Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 791
The navy was victorious and returned, and the soldiers and civilians in Huating Town rushed to the pier and shouted.

Kong Yingda walked down the trestle and looked at the densely packed boats on the river with a tangled expression. After a long time, he asked Fang Jun, "Those pirates...do you really want to kill them all? This...seems to be hurtful. After all, they are all Han Chinese. Forced to go out to sea as bandits, then what..."

The old man was a little embarrassed, and even a little anxious. You must know that yesterday he said angrily that he would kill all these conscienceless beasts, but he couldn't bear it in the blink of an eye.

Fang Jun smiled secretly, even if you are not Han Chinese, you still can't stop killing people, right?

Therefore, it is said that the rebellion of scholars failed for ten years. These people have read too many books of Confucius, and the so-called benevolence, righteousness, and shame have been deeply soaked in their bones. The family is ruined, but the eyelids are not blinked...

Fang Jun intentionally made an embarrassing expression: "Oh, this is not very good, is it? Yesterday, the younger generation issued an order in front of the soldiers, saying that these people have no conscience and are inferior to animals. Even the dignified Confucian Kong Yingda, the old master, was filled with anger , to kill them all, and pay homage to those undead who were brutally killed by them. Now that you say no to kill, isn’t this letting the younger generation back then? It’s okay for the younger generation to break their promises in front of their subordinates, but it’s detrimental for you to turn back on your word Your reputation..."

Kong Yingda was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at his eyes. How could he fail to understand that Fang Jun had no intention of killing those pirates?Talking like this is obviously molesting the old man, and he just wants to see the old man make a fool of himself.

Little bastard, my conscience is about to drop!

The old master snorted angrily, turned around and walked quickly with his hands behind his back, ignoring Fang Jun.

Fang Jun chuckled, and told Su Dingfang behind him: "Calculate the captives in detail, then take a short rest, and send them to the Nanshan Mine immediately. These pirates are extremely vicious, and their hands are covered with blood. They deserve death. It is too cheap for them, let them go to the mine to mine, when they are exhausted and when they will see the sun again, it can be regarded as a contribution to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty."

Su Dingfang curled his lips and replied, "No! The general will do it."

But in my heart, I can't stop complaining. Is it to contribute to the prosperity of your Fang family?That iron factory belongs to your Fang family, and has nothing to do with Datang...

Su Dingfang also thinks that this is a good idea. These pirates have a lot of blood and debts. It is really cheap to kill them like this. Let them atone for their sins in the dark mine.

But does this count as power-seeking?
should count...

But who cares, this is the matter of the official censor, so what does it have to do with me?Dealing with the captured pirates in this way is quite in line with his wishes, and make the best use of them, so why not do it?

Perhaps in the future, the prisoners of the Navy can be dealt with according to this method, that is, they don’t have to worry about being impeached by the censor for killing too much, and don’t have to worry about keeping them for nothing, and don’t worry about doing evil again after they are released...

When Fang Jun returned to the town office, he saw an official rushing towards him. As soon as he met him, he saluted, "Your official Liang Renfang, I have met the chief executive."

The former head of the Water Department of the Ministry of Industry, his sad face like an old farmer is getting darker, but he is in good spirits.

When Fang Jun saw him, he immediately felt better: "Excuse me, how is the matter going?"

Liang Renfang replied respectfully: "The general manager's proposal to transfer craftsmen from Laizhou Shipyard to support Jiangnan Shipyard reached the Ministry of Industry, and Zhang Shangshu ordered it to be implemented. The next official should call 210 seven craftsmen with good skills and deep experience. With the new-style sea-going ships built in the past two years, come to join the chief executive."

Fang Jun was overjoyed: "How many boats are there?"

Liang Renfang was a little ashamed, and cupped his hands and said: "Under the great trust of the chief executive, only four ships were built...but in the initial construction, because the chief executive's drawings were not detailed, the subordinate officials took many detours, and... there are many more. Fallacy... But this year everything is going smoothly, the craftsmen are getting more proficient, and the speed of shipbuilding is getting faster and faster. Since the spring of this year, two ships have been built."

Fang Jun is a little ashamed...

