A battle is only half an hour. Those ships that flee are never able to escape. In terms of ship speed, the strength of the gunboats is not inferior to the power of artillery. It is only a matter of time before the cannibals can be surrendered.

In addition to nearly a thousand casualties, seven or eight hundred people fell into the sea. In fact, not many people were left behind, only five or six hundred.

However, the naval battle process that happened and ended in a short time was so short that many people had come to an end before they could recall it.

This is a slaughter that makes people feel scared. The sea ships with big food have almost no ability to turn back. Even when they rushed over with swords and swords, they seemed ridiculous.

Now that the smoke of gunpowder has dissipated, the sea is in a mess, the wreckage of the shipwreck, the corpses floating on the sea, and the blood bubbles that keep gushing out, making people unable to see the death.

The emperor was very happy. Zhu Di had not felt so comfortable for a long time. At this time, he was so excited that he began to re-examine the gunboat and walked directly to the artillery cabin on the bottom. He happened to see the tired gunner wiping the artillery and preparing to cover the cannon.

When Hao Fenglou and Zhu Di came down, the cannon cabin captain Li Rui was suddenly panicked and quickly raised his chest and said, "I have seen you... I have seen Your Majesty... I have seen you."

Zhu Di smiled slightly and bent down to see the cannon himself. The cannon tube was still a little hot. Although the inner chamber was washed with water and brushes, the pungent smell of the gun smoke still did not dissipate.

"Hao Fenglou, I want this ship." Zhu Di said word by word: "It shouldn't be a winner, but the court needs these gunboats. Not only gunboats, but also the treasure ship.

Originally, these were to be handed over to the court. But perhaps this thing was too sharp, and Zhu Di knew it would be expensive. Originally, he thought that the Hao family would not cost a single money to build a ship, and the scale of this ship would not be too large. It was probably just a sea boat.

But who knew that when someone made such a big guy, even the gunship came out.

At this time, Zhu Di had to re-examine the ship. The ship came out, and it surprised him too much. The ship was too large and the cost was really expensive. Zhu Di closed his eyes and knew how much wealth the Hao family would lose.

Zhu Di knew the little wealth of the Hao family, and Zhu Di could almost imagine it. In order to build such a ship, the Hao family would not have lost all their wealth, but it was enough to make the Hao family short of money.

If he still took advantage of others as he used to be, Zhu Di's personality would be a little disgusted.

Zhu Di is not a heartless and righteous deed, nor is he as selfish as Emperor Taizu. After all, he is a vassal king and can be more sympathetic to his subordinates.

Of course, Hao Fenglou did not dare to neglect and said, "I brought the ship to the court this time, and I originally planned to present the ship to the court."

Zhu Di shook his head and said, "Of course these ships are dedicated to the court, but what about the future? The Haigong Shipyard also needs to build ships for the court. What I want is not a few treasure ships or a few gun ships. But dozens or even thousands. Are these waiting for you to offer? Don't worry, I won't teach you how to suffer losses. You are the heroes, so how can you make the heroes suffer losses?"

Zhu Di paused for a moment and continued, "I will ask the Ministry of Revenue to draft a charter and try my best to get the Ministry of Revenue to allocate 300,000 taels of silver every year. In addition, the treasury will also raise more than 100,000 taels of silver. These silver were originally used to build ships for the Longjiang Shipyard, but now it will be allocated to the coastal defense shipyard. How do you Hao's family build ships? This is your business, but you can hand over the ship as much as you want."

Zhu Di let out a sigh and continued: "With these ships, Zheng He will be allowed to sail in the beginning of the spring of the next year."

After hearing this, Hao Fenglou couldn't help but fall into the ground.

In fact, although the Hao family has a million dollars in wealth, the shipbuilding is indeed very costly. If you offer ten or eight ships, the Hao family can still support it, but if you keep making such a steady stream of contributions, the Hao family is afraid that it will not be able to bear it.

Now the court is willing to take out silver, which is more than 400,000 taels of silver a year, but it has stabilized the status of the coastal defense shipbuilding.

The court said it was allocated, but in fact it was just an order. The Haifang Shipyard now has so many people. If you want to improve ships and build ships, you must build docks, steel workshops, wood workshops, cable workshops, canvas workshops, and even paint.

This is the livelihood of tens of thousands of people, and these tens of thousands of people have monthly salary. With money, they have to have food, clothing, housing and transportation, so they have attracted many merchants to move in. If Lang Son has gradually become the political and economic center of Jiaozhi, then the main thing that the coastal defense relies on is shipbuilding.

