Zhizhang Datang

Chapter 378 Set sail
For example, the formula has been handed over to Li Shimin, and this time it can be regarded as an incendiary pot used to test its effectiveness in naval warfare.

This thing really sticks to it, and it hurts when it touches it. Even if it only touches the enemy ship a little, it can cause huge damage to the enemy ship like tarsal maggots.

Who would let seagoing ships at this time still use tung oil to maintain them? Brushing tung oil over and over again can make them better waterproof and anti-corrosion, but at the same time it also makes them extremely afraid of fire.

Even if these incendiary tanks didn't fall directly on the enemy ship, but fell on the sea, they could still spread out a sea of ​​flames and restrict the enemy ship's movement.

The modified iron watermelons will also be stockpiled on the ship. Under Lin Sen's transformation, even if these dangerous guys collide during transportation, they will not explode. Melon vines will detonate them.

Combining such a large killer like a flower bomb with a bed crossbow or ballista, the effect is no different from that of the artillery that once ruled the sea in later generations. It must be a nightmare for the enemy.

If you don't want to cause too much damage, you should mainly capture the opponent. There are also pepper bombs that have shown their terrifying effects, or mustard bombs made by Lin Sen on a whim. The ship's enemies are disarmed.

These are long-distance weapons. If the distance is a little closer, the enemy who can also be hit by the crossbow and Zhuge Liannu is suspicious of life. Basically, it is enough to end the battle before the boarding battle.

Even in the case of melee combat at close range, most enemy ships can be eliminated by collision.

Although this new flagship is only Lin Sen's personal toy in name, he is the highest military officer in charge of the safety of the Canton Mansion, so there are some weapons like this that others can't talk about.

After looking at everything inside and out very satisfied, Lin Sen felt that it was time to set sail and go to sea. He planned to personally participate in the maiden voyage of this new flagship, so as to experience it for himself.

Based on the current situation in Panyu City, if he leaves for a period of time, there should be no major changes, not to mention that he will keep all the elite soldiers behind and continue to perform their original duties.

With an adjutant to help lead the team, Lin Sen will also leave some guards to continue to be the team leader.

As for the sailors of the new ship, it is obvious that these people will not be the part-timers. They are all elite soldiers from the north, but when they are at sea, they are almost landlubbers. By honing them into sailors, Lin Sen naturally has the right manpower to use.

As far as the background of the Lin family is concerned, apart from those households, naturally there is no extra strength. Don't forget that Lin Sen has Li Shimin as a big backer. Lin Sen is not the only one who wants to build this new sea boat. It was also the supporters behind them, otherwise those top shipbuilders would not have gathered in such an unknown shipyard for no reason, waiting for Lin Sen's order.

Using a similar method, a group of top sailors or sailors gradually gathered next to this new flagship without attracting the attention of others.

In name, they are just a normal flow, and it seems that they have nothing to do with Datang officials, but in fact, it is obviously not possible to do it with Lin Sen's current influence.

If outsiders who are familiar with the major merchant fleets in Guangfu come here, they will find that those experienced players who seemed to have disappeared from the world before, or thought they were flowing normally, are actually here.

Of course, Lin Sen did offer them undeniable conditions that attracted them to join, such as a new air route full of business opportunities, and their own lives.So even if other people notice this, everything seems reasonable on the surface.

Arranged all kinds of possible matters during my absence, told them to pay attention to protecting those super rice, cumin and pepper, and of course the safety of the shipyard, and then told the governor of Guangzhou about his plan to sail As a report, Lin Sen took some guards and set sail on this new flagship which he also named "Ping An".

There was no crowd cheering or seeing off, just so silently, rushing to the goal of this trip.

However, the Ping An did not go north to his ultimate goal - the Iwami Ginzan of the Japanese Kingdom, but chose to go south to find the legendary Spice Island.

The profit rate of this thing is high enough to make many people take risks, and it can also break the monopoly of the big food merchants in this area. It is also a big cake that is most likely to attract many forces to the south, the kind that has a fatal temptation.

Of course, this must also mean inevitable danger and fighting. Presumably, those big food merchants would never mind risking their lives with anyone for such a lifeline.

But this is also the easiest way for Lin Sen to achieve his goal at this stage, disrupt the situation in Lingnan, and strengthen exchanges and connections between the North and the South.

In addition, huge risks often mean huge opportunities and profits. This is undoubtedly a good opportunity for Lin Sen to rise rapidly.

The northern market and various profitable businesses have basically been divided up by the major forces. This is also an important reason why Lin Sen has been developing many things that people have never seen before.

It wasn't that he didn't want to join in, but that there were too many predators crowded there, and there was no place for him to set foot.

If he hadn't been a great hero in the conquest of the Turks and had a great reputation on that grassland, after the caravans of other families started to take that route, he might have squeezed out the Lin family too.

And the current route of sailing has become a quick way for him to quickly grab profits, and in a short period of time, he doesn't have to worry about those old forces and emerging nobles who will also squeeze in and get involved, or even leave him alone.This is also an important reason why Lin Sen took the initiative to participate in the maiden voyage with such high interest.

Although Lin Sen is not a person who is not selfless, he is obviously not a guy who is selfless and dedicated. Whenever he seems to be purely contributing to Datang, his benefits are missing behind it.

Thinking of this, Lin Sen stood on the bow of the boat and happily threw a prickly pear into his mouth. He smashed it a few times and thought it tasted good. Just as sweet.

It's not that Lin Sen's sense of taste has a problem, but that Lin Sen ate a miracle fruit before. This cute little guy lives up to its name and has the mysterious effect of changing the body's sense of taste, turning sour into sweet. That's why Lin Sen would be happy to eat those things again, not because he likes sour food.

Isn’t it easy to get scurvy because you can’t get in touch with vegetables for a long time when you are out on a ship? In fact, it is a lack of vitamin C, and prickly pears, which are not very good-looking, have ten times the vitamin C content of kiwi fruit, [-] grams The content of vitamin C is more than three or four thousand mg. Eating a prickly pear is better than taking a vitamin C lozenge.

Sour dates and other things are naturally prepared, and they can be eaten as snacks for sailors on weekdays, but these things are for the convenience of storage, anyway, they are not too ripe anyway, so good things like miracle fruit are sent out. Useful.

　Today, I did a day of online training in the recording studio, and used my mobile phone to steal the words of the code, so I had time to upload...

　　
　
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