"You don't want to form your own navy, do you? Do you want to recruit me?"
Ding Kui was already drinking, so he didn't have too many scruples when speaking.
"What did my uncle say? How could my nephew have such great ambitions? There are many sea areas in Zhili, and foreign warships are rampant here. If there is no restraint, life will become increasingly difficult for the people around him.
, since my nephew is already the governor of Zhili, we can never continue to see this kind of thing, so we are preparing to form a coast guard."
Gao Shaoyi began to secretly change his mind. Of course he knew what kind of person Ding Kui was. Like his father, he was loyal to the court and would never betray the court.
After listening to Gao Shaoyi's words, Ding Kui also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it does not betray the court and is good for the people, Ding Kui will definitely support it.
"You want to recruit a group of people here from me, right?"
Ding Kui quickly understood what Gao Shaoyi wanted. This guy could get a warship by himself, and he still had enough money, so the only thing missing was people.
"I really can't hide my little thoughts from my uncle. I'm here to help him."
Gao Shaoyi said with a smile, and then drank a glass of wine with Ding Kui to see how many people could be given to him. Tang Shuang went out and found about a hundred people, and the system allowed him to build a ship. If he relied on
Ding Kui's appeal can reach hundreds of people.
As long as there are enough people, this place can use full power to exchange for destroyers, producing thirty tons an hour, and one can be produced in more than thirty hours.
"After the defeat of the Beiyang Fleet, many old brothers have indeed returned home. I can help you find them, but this treatment..."
Who said Ding Kui was a purely kind person? He narrowed his eyes when he talked about this matter. He knew how the Suppression Army was treated, and his old brothers could not suffer.
"As long as you have real skills and can sail a warship for me, I'll start with six silver coins per person per month."
Gao Shaoyi slapped the table, are we the ones who are short of money? As long as you can find people, the salary will be no less than that of your Beiyang Fleet.
"Is this true?"
"If I tell a lie, my uncle will point it at my nose and scold me."
Gao Shaoyi can be regarded as vouching for his character, but a month ago, no one would have believed that Gao Shaoyi had character.
"Then you go back and prepare money. The Beiyang Fleet was once the sixth largest fleet in the world. Just talking about sailors, I can find you thousands of people without any problem. It's just that this officer is hard to find. Most of the outstanding officers
They all died in the last naval battle."
Speaking of this matter, Ding Kui's eyes started to get wet again. At that time, he didn't know how many people lost their lives before Ding Kui's life was saved. Without the sacrifices of those people, I am afraid that the current Beiyang Fleet would not even be able to survive.
No one can sail a boat.
"Uncle, don't worry. My nephew will never mistreat these heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country. We have prepared half a million silver coins, part of which will be given to the families of the fallen soldiers, and the other part will be given to active naval officers and soldiers."
Sugar-coated bullets are useful at any time, and these people must taste the sweetness. Although Gao Shaoyi does not have the ability to annex the Beiyang Fleet, there is no problem in sending money after all. Gao Shaoyi remembers eight words in his mind
Son, whether it is dealing with the dignitaries above or the soldiers below, money opens the way and has no disadvantages.
"Your father has given birth to a good son after all. I would like to thank you first on behalf of those drunken brothers. To be honest, their lives have been really bad these years, but your uncle and I have no choice but to do so."
They are limited, and the court does not take them seriously..."
Ding Kui's tears were already shed. He also wanted to help the families of those fallen soldiers, but he had no choice but to only have a salary of a few hundred silver coins a month and a large family to support. With Gao Shaoyi's
With the money, it can improve the lives of many people.
This meal was indeed not in vain. The next morning, Gao Shaoyi found the system prompts that he could start building the second destroyer.
One hundred thousand merit points can build one, which is too cheap for Gao Shaoyi. Although this is the only naval warship unlocked by the system, as long as the number is enough, it is still completely impossible to control the sea area around Haicheng.
no problem.
What's more, each ship also carries several instructors. Starting from now on, the navy will be able to grow quickly.
Ding Qun!
Ding Kui's nephew.
He is also the second adult man in the Ding family.
Except for their uncles and nephews, all of them died in the war.
Gao Shaoyi named the first destroyer Daqian Ship, and Ding Qun was the captain of this first destroyer.
Even though this guy is only twenty-six years old now, among the entire navy of the Daqian Empire, if he is incompetent, I am afraid that no one else can become a captain of the navy.
It only took two days for Ding Qun to select all the crew members. Although there are hundreds of people in Gao Shaoyi's place, among these hundreds of people, it is natural to select the best. After all, this is the number one position of the Coast Guard.
A destroyer.
The Zhili Governor's Yamen has a coast guard.
All the foreigners had not recovered from the last shock and heard the news in an instant. Does this mean that they also have their fleet on the ocean?
However, many foreigners did not take this matter seriously. More than ten years ago, the Daqian Empire vigorously established its own navy, but what was its use in the end? It was not that people from the Dongdi Kingdom
A naval battle brought things back to their original shape.
Moreover, they also heard that the first warship of the Coast Guard was only over a thousand tons, so these people were even less nervous. A small warship of over a thousand tons only patrolled the coastal areas and could not be regarded as an ocean-going navy at all.
Gao Shaoyi was not in a hurry to prove this to them. He just ordered Ding Qun to reduce the speed to less than 20 knots during normal cruising, which was a speed that foreigners like them could understand.
If anything happens in the future, we will use our trump card and let you foreigners see that it is not you who have the final say on the ocean, and the ocean is no longer your private territory.
Just when Gao Shaoyi was about to take a short rest, someone from the Marquis Mansion in the capital sent a letter. There was nothing in it, only the words Gao Shaoyi accepted on the envelope.