Li Chenggong left in a hurry, and I don’t know how much he heard.
Chen Lin was worried and urgently called his subordinates to meet.
"That's the case, everyone."
"It's not good!"
"It's a pity that we have too few warships."
"General Manager Liang, stop the logging work first and make every effort to renovate the armed transport ship."
"Uncle Second, your iron smelting workshop will work hard."
"If there is not enough manpower, I will draw it from the cement workshop."
The new city has been completed.
On the first day of March, the lagoon started to be excavated.
Nowadays, the amount of cement has dropped sharply by half, and only the use of Xincheng Street and house repairs is needed.
The construction of water diversion channels and lake embankments is still a later story.
Liang Zicheng nodded and said, "No problem, we can just work day and night."
"So, should you change a few less vehicles?"
Chen Lin shook his head and said, "Since you are sure there is not much problem, let's change it!"
"I'm still counting on you paddle wheels as tugboats!"
"With them pulling, warships can also save a lot of time."
The second uncle Chen Zhongyuan understood that the situation was urgent.
Now, the production of ordnance is not urgent.
It is mostly made of reserves, and it is fine day by day.
"Can!"
“Our workshop will step up the creation of paddle wheels.”
"In addition, the iron shed modification and the placement of broken array crossbows can be carried out in advance."
Chen Lin nodded and said, "Okay!"
"The inventory of air-breaking crossbows is not enough, so it will be increased from the city defense."
"With the navy outside, you can't fight if you defend the city."
"If I need a timetable, I will start work day and night, and I will spare no effort to do my own work."
"Can the renovation be completed in half a month?"
Liang Zicheng and Shen Zhongyuan both straightened their teeth.
Two 5,000-class transport ships were renovated before, but the paddle wheels had not been installed yet.
More than half a month, right?
But at that time, there were few people who were not in a hurry to arrange it.
The two of them lowered their heads and discussed for a while, and promised to try their best.
Chen Lin cannot force it.
You can't pursue time and ignore quality, right?
How can this batch of armed transport ships be sloppy when they are finished and they are going to the battlefield?
"Let's talk about our response!"
"Anding Navy is too young."
"Li Chenggong took away half of his troops and went upstream."
“We can’t be idle either.”
"Chen Liang!"
"The last one will be here!"
"From today, your ten iron boats will be patrolled in three shifts."
"Eat and accommodation are all on the boat, and it took half a month."
"The patrol range should be set from Luchajiao to the east of Anding Prefecture!"
"Nearly four hundred miles of waterway, keep my eyes open day and night."
"All ships from Jiangbei will be sunk without stopping to inspect the ship."
Chen Liang was very excited.
This is the first time that the Tiecheng Navy has made its name and assisted in the defense of the Anding Section of the waterway.
Have the right to sink.
That means he can fight flexibly.
"Abide by the order!"
"But, sir, all the smuggling ships come from the north."
"If it were the smugglers in my hometown, I wouldn't have it."
"Where is Liao Shang?"
This is a problem.
You can't kill them all indiscriminately, right?
White Snake said with a smile.
"The Intelligence Department will provide a list to the navy!"
"Wu Qi, you have a copy of the information you have."
"Basically, we can distinguish Liao merchants and local people."
"However, Qiu Zhen, your intelligence department must also step up the screening."
Wu Qi patted his chest and said.
"Don't worry, Master Qi has not been in vain for years."
"Where does the merchants who run water in Anding City come from?"
"We feel like a mirror in our hearts."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Wu Qi is considered a special guest.
He held no position in Iron City.
But his public identity is the nephew of the prefect Anding and the head of the prison in the city.
He is also the brother-in-law of the city lord Chen Lin.
It's completely different from those who make a vote on the spot.
He almost underwritten 90% of the civilian products produced by the workshop.
If necessary, he has the right to make a decision.
Who told him to be good friends with the city lord?
Most of the officers here have been beaten by him.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is the chief martial arts instructor of the Iron Army.
However, civil affairs officials don’t know much about it.
Chen Lin also smiled.
"That's good! Lao Qi, I'll allocate another fund to you. It's tentatively set to 30,000 taels a year!"
"Iron Army Intelligence Department, one line is too thin. Use your business network to build another intelligence system."
"It's up to you to control it alone."
"I only have one requirement. You and Qiu Zhen must know every ship that goes out from the four counties of Anding."
"Where are they going? What are they going to do?"
"I don't want things in Taiyuan to happen again in peace."
Everyone's hearts sank.
It's indeed a bit scary.
The Liao people's secret spy department was connected in a series.
Those slutty cattle in Taiyuan Prefecture can gather more than a hundred large ships in an instant?
If you just transport fully armed soldiers.
In one hour, tens of thousands of people can cross the river. Take a step back and ride one by one.
In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of light riders came to you, who wouldn’t be frightened?
It is estimated that at this moment, the vast majority of Taiyuan troops will be.
They were all caught off guard, right?
Beware of it day and night, it’s hard to guard against thieves at home!
The smugglers from the Liao Kingdom alone did not have such great energy.
For example, the eight major smugglers who worked with Chen Lin at the time.
They themselves don't have that many big ships, and they dare not buy too many big ships of three or five thousand dan.
I ran a lot and encountered ghosts when I walked on the night long.
The risk of exposure is also high.
For normal operation, they will borrow boats from familiar merchants.
A big ship worth more than one thousand taels of silver is not worth a thousand taels of silver. It is not a guy with a very good relationship or a tangled relationship. Who is so generous?
Do you dare to lend you a few, or even dozens or twenty, to you?
His family has too much money to throw away?
What if you run away with these ships?
Anding Prefecture was originally the largest water and land wharf in the northern country.
There are more ships than Taiyuan Prefecture.
Moreover, the smuggling business has been carried out over so many years.
The network of relationships is very complicated.
If you are not careful, you will have a big mess.
Chen Lin had no time to get involved in the chaos in Taiyuan, but he couldn't worry about Jiang Fang in Anding Duan. Who told Li Guangli to be away?
Changes cannot keep up with the situation!
Once the transformation of these eight armed transport ships is completed and there is nothing wrong with the test paddle wheel, the warships currently used by the navy must be modified in batches.
He couldn't wait until the lagoon was excavated successfully and then built a shipyard.
There are only two paddle-wheeled armed ships with a capacity of 5,000 dan and sixty broken formation crossbows.
It is enough to block the mouth of Lushui River. It is not impossible to build a ship at Shuimen Wharf for the time being.
"Lao Qi, please contact a familiar shipbuilder and buy dry materials!"
“Even if the price is more expensive, it’s okay.”
"I need thirty warships' wood, and they definitely have this reserve."
"The displacement is divided into three thousand dans and five thousand dans!"
There are more than a dozen stable shipyards.
Regardless of business, they have to store a large amount of ship materials every year and wait for natural air drying. This number is amazing.