The court did not give money, and the Hao family could not afford it. Only by continuously taking out real money and silver can the shipbuilding industry continue. Because it was necessary to build ships, it would require the acquisition of a large amount of ship materials. Many people in Jiaozhi now rely on mining, wood and cotton to survive. On the one hand, they supply Lang Son, and on the other hand, they supply coastal defense. Almost the entire Jiaozhi has been in order. Lang Son and coastal defense are responsible for manufacturing, and manufacturing is naturally the main business of the Hao family. The wealthy gentry in Jiaozhi organized the Jiaozhi prefectures and counties to provide raw materials. In terms of economic relations, these people have already been dependent on the Hao family. Every move of the Hao family is enough to affect the rise and fall of their family.

Therefore, if Jiaozhi is stable and to consolidate the Hao family's position in Jiaozhi, this "order" is essential.

Lang Son's industry is fine. Now Lang Son's cloth, Lang Son wood utensils and Lang Son's ironware have become famous all over the world. Buyers are like crucian carp. This is not only because Lang Son's quality is excellent, but more importantly, the price is low.

The larger the scale of manufacturing, the lower the cost, which is an eternal truth. Take textiles as an example. If you are self-sufficient and buy cotton and spun cloth by yourself, this pound of cotton may be at least 130 yuan. But if the Hao family's silk spinning purchases, the price can be reduced to less than 80 yuan. The reason is very simple. The former is retail, the latter is wholesale, the former has the final say for the purchase of cotton, and the Hao family has the final say for the purchase of cotton. Merchants would rather sell all their silk to the Hao family than sell for 130 yuan to ordinary people.

The acquisition process greatly compresses costs. In addition, the manufacturing and transportation process also minimizes the costs. The Hao family's cloth shop uses the latest looms, which increase the efficiency of old looms like ordinary people more than several times. Not to mention that ordinary people are reluctant to immerse and dye them when weaving cloths. Even if they want to dye cloths, they must be sent to the dye shop. The dye shop must charge you ten or eight copper plates, but the Hao family's own dye shop costs less.

The final result is that even if you buy cotton yourself and go to weave cloth, the final production is made with little soil. The consumption of a piece of cloth is more than 430 yuan, while the Hao family can ship it for 350 yuan. Then the merchants sell the cloth with cloth everywhere, and the terminal price is only more than 600 yuan. Such cloth is of good quality and novel texture. It can be purchased with just a little more money, and saves a lot of labor, which naturally makes people flock to it.

Nowadays, Haiphong's shipyard has gained a firm foothold. In the future, Haiphong will be built into a port, and its status will almost be lower than Lang Son.

After receiving Zhu Di's accurate letter, Hao Fenglou did not feel embarrassed and quickly saluted: "The grace of the father is remembered in my heart."

Zhu Di laughed and patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go, go to the deck and take a look. It's strange. I was a little dizzy just now, but when the cannon fired, I became more energetic. Let's go and take a look at the sea."

Back at the deck, the ship had set sail. Because the bottom cabin was imprisoned, the civil and military ministers and envoys could only stand on the deck. At first, they were a little distracted, but later, some people ignored the dignity and simply sat on the ground. So everyone sat down directly without caring about their image. Many people whispered to each other, and it was very impressive to be impressed by the power of the gunship.

However, for these adults who are in high spirits, the ship is not very shocking. What everyone is concerned about is that Hao Fenglou's pursuit of the pirates is also a great achievement. I am afraid that this time, Hao Fenglou's kindness will not be small, so some envious and some frown.

Zhu Gaochi narrowed his eyes and sat cross-legged with Xie Jin. The one sitting not far from him was King of Han Zhu Gaoxu. In fact, Zhu Gaoxu has seemed much low-key in recent days. He, the King of Han, gradually felt something was wrong. His position as the prince of his brother became more and more stable. Instead, he seemed to have no nose and eyes and continued to stay in the capital. It seemed to be meaningless, but if he didn't stay here, he would even lose the last chance.

He looked at the prince, while Zhu Gaochi talked and laughed with Xie Jin, and the light from the corner of his eyes couldn't help but fall to the brother who coveted the East Palace.

When Zhu Di went to the deck, everyone stood up and came to salute.

Zhu Di suppressed his hands and said with a smile: "You guys, how do you think about this excitement?"

Zhu Gaochi quickly stood up and said against his will: "This ship is sharp, which really opens his eyes. Hao Fenglou made great contributions to building the ship. My ministers think that he should be rewarded."

Zhu Gaoxu was unwilling to fall behind and said, "What the prince said is very true. Father and ministers have also opened their eyes today. They also think that it is necessary to reward them so that the hard work of the Hao family father and son will not be vain."

Zhu Di just smiled and said, "Don't worry, let me talk to the court for discussion."

Hearing this made people gasp.

If the imperial edict is issued on a whim, it would be nothing, but it would be left to the court for discussion. What does it mean? What the court should discuss is absolutely nothing. Is it worth discussing a trivial matter? The only possibility is that this time I really plan to reward you more.

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