Chapter 486: Third-Generation Sea Ship Technology, Painting a Pie for Gan Ning (Part 1!)

"Haha! Good!"

Su Xuan was very satisfied with Xu Huang's reaction, then beckoned to the butler outside the hall, and said to Xu Huang: "You should first go with my butler to settle your family!"

"According to the custom of my subordinates, I have prepared a mansion for you in Jiangling City, which I give to you! You need not decline; this is one of the standard treatments for the civil and military officials who join my command."

"It is not a special favor for you!"

"Not just in Jiangling City, when I move the Provincial Governor's Mansion to Xiangyang City later, I have also reserved a better mansion there for you and my other civil and military officials;"

"Work hard! I have many good things in my hands! The butler will introduce them to you later! Go! Settle your family first!"

"Report to the personal guard camp in three days!"

"Understood! This subordinate takes his leave!"

Xu Huang bowed gratefully and left with the butler.

"Gained another great general! Very good! Haha!"

After Xu Huang and the others were far away, Su Xuan couldn't help but smile proudly.

Xu Chu, who was on the side, was puzzled: "My Lord, I see this guy is only at the mid-stage of Danjin, and he looks to be in his twenties or even close to thirty, right? Can this talent be considered good?"

Now under Su Xuan's command, who didn't have Danjin cultivation?

Even Danjin was considered weak.

"You don't understand!"

Su Xuan waved his hand with a smile: "He is a wild one, who hasn't been cultivated by me or obtained the excellent resources I provide; to reach the mid-stage of Danjin at this age, his talent is already very strong!"

"Besides, Xu Huang's strength does not lie in personal martial power, but in training and commanding troops;"

"In these two aspects, Zhongkang, you are probably not as good as him; remember to ask him for advice in the future;"

"My expectation for you in the future is not just to be a personal guard commander, but I hope that one day you can also become a great general capable of leading an army alone, understand?"

In terms of personal martial power, with the many divine techniques created by Su Xuan and the large amount of precious cultivation resources provided, one could pile it up quite a bit.

But the talent for training and commanding troops was not that simple.

Relying on acquired cultivation without innate talent, it is difficult to achieve sufficient results.

"Uh..."

Xu Chu's face turned bitter: "My Lord! Over the years, you have understood me; I am not the material to lead an army alone;"

"It's fine for you to let me be your personal guard commander, but if you really want me to lead an army alone, I really don't have this ability; you'd better not force it!"

"This kind of thing cannot be forced!"

A forced melon is not sweet!

Besides, learning to train and command troops is too brain-consuming.

Hmm! Training troops is actually okay; there is already a mature training mechanism in the army, which he has already learned.

But to lead an army alone to participate in or even lead a war?

He had no such thoughts at all.

"You!"

Su Xuan pointed at Xu Chu and said: "I think you are just lazy!"

"I don't care what you think; in short, Xu Huang will be handed over to you for the next few months. You take him to familiarize himself with our army first, and then, you must also take this opportunity to learn more!"

"When the time comes, I will check!"

"If you can't satisfy me, humph! Then see how I deal with you!"

Want to be lazy and lie flat?

No way.

Xu Chu's face became even more bitter, and he finally had to nod helplessly: "Alright! I will try my best!"

The Lord's order was absolute, and he could not resist.

Early the next morning, Su Xuan took Su Yu to the Jiangling Shipyard.

"My Lord!"

As it happened, Huang Chengyan was also there. Seeing Su Xuan, he bowed and asked: "My Lord, why do you have time to come here today? You are here to see the sea ships, right?"

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded affirmatively: "That's right! There are no problems with the construction of the sea ships, right? If there are any problems, remember to tell me, and I will solve them!"

"No problems!"

Huang Chengyan shook his head: "The technology is mature! The sea ship technology currently in use is already the third generation!"

"Of course, the current limit is the third generation!"

"For newer technology, many supporting infrastructure and industries have not kept up!"

"If we want to build them, not only do we need to perfect the industrial chain, but even the shipyards need to be upgraded and renovated; it's too troublesome, and the time required is too long!"

"Rather than upgrading and renovating on the basis of existing shipyards, it is more cost-effective and faster to build new shipyards;"

"Plus, the third-generation sea ships are advanced enough to meet any current needs; after discussing with Zhongyu, I made this decision!"

"That's right!"

Su Yu on the side also nodded: "Upgrading shipyards, building new industrial chains, and carrying out industrial upgrades take too long. Currently, sea ships are needed urgently, and this is enough. What does Big Brother think?"

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded in realization after reviewing the information on the third-generation sea ship technology: "It is indeed enough! In fact, we don't even need the third-generation sea ship technology; the second generation would suffice;"

"However, let's use the third generation to avoid being eliminated too early in the future;"

"Using the third generation, it can at least be used for ten or eight years."

"How many can be produced per month if we build the third-generation sea ships?"

"How much time is needed to form a naval fleet sufficient to open up the north-south sea routes, or even to form a naval fleet sufficient to conquer Jiaozhou?"

Su Xuan asked again.

If it could be faster, he still hoped it would be faster.

Conquering Jiaozhou and the Zhongnan Peninsula sooner would allow for earlier development.

"Hmm..."

Huang Chengyan pondered for a moment and said: "Because of your emphasis on the shipyard, my Lord, we have not neglected the development of the shipyard and related industrial chains over the years, so currently, Nanjun alone has 5 advanced shipyards built by ourselves, each with ten large dry docks;"

"Which can allow us to build 50 top-tier sea ships at the same time;"

"The construction time for a third-generation top-tier warship also takes 5-6 months using our advanced construction technology;"

"Transport sea ships take much less time, but one still takes 2 months."

"A qualified naval fleet would need at least thirty or fifty top-tier warships plus dozens of transport ships, right?"

"So, all in all, it will take a year to meet your requirements, my Lord."

Su Xuan felt a bit ashamed: "There is no need for such high requirements at the beginning!"

"A naval fleet with more than ten warships and a dozen or twenty transport ships is enough to deal with current naval warfare, and even more than enough!"

"So, I will give you half a year to build at least the ships needed for such a fleet for me;"

"The rest can be used to build more sea transport ships to deliver to the Chamber of Commerce for sea transport."

"Currently, the only place that really needs naval warships is probably Jiaozhou!"

"In the future, battles in the north might also need them, but that is a problem to consider later."

"For the time being, regarding sea ships, except for forming the fleet to attack Jiaozhou and the Zhongnan Peninsula, let's focus mainly on sea transport!"

"This is also our main tone for the territories of other warlords in the next few years."

Targeting these warlords in the form of economic warfare.

While emptying the financial foundation of these warlords, we strengthen our own foundation, making Jingzhou more prosperous.

"Understood!" ===== CHAPTER 488 =====