Daming pirates

After the last battle in Nangantang, Liu Yidao got to know more about Yu Xiaotian's personality and knew that this person was a great person. In just a short time after coming to Fuzhou, he became prosperous and his strength expanded rapidly.

, there was only one dilapidated bird boat at the beginning, but now there are four or five boats, and there are as many as seventy or eighty people under his command, so even a person like him does not dare to offend Xiaotian easily anymore

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Moreover, he also learned through other people that Yu Xiaotian has a very good relationship with Wang Hong, the third boss of the Shark Gang, and even Qian Laozi thinks highly of Xiaotian. As a result, few people in Fuzhou dare to

It was easy to offend Yu Xiaotian.

What's more, the last time Zhou Cheng came to trouble Yu Xiaotian, not only did he not get any advantage, but he was also screwed over by Yu Xiaotian, and everything was left in Yu Xiaotian's hands.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian did not agree to his proposal, and he did not dare to say that Yu Xiaotian was wrong, so he had to stay at Treasure Island for a day before heading back home to give Zhang Chuan a reply to Yu Xiaotian.

This incident caused quite a stir in Fuzhou. The Lei family had no choice but to take three hundred taels of silver to redeem his people. However, it was hard to swallow this for a while, so they begged everywhere, hoping that the government would take this matter seriously.

As a matter of fact, we sent troops to attack the sea wolves.

But the government will not easily agree to this kind of thing, even if the Lei family has good connections in Fuzhou, because the government will dispatch troops to suppress this kind of thing. This is using weapons without permission and can easily cause big trouble.

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What's more, it is illegal for merchants like the Lei family to go to sea to do business. It cannot be said officially. Everything is done in private and the big guys just turn a blind eye and ignore the benefits. If something happens to them,

It was their misfortune to be robbed by pirates. As long as the pirates did not harass the land on a large scale, they could be considered safe and the higher-ups would not pursue them.

But once troops are sent for suppression, it will involve too much. To send troops, money will be allocated to the navy, and the navy will definitely have to propose ship repairs and build new warships. This move will be very expensive.

Moreover, they have not forgotten the lessons learned from the government's campaign to suppress Nanri Island two or three years ago. The last time the government failed to suppress the Shark Gang on Nanri Island, many officials were dismissed from office because of this, and some officials were simply arrested by the Jin Yiwei.

He went away and ended up bankrupting his fortune and being exiled. Several generals in the military were dismissed from their posts and questioned for this reason.

If the campaign failed again this time, no one wanted to bear the consequences. Therefore, although the Lei family moved around through their connections and wanted to take revenge on Xiaotian, the government turned a deaf ear to it, and it was not the same thing at all.

, so the Lei family ended up spending a lot of money, but nothing was accomplished, so they could only stare and admit defeat.

These things were quickly reported to Yu Xiaotian through the Li family, which made Yu Xiaotian completely relieved. The Li family did not break their promise and accepted everything Yu Xiaotian robbed from the Lei family.

The goods were delivered at a very good price, allowing Yu Xiaotian to make another fortune. Not to mention, the Li family soon delivered a large Buddha machine to Yu Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian was extremely happy. Although the Fran cannon was not a very advanced artillery, it was much stronger than the "local cannons" he had on hand. The reason was that this Fran cannon fired very fast, even if

Its range and power are limited, so for people like them, it can be considered a big killer.

After the cannon was transported back to Treasure Island, Yu Xiaotian immediately unpacked and inspected the goods and looked at them carefully.

This large Folangji is probably the so-called Qianjin Folangji recorded in history. However, many records in Chinese history are very different from the reality and are highly exaggerated. This Folangji may be

It is a Qianjin Folang machine, but the weight is far from the weight of Qianjin. It is only more than three hundred kilograms at most. At best, it can be regarded as a nine-pound cannon, which is not bad.

Therefore, this Fo Lang machine can only be called the Big Fo Lang machine. It is not as big as Yu Xiaotian originally thought, but so far, it is also the largest cannon and the most powerful cannon he has!

Take a closer look. This Dafolang machine is made of wrought iron, but the casting quality cannot be complimented. The surface was polished rough after casting. Only the inner chamber of the mother gun and the joint part of the child gun were polished more carefully.

There is no inscription on the body, indicating that this cannon was not manufactured under the supervision of the government, but was cast privately in an underground workshop.

There are nine sub-cannons, which are packed in another box. After opening one, you can take out one and check it. You can find that the sub-guns are cast so-so and polished very finely. This shows that the person who cast this cannon knows the key.

What, despite the so-so appearance, the key parts are still made more delicately.

Although it was not as good as he expected, Yu Xiaotian was still very satisfied with being able to get such a cannon. This showed that the Li family had a wide path, and secretly they must have close ties with some merchants in Guangdong.

Otherwise, it would be good if they could at most get ordinary cannons. It is basically impossible to get this kind of Folang machine cannon.

You must know that it is not easy to cast a gun like the Fran cannon, because the mother gun has an open breech, making it very troublesome to open the mold, and the casting yield is not high, so the price after casting will be quite high.

This time, the Li family brought out such a thing and asked him to attack the Lei family. It was obvious that they really hated the Lei family, otherwise they wouldn't have shed so much blood.

But on the other hand, he could also see that the reason why the Li family did this was also a test for him. They wanted to see to what extent his abilities had improved during this period and whether it was worth continuing to support him.

