These days, except for Yun Chao, few people are probably aware of the importance of the navy.
Even the newly minted naval commander San Rake is a little confused.
In order to show that the newly established Yunjia Army Navy was not a no-name force that his grandma did not care for and his uncle did not love, Yun Chao directly changed the name of the navy to Yunjia Army Navy!
At the same time, in order to improve the navy's competitiveness, Yun Chao called the army the Yun Family Army Army, parallel to the navy.
I emphasize again and again that the army and navy are both important components of the Yun family army, just like two legs of a person, neither one of them can survive!
Not only did he change his name, Yunchao also equipped the navy with a luxurious team.
Er Lengzi was transferred from the artillery regiment commander to the navy as deputy division commander.
In addition, the deputy division commanders of three army divisions were transferred to the navy to serve as deputy division commanders!
The luxurious configuration of one sergeant and four auxiliaries simply blinded the eyes of the senior generals of the Yun Family Army with their 24-gram titanium alloy.
Moreover, the ranks of several deputy division commanders have all been promoted.
This kind of generous gesture is enough to show how much Yun Chao values the Navy, or how much Yun Chao has high hopes for the Navy!
Yun Chao also announced at a high-level meeting that he would expand the navy as soon as the navy's combat effectiveness improves.
As long as these deputy division commanders do a good job now, they will all be division commanders doing their job!
If there weren't enough warships, Yun Chao would have expanded the navy long ago.
Now only Yun Chao knows that compared with land, the vast ocean is the real stage for people on earth to compete!
Yun Chao patted the shoulders of the navy generals and said earnestly: "You must remember that the navy is definitely not a useless decoration. In the near future, you will know that the role of the navy is definitely not that of the army. It’s even worse than that!”
Yun Chao could only say so much. Although he knew that San Haozi and the others might not be able to figure it out, they had no intention of continuing to quarrel.
Yun Chao has emphasized the importance of the navy more than once. If these naval officers still cannot pay attention to it from the bottom of their hearts and cannot quickly grow into qualified naval commanders, then Yun Chao has nothing to do. It means that they are not suitable for the navy. .
Yun Chao has been given the opportunity. If he cannot seize it, he cannot blame others.
A navy of ten thousand and more than a hundred broken ships is simply not enough.
We can only take turns to train on the ship.
Yun Chao has already seen that the Jiaozhou Bay Shipyard alone cannot support the development of the navy, and money must be spent to purchase ships.
Therefore, Yun Chao gave Wu Deli an order to purchase the largest model of warship from the southern shipyard as quickly as possible, no matter what the cost.
If you really can’t buy a warship, you can buy a merchant ship.
While Yunchao is developing its navy, it is also preparing to vigorously develop maritime transportation.
A Yunshi shipping company was established to be responsible for ocean trade.
After receiving the order, Wu Deli rushed to Dengzhou immediately.
After listening to Yunchao's teachings, I got on a fast boat and went to the southern shipyard to buy a boat.
Before leaving, Wu Deli told Yun Chao that the second batch of goods from Yelu Dashu had arrived, the mercury mirror had been handed over to Yelu Dashu, and the two parties completed the transaction.
In addition, Yelu Dashu also sent the cost of 50,000 pieces of soap last time.
And this time, 50,000 pieces of soap were taken away together with the mirror.
In other words, Yun Chao exchanged more than one million taels for a mercury mirror.
The 100,000 pieces of soap also brought him a gross profit of one million taels!
Yun Chao was very happy, Yelu Dashu was such a good person.
The more good people like this the merrier, no one is too many!
After Wu Deli left, Yun Chao found three battalion commanders from the original imperial navy.
Ask them what business the navy did before.
The former naval battalion commanders of the three imperial courts are now instructors of the Yun family navy. They are only responsible for training and have no real power.
However, Yun Chao gave them a promise that if they teach well and perform well, when the navy expands in the future, it is not impossible to consider letting them serve as captains or higher official positions.
The three guys have recently accepted the Yun Family Army's powerful brainwashing offensive. It's hard to say whether they have truly realized their previous mistakes mentally. Anyway, on the surface, they have passed the test.
Each and every one of them told everything they knew, and told them all the ridiculous things that the Imperial Navy had done in the past.
"Um……"
Yun Chao touched his chin and thought for a while: "If I want to buy wood for building a big ship, is there anything you can do?"
The three guys originally thought that Yun Chao was going to beat them up, but they didn't expect that they were asking about their business experience.
What else is there to say? When it comes to fighting, we are not good at it. When it comes to doing business, we are experts in this!
"Sir, if it's big wood, it's best to go to Liaodong to buy it. There are old forests there, and there are trees of all sizes..."
Yun Chao nodded: "Oh, tell me how to do it specifically?"
"Sir, when you go to Liaodong to buy wood, I suggest you don't look for the Khitans. Go further north and look for the Jurchens. The Khitans are crazy and dark. They charge higher prices, and there are no Jurchens to deal with."
"Yes, sir, the Jurchens are currently at war with the Khitan people. They are further north, the conditions are worse, and the demand for food and cloth is greater. We can make more money by doing business with them."
"Sir, I think it's better not to deal with the Jurchens and just do business with the Khitans directly."
Yun Chao's eyes flashed: "Oh, why?"
"Sir, the Jurchens are barbarians. Although they are weak now, they seem to be very pitiful. But I have dealt with them. Those guys are very ambitious. Now they just need our things, so they behave better. , once it gains power in the future, it will definitely bite us back!"
Yun Chao's lips twitched: "What's your name?"
"Sir, it is virtuous for a young man to call a cow."
Yun Chao almost laughed.
"Niu Youde, I remember it. It seems that you are familiar with the Jurchens. Have you been to their territory?"
Niu Youde was a little timid at first, but when he saw that Yun Chao didn't blame him for talking nonsense, he became bolder:
"Yes, sir. I once led a fleet to do business with the Jurchens. It can be seen that those guys are heroic on the surface, but in fact they are ambitious. If they defeat the Khitan one day, they will definitely do something to our Wu Dynasty... ahem, it will definitely They will covet the colorful world of the Central Plains!"
Yun Chao nodded calmly:
"Let's do this. You bring a fleet of ships and buy a batch of large timber. I don't care who you go to, as long as you get the job done."
"yes!"
Niu Youde was so excited that he wanted to scream. Yun Chao was willing to give him the task, which meant that his personal safety should be guaranteed!
The other two guys didn't say anything, but their eyes were filled with contempt.
Is this person named Yun sick? He already told the Khitans that they charge high prices, yet he sent this Niu Youde to do business with them?
