Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 314
Sun Xin followed Shen Yun onto the ship. The deck area of ​​the sailboat was small, and the road to walk became much narrower after the cannons were installed. You have to queue up to get there.

Shen Yun had been able to move freely after staying on the boat for so long, but Sun Xin barely walked between the pair of four cannons.

Looking at the narrow artillery emplacement, Sun Xin still felt the same way: "This place is too narrow, and it just turned into this after unloading. If there is a real naval battle, put powder barrels and shells on the edge of the artillery emplacement." , the sea is going to be bumpy again, and I don’t know how crowded it is during operation.”

Shen Yun nodded in agreement.

Last year, Meng Kang took a total of eight sailing ships to Dengzhou. In order to make up for the shortfall in Sunjiazhuang's shipping capacity, Sun Xin ordered four more sailing ships of the same design from other shipyards. Now he has a total of twelve sailing ships. The combined tonnage of the ship is already considerable, and Sun Xin finally has a way to realize his plan to put the bronze cannon on board.

It's just that the design of the area of ​​​​these transport ships does not meet the requirements of gunboats. After installing four guns, the deck area is not satisfactory.Moreover, because the gun position is too narrow, the two opposite guns cannot be operated at the same time. The reason why it is designed to have guns on both sides is that it can play a balancing role, and second, it can be used when aiming at the enemy. Leaning on the side will be more convenient in actual operation.

Sun Xin called, and the artillery cadets who went to sea with Shen Yun this time were complacent about the record of solving a pirate ship with shelling at sea this time, but in the mouth of the artillery cadets, this naval battle was not considered a battle. Very beautiful.

"I fired more than 30 rounds just for shooting, and only two of them hit the enemy ship. One shell bounced off the enemy ship's splint and crushed several pirates to death. They all retreated into the cabin in fright. The second round It hit their stern, and it was the second round that shattered their hull that sank the ship."

Sun Xin inquired carefully about the process of this naval battle.

Shen Yun described that their sailboats are famous for their ease of operation in the Bohai Sea area. Even if each ship is fully loaded with cargo and sails, they can still run much faster than the bandits at sea. They can easily dodge, and the robbers who have been down in the Bohai Sea for more than half a year have no interest in robbing them when they see their sailboat in Sunjiazhuang.

This time, they spent a long time on the Song-Liao route in order to test the guns, and finally saw a group of pirates robbing merchant ships at sea, so Shen Yun specially made his ship pretend to be transporting goods and slowly approached Go in and slow down on purpose after the other party grabs the goods.

Their sailboats are famous for their fast speed on the sea. After the pirates noticed that they were moving slowly, they thought that something happened to their boat. They all knew that Sunjiazhuang's boat was loaded with a lot of goods. Feeling greedy, he followed them foolishly all the way out of the Bohai Sea, to the border of the Yellow Sea, and climbed up to them without seeing the world or the ground. Only then did Shen Yun suddenly let the sailboat maneuver around the pirate ship and do it for the artillery cadets. shooting training.

Shooting at moving targets at sea is very difficult and requires the cooperation of artillery and supership sailors, who are constantly adjusting the angle of the muzzle and the direction of the ship.

Artillery trainees initially attacked by firing artillery on land, but after firing several rounds, the accuracy was astonishingly poor.

After pulling the slide rule for a long time, he finally realized that this was not possible, so he asked Shen Yun to have the courage to let the pirate ship approach him.

It wasn't until the distance between the two ships was shortened that the faces of the people on the opposite ship could be seen clearly, the iron bullets fired by the bronze cannon finally became somewhat accurate.

If this is the case, it took more than a dozen shells to successfully hit two.

After a few shells grazed the deck of the enemy ship, the pirate ship on the opposite side began to flee in panic, but their hard sailing ship was too heavy, and it was a near-miss if they ran to the far sea to rob. Trying my best to eat milk, it is absolutely impossible to escape from this situation.

Shen Yun just maneuvered the boat around the opponent until the opponent was sunk in despair.

"How long did it take you to sink that pirate ship?"

The artillery cadet thought about it and said, "It will take an hour."

Sun Xin nodded. After listening to the artillery cadet's description, he was quite optimistic.

In his memory, even in naval battles in the era of iron-clad battleships, the hit rate of naval guns was very low, otherwise the martyr Deng Shichang wouldn't have hit Shen Jiye.

With their hip-stretching firepower, it's amazing to be able to sink an enemy ship in an hour.

It is estimated that this effect is mostly due to the maneuverability of the soft sailboat far surpassing the opponent's hard sailboat.

Sun Xin finally asked: "Do you know which country the sinking ship is from?"

The artillery cadet shook his head, but Shen Yun smiled and said, "Laizhou native."

Seeing Sun Xin's surprised eyes, Shen Yun explained: "It's a common thing for people at sea to make a living."

Sun Xin immediately understood when he said this.

Shen Yun must know them.

The foot and teeth of the car and boat shop should be killed if they are innocent. Boat owners like Shen Yun are not good people in the first place.

