Guma Xiangnan hurriedly ran back and started to find a few big businessmen to join together to buy ships. It was a matter of going to sea trade. Before leaving, he had a red mouth and white teeth placed orders for two boats in Ning Zeyuan. Of course, there was no deposit for the time being, and it was all up to his old face covered with mountains and rivers.

Ma Xiangnan had to hurry. Maybe he was the first news now, but as long as this matter passed through the Political Affairs Hall, many people would definitely know the news. At that time, a large number of people would definitely come to buy boats. Those people were all rich in financial resources and were even more backed by the mountains. In comparison, Changyang County would not be enough to see it.

Time is endless, I have to seize the day!

To be honest, Ning Zeyuan sincerely admires people like Ma Xiangnan. Ma Xiangnan is a famous family, his elder brother, and now the chief minister of Chu. It is very easy for such a person to be rich and prosperous for a lifetime, but he came here for so many years, turning himself into a rural farmer.

People like me gathered around the emperor, mostly for the ambition in my heart, thinking about becoming famous all over the world and leaving a name in history, but Ma Xiangnan seemed to be satisfied as long as the people under his rule lived a good life.

Such a pure person deserves his respect. Not to mention that he has to rely on Ma Xiangnan to help stop things in the future, even with Ma Xiangnan's persistence alone, Ning Zeyuan would also give him face.

Ma Xiangnan walked, but Ning Zeyuan was not idle. He was now visiting Baoqing Shipyard with Zhou Baozhen, a representative from the Zhou family of Bozhou, Qi State.

Standing on the high trestle, you can clearly see the huge dock. Under the leadership of the master craftsman, hundreds of workers were busy carrying out the final finishing work of a three-masted main warship. Zhou Baozhen is an expert, of course he is very clear. At most, one month later, another main warship will be launched into service in the Ming Dynasty.

This made him feel cold.

Because in Baoqing Shipyard, there are three such large docks, which means that the Ming Kingdom can build three such main battleships at the same time at one time. And there are several small docks, so it is naturally used to build some auxiliary warships.

This is only half of the strength of the Ming Dynasty today. Zhou Baozhen knew that the Ning family's shipyard in Quanzhou had become an empty shell, and in Huludao, a larger shipyard has also begun to launch ships.

With a little estimate, you can understand that in the current Ming Dynasty, at least six ships and three masts are launched every year. The Zhou family of Bozhou did nothing, and could only build one ship if they were dedicated to building ships.

This sea is already the world of wise people. When you think of this, your heart is extremely bitter. This is a vicious cycle. The stronger the strong, the weak will become weaker, and in the end the weak will have no more land to stand.

"Mr. Ning, you have invested money for many years in the past year?" he asked in great bitterness.

Ning Zeyuan glanced at him sideways and said proudly: "Your Majesty does not take any of the gains from our maritime trade, and devotes them to the construction of the shipyard and the navy. Brother Zhou, the Zhou family of Bozhou and Ning family of Quanzhou, were originally on the same side, but now, to be honest, it is no longer the same. After all, the power of a country is not comparable to that of a single family."

"Is there still the Ning family in Quanzhou?" Zhou Baozhen couldn't help but sneer.

Ning Zeyuan laughed loudly, stretched out his arms, as if he wanted to embrace the warships in the dock below, "Brother Zhou, the next day, our Ming Navy's Navy's next day, spreading the Sun and Moon Flag to every sea area of ​​this sea, along with the Sun and Moon Flag, the reputation of the Ming Emperor and the name of the Navy's Grand Commander Ning Zeyuan. The Ning clan in Quanzhou is indeed gone, but the Ming Ning clan will be famous all over the world."

When Zhou Baozhen heard Ning Zeyuan's bold words, he was shocked. When he turned to look at this young man in his early twenties, an indescribable feeling suddenly arises in his heart.

Emperor Qin Feng of the Ming Dynasty was a young man, but his vision and mind were probably far from comparable to Emperor Chu and Emperor Qi. Just looking at his current strength was still far behind that of Qi, he could invest huge sums of money to build a powerful fleet. This day that Ning Zeyuan said may not be the day that was not realized.

No one knows the current situation of the navy in Qi State better than him. Those declining Qi State warships dared to go to the deep sea. When they encountered these fleets in Ning Zeyuan's hands, they would be afraid that the entire army would be destroyed immediately. By the way, do they still have any experience in fighting in the distant seas?

He sighed a long time. Even fighting among the ditches and sieges in the Jinghu River, Qi sent Cao Hui to Bozhou to compete with the Zhou family with both soft and hard skills, forcing the Zhou family to send people to fight against the Chu navy. He even made a decision to swallow Zhou family. The emperor of Qi not only fell in love with Zhou family's strength in the water, but also the massive wealth accumulated by the Zhou family for more than a hundred years.

