Chen Miuzhu finally returned to Ling'ao Island. Before he could return home, he was summoned by Taoist Wutong for questioning.
In addition to Taoist Wutong, Yin Zhanlong, Zhang Zheng and Taoist Qingshan, the Island Owners Alliance consists of more than 30 shopkeepers discussing the plan, but the real decision-makers are these four people.
Qingshan asked: "Have you told Zhao Zhiran our conditions word for word?"
Chen Miuzhu nodded: "I said it in front of him and sent the documents to him."
Qingshan asked: "Is his attitude so determined? Is there any hesitation? Or deep thought?"
Chen Mianzhu thought about his words and said: "Abbot Zhao didn't listen very carefully, nor did he look very carefully. He only made one condition, asking the leader of the Wutong Alliance and the island owners and shopkeepers to surrender before the army."
Yin Zhanlong screamed in anger and smashed a porcelain bottle next to him: "How dare you do this! It's really annoying! They obviously lost the battle, how could they deceive others into this!
"
Chen Mianzhu sighed: "Leader, brothers, what we think of as a great victory is nothing in the eyes of others. In June last year, we destroyed most of their fleet in one battle, dozens of
ship, but what was the result? They built a stronger fleet in three months; last November, we raided their home, burned their camp, and destroyed nearly a hundred of their ships, large and small, and the same three
In the past month, their fleet has doubled again. When I left, they had just approved an ambitious shipbuilding plan, and they would build more than 20 warships based on thousands of materials alone!"
Having said this, Chen Miuzhu immediately took out a pen and paper and sketched a sketch of a thousand-material warship in front of the four people. He pointed at the sketch and said: "This is not an ordinary thousand-material ship. It was specially designed by the Ming Dynasty.
Thousand-material warship! Alliance leader, brothers, please take a look. The double decks, the upper and lower floors are equipped with French crossbows, heavy cannons, fire dragons and water dragon cannons and other battle arrays. Abbot Zhao specifically allowed me to visit the shipyard. For twenty
Six stations!”
Hearing this number, Wutong and others took a breath of air. The Island Owners Alliance also has a large ship with thousands of materials, but it has never had the concept of a double-deck design. There are only six to seven magic weapons on the entire ship. If you count alone
In terms of quantity, one of others is equal to four of our own. If we also count the range and power, the difference is even further.
Chen Mianzhu added: "In addition to the thousand-material warships, they also built more than fifty five-hundred-material warships this time, all of which can hold ten magic weapons. Well, in the words of Abbot Zhao, '
"Professional Warships', in terms of the number of large ships, is no worse than the Island Owners Alliance."
Qingshan shook his head: "How much money does this cost?"
Chen Mianzhu said: "I went to attend one of their fund-raising meetings. Longqing's three-year shipbuilding plan cost 1.5 million silver. It was prepared in a few days! Money? They are not short of it!"
Qingshan looked at Wutong and said: "We are not short of money either."
Wutong nodded: "One and a half million, we can also get it!"
Chen Miuzhu spread his hands and said: "What's the point of having money? Is there a place to buy it? Go to Siam, Champa, or Dali to buy it? Or buy it from Tianzhu? Even if you buy it, what will happen to the magical artifacts on the ship? Even if you buy it from Siam, Champa, or Dali?
We have also bought it, but who will sail the boat? Who will fire the cannon? Do we have that many people?"
Zhang Zheng sighed: "Brother Mianzhu has won the trust of Abbot Zhao. He went to the shipyard and participated in the fundraising meeting. He is more than a bit better than I was when I was in the Third Palace."
Chen Mianzhu rubbed his neck and said: "Brother Zhang said this, it makes people feel chilling! I was ordered to go to Yingtian through life and death, so I have to receive such a comment from Brother Zhang? Don't look for me in the future, and I won't even look for you.
Dare to go!"
Wutong waved his hand: "Don't say such angry words. In times of crisis, let's keep our tempers under control. My brothers, be gentle!"
Chen Mianzhu said: "I also made it clear that Abbot Zhao deliberately let me see this. The purpose of letting me see it was to let me tell the leader and brothers that Abbot Zhao has many ways to continue to consume us, and he will continue to consume us more and more.
, the stronger his power becomes! Anyway, this time I saw it clearly in Yingtian, there is something I don’t know whether to say or not.”
Wutong said nothing, but Qingshan urged: "Just say what you have to say."
Chen Mianzhu said: "Okay. Based on what I saw when I went to Yingtian this time, from the beginning to the end, the war with our island owner alliance was only handled by the joint meeting, and the Dao Sect True Master Hall didn't care about it at all! The joint meeting also
They only mobilized a small amount of power in southern Zhili, as well as Zhejiang, Fujian, and Shandong coasts, but did not launch it on a large scale. This is the confidence of Daomen. They only operate two shipyards, and the ships they build are already overwhelming us.
I’m not angry anymore.”
Yin Shunlong said loudly: "We will sink as many as we build!"
Chen Miuzhu sneered: "When I visited Longjiang Shipyard this time, I had a few conversations with one of their young craftsmen and asked him how fast he built ships. What do you think the Taoist named Amber said?"
Everyone looked at Chen Miuzhu, but no one praised him. Chen Miuzhu asked and answered: "People said, he can't say how fast, but he promised that the pirates... well, this is his
Exactly, he said he guarantees that if our island owner alliance sinks one inspection fleet ship, their shipyard will build two! If we sink two ships, they will build five! If we sink three ships, they will build ten.
!”
No one looked into the "offensive" words in his statement, and Wutong and others all felt very heavy.
There was silence in the room for a long time, and Wutong said: "Thank you for your hard work, Mianzhu. Go back and rest first. Your mother, daughter, and children are all waiting for you."
Chen Miuzhu nodded, clasped his fists at everyone, and left.
After he left, Wutong and others discussed it all night, finally made up their minds and called Chen Miuzhu over.
Taoist Wutong threw him a big silver bag and said warmly: "Brother Mianzhu, hurry up and rest for a few days, five days, no more than seven days. You go to Yingtian again and talk to Zhao Zhiran again."
Chen Miuzhu said helplessly: "Leader, Zhao Zhiran doesn't want to talk."
Qingshan said from the side: "We have lowered the conditions again. We don't want the Daomen to sell military armor magic weapons. As long as they recognize our Ling'ao Pavilion, we don't want all other conditions."
Chen Miuzhu thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it still won't work. This is exactly what Abbot Zhao values most."
Qingshan said: "If he still doesn't agree, just wait there for news."
Chen Miuzhu asked: "What news?"
Xiao Shan said: "Inspect the news of the fleet's third defeat. After receiving the news, you can talk to him again."
"What if he still doesn't agree?"
"If you still don't agree, you can tell him that Ling'ao Pavilion does not need to be built, but Ling'ao Pavilion must be built."
"Reduced from the pavilion to the pavilion?"
"good."
Chen Miuzhu thought for a while, nodded and said, "You can give it a try."