The policy of closing the country through the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the strict maritime ban policy and lack of attention to the shipbuilding industry, not only made the Ming Dynasty lose its right to govern the ocean, but also made the shipbuilding industry far behind the West.

Now, the Ming army ships, not to mention the warships of the Folang Jiren, are even worse than those of the Japanese pirates, which makes the Ming army only defensive. This is also true. The Ming army is in a passive situation, and the wars against the Japanese are usually in wars.

It's land warfare.

Lin Weiran proposed an upgraded version of the weapon-only theory, hoping that the Ming Dynasty could develop warships, use the advantages of warships to expel Japanese pirates overseas, or even annihilate them at sea.

Qi Jiguang knew that Lin Weiran's idea was beautiful, but he sighed lightly and said helplessly: "It is true, our warships are too behind! The remaining warships of the Divine Lightning Guard are seriously damaged and cannot sail far away.

, there is no power to engage in a naval battle with the Japanese pirates!"

"We can't sit still and wait for death. How about I'll help you repair those warships for free?" Lin Qingran seemed to be prepared and continued to throw out a bait path.

"Really?" Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up slightly, and he found that this person's energy was much greater than he thought and had greater ambitions.

"I want to rebuild the Bay Shipyard, but I need the Divine Power Guard to give me some craftsmen, how about?" Lin Qingran nodded slightly and said the exchange conditions.

The shipbuilding industry in the Ming Dynasty was mainly operated by the government, especially the large ships required for ocean-going navigation. Only the official had financial resources and technical support. For example, the official Qingjiang Shipyard had more than 8,000 craftsmen, and built fifty ships a year.

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As the court tightened its policy on maritime ban, Liu Daxia burned the shipbuilding drawings with a fire, and the official shipbuilding yard gradually declined, mainly for the canal transportation and mainly for the production of shallow ships in the river.

Fortunately, with the development of handicrafts, private capital has been accumulated. In addition to the demand for maritime trade by merchants, the private shipbuilding industry has risen and is still quite large.

Thanks to the fact that Dianbai Port was once the foreign trading port of Guangdong Maritime Corporation, the shipbuilding industry here is very developed and has become one of the four major shipbuilding centers in Guangdong.

The Bay Shipyard was born in this environment and is the largest private shipyard in western Guangdong. Unfortunately, after the shipyard was looted by pirates, it became a wasteland.

"No problem!" Qi Jiguang agreed immediately. This was undoubtedly a win-win cooperation. Although Shendianwei had craftsmen and shipyards, the corruption was too serious and the shipyard had already closed down.

After the matter was settled, Qi Jiguang stood up and said goodbye. Lin Qingran personally sent him out of the door and watched him leave.

After seeing Qi Jiguang leave, Yang Chun could no longer hold back the questions in his heart, so he frowned and asked, "Sir, you just trust him so much, ten thousand taels!"

For huge military expenditures, ten thousand taels are naturally nothing, but for any person or group, this is not a small amount.

Lin Qingran withdrew his gaze and said lightly: "If you don't have small wealth, you won't have big wealth!"

"Ten thousand taels, this is not a small fortune, right?" Yang Chunlai shook his head bitterly. Even though he was so rich, he felt a burst of pain.

Qi Jiguang is neither a famous general nor has any brilliant achievements. He is less than thirty years old and is also guilty. He really can't see his potential.

The same is true. Yang Chunlai felt that he had given him more. This ten thousand taels would probably be wasted.

Lin Qingran raised his hand and signaled Yang Chunlai to go to the tea room with him, and said confidently: "As long as we successfully open up the trade route to Nanyang, we will earn 100,000 taels, and a million taels are very easy. Why do we need to make this mere one.

Wanliang is worried about it?"

Uncle Gongyang was outside the door, and then quickly pushed open the door of the tea room and sent someone to bring tea.

"You are so confident in Qi's future!" Yang Chunlai turned his head and looked at him and asked seriously.

"Yes!" Lin Qingran nodded solemnly. He had no reason to question the ability of this military god. Once he was allowed to train the Qi family army, he might be killed in all the pirates and Japanese pirates in western Guangdong.

Yang Chunlai looked at Lin Qingran deeply again, then bowed solemnly: "I know what to do!"

Although he had some doubts in his heart, this only represented his point of view. It was only in this group that Lin Weiran was the backbone of the group. He was able to express different opinions, but he could only act according to the order when doing events.

Fortunately, he has good connections in Guangzhou Prefecture and has the support of Zhao Fugui's in-laws Niu Yinshan, so buying a bird gun is not difficult to accomplish.

As soon as Lin Qingran sat down to use tea, Hu Niu appeared outside the door in a blatant manner, and behind her was the timid little rabbit, the problem girl Shen Haiqiong, the cold Ali, and Shen Yan, who was dressed as a man.

Seeing these women appear, I found that if this continues, this wild girl might have formed a women's gang.

Hu Niu's face was red, she raised her chin with some pride, looked at Lin Qingran proudly and said, "Brother, I have said everything, I can definitely sell the store!"

"One thousand taels?" Lin Qingran picked up the teacup and asked in surprise.

"One thousand five hundred taels!" Hu Niu put the silver tael on the table and said with some pride.

"Who bought it?" Lin Weiran stopped pouring tea and asked in surprise.

"You know each other, too?" Hu Niu said.

"Who?" Lin Qingran spat a mouthful of tea and asked again.

"Butler Zhao!" Hu Niu said the answer proudly.

Lin Xuran was stunned at first, then laughed and said, "They are really interesting in Jiang Mansion. They sold their own family to their own family, and they even asked you to be this middleman!"

The matter has to start with Mrs. Jiang, but I don’t know what the woman’s considerations were. She sold all the stores under her name and then bought a large amount of stores in Leizhou City.

After learning that Hu Niu came to Wuchuancheng and Dianbaicheng, Hu Niu also asked Hu Niu to help her sell two silk shops. Hu Niu is a kind-hearted person, so naturally she could not refuse, and she did her best to help Mrs. Jiang handle it.

This matter.

Lin Xuran had previously thought that Mrs. Jiang's price was too high and no one would take over, but she didn't expect that she would actually sell it to Hu Niu, and it took only half a day to get it done.

It is worth mentioning that the property system in the Ming Dynasty was different. Large families like Jiangfu, the property belongs to the public and individuals cannot hide private property, but the dowry belongs to the woman and is freely controlled.

Mrs. Jiang’s dowry is probably not low, otherwise she would not have such a large-scale silk shop, and it is also spread all over the city.
Chapter completed!