Daming pirates

Yu Xiaotian rarely slept until dawn, then got up, washed and went to the front yard. When he arrived at the front yard, many people were already waiting here.

Ma Xiao, Liu Laoliu, Guo Fu from the boathouse and several of his boatwrights all arrived at Yu Xiaotian's residence early now, sitting boredly in the living room chatting. Guess Yu Xiaotian this time

Let them come over and tell them what to do.

When they saw Yu Xiaotian coming out from behind, everyone quickly stood up and bowed to Xiaotian.

"Haha! I'm sorry, I'm sorry everyone! I'm really tired these days. I was so busy last night that I didn't go to bed until the fourth watch. Today I just took a lazy nap and kept you waiting for a long time!" Yu Xiaotian waved his hand.

He told his subordinates not to be polite and said to them with a smile.

Liu Laoliu turned around and sat back on the chair and said to Xiaotian: "Xiaotian, it's not an option for you to continue like this. You are busy all day long, and even until midnight at night. Don't you feel sleepy? You should also pay attention to yourself.

Only your body and bones will do!"

Yu Xiaotian smiled and nodded in agreement, turned around and said to the people present: "I've called you here today because I have something important to discuss with you!

Manager Guo, if you come here, you can probably guess what I asked you to do!"

Guo Fu hurriedly bowed and said: "When the master invites the younger ones, he must be talking about building a new ship! During this time, the wood in the boathouse has arrived. I thought that when the master came back this time, he would

We asked the little ones to start building new ships, but the big boss never let us start the work. The little ones thought that the big boss must be thinking about what kind of new ship we should build! I guess the big boss must have made up his mind today.

What an idea! I wonder if it’s right to be small?”

Yu Xiaotian laughed and said: "Guanshi Guo, who knows me well! Yes, yes! You are right! I called you here today just to talk about this matter! Someone, go pick up the thing I finished last night."

come out!"

Liu Wang agreed, and hurriedly took a few soldiers to Yu Xiaotian's workshop and carried a shelf into the living room. However, Xiaotian showed off and covered the shelf with a red cloth, so that no one could

See what's covered underneath.

But judging from the shape of the red cloth, everyone guessed that there must be a model ship covered underneath.

In fact, Chinese craftsmen have been building ships since the Song Dynasty very early. They have already made ship models for testing. After constant modifications, they determined the ship type and used the ship model as a sample to start building a new ship according to the proportions.

This kind of thing became even more popular in the Ming Dynasty, and most shipwrights would do it. Even among the shipwrights, there was a whole set of secrets of shipbuilding. There was a certain number of materials for how big the ship should be.

Today I saw Yu Xiaotian actually carrying out a ship model. Although they had not seen what the ship model looked like, Guo Fu and other shipwrights were still very surprised. They all knew that Yu Xiaotian knew a lot about shipbuilding.

, but I didn’t expect that Yu Xiaotian could actually do this by himself.

Yu Xiaotian has brought many surprises to these craftsmen in the past. Whether it is the craftsmen at the artillery factory, the gun factory, or even the craftsmen at the glaze factory and the soap factory, mentioning Yu Xiaotian, one by one

They were all in admiration.

Guo Fu and the others couldn't believe that Yu Xiaotian could actually build a ship, so they all quickly gathered around the ship model.

Even Ma Xiao, Liu Laoliu, Li Gouzi and others couldn't help but surrounded him.

Yu Xiaotian walked to the ship model proudly, reached out and grabbed the red cloth, and said to everyone: "I dare to bet you that you must have never seen anything down here!

Everyone, please take a look! The Nanyue-type sloop is making its debut today!..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he lifted up the red cloth covering the ship model with a shake of his hand, raised his hand and threw the red cloth onto Liu Wang's head.

A novel ship model was immediately displayed in front of everyone's eyes.

Guo Fu and other shipwrights took a closer look and were all surprised. They quickly came closer and began to carefully look at the ship model in front of them.

Yu Xiaotian clasped his hands behind his back, showing a triumphant expression. He turned around, took out a cigarette, lit it, crossed his legs and sat on a chair nearby, letting the group of people watch him first.

masterpiece.

In terms of appearance, this boat has completely broken away from the category of Chinese sailing ships. Only the large compartment design on the bottom floor still retains some characteristics of Chinese ships.

Even these guys who thought they were very knowledgeable, this was the first time they had seen such a ship model, so they were all very curious, and they gathered around the ship model to watch and discuss it.

"What kind of boat is this? Is it too slender? I've never seen it before! I really haven't seen it before! According to this, this boat should be very fast!"

"Not bad! The bow is sharp, which can plow through the waves. The bottom of the boat is also sharp, and there are ribs on both sides to prevent waves from getting on board! This boat has so many ribs! If this is done, the boat should be very strong! It's just a bit of a waste! But

It saves a cabin and makes loading cargo much more convenient on this ship!"

"Look at this mast and sail. This is the first time I have seen something like this in my life! Weird! How strange! Is such a sail easy to use? Why do I feel that there are no sails like ours to take care of!"

