open sea

Chapter 193 Shark Ship
It is not only the Banner Army that is restricted by the Code of Practice, but also the military craftsman and Yu Ding of Xiangshan.

With the ordnance orders from Nanhai County Luhu and pirate king Lin Feng, the current scale of the Xiangshan Arms Bureau is stretched, which will undoubtedly affect the huge demand for armaments after Chen Mu is promoted to the commander in the next step.

For this reason, Chen Mu recruited a new group of craftsmen. More than [-] craftsmen entered the Xiangshan Military Weapons Bureau as his family craftsmen to take care of the forging hammer and operate the saw machine day and night. cause.

For Chen Qianhu, casting cannons is the most important thing in Xiangshan.

The addition of new craftsmen did not increase the speed of Xiangshan's ordnance manufacturing much. The biggest change was that the Ordnance Bureau imported a large blast furnace with a daily output of [-] catties of iron from Foshan Town, Nanhai County at a high price, and hired three workers from Foshan. A good armor maker who draws iron to make silk, woof silk to make rings, and chains to decorate armor, to teach the craftsmen who specialize in armor making in the Military Weapons Bureau.

Chen Mu paid the three armor craftsmen as much as one tael for three workers, and hired them for two months, which was 60 taels.Not only learning to make chain mail, but also learning to make scale armor and gauntlets, laying a solid foundation for making Chinese-style plate armor in the future.

Of course, regardless of the wages of the employees or the social studies teachers, they all go to the Xiangshan treasury account, anyway, the Xiangshan treasury has too much money to spend.

Chen Mu's own money is too much to spend.

There is no shortage of shipbuilders in Xiangshan. Every Yu Ding can repair ships. There are more than 170 Yu Dings in Xiangshan Shipyard who learned shipbuilding from the shipbuilders sent by the Guangzhou government to repair the [-] Dafu ships sent by Lin Feng. Soon, one of the [-]-material blessing ships was directly dismantled by the shipbuilder to remove the forecastle and stern, and built a three-story wooden house on top of it, allowing the carpenter to carve exquisite decorations. .

Now it has entered the stage of lacquering and carving. Su Sanniang, who lives in Guangcheng, has come to see it and is very satisfied with the painting boat. She will be able to enter the river and start the Yangui boat again in September at the latest.

Yu Ding from Xiangshan, apart from weaving, divides logging, fishing, and breeding according to the general banner of the Banner Army at home.

Fragrant Hills has little land, so this kind of distribution is just right.

In the first ten days of August, Guan Yuangu came to meet Chen Mu excitedly, with double happiness.

"Qianhu, four two-pound cannons of different materials have been built and loaded, and...Xiangshan Shipyard has built ten hundred-material warships!"

Chen Mu has been waiting for a long time. In March of this year, they dismantled the five-foot-three-foot-long single-masted boat they got from Haojing Frang Robot Shipyard, and then began to imitate it according to its characteristics. Now five months have passed, although it has only been built. Ten small boats with hundreds of materials, but this is the first batch of self-built ships of Xiangshan Shipyard, which also makes Chen Mu overjoyed.

"Go, go to the shipyard!"

Those who led the horses led the horses, and those who accompanied them accompanied them. A group of more than ten people rode their horses to roll up the earth dragon and galloped towards the shipyard.

When he reached the official road of the shipyard, he could already see ten ships moored in the shimmering shallow sea in the evening, and dismounted on the shore. Chen Mu only felt that these fast ships, which were very different from the western one-masted boats, were very suitable for him. aesthetic.

"So big? Guan Jiang, tell Chen about the shipbuilding process and the characteristics of this kind of ship."

Guan Yuangu had been prepared for a long time, and said to Chen Mu: "In March this year, the shipyard dismantled that small western boat. It has a simple structure. It is different from our ship in that one is in the ribs, the second is in the cabin, and the third is in the bottom."

"My ship has few dragon ribs because of the compartment, while the barbarian ship has no compartment and has many dragon ribs; my ship's bottom is sharp, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, while the bottom of the barbarian ship is round, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom; so the barbarian ship is more stable left and right, and can mount artillery." Yuan Gu talked about these things in a clear way, even with excitement, "In April, the material consumption was 140, and the workmanship was 520 to create a fast boat. It was imitated with its round bottom. The speed of the boat was extremely slow, so it was dismantled and discarded."

