After solving Liu Xiang and forcing Zheng Zhilong to cancel the order fee, Lin Chunhong finally freed up his time to focus on the development of Guangdong's strength.

As the most obvious symbol of Lin Chunhong's strength, the three-deck warship was finally launched. The ship's displacement exceeded 24,000 materials and was equipped with more than 700 sailors. The firepower of the ship is very terrifying, with ninety-six heavy artillery pieces, including twenty fifty-pound cannons, twenty twenty twenty twenty twenty twenty five-pound cannons, and fifty-six sixteen-pound cannons, roughly equivalent to the sixty-pound cannons, thirty-pound cannons and eighteen-pound cannons in the British system.

As soon as this ship was released, Lin Chunhong almost felt that he was exhausted. First, the officers and sailors trained by the Navy Martial Arts Academy over the past two years were squandered. Second, the artillery stored in Jingzhou over the past three years was also consumed, and the artillery warehouse was empty, which was sad.

The foundation is still too weak! Lin Chunhong sighed.

However, the three-deck warship successfully attracted the attention of pirates, and most pirates yearned to be sailors on giant ships, which directly led to a sharp increase in the number of people applying for the Navy Martial Preparation School.

This was also a surprise. Lin Chunhong followed the trend and moved the Naval Martial Preparation School to Changzhou Island. He also recruited sailors and naval combat officers from Jingzhou, Yiling and Guangdong, and sent them all into the school for regular training.

In addition, Lin Chunhong ordered Qin Wu to try his best to compress the consumption of steel in other aspects and speed up the casting of heavy artillery to provide sufficient artillery for subsequent giant warships.

Lin Chunhong appointed Zhao Hehai as the captain of this ship, but Zhao Hehai was not interested in regular naval battles at all, and gave up the position of captain to Liang Feng. Lin Chunhong was quite dissatisfied and said to Zhao Hehai: "At most, I will endure it for half a year. I will allow you to lead the fleet through Malacca, enter the Western Ocean, and specifically rob the Westerners!"

Zhao Hehai smiled and said, "There is no need to worry about the military. I, the subordinate, know this principle. Without the foundation of Guangzhou and Suixi, my old Zhao will be wiped out sooner or later. What is the name of "skin loss and what is the hair?"

Lin Chunhong laughed, held Zhao Hehai's hand tightly, and said, "What a great white shark, sooner or later, it will mess up the Western Ocean!"

After appeased Zhao Hehai, everyone discussed the name of the ship. Yang Yiren suggested: "This ship is suitable for long-distance combat, so it is better to call it Dingyuan. If you have a second ship in the future, it is called Zhenyuan..."

Everyone applauded and looked at Lin Chunhong with eager eyes.

Lin Chunhong suddenly had the urge to go wild, and he wanted to draw his sword and cut off Yang Yiren's head immediately. In the end, Lin Chunhong forced himself to endure it, gritted his teeth, and thought to himself: I don't believe in this evil!

"Okay, just call it Dingyuan, and call it Zhenyuan in turn, Laiyuan, Zhiyuan..."

With a long horn, the behemoth of Dingyuan ship rose sails and slowly left the port, starting a two-month sea trial and running-in training.

Military strength is the manifestation, but economic strength is the foundation. Lin Chunhong immediately turned his attention to his mining and iron smelting industry. Since Kangdingbo learned that the prospecting team discovered a large open-pit iron ore in Changhua County, Danzhou Prefecture, Qiongzhou Prefecture, and personally led the elite subordinates to Changhua County. After some appraisal, Kangdingbo was completely crazy. The iron ore here has a great content and high taste, and there is no other place in the Ming Dynasty!

Kang Dingbo immediately devoted himself to the development of the mine with full enthusiasm and urged Lin Chunhong to immediately invest huge sums of money to build roads and ports so that the ore can be transported out as soon as possible.

Lin Chunhong agreed to Kang Dingbo's request and promised that all collected manpower should be given priority to meet the Iron and Steel Department.

In addition, Lin Chunhong also ordered Guo Mingyan to set up a coal ministry to engage in coal excavation and coking industries, and sent personnel to secretly search for coal mines in the northeast coastal areas of Annan to meet the needs of large-scale iron smelting.

When Lin Chunhong was in a state of shortage of manpower, the Military Information Department reported urgently: Under Wen Tiren's instigation, Zhu Youjian intended to ask him to take the initiative to pay food!

Warm body kernel! It’s warm body kernel again!

Lin Chunhong believes that Wen Tiren is too selfish and lacks the style of a great politician. Although he has some small wisdom, he lacks the ability to take overall charge. If Wen Tiren is barely competent as the prime minister of Taiping, however, the Ming Dynasty is full of holes, and Wen Tiren is definitely not the one who saves the time.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren must first have his own political ideas. At present, it seems that Wen Tiren is completely incompetent in one hammer and another stick. This is far from the later Yang Sichang. After Yang Sichang was favored by Zhu Youjian, he not only proposed the correct strategic decision of "to first settle the country with foreign aggression", but also proposed the "four right and six corners" to suppress bandits. Let's not talk about whether the "four right and six corners" is correct, but Yang Sichang, as a strategic planner, did fulfill his responsibilities.

On the other hand, what did Wen Tiren do? In addition to severely cracking down on the Donglin Party, he seemed to be unable to come up with any explanatory strategy.

Wen Tiren's frequent small movements made Lin Chunhong very annoyed. Should we take some measures to make Wen Tiren get out?

