The sooner Gao Xianda's ship is built, the sooner they will attack the Dragon Sect.

The Guangdong navy originally had a regular fleet, but due to the sea ban, its combat effectiveness was not very strong. There were only a few small boats and a medium-sized boat. They caught smuggling fishermen on weekdays to support the scene.

Not to mention fighting head-on with Taiwan's naval forces, even facing Japanese pirates, they would be unable to defeat them.

Since we have to fight a regular water battle, we have to fight Shenlong Island and even Taiwan Island. It is not possible to rely on such a naval army.

At least a strong large ship must be built. With all kinds of small and medium-sized ships, it can form a large and combat-capable fleet.

At this time, Sanjin exerted her scientific and technological innovation ability.

She had known for a long time that she was going south to fight a water battle, and shipbuilding was the key. So before she arrived, she exchanged a new design drawing for the latest battleship in Nan Huairen.

Although it is still a wooden structure, it has to cover the outside of the hull with a layer of iron plate. It has already taken the prototype of a modern warship and is more similar to the Japanese ironclad ships. It is much more advanced than the existing ships.

Although he and Nan Huairen have a very good relationship and have become goddaughter, it will take the camp's merits to exchange things.

The idea of ​​this drawing is very advanced and the design is very complicated. The keel is not limited to the trunk of a whole tree, and it is also very advanced technology that does not cover the iron without sinking. Therefore, the redemption fee is naturally not small.

In addition, she used to redeem the scopes, shock absorbers and other designs to redeem the guns, which also cost the camp merits, and her merit points were all consumed from now on. So she redeemed this drawing this time and could be said to have really invested a lot.

If this fails to succeed, she will give a complete reverence.

Gao Xianda was very moved by her efforts, so he appointed Sanjin as the general manager and could draw personnel to build the ship at will.

At that time, the warships were still in wooden structures, and each component had to be cut out with an axe and a saw bit by bit, and there was no assembly line operation, so a few months later, the warship only built a skeleton.

These days, in order to build an army, purchase equipment, and build ships, spending money is like flowing water. Gao Xianda does not care about finances, and when there are any difficulties, he goes to the governor to approve the note. Soon the governor of Guangdong is unable to bear it.

Although he once said that he must cooperate with Gao Xianda's military construction, he cannot use all his fiscal budget to build the army. If the people do not care about their lives, the people will cause trouble!

Instead of his official forced the people to rebel, and he was executed by the mob in the end, it would be better to offend Gao Xianda and let Gao Xianda kill him. At least he could leave himself a good reputation for pleading for the people.

So the governor bit the bullet and gave his advice to Gao Xianda.

Of course, Gao Xianda also knew the difficulties of the governor. The finances were indeed tight, but he could not tolerate the result of shutting down work after half of the ship was built.

Since the governor had no money, Gao Xianda had to write a letter to Kangxi for support. However, although Kangxi understood Gao Xianda's suffering, the treasury is relatively empty now. Kangxi said to Gao Xianda that he could not help. The biggest limit was that he could only exempt Guangdong's annual tribute within three years.

However, this could not solve Gao Xianda's urgent need. He could only discuss the issue of raising money with King Pingnan again.

After hearing this, Shang Zhixiao smiled slightly. He first took Gao Xianda around his mansion, then took him to look at the inner warehouse, and finally sent someone to read the account books.

Gao Xianda initially thought that Shang Zhixiao was taking him around these places, crying for poverty, and wanted to say that he had no extra financial resources. Gao Xianda was already holding back all his words and was about to say them.

Who knew that Shang Zhixiao was very supportive of Gao Xianda, and then expressed that he was willing to spend 500,000 taels of silver to invest in production and construction.

500,000 taels are not a small amount. Under the productivity at that time, 1 tael of silver could be exchanged for a permanent amount, that is, 1,000 large amounts. Converted to the current purchasing power, 1 tael of silver is about 1,000 yuan.

Then 500,000 taels are 500 million.

When Gao Xianda followed Soetu to search the house at Oboi's house, the furniture and antiques were sold for only a few million taels.

Oboi was a minister of life, a high-ranking official above ten thousand people, and was the real person in power at that time. All officials from all over the country had to curry favor with him. Even he could not afford 500,000 taels of cash for a while.

However, it is not easy for Shang Zhixiao to take out 500,000 taels as soon as he opens his mouth.

Of course, these are not all private property of King Pingnan. Most of them are the folk paste that was plundered by monk Zhixin during his reign, and stored in various warehouses.

As a result, when he arrived at Shang Zhixiao, he took it directly from the people and used it for the people. He directly used the money to smash Gao Xianda.

The reason why he took Gao Xianda around was to tell Gao Xianda: I have taken out all my furniture, so you can do it with confidence!

Gao Xianda now admires him very much. The new King of Pingnan is indeed decent!

With the investment of funds, the construction speed has increased significantly. After a few months, the armored ship finally took shape.

According to this speed, after spending the 500,000 taels of silver, the ship will be able to be launched.

But building a navy is too expensive, and the cost is far from what Gao Xianda did not expect.

This money is only enough to launch the ship. There are no other weapons and equipment on such a large ship.

This ship can carry two thousand people, double-powered sailboats, and iron armored packages, which look very scary, but if there is no weapon, it will be just a paper tiger and it will be useless.

As a last resort, Gao Xianda had to compile a book for Nan Huairen, wanting to order a batch of artillery.

Unfortunately, Gao Xianda had already kidnapped Nan Huairen's two cannons before. This time, he would not be able to sell his face again.

The cost of each cannon is relatively expensive. Not only is it expensive, they are directly under the imperial court. If you want to buy cannons, you must also get approval from Kangxi.

This kind of application is not something that Gao Xianda can solve by writing a letter. Moreover, Gao Xianda and others have been south for a year, so it is time to go north to report their work.

Gao Xianda now has basic trust in Chen Qili, and is sure that she really wants to defeat the Dragon Sect first with her. So Gao Xianda doesn't have to keep her by her side at all times.

Because Gao Xianda has very few people available, Chen Qili is now sharing a lot of work.

Gao Xianda didn't plan to cause trouble for too many people, so he only took Wang Yu and the two of them set off at night and went north to report their work. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!