I did evil in the feudal land, but I was called a virtuous king

"How many people are there in the navy you formed?"

"8000 people, I'm still recruiting and training." Li Xin didn't have any reservations about Li An, "I'll get a sailor with [-] to [-] first."

Li An nodded, "Go and have a look."

Not long after, Li Xin brought Li An to his naval academy, with Wu Hao as the head coach.

Seeing Li An and Li Xin coming, Wu Hao put down his work, walked over quickly and saluted the two: "I have seen you, my lord."

"I'll bring my elder brother here to take a look around, you guys continue to train." Li Xin waved his hand and led Li An around.

After playing around and returning to the back room, Li An frowned and looked at Li Xin puzzled: "You are talking about a navy, why didn't you see the boat?"

Hearing this, Li Xin smiled mysteriously: "Brother, you can see that I am actually an infantryman. There are a few fishing boats parked by the sea. These infantrymen stand on the fishing boats, aren't they just sailors?"

"Eh..." Li An looked at Li Xin speechlessly: "I heard that you have already sent sailors to wipe out most of the water bandits, so you used fishing boats to fight?"

"Hahaha~" Li Xin laughed loudly: "Brother, how can we use fishing boats to eliminate water bandits?"

"Without a warship, your navy swims to fight people?" Li An was a little puzzled.

Li Xin smiled and continued to explain to Li An.

"Although these water bandits take boats to plunder passing merchant ships, they can't live on the boat all their lives, can they?

I just need to send someone to find their lair on the shore, ambush them secretly, and catch the water bandits when they come ashore. "

"You're pretty smart." Li An nodded, and questioned his soul: "Then the water bandits escaped to sea by boat?"

"My fishing boat will definitely not be able to catch up with the water bandits' boats. Let the sailors chase them by boat for a while. I will send people to guard the shore if they can shoot and kill the water bandits. Die on board, or go ashore and be surrendered."

Li Xin had no intention of fighting to the death with the water bandits at sea.

His strategic goal has always been on this land.

The navy that wiped out the water bandits and fought against the Japanese pirates was just a banner for him to recruit troops.

After all, in his opinion, only this piece of land is Dahua's territory, and real wars will only happen on land.

What's the use of getting a few big ships and training sailors to fight on board?

Can the boat go to the shore, to the capital?

Li An thought for a moment, then gave Li Xin a meaningful look.

"Brother, authentic sailors are still needed, and Dahua also needs a strong navy."

Li Xin looked at Li An in puzzlement, and set up a navy just to wipe out the water bandits and Japanese pirates?

It is a bit overkill.

"Brother, I don't understand?" Li Xin asked simply.

"Not to mention water bandits and Japanese pirates, look here." Li An casually pointed to a coastal city on the map hanging on the wall.

"If this city is occupied by the enemy, it will not be able to attack for a long time. The terrain here is steep, and it is difficult to send troops around to attack.

At this time, we can send sailors to land here along the coast by boat, and then trek along here for a certain distance to the rear of the enemy army, forming a situation of two sides sandwiching..."

"... In addition to being able to fight on the water, the big ship can also send soldiers to the rear of the enemy to launch a surprise attack. Moreover, the inland of Dahua is also full of big rivers, so the navy is very necessary."

"And you, the Japanese pirates in the sea, have to be thoroughly dealt with!" When he said this, Li An's eyes were particularly cold.

Listening to Li Anba blah blah a lot, Li Xin also grasped a few key points.

Nodding his head, he really should get some big ships.

It's just that the Japanese pirates are elusive, and they can only be prevented, but it is difficult to completely cure them!

"Brother said it is true, how about it, brother, I have a lot of salt merchant ships here, and I will get a dozen of them tomorrow."

"Do it? How do you do it?" Li An looked at Li Xin.

Li Xin grinned: "Brother, don't worry, I won't snatch it for nothing, it will leave people with a clue, and I will give money to the salt merchants."

In Li Xin's place, there are also many dishonest salt merchants, and Li Xin didn't kill them all at once.

Li Xin didn't choose to fish in the dry lake, and he killed and ruined them all at once, and no one will provide him with extra money in the future.

Snatching a ship... He will give money to conscript the ship, as for how much...it depends on the mood.

Don't think ninety taels too much, and don't think ten and a hundred taels too little.

"Let's go and see the merchant ships of the salt merchants first." Li An said to Li Xin.

Li Xin nodded and led Li An out of the school grounds.

Chapter 107

Soon the brothers came to the port in a carriage.

Many merchant ships in the port are loading and unloading cargo.

Li Xin lifted the curtain of the car and pointed at the largest merchant ship: "Look, brother, this ship belongs to the salt merchant Li Yu. This kid is not a good guy. How about I recruit this ship to the navy?"

"A salt merchant surnamed Li again?" Li An was slightly puzzled, he had already killed a salt merchant surnamed Li who was doing evil.

He thought that there was no salt merchant surnamed Li here anymore.

As for the salt merchant's name, he forgot, but he remembered the salt merchant's idiot son, because the name was very distinctive, Li Qing, a blind man!

Li Xin smiled, "Brother, most of the salt merchants have the surname Li, and they don't have any background, so they can't be a salt merchant."

Li An nodded and continued to look at the big ship.

After a while, Li An shook his head: "No, this boat is still not big enough."

"Isn't that big enough?" Li Xin was shocked.

Ships bigger than this one seem to be only father's dragon boat, right?

