Daming pirates

So for more than half a year, Yu Xiaotian continued to spend money to buy slaves and transport them back to the island. As a kind of welfare, young women were given to the tribesmen on the island who had no families. Of course, he wanted to get such a wife.

You must have considerable merit.

The boys or girls stay in some workshops on the island to serve as apprentices to the craftsmen and let them learn various crafts. The girls mostly stay in the garment workshops to work. If some of the boys are willing to work on the ship, they can

They can be sent to the ship to serve as trainee sailors, allowing them to learn navigation skills.

As for the young and strong men, they were placed in various workshops or shipyards to serve as workers.

Yu Xiaotian was not very opposed to this issue of human trafficking. Although such things were regarded as a violation of human rights by later generations, in this era, this kind of slave trading was a normal thing.

For these slaves who were bought with money, their status is different from ordinary immigrants. They have no personal freedom and the wages are not high. They also have their own self-conscious names and know their status. Although they are not necessarily willing to do so, they are

It can be regarded as an honest acceptance of fate.

Before many slaves were bought, they did not know that they would be transported here and become slaves of pirates. It was not until they were shipped out to sea that they knew where their future was.

Some people are reluctant, but they have no choice but to accept their fate. Very few of them will resist. They can only pray to God and hope that their situation will not be too miserable when they reach the den of thieves.

But after arriving at Nanyue Island, they found that things were not as bad as they thought. Although they had to undergo a so-called quarantine for the first half month, their clothes were collected and burned, and their heads were shaved (except for women, in

Xiaotian was not interested in seeing nun-like women appearing on the island), he gave them decoction to kill insects, and had to wash them from head to toe. These practices made them confused and scared.

But once the isolation was lifted, they discovered that these ferocious pirates were not as bad as they thought, and they even called them good.

Because after they were released from isolation, in addition to being given brand new clothes, they were also given clean and tidy accommodation, and each person also had a set of toiletries that could be replaced regularly.

As for eating, although it was a big pot of rice, the quality of the rice exceeded their expectations. There were three meals a day, thin in the morning and evening, dry at noon, porridge and vegetables, although most of them were sea vegetables, but compared to before they sold themselves.

However, the food he ate was much better, and he was even given meat every once in a while.

When they were on land, slaves would not dare to think about it. House slaves could rarely eat meat. Even if it was a bit meaty, it was offal from some animal offal, and the amount was very small.

However, the meat provided here is all large pieces of good quality meat, mainly fish, and occasionally you can also eat whale meat, which is said to be only available to the rich.

And their work is not really about making cows and horses. They only need to work for five hours every day. They get up early in the morning, work for two and a half hours at noon, and work for another two and a half hours after dinner in the afternoon, before they can do it by hand.

Go back to their place to rest, and they can make their own arrangements for the night.

Sea Wolf also provided them with something called playing cards and taught them how to play. They also gave them some wages every month. In addition, they gave the boss a day to rest and visit the shopping area on the island.

Buy some supplies for your own personal needs.

For people like them who were slaves, this was unimaginable before they came here, so the slaves who came here earlier gradually stayed with peace of mind.

What's more, Sea Wolf has made a deal with them in advance. As long as they work for Sea Wolf for five years, they can quit their citizenship and become civilians, no longer slaves. In the future, they can choose to be farmers or continue to stay.

If they work in the workshop, they can get the same remuneration as other craftsmen.

After having this hope, the slaves naturally felt more motivated, so most of them felt at ease on the island and did not cause any trouble.

Now that Yu Xiaotian wanted to build a large-scale construction project in Jilongwan, he needed manpower, so the first batch of personnel chose these slaves who had no freedom first, and selected a group from them, plus a group of newly purchased slaves.

, shipped to Jilong Bay.

There are also many construction tools and a large amount of supplies transported to Jilong Bay with the ship, which can meet the needs of the personnel stationed in Jilong Bay for a month. In addition, there are six construction craftsmen on the ship. After arriving, you need to take them with you.