"In May, the shark came ashore with waves, and the boatman repaired the head and tail a little. It was shaped like a fish with a pointed head, a wide body, and a narrow tail. It was used as a warship, and thousands of households fought heavy artillery. They made barbarian boats with a round bottom and a single mast. With hard sails, sailing into the sea to Xinhui, one hundred and sixty miles and eight hours, and only two five-jin cannons left and right were fired, and one was blown up, and the ship was fine, so it was recommended as custom-made."

Guan Yuangu's expression was very normal when he mentioned that the five-jin Guan gun was blown up on the boat, without blinking, which made Chen Muguang want to laugh.

"Not counting the angle of collision, the bottom of the boat is five feet and six feet long, and the widest part is one foot and four feet. The material used is 230 740, and the labor is 140. The materials used are all good materials. The silver consumption is 180 taels, and it can carry [-] shi of meters." Guan Yuangu was very proud of supervising the construction of such a sea-going ship. The old craftsman's slack face was filled with radiance, and he clasped his fists and said: "The ship's type has been determined, and it will carry twenty or thirty people. Six doors, no problem."

Since Chen Mu arrived at the shipyard, craftsmen had already rushed to start the boat, and now they were already paddling the sampan. Chen Mu nodded with satisfaction, took Guan Yuangu aboard the sampan, and boarded the sampan to inspect the warship.

He said that the ship was built too big, and it looked one-third larger than the original sloop. Now Guan Yuanguyi said that it really used more than 18 materials, and the length was more than [-] meters. It can be called a medium-sized warship. Although it is not as big as the four hundred material blessing boat, it is just suitable for use.

What's more, in the future, this ship will carry the newly-built five-jin gun and Franco machine of the Xiangshan Military Weapons Bureau, which can not only cause damage to the small hull, but also cause damage to the enemy on board. It doesn't help either.

The navy's main ship that Chen Mu expected was not so small!
Even if the ten-jin ship cannon is built, this ship can only have one door at the bow. That kind of big guy is still out of date for the ship's side. Besides, according to Chen Mu's request, there are large fishing nets and fishing gear in the stern. .

Chen Mu's positioning of this ship is not only an offshore patrol and defense fast ship, but also an armed fishing boat for the future guard.

The hull has only been brushed with tung oil and has not been painted, nor is it painted with fish scales or blackened as usual. The interior of the ship is also unmodified, leaving only four gun ports for the artillery. And small, the swivel frame on the ship's side is their location.

Although both inside and outside are new hulls, the ship looks like a high-rise building at the bow and stern. There are compartments on both sides of the bottom and under the bow and stern. There is a passage in the middle. Turn over, the ventilation is normal.

There are turrets at the bow and stern, but the wooden structure under the forecastle is a wooden structure that enhances the impact capability of the angle of impact. The structure under the poop that enhances the up and down impact can ensure that a mortar can be placed on it, and the kitchen is inside, leading directly to the bottom warehouse.

Sails are not mats, and Xiangshan no longer has to be like pirates when they become rich. Their sails are good canvas bought by Tuquan merchants, which are lighter and easier to hoist.

Such a ship, apart from the fact that the sailors are uncomfortable to rest and not suitable for melee combat, can have a great advantage in artillery battles on the entire Asian sea, which is in line with Chen Mu's expectations.

"Since it was inspired by the charging sharks, it is called the Xiangshan Shark Boat. It seems that the construction of a large ship will have to wait for the whales to come from the sea."

Chen Mu laughed as he spoke. He understood the general structure, and waved his hand: "Let the shipyard continue to build. This summer, the entire coast will build shark boats. When I go back, I will draw a map for the big boat. When Pereira is dismantled, I will send it to the big black boat." After the ship, compare them one by one, and next year we will talk about building a cannon ship—let’s go and see the cannon.”

　Good morning!Canvas produced in Fujian, from "Great China History" by Portuguese missionary Zeng Dezhao

　　"Produces gold, sugar, good canvas, and all kinds of good paper, plentiful and good, and cheap."

　　
　
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