Therefore, Zhang Zhun must consider it longer-term. The battle with Zheng Chenggong is not the most critical. The most critical thing is that after the battle, the Hu Ben Navy must strive to replenish more warships in the shortest time. Only in this way can one stay invincible for a long time. Only with people and ships can the navy continue to increase its strength.

The competition for military strength at sea is a long-term process, and it is never possible to decide the outcome overnight. This is because the accumulation of naval power is definitely not achieved overnight, and there must be enough time to settle down. The accumulation of strength of the Zheng family fleet has also been a long time before it has achieved its strength and status today.

No matter what kind of force it is, maintaining sustainable development is very important. This is very obvious in terms of the number and speed of warships manufactured. Whoever has a strong national strength and the more warships it manufactures, the more likely it is to win the final victory. Otherwise, even if you can win in a short time, you will be defeated by the long river of history.

The United States during World War II was the best example. Before the beginning of World War II, few people realized the strength of American productivity, and even the people thought they could bully Americans. As a result, after the outbreak of the war, the American productivity, like boiling water, all boiled.

During World War II, the United States produced more than 2,000 ships, nearly 1,000 destroyers, frigates, etc., and there were dozens of aircraft carriers alone. As for cars, aircraft, tanks, etc., the number was even greater.

Such productivity, even if the commander is of average level, can be crushed with powerful strength. What Zhang Zhun wants to do is this productivity. The battle with Zheng Zhilong is definitely a long-term and arduous task. Every battle will inevitably lead to a loss of a considerable number of warships. The Hu Ben Army must maintain strong warship production capacity in order to ultimately defeat Zheng Zhilong.

To meet the needs of this productivity, the first thing to meet is to provide sufficient raw materials. For sail battleships, wood is the most important raw material, especially the materials for building keels. Large warships have high requirements for keel wood. Under the current circumstances, Zhang Zhun really can't think of anything else except Changbai Mountain and Daxinganling areas, there are thousands of years of ancient trees.

It was in this context that he agreed to exchange directly with the Tartars. What the Tartars needed was food and cotton coats. These things could not be directly converted into combat power for the Tartars. If the Tartars wanted to fight, the most needed iron tools were iron tools. Unfortunately, exchange of iron tools was absolutely forbidden. Perhaps the Tartars himself thought of this, so they simply did not mention it.

"Sir, Zheng Zhilong's messenger is here."

Suddenly, Lu Yidian quickly came in to report.

"Zheng Zhilong's messenger?"

Zhang Zhun and Wang Shide looked at each other.

As soon as Huang Taiji's envoy left, Zheng Zhilong's envoy arrived. Didn't these two guys say they wanted to join forces to deal with him? Why did they send someone to find him alone? Which one did you play with? They had a divorce before they got married?
Chapter completed!