Chapter 133 S-rank strange man! Treasure ship construction
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No wonder so many guys are willing to take risks even if they are willing to take advantage of their guns. They are doing this extremely risky business.
Although it has not reached the legendary profit of 100 times, 50 times profit is enough to make any capital and anyone crazy!
If the Laijima family and Takeshita Gang knew that Lin Qing had done such a big thing, he would be angry as if he would be angry!
Lin Qingzhi was so proud that he kept laughing wildly.
With 2 million gold coins, Lin Qing can do many big things.
The first thing is to form a terrifying large armed fleet. Next time I come, I will not have to be angry with anyone. If I dare to intercept my fleet again, I will fire without hesitation.
As for the remaining 8-cabin cargo, Lin Qing was not in a hurry to take action. Anyway, judging from the greedy reactions of these Japanese daimyos, there was no need to worry about taking action for the remaining goods.
Lin Qing returned to Hangzhou, and Julian Ropez came up.
The playboy said, "I received reliable news from Lihua that in Quanzhou, there seemed to be a down-and-out Ming Dynasty official shipyard, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. There was a legendary old shipman named Ma, who was said to be a descendant of Zheng He's chief craftsman when he was voyage to the West. Zheng He gave his surname to Zuma Ma. He was skilled and could make treasure ships when he was voyage to the West. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty had been banned for a long time and was not allowed to go into the sea, so it could no longer be maintained."
"Treasure Ship? Are you sure?" Lin Qing's eyes lit up.
"Yes!" Julian Ropez said affirmatively: "This is what Lihua told me. There will definitely be no problem."
Without waiting, Lin Qing immediately ordered to purchase goods from Hangzhou and take the fleet to Quanzhou.
Quanzhou was the main trade port for the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and the shipbuilding industry was very developed. Especially when Zheng He went to the West, he always set out from Quanzhou, Fujian, and it was basically Zheng He's base camp. Unfortunately, due to the long-term maritime ban policy, the once prosperous shipyards had been abandoned and turned into a deserted sandy land.
Lin Qing and Zhou Zhiruo looked at them and shook her head.
Just as Western invaders were embarking on the era of great sailing around the world and invading and occupying the new continent everywhere, the once powerful Ming Dynasty fleet shrank and rotted on the dry beach sand bed.
What a pity this is.
Lin Qing walked into the shipyard.
Huge ships and unfinished treasure ships are all like garbage. They are discarded here at will, and let the wind and sun shine, gradually turning into piles of rotten wood instead of sailing far away and plundering gold, land and wealth all over the world.
A gust of wind blew from a distance, swept across the shipyard, and whistled a sad cold wind.
"No one here?" Zhou Zhiruo stood with a sword.
Lin Qing walked a long way and no one was seen.
Suddenly, an old and full of energy sounded behind the two of them: "Who? Are you stealing something here?"
Lin Qing turned around and looked.
An old man with an old face and a storm but a stunning look was standing behind them with his hands on his back, holding a stick with his back vigilantly. Next to him was a little boy of six or seven years old, looking at Lin Qing with big eyes.
"You are Mr. Ma, right?" Zhou Zhiruo smiled and said, "We are not suspicious people, we are here to find you."
"Look for me?" A trace of eloquence flashed in Mr. Ma's turbid eyes: "What's the matter? I told you that I won't sell these ships as wood! These are all treasures left by Prince Zheng back then!"
Lin Qing looked up and smiled faintly: "Mr. Ma, I'm here to invite you to come out of the mountain and rebuild the ship."
"Build ships? Do you build those wooden boats that navigate the rivers?" Mr. Ma had a very old temper and glared at him, "I won't do it."
He led his young grandson to walk far away in the cold wind. There was a small wooden house where the grandparents and grandchildren lived.
"Treasure-making ship!" Lin Qingyan said coldly: "I want you to reopen the shipyard in Hangzhou and build the treasure ship for me!"
Mr. Ma suddenly looked back!
At this moment, Lin Qing seemed to see a trace of splendor in his eyes.
That was not the gaze of an ordinary boatman, but the peerless edge of a generation of hermits who have experienced 7 voyages to the West, living here, guarding the treasure shipyard for generations!
"Treasure Ship?" Mr. Ma's eyes quickly dimmed: "It's useless. According to the orders of the court, the treasure ship is expending the people's efforts and is no longer allowed to be built. My craft will soon be lost."
Lin Qing stood up and said confidently: "Mr. Ma, there is something that is done by man! As long as you follow me, I will never let the Ming Dynasty prevail the world and shock the treasure ship that shocked the seven seas be buried in this lush grass! Please believe me!"
Mr. Ma stared at Lin Qing.
"Give me 1 million!" he said.
Lin Qing was stunned.
Zhou Zhiruo could hardly believe her ears.
"1 million? So much?" Zhou Zhiruo was shocked.
One million yuan can buy a whole Chinese large sailing fleet, five, and it is enough to make various modification costs. It will fill it with 80 40 guns and turn it into a sea overlord fleet!
And this old man who is not astonishingly handsome dares to make such an arrogant request?
The mountain trip fee is 1 million?
Are you crazy?