These people began to build Jilongwan Dazhai and two forts.

Originally, Yu Xiaotian wanted to go with the ship again, but considering that the first batch of people was relatively small, it was not enough to meet the needs of building a stronghold. In addition, he had plans to deal with Chen Jiu, an old rival, and seize the fortune.

Ning's territory, so I decided not to go there this time, and ordered these people to go over and build the fort on Heping Island first.

Yu Xiaotian also took the time to meet with several bow craftsmen and drew a sketch of the fort, asking them to design and build the fort on Heping Island based on this sketch.

Yu Xiaotian knew very well that Heping Island was the gateway to Jilong Bay, and the strength of this fort would directly affect the safety of Jilong Bay, so he decided not to build it. If it was built, this fort would have to be built.

Very strong.

He did not study architecture, but he knew the benefits of the bastion. The bastion was a new type of fortification that gradually appeared in the West after the emergence of artillery. It was a very strong fortress that could effectively resist artillery fire. At the same time,

It also has extremely strong defensive power.

Therefore, if it was to be built, Yu Xiaotian had no intention of hastily building a wooden stockade and tearing it down as he had done before. As the most important Jilong Bay defense fort, Heping Island Fort, he decided to use a hollow bastion method.

construction.

He didn't know how to design architecture, so he could only make a rough sketch to show the craftsmen what kind of fort he wanted to build. This fort was polygonal, with protrusions and recesses on the walls of the fort.

, leaving a shooting hole, and a gun emplacement built on the top, which can erect heavy artillery.

At first, these craftsmen didn't quite understand why Yu Xiaotian wanted to build this fort into such a weird shape. Even people like Wang Hong couldn't figure out why they put so much effort into building such a weird fort.

do what.

So Yu Xiaotian took a ruler and made some drawings on the sketch for the craftsmen, and at the same time gave some explanations to Wang Hong and others.

After Xiaotian finished speaking, everyone realized how powerful this bastion was. The polygonal city wall did not seem very thick, but when viewed from any angle, the city wall was tilted, which increased the straight line thickness of the city wall.

It grew a lot and became very thick.

This is nothing. The key point is that the perforations opened everywhere in this strange-shaped fort do not seem to be facing the sea, but are opened in an inclined state. The defenders in the perforations may not be able to shoot far away.

target, but if someone wants to attack this fort, they must go ashore and get close to the fort.

At this time, according to Yu Xiaotian's explanation, everyone discovered the viciousness of this fortress. No matter whether the attacker attacked the fort from any direction, he would just enter an area covered by the cross fire of the fort defenders, and the attacker could not

If you directly use artillery to shoot at these perforation positions, you can only stand below and wait to be beaten.

Even if they are close to the fort, they can drop fire jars into the perforations of the fort to burn the enemies gathered below, or even throw rocks down, making the attacking enemies unable to resist.

If they build a ladder and want to climb, the guards in the fort can not only shoot the unsuspecting backs of these attackers from the shooting hole in another direction, but also poke out from the shooting hole in the middle of the waist.

Fork, knock down the ladder.

So once this strange-shaped fort is built, it will become a nightmare for the attacker to capture it. Regardless of the number of guards in the fort, there will not be more than a hundred people. If the attacker wants to capture this place,

, at least don’t try to capture this fort without investing ten times more troops.

Moreover, Yu Xiaotian sketched out the garrison rooms, combat passages, underground ammunition depots and grain storage warehouses, as well as passages for guard movement, etc. However, these are only rough sketches, and how to arrange them specifically

, it’s up to these craftsmen to use their ingenuity.

So several bow craftsmen understood what kind of fort Yu Xiaotian wanted to build, and nodded repeatedly to show that they understood. Then Yu Xiaotian put them on the ship and sent them to Jilong Bay for the first time.

The first step is to build the fort on Heping Island. The construction period should be shortened as much as possible, and the construction materials should be sourced locally as much as possible. Stones on the island should be mined and used as materials, leaving the time and cost of transporting other building materials.