At the end of January of the 14th year of Chongzhen.

The joyful atmosphere of the New Year gradually faded with the passage of time. After celebrating the New Year, the larger machine of Tenglong Trading Company continued to operate, while Li Mingxun focused his work on the shipyard.

Qian Jin took over the trading company's shipyard, but it could no longer be called the Traveling Shipyard. Li Mingxun brought more than 800 craftsmen from Jiangyin, and cooperated with the help of Gaoshan barbarian slaves, the shipyard became the number one industry under the trading company's name, and there was also a guard with about twenty people specifically responsible for the order here.

Luyang Shipyard was merged into Tenglong Shipyard, and Qian Jin became the shopkeeper of the shipyard and owned 20% of the shares. He and Li Mingxun, who were in the shipyard, specially built Thai-style ships.

Li Mingxun's ultimate goal was naturally to allow the shipyard to make his own Garen style sailing ship, but he did not dare to let Qian Jin try it rashly. Even Simmons' proposal to first try a small Garen style sailing ship was rejected. In the end, Li Mingxun decided to try to make a Sluppy sloop.

This kind of sailboat is generally around twenty meters and has a displacement of about 100 tons. It was first used for inland shipping and near-shore express transportation. Because pirates in Europe and the Caribbean are fond of, they are also called sea wolves. European countries will also build larger Sroop ships as patrol ships and anti-smuggling ships. This ship can carry about eighty soldiers. When necessary, cannons can be installed on the open deck, usually nine-pound cannons, and up to twelve cannons are installed.

Li Mingxun chose to build this kind of ship because whether in Taiwan or in the future, there are complex inland river networks that can penetrate deep into the mainland. At that time, the Srup ship can participate in the war as a gunboat. In the future, Taiwan's business society has many strongholds, and this kind of ship can also be used to contact various strongholds.

Of course, another most important reason is that the ship materials needed for shipbuilding need to be dried for several years before they can be used. The ship materials brought by Li Mingxun from Jiangnan are mostly fir and pine, which are completely incomparable to the oak and teak that are commonly used in large sailing ships. When there are hidden dangers in building large sailing ships, it is safer to build a small boat first and can also train craftsmen. At least the main structure of the Srup sloop schooner is not much different from that of Garen-style sailing ships.

After a month of construction, the first sloop sloop was almost completed. Considering the height of this ship, Li Mingxun decided that the sloops were named by birds, and the sloops used for combat were named after raptors, while the cargo ships and communication ships were named after ordinary birds. The sloop was named the Egret.

When the Egrets got into the water, Li Mingxun and others boarded the ship. The narrow hull had no stern tower, so the captain could only rest in a small wooden house built in front of the servo. The entire ship looked very slender and smooth because it did not have a bow and stern tower. The Egrets were very different from ordinary Western sails. It only had a mast up to thirty meters high. In addition to two cross sails on the top of the mast, it also involved two huge spinnakers on the long bow mast. The main sail was a large inclined sail, which gave the Egrets excellent steering and sailing against the wind.

The bowstrip of the Egret is also different. Its inclination angle is very large, like a spear in front of it, so it looks like a tuna when it is sailing on the sea.

With Li Mingxun's order, the sailors raised the white sails on both sides. The Egret seemed to have a pair of flying feathers, catching the sea breeze and pushing it to the sea. The Egret was very fast, at least the ships that Li Mingxun had taken since traveling through time were not so fast. Li Mingxun looked at the sea surface split with the sharp bow and said to Simmons: "Simmons, my friend, this is probably more than ten chains."

Simmons held the knotted rope in both hands, staring at an hourglass tightly at the hourglass. As the rope fell into the water one by one, Simmons pinched the rope at the moment the hourglass fell, took a look, and shouted excitedly: "Your Excellency, it's only one-fifth away from eleven chords. The Virgin is on it. This is really a good ship. If the wind reaches the ideal level, I think the Egret can run to the thirteenth chords!"

