Daming pirates

"The boss is good to the brothers, and the brothers all know it in their hearts. Otherwise, the brothers wouldn't risk their lives like this. It's all because the boss is kind-hearted, and the brothers are willing to work hard for the boss!

Don’t worry, sir, our board of directors has already begun to arrange these matters, and most of the pensions have been paid out. However, there are some brothers who are single and have no relatives. For these brothers, we have invited their rankings to the Zhonglie

Enshrined in the temple!

As for the brothers who are disabled after recovering from their injuries, please rest assured, boss, we will arrange for them properly and we will definitely not treat them badly!" Li Gouzi quickly agreed.

Yu Xiaotian was afraid that many things would be delayed while he was seriously injured. It seemed that Li Gouzi and the others in the council were working hard. Such matters were not delayed. What needed to be done was already done while he was seriously injured.

Moreover, he had heard Liu Laoliu say that the awards had been arranged. Those who deserved rewards and those who deserved medals of merit were given medals of merit. In addition, the captains who lost their ships would be rewarded as quickly as possible.

, equip them with new ships. As for the captains of the sunken ships, they cannot be allowed to come back and sit on the bench. This is something Yu Xiaotian has specially explained.

Once the captain who sank the ship is allowed to sit on the bench after he comes back, it will inevitably affect morale. Therefore, in such a situation, when dealing with the captain who fought bravely and sank the ship, Sea Wolf is fully prepared until he is waiting to board a new ship.

The extra pay will not affect their income, and they can take a break before getting a new ship.

Once there is a new ship, it is necessary to arrange for these captains to reboard the ship first. This is also a way to encourage captains to dare to fight. The provincial captains are afraid that their ships will sink in battle, and they are afraid to move forward during the war.

However, after experiencing this sea battle, Sea Wolf's navy will make great progress, making them more confident and braver in battle. Yu Xiaotian is certain of this.

"By the way, how did Blackhead arrange the ships that were sunk in the battle, including ours and the Spanish warships? I didn't have the energy to ask about this matter during this period. I only remembered it when I saw you today!"

Yu Xiaotian suddenly remembered this matter and asked Luo Xianbin.

Upon hearing this, Luo Xianbin quickly replied: "Brother Hei and the others have not forgotten this. The brothers marked the locations of the ships that sank during the battle. Some of the ships sank too deep, so they gave up.

Several other of our ships, before they sank, sailed to shallow waters and sank to the shoal. These ships are temporarily inconvenient to salvage, but we have also sent water ghosts to dive down to find out the location and salvage some cannons first.

, some cannons are not in a good position and cannot be fished out for the time being.

Of the three large ships sunk by the Spanish, one was burned in deep water, so there was nothing that could be done about it. The other burned ship was hooked by a long dragon and dragged to the shore before it was burned. After the fire was extinguished, the cannons on the ship were

The cannons were dismantled and transported to Keelung Fort for inspection. Some of the usable ones were temporarily put into the warehouse. Some of the cannons were too badly burned and had deformed, waiting to be smashed and returned to the furnace.

As for the large Spanish plywood boat that sank in the shoal, water ghosts have explored it many times. There are three holes in the boat below the waterline. The overall damage is not too serious. There is hope that it can be fished out and repaired. Let’s see.

See if it still works.

It's just that the manpower and material resources there are limited at the moment, and it is temporarily impossible to fish out the water. If you want to fish out the water, it is estimated that a lot of manpower will be used. At the moment, Keelung Fort can only send people to fish out some cannons and other things on the ship.

, the rest will have to wait until the boss sends someone over later, and then we can think of a solution!"

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, he was very satisfied with the work ability of Heitou and Sun Baoqiang. The two people cooperated and managed the Keelung Fort well. Both of them were very capable. I dare not say that their cooperation was a perfect match. At least there was no internal strife.

Procrastination in doing things is already very good.

As for this era, it is not easy to salvage a large ship weighing several hundred tons from the water. There are very few people who can do this kind of thing. Although Sea Wolf has done it a few times, it cannot be said that

We have rich experience. In addition, there is no decent lifting equipment in this era, so we can only use simple methods, which requires a considerable investment of manpower and material resources to do it.

To salvage such a large ship, at least a few large sand boats must be used, and several boats must be fixed together, and then we can find a way to gradually salvage the boat.

However, this ship is still a Galen ship after all. Although it is only an armed merchant ship, it still has salvage value. As long as it can be fished out and the main structure has not been seriously damaged, then it can be repaired.

If it takes a while, at least until Seawolf builds its own gunboats of the same type, it can still run rampant on the Chinese sea for a long time.

So Yu Xiaotian made a note of this matter, and began to arrange for the deployment of personnel and several large sand ships from the merchant fleet to organize a salvage team to find a way to salvage the ship from the water. As long as it could be fished out of the water first,

You can drag it to the shallow water of a nearby beach, strand it on the sandbar, and then plug the leaking area so that it can float. Then things will be much easier.

