"You can be promoted to deputy general in more than two years. Even if you are the lowest-ranking deputy general, Master Shen has outstanding military exploits." Shen Jiu looked at Shen Zhonghe and said with sincerity on his face, "This promotion speed is very fast. Look, Lord Shen is not nothing as he said, isn’t that good?”
"That's a completely different concept. Your promotion cannot be compared with that of the navy."
"Why not?" Shen Jiu was puzzled, "Although I was born in the Zhenguo Duke's Palace, I followed my father's wishes and started as a soldier from the lowest level. In more than two years, my accumulated military exploits have only allowed me to I was promoted to a captain in the forward battalion, but I can't be the commander's deputy at all. Even now, the commander's deputy is also the commander of each battalion, and I am just an ordinary pioneer officer in the forward battalion." He said as he spoke. He extended his thumb towards Shen Zhonghe and said, "In comparison, Master Shen is also very powerful, isn't he?"
"What I said cannot be compared is not that our promotion trajectories are the same, but that the regulations for promotion are completely different." Seeing that Shen Jiu was still confused, Shen Zhonghe explained, "The main reason is that the way we accumulate military merit is different from the way we accumulate military exploits. You are different, not just the Shen family army, but also completely different from the southwest border. Your military merits are accumulated based on the number of enemy troops killed on the battlefield or the enemy's heads captured, right?"
"Yes!" Chen Jiu nodded, "Isn't everyone like this?"
"Of course not. The southern border is completely different, because there are not many opportunities for particularly large-scale wars at sea, and there is no decent naval battle all year round."
"Didn't you say that pirates invaded very frequently?" Shen Jiu was puzzled, "Could the battle reports be false? But Liu Shuai doesn't look like the kind of person who falsifies!"
Shen Zhonghe looked at Shen Jiu's serious and doubtful expression, sighed softly, looked at Xue Ruitian and Shen Haolin who also expressed helplessness, and shrugged helplessly.
"That's right. I've always heard that the southern border has been invaded repeatedly by pirates and Japanese pirates, and the people on the seaside are in great pain." Merlin nodded lightly, "How come this has reached Master Shen, and it has turned into a year-round attack? Not having a decent naval battle? That’s not quite accurate!”
"It should be said that it is very accurate." Shen Cha patted Chen Jiu and raised his chin at Merlin, "The so-called decent naval battle you imagine is that both the enemy and ourselves mobilize several or more than a dozen ships to form a posture. Formation, fight to the death, right?"
"Yes!" Shen Jiu nodded, "Isn't it the same when we fight? Isn't it like this when both sides draw up their postures, line up their troops, set up formations, and just listen to an order and rush towards each other?"
"Of course not!" Shen Zhonghe didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He waved his hand towards Shen Jiu and then looked at the confused Merlin next to him. "Neither pirates nor Japanese pirates have that many ships. If they have such a huge power, , why bother to rob at sea? Besides, they don’t have the technology to build ships. Although our Liu family army has strong ships and powerful guns, we don’t have so many big ships. The ones that usually patrol are actually small boats, unless they go to very far away places. , If I don’t come back for ten days and a half, I will use a big boat.”
"So, there are few big battles and constant small battles." Jin Jing sneered, "What did the elders at the beach say before? They said that these pirates and Japanese pirates are like those annoying flies and mosquitoes in summer. They should be beaten to death. One group came, and another came in an endless stream. Their strength is not particularly good, but they invade a lot and with high frequency. Sometimes, they even come once every seven or eight days, which makes people feel Too much trouble."
"That's right." Shen Zhonghe nodded, "If they can't win, they run away. They run away to rest for a day or two, and then come back to harass. We are also very puzzled as to why they are so annoying."
"Moreover, their ships are just that. They are few and broken. There is no need for us to use big ships to pick them up. This is an insult to the big ships." Jin Jing spread her hands, "That's why Mr. Shen said, Big battles like this are actually very rare."
"Ah?" Jin Miaomiao heard this for the first time. She poked Jin Jing beside her and asked in a low voice, "Is this really the case?"
"Of course!" Jin Jing took a sip of tea and said slowly.
He said, "Of course, those big ships, especially those carrying firearms, will not be sailed out easily. The cost is too high." He thought for a while and looked at the other people, "I want to ask you a question. Do you know how much labor, money, and time it takes to build a large ship, not a large ship carrying firearms?"
Shen Zhonghe heard Jin Jing's words and chuckled. Seeing Jin Jing shaking her head towards him, he nodded slightly, indicating that he would not talk too much.
The other people looked at each other and shook their heads slightly.
"You don't know?" Seeing everyone's confused faces, Jin Jing chuckled and said, "Then let's talk about this. In fact, Liu Shuai's boats are divided into many types, right? "
"Yes." Shen Zhonghe nodded and counted on his fingers, "There are small patrol boats. Occasionally, there are more people patrolling the sea. There are also large ships without firearms. In addition to these, there are also ships with firearms. "Say, as well as the boats attached to the ship." He looked at everyone, "A rough calculation shows that the Navy has almost seven or eight different types of boats with different uses. The cost of patrol boats is relatively cheap, and we usually negotiate with ship manufacturers. , we customize three large ships and two ships with firearms, and then they can give us a few small boats for daily use."
"Will they agree?" Jin Jing looked at Shen Zhonghe curiously, "Even if it's a small boat, it's not particularly cheap, right?"
"It's not cheap, but for us, we save what we can, otherwise the expenditure will be too high, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs will be scolded again." Shen Zhonghe shook his head gently, "Sometimes they will agree, but Sometimes they don't agree, and they will agree to customize a boat equipped with firearms, but usually, they will only give a discount at most."
"Then this shipyard is very kind. After all, the most common large ship, the one without firearms, takes ten craftsmen at least twenty or thirty days to build, doesn't it? A ship like this, It also costs thousands of taels of silver. If we send a few more boats, let alone making money, it’s hard to say whether we can get our money back, right?”
