After a friendly negotiation, Yue Qing ordered a package of weapons and equipment from Qin Yun for 100 million taels of silver.
Qin Yun was very considerate and helped her equip three battalions of weapons to show off, as well as a scheduled battlecruiser.
Of course, battleships are not included in the 100 million taels of silver.
The most important thing is that both sides feel that they have made a lot of money, and Vietnam will be able to have a modern army from now on.
Qin Yun got the money that was urgently needed for development. Of course, the two parties did not settle purely in silver. After all, silver is a precious metal in this era and is not a waste.
The two parties agreed to trade things of equal value, including the iron ore and coal mines that were most in short supply in Qiongzhou.
"How are you satisfied?"
Qin Yun and Yue Qing asked with a smile after signing the contract.
Yue Qing: "If you give me a few more cannons, I will be more satisfied!"
Qin Yun: "That won't work. Friendship is friendship, and business is business."
"Huh, stingy, Sister Han, I think you should stop following Qin Yun. Follow me... No, if you follow me back to Yue Kingdom, I will ask my brother to give you a female prime minister who will be quite worthy."
Qin Yun thought to himself, can't he see that these two little ladies have developed a deep friendship as best friends?
Han Jiangxue joked: "It depends on whether the prince agrees or not?"
Qin Yun: "Of course I don't agree! Okay, the tour is over. You can go back. I have something else to do."
"what's up?"
At this time, Yang Yong from the side came up.
"Your Majesty, the envoys of the Yu family and the envoys of King Li are waiting in the mansion."
Qin Yun: "Look, this is what happened! Han Jiangxue, you continue to play with Princess Yue."
After saying that, Qin Yun and Yang Yong walked away quickly.
Along the way, he was in a very happy mood. After all, it seemed to him that he had taken a big advantage. If the cost of this cannon was really calculated, even including the high labor cost, it would only cost 10,000 taels of silver each. He would just sell it for 800,000. That's pure huge profit.
But the premise is that they must win the battle in front of them and gain control of the sea, otherwise the so-called trade will be nonsense.
"How many of them came?"
Qin Yun turned around and asked.
"Back to my lord, it's not much. In order to avoid the pirates, they made a large circle and went to the island at night. But at the harbor on the Chaozhou side, there is a fleet of thousands of people."
Qin Yun thought. It seemed that he had to break the blockade first.
"Let's go back home!"
…
Prince Liang's Mansion.
Qin Yun strode forward, and the two envoys stood up one after another to greet him.
"Common man Yu Cheng'en pays homage to the prince!"
Qin Yun looked at the young man in front of him. He was wearing a turban on his head, dressed like a typical businessman, and had no less than a jade plate finger on his finger.
Qin Yun smiled and said, "Is it the Master Yu who asked you to come?"
Yu Chengen cupped his hands and said: "Yes, it was my father who sent ordinary people to come to wait for the prince, and this time the Tongzhou Palace also sent people to help the prince."
Qin Yun nodded happily, and as expected, the rose left a lingering fragrance in his hand.
Especially the Tongzhou Palace, they finally regained control of Tongzhou, and even though they knew that the trend of the court was changing, they still sent people as always, which represented absolute trust.
Tie Fengxian on the side cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this is the letter that King Li asked me to bring to you. King Li said that the children of the Li people are not allowed to leave western Sichuan according to the ancestral instructions, so King Li asked the general to tell the prince that he could not send anyone here. , but the King of Li gave the income from Li wine for the next three years to the prince in advance."
"The money brought down the Yu family, and there were two ships of precious medicinal materials."
Qin Yun nodded: "King Li is interested!"
Tie Fengxian added: "This time, I have moved all the Tiejia Village people to Qiongzhou as requested by Village Chief Tie. Now they are in Chaozhou Port and can go to sea at any time as long as the prince gives the order."
Qin Yun waved his hand to interrupt: "Don't worry, it won't be too late to move here after the war has calmed down a bit."
"Yu Chengen!"
"The grassroots are here."
"Since your Yu family trusts me so much, I will not treat you badly. Just stay in the house and be a housekeeper."
Yu Chengen felt extremely frightened: "Your Majesty, how could ordinary people be so incompetent!"
Qin Yun smiled and said: "Why do you think the housekeeper is too young?"
"No, no, ordinary people don't dare."
After saying that, Yu Chengen knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Master of the family!"
This call of master, not prince, showed that from now on Yu Chengen would be Qin Yun's slave, the kind who would follow him even if his family was confiscated and the clan was destroyed.
Qin Yun smiled and said: "Get up. After you are familiar with things first, I will release you to serve as an official after the founding of the kingdom, so that others will not gossip."
Yu Chengen was very moved. His Yu family had been suppressed by the Yuan family for so many years, and even the Yu family in the court had a hard time.
During this time of the Qiongzhou war, the head of the Yu family called a meeting of all clan members. After a day and night of discussion, they finally decided to bet on Qin Yun completely.
Yu Chengen came to express his determination.
"You guys have been tired from traveling and traveling, so go and rest first, then come back to court early tomorrow morning!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After the two left, Qin Yun got the list of where the two left, and he felt more confident.
There are 1,200 people in Iron Village. These people are all born warriors and craftsmen. If they are all brought in, the productivity of Qiongzhou's military industry will be raised to a new level.
The Yu family, on the other hand, has spent all their money to support Qin Yun with 10 million taels of funds and various human resources in Yuzhou at any time.
