Daming pirates

"Has the No. 2 sloop been launched?" Yu Xiaotian suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with this matter.

Li Gouzi was stunned for a moment and nodded quickly: "It's launched! It was launched the day before yesterday. The boss was not here, and the boathouse didn't wait for the boss. In order to quickly free up the dock, they hurriedly put the boat into the water as soon as they finished building it.

It was launched and moved out of the dock, and is now parked on the shore for rigging and final inspections!"

Yu Xiaotian patted the armrest of the chair lightly, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and stood up and said: "This matter will be discussed here for today, I will consider making another decision! I will go and see the ship first! You guys also

There’s no need to speculate, I will definitely get this face back for you! But I don’t necessarily have to mobilize an army to fight with Boss Chu Cai! Hehe!”

After everyone heard this, they immediately stood up and said goodbye, and some people followed Yu Xiaotian out of the village and headed towards the boat house.

On the dock outside the boathouse, another brand-new sloop has been launched at this time and is docked next to a trestle. Some shipwrights are busy on the boat, installing sail ropes and other parts for the boat, making it

The ship will be ready for sea trials soon.

In terms of shape, this No. 2 boat is almost exactly the same as the previous Flying Fish, and there is no difference in size. They are both boats made of 150 materials, but the details are somewhat different from the previous Flying Fish. The shipwright

When this boat was built, the Flying Fish had already undergone many sea trials.

Based on some problems discovered during the trial voyage, Guo Fu and other shipwrights from the shipyard made certain modifications to the No. 2 ship. For example, they thickened the ribs under the ribs on both sides of the ship to enhance the strength of the hull.

The longitudinal strength also plays a role in anti-rolling to a certain extent, making the hull more stable when turning at sea and encountering strong waves.

The bow position of the ship must carry a twelve-pound howitzer. In order to ensure the load-bearing capacity and prevent the recoil from damaging the hull, this part has been strengthened to a certain extent.

In addition, the rudder at the stern has also been enlarged a bit, which can enhance the flexibility of the boat. There are six additional places on both sides of the stern where the oars can be placed. Once the sail is damaged beyond repair, or there is no wind on the sea or

When offshore, these oars can provide power to the ship and speed up the ship if necessary.

In short, this boat has some improvements in details compared to the first boat, Feiyu, making it stronger and more complete, and it can be put into use immediately.

As soon as Yu Xiaotian arrived at the boat house, he carefully inspected the condition of the No. 2 boat, and greatly praised the boat house for completing and launching the No. 2 boat so quickly.

And Guo Fu and others are very proud now. After all, after they have the experience of building the No. 1 ship, the No. 2 ship has basically not changed much. Some tooling is also in place, and the shipwrights' experience has been accumulated, so in the construction

When building the second ship, there was less trouble, and the overall construction process was quite smooth.

So not long after the Feiyu was completed and delivered for trial use, they also built the No. 2 ship and quickly sent it out of the dock, freeing up the dock to start building the No. 4 ship, which was the enlarged model requested by Yu Xiaotian.

Brigantine.

After Yu Xiaotian finished looking at the No. 2 ship, he turned around and went to the dock of the dock to take a look. The dock where the Feiyu was built had been drained again at this time, and the dock door was sealed.

The frame has been repaired long ago, and the keel of a new sloop has been placed on the frame of the dock. A part of the ship's ribs is now in the hands of the shipwrights, being installed on the keel and combined with the keel.

The progress is faster than Yu Xiaotian thought.

It's no wonder that there must be brave men under heavy rewards. Yu Xiaotian has never been stingy with rewards for these craftsmen. As long as they do well, they will be rewarded more. In order to get more rewards, the craftsmen will not hesitate to work more and work harder.

A little faster.

Moreover, Yu Xiaotian set a price for the boathouse. According to the size of the hull, the council will settle the settlement for the boathouse based on the boats built by the boathouse. The faster they build, the more wages they will get.

The more the work is done, the more money will be deducted if it exceeds the established construction period. If it is done in advance, another bounty will be given.

Of course, the premise of everything is that the boats they build must be made according to the craftsmanship and cannot cut corners. They must be qualified boats. If the quality of the boats they build is not up to standard, not only will the boatwrights not get paid, but they will also be afraid of losing money.

You have to pay for the materials for this boat out of your own pocket.

So after this system was established, the craftsmen of the Chuanliao naturally became more energetic. Therefore, the speed of the Chuanliao project increased very quickly, which even surprised Yu Xiaotian at how motivated these guys were.

