open sea

Chapter 149 Shipyard
There is only a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no thousand days to prevent a thief.

For the huge agricultural countries in East Asia, the long coastline is a dead end. There is no enemy if there is no enemy coming from the sea.

Just like now, the battle report of Qiongzhou Prefecture transmitted from the upper echelons of the Guangdong capital to the Xiangshan Institute shows that the entire upper echelon of the capital is connected with the wars that took place in Qiongzhou Prefecture to the west of the Guangdong Capital and Chaozhou Prefecture to the east. It was Zeng Ben’s strategy to attack Guangzhou Prefecture .

It is said that this is a conspiracy, it seems, but in fact it is a conspiracy.

The senior officials and generals of the Guangdong Metropolitan Government clearly knew that Zeng Ben was going to attack Guangzhou, but could other prefectures be unprepared?But if Zeng Yiben is ready to fight, the total strength is only so small, who will protect the Guangzhou government if it is separated?

If the largest metropolis south of Wuling is breached by pirates, what will be the consequences?
However, the troops still had to be divided. The Guangzhou government still had a big city to protect it. Most of the people in other places did not have a big city.

It was definitely not just asking Chen Mu. Chen Mu didn't know about others, he only knew that the letter was sent to him. He wrote a countermeasure for the joint defense of Jiali, but in the end he failed to implement it well.

Since the beginning of the Japanese Rebellion, the people along the coast of the Ming Dynasty have been used to being wild. This year alone, among the thieves reported to the court by the Governor's Mansion, there are 72 bandits and eight pirates who are worthy of the name. Who are the soldiers and who are the people along the coast? They can't tell the difference, but the point of Chen Mu's proposal of the Jiali joint defense is to open arsenals and distribute weapons to the people everywhere-who dares to divide in this situation?

Fortunately, since Yu Dayou forced Zeng Yiben to retreat along the coast of Chaozhou, this giant sea bandit has not appeared on the coast of Guangdong again, but people know that he is watching Guangdong not far away, like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, ready to attack at any time. He opened his fangs and took a bite.

In the third year of Longqing, the police came quietly in the entire Guangzhou prefecture.

Police or not, regardless of Mr. Chen's business, he and Bai Yuanjie and Deng Zilong were training troops in Xiangshan to prepare for the bandits, and Zeng Yiben actually helped Chen Mu.

Drilling a banner is never easy.

The enemy is at the back, and everyone knows in their hearts that before the battle is approaching, they can't wait to practice more every day, and there will be a lot less pain and fatigue, but it is too much gunpowder.

Zhang Yongshou, in particular, led his troops on patrol all day long in fear, and he dared not relax in the slightest.

Speaking of it, Lao Zhang is also unlucky. The three buddies started from the same starting point. The first time they met Bai Yuanjie and Chen Mu, they both gained something. Dare to come down; guard Qingyuan Gorge, Qingyuan Gorge was broken by a group of Japanese; only Shishan was hardened once, and was provoked by Chen Mu to lead troops into the enemy tide and almost died.

Deputy Zhang Qianhu made up his mind to avenge his shame this time - let Chen Mu step up when he sees the enemy's situation!

When Zhang Yongshou strongly expressed this idea to Chen Mu, Chen Qianhu raised the corners of his mouth extremely slowly, "Heh, heh!"

Is it possible that this kind of person has a passive attribute that attracts the enemy to attack first without knowing it, and wants to change his fate by playing tricks?
"The boat from Yuegang is coming, stop at Haojing."

Hao Jing welcomed a group of guests from Yuegang in the New Year, not only the caravan of the three of them, but also from others.

There was a time when the pirates affected the coastal trade routes. They had no choice but to turn back to Yuegang after they had set off for a short time. They stopped in February before continuing their journey. In order to avoid the pirates, the merchants spontaneously formed a huge fleet and stopped at Xinhui for a while. Follow the fleet of thousands of households all the way to Haojing—because they heard that the Xiangshan garrison had defeated the barbarian merchants in Haojing, and they expected that the force should be stronger.

