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The construction site of the boathouse is also very busy. There are about three to four hundred laborers who are building various things needed for the boathouse here at this time.

Chuanliao is located about a few miles upstream of Tamsui Village. The water here is wide and the water depth is suitable. The terrain on the shore is also undulating. Yu Xiaotian had already taken a fancy to this place when he came here and had already decided to make it.

It will be the future location of the boathouse.

Now that Yu Xiaotian wants to move the boat house to Tamsui Village, this place naturally becomes the location of the boat house.

In the early stage of the Nanyue Island Boathouse, Guo Fu, who was the main steward of the boathouse, came to supervise the formation in person this time. He also brought several craftsmen who were familiar with shipbuilding to be responsible for commanding and dispatching manpower to build Sea Wolf's new shipyard.

Boathouse.

Although docks have many benefits, in the current situation of rushing to schedule, using docks to build ships is obviously not a good idea, because digging a large dock requires much more labor than building a slipway, and building a dock takes

The time will exceed the time required to build several slipways.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Yu Xiaotian believed that using slipways to build ships would not have much impact before they were able to build larger ships.

Moreover, the slipway is low-cost. As soon as the hull is built, it can be launched into the water immediately, and other installations can be continued in the water, freeing up the slipway to continue building new ships. In this way, the shipbuilding speed can be greatly improved as long as the manpower is sufficient.

So far, what he needs most is this kind of light sloop. Although its hull is not big and its armament is not very strong, it is fast and flexible, and its firepower is far more than that of the same size.

Chinese-style sailing ships are strong enough to handle maritime operations.

What's more important is that the construction technology of this kind of ship is basically mature, and the craftsmen in the boathouse are already familiar with its construction method. If construction starts on Nanyue Island and here at the same time, it is estimated that they can get another one by the end of the year.

Six to eight sloops.

In this way, he can have a fast fleet that can handle low- to medium-intensity sea battles, and also have a pretty good patrol fleet. He can even equip several places with a sloop.

It is used as a ship to deliver messages or transport important personnel and materials.

In short, what he needs most right now is this kind of ship, and if he wants to have such a fleet before the Spanish attack northern Taiwan next year, then it will depend on the progress of the construction of the boathouse in Tamsui Village.

It is now May, and he requested that at least three slipways be built here before the end of June, and that the keels of these three slipways should be laid immediately at the end of June to start building new ships.

And if the time schedule is kept here, any delay will delay the construction period. Therefore, when he comes here this time, the busiest place in Tamsui Village is probably the new boathouse.

Under Yu Xiaotian's personal intervention, Hailang gathered three to four hundred laborers of all kinds here, including craftsmen, purchased domestic slaves, and many hard laborers.

These people are scattered throughout the boathouse construction site, busy like ants. Since they are currently seriously lacking in animal power here, the limited cattle they prepared before are mostly used for farming, so basically all heavy manual work here is done by

It can only be accomplished with manpower.

A perfect and usable slipway must have a solid foundation. Otherwise, when building a ship, the foundation may not be strong enough, causing the foundation to sink, the hull to tilt, and ultimately the ship to be unable to continue to be built, or the hull structure of the ship to be built to be distorted.

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Therefore, as the most important slipway in the boathouse, many people here are busy laying foundations. Yu Xiaotian has thought about getting cement many times to use in their various reconstruction projects, but cement is easy to talk about.

But if you want to build a cement plant, it is not an easy task.

As for the grinding of various materials alone, he has no way to solve it so far. He can only use animal power or water power to grind various raw materials with stone mills. This requires a lot of work. At most, he can only use the current South

Some of the slag produced in the Riedao Workshop area, plus some tiles and broken porcelain pieces, were crushed and ground into powder to make some soil cement for temporary emergency use. However, if you want to make real Portland cement,

He still has to solve many problems first.

So here he can only use ancient production techniques to build his boathouse. Groups of people gathered on the construction site, chanting loudly, driving piles with sledgehammers, and more people were driving piles.

Fighting hard.

Piles of logs were piled near the construction site. After the foundation was laid, they were immediately sawn by carpenters and transported into the construction site in sections to start building the slipway.

A large wooden frame for shipbuilding is placed on the foundation, and there must be a slideway to connect it to the slipway. In addition, there must be many related workshops. For example, in conjunction with the slipway, there must be a special hemp rope making workshop to make sails.

Workshops for iron products used in building ships, materials for caulking, and wood-bending machines that are essential for the shipbuilding industry. Only when all these things are in place can shipbuilding truly begin.

, both are indispensable, otherwise the ship will not be built.

Therefore, in addition to the construction of the slipway, there are many places here where the sheds needed for other workshops are being built. Therefore, in addition to the shipwrights, dozens of house-building craftsmen have also been transferred here, with some people working on the shore.

