Chapter 91: I have a phobia of insufficient firepower (please subscribe!!)
"What self-defense stuff?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously.
Ouyang Lun said with a smile: "You have seen that thing before!"
Have we seen it?
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled and said quickly: "Could it be that you are talking about the red cannon?"
"Yes, that's it, the truth. It's usually within the range of the cannon. As long as you blow up all the pirates and Japanese pirates before they get close, the danger will be eliminated." Ouyang Lun said with a smile.
"They all exploded." Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "I have never seen the power of the red cannon, but ten red cannons alone cannot defeat pirates and Japanese pirates. You can't think too much about it. It’s easy.”
"Lao Zhu, who told you that I only have ten red cannons?"
"Small door, take off the cover on the side of the big ship for me!"
Following Ouyang Lun's order.
slam-la-
The oilcloths used to cover both sides of the ship were removed, revealing large, dark holes. Each large hole was like the mouth of a beast, making people shudder at the first glance.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang and others could ask questions, Ouyang Lun snapped his fingers and said, "Young men, just now Lao Zhu said that he has never seen the power of this red cannon. Come and shoot first to add to the fun!"
"Yes."
The sailors on the big ship nodded in agreement.
boom--! Only a loud noise was heard, and a red cannon on the big ship sprayed out shells!
Boom!
The hills in the distance were blown up.
hiss--
Smelling the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, everyone present took a deep breath.
So far!At least two miles away!
wild!If someone had stood on that hillock, they probably wouldn't even be able to find the body.
More importantly, there is more than one cannon on this big ship.
one two three four. Someone at the scene was already silently counting how many red cannons were placed on the side of the ship.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little dry in the mouth and asked very solemnly: "How many such cannons do you have on this big ship?"
Ouyang Lun smiled slightly, "According to the design, there are 20 gun positions on both sides of the ship. I have a phobia of insufficient firepower, so I doubled the gun positions, which is forty red cannons. In addition, there is a steerable main gun on the bow, which is an enhanced red cannon with greater power and a longer range!"
"If a salvo fires down, it won't be a big problem to blow up a mountain. How about I demonstrate it to you?"
Hearing this, everyone shook their heads.
"No, no, no, we have just seen the power of this red cannon."
"Don't stop!"
Just kidding, a red cannon just fired, and the sound almost deafened them. If a volley of forty cannons fired, it would probably send them Yuanzhang froze on the spot, muttering, "Forty guns, there are actually forty guns and one main gun."
As Zhu Yuanzhang, who had experienced the Battle of Poyang Lake and the desperate naval battle with Chen Youliang, if he had had such a big ship, he wouldn't have had to fight so hard and just crush it! !
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think, if the Penglai navy came to fight the big ship Ouyang Lun, that's right, it was just a group of navy warships besieging one, could they win?Maybe it was destroyed by two volleys of cannonballs from this big ship before it even got close! It's a shame that he wants Ouyang Lun to admit his mistake and beg him! Now that the Penglai Navy was in danger that day, he probably had to turn to Ouyang Lun.
My face is so hot.
Ouyang Lun looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's dumbfounded look and was very satisfied. This was the effect he wanted! "Lao Zhu, what do you think of my sailor and boat? Can it go on an ocean voyage?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and asked in a deep voice: "How did you build such an excellent sailor and such a powerful ship?"
Ouyang Lun said with a smile: "This is all thanks to our Emperor."
"Since he ordered the sea ban, coastal residents and the shipbuilding industry have been greatly affected. As for me, I have asked people to recruit talents along the coastline. There are as many sailors and shipbuilders as they want, as long as they have enough food to eat, and They were even more excited and positive than me when they heard that I wanted to build a ship and go to sea. After five years of hard work, I finally built such a treasure ship. But once the first ship is built, the rest will be much faster."
"Of course, I also made some small comments."
"As for the rest, as I said before, it is all about spending money. As long as there is enough money, not to mention this treasure ship, even a more powerful iron ship can be built!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched, "Can you tell us how much you have invested in the fleet?"
Ouyang Lun shook his head, "I didn't calculate carefully how much money I invested. The 1000 million taels I invested alone should be enough. These wealthy businessmen also invested almost 1000 million taels. The total added up to 2000 million taels. of."
hiss--
Zhu Yuanzhang took a breath again. It was equivalent to investing all the taxes of the Ming Dynasty in the past two years to run the fleet like this.
"Lao Zhu, didn't you say you wanted to invest? How much do you plan to invest?"
Ouyang Lun said with great anticipation.
"Ahem, 100 million." Zhu Yuanzhang was a little embarrassed to speak now.
Originally, he thought that his investment of 100 million should be more, but it turns out that 100 million is probably the bottom.
"Although 100 million is the lowest investment on site, the fact that you can come up with 100 million after searching so hard shows your trust in me. From now on, you will be the ninth shareholder of our ocean-going fleet and the shareholder with the lowest proportion. , I don’t have much say, I just sit back and wait for dividends.”
Ouyang Lun smiled and comforted.
".I thank you." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help complaining in his heart, but on the surface he had a sullen face and said nothing.
Ouyang Lun looked at everyone and said with a smile: "The purpose of organizing this investment inspection group is to let everyone see the current situation of the ocean-going fleet, and also to reassure investors that your investment will not be lost. Water floats!"
"Pirates and Japanese pirates are indeed rampant. With the current strength of Yong'an Mansion, it is impossible to eliminate them, but because of this, we should not give up the vast ocean to them!"
"A great man once said, they fight theirs, and we fight ours. The purpose of establishing an ocean-going fleet is for trade and exchange, and also to combat smuggling and make money. As for pirates and Japanese pirates coming, we have cannons!"
"In a word, don't mess with me. It doesn't matter if he's a pirate or a Japanese pirate. If you mess with me, I'll blast him!"
"Everyone, let me ask you one more question, are you willing to ride the sea with me and turn the sea into our cornucopia! Let me show off the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!!"
At this time, both officials and wealthy businessmen were excited and said in unison: "Yes!"
"willing!"
(End of this chapter)