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Everyone gathered around the ship model and expressed their opinions, constantly discussing the practicality and safety issues of this ship if it were built, as well as the troubles that might be encountered during the construction.

Yu Xiaotian didn't care about them, and was given a bowl of porridge, which he drank slowly with some pickles. Someone actually gave him a salted duck egg, which made Yu Xiaotian feel very comfortable while eating it.

While listening to the discussion of these guys.

Gradually, the opinions of this group of shipbuilders began to unite. After carefully looking at the ship model, they determined a few points.

First, if this boat is built, it will definitely be faster and more flexible. The aspect ratio is here, and the shape of the bottom of the boat and the shape of the bow show that this boat is very suitable for high-speed travel. At the same time, the shape of the stern

The larger rudder also shows that the boat is more flexible.

Second, this ship should be relatively strong. The keel of the ship is made of a complete piece of wood. The two ribs of the hull have dense ribs. There are also several compartments on the bottom, which are reinforced with partitions, plus the middle deck.

The beams and decks make this boat very solid and make people feel at ease.

The third is that the sail setting of this ship is too strange. For a ship like this, they think it is possible to carry two masts and use the front and rear sails. If you need to hang another sail in the front, you can also add a triangular foresail.

Instead of using this kind of soft sail, it is better to use the hard sail they commonly use.

Furthermore, they felt that the middle and upper decks of this ship were straight. In addition to being convenient for loading, if it was used as a warship, a lot of guns could be placed on both sides of the hull on the first floor below the deck, and from this

It can also be seen on the ship model that there are some gun ports on the middle side of the ship on both sides of the hull, which is quite similar to the large Taixi ships they encountered by chance before.

At least this kind of ship has more artillery than the ships they are currently using, and cannons can be placed on both sides of the hull. Even if the hull of this kind of ship is small, the firepower should be much higher than the various ships they currently use.

On the whole, this group of shipwrights believe that this ship is quite beautifully designed and has many advantages. It is at least better than their current common ship types such as Fu ship, Guang ship, sand ship and bird ship. However, there is still one disadvantage.

It's just that the side of this kind of ship is a bit low, so it's not easy to join forces when encountering a large enemy ship!

Yu Xiaotian had already finished breakfast at this time, wiped his mouth, pushed the bowl and chopsticks aside and stood up.

"It seems that you are all well-informed people. Although it is your first time to see this kind of ship, you still see its advantages!

You are right, this kind of boat is called a sloop, and its biggest advantage is that this kind of boat is very fast! It is at least twice as fast as our current bird boat, or even more!

In addition, this kind of boat is very suitable for use in offshore areas. It has fast speed, shallow draft, simple and flexible operation, and can maneuver quickly in narrow waterways.

But if you use it to travel long distances overseas, there will be no problem. Its center of gravity is low and it is not easy to capsize. The mast can even be lowered when necessary. Even if it encounters strong winds and waves on the sea, it will not be afraid.

It will capsize easily! It can still drive like flying!

In addition, you can also see that this guy is very strong and uses a large number of dense ribs. In this case, the hull structure will definitely be very strong. With the bottom and middle decks and partitions, the overall strength is far higher than that of ordinary ships. If it is

If you share the boat power with ships of the same size, it can also take advantage of it.

Even if it is used to directly hit some ships that are much larger than it, with the structure of its bow, it can still smash the opponent and ensure that it does not sink!

In short, I have been thinking about it for a long time, what kind of ship do we need, and what kind of ship is the most suitable for us? Finally, I selected this kind of ship as our first batch of trial-produced ship types.

As for those bird boats, Haicang, and Fu boats, although I can’t say they are bad, I can responsibly say that they are outdated! Although we still use them in the Ming Dynasty, if we use them to deal with those red-haired people or

It would really be a big loss for Fo Langjiren’s clipper!"

Yu Xiaotian walked to the ship model, stretched out his hand, and gently touched the ship model made by him, as if caressing his beloved woman, and said to everyone.

Ma Xiao jumped up when he heard this and exclaimed: "So fast? Can this boat run so fast? Really? God, it's twice as fast as a bird boat! Isn't it just like flying?"

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "If the wind force is right, it is absolutely possible! It can even go faster!"

After everyone heard this, their eyes were filled with stars, because they certainly knew how important ship speed was to them.

If they go out to sea to hunt down other merchant ships, with such a fast speed, almost any merchant ship will have no chance of escaping and will have to be overtaken and captured by them.

But if they encounter an enemy but cannot defeat them, they can use the high speed of this ship to turn around and escape immediately. The enemy can only follow them and smell their farts, and they can't even smell their farts.

If this kind of ship can really run so fast as Yu Xiaotian said, then Sea Wolf will really be the best in the future.

Even if it is most unfavorable to use this kind of ship to transport goods, they can make two trips in the time it takes for one ship to make one trip. In that case, the profits can be doubled, and they don't have to worry about being robbed by pirates on the road.

You can't grab it even if you want to, because they are too fast. If you use this kind of ship to do business, it will be difficult not to make money!