Mao Chenglu, who was standing aside, said: "Father, I feel that if there are a few huge cannons like those on the Tiger Flag ships on the island, in the future, the Tiger Flag ships will definitely be honest when they come to Phi Island and don't dare to do what they do today. In this way, they make a move to bombard Phi Island, otherwise, they will be greeted by shelling on the island."
"This is not a bad idea." Chen Zhong on the other side nodded in agreement.
As a military commander, he was very envious of the huge cannons on the Tiger Flag ship. If there were several such huge cannons in Tieshan where he was, he would be more courageous when facing Hou Jin.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Mao Wenlong said with an ugly face, "Do you know how much silver this giant cannon costs?"
"The child remembers that Xu Xuewu said last time that a giant cannon cost ten thousand taels of silver, and he said it was bought from the Folangji people in Xiangshan'ao." Mao Chenglu said.
Mao Wenlong looked at Mao Chenglu and said, "Do you think Dongjiang Town can spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy giant cannons in Xiangshan Ao?"
"This..." Mao Chenglu didn't know how to answer the question for a moment.
Tens of thousands taels of silver is not a small amount, and given the current situation in Dongjiang Town, it is simply impossible to come up with so much money.
"Sir, there is actually another way to get cannons," Chen Zhong said.
Mao Wenlong and Mao Chenglu looked at Chen Zhong.
Chen Zhong continued: "We in Dongjiang Town don't have so much money to buy cannons. We can ask the court to buy them. Even if we can't let the court buy the huge cannons on the Tiger Flag ship, we can also ask the court to send Dongjiang Town a few general cannons. .”
"Yes, we don't have any money in Dongjiang Town, so we can ask the court to spend money on cannons for us." Mao Chenglu said.
Mao Wenlong thought for a while and said: "I will file a memorial and request the court to send some cannons to Dongjiang Town. As for the huge cannons like the Tiger Flag, don't even think about it, unless the Ministry of Industry can cast such a huge cannon by itself. In this case, it is still possible for Dongjiang Town to obtain such a huge cannon from the imperial court."
Chen Zhong and Mao Chenglu showed a bit of disappointment on their faces.
The imperial court's general cannon and the giant cannon on the Tiger Flag ship are simply not comparable. There is a big gap in terms of range and power.
Mao Wenlong noticed the disappointed expressions on the two people's faces.
However, he knew that there was nothing that could be done about it. It was impossible for the imperial court to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy huge cannons for Dongjiang Town. Even if the imperial court could get cannons for Dongjiang Town, it would be great.
He had a clear mind. Although Dongjiang Town had been opened, in the eyes of the imperial court, the main force fighting against the Hou Jin Dynasty was still Guangning and other important towns in Liaodong. Although their Dongjiang Town was also very important, it did not receive much attention from the imperial court. At least it was not as important as Guangning. Compared with important towns in Liaodong like Ning, there is still a big gap. TV first release
On the other side, Xu Xuewu led two of Mao Wenlong's soldiers towards the dock, or it could be said that the two soldiers were watching Xu Xuewu as he walked towards the dock.
A previous shelling caused panic on the island.
Ordinary people hid in caves, and only the soldiers of Pi Island were still on the island to clean up the houses that had been destroyed by shelling.
There were no more people cutting ice on the ice. When the cannon sounded, the people on the ice fled back.
"It's Captain Xu, Captain Xu is back."
Li Yao stared at the island with a monocular and was the first to spot Xu Xuewu walking towards the pier. Recommended reading TV//
Duan Ping picked up the monocular and took a look at the island, and said coldly: "If they don't let Captain Xu come back, I'm going to have the gunners bomb the Pi Island again."
"It seems that the people in Dongjiang Town have no intention of breaking up with our Tiger Flag." Li Yao said.
Duan Ping nodded and said immediately: "Hurry up and send someone to the island to pick up Captain Xu on the boat. As long as we get on the boat, the people in Dongjiang Town will not be able to do anything to us."