"When can this boat test the water?" Yu Xiaotian asked Guo Fu, pointing to the No. 2 boat docked next to the trestle.

Guo Fu quickly replied: "I would like to inform you that the ballast stones of this ship have been installed. Today I am installing the sail ropes and windlass. The anchor will be installed tomorrow morning, and the ship will be ready the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Test the waters!”

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "Yes, this time the boat can be tested in a simpler way. With the experience of Feiyu, there should be no big problems with this boat. I want you to continue building this kind of boat as quickly as possible."

, try to make four or five usable ones for me before the end of the year!"

While Guo Fu nodded in agreement, he looked embarrassed and said to Xiaotian: "Master, the shipyard here has just prepared to build a large ship with 300 materials. If four or five such ships are to be built before the end of the year, this ship will

I’m afraid we won’t be able to build a big ship with 300 materials! Besides, we can’t make room for these two docks!”

Yu Xiaotian touched the beard on his chin, thought for a while and said: "What's so difficult about this? This kind of ship made of 150 materials is not big in itself, so it doesn't necessarily need a dock!

In the past, when you built ships in other places, most of them made a slipway and then put it into the water using a slide. You can just put it on the ship frame directly in the shiphouse and then build it!

I’m afraid what you’re worried about is the manpower issue! This is easy to handle, I’ll just ask Ma Xiao and the others to ‘recruit’ a group of craftsmen for you!”

Guo Fu nodded and said: "What the boss said is absolutely true. This is also a way. It can also be done with a boat frame! The boat slide made of 150 materials can be launched into the water! If we can add another 40 to 50 craftsmen,

If the wood can keep up, I can guarantee that I can build two more boats like this for the big boss by the end of the year, and the other 300-material boat can probably be built before the end of the year!"

Yu Xiaotian said nothing more and returned home to rest for two days. He ordered the council to organize several ships of materials needed for Tamsui Village. He also asked various ministries to find ways to continue to recruit immigrants and transport them to Jilongwan and Tamsui Village.

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Now that Yan Siqi and others have landed in the south and begun to recruit immigrants from the Zhangquan area, they cannot move too slowly here. They must increase the number of immigrants from Jilong Bay and Danshui Village as soon as possible, so that they can interact with the local indigenous people in the future.

Gradually take advantage of the competition for territory.

In short, if you want to run Taiyuan Island, no one can do it. He must find a way to attract more immigrants to settle there.

But simply recruiting immigrants is not enough. After these immigrants arrive there, they need to be resettled and farmed, which requires a lot of tools and farm implements as well as a large number of cattle.

Although he had prepared a group of cattle on Nanyue Island in advance, the number was still far from meeting the needs. Moreover, he had promised the immigrant villages along the Tamsui River that after returning this time, he would send three cattle to each immigrant village.

He received five cattle as his first investment in these immigrant villages to enhance their ability to expand farming.

This matter involved the issue of winning the trust of the people in the future, so he did not dare to be careless. After returning, he organized the transportation of the existing idle cattle on Nanyue Island, and at the same time sent people to notify the merchants in Fuzhou and Funing, asking them to go through various methods.

We will find a way to buy cattle for Hailang on land, transport them to Nanyue Island, and then transfer them to Danshui Village.

Just when Yu Xiaotian was busy raising various supplies needed for Tamsui Village, Yu Xiaotian received another notification that a patrol ship had blocked a fleet at the mouth of the Minjiang River. This fleet did not follow the sea regulations.

They paid the toll according to the wolf's rules, but they said they had a relationship with the boss and wanted us to show our favor once, but the brother who handled the matter did not agree and took them back to Nanyue Island and detained them at the East Pier.

According to the brothers who escorted them back, it seemed that they were also in our business, and their manager said he was a friend of Zheng Yiguan and wanted to see the boss!

Yu Xiaotian felt something strange when he heard it. Of course Zheng Yiguan knew it, but what did this group of people do? Unconsciously, he suddenly remembered the fleet he met on the way back from Tamsui River. He didn't stop at that time.

I came down to inquire about that fleet, but I roughly saw that they were also sailing in the direction of Fuzhou.

Could it be that this fleet was detained by his own men? If so, where did they come from given their location at that time?

"What's the name of the person in charge of that fleet?" Yu Xiaotian immediately asked the subordinates who came to report the news.

"This person claims his surname is Yan, and his given name is Siqi!..."

Yu Xiaotian suddenly stood up and burst into laughter.

(Two updates today, and another chapter in the afternoon!)