Mo Xie's body trembled: "Thank you, sir."

"Your talents should not be wasted on forging ordinary weapons. You only need to forge king-level or emperor-level weapons. If you need materials, you can get them from the lord's mansion."

Of course Chutian would not ask a master swordsmith to make ordinary weapons used by soldiers.

The weapons made by Moye are swords for generals to use, or they are famous swords collected by princes and nobles.

Even if Chutian doesn't need it, it would probably be worth a fortune if it were put up for auction.

Regardless of the quality, Chu Tian put up a wooden sign and told everyone that this was a sword made by Ou Yezi's daughter. It was a long sword that cost ten taels. Chu Tian dared to sell it for a hundred taels, or even three hundred taels.

If Mo Xie only made one long sword a year, Chu Tian would even dare to sell it for a thousand taels.

This is a method he learned from Xia Liang in the past few years.

Chu Tian ordered Cao Yuan, who was responsible for supervising the manufacture of weapons, to contact Mo Xie. He first prepared a house for Mo Xie in Xia City, and then worshiped Mo Xie according to the standards of the top craftsmen.

In the sphere of influence controlled by Xuzhou Chutian, top craftsmen can receive preferential treatment - preferential treatment in the true sense. At least dozens of taels of silver every month, as well as houses and subsidies. It can be said that Mo Xie joined Chutian's influence, although it is not as good as that of aristocratic families.

But you can live your whole life without worrying about food and clothing.

"Moye's improved forging technology saves military expenditures worth thousands of taels of silver every month. Not to mention that the equipment produced by her military workshop is of higher quality. In the final analysis, I make the profit."

Chu Tian couldn't help but feel very happy when he got Mo Xie. This was the first time he saw a special talent other than a talented woman.

"These are the real working people."

Chu Tian admired Mo Xie very much. There were not many famous heroines, and there were even fewer swordsmiths.

After Chutian sent someone to resettle Mo Xie, he took out a random general recruitment order, which allowed him to recruit a random general.

This kind of recruitment did not surprise Chutian even if he had not used ten or eight people, but he had used four or five.

"Ding! Consume a random general recruitment order, and you will gain the allegiance of the king-level general Zheng Zhilong."

A young man stood in front of Chu Tian, ​​with a tall figure and a hint of pride between his eyebrows.

Zheng Zhilong......

If you are not familiar with the somewhat complicated history of the late Ming Dynasty, you may not know who Zheng Zhilong is.

But there is one person that players of the Eastern Han Dynasty must know - the national hero Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Zhilong is Zheng Chenggong’s father.

Zheng Chenggong was the second generation of the sea, and inherited some of Zheng Zhilong's retainers, soldiers, and ships, which led to his later career.

Zheng Zhilong was a well-known pirate leader in the southeastern coastal area in the late Ming Dynasty. He started from scratch and was proficient in Hokkien, Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese. Later, he wandered to Hirado City in Japan during the Warring States Period, where he met wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen in Quanzhou and was reused.

Within a few years, he became extremely wealthy.

Later, Zheng Zhilong returned to the southeast coast and established his own business. He owned thousands of ships and traveled all over the world. The navy of the late Ming Dynasty was no match for him. The Dutch East India Company's fleet in the Far East was defeated by Zheng Zhilong. He was called the shipping king of the East at that time.

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Such a person is comparable to the protagonist, and I don’t even dare to write like this.

The only regrettable thing is that Zheng Zhilong later accepted the Ming court's recruitment and assisted Nanming. He was defeated by the Qing soldiers and then surrendered. He was placed under house arrest and died. Zheng Chenggong parted ways with him. This can be regarded as the end of the war. Otherwise, as a naval hero,

Zheng Zhilong's ability rating will be higher.

And now Zheng Zhilong is actually under his command...

Before Chu Tian learned about the recruitment results, he had imagined countless situations. Even Bai Qi and Han Xin had considered them, but he never imagined that he would recruit the great pirate Zheng Zhilong.

It is not easy to control Zheng Zhilong.

Chutian had another naval hero, Xu Sheng, but Xu Sheng fought more on inland rivers, and Zheng Zhilong, as a shipping king in the late Ming Dynasty with one thousand to three thousand ships, started from scratch, and his naval combat capabilities were more powerful than Xu Sheng's.

At that time, Zheng Zhilong's enemies included other pirate groups, the East India Company, and the Ming Dynasty Navy. In the end, Zheng Zhilong was able to stand out, which is enough to show his strength.

The Zheng family navy also has a common problem - they are experts at naval warfare but not at land warfare.

"very nice."

Although Zheng Zhilong is a bit difficult to control, Chutian just lacks a naval general who can fight on the sea.

Afterwards, they conquered the Kingdom of Koryo by sea, and the first batch of Japanese navy generals were formed.

"It seems that we can attack Jiaodong by sea and attack Mr. Zhao's territory, making him vulnerable from both sides."

Chu Tian thought of the use of navy.

The navy can be used to protect merchant fleets and can also conduct sneak attacks on enemy territory behind the sea.

Chu Tian planned to take Zheng Zhilong with him for training first to increase Zheng Zhilong's loyalty, and then consider sending him to Qu County to train his navy for fighting in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea.
Chapter completed!