so [-]?

His eyes are full of Franz's Cruzado gold coins, as if following the Governor's word, he became rich overnight. The equivalent of ten thousand taels of silver.

Replaced by warships, there are dozens of ships with four hundred materials.

"Thank you for the humble post!"

"Oh, it's really profitable." Zhang Han didn't know the price of Haojing silk and satin, but seeing Chen Mu's expression, the old governor also laughed, and said: "If we can settle this matter, the state government will reward you with silk and satin." I won’t allow you to buy a ship for the war profits from Xiangshan, and I won’t allow you to do business with barbarian merchants.”

"Maybe there will be Hao Jing who will attract merchants to Xiangshan Shipyard to buy silk and satin at a high price, and then donate a boat to Xiangshan Shipyard in a few days. This is all uncertain."

Zhang Han raised his eyes and looked at the carved fish flying cover along the door, and said with a smile: "When the time comes, don't forget to get started, the old man will send someone to give a medal based on the preferences of the barbarians."

Chen Mu was dumbfounded when he heard that, why did the old man think of everything he wanted to do?

"Thank you for the kindness of the military sect for this... humble position!"

Zhang Han licked his gray beard and smiled, and said: "You captured Guanghaiwei, defended Guangzhou City, and killed Zengyi, all of which are powerful. These are your three military exploits; Yin Yang, the governor of Guangxi, defeated Wei Yinbao with your method. According to Dacheng, the Military Weapons Bureau imitated the turbine gun and sent it to Beijing, which is also your extraordinary achievement."

"The old man reported all these meritorious deeds to the Ministry of War. Yu Zhifu is old, and the second generals Tang and Guo are useless. Your meritorious service is enough to command the envoy or go to the Fifth Army to take up an important position, but the old man thinks it is not suitable. You still Young and ambitious, it is not beautiful to enter those places with many obstacles."

"And Guangzhou Mansion is a metropolis in the South of the Five Ridges, so the responsibility for defense is extremely heavy, and this responsibility lies with you."

Zhang Han's words were very serious, and he turned his eyes to Chen Mu and said: "Stay in the Guangdong capital, be a commander, and be awarded the rank of third-rank general, which is considered to have wronged your achievements. Staying patiently for a few more years is also considered experience. If the old man is transferred in the future The Ministry of War will definitely find a good place for you."

Talented generals will not stay in the guard, even if they are commanders of the third rank.

But Chen Mu was just the opposite of others, he wanted to stay in the guard, and the entire Fragrant Hills was flourishing, so it would be maddening to transfer him away at this time.

Although the merits were there and the promotion was expected, Chen Mu's heart still jumped when Zhang Han said that he had done something for him.

"Going back to the governor, I want to stay in Guangzhou Mansion. Can the Xiangshan Institute be under the rule of the humble government?"

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Han laughed heartily and did not answer his question. He raised his hand after stroking his palms to signal that he could go, and he got up and said: "Humble job, let's call it that for a few more days, Tan Butang and Wu Shilang are both Zhibing , with this old man getting started, he should call himself the last general in a few days!"

"There is still a long way to go, you have to pay more attention to your body and take good care of your injuries. Even if you have martial arts, you should not be too indulgent."

Zhang Han's words made Chen Mu confused. Where did he come from? How did he, a big bachelor who never married, have something to do with indulgence.

Then I heard Zhang Han standing at the entrance of the front hall of the governor's mansion, and said to him: "Many of your family members are in the camp, let someone take you to Guangzhou Zuowei."

family?

Chen Mu seemed to know something.

　Tips for opening the sea:

　　The cost of the Ming ship comes from the 20-year-old book "Southern Ships" written in Jiajing

　　
　
(End of this chapter)