Building a house.

In short, when Yu Xiaotian came here to inspect, the construction here was in full swing, and people here had heard the news about Yu Xiaotian's arrival in Tamsui, and no one dared to slack off. They all worked hard on the construction site.

Some of the hard laborers were tired and lazy, so the foreman immediately went over and whipped them head-on.

Yu Xiaotian met Guo Fu, who was supervising the work here, and asked about the progress here. Guo Fu said with a troubled face: "Let me tell you, the master, everything is good here, but the manpower is still not enough. The construction period required by the master is

It’s too short. Our current manpower can only be used by the end of June at most. It would be good to build two slipways, but we can’t build three slipways!

And you see, there is still a silo missing here. Even if the wood starts to be shipped this month, it will still be piled in the open air. If it rains heavily, the wood will get wet and it will still be impossible to cut it!

Therefore, the most urgent thing now is to build a timber warehouse first and store the delivered dry wood in the warehouse, so that shipbuilding can start in July.

There are also a few blacksmiths who need to come over. There is a shortage of large nails and other supplies for building houses here. At present, the two or three blacksmiths cannot produce so many things even if they try their best.

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In short, Guo Fu talked about a lot of problems, asking Yu Xiaotian to understand his difficulties.

Yu Xiaotian and Fang An listened to Guo Fu's complaints and nodded: "I have remembered these and will find a way for you tomorrow. But before the end of June, if the three slipways cannot be built well, you must at least

It is guaranteed that the two slipways can be started! The third slipway will be built in July. By the end of the year, six slipways will be completed here, so that six boats can be built at the same time!

If you want someone, I will find a solution for you, and I will also help you solve it as a shipwright. All in all, the construction period cannot be delayed too long, otherwise, I will consider it your fault!"

The expression on Guo Fu's face was so painful that he almost shed tears. He nodded in agreement with a sad face. He had worked with Yu Xiaotian for so long, so he knew Yu Xiaotian's temper. Yu Xiaotian was very anxious to build more Feihao clippers.

, he knew this. If he delayed the construction period for too long, Yu Xiaozhen might be rude to him.

Nowadays, Sea Wolf's boathouse is no longer what it used to be. After Yu Xiaotian repeatedly searched on land, there are now a lot of craftsmen in the boathouse, and there are also quite a few masters. Now Yu Xiaotian is no longer afraid of being unable to do without Guo Fu.

, if he can't do it well, the steward of the boat house can always let someone else do it.

And he knew very well that Yu Xiaotian was very generous to the craftsmen like them. As the steward of the boat house, his monthly salary was as much as ten taels of silver, which was more than the income of many Sea Wolf tribesmen.

Moreover, there are other subsidies for the food and drink expenses of the family. If he is taken down, there will be no place for such good treatment, so Guo Fu can only grit his teeth and agree.

After looking at the Chuanliao, Yu Xiaotian and Fang An moved to a place not too far away from the Chuanliao. This area had been cleared. The terrain was higher and relatively flat. It turned out that the plan was to reclaim the land.

It was a large piece of farmland, but as Yu Xiaotian's plans changed, this place was chosen as the location of Sea Wolf's new camp.

In the future, a camp will be built here, and Sea Wolf's new recruits will be sent here for training. At the same time, after a large number of recruits complete their training, the new camp will also become a barracks for the garrison of the soldiers here.

Moreover, it is close to the river, close to Chuanliao, and not far from Danshui Village. If something happens, the garrison here can quickly rush to Dazhai and Chuanliao to garrison.

This time Yu Xiaotian brought fifty selected soldiers with him on the ship, and also brought three hundred selected recruits as the first batch of personnel stationed here.

However, their current task is not to train, but to serve as the vanguard to build a new camp here. After the new camp is completed, they will transfer to training on the spot. At the same time, follow-up personnel will be transported in large numbers to fill in the new camp.

Go to the new camp and start training.

If nothing happens, the new recruits here will extend the training time of the new recruits, so that they can basically reach the usable level here before being sent to various garrison locations. According to Yu Xiaotian's original plan, before the end of the year,

He needs to train one to two thousand sailors and soldiers to meet his needs next year.

When they arrived at the location of the new camp, the newcomers and veterans who came with Yu Xiaotian this time had been brought here yesterday and tents were set up in the camp.

They haven't started construction yet today, and the veterans are grouping the newcomers into groups in the newly cleared space.

According to the habits of the Sea Wolf, a five-to-five system is still adopted here. A veteran leads ten newcomers to form a team. There are two teams in a team. Each team chooses a team leader to take the lead. Five teams form a team and five teams.

Then form a squadron, and five squadrons form a brigade...

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