Sixteen large warships, whether they are large ships eighteen feet long or small ones short, have two cabins under the main deck. In fact, they are a combination of Guangzhou ships and Western ships. The tonnage is similar to that of Dafu ships, but the draft is shallower than that of Dafu ships, but the wave resistance is not worse than that of Dafu ships. Although this kind of ship goes abroad, it shakes violently, but it is like a tumbler. No matter how powerful it shakes, it is not easy to subvert.

The large warship of the Big One can be equipped with thirty-two 18-pound red cannons; the large warship of the Small One can be equipped with 28 12-pound red cannons. The firepower of this ship is invincible on the Yangtze River.

Sixty centipede fast ships, about two hundred official materials in size, with a length of eight zhang and a width of one zhang. The cannons are installed on the main deck. There is a six-pound cannon on each bow and stern, and four three-pound cannons on both sides of the ship. There is only one cabin under the main deck, with a paddler cabin inside. There are thirty-two paddlers rowing boats, which can be used together with sails and can speed up to more than ten knots.

The small canal gunboat is 150 official materials in size, with a length of six zhang and a width of five feet. There is a 32-pound mortar cannon installed in the middle, a 300-pound mortar cannon on the head and tail, and four 100-pound mortar cannons on both sides. This kind of ship is mainly used to fight on canals with narrow water surface. Because the width of the canal is not as wide as the Yangtze River, the combat target of the small canal cannon is a shore target, mainly used to attack the opponent's shore troops to prevent the navy from being attacked from land.

As for the 500 small warships, they are small warships that can enter the canal to fight, the Yangtze River and even the outside seas. The ship has about one hundred official materials, with a displacement of about fifty tons, and each has a three-pound cannon at the head and tail. It has a fast speed and flexible speed. It can cooperate with large warships to protect the large ship from attacking the opponent's fire attack ships.

Thousands of sampans are small oar boats without artillery, used for close combat, transporting soldiers across the river, etc.

Zheng Zhilong promised to help Li Guodong build a boat yard. The location of the boat yard is on the Taicang River, which is Qian Qianyi's territory. Building a boat yard in the name of building a maritime merchant fleet can be protected by the Donglin Party, and no one will impeach Li Guodong, causing him unnecessary trouble.

After confirming the location and obtaining Zheng Zhilong's approval, Li Guodong gave Zheng Zhilong a 100,000 taels of silver as a deposit. After one night in Anhai Town, he immediately went Nan'an early the next morning and returned to the north. He went back by land, passed Xianxia Pass, entered Zhejiang, and then took a boat to Hangzhou, and then took a boat from Hangzhou to Huai'an.

Li Guodong returned to the Toutu City again and met Wang Quan. He told Wang Quan about the matter he went south to Jiangnan and then to Fujian to handle.

"Please rest assured, helping Mr. Lu and Mr. Qian build a farm and the construction of the boatyard are all covered by me!" Wang Quan lined up his chest to make a guarantee. After all, the matter of shipbuilding is the most important thing for him. At present, Wang Quan's navy only has a few fishing boats and small sampans, and there are not even transport ships on the canal. He has to rent someone else's boat to transport goods. After having his own fleet, hanging Wuweibo's lanterns can still be tax-free.

Li Guodong said: "Brother, you go to Jiangnan first, go to see Mr. Lu and Mr. Qian, and make sure the first thing is in advance. After the autumn harvest, Jiangnan will have to start construction. Please, brother, all of this! I have to go back to the north. I guess Mr. Yang will go out to suppress the thieves soon. He will definitely call me my name. If he doesn't go, he will resist the order."

"Please rest assured, your explanation will definitely not be delayed."

Li Guodong returned to Xiangling City and passed through Shandong. Some of the borderless lands in Shandong had fallen into Li Guodong's hands. Some of the refugees who were incorporated were arranged to the borderless land. Because the Qing army invaded and robbed last year, no one had cultivated those borderless lands. It was too late to plant crops, and it was still too early to plant winter wheat.

