Chapter 179 Strange Detective

After walking out of the council hall, Yu Xiaotian looked at the blue sky, frowned and was in a bad mood. Recently, Chu Cai's actions completely disrupted his plan and made him fall into an awkward situation, just like when he used to fight with people on the ring, he had full strength, but found his eyes I can't see my opponent, but I can't use it with all my strength.

When is Chu Cailao going to attack Nanri Island? How long will his attack tactics last? Yu Xiaotian can't guess that at present, he has completely fallen into passivity in front of Chu Cai's move, which is not in line with his style or his character. More often, he prefers to take the initiative to attack and use attack as the best defense.

But now that he has run a large family business, many things have become less convenient than before, and he always has too many concerns.

He has also considered it in the past two days. If it really doesn't work, he will take the initiative to attack and lead the fleet to kill Chu Cai's old nest on Dongshan Island and directly find Chu Cai Lao for a big battle.

But after thinking about it, he analyzed it carefully and found that he had little chance of winning.

It has not been a day and a half since Mr. Chu Cai has been operating in the south of Quanzhou. Since he went to the sea as a thief, he has mainly been active in this area, so his power in this area can be said to be deeply rooted. Once the sea wolf takes the initiative to go to Dongshan Island to find Chu Cai Lao desperately, Chu Cai Lao occupies the right time and place. People and all advantages, and it is easy for him to gather all available forces to fight against sea wolves. With Chu Cai's strength, although he is not technically superior, he has an absolute advantage in number.

No matter how powerful the sea wolf fleet is, it can only take the main ships there. It is difficult for auxiliary small ships to sail to such a far place to participate in the war. This alone will completely put the sea wolf fleet at a disadvantage.

Although the small warship usually looks inconspicuous and its combat effectiveness is not good, once a large number of warships are gathered, the energy change will cause qualitative change, which has become the main factor for the left and right seas to defeat the negative.

Especially for small ships such as long dragons and fast paddle boats, once the number is enough, they themselves have strong mobility and speed. They cooperate with their main warships and give full play to the advantages of ants biting dead elephants. Yu Xiaotian hastily led the sea wolf fleet to fight with Chu Cai's old man. If it is not good, it will be placed in an eternal place.

So thinking of this, Yu Xiaotian could only give up this idea and make other plans.

Standing at the gate of the council hall, Yu Xiaotian became more annoyed and more confused he thought about it. He was a little anxious, so he raised his legs and walked out of the headquarters of the wolf's den and slowly walked to the north gate of the stockade with several guards, intending to go to Chuanliao to see the construction of the new ship on the other side these days.

After the trial production stage, the construction technology and process of the sloop have been basically mature and stabilized. The shipbuilders are also familiar with the manufacturing process of various components of this ship, and the construction speed has begun to increase significantly. Moreover, Yu Xiaotian requested that this ship be built in batches and added to the fleet as soon as possible to make it be put into Use.

So the shipmakers in the boat house can now be said to be very saturated in production. Almost all the limited docks and platforms have been used. The boatmen also perform their respective duties and adopt the method of division of labor and cooperation. Almost everyone specializes in the production of a component. Water-like parts are made and transported to docks and platforms for assembly.

In this way, the construction speed of the ship is naturally several times faster than when it was first tried. In addition, the production of sails made the craftsmen who used to specialize in making Chinese hard sails a little useless, so Yu Xiaotian simply recruited a group of women who are good at needlework in the island to help in the boathouse. Sewing sails.

In this era, because marine canvas was not produced for the time being, Yu Xiaotian had to find a way to send a ship to Manila or Batavia to find the Dutch or Spaniards to buy it. After trial, the Dutch of Batavia had a kind of canvas from India, which was relatively durable and strong, so the sea The wolf then purchased a large number of batches to make sails specially for this flying fast ship.

And after continuous testing, the ship found that different sewing methods also directly affected the strength of the sail, so they chose a more complex sewing method and asked those female workers to sew sails in this way. Luo Xianbin came in and gave feedback that they had adopted this Indian sail. After the cloth and the new sewing method, the sails have become more durable and more powerful than before, and the service life has been greatly extended. At least a pair of sails need to be replaced in less than a month, and the old sails need to be constantly repaired.

If this new sail is not damaged by external forces, it can be used normally for more than two months. If it does not encounter a strong typhoon, it can also extend the use time, so it basically meets the needs of sloops for sail strength.

