Chapter 1793
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Yang Rui had no intention of analyzing the nature of the war. He only heard the news from Luoyang that Liu Biao's business had come again.
This was definitely a good thing for Yang Rui. Liu Biao had enough gold in his hands. Be it from a business perspective or a military perspective, this transaction was a good one to keep the Gangdong Sun family in check.
Moreover, Liu Biao had purchased three times the number of large warships and long range weapons. The specifications and price were the same. In other words, Yang Rui had obtained nearly one billion gold from Liu Biao.
Such a number, even in the real world, would be considered a large scale arms transaction. Furthermore, it would continue to set the record for the number one arms transaction in the Three Kingdoms Civilization.
Yang Rui was definitely in favor of this. From the start, Yang Rui and the others had evaluated that Liu Biao's forces would not be able to truly threaten them if they were to rely solely on the introduction of large warships and long-range weapons in their hands.
After Yang Rui's shipbuilding industry introduced the production line model, their production capacity had greatly increased. Not to mention the navy that Liu Biao had ordered, even if the Gangdong and the other warlords placed orders, Yang Rui's shipbuilding factories would still be able to supply them.
In truth, the purpose of Liu Biao's navy purchase was to create new blood. The ships and equipment that Yang Rui sold had a very high value. The profit return was more than 600%. It was three times more than the usual naval equipment trade.
In order to make up for the increase in strength of Liu Biao's navy, Yang Rui had ordered that all the equipment purchased by Liu Biao's forces must be at least three times more equipped. This would allow the three inland navies to increase Liu Biao's strength by at least one fold.
The funds to manufacture the warships and long range weapons would naturally come from the profits from Liu Biao's orders. Yang Rui's provision of equipment was only to increase the strength of Liu Biao's navy. It was an additional plan and was not part of the normal equipment plan.
In other words, Yang Rui's navy would still be equipped according to the previous plan. At the same time, Liu Biao only needed to buy one warship and he would have three more warships.
Of course, this plan was only known to a few people. If Liu Biao knew about this, he would not dare to buy warships and equipment.
Liu Biao would not know about this. In fact, even if Liu Biao knew about this, he would not stop buying arms.
On one hand, the equipment that Yang Rui sold to Liu Biao was very tempting. From the feedback of the navy, their strength had increased by at least one fold...
On the other hand, Liu Biao's Jingzhou Navy had just been ambushed by Jiangdong's Navy. They had just suffered a great loss and suffered a great loss.
More than half of the warships and equipment that they had bought were destroyed. Only a small portion managed to escape and the warships and equipment were also damaged.
However, it was precisely this small half of the remaining warships and long-range weapons that played a key role in helping the navy break out of the encirclement after their own navy reacted. Their powerful firepower directly tore apart the encirclement, allowing a portion of the navy's combat power to be preserved.
Most importantly, Cai Mao was able to escape. Cai Mao's family was related to Liu Biao by marriage and was a big backer for Liu Biao to establish himself in Jingzhou.
Under such circumstances, the various forces in Jingzhou naturally held Yang Rui's warships and long range weapons in high esteem. At the same time, Liu Biao was also anxious to salvage the situation. Thus, he went to Yang Rui to purchase a large amount of equipment.
Previously, Liu Biao had already determined that Hanyang City and Xiakou City were fat meat in his mouth. He did not expect that the cooked duck would fly away. This caused Liu Biao to lose a lot of face.
After some discussion, Yang Rui and the strategists came to a conclusion. This time, not only did they have to satisfy Liu Biao's needs of warships and equipment, they also had to provide them as fast as possible. This was to ensure that they could teach Gangdong a lesson.
In the end, Yang Rui decided to accept Xun You's suggestion. He would transfer the existing warships for Liu Biao's navy to use first. Once the warships and equipment were completed, he would add them to his navy.
In any case, it wouldn't take too much time. It was very likely that the ships would be deployed from the north to the south, from Xu Province to Jingzhou. The long-range equipment for the new ships would have already been built and replenished. It was equivalent to an additional half of the field training. The establishment of the fleet wouldn't even be affected.
In addition, Yang Rui originally thought that he could build a dedicated dock in Yuzhou for the supply of naval warships and equipment. Since Yuzhou was currently an ownerless land, it would be very easy for Yang Rui to control some of the regions and waterways. He could also use it as an outpost to expand his influence in Yuzhou.
However, in the end, several people felt that this plan was not very suitable.
Cheng Yu was the representative to remind Yang Rui that what they needed the most was to fight a proxy war. This would allow Liu Biao's forces to charge forward. This would weaken Gangdong's Sun family and also weaken Liu Biao's forces.
As a result, they could not rashly enter Yuzhou at this time and cause Liu Biao's forces to have doubts. They would give him the feeling that they wanted to take advantage of the situation to enter Yuzhou.
Another point was that they did not need to worry about the sale of warships and long-range equipment being exposed to the Gangdong's Sun family. Using the Yangtze River waterways for transportation was still feasible. Some of them even advocated for as high profile as possible.
Originally, the biggest reason for this proxy war was because the Gangdong's Sun family did not cooperate. Now that they were openly doing business with Jingzhou's Gangdong's Sun family, they did not need to worry about the Gangdong's Sun family being aware of it. It was not impossible to make them see it.
In any case, the "friendship agreement" between them and the Gangdong's Sun family lasted for ten years. There was still more than half of the time to fulfill it. As long as they hung the navy flag before the delivery, they did not need to worry about the other party making a move.
Even if they did make a move, it might not be a bad thing. At that time, Yang Rui could take the initiative in the war and break the shackles of the 10-year friendship agreement by risking the loss of some navy warships and equipment.
Regardless of this, it was not certain if the other party would be a match for them. After all, the warships and long-range equipment needed to be delivered to Liu Biao this time were three times more than the previous time. The result of the battle was very much worth looking forward to.
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