"But if we have a waterway connecting with the outside world and have a water transport fleet that belongs to us completely, we will have an extra guarantee in disguise before the court blockade."
"Besides, if we can really save two million taels of silver for a year, we can form a large fleet …"
Wang Peng, the magistrate of Datong, followed by a nod and agreed that "the guard officer finished supporting the strategist … according to the ordinary carrier cost of one million and two hundred silver, we can definitely form a fleet with hundreds of carriers."
Kelly Y Zhou and two pairs of eyes stared at Wei Zheng and shook his head very unexpectedly.
Finally, two pairs of puzzled eyes looked at and answered …
"Strategist, if it’s so simple and handsome to form a merchant fleet, just give this letter to you for processing. Where will such great efforts be made to call you both handsome? To tell you the truth, handsome wants to form our own water army in the name of forming a fleet instead of a merchant fleet …"
"Water army …" Two people staring eyes a face of incredible asks.
In their eyes, only a complete country can be qualified to form a water army cavalry … Once the Tiger and Leopard Army forms a water army, it means telling the court that the Tiger and Leopard Army is unwilling to rebel sooner or later.
Besides, the water army is not a musketeer warship, nor can it be built casually. Without long-term accumulation and production, it is absolutely impossible to form a water army
The faces of all two people were dignified as never before as soon as there was an incredible flash.
Weizheng gaze strategist Kelly Y Zhou didn’t hesitate to worry about his heart to say out.
In the face of a series of problems that may arise from the formation of the water army, Wei Zheng was not discouraged, and his face and expression did not show even a little disappointment
After taking a deep breath, he said to the two men, "Shuai just said that he intends to form a fleet and secretly form a water army, which means that this water army will be our secret army before we really turn against the court."
"In warships and water army soldiers worry handsome think this is not a problem …"
"Don’t forget that today’s Chaochao is not hundreds of years ago. If Chaochao wants us to have silver in our hands, there is nothing impossible …"
"Without the soldiers of the water army, we will pay handsomely to the imperial navy to dig people. Without warships, we will go to Jiangnan Shipyard to buy weapons for warships. We can build them ourselves …"
"So do you think it is still a problem for us to form a water army?"
Chapter three hundred and seventy-four Military strength
Wang Peng, the magistrate of Datong, climbed step by step from the seven county magistrate to the position of the magistrate of Datong now, and he can understand the present situation of Dachao well.
As soon as Wei Zheng had finished speaking, Wang Peng answered with a face of approval, "As far as the official knows, since the late Jin Dynasty began to plunder Dalai’s limited financial and material resources, he has been in the border army."
"If this situation is not taken seriously, it will be difficult for the navy to obtain silver from the imperial court except for military pay."
"Now the imperial navy has to be eliminated from the navy because there is no silver, and many warships are old, and the soldiers have begun to leave the army and go home as fishermen because of insufficient pay …"
"As the guard just said, if we can afford the reimbursement, we can receive enough navy soldiers from the coast rather than directly from the navy …"
"Don’t worry about warships … there are shipbuilders who will build warships on the southeast coast. If the guard wants to build a shipyard by himself, there is no problem."
"If we want to buy it, we can afford to buy equipment directly from the navy. There is no problem with the warships. What’s more, those warships that are not equipped with weapons …"
Weizheng nodded and affirmed, "Since this idea is feasible, we will form our own navy in the name of forming a fleet …"
"Strategist, you directly transfer one million and two hundred taels of silver from the governor’s office, first set up the fleet to reach a certain scale, and then go directly to Jiangnan area to form a fleet to recruit navy soldiers to buy warships."
"In addition, in the name of handsome, inform the Equipment Division that from now on, in addition to researching and building the army muskets and artillery, the Equipment Division will also set up a new division to study and equip the water army warships, muskets and artillery …"
When the Tiger and Leopard Army seizes the self-defense and secretly expands its strength.
Sun Chengzong, who is still wearing the Shanshan Governor’s card, is watching the training of tiger and leopard arms and marines with a full face of shock.
He was shocked when he saw that the Tiger and Leopard Army was equipped with a musket and could launch without a matchlock, and the range reached an astonishing 150 steps, twice that of an ordinary matchlock.
With a full face of shock, he went directly to the team leader and asked, "This little general, can you tell the officer what kind of muskets you are using … are all the military bodies of Tiger and Leopard equipped with such muskets?"
Half a year later, the two-level officers of the Tiger and Leopard Barracks entered the martial arts for a short period of three months. The performance of the Tiger and Leopard Army has been generally equipped with various firearms, and the captain can almost recite it backwards.
Plus, he has been allowed by the official to be stopped by Sun Chengzong, and he gave a military-like salute. Then he spoke and told, "Adults and brothers are equipped with this musket. It is called a musket. One hundred and fifty steps can penetrate a layer of leather armor, one hundred and twenty steps can penetrate a layer of armor, and ten steps can penetrate two layers of armor."
"In the battlefield, we fired muskets to completely suppress the Tatar archers and they are very good at riding and shooting."
"In addition, due to the fact that the musket makes the ammunition fixed and does not match the fire rope … When the ordinary fire rope gun shoots two lead bullets, the brothers are equipped with the latest equipment. The musket can shoot five lead bullets at least …"
"It’s not clear that the equipment of this musket tiger leopard army is a small team."
"But the officer knows that the fifteen thousand musketeers of the Tiger and Leopard Army have been equipped with this kind of musketeers."
Sun Chengzong nodded his head and quickly turned his attention to Wei Zheng, who transferred himself from the headquarters of Tiger and Leopard Army to a team-level staff with a full face of shock and outspoken when asked.
"Staff Zhou, you are the headquarters of Tiger and Leopard Army. This little general doesn’t know the equipment situation of this kind of musket Tiger and Leopard Army. You should be very clear. Don’t forget that before you leave, your adult Wei confessed to the important officials. If you want to know, you should know nothing about them."
Sun Chengzong’s rear staff nodded and answered, "According to the latest statistics, the 15,000-step army of the Tiger and Leopard Army has been equipped with muskets."
"There are 10,000 cavalry equipped with cavalry special short tubes and muskets, and 15,000 people in the wasteland army have 5,000 musketeers equipped with such muskets."
"At present, our army is changing this musket at a rate of 3,000 people every month."
"The general asked us that 50,000 tiger and leopard troops and 100,000 local garrison departments should be equipped with such muskets in two years."
For the first time, I saw the powerful fighting capacity of the Tiger and Leopard Army through my own eyes. Sun Chengzong was speechless because of the shock at this moment.
Not only that, but he also set off a huge wave in his heart.