In fact, this is exactly the case, Xinhui only stationed a general battalion, and the strength of Nanhaiwei's garrison in Xinhui is almost negligible, but Xiangshan is obviously different.

Nearly two full-stacked Thousand Households are stationed here, allowing them to get the best protection and trade.

Under Chen Qianhu's instruction, Huayu, a "Haojing merchant" who owns a dilapidated tavern, came forward to buy a large amount of raw silk and Fujian wool iron at a price slightly lower than the market price in Guangzhou, and sent them to Qianhu House in Xiangshan, where peasant women weaved silk and satin.

As for how many finished products can be woven, it is not in Chen Mu's consideration. If you find a way of making money, you have to try it first.

Once you are familiar with it, you may be able to build a factory in Xiangshan for centralized management and supervision.

After the new year, it is difficult for the whole of Guangdong to wait for Zeng Yiben. The defenses in various places have been relaxed a little. The same is true for the Xiangshan Thousand Households. The whole first month only has [-] days of drills.

It wasn't until March that the practice resumed to two exercises in three days, and it was difficult to get promoted.

Because the shipyard was built, the manpower of Xiangshan Institute was really not enough.

On the beach at the southernmost tip of the Fragrant Hills, the soldiers led by the Banner Army chanted and dragged giant trees to leave deep ravines in the sand. For the Dadu, Danmin shipwrights listened to the skilled warshipwrights transferred from the Guangzhou government to rest and repair the wood, and the towering wooden poles hoisted the wooden frame of the boat and baked it over the fire.

The dock with a very shallow draft is being built, and the adjacent ship frame construction site has also been rested, leaving a place where [-] warships can be built in the future.

Of course, that's just the future.

At present, regardless of the financial, material and manpower of Xiangshan Institute, it is not enough to build a huge boat like Yu Dayou's Laifu boat. Even if there are enough materials, there is no skilled craftsmanship.

But Chen Mu likes to solve the problem fundamentally.

At the ferry, Li Dan and his men drove slowly in a single-masted warship in Zhanli. Chen Mu, who was looking forward to the shore, led his men out of the way. Near the shore, Li Dan and a few people on board jumped into the water, leaving behind The man-controlled sloop rushed straight to the shore according to the predetermined course, and ran aground on the beach.

"Father, are you really going to dismantle the boat?"

Li Dan took off his wet blouse, clutched it in his hands, and stepped forward. He looked at the stranded warship from a distance, and said, "Although this ship is small, it can carry small cannons. The stern is too narrow, but the front can hold four cannons." .”

Although it is a small boat, it is not small in size when it is more than ten meters long, but the rear part of the ship is narrow and can only load cargo but not guns. Only the bow half of the ship can hold two to six cannons, all of which have holes for blasting.

It is an armed merchant ship.

"dismantle."

Chen Mu directed the shipbuilders and painters to measure and map the shape of each part of the warship with a measuring ruler, and said to Li Dan: "You don't want to know why our [-]-material warship can't even carry a Francois machine. Hold on, the ship will break up after a few shots, but this kind of ship is fine?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand to the busy dock and said, "Reserve your seats. In summer, the frame of a hundred-material warship can fill up the entire beach, and every fishing boat in a thousand households will be replaced by a hundred-material warship with cannons. Apprentice They have been dispatched to the gun factory of Frang Robot, and they will be skilled gunners for two or three years, and when the time comes, let the fishermen of Ming Dynasty go to Nanyang to go fishing and drive on gun boats!"

The sun shines on the beach, the busy dock craftsmen become a beautiful back, and the tide comes and goes.

On the silent boulder on the shore, there is a seal inscribed by Chen Mu, a thousand households in Xiangshan in the second year of Longqing: Xiangshan Shipyard.

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