Although I know a little about Galen sailing ships, I am not a professional after all. The drawings drawn according to my own understanding and memory will inevitably have mistakes and omissions. It is difficult for these craftsmen to hold a drawing with two knives. It is not easy to overcome each difficulty and build four ships.

Especially in the whole year of last year, only two ships were built, and the number of the whole year in a few months this year is obviously a great improvement.

Fang Jun looked around on the river and asked, "Where's the boat? Is it in the shipyard?"

Liang Renfang nodded and said: "Your Majesty will strictly abide by the chief executive's entrustment. Some data, craftsmanship, and procedures of the new-style seagoing ships are all strictly confidential, so even the sails of the new-style ships have not been set up. After arriving last night, all the ships were put on In the dock, no idlers are allowed to watch."

Old-fashioned people are reassuring when they do things!

Fang Jun praised a few words, called Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui, Pei Xingjian, Liu Renyuan, Xi Junmai and other generals, and excitedly went straight to the shipyard not far from the port.

Several generals didn't know what their commander was doing, but they heard that it was a new type of sea-going ship, so they became interested.Although this trip to sea was a complete victory, the speed of the old-fashioned sea boat still made everyone feel powerless.If there hadn't been a hot air balloon in the sky that discovered the pirate's hiding place early on, and then chased and intercepted the pirates, maybe the pirates would have run away long ago.

The surrounding area of ​​the shipyard has been guarded by soldiers. This will become the norm in the future to prevent people from spying on the shipyard to obtain confidential information.

A few people boarded a low mountain ridge between the shipyard and the port. Looking around, the entire shipyard occupies a huge and gentle area between the two mountains.The original abandoned dock has also been rebuilt, and four slender new-style seagoing ships are quietly parked beside the cofferdam on the shore.

Fang Jun just glanced at it, but couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart.

This is the Galen ship he wanted!
The bow has a prominent ram, which looks like a duckbill.Has a forecastle, but is significantly lower than the poop.The poop is tall, with four masts, of which the foremast is at the forecastle and the mainmast is in the middle of the ship. Both masts are very tall and equipped with square sails.The poop has two masts, very low, and will be equipped with jibs.

Smooth lines, mighty and domineering!

This is the overlord of the ocean in the age of sails!

However, the Galen ship in the dock now is a little different from the Gai ship in history...

There was no concept of battle line when Galen ships emerged. Ships advocated fighting alone, and also adopted melee in group fights.At that time, the idea of ​​the artillery was to be able to cover the surroundings of the ship without dead ends, and the arc of the hull design was large, so that the side cannons of the ship could be fired around in a fan shape.

But this seems outdated in Fang Jun's view.

In the design drawings, he concentrated all the gun positions of the Galen ship on both sides of the ship's side, so that when the ship turned sideways, it formed a battle line, and could concentrate all the firepower on one side at the same time to deal a fatal blow to the enemy.Because even if Fang Jun built the cannon, due to the materials, explosives, etc., the power of the cannon would not be too great, the recoil would not be too strong, and even a salvo would not cause damage to the structure of the ship.

Of course, including Liang Renfang, no one knows what Fang Jun reserved for the emplacement...

Fang Jun pointed to the Galen boat in the dock and asked Liang Renfang, "Have you ever tested the speed of the boat?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Liang Renfang became excited immediately, his dark old face seemed to be shining brightly, he danced and said, "Of course, this boat is too fast! We started the test at night when we set off from Laizhou Port and went straight to Beisha City. Depart at You hour, return after seeing the lighthouse in Beisha City, and return to the port at Chen hour in the morning, the round trip only takes a little over seven hours, it is simply riding the wind and waves!"

How far is it from Laizhou to Dalian?
Fang Jun pinched his fingers and calculated, the straight-line distance is probably less than two hundred kilometers, converted into nautical miles, ninety nautical miles is not enough.Eighty nautical miles in seven or eight hours, the speed of the ship is about ten knots, which is quite fast in the age of sails!
But if this figure is converted into the length unit of the Tang Dynasty, Fang Jun will be a little confused...

　Chapter 1 is here, asking for monthly tickets and recommended tickets!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)