The requited refugees were organized into military households and working hard in abandoned farmland. Although the winter wheat planting season has not yet arrived, these lands need to be plowed and the soil has been loosened. After the autumn harvest season has passed, the winter wheat seeds can be planted.

The grain has not started to produce, let alone the harvest. The food and accommodation of these newly formed military households are provided by Li Guodong. The grain provided is coarse grains such as sweet potatoes and corn. It is impossible to eat well, but at least it will not let them starve to death.

The local people in Shandong have not had a good life this year. A large-scale drought has swept across the northern part of the Ming Dynasty. Since last year, there has been no rainfall in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi. There has been no snow in winter and no rain in spring. Now it is already autumn. The land is dry and cracked, the rivers are dry, and grain prices are rising. The people in Shandong have eaten up all the bark and grass roots, and have started to eat Guanyin soil.

Therefore, the refugees who were taken in by Li Guodong and Wang Quan were obviously much better than those of the local people.

Liu Laogen was originally a farmer in Shaanxi. Five years ago, he was swept up by the army of thieves and became one of the refugees. He is 38 years old this year and could not afford to marry a wife in his hometown in Shaanxi. Due to the disaster in Shaanxi, his parents, brother and sister at home starved to death. After starving to death, even his bodies were eaten up. After Liu Laogen was swept up into the army of refugees, as a cannon fodder soldier, Li Zicheng certainly could not marry him.

Later, Li Zicheng's thief army met Sun Chuanting and was defeated. As a refugee, Liu Laogen was also captured by Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting selected a portion of the prisoners and organized into his Qin army. The Qin army was actually a new military household with half-army and half-civilians. However, Liu Laogen, who was nearly forty years, was eliminated by the Qin army. Sun Chuanting looked down on Liu Laogen, who was already a half-old man, so he sent him home.

But what can Liu Laogen do when he goes home? There has been no rain in Shaanxi for many years, and he can't even plant land. Even if he barely planted the land, he still has to face high taxes. So Liu Laogen simply went to Xiangling with a few partners and defected to the Jinyang army of Wuweibo.

The Jinyang Army naturally would not use an old man and a half to join the army, but General Han (Dashan) still gave Liu Laogen a new military household, and asked him to follow a group of newly-entered refugees to Shandong to reclaim wasteland. The conditions were quite generous: each military household was divided into 30 acres of land, and the harvest was paid 30% of the military office, and the rest belonged to him. Moreover, Wuweibo's military office was not as heavy as the court's taxes, so it was much easier than that. Wuweibo also provided them with farm tools, plowing oxen, tools and materials for building canals and digging wells, and provided them with rations for one year in advance.

When Liu Laogen came to Shandong, the military households distributed him thirty acres of land.

It is not yet the winter wheat planting season. Liu Laogen and other military households went to dig wells and build canals. After a busy day, he went home to make some porridge with coarse grains. This day passed. Although the labor intensity is not low, at least he doesn’t have to eat grass roots and tree bark, eat Guanyin soil, and don’t have to worry about starving to death.

On this day, when Liu Laogen came back from work, he saw that outside the military fort gate was filled with victims who came to beg for money. Most of them only had a bite of food.

Some kind-hearted military households took out some food for them, but no one took out more food, and they wanted to eat themselves.

"Dear Jungong, okay, Caomin's family is almost starving to death. The twelve-year-old girl hopes that Jungong will take it away. Just give Caomin a bag of food." Suddenly, Liu Laogen heard someone calling to sell his daughter.

He hurriedly walked forward and saw a middle-aged couple leading a dirty child all over his body. They couldn't tell whether they were a man or a woman. They were shouting and hawking, just like a hawking animal.

The child looked dirty and very thin, but his eyes were still quite bright.

Liu Laogen suddenly had an idea: I am almost forty years old and have never met a woman! This little girl might as well buy it as a wife!
Chapter completed!