Looking at Chen Zhong and others walking over, Xu Xuewu smiled and said, "General Mao, don't you lie! Not only are there soldiers and armor, but there are still food on the ship that has not been unloaded."

"Haha, I misunderstood." Mao Wenlong smiled heartily, "I will apologize to you here."

As he said that, he indeed bowed his fists at Xu Xuewu, and there was no sign of air on his body.

Xu Xuewu was stunned for a moment, and he never expected Mao Wenlong to apologize, which made him feel a little favorable to Mao Wenlong in front of him.

"General, the last general brings the armor back." Chen Zhong walked over excitedly.

Behind him, he followed some Liaodong refugees who fled to Pi Island. These people carried their soldiers and armor and also came to Mao Wenlong's approach.

"Let me see it quickly." Mao Wenlong walked over excitedly.

Now, except for the more than 100 soldiers under his command, the Liaodong refugees on the island, not to mention the armor, did not even bring much thicker clothes. Many useful and useless things were thrown away on the way to escape.

"Please look, General, these soldiers are at least enough for more than 200 people." Chen Zhong said standing aside.

"Okay, okay." Mao Wenlong said two good words, and couldn't put it down and touched the swords, guns and armor on the ground. He even grabbed the arrows carried by the wooden box.

Xu Xuewu came over and said, "In addition to these soldiers and armors, there is also some food. However, my boss didn't expect there would be so many people on the island, so he only brought a few hundred people to eat food for a month."

"It's already a lot." Mao Longwen straightened up and said, "I will thank your boss with my book. I will write down this kindness."

Xu Xuewu smiled and said, "General Mao is polite. Compared to the general leading the lonely army to the rear of the Later Jin Dynasty, the little thing we did with the tiger flag is nothing."

"There is a saying that is timely help. The things your boss sends are timely helps me, and I should thank me for it." As he said that, Mao Longwen bowed deeply to Xu Xuewu with his fists.

Xu Xuewu did not dare to accept such a great gift, so he hurriedly hid aside and avoided it.

Upon straightening, Mao Wenlong said, "Your boss gave me so many things for free, and I will be ashamed of it. If you have any requests, I will agree to it."

"General, you are polite. These things were originally given to you by my boss." Xu Xuewu said with a smile, and then said, "If you want to ask for it, it's just a small matter. General Mao needs to be allowed to allow it."

Mao Wenlong said: "You said that as long as you can agree to something you will definitely agree to."

This seemed to have agreed to something, but in fact, it did not agree to anything, because it was Mao Wenlong who decided whether he could agree to it.

Xu Xuewu could naturally hear what he meant, but he didn't care, but said: "It's actually not a big deal. My boss hopes that the general can leave a place for us on Pi Island for the tiger flag."

"What do you want the land on Pi Island to do? Even if you plant grain here, there will not be much harvest." Mao Wenlong said in confusion, thinking that the tiger flag was coming to Pi Island to open up land and farm.

Xu Xuewu smiled and said, "General Mao misunderstood. My boss just needs to be close to a place on the shore, and it is not used to plant it. He wants to build a warehouse for storage of goods to store things."

Mao Wenlong hesitated and said, "Although I am temporarily based on Pi Island, my foothold is unstable. If the Later Jin sent people to attack Pi Island, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to defend Pi Island."

"Don't worry, General Mao." Xu Xuewu said, "Pi Island is surrounded by sea. The Jurchens do not have large ships, so it is difficult for them to attack the island. Moreover, my boss believes that with General Mao's ability, he will definitely be able to defend Pi Island. Maybe even a few surrounding islands can occupy."

Mao Longwen showed hesitation, not as happy as he had agreed before.

Xu Xuewu said again: "My boss will also send troops to Pi Island in the future, so he needs to set up a warehouse on the island."

Chen Zhong next to him interrupted, "Or will you give it for free?"

Hearing this, Xu Xuewu smiled and said, "Next time I come to the island, the soldiers and armor will definitely not be given for free. After all, these things are also needed to build. It is okay to give them once or twice for free, but there is no way to do it if there is more."

Chen Zhong had a slight disappointment on his face.

Although he had guessed this result, they were really short of soldiers and armor, and the most undesirable one was people. There were so many Liaodong refugees on the island, and there were always some strong men suitable for joining the army.

At this time, Mao Wenlong said, "Actually, the warehouse you mentioned does not need to be built at all, because even if the general stands firmly on Pi Island, there is no silver to buy your soldiers. What is the situation of the court? I believe that your boss can know some of the situation as long as he inquire. The court has owed the food and salary of the soldiers and has become the norm, let alone the court gives the general the silver to buy your soldiers."

Xu Xuewu smiled and said, "Don't worry, General Mao, my boss has expected this situation a long time ago, so our tiger-shaped flag can give the general first, but the number of sheep should not be too many at one time. After all, it will take a long time to build the armor."

However, this is a long time to determine who it is.

If the weapons bureau of the court of the Ministry of Works of the court creates a piece of armor, it will take a lot of time, but the weapons bureau of their tiger flag are different. With hydraulic hammers, it is much faster than building weapons by humans and can save a lot of time.

Mao Wenlong naturally wouldn't know about these things.

"Can you get the giant cannon on your ship?" Chen Zhong suddenly interrupted.

"Yes." Xu Xuewu nodded and then said, "But the price of such a giant cannon is not cheap. We also bought the tiger flag and only installed it on the ship to deter pirates."

Chen Zhong asked: "How much money does such a cannon cost?"

Xu Xuewu raised a finger.

"One thousand taels, so much?" Chen Zhong frowned.

Xu Xuewu smiled and said, "It's not a thousand taels, it's ten thousand taels. This is the price we can buy."

In fact, this cannon is not so expensive. The reason why I say this is to dispel the idea of ​​Mao Wenlong and others from their tiger flags to buy cannons. After all, their tiger flag ships will come to Pi Island in the future. If Pi Island installs a few such giant cannons, it will be a threat to their ships.

Hearing this price, Chen Zhong took a deep breath.

Ten thousand taels of silver are enough to buy a soldier armor with the tiger flag. With these soldier armors, it is much more effective than such a cannon.

Mao Longwen said: "It seems that your Tiger Flag business is quite good. You can buy a cannon worth ten thousand taels of silver if you say you can buy it. The cannons in the court are at most three to four thousand taels per cannon."

Xu Xuewu said helplessly: "There are too many pirates on the sea, and they can't be fooled without giant cannons. Spending more money to buy a giant cannon can also protect the safety of ships and cargo. After all, the ship can bring more than 10,000 taels of silver."

Mao Wenlong nodded in understanding.

The idea of ​​buying cannons in my heart to defend Pi Island was eliminated from my mind. He would definitely not be able to take out so much money. Even if it was on credit, he would have to be willing to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver for credit.
Chapter completed!