open sea

Chapter 249 Barbarian
Fujian-Guangzhou is prosperous and has become a gold-swallowing behemoth overseas.

Their main source of wealth, since Lin Feng joined, is no longer relying on selling goods to make profits from it, but drawing commissions, and according to the level of division, almost [-]% of the overseas ships are tied to Hexingsheng's chariot, rolling forward.

It was [-]% last year. In fact, the number of ships joining Hexing Sheng has not changed much. The number of overseas ships has increased to [-]%. There is only one reason.

If it is not a Hexingsheng boat, it will be plundered by Lin Feng.

However, there are actually not many famous overseas ships. Yuegang only issues [-] copies of ship quotations every year. According to He Xingsheng's estimate, the total number of ships will not exceed [-], and the total number of ships will not exceed [-].

Regardless of official ships or private ships, there are as many as 770 sea-going ships with nailed bows and Xingsheng ships, of which 280 are large ships of [-] materials.

This kind of transportation capacity is very terrifying. Four hundred Fuchuan ships are used as warships, and their combat power is worrying. However, if they are used as cargo ships, they need fewer sailors, less water and food, and enough warehouses to carry a large amount of cargo. One ship can carry nearly 30 catties. ——Of course, this is only an ideal state, and the actual delivery of goods can only reach a small half of this amount.

Two thousand stone.

It’s just that Hexingsheng’s alliance is too loose, and no one can directly issue orders to them. Although they occasionally help each other internally, it is actually only half of the relationship between Saibei Alta and Jineng. Sometimes they join forces, sometimes they disperse, and there is no common purpose and vision. , United only for maritime security, is very fragile.

However, Chen Mu believes that there will always be a day when He Xingsheng can bring him and the empire more than just money.

From last year to October of this year, He Xingsheng brought Chen Mu an income of more than [-] taels of silver. In order to save Chen Mu's silver, Bai Yuanjie specially asked Yang Yinglong's craftsmen to build a house and gold cellar in Weigang, and put all their silver put it there.

Yes, it is their silver.

Lao Bai is very indifferent to gold and silver. Even though the silver he has handled is quite huge now, his money is put together with Chen Mu's money, and he will take it when he needs it-in fact, a local high-ranking official and dignitary are like a warlord overseas. With the status of ordinary Bai and Chen, there is less and less place for them to spend money.

Bai Yuanjie understands better than anyone why Chen Mu needs more copper and iron when selling guns than money, because the hard currency of silver has little effect on them. Ten thousand taels of silver are stored in Weigang and don't know how to spend them.

The money is not only the private property of Chen Mu and Bai Yuanjie, but also their Wei Yin of Nanyangwei—speaking of which, Lao Bai went further and further on the road of joining forces with Chen Mu, and felt more and more that he had let him farm the land. It's an extremely correct choice.

This guy is skilled in training and fighting, but the court is not a general who can train and fight. It is an indispensable professional skill to be able to lead troops to fight and make a fortune.

The Nanyang Guard is not only the most powerful guard in the southeast, but it is also definitely the wealthiest guard in the world. There are mountains of gold, silver, copper and iron, and all kinds of armor and weapons.

Bai Yuanjie knew what Chen Mu was thinking. He knew that since the construction of the self-defense port, the defense center of Nanyang Guard had shifted from land to sea. Therefore, during the construction process, the center of Nanyang Guard was also shifting there, starting from the Military Weapons Bureau, and gradually relocated. To Weigang, and then backed by the sea, all the business is transported from Guangdong by sea ships.

Everything seems to be moving in a better direction, including him in the north.

Although no one came to tell Chen Mu what happened when the authority was gone, it was obvious that the cabinet ministers and Shangguan had more plans, and they would tell him when the dust settled.

The only shortcoming is that his son lost his way in Luzon and went to learn how others farmed the land; and his pirate subordinates went to Japan to deliver goods twice and seemed unable to return.

The most accidents always happen at sea.

In the small school field of Changzhen, five hundred soldiers stood in line. Their battle formation was not as square as that of the Nanyang Guard Banner Army, but more like Bai Yuanjie's usual battle formation. A lot of new-style carrying equipment and armor, but very few firearms, 500 people have only one bird gunner with the general flag, and they still use fifty long guns that are rarely seen in Nanyang Guard.

The so-called long blunderbuss is Nanyang Wei’s imitation of Western heavy blunderbusses, equipped with a long steel bayonet that Chen Mu had imagined, a six-foot-long big blunderbuss, and it uses one or two heavy bullets—it is a very cost-effective killer weapon. .

No one in Chen Mu's headquarters used this kind of blunderbuss, because the banner army directly under him has been expanding, from fifty to one hundred, from one hundred to one thousand, from one thousand to five thousand six, his banner army The more you have, you can only choose the more cost-effective Nanyang-made short guns, but at this moment, the heavy gun team is at the right time.

In fact, Chen Mu didn't pay attention to the weapons used by the barbarians, he cared more about the new type of carrying equipment on these people.

These carrying tools and armor were newly made to cope with the coldness of northern Xinjiang.

The short leather gown, dyed with the red color commonly used by the Ming army, has a pattern on the clothes commonly used by the Ming people, replacing the original purple cloth jacket of the Southern army.The long iron gauntlets on the legs of the leather boots under the feet are bundled together with the twine, the double-sided breastplate on the body, the inner part of the breastplate is the chain armor that reaches to the knee and reaches the wrist, the wrist and the hem of the clothes are nailed with thin leather armor, and it is equipped with a yong character six The petal iron hat, alone, is majestic enough.

The carrying equipment is still the same, but the armed belts and backpacks are all made of leather, wrapped in new felt and tung oil tents, and the felt is wrapped in a blue cloth quilt.

"Nanyangwei has already made these things custom-made?"

Zhang Yongshou didn't know much about Nanyang Wei, so he said vaguely: "It should be custom-made. Nanyang Wei has already sold these things to Guangdong Zhuwei, but they are all made of cloth, not as good-looking as theirs. I bought [-] of them too." A set, a set costs seven cents, so it doesn't seem to be very easy to sell."

"Later, Jingchen gave me [-] sets of leather suits, and the commander of Qingyuan bought [-] sets for his soldiers, and Jingchen seemed to sell him one, two or four." Zhang Yongshou said while walking in Xiaoxiying with his hands behind his back, turning his head and saying : "I don't know about others."

Chen Mu pursed his lips and shook his head, looking unhappy. Before he left, he told Lao Bai that it doesn’t matter what he sells, as long as others want to buy it, he can increase the price by two or three times. Production in the form of an assembly line not only has better technology than others, but also has greater output than others, but it seems that Lao Bai still has no heart.

Three hundred sets of new leather carrying equipment, in Chen Mu's opinion, they can buy their previous commander for two taels. The cost of this set is almost [-] cents, and the commander has money anyway.

"Tsk tsk, it's too expensive so it's not easy to sell. The cloth Jingchen will sell for one, two or four, and won't let you bargain." Zhang Yongshou also pouted and shook his head like Chen Mu, "It's not that the leather ones are not sold. , but Jingchen insists on a three-two set, who can afford it?"

Chen Mu stopped pouting, and said with a happy smile, "The old ones sold for one or two? Good, very good! Seventh!"

Speaking of which, Chen Mu called Bai Qi, and said: "Let the barbarian army take off the things on their bodies first, and give them to our banner army first. After a while, it will be a big day, and then send a letter to brother Jingchen, and give them five hundred Set it up. By the way, don't solve the barbarian gun team, I want to use them!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)