Lin Chunhong was hesitant. First of all, Lin Chunhong was not sure of ousting Wen Tiren. Once he started to act, there was no possibility of reconciliation with Wen Tiren, the two would inevitably have a life-and-death battle. This was definitely not a good thing for the increasingly severe situation, and it was likely to be profited by the bandits or the Jurchen fisherman.

Furthermore, even if Wen Tiren can be removed from power, it is still unknown who will be in power. There are too many variables in the future and it is impossible to predict whether it will be beneficial to Bangtai.

The most important thing is that although Wen Tiren kept making small moves, he did not cause any harm to Bangtai. Lin Chunhong believes that Bangtai can easily deal with Wen Tiren.

In this way, it is best to temporarily tolerate Wen Tiren.

As for the issue of paying grain, Lin Chunhong had a countermeasure in a flash. The grain must be taken, otherwise where would Zhu Youjian's old face be put? If Zhu Youjian loses his face, Bangtai may be in a mess. The key is that after paying grain, he must get enough benefits!

Lin Chunhong immediately called Lu Shiyuan from Hong Kong to inquire about related matters.

Before Lu Shiyuan entered the second hall, Lin Chunhong smelled a fishy smell. When Lu Shiyuan entered the second hall, Lin Chunhong asked with a smile: "Mr. Lu, how are you doing now? Do you still need to do everything in Hong Kong?"

After seeing the ceremony, Lu Shiyuan replied: "Everything is created, and my subordinates say they should keep a close eye on it, and it will be much better in the future!"

Lin Chunhong nodded and praised: "No, not bad. In just two months, more than 4,000 people have been recruited. Is the income and expenditure balanced at present?"

Lin Chunhong's praise made Lu Shiyuan very happy, and he felt that the hard work of the past two months was worth it. He replied respectfully: "The balance has not been reached yet, and the dried fish has not been accepted by the people. It is estimated that in two months, we will be able to make a profit."

Lin Chunhong smiled and said, "Now there is an opportunity to expand the influence of dried fish. The court wants to collect the front-line army of grain supply and levy the task to Bangtai. I want to use dried fish instead of grain and transport it to Henan."

Lu Shiyuan hesitated and said, "This should be free, right? Now that the dried fish production is just starting, I'm afraid you will face the dilemma of lack of funds!"

"Don't worry about this, I will ask the Finance Department to allocate funds and buy dried fish at the right time!"

When Lu Shiyuan heard this, he was overjoyed: "The military supporters so much, how dare they not do their best?"

Lin Chunhong laughed and said, "Mr. Lu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You will not worry about sales within at least a few months. When the dried fish arrives in the army, it is equivalent to advertising the dried fish. Tell me, how many dried fish can you take out in a month?"

Lu Shiyuan opened his mouth and said, "Ten thousand stones!"

Lin Chunhong almost jumped up, "Ten 5,000 stones? This is much more cost-effective than growing food! The ocean is really a treasure pot, a treasure pot!"

Lu Shiyuan smiled and said, "This is a conservative estimate. As more and more fishermen go out to sea, the production of fish will become larger and larger. Moreover, with the two-pronged approach of purchasing and insurance measures, more fishermen are fishing in the distant sea! According to General Manager Qin, last month, the orders for fishing boats were received only twelve!"

Lin Chunhong was very excited and kept wandering around the hall. After a hard work, he finally had a fruitful fruit. No one could suppress his excitement.

"Very good, very good. You prepare 5,000 s of dried fish for the court every month. As for whom you hand over the dried fish to, someone will come to contact you! Do it well, fishing is more important than sea trade!"

Lu Shiyuan left Lin Mansion happily, and this trip made a heavy harvest.

Less than two days after Lu Shiyuan left, Chen Kui found Lin Chunhong and went around a huge circle before he made a vague statement that he hoped that Lin Chunhong could solve the problems of the king and father and help the court solve the imminent food shortage.

Lin Chunhong swore and said confidently: "It is the responsibility of the minister to solve the worries and problems of the king and father. Don't worry, even if someone Lin sells his money, he will squeeze out the food supply front line!"

Chen Kui did not notice that Lin Chunhong used "food" to replace food. Seeing that Lin Chunhong's positive attitude, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Lin Junmen is worried about the court, and many of the lords in the court are not as good as possible!"

Lin Chunhong smiled and asked, "I wonder if it is feasible to use 40,000 shi of dried fish to replace 100,000 shi of grain?"

Dried fish? That's meat! How many times better than food! Eating dried fish is not only resistant to hunger, but also has a lot of salt in it, and even the supply of salt is exempted!

Chen Kui is in charge of Guangzhou, how could he not know that Lin Chunhong is vigorously developing the dried fish production industry?

Chen Kui suppressed his excitement and said, "That's good, don't worry, Lin Junmen, our family will make it clear to the emperor..."

Before Chen Kui finished speaking, Lin Chunhong sighed and interrupted Chen Kui: "Making dried fish requires a lot of salt. Now salt is so expensive, and the cost of dried fish is scary. Can Eunuch Chen advise the emperor to open a new salt farm in Qiongzhou Prefecture to specialize in the production of dried fish salt?"

Chen Kui Dadi, I said, why is Lin Chunhong so refreshed today? He wanted to dry salt in Qiongzhou with legitimate reputation!

This guy is really good at calculating! He refuses to suffer any losses in everything!
Chapter completed!