Daming pirates

Before the news came from Shark Zhang Hu, Yu Xiaotian ordered the ship repairs to begin immediately. At the same time, he sent Zhao Mazi again to Dalian Island to find the Li family and bring some of the whale oil that they could not use for the time being.

The baleen and a small amount of whale bones were given to the Li family for sale.

This shipment is also of great significance to them. This is the first time that they have obtained property through their own labor rather than through robbery. At least it shows that in addition to piracy, they can also obtain goods through

Other ways to gain more wealth.

By the way, Yu Xiaotian specially asked Zhao Mazi to purchase hundreds of coarse porcelain bottles the size of wine bottles from the Li family. Now they are fighting people at sea and lack heavy artillery. They often have to rely on fire attacks to deal with the enemy. They didn't have it before.

They don't have enough fire oil, even for such primitive fire attack weapons.

But now they have enough whale oil. In addition to being edible and acting as lubricating oil, this stuff also burns very fiercely. It can be put into porcelain bottles and used as incendiary bombs when necessary and thrown onto enemy ships. As long as the quantity is large,

, enough for the opponent to drink a pot.

After seeing off Zhao Mazi, Yu Xiaotian continued to lead the people in groups to intensify the drills while starting to repair the ship. However, Yu Xiaotian did not first let everyone plus the help of the two mules on the island to use the slide winch and the pulley group.

He pulled his ship Seawolf ashore and fixed it on the temporary and crude platform.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian wants to clean up the Sea Wolf first is because after the Sea Wolf has been operating at sea for a period of time, under the soaking of sea water for several months, another layer of sea creatures has grown on the bottom of the ship, plus the last time they

Ship repairs are all done by laymen, who make temporary and simple repairs to the ships.

The repairs in many places were not in place, and the ship's masts were not installed very well, and there were signs of looseness. In order to cope with possible large-scale maritime conflicts in the future, he must first repair this main battle ship properly and ensure that

There will be no chance of losing the chain in an emergency.

So this time he ordered his subordinates and Master Guo Fu to repair the Sea Wolf first.

The bottom of the Sea Wolf's ship once again had a layer of barnacles and other marine organisms. Although it was not too thick, it would also affect its speed. Everyone worked together, and it took only half a day to clean the bottom of the ship again.

, Guo Fu found some iron filings, iron sheets and other materials from Blacksmith Zhang, and clinked them on the bottom of the boat.

This can reduce the adhesion of some marine organisms to some extent. If you can apply a layer of tar, whether it is wood tar or coal tar, before there were modern coatings, this was a more effective way to prevent the adhesion of marine organisms. Unfortunately,

The only thing is that they don't have tar on hand at the moment, so they can only go to more trouble and clear the bottom of the ship a few more times.

Moreover, Guo Fu took his son and apprentice to conduct a careful inspection of other parts of the Sea Wolf, plugged up several minor leaks in the hull, and reinforced the mast base.

Blacksmith Zhang helped and put three pairs of iron hoops on the somewhat splintered foremast, and asked Guo Fu to lead people to place them on the foremast to strengthen it.

This kind of overhaul project is not large in quantity, and Guo Fu is a relatively experienced shipwright, so it only took three days for the Sea Wolf to complete the overhaul. Not only did it become cleaner, all parts of the hull were also reinforced.

For a moment.

On the evening of the third day, when the sea tide was rising, Yu Xiaotian gave an order and the brackets supporting the hull were removed. With everyone pushing together, the Sea Wolf once again slid down the slide.

After reaching the beach, the hull of the ship stirred up a big wave in the sea with a roar, and the Sea Wolf returned to the sea again.

"Helmsman, there are a lot of sea maggots on this ship right now. I'm afraid it won't be easy to clean them out for a while. Over time, the sea maggots will eat through the ship's planks. Then the ship will leak! I'm afraid this ship will also leak.

It's useless!" Guo Fu walked up behind Yu Xiaotian, who was watching the launch of the Sea Wolf, and pointed at the Sea Wolf to remind Xiaotian.

When Yu Xiaotian heard this, he quickly asked: "Is it so serious? What should I do?"

Guo Fu shook his head and said: "Don't worry too much about the helmsman. There is a way to solve it easily. When the helmsman takes the boat out again in the near future, he might as well take the boat to find an estuary of the river and berth for a while.

In five days, all the sea maggots on the bottom of the boat will naturally die, and then everything will be fine! As long as we send the boat to the river for a few days every once in a while, the sea maggots will naturally not be a problem!

