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Da Liang put away the shipbuilding drawings given by Xu Man, thought about how much junk he still had, and then replied: "No problem, I'll give you a 30% discount, but I may not be able to equip you with artillery for the time being. I have some problems now." The matter needs to go to Songjiang, and the cheap artillery can be solved when I come back."

Xu Man said: "We are escorted by a single-masted warship. The artillery on the merchant ship is not a necessity. It is okay not to install it for the time being."

"Then I'll be fine."

After making another fortune, Daliang handed the drawings to the shipyard, said goodbye to Xu Man, and quietly returned to his "Black Fire".

The "Skeleton Soldier" and other battleships have entered the dock for overhaul. Sidney and his four captains are practicing naval battle tactics with models on the combat chart in the captain's room of the "Blackfire".

After seeing Da Liang coming in, knowing that he had something to discuss with Sidney, the four captains of the two-masted warships saluted him and left.

However, before Daliang could ask about the expansion of the Blackfire Fleet, Sidney opened his mouth and startled Daliang.

"Sir, we have no money. When will you replenish the funds of the Blackfire Fleet?"

Are you kidding me? I earned 500,000 by hacking a ship of spices, and 200,000 of them were directly transferred to the account of the Blackfire Fleet. How long ago did I want you to pay for the ship building? Now you are asking me for it. Money, have you been embezzled?

Seeing the abnormal expression on Da Liang's face, Sidney took out a bill and said: "Since I accepted the Black Fire Fleet, in order to allow the fleet to form combat effectiveness faster, each artillery group must fire 100 shells every day. The Black Fire Fleet There are a total of 144 artillery pieces. The gunpowder and shells needed to fire each cannon are worth 50 silver, which costs 7,200 gold every day. We conducted this training for three days in total, costing 21,600 gold. From now on, each artillery fire will be 20 times a day. Artillery shells were used to maintain the bombardment level of the artillery group, and a total of 17,280 gold was consumed. In the battle against the troop transport fleet, our first fleet fired an average of 150 artillery shells per artillery, which cost a total of 6,044 gold. We spent 44,924 gold on the artillery shells alone. gold."

Looking at the consumption of the shells, his eyes became dull. Darling, you are firing cannons here and there, throwing gold into the sea. In just a short time, you have fired nearly 45,000 gold cannonballs.

My flesh hurts, my flesh hurts...

However, this huge daily training consumption cannot be reduced. Sweat more before the war and bleed less during the war. In the battle against the troop transport fleet, the Blackfire First Fleet was able to compete with the enemy fleet's cannons and still keep up the battle, just because of the huge amount of training consumed before the war.

Think about the appearance of the zombies at the top of the city at the entrance of the stone cave who had just touched the cannon. A total of five cannons were fired and four of them were blown up in the end.

Therefore, the daily consumption of fleet training must not be reduced. The pain in your body... just bear with it.

Next are all kinds of daily consumption, food, fresh water, barrels, ropes, which totaled nearly 5,000 gold.

The ship's previous overhauls and minor repairs cost another 10,000 gold.

Daliang didn't bother to look at other small expenditures in bits and pieces.

Then there’s the checklist for this overhaul.

One three-masted warship and four two-masted warships were all seriously damaged, and the repair cost alone was as high as 30,000 gold.

Other peripherals such as sails that need to be replaced are another series of expenses.

The real highlight is the artillery.

All 120 iron smoothbore cannons must be replaced. Based on the price of 600 gold for one cannon, this is 72,000 gold.

The navy is indeed not something that ordinary people can play.

Daliang felt dizzy when he looked at the list. No, no, you can't spend money like this, especially artillery. 600 gold is obviously the price used by the Pudong Fleet to deceive adventurers. I'm the captain of the Pudong fleet. All the injuries in the fleet were caused by Shangjiang City. I just have to pay for the ship repairs myself. I can't continue to cheat me on the artillery.

"I'll talk to Joyce about the artillery. I'll leave these ship plans to you, and I'll give them to you..." Da Liang gave all the shipbuilding drawings he got from Joyce to Sidney, and then looked at Xu Man Part of the 50,000 gold coins given for the shipbuilding this time was given to Sidney: "I will give you another 25,000 gold coins. You first build one or two merchant ships to form our transport fleet with the 'Black Fire', and bring Shangjiang City - The Feichen Island-Black Fire Territory material circulation route has been opened, and the Black Fire Territory is under construction and needs a lot of things."

Sidney put away the drawings and gold coins and agreed: "I understand, my lord."

Daliang said again: "It is not a long-term solution for the Black Fire fleet to always be so depleted. After the fleet is overhauled this time, you immediately organize the fleet to rob at sea. The privateering orders given to us by the Pudong fleet are almost moldy. In short, Black Fire The fleet must rob and train troops at the same time, so as to be self-sufficient in daily consumption as soon as possible, and have a small amount of surplus to compensate for new ships."

"Yes! Sir."

After leaving the "Black Fire", Daliang walked into the Pudong Fleet Admiral's Mansion again.

After seeing Da Liang, Joyce stood up from behind her desk and asked the attendant to bring him a set of clothes and a set of armor: "You came just in time. The transport team at the Gravel Camp is ready to leave. This is the sacrifice." You and Julian should put on the robes and Crusader armor immediately and join the troops over there, remember what I told you, and use your brains to observe the secrets of the dungeon."

Daliang put away the clothes and armor, and then said: "Leave the matter to me, don't worry. But I still need help with a little thing, otherwise I will be uneasy even if I go to the dungeon, in case I miss something , doesn’t it mean that you have betrayed your trust?”

Joyce asked: "What happened?"

"Sir, my Black Fire Fleet has entered the Pudong Fleet Naval Port and is undergoing overhaul. However, the artillery sold to me by our Pudong Fleet is too expensive, 72,000 gold! How can I have so much money... I think it is the same as the shipyard. , you'd better give me an internal purchase price, no matter what, my fleet will be repaired to serve the Pudong fleet."

Joyce chuckled and said: "Don't think I don't know what happened to the ten single-masted warships you just took away and the five two-masted merchant ships you are building. You should know how much money you have caused me to lose. I don't care about shipbuilding with you, do you still want to continue selling the artillery of my Pudong fleet?"

Daliang, whose little thought was revealed, smiled dryly: "I was also helpless because I was too poor. I had a large group of soldiers to support, and a fleet that was even more expensive. Today I know the cost of maintaining a fleet. It's so scary, and I can deeply understand how much effort you put into maintaining the Pudong fleet every day. It's just that I really don't have money to buy cannons. Without cannons, my fleet can't go to sea. It can't go to sea. We can’t rob the ships bound for Chongming Island. Every time we block a merchant ship docking at Chongming City, we can weaken Joshua’s strength by one point.”