Daming pirates

After walking out of the meeting hall, Yu Xiaotian looked at the blue sky, his brows furrowed, and he was in a very bad mood. Chu Cailao's recent actions completely disrupted his plan and put him in an embarrassing situation.

In the middle, it was like when he fought with someone in the boxing ring before, he tried his best, but found that he couldn't see his opponent, and he couldn't use all his strength.

When is Chu Cai Lao planning to attack Nanyue Island, and how long will his harassment tactics last? Yu Xiaotian can't guess, and now he is completely passive in front of Chu Cai Lao's move.

It doesn't fit with his style of conduct or his character. More often than not, he prefers to take the initiative and use offense as the best defense.

But now he finds that after his family business has grown, many things have become less smooth than before, and he always has too many worries.

He has also thought about it in the past two days. If it doesn't work, he will take the initiative and lead the fleet to attack Mr. Chu Cai's lair on Dongshan Island, and directly ask Mr. Chu Cai for a big battle.

But after he came up with this idea, he analyzed it carefully and found that he didn't have much chance of winning.

Chu Cai Lao has been operating in the area south of Quanzhou for more than a day and a half. Since he went to the sea to become a pirate, he has mainly been active in this area. Therefore, his power in this area can be said to be deeply rooted. Once Hailang takes the initiative to mobilize a large number of troops to Dongshan

If the island is looking for Chu Cai Lao to fight, Chu Cai Lao will have all the advantages of the right time, place and people, and he can easily gather all the available forces to fight against the sea wolf. With Chu Cai Lao's strength, although he is not technically

Not dominant, but they have an absolute advantage in numbers.

No matter how powerful the Sea Wolf fleet is, it can only bring the main ships there. It is difficult for the small auxiliary ships to sail so far to participate in the war. Just by this, the Sea Wolf fleet will be completely put at a disadvantage.

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Although small warships may look inconspicuous on weekdays and have poor combat effectiveness, once a large number of them are gathered, their energy changes and their quality changes, becoming the main factor that determines the outcome of a naval battle.

Especially small ships like long dragons and fast paddle boats. Once the number is large enough, they themselves have strong maneuverability and speed. They can cooperate with their main warships in war and give full play to the advantages of ants killing elephants.

, if Yu Xiaotian rashly leads the Sea Wolf fleet to have a decisive battle with Mr. Chu Cai, he might be put in a place of eternal destruction.

So after thinking of this, Yu Xiaotian threw the rat weapon away, so he could only give up the idea and make other plans.

Standing at the door of the meeting hall, Yu Xiaotian became more and more annoyed and confused as he thought about it. He felt a little anxious, so he walked out of the Wolf Cave headquarters and walked slowly towards the north gate of the village with a few guards, planning to

Go to the boathouse to see the construction status of new ships there during this period.

After the sloop has gone through the trial production stage, the construction technology and process have now basically matured and stabilized. The shipwrights are also familiar with the manufacturing process of various parts of this ship, and the construction speed has begun to increase significantly, and Yu Xiaotian requested

This kind of ships is built in batches and added to the fleet as soon as possible to put them into use.

Therefore, the shipwrights in the shipyard can now be said to be very saturated with production. The limited docks and slipways are almost fully utilized. The shipwrights also perform their duties, adopt a division of labor and cooperate, and start feeding materials in large numbers. Everyone

Almost all of them specialize in the production of one kind of component, and the components are produced in a streamlined manner and transported to the dock and slipway for assembly.

As a result, the construction speed of the ship was naturally several times faster than the initial trial production. In addition, the production of sails made the bamboo craftsmen who used to specialize in making Chinese-style hard sails somewhat useless, so Yu Xiaotian simply

A group of women who were good at needlework were recruited on the island to help sew sails in the boathouse.

At this time, because the Ming Dynasty did not produce sail canvas for the time being, Yu Xiaotian had to find a way to send a ship to Manila or Batavia to find the Dutch or Spanish to purchase it. After trial, the Dutch in Batavia had a

A kind of canvas produced in India is relatively durable and strong, so Sea Wolf purchased a batch in large quantities to make sails specifically for this type of fast ship.

And after constant experiments, the boat house found that using different sewing methods also directly affected the strength of the sail, so they chose a more complicated sewing method and asked the female workers to sew it in this way.

When making sails, Luo Xianbin came back with feedback, saying that after using this Indian canvas and new sewing methods, the sails became more durable and more stressed than before, and their service life was greatly extended. At least they did not need a single

The sails need to be replaced every month, and the old sails have to be repaired constantly.

If this new sail is not damaged by external force, it can be used normally for more than two months. If it does not encounter a strong typhoon, it can be used for a longer period of time. Therefore, it basically meets the needs of the sloop.