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Only then did Yu Xiaotian realize that sea maggots on wooden boats could be removed with such a simple method. According to what Guo Fu said, it is actually easy to understand that sea maggots are creatures that live in seawater, and there must be enough

Only salt can survive. Once the ship enters fresh water, the sea maggots will die. In a few days, all the sea maggots will naturally die, which also protects the bottom of the ship.

So he quickly nodded his thanks and made up his mind to go back and find a river mouth to stop for a few days as soon as possible to kill the sea maggots on the boat.

After the Sea Wolf was renovated, it was the Seal's turn. At this time, Zhao Mazi had returned to Treasure Island from Dalian Island. In addition to bringing back more than 400 taels of silver paid by the Li family, he also brought back 300 taels of silver.

There are many porcelain vases. This batch of porcelain vases are scattered goods stored in the warehouses of various merchants on Dalian Island. They are either a little defective, or they are not in good shape and appearance, and they have been backlogged for a long time.

The Li family came forward to collect these porcelain vases that were more in line with Yu Xiaotian's requirements. The price was almost as good as free, and they were given to Zhao Mazi to take back to Treasure Island.

When Zhao Mazi came back this time, he also brought back a piece of news, that is, during the Chinese New Year period, the Hunjiang dragon in the north became more and more arrogant, extending its arms even longer. Not only did it go south to the Matsu area, but it even began to

They became active in the area around the Minjiang River Estuary and Aojiang River Estuary.

Two pirates from Fuzhou encountered them and were even expelled by them. Liu Yidao's ship was also almost caught by them. Now the trouble is getting worse and worse. I guess Shark Zhang Hu

There will be some action here in the near future. The Li family reminded Yu Xiaotian to be more careful.

After hearing the news brought back by Zhao Mazi, Yu Xiaotian calculated that more than half a month had passed during the holiday, but Zhang Hu, the shark, was still dragging his feet and did not make any reaction. This was inevitable.

This will make Hun Jianglong become arrogant, and anyone else will definitely think that Shark Zhang Hu has become less courageous and does not dare to meet the enemy head on. It would be strange if he does not take the opportunity to expand his territory further south.

At this point, if Shark Zhang Hu is still a tortoise, then I am afraid that his status will not be guaranteed. The small group of pirates around him who are controlled by Zhang Hu will definitely gradually look down on Zhang Hu and switch to Hunjiang.

The dragon is not impossible. If nothing happens, Zhang Hu should attack Hun Jianglong in the next few days.

Therefore, I am afraid that there is not much time left for him to prepare. With his relationship with Wang Hong, he will definitely be dragged into the water if he cannot escape this time. At that time, he can only bring people to help Zhang Hu. If he does not speed up preparations,

You might suffer a loss by then.

So he once again ordered that all troops on the island cancel their vacations, concentrate their efforts, step up training, and prepare to meet this challenge.

For a time, there were loud shouts of killing on the island and on the ship day and night, and all the soldiers led their men to intensify various drills.

The soldiers responsible for hand-to-hand combat, under the leadership of Heitou, with Li Dazui as their deputy, captured and fought each other on the ship and on the shore every day or formed formations to fight.

The helmsman and the helmsman, under the leadership of Liu Laoliu, Hu Cheng and another helmsman, took the Sea Wolf and the Walrus to train on the sea.

In addition to participating in other trainings, the gunners also have to conduct gunnery training under the leadership of Liu Tong. They wrap the gunpowder on hand with oil paper according to the measurement into cylindrical powder bags, and tie them tightly with cotton ropes so that they can be loaded at any time.

In addition to daily gunnery training, test firing is also required for the complete ammunition package.

In addition to practicing climbing masts, Liu Wang and other combat personnel also had to practice martial arts and undergo hand-to-hand drills. They also had several musketeers who had to train for more than an hour every day to operate muskets and practice aiming and shooting.

skills.

Master Guo Fu and his apprentice put all their energy into repairing the Seal, including the bamboo craftsman Xu Laoshi and other carpenters with some skills, who all went to help repair the ship, trying to repair the Seal before Yu Xiaotian took the people to set off.

Let it join the battle, at least give the people left behind an extra ship to use.

The Sea Wolf tribe members have gradually become accustomed to this kind of high-intensity training, including those guys who surrendered under Zhou Cheng. How have they ever experienced such training before? But now Yu Xiaotian is adding carrots and sticks.

Under his care, I began to get used to this kind of life.

What's more, now they have fish and meat to eat every day, and no one wants to be kicked out. Yu Xiaotian's words are now an edict to them. As long as they are not asked to jump into the sea to die, these guys won't even know how to do it.

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