That pirate ship is probably just a sea ship that usually does trade normally, maybe it is a ship that suddenly finds a chance to make a fortune on the trade road and manipulates it to rob.

And Shen Yun knew them, but he didn't feel anything about sinking them, and he didn't even bother to rescue them after the ship sank.

They all lived their lives by licking their blood. If the group of pirates really succeeded in the robbery, they would kill Shen Yun and the others without hesitation. The game is fair, it just depends on who can win.

This is also the reason why Shen Yun was so loyal after joining the powerful Sun Xin. After all, working with Sun Xin was far more secure than living a precarious life at sea, and he earned quite a lot.

After inquiring about the use of the ship, Sun Xin made a decision in his mind. After returning to the supervisory committee, he called Meng Kang and asked him to speed up the repair of the ship that could be equipped with fixed gun positions.

Meng Kang has already begun experimenting with building ships with deeper drafts, but he still has some technical skills in splicing the keel. Now that the gunboat is so effective, Sun Xin wonders if he should just spend more money and get a lead-clad keel directly. come out.According to his impression, that thing seems to have been popular in the sailing age of later generations, and the development of metal-wrapped bottom technology is also an important technical route for wooden ships.

I talked with Shen Yun at Dengzhou Port for a while, and asked him to go back to Sunjiazhuang to rest. Sun Xin went shopping with his two wives again. At noon, Sun Xin had dinner at the Sun Ji Station in the port, and in the afternoon he took it with him. Wu Song went to the Dengzhou government office together. Apart from going out to play with his two wives and welcoming Shen Yun back to the voyage, the more important thing for him today was to meet Sun Li.

The elder brother Sun Li became the deputy commander of the army and horses in Dengzhou last year, and Chenggong told him the day before yesterday that the joint negotiations with Zongze had taken shape.

Last year, Liangshan conquered Gaotang Prefecture again, ransacked and vented their anger, and finally attracted the imperial court to decide to send troops to encircle and suppress. Now the imperial court is discussing the candidates for the encirclement and suppression. Connected to reality again.

Although the plot of Hu Yanzhuo manipulating the serial horse is not known whether it will happen, but Sun Xin knows that the time when he will be on a bigger stage may not be long.

Another major event that happened at the beginning of this year was the official signing of the Maritime Alliance by Song and Jin. This time, Sun Xin had no chance to participate. Sun Xin couldn't intervene in the specific process, but the money to be spent was not small. The money for the old boy Tong Guan was spent [-] yuan this year, and Sun Xin is probably in the belly of the old lady now. It is also slightly named.

Everything shows that the situation is changing rapidly, and Sun Xin's sense of urgency is getting stronger.

Sun Xin and Wu Song rode their horses to Sun Li's house.

Although Sun Li's life has improved a lot in the past two years, the house has not been built much. It turned out that Sun Li bought this place with a few years of salary and planned to live in it as an old house handed down by the two brothers. Going down, but now I am used to living in Dulonggang villas, and I feel a little cramped living in this small house in this alley. In addition, seeing that Sun Xin has managed such a large industry, even his two children I also sent it to Sunjiazhuang to study, so this house is dispensable, so I don't bother to take care of it.

The two handed over the horses to the native soldiers waiting under the eaves, and Sun Xin and Wu Song went straight into the flower hall.

When Sun Xin entered the flower hall, he saw Sun Li eating noodles alone in front of the brazier. Sun Xin asked, "Where is sister-in-law?"

Sun Li picked up a pair of chopsticks and sucked the noodles into his mouth. He chewed and said, "Today, your Sunjiazhuang School said that it was going to hold a parents' meeting, so your sister-in-law went there early in the morning."

Sun Xin saw that the Luoluo noodles in Sun Li's bowl were made of stick noodles, mixed with some unknown sauce, and added some wild vegetable leaves, it was very rough, and said with a smile: "Is this made by the local soldiers? "

It's not worth being a small kitchen fire at home by myself, and when I came back at noon, there was no one selling meat in the market, so I let the soldiers do it randomly.

"My sister-in-law should go out and get some dental sacrifices even if she's not at home. Why do you have to stay in the room like this?"

Sun Li shook his head, "I just came back too, and I have to go to the Yamen for business in the afternoon, so I don't have time to go out to eat and drink."

After asking Sun Xin that he had eaten, Sun Li asked him to sit down.

"I've been asking about what you want to contact Zongze. Last year, he didn't want to open his mouth to help you get the land. He only said that it's a good thing that you are willing to help the army and help the court, but he won't give you any promises. The first two days But he suddenly changed the subject. I heard people say that this is because he is retiring from his old age and returning to his hometown this year. He probably wants to help you with the matter before he leaves. I will hurry up and ask for a while. There will be news."

Sun Xin nodded. In his memory, Zong Ze should have retired from the post of Dengzhou General Judge in the last year of Zhenghe or the first year of Xuanhe. The specific reason seems to be that he was involved in the investigation of the clan land. It won't be too long before he gives his answer.

(End of this chapter)