Sail strength requirements.

But Yu Xiaotian also knows that before the trial production of chemical fiber materials is successful, he can only do so much. The canvas woven from pure natural hemp fiber and cotton fiber can only do this at present.

After one point, it is impossible to increase the intensity.

Two months later in the year, the shipyard delivered two more sloops to Sea Wolf. They were immediately assigned crew members and handed them over to Luo Xianbin's Clippers detachment for training.

In the shipyard, there is currently a ketch being built in one shipyard and a sloop being built on the slipway. Another shipyard is still undergoing drainage operations at this time.

The dock will not be able to drain the water for a few days, so for now, no new boats will be launched in the dock for a short period of time.

Yu Xiaotian was in a very depressed mood today, so he planned to go to the boathouse and see the rebuilt ships. He would often feel better. Sometimes when he was depressed, he also liked to go to the gunsmiths and gunsmiths.

Take a look inside, try out new guns or touch those newly made cannons, and you will feel better.

But when he was about to walk out of the village, he saw several patrolmen cursing and tying up a man, kicking and beating him and dragging him from outside the village into the village.

"Stop talking nonsense, you guys have been peeping over to Dazhai for the past few days. I've been staring at you for a long time. I can't let you be arrogant anymore! You're going to be arrogant at the first sight.

He's not just a good bird, he must be a spy sent by Chu Cai's old man!" A patrol sentry from behind kicked the tied man on the buttocks, kicking the man forward and almost causing him to lie on the ground.

He was on the ground, but he was held up by two patrol guards next to him, so he didn't lie down.

"This guy has a tough mouth! Don't talk nonsense to him. Take him to the execution hall and hand him over to the execution hall's people. If you don't believe this guy won't tell the truth! I don't believe he can withstand the execution hall's methods!" A patrolman stood aside.

While holding this man, he said.

But the tied man still struggled and shouted: "Heroes, there is a misunderstanding! This is a misunderstanding! I am definitely not someone's spy, I am just the accountant of the Lin family shop!

My surname is Lin and my first name is Yiyang. If you guys don't believe me, you can go to Lin's shop and ask me about my identity! The reason why I came here to look around is because I have nothing to do and am very curious! It's not that I want to inquire about anything, I hope

Please don’t misunderstand me!

Moreover, I admire the master's ability to govern the world very much, and really want to meet the master, but I have no chance, so I have nothing to do, so I came to Dazhai to see if I can try my luck to see if I can meet the master!"

"Bah! You are still talking hard even when you are about to die. You said you are not Mr. Chu Cai's spy. Why have you been wandering around Dazhai, walking around the island, and even going to the forbidden area in the east of the island during this period?

Wandering around? This isn't the first day I've been eyeing you. I've been keeping an eye on you these days.

We have been watching you all the time! Isn’t the Lin’s Shop? You can’t even think of deceiving us, the Lin’s Shop will certainly not be able to escape the involvement! Stop talking nonsense, and when you get to the execution hall, someone will ask you to tell the truth! Let’s go quickly!”

Before the leader of the patrol could finish his words, he kicked him again.

This time, Lin Yiyang was kicked so hard that he finally rolled to the ground and his forehead hit the ground. When he looked up again, he could see blood. His clothes were torn in several places and covered with dirt. He looked very embarrassed.

When Yu Xiaotian saw this, it turned out that he didn't want to ask about it. Recently, the island has become tight on the outside and tight on the inside. The patrol officers have strengthened their monitoring of all parts of the island, especially some unfamiliar faces, who are under special care.

Moreover, more than a dozen of Chu Cai Lao's spies have been arrested recently, which shows that Chu Cai Lao is also trying every means to get information about Sea Wolf.

So when he saw the man who was arrested today, Yu Xiaotian originally didn't want to ask anything about it. Judging from the situation, he should be another spy caught by the patrol. But when he heard that the man said that he had always wanted to see him, he became somewhat curious.

, then he stopped and began to look at this man.

The tied man was not very old, probably in his twenties, about the same age as himself, with a medium build and a slightly thin build. He was wearing a shabby and patched scholar's shirt, and wore old shoes at his feet.

Cloth shoes, unfortunately only one is left at the moment, the other one is probably caught

When I was young, I shook it off. My hair was randomly tied around my head and tied with a piece of cloth. It was now loose. The skin on my face was relatively white, but my forehead was scratched and stains were still on my face.

There was a lot of dust on him, which made him look embarrassed at the moment, but overall he looked like he was a scholar.

After carefully looking at the man, Yu Xiaotian's intuition told him that this man probably didn't look like a spy sent by Chu Cai.

(Thank you to Brother Youlongcao for your generous reward yesterday! Your support is the motivation for me to code!)