When the Tiger Flag was building forts on the grassland, changes also occurred on Dayuan Island.
"Commander, our Galen ship is ready. This is the first Galen ship belonging to our Tiger Flag." Zheng Chao ran into the village with excitement on his face.
Now Tiger Character Banner has cultivated many villages on Dayuan Island, and the scale is not inferior to Yan Siqi's ten villages on the other side.
Zheng Tie quickly walked out of the room, looked at Zheng Chao in front of him and said, "You mean the ship is built?"
Although he tried his best to suppress his emotions, he couldn't help but become anxious when asking questions.
Zheng Chao nodded vigorously and said: "After so long and repeated trials, we finally succeeded this time. We can mount more than fifty cannons alone."
Compared with the Fu ship, in addition to the bow and stern of the Galen ship, there are iron cannons on both sides of the ship and in the cabin below. The number is dozens of times the number of cannons carried by the Fu ship.
"Okay, okay, that's great. We finally have our own Galen ship." Zheng Tie looked happy.
In the past few years on Da Yuan Island, he knew that the two strongest forces on the sea were Li Dan and Hongmao Yi.
Li Dan has always had business dealings with the Tiger Flag, and the relationship is pretty good, but the relationship with the Hongmao Yi is not so good, because the Galen ship of the Hongmao Yi is much larger than the Fu ship of the Tiger Flag, so he secretly They suffered a lot, and were even robbed of a cargo ship and goods by the red-haired barbarians.
"With our own Galen ship, we no longer have to be afraid of the red-haired barbarians." Zheng Chao said bitterly.
In order to open up a route with Nanyang, they sent a cargo ship to Nanyang, but they encountered a merchant ship of Hongmao Yi halfway. Later, the ship and the people on board never came back.
Finally, it was through Li Dan's relationship that I learned that the ship and cargo had fallen into the hands of the Hongmao Yi, and the sailors on the ship were also killed by the Hongmao Yi.
It can be said that this is the biggest loss of their Tiger Flag at sea.
"Let's go, follow me to the shipyard to take a look at our new ship." Zheng Tie greeted and took the lead.
Zheng Chao took two steps and followed closely behind.
The two people left the village.
The most indispensable thing on Damuan Island is the forest people. The indigenous people on the island all live in the forest. The boat yard of Tiger Flag is also in the forest. However, there is a deep-water river next to the boat yard, which connects to the sea.
The shipyard is covered by the forest, making it difficult for outsiders to discover the shipyard hidden inside. The only people who can know about the shipyard are people living in Bengang.
Zheng Tie walked into the woods along the river bank, and under the watch of the sentry, entered the shipyard.
"Is this a new ship?" Zheng Tie looked at the big ship in front of him in amazement.
The big ship in front of you is bigger than the largest blessing ship in the Tiger Flag. Standing underneath it is like standing at the foot of a high mountain.
Zheng Chao said excitedly: "Yes, this is our own Galen ship. Although it is not as good as the largest Galen ship of the Red Mao Yi in the Southeast Asia, it has already passed most of the Red Mao Yi ships, and it is also loaded with cargo. We have dozens of cannons, and if we use this Galen ship in front of us to form a fleet, we will be invincible in the Ming waters."
The largest ships used by the Ming Dynasty were not naval ships, but merchant ships used by gentry and nobles to go out to sea for business. But even among those ships, the Galen ship in front of them was only at the younger brother level.
"Commander." Yan Weixin walked over with a smile. Shushu.com
"Counsel Yan." Zheng Chao greeted him first.
Yan Weixin smiled and nodded towards him.
"Has the new ship been tested in the sea?" Zheng Tie asked.
Yan Weixin shook his head slightly and said: "Not yet, but after the boatman checks it, he will go out to sea for a lap. Those people said that there is no problem with the boat this time."
"It's better to go to sea to make people feel at ease." Zheng Tie said, "If there are no problems after going to sea, we can hurry up and build the next ship."
Yan Weixin said: "Don't worry, Commander, the keel of the second Galen ship is almost ready. As long as there are no problems with this new ship, the second one can be built immediately."
"Don't worry as you are here to keep an eye on me." Zheng Tie nodded and said immediately, "Following the previous rules, this ship will be named Lingqiu."
Yan Weixin nodded.
At this time, Zheng Chao, who was standing aside, suddenly said: "Commander, can you let your subordinates lead people to sail the boats? I have never seen red-haired barbarian boats before when I was in Nanyang, and I have never tried them myself."
"Okay, you will be in charge of this trial ship." Zheng Tie nodded in agreement.
Hearing that he could control the first Galen ship of the Tiger Flag, Zheng Chao said excitedly: "Don't worry, Commander, my subordinates will definitely operate this new ship well and make it become a member of the fleet as soon as possible."
Zheng Tie nodded.
The earliest batch of sailors of the Tiger Flag were trained by Zheng Chao, so he was very relieved about Zheng Chao.
Yan Weixin looked at Zheng Chao and said with a smile: "Since Instructor Zheng is going to sea on a new ship, let's get on the ship now. The boatmen should have almost done the inspection by now."
"Yes." Zheng Chao agreed, then saluted Zheng Tie, and then ran towards the big ship docked in the river.
When Zheng Chao walked away, Yan Weixin looked away and said, "Recently, the Ten Villages have become more and more excessive. It seems that they want people to take action."
"Don't worry, they dare to take action and deal with them directly. Except for the loss we suffered once in the hands of the red-haired Yi, our Tiger Flag has never suffered a loss in the hands of anyone!" Zheng Chao said coldly.
Yan Weixin said: "I will arrange for people to keep an eye on the people in Shizhai, but the natives on the island must also be on guard. The natives at the shipyard have been found several times wanting to set fire to the ship."
"Shizhai is the greatest threat to us. As long as the natives on the island don't come to cause trouble, just ignore them. Once any natives want to get close to the shipyard, don't be polite and shoot them." Zheng Tie said.
Yan Weixin nodded and said: "I arranged three teams to patrol near the shipyard, and arranged secret sentries to make it difficult for outsiders to approach."
"The safety of the shipyard is our top priority. There must be no problems. Especially those few people must be protected. Before our craftsmen have fully learned how to build Galen ships, nothing can happen to them." Zheng Tie warned.
Yan Weixin said solemnly: "Don't worry about this. Those Fan people are protected by dedicated personnel and nothing will happen to them. However, there are a few Fan people who are making noises about returning to Nanyang. Do you want to let them go?"
"No." Zheng Tie shook his head and said, "We must not let these people go back. Even after our Galen ship is built, we cannot let them go. The matter of the Galen ship needs to be kept secret. Once these people take us If you tell the red barbarians about Galen's ship, it is very likely that the red barbarian ships will attack."
Yan Wei thought for a while and said: "I'm worried that these Fan people who want to go back to Nanyang will not build ships properly and take the opportunity to cause trouble. After all, we still need these Fan people now that we are building Galen ships."
"Then arrest a few of the Fan people who are causing the most trouble and kill them. I don't believe that these Fan people are not afraid of death." Zheng Tie's face showed a cold look.