Li Mingxun nodded slightly. The speed of the Egret comes from the reasonable and numerous sail cables and narrow ship shapes. Of course, light loading is also an important reason at this time, but Li Mingxun can still judge based on his navigation experience that the Egret can run up to ten highs with full loading!

"Qian Jin, you did a good job. Let the two small docks continue to build sloops according to this process. Your main job is sloops, do you understand?" Li Mingxun said excitedly.

Qian Jin focused on the key point and said: "If the shopkeeper can actually reduce the standards slightly, such as reducing the thickness of load-bearing beams and ribs, it can be built faster!"

Li Mingxun immediately stopped his suggestion and said: "Qian Jin, you have to remember that the ships ordered by the trading company must be built according to high standards, because they are likely to be used as warships. The standards are uncertain. They will be lifted on guns to test sailing tomorrow and have to be tested. As long as it is determined that they can carry the recoil of the 18-pound cannon, the ship will be considered completed. Do you understand?"

Qian Jin focused on it: "I understand. Warships can be used as merchant ships, but merchant ships can definitely be used as warships!"

Simmons suddenly pointed to the north and shouted, "Mr. Commander, there is a canoe approaching!"

Li Mingxun took a casual look and said, "Please follow the old rules."

Simmons nodded slightly, put down his boat and let the mezzanine board the ship and sailed towards him, and the guard also appeared on the side. The rule Li Mingxun said was naturally to protect Budai Port. Bird boats patrolled outside the port every day, and there were also watchtowers and canoes for alert in the distance. Once unknown ships approached, they would be monitored. It would be fine if they just passed by. If they wanted to get close to Budai Port, they would rush up canoes disguised as indigenous people and drove them away as pirates. If they could not do it, they would fight with gunboats. The canoes and boats in nearby villages would be confiscated and the people above were captured and brought back.

"That seems to be the little shopkeeper and the others." Qian Jin glanced at it with a telescope and said.

Li Mingxun looked carefully and found that there was indeed Ah Hai on the canoe. There were three young men on it, everyone was in a mess. One of them was lying there, life and death were unknown. Li Mingxun said coldly: "I knew that blessings are unparalleled and misfortunes never come in singular!"

castle.

"It was Tararo, the commander of the Dadu Fan Kingdom, who did it!" Ah Hai said with his arms hanging and hatred.

Lee Mingxun sat there and said seriously: "Don't be impatient, is it you who Tararo injured or the cow he stole?"

Ahai immediately said, "It was all done by him. We sneaked into his camp first, found the stolen cow, and then came to confront him. However, this guy didn't see us at all and asked his subordinates to beat him. If we hadn't run fast, we might not have come back, but Xiao Si was still dead!"

"Avenge! I want to avenge the master!" Ah Hai waved his intact left arm and said loudly.

Li Mingxun naturally knew Ah Hai’s mood as a child, he was only fourteen years old, and the dead child was his partner.

"Of course, they must not let go of our people, but Ah Hai, we are not Green Forest heroes. Even if we take revenge, we must consider them comprehensively. Ah Hai, I can guarantee that Tararo will definitely not live in March, so let me plan carefully." Li Mingxun persuaded.

"Ahai, go and rest. Don't force your master. This is not a trivial matter, nor is it a private matter." Lin Cheng sat aside and patted Ahai on the shoulder.

Ah Hai left, and Li Mingxun carefully recalled all the information about the Dadu Fan Kingdom, whether it was the memories of his previous life or the news he received recently.

The history of the Dadu Fan Kingdom can be traced back to a hundred years ago. Several villages and communities of the same ethnic groups attacked by the high mountain barbarians were first united. Later, they gradually expanded to nearly thirty villages and communities, with four ethnic groups. In Taiwan's history, Dadu Fans are all natural. Even in the original history and space, the Dutch were unable to conquer them and could only pay taxes. Neither missionaries nor business specialists could enter it. Even after Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, Dadu Fan maintained this semi-independent state.
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