Mr. Ma looked at Lin Qing and others and looked at each other speechlessly, and sneered: "The treasure ship is so big that it takes the whole country to build 44 ships. Although you have a certain power, you are just a mere businessman who dares to speak loudly in front of me and want to regain the reputation of the treasure ship? If you don't have 1 million, you have no strength to buy you and can cope with this huge expense. Even if I go with you, it will be meaningless. Besides."
He looked at the unfinished treasure ships with a little sadness and sighed: "To maintain the shipyard here, it also requires expenses. 1 million gold coins can last for 20 years, and it cannot be reduced!"
Lin Qing nodded, took out a 1 million yuan bill of exchange and handed it to the old man.
"This is yours."
Mr. Ma opened his eyes wide!
Zhou Zhiruo grew up her mouth!
"Is it really given it to me?" Mr. Ma's aura of arrogant look on the world suddenly disappeared, and the rest were shocked and astonished.
There are really such a rich man who wants to revive the Ming Dynasty's treasure ship fleet and recreate the prestige of the Ming Navy across the seven seas, sweeping Asia and Africa, and spreading the world?
Lin Qing grabbed Mr. Ma’s rough calluses and said calmly: “For the hegemony of the Ming Dynasty, I will lose everything! Please believe me!”
Mr. Ma's eyes were filled with tears, and suddenly turned his head, staggered, and headed straight towards the wooden house of the treasure shipyard.
Lin Qing and Zhou Zhiruo were hesitating whether to follow him. The little guy with a treacherous head clapped his hands with a smile and said, "That's great. I haven't seen my grandfather so happy for a long time. I must have gone to worship the ancestral tablets and prayed to the ancestors of the Ma family that the craft of building treasure ships can finally be passed on."
Lin Qing knew that this was the hidden character in the plot!
In fact, Lin Qing still underestimated the difficulty of hiring Mr. Ma.
As a hidden figure who masters powerful power, Mr. Ma is actually very cold.
If you want to invite Mr. Ma who is hiding from the wilderness of Quanzhou, you are actually very demanding.
The first requirement is to unify the Ming Dynasty's maritime boundary and reach the highest power in East Asia. Only in this way can relevant information be obtained. Otherwise, if the Li Huamei family had been in the Ming Dynasty for so long, why hadn't they heard of Mr. Ma's reputation?
The second requirement is that it must be a Chinese adventurer with headquarters in the Ming Dynasty city! Li Huamei is the first choice, but other Chinese adventurers can do it too. If the sea borders are unified by the Laidao family, Mr. Ma would rather die than come out to assist.
The third requirement is enough money!
A huge amount of money.
A full 1 million gold coins.
Even if the Takeshita Gang or other adventurer team knows the old man’s information, it is not easy for him to ask him to come out!
Lin Qing received a reminder: "You have reached the highest level in East Asia, unified the Ming Dynasty's coastal areas, and are a Chinese adventurer. You have paid enough money to maintain the treasure shipyard, which meets the hidden conditions for Mr. Ma to come out of the mountain."
"You have been recognized by Mr. Ma, and he will come out to help you and build a powerful Ming Dynasty fleet!"
"Mr. Ma, a hidden legendary shipman, cannot be configured on a ship, but can only be configured in a shipyard. He has two unique technologies, one is [Legendary Shipbuilding]: He can identify and improve the properties of precious shipbuilding materials and maximize the effect. The other is [Treasure Shipbuilding Technology]!"
"[Treasure Ship Construction Technology], hidden technology in this world plot, S-level technology. Requirements, [Treasure Ship Construction Factory]. [Treasure Ship Construction Factory] Construction conditions: 1. The Ming Dynasty government license. 2. The city's development degree is 9999, the armed degree is 9999.3. 1 million gold coins were invested in the shipyard construction. It takes 1 million gold coins to build an ordinary treasure ship. Ordering to build a special treasure ship requires additional money as appropriate. The construction period is 3 months."
"1 million gold coins!" Lin Qing was stunned.
"It is worthy of being the terrifying overlord-class warship that ruled the Asian and African waters of the Ming Dynasty!"
Mr. Ma was proud and unfolded a yellowed blueprint.
On the blueprint, a sea giant with a height of four floors and nine masts and twelve sails is ferocly and domineeringly riding the wind and waves and sailing far away on the rippling sea!
Lin Qing checked the properties of the treasure ship.
"【Zheng He treasure ship】: S-class battleship. It has a durability of 300 points, can place 200 artillery doors, 30 various cabins, 12 cargo cabins, and the fastest speed endurance is 120 days. It is 148 meters long, 60 meters wide and 30 meters high. It is the largest wooden sailboat in the world at that time. The ship has four layers, nine masts on the ship can hang twelve sails, the fastest speed is 30 knots, the anchor weight is several thousand kilograms, and it must be used to set sail. The combat power is rated as S-class, and the naval combat power is equivalent to five large Chinese sailboats or Arabian sailboats or three five-masted English sailboats. It is the largest seaship in Zheng He fleet, the main body of Zheng He fleet, and the flagship of the maritime special mixed fleet led by Zheng He. Its position in Zheng He fleet is equivalent to the flagship and main ship in the modern navy. "
"My mother!" Lin Qing salivated! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!