Under Wen Desi's promise to "teach the secrets of building Western ships," Zhang Jiji started work with great enthusiasm. He selected some people to work with him. [Read the latest chapter] i. Wen Desi was very interested in ancient shipbuilding, so he stayed with Li Jun's platoon to watch the shipbuilding. However, the Navy showed a completely different interest. Not only did Fubo go back and forth every three to five days, but he also continuously sent the cadets assigned to the Navy to Baitu to work as part-time workers for Zhang Ji and learn the intuitive experience of shipbuilding. . Although future shipbuilding engineers are trained in technical schools, the Navy believes that it also needs to train officers with some knowledge of shipbuilding technology - if possible, the shipyards of the future should be controlled by the Navy.
Wen Desi knew very well about Xiao Jiujiu in the Navy, but his own hobbies gave him a natural preference for the Navy, so he turned a blind eye by pretending to be confused and continued the cross-time and space technical exchanges with Zhang Jiji.
Wen Desi discovered that Zhang Jiji was actually a model master. He could use very simple woodworking tools to make various models of sea ships. Not only could he build them, but the proportions of each component were accurate and they could be easily disassembled. It turns out that this is his technical secret. To put it bluntly, it is to release ** in equal proportions. This method is a bit primitive but very effective. Wen Desi knew that European shipbuilders had also adopted a similar method, and the rule of making a model first before building a ship was also a legacy of this method.
Zhang Jiji knew very little about mathematics and geometry, and his drawing skills were no more than graffiti. However, he kept all the data about the size, structure, and dimensions of these ships firmly in his mind. Wen Desi admired this very much - Many of the skilled craftsmen in ancient China were illiterate and did not understand arithmetic, but they were able to rely on the experience passed down from generation to generation to make ingenious items. They were indeed unique.
Seeing Zhang Jiji making a ship model, Wen Desi couldn't help but get excited. Anyway, there is nothing much to do to supervise shipbuilding, so I might as well start making a model of a ketch. Once I have the model, it will be easier to communicate with Machine Zhang.
He has always been a survivalist and carries basic weapons, food and tools with him wherever he goes. The materials were convenient here, so he immediately found them and started making them.
Zhang Jiji was even more impressed by the fact that a "learned man" like Wen Desi could make a delicate ship model. In his opinion, educated people are all good at writing, and he has never seen anyone who can do such craftsmanship by himself. After work every day, he would go to Wen Desi's house to look at the model of the Western ship. The two would also exchange experiences in making ship models, and Wen Desi would also take the opportunity to share some information about ship types and ship models. Simple knowledge of sail shape told him.
While Wen Desi was living a leisurely life making models in Baitu, the time travelers were busy working day in and day out in Bopu and Bairen City. There are countless projects to be launched, and there are complaints about the lack of materials and labor everywhere. Ma Qianxu, who is in charge of daily work as a member of the Planning Committee, has become the busiest person. Busy with material distribution, labor deployment, and coordinating the relationship between various departments - there are often big disputes over who should use the limited materials and labor first. This kind of controversy will be mixed with personal grievances that will gradually develop in work and life after D-Day. The personal grievances between the leaders of the professional groups will eventually become conflicts between the two professional groups. Every trivial matter gave rise to debate and quarrels, and the members of the Executive Committee had to constantly be busy mediating disputes. Xiao Zishan once sneakily approached Ma Qianzhu to ask if he should take back all the guns of the team leaders.
"Why?" Ma Qianzhu thought that the current situation was so dangerous, and he wanted to put pistols in everyone's hands.
"In case the quarrel gets heated up, and on impulse -" Xiao Zishan made a gesture of drawing a gun.
"No, no, Zishan, are you a psychopath?" Ma Qianzhu disagreed.
In addition to being busy with such daily tasks, Ma Qianzhu, as the chief of staff, also has to deal with military issues.
The attack on Baitu Village successfully injected a shot of stimulant into the group. The new army and the weapons produced by Yuanzhong have withstood the test of actual combat. This made people in the industrial and military departments very excited - just talk on paper. Ten years later, I have seen a real battle and won it.
Ma Qianzhu was not as excited as the crowd. Although he did not participate in this expedition, he generally understood from Xi Yazhou's mouth the various problems that were exposed during the entire process. The status of the army was not as optimistic as the masses imagined. Intensifying troop training was the only way. He ignored the repeated objections of the mechanical department and raised the priority of ammunition production to the first place. This caused the lead reserves in the industrial sector to drop sharply. Ji Situi also reminded him that the chemical industry sector did not have much nitrate reserves anymore. A large amount of saltpeter was used in gunpowder manufacturing, and nitric acid manufacturing was almost completely stopped.
"If we are defeated, what's the point of having so much nitric acid?"
Ji Sixui shrugged and did not argue with him. Ma Qianzhu didn't know the important role of nitric acid in the modern industrial system, but at present, there were dangers and possible enemies everywhere, so he had to resort to force.
There has been no response since Shi Shishi sent the information about the peace talks with Mr. Zhu Cai. There is no clue whether it is peace or war. Ma Qianzhu doubted whether the little pirate leader had delivered the message. The travelers currently knew nothing about the situation of the various maritime groups, and the news coming from Guangzhou was often vague, leaving Ma Qianyi confused. The only thing that can be obtained now is the movements of various maritime groups in the first year of Chongzhen (1628) compiled by the intelligence data team from historical materials.
