Chapter 164 Poor Scholar 1

The new flying wolf is actually the two-masted sailboat that Yu Xiaotian ordered to build a few months ago. The ship was originally planned to be completed and delivered for trial in November, but during construction, because Yu Xiaotian allowed the ship to experimentally use Chinese hard sails on this ship to replace the less durable soft sails, so There are some problems with the construction.

After the successful trial production, the dhow quickly began to build in batches in the boat, so that as many as five have been built by the end of the year, including the initial experimental Flying Fish. Unfortunately, the Flying Wolf has been damaged in the ambush on Kinmen Island. Now There are only four sloops left.

The tamaran was dragged until after the end of the New Year before it was officially launched for trial, which was nearly two months later than originally expected.

The sloop is not as simple as enlarging the sloop and adding a mast. The prototype of this ship first appeared in the late 17th century, but the real sloop was officially built in the 18th century and was also made by the Dutch.

This kind of ship was originally designed to be used for situations that require speed and wind-grabbing navigation. Historically, it has been built in large quantities and is mainly used in slave ships and plundering ships.

This kind of ship has two masts, and the front mast is lower than the main mast. The front mast can hang one or multi-sided triangular sails, and the two masts can be hung vertical sails, which can be either square sails or a triangular sail.

When this kind of ship first appeared on the sea, it was once described as flying on the water. It can be seen that the most important advantage of this kind of sloop is speed. In addition, because of the configuration of sails, it has a strong ability to sail, so its flexibility is also very good.

Compared with the sloop, the sloop can be built larger, the shape of the hull is basically close, and the loading capacity naturally increases a lot.

At the beginning of the construction, the first two-masted sailboat of the sea wolf was positioned at the size of 300 materials, with a displacement of about 150 tons and 200 tons. According to the actual loading situation, when it is fully loaded, it can load more than 40 tons of cargo, which is double the volume of the previous Flying Fish, so this Naturally, the military equipment of a boat will be much better than a sloop.

During this period, Yu Xiaotian also took a lot of energy to invest in the construction of this kind of tamaran. In addition to taking people to make ship models for the boat craftsmen to refer to the construction, he also constantly put forward some opinions during the construction.

Because of the initial problem of the sail strength of the sloop, the front sail is easy to be torn when exposed to strong winds, so Yu Xiaotian granted the craftsmen of the boat to creatively replace the soft sails with Chinese hard sails on this new ship, making it easier to build and reducing construction costs, especially ships. The problem of the material of the sail.

However, after repeated experiments, the idea of replacing soft sails with Chinese hard sails has only achieved certain results on the oblique truss sails, while the front triangular sail of the fore mast cannot be replaced by hard sails and can only continue to use soft sails.

In this way, the construction time was delayed. In addition, after the ship was built, the sails turned into an authentic bastard. To put it bluntly, the oblique truss sails of the two masts used Chinese hard sails, but the front sails of the front mast were still used. The soft sail makes people feel a little out of place, and even makes Yu Xiaotian feel a little ridiculous.

It was when the troops began to be transferred for training after the filial piety years, the two-masted sailboat was finally completed and launched and began to be delivered for trial.

In order to obtain the experimental data of this ship as soon as possible and make the ship have actual combat capability, Yu Xiaotian proposed to return the ship to Luo Xianbin. At the same time, he also transferred the elite generals who were familiar with the control of this kind of ship from the original flying-shaped speedboats and configured it here. The new ship enables it to complete the trial and practical training as quickly as possible.

Although Luo Xianbin was scolded by Yu Xiaotian, Yu Xiaotian gave him the new ship. Of course, this guy was overjoyed.

And everyone heard that Yu Xiaotian named the ship Flying Wolf again, which was used to commemorate the old Flying Wolf that sank in the ambush on Kinmen Island, which made many people feel that Yu Xiaotian, the boss, was very nostalgic and did not forget the brothers who fought for him.

So Luo Xianbin grinned happily and knelt down to receive the order, and also claimed to thank Xiaotian on behalf of the brothers who died in the battle on the Old Flying Wolf.

"Okay! You don't have to thank me on their behalf. They died for me. Naturally, I will remember it in my heart! Don't dare to forget! Otherwise, I will be sorry for those brothers who died for our sea wolves!

I'll give you this boat. I hope you don't live up to my expectations. I also give you the other four flying fast boats at the same time. You don't have to participate in the joint training during this period. You can perform alone according to what you want. I don't have to wait. In short, remember one. When I need you, you need this one The fleet can bring it out for me, call it to come, and it will win the battle!" Yu Xiaotian waved his hand and said.

After listening to this, Luo Xianbin solemnly saluted Yu Xiaotian again: "Please rest assured, Luo! If your subordinates can't do it at that time, please do everything you can!"

