roccoschili Chapter 362 King Qin's Plan
Chapter 362 King Qin's Plan
seaside……
"Come on! Come on!"
"Hurry up! Hurry up!"
I saw a warship parked on the seashore, and the remaining soldiers were like crazy, rowing their boats towards the shore.
When the boat reached the shore...
boom! boom! boom!
Artillery shells were fired one after another, and the soldiers had to charge forward under the fire. Of course, the artillery shells were not real shells, but just a simulation of a beach landing.
It was the feudal period. In that era, people were actually practicing beach landings. It was simply unimaginable.
But rather...
Li Jize and his Qin army dared to think and do it!
At this moment, the King of Qin was watching from a distance with a telescope and noticed that the soldiers were charging with great enthusiasm. Furthermore, they were very well organized. After reaching the beach, they immediately grabbed their weapons and loaded their ammunition. Some of them held the defense line, while others carried their boats up and used them to establish a circular defense point.
Relying on this small boat, they launched a counterattack, and even carried a "tiger squat cannon" to fight back and establish a beachhead position.
have to say……
Everything was perfectly reproduced according to Li Jize's idea.
"Excellent! The only regret is that the power of the 'Tiger Crouching Cannon' is clearly a bit weak. If it could be more powerful, it would be perfect for a counterattack!"
Hu Guangsheng, who was in charge of training this "Marine Corps", was nervous at first, but then felt relieved and helpless.
"Your Highness, Prince Qin, we have considered this! But we found that only the Tiger Crouching Cannon is the most portable, and the other weapons are not capable of this."
To put it bluntly, if a weapon wants to have a long range, its caliber must be very large. However, a large caliber also means that its size and weight are very large.
It could either be pulled by a horse-drawn carriage or carried on a boat. The only cannon that could be carried by humans was the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
This was a task he couldn't handle, so he had to ask the "Qinwangfu Research Institute" to solve it. Only after they overcame the technical difficulties could the weapons be taken to a higher level.
Li Jize obviously also knew this truth. Of course, he knew even more clearly that in this era, apart from science, the only thing that restricts the development of technology is funding.
Even though Li Jize is selling arms and collecting tolls, he is also building sailing warships and investing in the people's livelihood construction in Qingzhou.
The stall is very big, and it costs money to go back and forth!
Especially the navy in front of us, it's simply a money-eating beast. Qingzhou doesn't produce wood, and the wood used for the navy's warships has to be over a hundred years old.
That is to say...
The wood used by Li Jize's family to build ships was almost all purchased from overseas at high prices.
Of course, this kind of wood also exists in the south, but most of it is in uninhabited areas. Most of the wood that can be mined is used up by the emperors of successive dynasties in the Great Qi Dynasty for large-scale construction projects.
To solve this problem, one either has to buy it from overseas at a high price or send troops to conquer the countries that have wood.
Li Jize obviously did not have the strength to conquer. All he could do was spend money, but the cost was too high and the money was spent like water.
No wonder small countries and some countries simply close their doors to the outside world and stop building navies. This thing costs too much and is not something that ordinary countries can afford.
The reason why the West has such advanced shipbuilding technology is, again, because a powerful empire has risen in Central Asia, cutting off their land route to the East.
What to do if you want something from the East but can't defeat this powerful empire? You can only go around it by sea!
Just because they started building ships and sailing to the sea, these Western robbers discovered...
There is land everywhere overseas! There is gold everywhere overseas!
They made a fortune through colonization and plundering. After making more money, they built bigger ships with greater capacity, thus forming a good positive cycle.
Li Jize also knew that taking this "first step in colonization" would be an extremely painful thing, so he had to do it anyway!
What if I don't have money?
Colonize early! (Robbery)
Fortunately, Qingzhou is located in a very prominent part of the land, and it is across the sea from Goryeo.
Li Jize's plan was very simple. In the past, there were "Japanese pirates" who specialized in plundering the coastal areas. In this era and time, he had to get a group of "Qin beasts" to plunder others as well.
Rather than waiting for a few years for the Japanese pirates to come and plunder the people of Qi, it is better to take the Japanese pirates' path and leave them with no way out.
You rob me, which is better than me robbing you!
"Guangsheng! I am very satisfied with the people you trained."
Li Jize looked at Hu Guangsheng, who was originally the son of a "fisherman", and was indeed very satisfied with him. He not only taught these soldiers to swim, but also trained them to be what he wanted.
Hu Guangsheng was naturally very happy to receive the praise from His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin. He immediately clasped his fists, knelt down and shouted: "It is Guangsheng's honor to share the burden for His Royal Highness!"
"Not bad, not bad! The young man is sensible and humble!"
Li Jize was very satisfied. Compared with Zhang Tashan, who was just "messing around" like Li Yunlong, Hu Guangsheng was well-behaved and strictly followed his orders.
He likes this guy so much!
After handing the telescope to the guard beside him, Li Jize pointed forward and said, "Let's go!"
Hu Guangsheng quickly stood up and followed behind him. The two of them started chatting as they walked.
"Guangsheng! Recently we've been building warships and new artillery, and the money is really flowing like water! This king is exhausted and can't sleep at night because of this money!"
Ok?
Li Jize actually cried poor to Hu Guangsheng, which made the other party's head buzzing. He really couldn't get over it.
He is just a soldier! He doesn't know how to increase income as a businessman, nor how to save money as an accountant. Why did the King of Qin tell him all this?
Only Chen Yingyuan next to him grinned. It was obvious that he already knew what the King of Qin was going to say, but he found it funny that Hu Guangsheng didn't know what would happen next.
"Your Highness! Guangsheng wants to help Your Highness with your worries. As long as I can help Your Highness, please give me your orders!"
Hu Guangsheng is Hu Guangsheng. I don't know what the King of Qin wants to say. Why did he come to me to complain about this matter?
but……
As long as you, King Qin, give the order, Hu Guangsheng will do it immediately!
"Guangsheng, what do you think? Should we rob these barbarians?"
Ok?
Surprisingly, the King of Qin's words were a bit confusing. Why did he bring up the matter of plundering barbarians?
Could it be...
The King of Qin wants to do the same as before, go around the northern border and attack the barbarians again?