Just like the Ning family's power in Quanzhou, the Zhou family was also so ordinary in Bozhou. However, when the country's powerful machines were really powerful and unreasonable, the Zhou family had no choice. The only difference from the Qi family's wealthy family in Qi State is that when they had no way out, they could retreat to the sea, and they would become pirates.

But now with the strong existence of the Ming Navy, being a pirate does not seem to be a promising job. Even now, they are stalking the Zhou family's few warships in the distant sea. In a year, the Zhou family was sunk three warships, and they really can't afford to lose. If this continues, the Zhou family will really have no way out.

"Now you can launch six main warships in a year?" he asked.

"No, starting next year, we will only build three to four main warships a year, but it's not!" Ning Zeyuan dragged his voice and looked at Zhou Baozhen meaningfully, "But one of them is not a three-story three-mass warship, but a five-story building ship."

Zhou Baozhen shook his body and turned his head suddenly to look at Ning Zeyuan: "Five-story boat, can you actually build it?"

Ning Zeyuan nodded: "In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the five-story boat was being studied, and later it finally gave up halfway. It was not because it could not be studied, but because the investment was too huge, and the drawings were sealed. Later, the years changed, and no one who participated in the research was left. We Ning's family got those drawings, and I believe you, Zhou, must have obtained them. Since last year, we have invested a lot of manpower and material resources to pick up this matter again. This year, we finally decided on the final plan. Now the first engineering ship has been completed in Huludao. After sending Brother Zhou away, I will preside over the final sea test."

Zhou Baozhen's face was flushed, his hands were trembling slightly, obviously unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, "Brother Ning, I wonder if I can open my eyes?" After saying that, he suddenly responded again, shook his head, and said sadly: "Forget it, this is a reluctant request."

Ning Zeyuan laughed, "If Brother Zhou is not in a hurry to go back, of course he can follow me to take a look. To be honest, although our Ning Zhou Er family was dirty in the past, they were still peaceful in general, and sometimes they could even help each other."

"Today is different from the past!" Zhou Baozhen sighed.

"Brother Zhou doesn't have to worry too much. Since I said it, it will naturally be possible. Not to mention anything else, the fact that your Zhou family deposited a huge sum of millions of taels of silver in our Ming Changlong Bank is enough to guarantee that you will follow me to participate in this major military aircraft!" Ning Zeyuan said with a smile: "If Brother Zhou dares to leak the secret, we will dare to swallow your money when we turn back."

Zhou Baozhen's face looked a little ugly, "Don't Changlong have a confidentiality system?"

Ning Zeyuan laughed loudly: "Brother Zhou, you are not so naive, are you? There is indeed a confidentiality system, and our Ming Dynasty will not swallow other people's money, but if you make the Ming Dynasty suffer a major loss, it will not be a different story. Don't forget that Changlong is ultimately the Ming Dynasty."

Zhou Baozhen snorted, "This is really a wolf driving the front door, and a tiger entering the back door."

"Brother Zhou, your Zhou family's boss deposited such a huge amount of money in Changlong, maybe he wanted to submit a letter of fame and plan to get along with both sides. But it's okay to do this kind of fictional bride now. If one day Qi Ming meets and you still want to be fictional bride, I'm afraid no one can tolerate this. Brother, please remember this." Ning Zeyuan said sincerely.

"Of course we know, but what can we do now?"

"Brother, I'm afraid you should advise you to make plans early!" Ning Zeyuan smiled and said, "Isn't it much better than Qi State with the idea of ​​being a lobbyist? Especially for our Ning family, Zhou family, who originally relies on the sea to make a living. They run on the sea trade and become pirates, and they are too petty in this sea area. Do you know what our Ming Majesty has said to me?"

"I wonder what His Majesty the Emperor said?"

"Your Majesty said that those who make a living on this sea will abide by the rules set by our Ming Dynasty. Wherever the Ming warships go, the territory of the Ming Dynasty." Ning Ze walked far away." Brother Zhou, if the Zhou family was interested, the Ming fleet that was spread all over the sea would have a place for the Zhou family."

Zhou Baozhen took a deep breath: "I'm afraid this matter will be decided by me."

"Of course I know that this matter cannot be decided in a short while. It's just that Brother Zhou is asking me to think about this possibility. I'm going to say that this time, this time, the five-story boat was launched to test sailing, and I was not prepared to let them walk around the sea a few times, but to drag him out to fight a battle. We want to build a base in Manila and build a military port. Brother Zhou is an expert, and he should know what this means!" Ning Zeyuan looked at Zhou Baozhen with a smile.

Zhou Baozhen looked at Ning Zeyuan in shock.
Chapter completed!