The key is how to lift it out of the water. If the boat is filled with water and sits on the bottom of the sea, the weight will be very heavy. Although it will not be that heavy with the buoyancy of sea water, the weight cannot be ignored. Once the organization is weak, it will be lifted when the time comes.

If a few big sand boats get in, it will be a huge loss.

Therefore, we must find someone with experience and strong organizational skills to do this. But for a while, Yu Xiaotian couldn't think of anyone who could do this, so for the time being, he could only start organizing material resources and do a good job.

Early preparation.

In addition, it cannot take too long after a ship sinks. The longer the time, the deeper the ship sinks on the seabed and the more difficult it is to salvage it. Therefore, this matter cannot be delayed for a long time and must be solved as soon as possible. There is another problem, which is now

It has entered the typhoon-prone season, and the salvage operation will be greatly affected. The time they have available is very short. These are all problems that lie before them.

However, Yu Xiaotian still decided to find a way to salvage the boat at any cost. Even if the boat cannot be repaired and used after it comes out of the water, he can still find a way to pull it to the boathouse for the craftsmen of the boathouse to disassemble and let the craftsmen disassemble it.

We learned some Western shipbuilding technology from it, which cannot be done with money.

Although this time they also captured a few Spanish craftsmen who came to Taiwan with the fleet. These people are ship carpenters and are responsible for repairing the ships at any time when they go to sea. However, these Spanish craftsmen are not very good.

Craftsmen could only do some simple jobs and could not build ships with their own hands. Even in Manila, the Spanish did not set up a shipyard, so they could not build large ships in Manila.

Therefore, these captured craftsmen cannot provide them with much help. They have to explore everything by themselves, and having another physical object to refer to is undoubtedly very useful to Sea Wolf.

Another thing that Yu Xiaotian is very concerned about is the hundreds of Spanish prisoners. Many of these people are scum and are not regular Spanish soldiers. Not all of them are Spanish, there are also Italians among them.

, French, German.

Now is the period of the Thirty Years' War in Europe. Europe itself is in a mess and has spawned a lot of scum and adventurers. Some of these people are trying to escape the war, some are taking risks to make a fortune, and some are being deceived out of nowhere.

Go to sea and wander to Asia.

So the Spaniards, who were seriously short of sailors and soldiers, could easily find new jobs and become hired sailors or mercenaries. These people were not necessarily loyal to the Spanish king. They basically fought for money, but this time they also unfortunately became

He became a victim of this battle and was captured by the sea wolf.

So Yu Xiaotian set his sights on them. These people were familiar with Western land and sea combat methods and the operation of Western-style sailing ships, and many of them were also soldiers. Many of them were familiar with architecture and art, and even some

There are several doctors on board the ship.

These are the talents that Sea Wolf is in urgent need of. In the past, they had no chance to obtain such resources. Few Europeans were willing to come and work for Chinese pirates, but now he has captured so many people through force. If

To throw them into hard labor camps like those Chinese scum and the purchased black-skinned monkeys native to Southeast Asia and use them as the most basic labor force is really a waste of money.

Some time ago, he was too busy taking care of himself and his life was almost in danger, so he had no energy to care about this matter. Now that he has gradually recovered, he began to think about how to take these people into his own hands.

This matter also involves his next relationship with the Spaniards. In the past, he and the Spaniards in Manila did not have much conflict. They could even be called collaborators. The two sides have always maintained trade relations, just because the Spaniards wanted to

They wanted to grab a piece of land in northern Taiwan, build a trading port, continue to compete with the Dutch, and continue to trade with Ming merchants, so such a big conflict broke out.

But other than that, they don't have much conflict of interest at the moment. Although Yu Xiaotian hates the Spanish, these European beasts massacred a large number of Chinese expatriates in Manila during the Wanli period. For this, Yu Xiaotian treats them

Quite disgusted.

However, he has no plan yet. For this matter, he mobilized an army to settle accounts with the Spaniards, capture Manila, and drive the Spaniards out of Asia.

On the contrary, he also hoped that the Spaniards would not be too seriously weakened in Asia because of the great battle of Jilong Bay, because he knew very well that the Spaniards could not mobilize many troops at home to support their efforts in East Asia.

colony.

The Spanish and the Dutch have always been in a state of hostility. The Dutch are now showing an aggressive stance in East Asia, opposing the Spanish everywhere. Moreover, the Dutch East India Company they established has always spared no effort to squeeze the Spanish out of East Asia.

Yu Xiaotian doesn't want to make wedding clothes for the Dutch yet, but helps the Dutch defeat the Spaniards. Only with the existence of the Spaniards can they form a competitive relationship. Now he controls a large area of ​​Fujian waters and many businessmen.

If the Spaniards were squeezed out of the supply of Ming Dynasty specialties, these goods would have to be sold to the Dutch. The Dutch would be the dominant family and would lose their competitors.

Therefore, it is currently in his interest to maintain the Spanish presence in Asia, so he does not intend to completely break up with the Spanish.