Chapter 189 Grand Recommendation
Suddenly, Mr. Chu Cai gathered his followers on Dongshan Island, and the news soon spread in Chaozhou Prefecture. After hearing this, the government was immediately nervous and quickly sent people to Guangzhou to inform the governor of Guangdong and the news. At the same time, he ordered the surrounding prefectures and counties to strengthen their vigilance, and the coastal areas should be prepared to resist the enemy to prevent Chu Cai's attack.
But the government was nervous this time, because Chu Cailao did not intend to attack the coastal area of Guangdong at all this time, but targeted the sea wolf on Nanri Island hundreds of miles away from them in the north.
The whole Dongshan Island is as lively as if it is boiling. Water boats keep coming and going on the shore and in the bay to replenish fresh water for each ship's water cabinet. In addition, ships come to the shore to replenish food on the ship in turn.
Because the distance from Dongshan Island to Nanri Island is hundreds of miles long, it takes at least two or three days even in the case of sailing at full wind. What's more, these boats have different shapes, fast and slow. In order to cooperate with each other, they can only sail at the slowest speed, so it takes longer to reach Nanri Island. As planned, they can arrive at Nanri Island in four days.
So these days, these guys can only live on the ship, and in order to catch a surprise on Nanri Island, Chu Cailao ordered them to bypass the main waterway and go north from the waters far from the shore, no longer make any stops and supplies on the way, relying on the food and fresh water carried on the ship to maintain the ship. Personnel needed.
Therefore, these guys had to complete these preparations on Dongshan Island before leaving, which made Chu Cai, the big shopkeeper, make a lot of blood. There were too many boats, and each ship had to replenish some food. The whole amount was really a lot, and he used up as much as 30% or 40% of the grain he had prepared in advance.
However, Mr. Chu Cai is now full of confidence and in a good mood. He thinks that this effort is still worth it. As long as he takes Nanri Island, the return will be dozens or even hundreds of times. As a big shopkeeper, he will naturally take a big head when organizing this operation. At that time, let alone this little food, even if it is He doesn't care much.
But what Chu Cailao didn't know was that when he ordered to assemble, not far from Dongshan Island, some sea wolves were always staring at Dongshan Island for a moment, and there were also several small fishing boats fishing near Dongshan Island, secretly recording Chu Cailao's boats coming from everywhere, and then the numbers In summary, there is a fast sailing north.
Yu Xiaotian listened to the news from his men in the wolf cave village, smiled coldly, waved his hand and said, "Okay! I know. You have taken a lot of risks and worked hard. Go down and have a good rest, and then go to the prison hall to receive rewards!"
After listening to the men sent to monitor Chu Cailao, they immediately bowed and said, "I am willing to die for the great boss!"
Yu Xiaotian laughed and said, "I know your loyalty, but I want you to live a long life with me. Don't die or live. Work hard. Our good days are coming!"
The man smiled. The reason why they were willing to work for Yu Xiaotian was that Yu Xiaotian treated them like brothers. Although he was strict, he always knew how to take care of them. Most of the time, Yu Xiaotian was happy in their hearts, so he turned around and retreated after thanking.
After the person who reported the news went out, Yu Xiaotian's face began to turn from sunny to cloudy and became gloomy. He said to Liu Wang, "Brick your father-in-law, Li Dazui, Meng Fei, Liu Yidao and the people of the board of directors to discuss the matter!"
For a long time, the named people quickly walked into the council hall from the outside and sat down according to the order after giving a salute to Yu Xiaotian.
After seeing that everyone was coming, Yu Xiaotian said to everyone, "Please come here today. The first is to introduce a new brother to you!
This is Mr. Lin Yiyang, a talented person! Hire by someone, I will stay here from now on and work with you!
Mr. Lin followed me for the time being and served as a staff officer. As the name implies, he is a staff officer! We have nothing to hide from Mr. Lin here. I hope you can respect Mr. Lin in the future. Don't think that Mr. Lin is a latecomer and despise him!
To tell you the truth, this matter is Mr. Lin's advice for us to attract old Chu Cai's poisonous snake out of the hole. Otherwise, we don't know how long we will be harassed by old Chu Cai!
Mr. Lin, these people are..."
Yu Xiaotian first introduced Lin Yiyang, who was sitting in his position, to the people who came today. After he met Lin Yiyang, Lin Yiyang talked with him for a long night and helped him come up with this idea to lead the snake out of the hole.
