In fact, these aristocratic families in the south of the Ming Dynasty not only sailed on the river, some also engaged in maritime smuggling business, and many even served as pirates.

It's a pity that even so, they don't have large ships. After all, in East Asia, medium-sized ships are enough.

These families are greedy and short-sighted. Except for Li Huamei, probably no one has set their sights further to the west.

At the same time, European countries were already using large ships, even giant ships. And they were also actively opening up shipping lanes to East Asia.

Once Western colonists came to East Asia, dozens or even hundreds of large warships could overwhelm all local forces. They were Li Huamei's real enemies.

Now Li Huamei is actually racing against time. She must build a strong enough navy before the arrival of the Europeans. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty will be completely defeated.

The premise of all this is that she must first defeat the enemy of life and death - the pirates coming to the island.

Fortunately, Westerners encountered strong resistance from the Arab Empire in the Indian Ocean area. It was difficult to pass through in a short time.

So far, the Europeans have only had some medium-sized ships that have entered Southeast Asia. This area was enough for them to struggle for a while.

Of course, this is a game after all, and almost everyone who enters the game is a citizen of New Han. Even if there are players from Europe who defeat Asia, they are still Chinese.

As for the NPC forces on the strategic map, there will be large guilds to deal with them.

Besides, with the acquisition of large battleships and Richard, the Li family pirates will soon enter the fast lane of rapid development.

It is very likely that in the future, Li Huamei will lead the Li pirates out without waiting for the Westerners to attack.

Li Huamei was overjoyed, waved her hand, and paid the researcher 10 million gold coins.

Five large warships were ordered, including the large Arab ship already obtained.

The average price of a ship is 2 million. This price is not expensive at all. Large warships are priceless and unmarketable in East Asia. They are definitely a hot commodity.

No matter how many times more expensive Li Hua Mei is, you still have to pay for it. But this is a game, and the system still has to impose certain restrictions on players, including this kind of hot commodity.

It is absolutely impossible for players to take some glass balls to America and exchange them for a large amount of gold. The price difference has already been limited by the system.

The same is true for large battleships, 2 million is almost the maximum.

Originally, the researcher could have delivered the goods immediately. However, Xiao Ming was cautious and felt that he should take his time. He should not appear too outrageous.

So I made an agreement with the beautiful admiral that the next time the researcher goes to Diaoyu City, the remaining 4 large battleships will be delivered. I will collect the remaining rewards on the way.

In addition to gold coins, resources, experience, admiral status, professional talents and alchemy blueprints, there are two other rewards for the researcher who rescued Richard.

One is the treasure reward: [Compass]. Function: Navigator’s measurement ability +24.

What the hell is this navigator? Xiao Ming wondered.

The system gives an explanation. When a player has the status of an admiral, the player can appoint navigators to some special positions based on the level of the admiral and the size of the flagship.

These navigators can provide additional functions or bonuses to the admiral's fleet, such as adjutants, surveyors, gunners, comptrollers, etc.

Navigators can be served by generals or followers, and of course free NPCs can also be hired.

Among them, surveyors rely on the surveying ability of NPCs to play their role. A good surveyor can know the longitude and latitude of the location of the player's fleet at any time.

If an admiral wants to make accurate nautical charts, he must have good surveyors. The treasure compass is also prepared for surveyors.

But now that the researcher doesn't even have a ship, he can't appoint a navigator. This treasure can only be left idle for the time being.

When Xiao Ming switched roles, he naturally strengthened the compass twice. After strengthening, the measurement ability was +72.

Taking advantage of this east wind, Xiao Ming strengthened many items a second time.

Among them is the [Human Strengthening Potion Type 2] obtained from the secret realm of Captain America 1.

It's just that after strengthening this potion twice, no special effect was seen.

Because the introduction of this item is very vague, it only says that it can strengthen the quality of the human body. The specific effect will vary from person to person and from place to place.

Different secret realms and different people will have different effects after using it. This strengthening potion is mainly used by those who are not in particularly high physical fitness.

Xiao Ming was just a little bit away from using it for researchers. After several considerations, he finally stopped at the cliff. This kind of general-purpose item is for emergency use. It would be a pity to use it now.

But there was one thing that, after being strengthened twice, turned into a treasure. That was the glass bottle that was originally used to seal the Flying Dutchman battleship.

It was already useless, but the diver still picked it up and put it in the light dome. He was planning to strengthen it later.

This enhancement is incredible. This glass bottle regains the ability to seal a ship and its crew, twice. The premise is that both the ship and the people belong to Xiao Ming.

Considering that the diver also has 4 bottles, this is a set of treasures that can easily transfer troops.

The biggest feature of this bottle is that it can be put into a backpack, warehouse, or bright roof at will.

The last reward Li Huamei gave to the researchers was a person. The half-elf general-Julian Luobosi.

He is a newly promoted general of the Li family's navy. Li Huamei led everyone to steal a treasure - the golden crown of Xinluo - from the tomb of King Wuning outside Xinluo City.

This treasure was used to recruit Julian Luo Si. When Li Huamei was doing trade in Hangzhou, she happened to meet this half-elf general.

Accepting his mission to find Xinluo's golden crown. After obtaining this treasure, Li Huamei went to Hangzhou.

After Luosi got the golden crown, she naturally joined the Li family pirates and followed Li Huamei to Diaoyu City.

Now that the researcher has been appointed as the admiral of the Second Fleet, Li Huamei must send a general who is familiar with the sea to help.

Several previous generals, Yang Xiyou, Yi An Duke, James Luwei, Xingjiu Baimu and others, all have fixed positions.

If any one of them is suddenly assigned, the Li family fleet will always be a little dysfunctional. No one will take care of the things he is responsible for.

Luo Bosi is just right. He is just a newcomer and does not have a fixed position. It is just right to assign him to the researcher as an assistant.

It's just that his people are in Diaoyu City now, so in the future when researchers go to Diaoyu City and deliver four large warships, they can take him away along the way.
Chapter completed!