The General Staff naturally didn't want to. The battle was about to begin, so why should I give you the shipyard?
I need ships now, and if we suffer losses in the war, I'll need more ships. What do you think of me building merchant ships for you at this time?
They only care about their own interests, a bunch of people without a country!
Then the two sides started fighting.
This is what happened. Fang Zhenghua just listened to the two of them arguing all day and was too lazy to pay any attention to them.
After each of them snorted coldly, neither Zhang Changzhong nor Shi Laifu spoke to the other anymore. They simply couldn't reach an agreement, so they decided to just have a quarrel.
Shi Laifu glanced at Fang Zhenghua and asked, "Eunuch, what do you think they want us to do this time?"
"What else could it be? They fired their cannons for such a long time before, they must have been fighting with someone." Zhang Changzhong said with a smile: "I guess it's something good."
"That's wishful thinking." Shi Laifu snorted coldly.
Fang Zhenghua glanced at the two of them and said helplessly, "We're already here, let's talk about it when we meet."
After saying that, Fang Zhenghua walked straight inside. He was too lazy to get involved in the two people's affairs.
Regarding the struggle between the General Staff and the Imperial Household Department, the palace's attitude was clear: don't care. This matter could only be decided by His Majesty, and no one else should take sides. This was the best approach. Otherwise, if His Majesty found out, there would be no good outcome.
The group quickly walked into the cabin.
This is a relatively spacious reception room, or war room.
"Please take a seat." Yu Zigao invited everyone to sit down with a bright smile on his face.
After a few people sat down, the people next to them brought tea.
Tea is an essential item on board.
After everyone was seated, Yu Zigao said, "I invited you three here today because I have something to discuss with you."
"I'm sure you three have heard the gunfire just now, right?"
Fang Zhenghua and the other two nodded.
It turned out to be related to the sound of artillery yesterday.
"Yesterday our people discovered that someone was following us, and followed us all the way. We thought there was danger, so we intercepted them. A battle broke out between the two sides, and we sank dozens of their warships." Yu Zigao said in a very calm tone.
Fang Zhenghua and the others were stunned and looked at each other.
Actually sank dozens of enemy warships?
Shi Laifu clapped his hands and said with some regret: "Marshal, you can't do this. There are so many good ships. How can you sink them? Don't you know we are short of ships?"
"Your Royal Navy doesn't need it, but we do. We can use this ship directly after we bring it back. Even if we can't use it, we can just do some simple repairs at the shipyard. You are simply wasting it!" Shi Lai Fu said with a look of regret.
Seeing Shi Laifu's expression, Yu Zigao quickly said with a smile, "Master Shi, please don't be impatient. This is not something we want to do. You know, the enemy fleet has more than 200 ships, and we can't do anything about it. If we don't sink some of them, they won't surrender, right?"
"But don't worry. Although we sank dozens of their warships, we just counted them and found that there are still over 140 ships left, including more than 90 merchant ships. Not only that, they are also loaded with cargo."
After hearing this, people thought Shi Laifu would be excited.
But Shi Laifu's face instantly became very serious. He stared at Yu Zigao and asked, "Marshal, who are these people?"
After hearing Shi Lai Fu's question, Fang Zhenghua and Zhang Changzhong also looked at Yu Zigao.
They also guessed that it took more than just one person to organize such a large fleet at sea. Their concern wasn't that the fleet was an enemy of the Ming Dynasty. If it was, they would just destroy it.
They were worried that this fleet belonged to the Ming Dynasty. If they destroyed the Ming Dynasty fleet at sea, it would be a very troublesome matter. Although there were many good things in it, they could not take them. This was no longer a hot matter, but could directly kill people.
After hearing this, Yu Zigao quickly raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, Master Shi. This isn't our Ming fleet. There will be absolutely no problems. They've surrendered now. You can meet the fleet leader later and ask yourselves."
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