It happened that he was on duty at the communication center today. Listening to the noisy conversations on the public channel, he decided to read this information quickly so that he could formulate a combat plan on behalf of the staff that did not exist yet.
As the number one enemy of the time travellers, Zheng Zhilong officially accepted recruitment in July this year, achieving his goal of controlling foreign trade through his legal identity. His accomplice Li Kuiqi defected "due to uneven distribution of spoils", which may involve the interests of foreign trade.
In September of the first year of Chongzhen, Li Kuiqi "seized the back of the ship, recruited rebels, and made things difficult for Zhilong... On the ninth day of December, Kuiqi contacted Chen Shengyu and Zhong Liu (i.e. Zhong Bin). On Wednesday, the gangs sailed with more than 400 ships. Enter Jiuwu Island for a battle."
When Li Kuiqi rebelled, he was so powerful that he took away Zheng's ships, guns and weapons. It is said that Zheng's family only had dozens of ships and 600 soldiers left. Judging from Li Kuiqi's appeal, his strength is no less than Zheng Zhilong. But Ma Qianzhu didn't believe this figure. If Zheng Zhilong's department really only had "dozens of ships and 600 soldiers" left, he would not be able to fight Li Kuiqi for more than a year, nor would he Probably on October 1, 1628 (the fourth day of the ninth lunar month), a trade contract was signed with the Dutch as the largest maritime group along the coast of China.
For the Crossing Group, the battle between Zheng Zhilong and Li Kuiqi is extremely beneficial to them. At least these two maritime forces will not come to attack them for the time being. Whether it is to promote peace through fighting or to pay tribute, they only need to face Liu Xiang Group and Zhu Cai Lao Group are gone.
This "only" was a bit stressful, so Ma Qianzhu put down the notice thoughtfully. From the beginning to the end, this information rarely mentioned how much military power these pirates had. The numbers in the historical records were all approximations and were worthless. How do people deal with this? But it's no wonder that military intelligence is not the forte of those who work on historical materials. It seems that they still have to rely on the military's own intelligence system. It seems that it is urgent to establish a local military intelligence network.
Now the training camp has initially formed an army, and the arms industry has also grown. Four fishing boats have been modified, and the heavy ejector has been replaced with a 7omm breech-loaded cannon. With the presence of these fishing boats, the situation of the travelers at sea has greatly improved - no ship in this time and space has the ability to challenge them. A few days ago, through Lin Shenhe's efforts, the original bomb grenade fuse was built. According to test data, the detonation rate was 80%, which is quite impressive, but it requires copper.
The source of copper is a bit tight. Although Guo Yi has promoted this channel, buying copper is still quite difficult. Moreover, Gao Ji is now increasingly suspicious of their purchases: so much pig iron, saltpeter and copper have gone missing; all kinds of foreign goods (all the spoils of Goujiazhuang) are constantly being shipped, which makes Mr. Gao think of something not very good. . Recently, he has been asking questions in many ways, and the transfer warehouse on Youyu Island has also been secretly inspected several times.
Guo Yi suggested that it would be best to occupy Hong Kong Island, or at least establish a base on the island to facilitate the transfer of supplies. In addition, he also proposed that contact with Macau should be established as soon as possible. Overseas entrepot trade was carried out through the Portuguese.
Occupy Hong Kong Island. Ma Qianju thought that this idea was not a bad one, but Hong Kong Island was much more sensitive than Lingao. It was right under the nose of the provincial capital and at the strategic location of the Pearl River Estuary. If you want to occupy it, you have to prepare for a battle with the Ming army. Right now, there are only five or six hundred of them, which is a bit overwhelmed.
We have to fight and we have to build. We are really in a dilemma. Ma Qianzhu now understood why in another time and space, "winning time for peace building" was often mentioned. It was really important. The Army and the Navy were like two gold-eating behemoths vying for the first place. Not only did they eat up a lot of their resources, they also occupied a lot of useful manpower.
While he was meditating, he suddenly heard someone shouting in the public channel: "Enemy! The enemy appears!" The channel suddenly became chaotic.
Ma Qianzhu yelled: "This is the duty officer and chief of staff! Everyone shut up! The person who called the police just now reported your identity and location immediately! Shaozong, we need a separate communication channel! Hurry!"
Go to a separate communication channel. The voice calmed down: "I am Liu Zheng from the remote exploration team. I went with the team to find peat this morning. I encountered the enemy 25 kilometers east of Bairen City at 9 a.m. I retreated immediately. I just retreated to the wireless network coverage. Within range. The enemy is about an hour away from us."
"How many enemies are there? What equipment?"
"There are probably several hundred people. I can't see any equipment in the distance. There seems to be muskets, a small number of cavalry, and no cannons!"
"Ming army or pirates?"
"Without uniform clothing or armor, he is probably a pirate!"
Damn, it looks like Mr. Zhu Cai is calling. This guy doesn't seem to pay any attention to our olive branch!
"Go back to the city immediately and report back if anything happens!"
