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"Master, the price will rise by several dozen times. Will it be too high and scare Westerners? Besides, it is based on the domestic retail price."

Shen Wansan questioned.

Ha ha!

"Don't worry! I will go with this commercial activity too. You can see how I will sell things then."

Doo Ho said.

"By the way, is the merchant ship equipped with a transmitter?"

Duho added.

"It's fully equipped, and it's the latest model developed, only slightly worse than the military one."

Shen Wansan said.

"Is there any latest news in China?"

Doo Ho said.

"Young Master, I heard that Xue Li encountered troubles in the Western Regions, and it seems that there was a conflict with the Peacock Empire.

The two sides are dispatching troops, and it won't be long before the war begins. "

Shen Wansan said.

Oh!

"In that case, let's stab the Peacock Empire's ass this time to relieve Xue Li's pressure."

Doo Ho said.

"Master, this time we only bring the navy officers and soldiers, not the army, how can we poke the ass of the Peacock Empire?"

Shen Wansan said.

"Old Shen, we can let warships bombard the coastline villages of the Mauryan Empire and sink the ships of the Mauryan Empire."

Doo Ho said.

Right!

It's really inappropriate not to bring infantry.

Boom boom boom!

Duhe was thinking.

"By the way, old Shen, did you purchase the goods on the thirty merchant ships?"

Doo Ho said.

"Not all of them! We only purchased [-] ships, and the remaining [-] ships were rented by other merchants."

Shen Wansan said.

At present, only Duhe's companies are engaged in maritime transportation, and others are basically not engaged in it.

After all, over the years, the caravans were mainly used by Lu Xun for recruiting, and they also transported food to the peninsula and the four islands of Yanhuang.

"Old Shen, you have to tell the merchants not to quote randomly, but to quote uniformly.

You can't lower the price by your own family, that will make Westerners take advantage. "

Doo Ho said.

"As ordered!"

"By the way, old Shen, did you pay taxes when the goods were exported?"

Doo Ho said.

"There is no such thing, because it has not been sold, and the sales price is unknown, so it is difficult to calculate the tax amount."

Shen Wansan said.

"Old Shen, you can't operate like that. According to the purchase price, the tax that should be paid must be paid. As for selling it in the Western world,

It is certain that the other country also pays taxes.This is an import and export tax, and it must be taxed when entering or exiting. "

Doo Ho said.

"Master, I'll send a telegram right away to ask someone to pay the tax."

Shen Wansan said.

"Okay! On this matter, I will give Li Er a note, and suggest the establishment of the Imperial Customs to manage the import and export trade of materials."

Doo Ho said.

In response to this situation, Du He wrote a statement overnight and played Li Er.

Shen Wansan called a meeting of businessmen.

According to Duho, study how to deal with foreigners.

In the empire's jurisdiction, many businessmen are not interested.

Most of the merchants participating this time are maritime merchants who usually do short-distance border trade.

But what?

Since Lu Xun's conquest of this sea area, the maritime merchants have not done much business.

the next day:

The caravan set off.

In order to ensure the safety of the caravan, the navy dispatched 30 warships to escort the merchant ship to ensure the safety of the merchant ship. For this reason, the caravan had to pay protection fees to the navy.

10 of the transaction amount.

This is what the Navy deserves, and no one will object.

What's more, it's not a big deal to pay such a small fee to the navy for more than ten times the huge profits, it's very cost-effective.

When setting sail, Du He considered again and again, and still brought a regiment of infantry along with him, leaving a regiment to garrison at the base.

Including supply ships, the caravan has nearly a hundred ships.

Go through the Majiujia Strait and enter the Peacock Sea.

The Imperial Navy still has bases here, not many, only two, mainly to monitor the Peacock Empire.

For safety, the fleet sailed along the coastline.

But what?

On the fifth day, the fleet encountered the warship of the Maurya Empire.

"Young master, report ahead, saying that there are warships from the Peacock Empire more than ten miles away, so the merchant ships should slow down.

Wait for the naval officers and soldiers to clean up the caravan before accelerating. "

Pro-defender.

Oh!

Duhe went to the deck and took out his binoculars to observe.

Damn it!

Hundreds of warships from the Peacock Empire!

It seems that the displacement is not very large, many of which are only tens or hundreds of tons.

Sailing warship!

There are three rows of gun ports on the warship, which looks scary and mighty.

It seems that the warships of the Peacock Empire are not very good.

It seems that the number is huge, and there are many fire/cannons, but those who understand know that it is the most primitive fire/cannon.

solid bullets!

It has no effect on the armored warships of the Tang Empire Navy.

In order to ensure safety, Du He also brought ten pure steel warships.

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Chapter 489 Naval battle with the Peacock Empire

wrong!

Du He saw through the binoculars that there was a big chimney on the battleship of the Maurya Empire.

Means that is steam engine as power.

Sailing, steam engine dual-drive battleship.

Explain what! ?

The steam engine of the Maurya Empire was immature, with low power, and it was difficult to drive the battleship.

Damn!

And this design is amazing!

The 25 warships of the imperial army were divided into two attack waves, and rushed towards the hundreds of warships of the Peacock Imperial Army.

An attack wave is composed of 10 pure steel warships, each with a displacement of 5000 tons and a maximum speed of 12 knots.

This is the latest model battleship of the Imperial Army.

Another formation consisted of 15 armored ships with a displacement of 2000 tons and a top speed of 15 knots.

Imperial cruiser, consisting of armored ships.

Five warships were left to wait for the merchant ships, with a displacement of 5 tons and a maximum speed of 1200 knots.

This is a frigate.

In this era, a speed of more than 10 knots is considered very fast.

brush!

Suddenly, the 25 warships of the imperial army were divided into two formations, the battleships rushed from the left, and the cruisers rushed from the right.

The warship of the Peacock Empire saw that the imperial army was moving separately, and quickly divided into two battle formations to meet the imperial warship.

babble!

It seems that the Peacock Empire does not divide battleships, cruisers, and frigates, and they all greet them in one go.

Want to win with more!

The imperial navy is well-trained and has been established for nearly ten years. It has been fighting and has never stopped.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and the speed is decreasing.

At 2000 meters, the imperial battleship grabbed the prefix T.

Rumble!

The imperial navy opened fire first.

Sixty 60mm artillery roared and smashed hard at the Maurya Empire battleship.

The commander of the warship of the Peacock Empire was extremely surprised.

Cannons fired at such a long distance, wouldn't the Tang people know how to fire artillery?

Hahaha!

The laughter didn't end, and when I saw the shells falling, I was stunned and dumbfounded.

How can it be?

How could Tangren's cannons hit so far?

The key is that it was so powerful that the commander of the Peacock Empire forgot to give an order.

Three shells hit, and the rest missed.