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Chapter 1159 Phoenix
Naturally, Yang Ce didn't come to Mexico City to fight. Although most of the time he went to Changsheng or Mexico City, he used it as a gold-selling cave to make his subordinates happy, but this time it was not the case.

The one who really came was Shi He, the pirate king of the Han Dynasty. He hoped that Yang Ce could train a group of excellent officers for him, and specially brought [-] ships to Yang Ce in return.

These ships really made Yang Ce envious, but in order to avoid suspicion, he introduced Shi He and took the officers to the military training company in Mexico City to try his luck.

As for the sixteen boats, he didn't intend to let Shi He take them back, but chose to buy them at a high price with African specialty gold.

These warships were produced in the only pirate fortress in Nanyang, Fenghuang Port in Lindaogan. The hull itself was rebuilt from a Universiade wooden civilian ship running in Nanyang. They were all standard models of 37-foot-long ships with 33 ribs. The ships were transported by sea. When sailing, the wood is tied to the outside of both sides of the hull, and it rides the wind. It has extremely high resistance to sinking and wind and waves, and its normal load is [-] jin.

After transformation, the quasi-thousand material ship of this kind of civilian ship pushed the ten-pound Phoenix cannon imitated from General Zhenshuo in Fenghuang Port to the deck, and became a monster with 24 cannons although it only had a single-layer artillery deck. A layer of wall stacks is airtight, with twelve blastholes on each side and an aiming hole the size of a fist above.

The cannon uses three small wooden cannon carts, and the end of the cannon rope is connected to the side of the ship and the noose for resetting after loading; the sail is made of cloth sails from Songjiang Prefecture, and the hull is made of southwest teak, which are all good materials. The quality of the guns is also very good.

Although it is not as powerful as the double artillery deck of the Chihai-class official ship, it is also terrifying.

It almost satisfies all Yang Ce's fantasies of warships except for the warships used by Ming officials. The only shortcoming is that the Phoenix Cannon does not use the rear-loading mechanism of the heavy-duty Frang machine in pursuit of firepower, but imitates the front-loading smoothbore of General Zhenshuo, allowing the Sailors may expose their bodies to the muzzle when loading and may be hit by stray bullets.

The addition of these sixteen large ships can make up for the shortcomings of Yang Ce's fleet at this time. The performance and firepower of the armed merchant ships of Portugal, Britain, France, and Spain, which are equipped with Francophones, are not as good as those of the Flying Shark. They have always been used as baggage ships for carrying water, food, troops, and loot.

The only one that can compete with the warships of other countries is Yang Ce's flagship, a medium-sized Galen ship from the Spanish Navy. Fore and stern, the ship's side deck is purchased by Chen Mu and rewarded by General Zhenshuo. The whole ship is like a sea monster, heavy, slow, and powerful.

Yang Ce gave him a name that was opposite to his maneuverability, called Parachutist.

The parachutist can't fly, but when will the four stone-shooting cannons that have been driving for three years and have not hit dozens of hits, it may make the enemy fly.

Chen Mu never liked this kind of casual thing, but Yang Ce seemed to be obsessed with the happiness of sinking a ship with one shot, and the Spaniards only installed one door on the ship, so he stubbornly installed four doors on the flagship. , as if doing so can really reap four times the happiness.

Whether the parachutist's stone-shooting cannon can make Yang Ce happy, Chen Mu doesn't know, but he knows that the newly joined sixteen quasi-thousand-material pirate ships named after Feng and Huang will definitely make Yang Ce gain sixteen times hapiness.

Those Phoenix ships supervised by Lin Daogan are basically the same ships as the pirates Zhang Baozai, Zheng Yisao and others who ran rampant in Nanyang in another world, but after all, there is too much difference in firepower after 200 years in between, but the transformation uses the same number However, the highest emphasis on firepower and safety is secondary.

Lin Daoqian sold these ships to Shi He, Chen Mu was not surprised at all, and it was not surprising that he could even place General Zhenshuo. Portugal and Spain have been playing with themselves for 100 years. Lin Daoqian's subordinates in Fenghuanggang are all Ming people, so it should not be too simple to understand such a technology.

Historically, Philip has always wanted iron cannons, but he has never been able to make them, so that after the unification of Portugal, he signed an official document and handed it over to the Governor of Goa, ordering him to hire craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty to make iron cannons.

The same thing happened to Chen Mu. He specially wrote two official documents and handed them over to Lin Daogan, the governor of Phoenix Port in the westernmost part of Java, warning that his artillery production technology should not be spread or sold outside.

Yang Ce spent a lot of money to buy [-] new warships. He was about to try his hand. A few days ago, he visited Chen Mu hoping to find some work. In a blink of an eye, Chen Mu sent Li Dan there.

The two hit it off almost immediately, and the pirates who visited the Spanish nobles in Mexico City gathered for them. Even Shi He wanted to bring his Cantonese pirates to join in the fun. During the exchange of cups and cups, the decision to go out was pressed, and then the two pirate leaders were summoned to the Governor's Mansion.

"This time you are going to hang the sail flag of the Eastern Army Mansion, and the army mansion will not take any profit. When the army mansion is using troops, you will not be allocated guns, guns, guns, gunpowder and shells. , just open your mouth."

An old acquaintance heard Shi He's heart suddenly. He met Chen Mu when he was in Manila, and he couldn't understand the nature of Marshal Dongyang. As long as he dared to speak, Chen Mu could tell him in the next second At a sky-high price, he got all the money he earned from selling the boat to Yang Ce.

His head shook like a rattle, even if the gunpowder and shells were indeed lacking, he would rather find a way by himself.

On the other hand, Yang Ce is better. Firstly, Chen Mu is the principal, and secondly, the two sides have cooperated many times, so he nodded seriously and said, "Marshal, it's no problem to hang the flags. The gunpowder really needs some Mexican sulfide, and the shells are very good." There is a shortage, shells suitable for ten-jin guns and water and food that need to be supplemented... 3000 taels of gold."

On the road!

Chen Mu gave him an approving look, nodded and asked him to wait, and the things he needed would be delivered to him in a short time.

He especially likes to deal with pirates, because among pirates, all normal goods are priceless, with the same money in his hands, he can build a fleet of sixteen Phoenix ships with the same firepower in one year. Here is just enough military supplies for a major war.

Shi He also breathed a sigh of relief, buying from Yang Ce is better than buying from Chen Mu, but he still asked Chen Mu with some concern: "I don't know why the commander-in-chief's army is using troops this time? Is it a humble job?" I mean, I just saw that the warships in the port come and go frequently, pretend I didn't say it!"

Chen Mu squinted his eyes and glanced at Shi He, but he didn't expect that the Pirate King was like a frightened bird. He waved his hands and said, "There's nothing you can't ask. Doesn't Francie want Brazil? The military government must send some military ships to meet them; Go find them, General Fu will go with you, but he will not participate in your battle, let Fei Laoer know the fate of coveting Daming and Brazil."

"Show off your prestige at sea, and when I come back, I will honor your Majesty and the King of Han for both of you."

(End of this chapter)