If he fails this time and fails to intercept the two ships of the Lei family, I am afraid that he will be abandoned by the Li family like worn shoes and secretly cultivate a group of pirates as their supporters.

Now that he has accomplished this, he did it alone without any helpers. In this way, the Li family should know his abilities, and they will probably support him even more in the next step. This is why Yu Xiao

What the world needs right now, the two of them are now each getting what they need, and the cooperation will be quite pleasant in a short period of time.

After looking at the goods, Yu Xiaotian turned around and saw Blacksmith Zhang coming over to look down at the big Buddha gun. He smiled and said to Blacksmith Zhang, "Master Zhang, how do you look at this gun?"

Zhang Tiejiang nodded and said: "The workmanship is good, it should be from the hands of a famous craftsman! On the surface, this guy is very rough, but in fact he knows what to do. Although he is a bit lazy, it should be used well overall.

! Let’s do this, send this cannon to me first, and I will polish it and repair the areas that need to be repaired. It will be more useful and look more beautiful!”

Yu Xiaotian nodded and agreed, and ordered the cannon to be sent to Blacksmith Zhang's shop. When Blacksmith Zhang turned around and left, Yu Xiaotian looked at his back and touched his beard on his chin, with a hint of amusement at the corner of his mouth.

A smile that brings back memories.

The Dafolang machine sent by the Li family only had a gun body and no gun mount, so Yu Xiaotian needed to solve the problem of the gun mount himself.

Yu Xiaotian was not in a hurry to get a mount for the big Folang cannon. Instead, he climbed onto the lucky boat and began to carefully inspect the lucky boat from the inside out.

After inspection by him and Guo Fu, Yu Xiaotian was able to determine that this lucky ship was a new ship that was not very old. It was less than two years old at most. It should have been built by the boathouse in Quanzhou.

The hull is strong and strong, the keel is made of nanmu, which is very strong and elegant, the planks are spliced ​​together with half-foot-thick pine wood, and the partitions are also made of hardwood. The materials used are relatively mixed, but they are all good, basically.

It doesn't require any repairs and can be used directly.

What makes Yu Xiaotian depressed is that people who travel on the sea in this era don't seem to have any sense of hygiene. The cabin is very dirty, which is basically the same as his previous Sea Wolf. There are actually urine stains in some places.

There was even poop, and the smell inside every cabin was really unbearable.

So Yu Xiaotian ordered Guo Fu to take his apprentice son to repair the damaged parts of the hull, and the rest of his men began to thoroughly clean the two newly acquired ships.

Treasure Island is now very busy. Everyone is busy on the boat like ants, cleaning up the garbage, spreading lime in the cabin, and using copper basins to smoke in the cabin.

Killing mosquitoes and fleas in the cabin is a lot of work.

The sails of the two ships were also removed, cleaned thoroughly, the two huge "Thunder" characters on them were wiped off, and finally they were brushed with tung oil.

Yu Xiaotian was a little dissatisfied with the method of covering the sails with a layer of tung oil. Although this thing could have a certain anti-corrosion effect on the hull and sails, it was too flammable and would be very dangerous if caught in a fire.

It is easy to ignite, but at the moment he does not have the fire retardant paint or fire retardant paint of later generations, so he can only use this method.

However, Guo Fu came up with a solution for him, saying that there was something on land that could solve the problem, which was to mix the sap and sap of Eucommia ulmoides seeds into something called Eucommia lacquer, which could be used to paint the sails instead of tung oil.

, so that it can prevent fire. Even if it touches some fire, it will not be ignited quickly. It is a good thing, but it is not easy to use, and the price is extremely high.

Yu Xiaotian heard that there was such a good thing. He had only heard that Eucommia ulmoides was a kind of Chinese medicinal material, but he didn't know that this thing could also play a role in fire prevention. It seemed that there were really things in the world that he didn't know.

Quite a few, and the wisdom of the ancients was not something he could underestimate, so he asked people to write it down and inform the Li family later that no matter how much it cost, they would find a way to get a batch of these things back for him.

Next, Yu Xiaotian carefully observed the stern of the ship on the Fu ship, and observed the internal structure inside. Finally, he decided to place the Dafolang cannon in this place first.

The bow of the Fu Ship was high. Although the view was good, it was inconvenient to set up the artillery. The artillery could only fire from both sides of the bow, but could not fire at the front. Adjusting the guns was not very convenient and required a lot of manpower.

If he had more cannons, he could still handle it, but right now he has too few cannons. With such a cannon that can be used and used in the scene, he must find a better place to place it.

So in the end he placed the cannon on the poop. In this way, the tall poop provided the cannon with a better shooting range and a wider space.

It's just that the structure of the poop is a bit inadequate. After all, this lucky ship was not built according to the standards of a warship, and the structure is not as strong as a warship. Therefore, after mounting this gun, the poop structure may be damaged due to the recoil.

Therefore, before installation, Guo Fu also had to strengthen the structure inside the poop tower to make it strong enough to bear the recoil of the gun.

However, strengthening the poop will also involve the balance of the ship. The poop adds a lot of weight, so it must be balanced at the bow position, and the ballast stones in the cabin must be increased to avoid raising the center of gravity of the ship too much and causing the hull to become unstable.

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In short, if it moves the whole body, it will still take a lot of effort and time to make overall adjustments to the ship.

But Yu Xiaotian doesn't care about this small amount of time. He now has a lot of time to do these things, as long as he can build a boat that he is satisfied with! This is the foundation for his future foothold on the sea.