A merchant ship slowly entered the commercial wharf of Nanri Island. Under the command of the people on the shore, it leaned against a trestle. The boatman on the ship jumped off the ship, caught the cable dropped on the ship, and immediately tied it to the pile of the trestle to fix the ship.

A boatman put a springboard from the ship on the trestle. The people on the boat immediately began to walk down from the ship and unload the goods on the trestle. Some porters at the dock immediately ran over and began to negotiate with the ship's shopkeeper. After the negotiation, they immediately began to help the boatman unload the goods. And transport the goods to the shore through the trestle, load them on some rickshaws, and transport them to the commercial stack area.

At this time, in the busy crowd, a young man in an old scribe's shirt followed the crowd to get off the boat and come to the trestle. After looking around, he raised his legs and walked to the shore.

"Hight! Inform your name, and what else do you do? What's the matter here?" Just as the shabby scholar reached the end of the trestle, two sea wolf's men reached out to stop him and asked him.

The scholar was not nervous. He turned his head and looked at the boat he came down, so he hugged his fist and smiled and said, "In Lin Yiyang, he came with the boat. He is a distant relative of the Lin family, who is in charge of the accounts in the Lin family. This time, he came to the treasure land and went to the Lin family's business! This is a little bit of a small thing. Please have a glass of water and wine!" Speaking of this shabby book student took out a few pieces of money from his arms and handed it to the two sea wolves who stopped him.

The two sea wolves who stopped him looked at him, raised their hands and pushed his hand back and scolded, "Take back your money, damn it, I'm not short of money to spend! Don't mess with me. Tell you boy, our sea wolves are not what you think! We only have the money given by the head of the family! You stinky money guys really don't look down on you!

By the way, come here. This Lin is from your Lin family. Do you know him? Speaking of a sea wolf who blocked the road to check the pedestrians, they reached out and found a boatman on a Lin family ship and asked him.

The boatman said with a smiling face, "That's right, this little brother did follow our boat. He is a distant relative of our shopkeeper. He just got a job in our shop. The shopkeeper asked him to work in the shop on the island!"

As soon as the sea wolf members heard it, someone testified to Lin Yiyang, so they looked at him up and down and nodded, "In that case, forget it!" This guy doesn't know the rules. You have to talk to him after you go ashore. Don't be a mother here!

Kid heard it clearly. This is our sea wolf's territory. When you get here, you have to abide by the rules here. When you have nothing to do, don't go out of the business stack area. You should see what you should see and listen to. Don't cause trouble. If you are caught by our people and you are an outsider, no one can protect it at that time. You! Did you hear that?

Lin Yiyang was obviously a little surprised by the performance of the two sea wolves and nodded, "Thank you for reminding me. Remember it!"

"Okay! You can go!" The sea wolf people in charge of the investigation waved to Lin Yiyang and said.

Lin Yiyang then hugged his fist and followed the boatman to leave the trestle and set foot on the shore of Nanri Island. At this time, he could already see about a few hundred meters away from the shore, which was a bustling commercial stack area. There was a wide gravel road from the dock to the commercial stack area, coming and coming and going. People are either walking, pushing carts, or picking picks, and they are busy on the road between the warehouse area and the dock.

And on the periphery of this commercial stack area, for the sake of safety, a barrier wall and fence have been built to encircle the whole commercial stack area. This barrier is obviously used to guard against attackers under special circumstances. There are also arrow towers at several corners of the barrier wall, and you can faintly see someone standing in the arrow tower to observe the week. The situation on the side and dock.

These people should all be sea wolves. They are full-time responsible for maintaining the security of the business warehouse area and protecting the safety of the business warehouse area. It feels very fresh to see Lin Yiyang here.

"Brother, this sea wolf is really different from other places! It's not as fierce as I thought at first, but it's quite rule-abiding!" Lin Yiyang followed the boatman ashore and said to the boatman.

The boatman took a look at Lin Yiyang and said with a smile, "I dare not! Little brother! This is your first time here! I really don't know the rules here. The brothers of the Sea Wolf Gang are not as you think. The sea wolves are strict, the masses are well-wreate, and the brothers of the Sea Wolf are also obedient!

You stuffed money for them just now. Did you still think that this is the state capital on the shore? They are not the officers and soldiers who guard the gate! Wild geese pull their hair!

Do you see? That's their leader. The dock is under his control. In addition, they also have pickets, which are specially managed by their followers. If the two brothers just now receive a few money you gave, they will definitely be locked up, pay off and whipped. The sea wolf's execution hall is not vegetarian. Who If you commit taboos, you will be sent to the prison for punishment. If you give them money, you will actually harm them!

These sea wolf brothers will not be taboo for these little money! Don't do this kind of thing in the future. You just need to stay here and do what you should do. The sea wolves are very reasonable, and no one will ribble money here!"

(Today, I would like to thank the Wu Brothers of Eagle for their reward. It's the last day of the National Day holiday. It's time for everyone to rest! Ha ha!)