"hiss!"

"Millions of taels, every year?"

Amidst the cheers of all the Royal Navy officers, Shi Xing, the Minister of War, couldn't help but start sucking the tobacco again.

You know, as far as he knows, the Royal Navy has a total of less than 40,000 people. But now the little fat man said that it spends millions of taels of silver every year. After all, after the end of the Japanese Conquest War, in the past few years

Didn’t he spend at least tens of millions of taels of silver?

"It is said that real gold is not afraid of fire. You can only tell whether it is a mule or a horse by pulling it out..."

While Shi Xing was still shocked that the Royal Navy had swallowed tens of millions of taels of silver in just a few years, the little fat man had already issued an order for the Royal Navy to conduct an immediate review.

"Your Majesty, please board the ship for review!"

After hearing the little fat man's order to review, the two veterans, Chen Lin and Deng Zilong, looked at each other and knelt down on one knee to the little fat man again with sincerity.

"Your Majesty, the winds and waves at sea are not as strong as on land..."

Before the little fat man could speak, Shi Xing hurriedly stopped him.

"Haha, I have such a huge ship, why should I be afraid of wind and waves!"

Before Shi Xing could finish his words, the little fat man stepped down from the commanding platform and took the lead towards the largest flagship docked at the dock.

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"So many Hongyi cannons?"

Looking at the dozens of Hongyi cannons wrapped in waterproof gun jackets placed on the deck from the bow to the baffles on both sides, all the generals who had just boarded the battleship, including the Undefeated God of War, couldn't help but look surprised.

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You know, in the past, the Fuchuan battleship only had a red cannon on the bow. The other two sides were equipped with Fran cannons.

There is no way, although the Hongyi cannon is more powerful, the previous Fuchuan cannot withstand the huge recoil force of the Hongyi cannon that impacts the hull from the side.

"Grandpa, these are just the cannons on the top deck. Together with the cannons on the three decks below, this warship has a total of one hundred and twenty cannons!"

In the face of the Undefeated Military God's surprised expression, Wang Bing, who had already known this treasure ship type first-class battleship very well, told an even more astonishing number of artillery pieces with a stern look on his face.

"Hiss! One hundred and twenty? Doesn't that mean that these ten battleships alone have one thousand, two hundred artillery pieces?"

When the number of one hundred and twenty artillery pieces popped out of Wang Bing's mouth, it was unclear whether the Undefeated Army God was frightened, but Shi Xing, the Minister of War, was really frightened.

Just kidding, what is the concept of 1,200 Hongyi cannons? What enemy can withstand a single bombardment from 1,200 cannons?

"Master Shi, this is the flagship. Because it has four decks, the number of guns is slightly more. The other warships only have three decks, so each ship only has a hundred guns!"

While Shi Xing's expression was so shocked that his teeth were almost knocked out by the cold air, Deputy Admiral Deng Zilong on the side explained to him the difference between this flagship and the other warships.

"That's... also one thousand and twenty Hongyi cannons! No wonder His Majesty said that he spends millions of taels every year, and all his love money is spent on these Hongyi cannons?"

At this time, Shi Xing finally figured out where the millions of taels of silver that the little fat man mentioned before were spent.

There was no way, even if he came from the civil service system, he had been the Minister of the Ministry of War for so many years, so he knew that the casting cost of this Hongyi cannon would be around two thousand taels of silver.

And now these ten so-called first-class battleships of the treasure ship class cost more than two million taels of silver just to equip them. This is not a war, this is burning money, and using money to hit the enemy.

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"Haha, Shi Qing is right! Our Royal Navy is equipped with a total of two thousand Hongyi artillery pieces as you mentioned. If we add the Folang machine and other large and small artillery pieces, if I remember correctly, the total should be

There are nearly five thousand artillery pieces, right? So I am poor now, how about Shi Qing discuss it with the Ministry of Household Affairs and others on my behalf, and increase the amount of gold and silver allocated to the inner treasury every year?"

After all, the little fat man is still the same little fat man who loves money! After first expressing his affirmation of Shi Xing's arithmetic ability, the conversation changed and he took the opportunity to target the treasury.

In fact, speaking of it, the money that the little fat man spent on artillery was really not as much as Shi Xing had calculated. After all, those Folang machines and other artillery were dismantled from the original old ships.

But with his 'greedy' temperament, how could he miss this great opportunity to correct Shi Xing's mistakes?

"Your Majesty, I am now a military commander. It is really inconvenient for me to participate in this matter of increasing the gold and silver in the inner treasury!"

Seeing the little fat man's cunning smile, Shi Xing was naturally not stupid. When he used the excuse of separation of military and political affairs, he directly blocked the little fat man's evil thoughts.

Just kidding, among all the civil and military officials in the imperial court, who doesn’t know that the little fat man’s internal funds are now extremely rich?

Not to mention those Huangzhuanghuangdian and so on, the Japanese country's annual installment compensation share alone is worth millions of taels. Add in the income of Baojingfang, Royal Commercial House, and Royal Bank, and the little fat man's annual internal money income is at least equivalent.

accounting for half of the treasury revenue.

And it is conceivable that after the attack on the Nanyang Western Barbarians is completed, the little fat man's internal funds will continue to increase. After all, the main force this time is still the emperor's private army.

So when the time comes, the emperor will definitely get the lion's share of the post-war share, while the household department will just drink some soup.

"Your Majesty, all officers and soldiers of the Royal Navy have been prepared. Please give me your instructions!"

Just when Shi Xing sternly refused the little fat man's unreasonable request, as a group of Royal Navy officers and soldiers boarded the ship to complete the competition, Chen Lin and Deng Zilong also asked the little fat man for instructions again.

"Haha, I am just a spectator today. How the navy performs is up to the two dear ladies to decide!"

After waving his hands, the little fat man handed over the entire exercise to the two of them.

"I accept the order, please Your Majesty and the generals to sit down safely!"

After receiving the authorization from the little fat man, Chen Lin and Deng Zilong saluted again, then turned around and rushed to the ordering soldiers to issue orders.

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"Hoo ho ho ho!"

As orders were passed on one after another, soon, the huge sail like the clouds hanging from the sky rose again. Driven by the huge sail, the flagship on which Wang Bing and the little fat man were riding took the lead in rushing out.

After entering the harbor, we rushed out along the Bohai Bay toward the Bohai Sea.

"This speed seems to be no worse than Franji's battleship!"

Feeling the salty and humid sea breeze blowing against their faces, the Undefeated Army God and others couldn't help being surprised again.

You must know that this battleship improved from the treasure ship is more than twice the size of the Franconian battleship.

And with such a large hull, it can still have such a fast speed, which is really surprising.

"Haha, Grandpa, haven't you noticed that this sail is different from the previous Fu Ship's sails?" Seeing the surprised expressions of the Undefeated Military God and everyone else, Wang Bing couldn't help but raise his finger to the sail above his head.

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