When Shi Manqiang heard the saying "forty cannons", he was startled and couldn't help but say, "If such a ship comes in, our port will not be able to stop it."

Zhao Jin smiled and said, "It's true that it can't be stopped, but this ship will suffer a loss in our port. These foreign ships took advantage of the opportunity. They didn't expect that our artillery was not a dead object fixed on the turret, but our servants also had no experience. If there were enemy ships coming next time, they wouldn't make such a mistake. Although there were many warship guns from foreigners, the advantages of shore cannons over naval cannons are too great, so you don't have to worry about anything."

The artillery on the fort actually gained the upper hand after firing. The surprise at the beginning has a lot to do with insufficient experience, because all artillery fighting techniques in Zhao Ziying came from Zhao Jin's teachings and theories. Before accumulating practical experience, these will appear very rigid.

After saying this, Zhao Jin carefully observed the cannons on the second deck and found that the appearance of the cannon was much rougher than that of Zhao Ziying's own cannons. They were not as fine as casting. Then they were used at sea and were damaged by wind and rain. Zhao Jin rubbed the rough cannon body, but was a little distracted. If this was not his own port, without the fort and well-trained servants, what would happen?

It is estimated that several foreign ships will shell out and destroy their defenses, and then go ashore to rob them. However, it also depends on the local defense. As long as the Guanjia Port and the private port of the sea lord respond in time, dozens or hundreds of arson ships would have been released, and then they would be besieged and jumped into the gang. They would not suffer any loss. Maybe these foreign ships would be wiped out. Thinking of this, Zhao Jin smiled with a self-deprecating smile. It turned out that the defense of the Haizhou Port was not as good as other places.

"Have you seen the biggest gunboat? What does that look like?" Zhao Jin asked again.

"Reply to Master Jin's question, it is twice or more than the ship we are now. It has more than a hundred artillery pieces, and there are heavy artillery on the lower deck, and there are even twenty-four-pound cannons." Louis described.

Even though he was as calm as a stone manqiang, he opened his mouth wide when he heard these few words. He had seen the power of the eighteen-pound cannon. It was really powerful to destroy mountains and crack stones. With such cannons, Shi Manqiang didn't think there was a city that could block the attack of Zhaozi Camp. Now he actually heard that there were twenty-four-pound cannons, and he said that there were more than a hundred cannons on a ship. Shi Manqiang didn't even dare to think about what it looked like.

"But such gunboats are active offshore and there are few expeditions." Louis added.

"It's still far away!" Zhao Jin sighed, not knowing what he was sighing about.

After saying this, Zhao Jin walked down with the support of everyone, but there was water seepage in the cabin below. Shi Manqiang said, "This is not something we have broken. When the prisoners were asked to question the prisoners, they knew that this ship had this problem for a long time. When there was too much water, they used a water pump to pump it out. They had asked the shipyard ship maker to see it and said that the water seepage problem could be fixed."

This problem of water seepage made Shi Manqiang very despised. The boat was leaking. How could such a home make people feel at ease? But at this time, Louis explained: "The water leakage of boats is not a big problem. Some ships are leaking all the way from America to Asia. They can even keep up with water pumps along the way."

Everyone has seen the drainage machine just now, but it is a leverage machine. It relies on two people to keep rising and lowering at both ends to absorb and drain water. After hearing Louis' explanation, Shi Manqiang only shook his head there, thinking that this was really troublesome, but Zhao Jin was very silent at this time.

After watching the whole ship inside and outside, everyone returned to the deck. The cabin under the deck tasted badly. With the sprinkled quicklime disinfection, it made people feel even more uncomfortable. Now they feel comfortable when they come out. Zhao Jin looked at another dilapidated Garen ship and asked, "Louis, can we build such a ship according to it?"

Louis immediately reacted and replied, "Yes, my subordinates have seen the shipyard masters build ships. They all first made miniatures and then designed a large ship accordingly. With the appearance of this Galen ship and enough materials and craftsmen, we can completely build the same ship, even better and bigger."

Zhao Jin smiled on his face, his eyes were always inseparable from the foreign ships on the side, as if he was thinking about what Louis said was bigger and better. After a while, Zhao Jin said, "Louis, you will stay here from today. Now your job is to build such ships and train such crew members and sailors. If you lack anything, we can give you as long as it can be within the scope of Xuzhou?"