"Brother, what do you mean, let me bring the dragon boat of the father?" Li Xin frowned: "I can't do this brother, so you should go, brother, you have a lot of ideas!"

Li An glanced at Li Xin speechlessly, "Why are you thinking about your father's money all day long? You don't have a shipyard here, so you can't build it yourself?"

"Building a dragon boat?" Li Xin's eyes widened again, "Brother, are we going to be a little drifting? Build a dragon boat behind your father's back, and if your father spoils you, we brothers will be punished!"

Thinking of this, Li Xin admitted that he was cowardly.

"Who asked you to build a dragon boat, build a warship!"

"Take me to your largest shipyard. I'll see if I can use their blueprints to transform a few warships. As long as warships are built, the pattern of naval warfare will be completely changed in the future!"

"Oh." Li Xin nodded half understanding, and the two brothers went to the largest shipbuilding factory along the coast.

"Brother, three generations of ancestors in this shipyard have been shipbuilders, and they also built my father's dragon boat.

If they can't make the warship you want, then Dahua probably won't be able to find someone who can make the warship you need! "

While the brothers were chatting, a middle-aged man hurried out with a large group of craftsmen.

Respectfully kneeling on the ground: "I have seen the prince!"

After saluting, the man brought Li An and Li Xin into the house.

The room was filled with all kinds of blueprints, Li An casually picked up a few blueprints and looked at them.

He can also see all kinds of things.

Li Xin and the man made their intentions clear, and the man quickly took out a bunch of blueprints for Li An to check: "My lord, these are the blueprints of ships built by our ancestors in the past."

Ang Li took out the drawings one by one to check. There were many styles of ships, but most of them were small and medium-sized ships, which could not meet Ang Li's requirements.

After going through the drawings, Li An looked at the man: "I heard that your majesty's dragon boat was also built by you."

The man nodded quickly.

"Take out the blueprint and let me see."

The man glanced at Li Xin, and after Li Xin nodded, he went back into the room and took out a beautiful brocade box.

In this brocade box is the blueprint of the dragon boat built for the old emperor, because it was built for the emperor, so the man thinks it is a supreme honor, so even the blueprint is preserved in the brocade box.

There is also no photo frame. If there is a photo frame, men will probably have to frame it as an ancestral treasure.

Li An opened the drawing to check, and finally showed a satisfied expression.

The ship was large enough to meet his requirements for carrying cavalry.

As for carrying transport cavalry, he has his own considerations about whether it will be used in the future, and he hopes it will not be used.

After that, Li An and the man chatted alone for half an hour, and asked the man to improve the blueprint according to his requirements, and it became the blueprint of the warship.

After finishing the work, the man looked at Li An puzzled: "Why did the prince leave so many holes in the hull?"

"This is the reserved muzzle."

"Mouth?" The man looked at Li An puzzled.

"You just build it as I said. After the ship is built, the king will send someone to send the cannon over."

Now that Li An has gunpowder and iron ore in his hands, it is still very simple to build a few cannons.

Today's naval battle is long-range shooting. After a wave of shooting, the two ships approach, and then board the ship to fight hand-to-hand.

After Li An's warship is built, who will play bow and arrow with you, a few shells will pass, and even the man and the boat will sink to the bottom of the water to feed the fish!

After explaining the shipbuilding matters, Li An and Li Xin left.

On the carriage, Li An was worried that this brother didn't have enough money, so he said generously: "If you are short of money for shipbuilding or navy building, you can come to me to get it."

"I don't need to bother you, big brother. Money is everywhere in my sea." That sinister face was exactly the same as Li An's.

"Eh..." Li An was speechless: "Don't tell the outside world that you learned from me."

"Hey~" Li Xin smiled foolishly and honestly.

Li An was also a little confused for a while, is this Li Xin really stupid or fake?

But he didn't care, "By the way, remember to write a letter to your father about building the warship. You have to let your father know that there is such a thing."

"Okay big brother."

When I went back, I passed the sea again, and there happened to be a fishing boat returning from fishing.

Li An asked the driver to stop.

Li Xin looked at Li An puzzled.

Li An grinned: "I want to eat abalone."

Li An's place is either mountains or water, and the only food he can eat is mountain delicacies. Where can he eat seafood like abalone?

It was a rare visit, he wanted to change his taste.

"Brother, if you want to eat abalone, tell me earlier, and I will arrange for someone to buy it for you after I go back."

Li An saw that the fisherman suddenly wanted to eat abalone, so he wanted to ask the fisherman if he had any for sale, and try his luck.

Since Li Xin could buy it, he gave up the idea.

In the evening, there are a lot of seafood on the table.

This was the first seafood meal that Li An ate after coming to Dahua, and Li An was full.

After eating, she lazily lay on the chair and asked Liu Yiyi to rub her belly with her small hands, looking like she was enjoying herself.

There are people serving every day, and the food is delicacies from mountains and seas. These little days are really nourishing.

"Brother, I remember you didn't like to eat these fishy things before?"

"Blind...say." Li An said with a look of enjoyment, "Can anyone refuse delicious abalone?"

……

Li An stayed in Haijiang for a few more days. These days, the two brothers just drank and drank, visited brothels, ate abalone and seafood, and occasionally went fishing by boat.

He had a very enjoyable and nourishing life, and he regarded Li Xin's sea frontier as a resort.

Feeling that the time was almost up, Li An also took Liu Yiyi and others on their way home.

The next time I come here, I will just wait for the warships to be built and bring the cannons over by myself.

……

It's night, Yuyi Pass.