Not only Xiaotian knows that before the trial production of chemical fiber materials is successful, all he can do is here. At present, this kind of canvas woven from pure hemp fibers and cotton fibers can only do this. If he wants to improve the strength, it is unlikely.

Two months later, Chuanliao delivered two more sloops to the sea wolf, and then was immediately assigned a crew and handed over to Luo Xianbin's Clippers detachment for training.

In the boathouse, at present, there is also a two-masted sailboat that has just been put into construction and a single-mast sailboat built on the platform. The other dock is still carrying out drainage operations at this time. In a few days, the dock can't drain the seawater, so so so far, in a short time There will be no new ships to be shipped.

Today, Yu Xiaotian is very depressed, so he plans to go to the boat to see those built ships. He will often be in a better mood. Sometimes he also likes to go to the cannons and guns when he is depressed, try new guns or touch those newly built cannons, and he will also feel better. Some.

But when he was about to walk out of the village, he saw several sentries cursingly tied a man and dragging him from outside the stockade into the stockade.

"Oh, don't talk nonsense. You guys have been running to the side of Dazhai these days. I've been staring at you for a long time. You can't be arrogant any more today! You are not a good bird at first glance. You must be a spy sent by old Chu Cai!" A patrolman kicked the tied man's buttocks and kicked the man forward. A dog almost ate shit and lay on the ground, but was held by the two guard next to him, so he did not lie down.

"This is so tight! Don't talk nonsense with him and pull him to the prison and hand him over to the prison. If you don't believe this man, don't tell the truth! I don't believe that he can withstand the means of the execution hall!" A sentry stood the man aside and said.

But the tied man still struggled to shout, "You heroes, misunderstanding! This is a misunderstanding! I'm by no means someone's spy. I'm just the manager of the Lin family's shop!

My surname is Lin and my name is Yiyang. If you don't believe it, you can go to the Lin family's shop to ask about my identity! The reason why I came here for a walk is that I'm curious when I have nothing to do! It's not that you want to inquire about something, and I hope you don't misunderstand!

And I admire the ability of the big family to govern the world very much. I really want to see the head of the family, but I don't have a chance, so I have nothing to do. Come to Dazhai to see if I want to try my luck and whether I can meet the head of the family!"

"Bah! You are still stubborn when you die. You say you are not Chu Cai's old detective. Why do you keep wandering around Dazhai, wandering around the island, and even running to the forbidden land in the east of the island? I didn't stare at you on the first day. I've been staring at you these days! Isn't it Lin's shop? You don't want to deceive me, and the Lin family's shop will definitely not escape! Don't talk nonsense. If you go to the prison, someone will ask you to tell the truth! Let's go!" Before the head of a sentry fell, he kicked again.

This time, Lin Yiyang was finally kicked and rolled to the ground, and his forehead hit the ground. When he looked up again, he had already seen blood, and his clothes were rotten in several places. He was covered with dirt and looked very embarrassed.

When Yu Xiaotian saw this, it turned out that he did not want to ask about this matter. Recently, the outside of the island has been loose and the patrol personnel have strengthened the monitoring of all parts of the island, especially some new faces, which are especially taken care of. Recently, more than a dozen scouts of Chu Cai Lao have been arrested. It can be seen that Chu Cai Lao is also trying to find ways to explore. Listen to the information about the sea wolf.

So when he saw the captured man today, Yu Xiaotian didn't want to ask. It should be another spy caught by the sentry personnel. However, when he heard that the man said that he had always wanted to see him, he was a little curious, so he stopped and began to look at the man.

The tied man is not very old, about 20 years old. He is about his own age. He is of medium height and slightly thin. He is wearing a worn-fashioned patched scribe shirt and old cloth shoes under his feet. Unfortunately, there is only one left at this time, and the other one is estimated to be caught. Shake it off, his hair casually coiled on the top of his head and tied it with a cloth. At this time, it also dispersed. The skin on his face was relatively white, but at this time, his forehead was scratched and his face was stained with a lot of dust, which made him look embarrassed at this time, but overall he looked like a scholar.

After carefully looking at the man, Yu Xiaotian's intuition told him that this person should not be like a spy sent by Chu Cai.

(Thanks to the Youlongcao Brothers for their unreshing rewards yesterday! Your support is the driving force of my code!)