Louis quickly agreed, and followed Zhao Jin's personal guards to be surprised. Master Jin rarely made such a statement with such a steady and calm personality. It seemed that the limited number of times was related to this Louis. Zhao Jin continued: "If you don't know, go to question the prisoners, or spend a lot of money to go outside to ask for it. The same is true for shipbuilding. I want to see my own seamen, my own sailors, and my own gunboats in Xuzhou. If you can build and train me, then this team will be left to you to command, and your power and wealth are related to this."

After hearing what Zhao Jin said, Louis took a few deep breaths, but he still couldn't help but feel excited. Shipbuilding and navy even had to involve maritime trade, and they had to be in charge of all these. How powerful and wealth is this? Louis even felt that the current sea surface was not blue, but gold and silver, and it was full of gold and silver treasures, and he could get it if he wanted to.

After staying in Xuzhou for a few years, Louis certainly knew what everyone thought about the sea. The officers and non-commissioned officers in Xuzhou always looked down on the combat effectiveness of the sea and felt that they were simply taking advantage of the geography of the sea. Although everyone knows that the merchants at the sea are very rich, they think this is not a good road. But Louis is different. From Europe to America, and from America to Asia, part of Louis's life has been on the sea. He knows what the sea actually means, whether it is military or economic.

What kind of group is Xuzhou? Louis is becoming more and more aware of it. This group does almost nothing at sea. Moreover, this group has mastered the port, the commercial city, and has sufficient manufacturing capabilities and capable personnel. If all this is under his control and established from scratch, what does this mean?

It represents great glory and great wealth. Everything he pursues in his life will be realized. Louis even thought a lot, and sailors and seafarers were recruited from the remnants of the Cai family and the newly joined pirates. Perhaps the poor fishermen on the coast here are also good sources. As for the instructors who train their instructors and the craftsmen needed to make Galen ships, if the captives' knowledge cannot be satisfied, then go to Macau to recruit and kidnap them. Anyway, Xuzhou has done this.

Louis, who was shocked by this fate, was a little abnormal. When he walked down from the pedal, if the servant beside him had not pulled the handle, he would have fallen down.

"Brother, do you have to use foreign ships? I think these broad and lucky ships in the port are very good." Shi Manqiang ignored Louis's abnormality and followed Zhao Jin and asked.

"Foreign ships travel thousands of miles across the ocean, while the Guangzhou-Fuzhou ships have not traveled so far."

"Brother, I heard from the sailors of the crew that when the eunuch Zheng He went out to sea, he also used these boats to travel thousands of miles."

"But it hasn't been there in recent years, and the most fundamental thing is that it is not convenient for our ship to set up guns. The cannons can only be prevented from being on the deck, so this limitation is too great." Zhao Jin's answer made Shi Manqiang no longer argue. After all, Zhaoziying was still the system of military towns, and martial arts were the first.

Zhao Jin and everyone arrived at the dock. Zhao Jin looked at the ships in the port. The ships damaged by artillery battles were repairing. The boatmen and shipmen took tools and materials and got on the ship directly. Each ship was busy. After watching this for a while, Zhao Jin said, "Stone, in the future, all expenses of the Zheng family's large gang in our port will be increased by 10%. Whether it is parking accommodation or purchasing goods, if they ask, you will answer this way. If there is such an inexplicable pirate invasion, then add 10%. We are not short of the profits of trade with their Zheng family."

This was a bit stupid, but Shi Manqiang immediately understood that although the pirate attacks all showed that they were related to Zhong Bin, but after all, the Zheng family was really suspicious. Others did not have this cause and effect at all. If there was a conflict of interest, then the Zhong Bin gang had a better chance. Moreover, these foreign ships came too coincidental and were too targeted for the defense of the port. However, there was no evidence for all this. The Zheng family was still staying near the port, and the business was still running as usual, and no one could tell.

The business needs to continue, but Zhaoziying cannot make people feel ignorant. This reaction is a warning, but Zhaoziying is also helpless and can only do this to the Zheng family and the others, because there is no maritime power, and this threat can only go towards both sides.

However, Haizhou Port can provide Fujian's scarce salt. In fact, the Huai salt produced in Haizhou is a high-quality salt product, which is a popular product for many places. Not to mention the iron, cotton and soybean wine produced in Xuzhou, as well as the various southern goods prepared through Qingjiangpu, these are either urgently needed or profitable goods by maritime merchants, and these are firmly held in Xuzhou.

With the strength of Zhao's camp, the leading gang on the sea may be able to destroy this Haizhou Port, but they cannot seize it. There is no power in the world to seize this land from the hands of Xuzhou soldiers. Since it cannot be taken away, the leading lords who aim to make money in business will naturally not be able to get along with their own wealth. Everyone will not break up and do anything, business is still business.

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