In the early morning, when the sun had just begun to show its face on the sea, four stern warships and six large maritime sand ships set off from Hudouzhou, directly crossed the Yangtze River estuary, entered the East China Sea, and sailed down the coast.

Heading towards the South China Sea.

A warship is a warship with a narrow and long outer surface to collide with enemy ships.

Regardless of anything else, just looking at these ships of the Song clan, we can know that the Song clan is strong and wealthy. Especially after Chu Tianxiu boarded the ship, he discovered that these ships were actually equipped with a large number of trebuchets, octagonal crossbows, and weapons.

The equipment is by no means comparable to any of Chu Tianxiu's main ships.

But these stern ships with extremely superior performance were actually used by the Song clan for business - to be precise, they were merchant ships used to sell private salt, rather than as the main warships of the Song clan. There were other stern ships under the Song clan than these

A better building boat.

Speaking only of naval forces, I am afraid that apart from the official five-toothed ships and dragon boats of the Sui Dynasty, there is probably no one in the world who is even three points better than the Song clan.

"Mr. Song, I have always heard that the Song family's ships are the best in the world, and today I finally saw them. Regardless of whether the purpose of this trip is successful or not, I want to buy eight large warships from the Song family to serve as my commander. Even if it costs a lot of money to do so,

It’s worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.” Chu Tianxiu stood on the deck, quietly feeling the sea breeze blowing from the horizon, and the boundless and vast ocean, softly speaking to the side beside him.

Song Shidao said.

"Brother Chu, you're welcome. If Brother Chu needs it, after returning from this trip, I can decide to send three stern ships to Brother Chu. However, if Brother Chu wants eight ships, the other five ships will still have to be sold for 5,000 taels each.

.This is not because I, Song Shidao, am stingy, but because this kind of stern ship is expensive to build, and I, Song Dynasty, don’t have many." Song Shidao said with a hint of apology on his face.

A humble young master, as gentle as jade.

Regardless of whether Song Shidao's temperament is really suitable for this troubled world, it would indeed be a very comfortable thing to be friends with him.

In Chu Tianxiu's eyes, Yang Gong's treasure was just a worthless piece of food that was tasteless and a pity to throw away, so he didn't take it too seriously. Trading it for the opportunity to learn swordsmanship from Song Que was totally unreasonable.

It's a pity. But for Song Shidao, although he respected his father

He is as close as a god, but he doesn’t think that his sword skills are really worth a whole treasure of Yang Gong’s treasure, not to mention that all Chu Tianxiu needs is just a chance. So after he heard Chu Tianxiu’s emotion,

So he used his maximum authority to open a backdoor for Chu Tianxiu.

Teaching a man to fish is worse than teaching him to fish. No matter how good the boat you buy is, it is not as good as the boat you build yourself. But as early as when Dajianghui occupied Hu Douzhou, there was a shop on it with dozens of craftsmen.

shipyards, but those shipwrights have limited abilities and can only do some repair work on the ships, and

Just making some small and medium-sized river boats and sand boats cannot meet Chu Tianxiu's needs. With the ability of the Zhuhua Gang, although it can help Chu Tianxiu win over some shipwrights, the abilities of those shipwrights are also average.

It is really an elusive thing to find a true master shipbuilder.

If it were replaced by something else, Chu Tianxiu might be polite, but these ships were too important to him to refuse.

"Young Master Song, you're welcome. I know that I got a big advantage in this deal, but this kind of warship is what I urgently need now, so I will accept it shamelessly. After we come back from this trip, we will deliver it directly in Hu Douzhou." OK." Chu Tianxiu was overjoyed when he heard this, and replied directly by knocking on the board.

"A few days ago, I heard that there is a large family in Nanhai County, the Chen family. They are a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. They have been building ships and operating Nanyang trade for generations. The eldest son of the Chen family, Chen Changlin, married a beautiful woman named Youlan, who is known as a talented girl in the south of the Yangtze River. As a result, people have been Shen Faxing's son Shen Lun, who wanted to get his hands on her, had a grudge in his heart. On his wedding night, he led an army to attack the Chen mansion. He falsely accused him of being a rebel and massacred the Chen clan. Chen Changlin and his clansmen fled in all directions, and her husband Youlan was insulted by Shen Lun. He committed suicide by hanging on the back beam. None of Chang Lin's parents and brothers were spared in this battle. If Brother Chu is not afraid of Shen Faxing, he can recruit Chen Changlin as follows, and naturally he can recruit enough shipwrights." Song Shidao said with a smile on his face. There was also a sighing look on his face.

"Brother Song, although it is a bit presumptuous, I have to ask if there are any free shipbuilding masters in the hands of the Song clan. If possible, I would like to borrow a few from you to help me." After Chu Tianxiu thought for a while, he couldn't help but ask.

This incident that happened to Chen Changlin actually made Song Shidao despise him, but Shen Faxing was not only the prefect of Wuxing County, but also the Shen family he belonged to was a prominent family in Wuxing, so he was not ashamed of the Shen family's behavior, but It is impossible for an outsider to let the Song clan confront the Shen family, but now that Chu Tianxiu has talked about it, he is naturally willing to tell it, not only to help Chu Tianxiu, but also to help Chen Changlin.

"There are indeed many shipwrights among our Song clan, but they all live in Lingnan and have nothing to do with the world. It is not easy for me to mobilize them at will. However, I got a piece of news a few days ago that may be useful to you." Song Shidao After thinking for a while, he said helplessly.

"I'd like to hear the details!" Although Chu Tianxiu was a little disappointed, he still asked.

These days, Chu Tianxiu's forces have mainly focused on developing the navy, and the most important thing for fighting on the water is strong ships and weapons, which can sail quickly on the sea and can be used in maritime operations. The giant ships are naturally what Chu Tianxiu needs most at the moment. With the help of these powerful ships, Chu Tianxiu can more easily carry out his Nanyang strategy and control the territorial waters of the entire Nanyang.

The two masters did not bother about anything. Now that they had obtained many ships from Song Shidao, he naturally wanted to attract the attention of the shipbuilders in Song Shidao's hands. After all, the Song family had a great cause and it was just a matter of getting a few ships. Wool will not make the Song family bald.

"If that's the case, that's for the best, but I have to trouble Brother Song to help me contact Chen Changlin. I don't care about Shen Faxing, who is just a mere person, for the time being!" Chu Tianxiu's eyes showed a hint of joy. Sexy, he opened his mouth and said.

This is an excellent thing. If we can win over such a person, not only will there be a core figure for Chu Tianxiu's naval battle south in the future, but we will also directly get those outstanding clan members in the hands of the Chen family to win over Chu Tianxiu. Send out a cadre of naval personnel.

Chu Tianxiu actually knew who Chen Changlin was. This man should be Kou Zhong's future general who was best at water warfare and one of the best generals in the world. However, there were too many related things in his memory. He could only remember some important plots and characters firmly. If Song Shidao hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have been able to remember it for a while.

As for the problem of offending Shen Faxing, it's really not a big deal. After all, his main enemies in the future are actually Li Zitong in the south and Shen Faxing in the north. They can't last more than two years or less than half a year. He has to deal with them one by one. If he can bring Chen Changlin under his command, then he will have a sufficient excuse to deal with the Shen family directly.
Chapter completed!