However, Qin Yun was not prepared to touch the Yu family's line. His target was not just the Yu family.
Now that Chaozhou is empty, Qin Yun's idea is to control Chaozhou after destroying the pirates. In this way, he can advance northward to the Central Plains and retreat into the sea.
"Yang Yong!"
"The humble position is here."
"Inform the entire army and prepare for battle. Although I don't know what these pirates are waiting for, if they don't come, we will fight them out!"
"Order the fishing boats and speedboats at sea to fire at the pirate ships besieging Qiongzhou. Don't waste the shells. If you can't hit them, you have to scare them to death!"
"promise!"
…
On the waters of Qiongzhou, the island boats that patrol daily are floating leisurely on the water.
Some pirates gathered on the deck, some in the cabin, gambling and drinking.
After all, they had snatched Yue Guo's vote before, but each of them made a lot of money and their pockets were bulging.
"One, two, three, little one! I've won. Keep driving."
"Leopard, leopard, six six six, I hit the leopard!"
There are people who play dice and there are people who play Pai Gow.
"Two heavens supreme, take them all!"
"Damn, why did you lose again, Chao Xiaoliu, I suspect you are cheating, so take out your sleeves."
"Fuck you, you bitch. Don't play if you can't afford it."
"Say that again!"
"What did you say, do you want to fight if you don't accept it?"
A group of pirates began to shout: "Fight, fight!"
After all, this is the only entertainment activity on this vast sea. Because the Zhou family offended Haitang Island, all the boat prostitutes who were originally on the boat were taken back.
But just as a group of gamblers were wrestling, the crew member responsible for guarding suddenly rushed in in a hurry.
"Oh no, Qiongzhou is calling!"
"Fart, where did the big ship come from in Qiongzhou?"
"They don't have big boats, but they have small boats. If you don't believe me, listen."
"boom!"
"Holy shit, we're really calling. Brothers, they're copying this guy and robbing him."
However, when everyone got off the deck, they found that Qiongzhou's small fishing boats were just falling far away.
As soon as they raise their sails, the fishing boat will immediately turn around and retreat. If they break down, the other party will fight back, always maintaining an ambiguous distance. The most important thing is that Qiongzhou's cannons can indeed hit farther than them.
"Boss, it won't be a problem if this continues! How about rushing forward and killing them all?"
"Just rush. Can you use your brain? Further inside is the range of the coastal defense artillery. Do you want to go down and feed the fish?"
"What should we do? We can't just float like this."
"They fired artillery from a long distance away. One or two shots missed. What if seven or eight shots hit one?"
"Boss, they can make countless mistakes, but we can't make one mistake."
The leader pondered for a while: "Gather all the big ships, let me Yang Fan rush up and tear these stinky fish and shrimps into pieces!"
…
Qiongzhou Navy side. A sailor watches as the enemy marshals their fleet toward them.
"Commander, the other party is in a hurry!"
Yang Yong smiled and said: "Withdraw, just to make them anxious."
"No, shoot him a few times first."
"promise!"
Under Yang Yong's order, the fishing boats that came to carry out the harassment mission fired one after another.
This kind of shore speedboat has a strong recoil when fired, so it is usually installed at the stern of the boat, with the muzzle pointed at the pirates. When it fires, it will feel like its butt is spitting fire, and it can also accelerate with the help of inertia.
This made even pirate Yang Fan's big ship stare blankly, chasing but unable to chase, and unable to hit.
He was so angry that a group of leaders cursed their mothers.
"Damn it, I'm so angry, Hainiao sent a letter to Master Zhou asking what to do!"
"yes!"
…
On Kuaye Island, Zhou Qianyu sat in the first place. Now that the second master is seriously injured, the first master is in seclusion and has broken through the Grand Master, and the third master is shrinking on Haitang Island, he has now become the nominal leader.
"Master Zhou, the front line comes to report. The Qiongzhou Navy is dispatched from time to time. The brothers are either fighting or not. What do you think we should do?"
Zhou Qianyu muttered: "Pull it, drag it until the windy season!"
"But it stands to reason that we have entered the strong wind season in the past few days, but there is no movement on the sea, and the strong wind is uncontrollable."
"The brothers have been on tenterhooks all day long and have already complained."
"Yes, you can only be a thief for a thousand days. How can you prevent a thief for a thousand days? Head Zhou will think of a way."
Zhou Qianyu snorted in his heart. After all, they were just a bunch of rabble, not a real army. This group of people may be able to unleash unimaginable fighting power for money, but once they are asked to perform some errands that are not profitable at first sight, these bastards start to act helpless.
"Send the order, each ship will hold on for one more day and receive ten thousand taels of silver!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was silenced.
But there are still some people who are unwilling to continue to garrison.
"Master Zhou, our belongings were not blown by the strong wind. The opponent's artillery can obviously hit farther than ours. If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before it is sunk."
"Why don't you withdraw?"
"We are not allowed to withdraw. Once Qiongzhou is relieved by withdrawing now, the good days I have been waiting for will be over."
"Since the other party sends people to harass us, we can also send people to attack the coastline at night."
"Master Zhou is right. If Qin Yun is in the first grade of junior high school, we can also be in the fifteenth grade."
Zhou Qianyu looked at the second-in-command's subordinates.
"By the way, send someone to Ryukyu Island to ask about the artillery. Why does the opponent's artillery shoot us farther away!"
