Li Qie witnessed the power of the gunboat with his own eyes. The twelve thirty-two pound cannons were like landslides and seas. No boat could withstand the attack of the gunboat, so it left a very deep impression on Li Qie. If warships could also fight like gunboats, the Qin army would not be worried if they had warships. One gunboat could guard a river.

Unfortunately, Xiong Jing had already imagined his idea. Gong Yindao shook his head one after another when he heard this, and Gong Shujian said directly: "This is not true."

"Why not?" Li Jian did not give up. "If the warship could fight with cannons..."

"The dragon bones of the warship are thin and less than three feet wide. The power of the back seat of the cannon is enough to break the dragon bone. If it is installed at the bow and stern of the boat, only one shot or two shots will be fired before the battle, what's the point of fighting?" Gongshujian said helplessly.

After Xiong Jing proposed that the warships were equipped with cannons, Gongshujian had tried it. The warships were fighting in a collision, and the speed reached or even exceeded ten knots during the collision. If the cannon was fired at a distance of 400 meters, the two sides would collide in just 77 seconds. At most one shot was fired in a seventy-seven seconds, plus the one shot installed before, you could only fire at most two shots.

The flat-bottomed ship is not a pointed-bottomed ship. The ship itself is swaying. Even within fifty steps, the artillery may not hit the target. The Operations Department had these experimental data, but in a hurry, Li came to the festival and had no time to read these materials.

"The sea boat seems to be feasible to all waters?" Zhuang Wudi conceived a supplementary plan.

"Shao Siming is good. Chaos-class gunboats are heavy and have deep water. They can only enter rivers and rivers, and they must be at the wind." Xiong Jing knew the meaning of Zhuang Wudi. "It is not as flexible and fast as the warships. They fight near the sea, and the warships also have guns. If they advance and retreat wantonly, the gunboats may not be able to win."

"In this way, we can only build cities and set up cannons to strait waterways, but..." If we cannot use boats to build boats, we can only place can we place cannons on the shore. Li Qi said this and asked someone to bring a map, and the water system of Chu State on the map is clear at a glance.

"It's Mian River." Li pointed to Judi, who was west of Nanzheng, and his fingers fell on this place. After saying that, he sighed again, "If the Qin people went down the Mian River, it would be useless to guard this water. The army could land on Juyi and attack Nanzheng."

"Wancheng." The second landing point of Li Qi's finger was Wancheng where he is now. "Fan Xiang, Gaoling, Xiangcheng, Daliang, Taoyi, Xiapi. Zhifu Port, Langjia Port, Huaishuikou, Dajiangkou, Zhejiangkou, Panyu, Jianguan,"

Looking at the map, Li Qi pointed out all the important waterways. Some of these places are in the Chu territory, some are in the Wei territory and Qi territory. Gaoling and Taoyi are in the Wei territory. Gaoling controls the Ru River and downstream of Xiangcheng; Taoyi controls the lotus water at the intersection of the Nanji River and the Lotus Water. Even so, he shook his head and said, "There are more than ten places that should be built to guard the cannons and towns, which must be several years. In the land of our Chu Kingdom, the rivers are crisscrossing and the sea is east of the east. If the Qin people attacked me from the sea, my cannon boats are all in the Western Continent of the Red Sea..."

"Just just call the Hong Kong River and return to China." Following the long route without hooks, the Hong Kong River bypassed Nanyang and entered the Green Ocean. Maybe it had already arrived at the Hera Stone Pillar at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. Xiong Jing said that it was recalled, but in fact it would not be recalled in two or three years. However, the seven gunboats stationed in the Red Sea could recall five of them. "The gunboats were also launched today." He said again.

"Of course, five gunboats were launched this year." Gong Shujian nodded. "It's a pity that there are guns but no medicine."

The sulfur limits the production of gunpowder, and the Chu army suffered a lot. Before Xiong Jing could speak, please don’t let me say: “The Hu merchant has transported the sulfur to Donghu. The Donghu King promised to protect the Hu merchant to Haikou, and this year he can get 100 tons of sulfur.”

"Good!" Everyone was shocked when they heard the sound. This was amazing good news.

"Now only saltpeter is short, and it will take some time to transport overseas." Xiong Jing added another sentence. Hundred tons of sulfur can be used as a thousand tons of gunpowder, but unfortunately the yield of urinary nitrogen on the island is not high. "However, there is no shortage of gunpowder during war."

"If so, will the gunboat be built next year?" Gongshu asked.

"But. Add five more ships, ten ships a year." Xiong Jing agreed without hesitation. The number of gunboats plus the five ships that were not launched was sixteen. If there was a naval battle with the Qin army, sixteen gunboats were not enough.

"How about the sea boat?" Gongshujian asked again. "Last year, the big boat was built, and only thirty sea boats were built, and only fifty this year. I was going to build it next year..."

"Cut down." The construction of large boats does not occupy the docks and wood of the sea boats. The gunboats are different. The gunboats not only occupy the docks, but also the workers and the wood have to squeeze the sea boats, one boat is equivalent to two. "The sea boats only build forty boats."

"But the money mansion has no money." Gong Yindao looked bitter. "Thousands of big boats cost 100,000 gold, but now the sea boat is trying to build no money, what if it is?"

"No money?" Xiong Jing's face also suffered. After getting into evil with Seleucus, the trade volume shrank sharply. The threat from the Indians was not terrible. The Peacock Empire was in constant collapse. The divided states and cities that had not been divided were smuggled, and Fahrenheit could not control it at all. The problem was that the gunboats blocked the Persian Gulf. In order to retaliate, Seleucus also strictly prohibited merchants from selling Chu goods.

"The red valley transports spices to the Mediterranean, and when he returns from the Mediterranean, he becomes rich." Xiong Jing could only comfort him in this way.

"When will it be?" Gong Yindao asked mercilessly and insisted on giving him some time.

"It takes two years." Xiong Jing said. Looking at the maps on several cases, he couldn't help but think: It's too slow to cast copper coins, should we issue paper money?

"Two years?" Gong Yindao stretched out two fingers, unable to believe it.

"The bonds can be resold." Naojiu knew the financial tension. He spent more than 200,000 gold last year to this year, and the first 300,000 gold bonds were basically used up.

"Why would you take advantage of this time the Qin people seek peace and sell another 200,000 gold bonds." Zhuang Wudi also said. "Our army invaded Guanzhong, and Qin State was about to perish. At that time, everything was fine."

The money spent in war is like flowing water. It costs more than 100,000 gold a year, and 200,000 gold bonds are only enough for one year. However, if you attack Guanzhong, one year is enough. Guanzhong is an important grain production area of ​​Qin. If you attack Guanzhong, Qin will die even if it does not perish. However, Xiong Jing, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, always feels that something is wrong, and he can't say what is wrong.

Simply put, he felt that he was very lucky recently. First, his wife gave birth to a son, then saltpeter was found, and then sulfur was also transported. Could it be that Dasiming really wanted to destroy Qin in one fell swoop and unify the world? It was so dreamy and unreal.

Under the gaze of his ministers, he quickly retracted his thoughts and said: "I know that the officials should quickly investigate the affairs of the Qin people's warships. Before attacking Qin, you must know whether the warships exist or not."

"I respectfully accept the order!" Don't let me know Xiong Jing's concerns, and there is no need to give instructions. He has ordered the Hou Ji to investigate thoroughly.

"King, since that's the case, then the Qin envoy asked for peace..." Naojiu asked again at the right time.
Chapter completed!