Great Martial Arts Auxiliary System

Chapter 945
However, it is this advantage that the Xiang family has always believed that no one can surpass, but now it has been slapped in the head and encountered big trouble.

Yes, at least from the perspective of the Xiang family, this is indeed a big trouble,

For a long time, the Xiang family's leading position in the shipbuilding industry has not been greatly shaken, and now suddenly a large number of warships appeared in the Shangguan family.

Moreover, these warships did not come from their Xiang family.

One second before getting the news, the Xiang family subconsciously chose not to believe it.

Immediately afterwards, the news that came out, once dispersed, the entire Xiang family was shocked in an instant.

There were fifty Nine Dragon battleships, and the Xiang family who got the exact news all showed expressions of disbelief.

After the shock, the Xiang family felt a strong threat.

After all, the boss is used to being the second child, and it is obviously unacceptable to be pulled down suddenly to be the second child.

Although the Xiang family can build a giant on the water like the Kowloon battleship by virtue of their own strength.

However, the manpower and material resources spent in the process are definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and one or even several Xiangjia can still do it with all their efforts.

However, when the opponent made a move, there were dozens of Nine Dragons warships, and this number was obviously far beyond the capabilities of the Xiang family.

At least in a short period of time, even if the Xiang family has the technology, well, let alone a short period of time, even if the Xiang family is given ten or twenty years, they may not be able to build fifty Kowloon warships.

Back then, in order to build the Kowloon Battleship, a giant on the water, the imperial court concentrated a huge amount of manpower and material resources to build it.

Now, the Xiang family wants to build dozens of Kowloon battleships in one go, which is obviously a bit whimsical.

It's because Xiang's family has made major breakthroughs in shipbuilding technology in recent years, but shipbuilding is not something that can be built by technology alone.

The manpower and material resources spent in it, even if the Xiang family has a long history, it is impossible to compare with a country's dynasty.

Of course, the appearance of the Nine Dragons warship in the Shangguan family does not mean anything. The most important thing for the Xiang family is the newness and oldness of the warship in the hands of the Shangguan family.

After all, a high-quality water fortress like the Kowloon battleship, after being built, has been used for a hundred years without any problem at all.

But now the warships in Shangguan's hands are all new models, obviously not old ships that have been stored for decades.

The size of the shipyard that can build dozens of Kowloon warships at once is something that most members of the Xiang family have already imagined.

However, in any case, with Xiang's current shipyard, it is obviously impossible to start construction of dozens of Kowloon warships at once.

In this way, what does it mean?How can the Xiang family not know?

Now that it is clear, how can we not panic, so during this period of time, the Xiang family almost turned the waterways of the Southland upside down.

Unfortunately, they got the same result as Zhennan Palace.

All they got was that the Nine Dragons battleship appeared in Shangguan's house, but they still haven't figured out where it came from.

In this way, this mysterious fleet that suddenly appeared in the Southland not only made the Xiang family feel threatened, but also surprised and shocked them.

After all, the five-surname family is the local snake in the south, and the five-surname family in other places dare not guarantee it.

However, on the border of the southern land, if there is any slight disturbance, the family of the five surnames can definitely pat their chests and guarantee that it will never escape their eyes.

However, it was this self-confidence that was completely shattered in front of Shangguan's family.

The huge battleship that appeared at Shangguan's house was obviously not a small movement, it was a thunder on the ground, and it couldn't be a big deal.

However, there was such a thunder, the Xiang family, the local snakes, including the other four major families and the Zhennan Palace, seemed to have not heard any of them, and they were all belated.

Suddenly, a bone-piercing chill spread from the Xiang family, and then infected the other four major families, and finally enveloped the entire Five Sacred City, lingering for a long time.

"Father, what do the other families say?"

In the study room, the dim oil lamp kept flickering, and the cold wind from outside was blowing in, as if trying to extinguish it.

There were four people in the house at this time, Xiang Cheng, the head of the Xiang family, and his three sons.

Seeing that her father came in without saying a word, Xiang Ying couldn't continue to ask each other.

From his father's expressionless face, he could see that things were obviously worse than he and others had imagined.

Xiang Wu and Xiang Wen, the three heroes of the Xiang family who had been waiting with their elder brother Xiang Ying early, also sat upright when they saw this, and they dared not speak when they saw their own father.

Xiang Cheng, the current head of the Xiang family and the father of the three heroes of the Xiang family, has always been the head of the Xiang family. Xiang Cheng, as the head of the Xiang family, has been overwhelming the current heads of the other four major families in almost every aspect since he was a child.

He, who has always been strong, has continued the Xiang family's dominant position in the five surname families.

Therefore, it can be said unceremoniously that Xiang Cheng's opinions largely represent the common will of the five surname families in the Five Sacred City.

However, it was such a person, and now a trace of worry that did not match his identity flashed in his eyes from time to time.

After a long time, Xiang Cheng, whose temples had already turned gray, turned his head to look at his third son who was sitting upright, and then asked his youngest son Xiang Wen in a deep voice:

"Third, are the goods that Shangguan's family asked for ready?"

As early as when Shangguan Qiuyu came to the Five Sacred City, he placed a large number of orders to the Xiang family, most of which were half warships and half merchant ships.

Because Shangguan Qiuyu was in a hurry to ask for it, Xiang Cheng asked the people below to try their best to raise it, and prepared to sell it to the other party at a high price.

Now, when this happened, Xiang Wen didn't know what his father thought for a while, so he could only tell the truth.

"Father, everything is ready."

"Press..." Xiang Cheng pondered for a while, hesitated again and again, and then said: "In that case, then you go and inform the Shangguan Major General to buy this batch of goods at twice the original price, and what else?" The same goes for our food."

"Uh..." I originally thought that this business might be blown away, but I didn't expect my father to think so, and Xiang Wen was a little dumbfounded for a while.

On the other hand, Xiang Ying and Xiang Wu also looked at their father with puzzled faces, not understanding why their father made such a decision suddenly.

However, since it was their father's decision, the two brothers naturally dare not say anything more.

After a moment of silence, Xiang Wencai spoke to his father who was still staring at him closely:
"Father, I'm afraid no one will agree to this, and, excuse me for talking too much, do we really want to compromise with the Shangguan family?"

To be honest, the price they offered at the beginning was already considered high, but now that it was twice as high, he couldn't help but sweat for his father's good appetite.

Furthermore, it is self-evident that the Shangguan family bought so many new warships and merchant ships from their own family.

If there were no current events, he would naturally not have any opinion on this, after all, the waterways in the southern border are just like the southern land.

It is also reasonable for the Shangguan family to prepare more warships and merchant ships for this purpose.

But facing the current situation, he really couldn't figure out why his father would agree to the other party.

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(End of this chapter)