These days, Yu Xiaotian arranged according to Lin Yiyang's plan, sent Liu Wang to accompany Lin Yiyang around Nanri Island, and told Liu Wang and Lin Yiyang that as long as Lin wants to see the place, he can take him to go. There is nothing he can't go except his back house!
Just tell Lin Yiyang what you want to know, let Lin Yiyang look around casually, and don't treat him as an outsider.
Lin Yiyang was very happy. Accompanied by Liu Wang, he visited Nanri Island for many days and learned all the things he couldn't see before.
Especially after he saw these large areas of farmland on Nanri Island, those well as those well-managed immigrant villages and fishing villages, as well as those islanders living here, Lin Yiyang admired Xiaotian much more.
Because after reading these, Lin Yiyang felt that the rumors were indeed true. Although Yu Xiaotian was a bandit, he was doing the right way. He was very different from the general sea bandits. He knew more about the suffering of the people, so he treated the people on the island very well. More importantly, through the place of Nanri Island, he saw Yu Xiaotian's heart is very big. He doesn't seem to be satisfied with being a pirate. It seems that from this aspect, he feels that Yu Xiaotian wants much more than he has gained at present!
So Lin Yiyang's mind began to come alive, and then, accompanied by Liu Wang, he went to see the boathouse of Shanghai Wolf on the island, the workshop area and various forts and fortifications in the Dazhai.
When he saw the cannons just cast in the cannon, Lin Yiyang was completely stunned. The cannons were found in the state, counties and even some villages and towns, but the cannons Lin Yiyang saw were all short and small old-style earth cannons.
Once again, he saw a Hongyi cannon on the wall of Fuzhou City. The defenders of Fuzhou City regarded this Hongyi cannon as a treasure, and there were special personnel to guard it to prevent anyone from approaching.
But today, when he saw the scale of the sea wolf's cannon and the cast of these cannons, he recognized at a glance that these cannons were the best Hongyi cannons at present. Although these red cannons were a little small, there were also two heavy cannons similar to the Hongyi cannon on the wall of Fuzhou.
For people who rarely come into contact with such things, when such a sharp cannon suddenly appeared in front of them, the psychological impact was not felt by modern people, and Lin Yiyang was stunned at that time.
Looking at these cannons, he was stunned for a long time before he tried to reach out and touch these polished smooth barrel.
When he saw that Lin Yiyang wanted to touch but did not dare to touch it, Liu Wang smiled and said, "Mr. Lin, just touch them well. If you touch them, you won't break them. We have many of these things at present. You haven't seen the biggest big guy yet! That big guy was about to catch up with our thick waist. When he fired, it was really shaking, and his liver trembled!"
Lin Yiyang reached out and touched the body of a six-pound gun and carefully observed the cannons. He found that these cannons were simply like those cast in a mold. They were unified in shape and smooth on the surface without any trachom and bubbles. They were very well-made. They lay down at the mouth of the gun and looked at the black hole inside, but It can be seen from the muzzle that the turret is polished very smoothly, which he has never seen before.
So Lin Yiyang asked Liu Wang, "Brother Liu! Are these cannons really made by you sea wolves themselves?
Liu Wang nodded proudly and said, "Mr. Lin, please go inside and have a look. This cannon was made by our big owner himself. It is extremely powerful, and there are gates and sight, and it is also very accurate! It's a long way, and you can play five miles away! Even the Hongyi cannon cast in Foshan, Guangdong is not as good as our own! This is not blowing!"
Lin Yiyang quickly followed Liu Wang into the cannon shed. There was a heat wave in the shed. A large group of craftsmen were drying in the cannon. Several iron melting furnaces began at the same time, melting the iron material, and then from the iron outlet below, the melted iron water slowly flowed out of high heat and was worked. The craftsman was connected to the big crucible, and the big crucible is now mounted on a one-wheeled cart, which is also made of iron and can be pushed by one person.
These crucibles filled with iron water are pushed onto a shelf and poured into the mold erected and buried in the pit from a mouth filled with iron water. This is the general process.
Lin Yiyang learned a little about casting from books. After reading it carefully, he did not find that this was iron mold casting, but he knew more or less about the casting process here. Now he completely believes that these cannons are from these craftsmen of Sea Wolf.
Lin Yiyang was convinced. Because he couldn't stand the high temperature here, he quickly withdrew from the shed. After coming outside, he was full of praise. Now he finally understood why Yu Xiaotian dared to provoke Chu Cai. He had such a sharp weapon in his hand. Although Chu Cai was full of people, what could he do with him?
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