"I'll go!" Li Yao put down the monocular telescope in his hand.
Duan Ping glanced at him and said: "Take a few gunmen to go with you. Remember, don't go ashore. Once ashore, you will easily become a hostage in Dongjiang Town."
"I understand." Li Yao turned around and left the side of the ship.
Not long after, a small boat fell from the big ship to the sea. Li Yao and several gunmen rowed the small boat to the dock.
When he arrived near the dock, he was not in a hurry to go ashore, but waited on the boat for Xu Xuewu to come over.
The several fire gunmen who came with him held fire guns and aimed at the people on the island walking towards the dock.
Soon, Xu Xuewu brought two of Mao Wenlong's soldiers to the dock. Also coming with them was a group of Pi Island soldiers.
"Shopkeeper, Captain Duan sent me to take you back."
Li Yao asked someone to put one end of the boat plank on the dock, and then waved to Xu Xuewu.
A soldier standing next to Xu Xuewu stopped Xu Xuewu who was about to move forward and said: "Unless you have an order from the Lord, Shopkeeper Xu cannot leave the island for the time being."
"Don't worry, I'm not leaving." Xu Xuewu said to the soldier he was talking to, and then said to Li Yao, "Go back and tell Duan Ping to stop the gunners, don't fire for the time being, and don't send people to the island. Wait for my news on the ship."
"Yes." Li Yao agreed.
Xu Xuewu said: "You go back first, I will stay on the island to discuss the next cooperation with Lord Mao."
"Shopkeeper, please pay attention to your safety." Li Yao said to Xu Xuewu, and then he asked people to row back to the big ship.
Xu Xuewu turned around and looked at the soldiers beside him, and said: "Go back and tell Mr. Mao whether the two families want to continue to cooperate. If we no longer cooperate, I will get on the boat and go back. I will not come to Pidao again."
The soldier hesitated for a moment and said, "You wait here, I'll go back and ask my family."
After saying that, the soldier ran towards the island.
Standing on the pier, Xu Xuewu wrapped his leather jacket around his body and looked towards the direction of Pi Island.
He believed that Mao Wenlong would not refuse to cooperate with the Tiger Flag. Otherwise, he would have been killed by Mao Wenlong during the bombardment of Pi Island and he would not have been allowed to come to the dock.
After waiting at the pier for a while, Chen Zhong trotted over from the island.
Arriving at the pier, he panted and said, "I kept Shopkeeper Xu waiting for a long time."
"It doesn't matter." Xu Xuewu waved his hand and said immediately, "Let's get down to business first."
"Okay." Chen Zhong nodded.
Xu Xuewu said: "The previous bombardment of Pidao was completely a misunderstanding. Now the misunderstanding has been explained clearly, but the cooperation between the two companies still needs Mr. Mao to give an accurate answer. After all, the price of big wood has tripled. I have a tiger-shaped flag." I won’t accept this price.”
"I can understand," Chen Zhong said. "The previous increase in the price of big wood was all done by General Mao alone. Your Excellency did not know about it. Because of this, Your Excellency severely scolded General Mao."
"So the price of big trees here in Dongjiang Town will not increase?" Xu Xuewu asked.
Chen Zhong nodded and said: "If we don't increase the price, we will still exchange the big wood for the goods on your Tiger Flag ship at the previous price."
"What about Kuandian?" Xu Xuewu asked again.
Chen Zhong said: "The matter in Kuandian will be handled according to the conditions set by General Mao and Shopkeeper Xu. But as for Bingjia, I hope Shopkeeper Xu can gather them together as soon as possible and send them to the island."
"That's no problem." Xu Xuewu agreed with a smile.
As he expected, Mao Wenlong temporarily relented. Before Pidao no longer needs their Tiger Flag, Dongjiang Town should not embarrass their Tiger Flag too much on the issue of Damu.
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