Chapter 135 Preparation

While there was no news from the shark Zhang Hu, Yu Xiaotian ordered to start repairing the ship immediately. At the same time, he sent Zhao Mazi again to Dalian Island to find the Li family and gave some of the whale oil, whale whiskers and a small amount of whale bones that they could not use for the time being to the Li family for sale.

This shipment is also of great significance to them. This is the first time that they have obtained goods through their own labor, rather than by robbing and robbing. At least it shows that in addition to pirate, they can also obtain more wealth through other means.

By the way, Yu Xiaotian specially asked Zhao Mazi to purchase hundreds of wine bottle-sized coarse porcelain bottles in the Li family. At present, they are fighting with people at sea and lack heavy artillery. Most of the time, they have to rely on fire attack to deal with the enemy. In the past, they did not have enough fire oil. Even such primitive fire attack weapons, they did not have many Less.

But now they have enough whale oil. In addition to being able to eat and serve as lubricating oil, it also burns fiercely. It is put into a porcelain bottle and throws it into the enemy ship as a * when necessary. As long as the quantity is large, it is enough for the enemy to drink a pot.

After sending Zhao Mazi away, Yu Xiaotian continued to lead people to train in groups and began to repair the ship, but Yu Xiaotian did not first ask everyone to add two mules on the island to pull his ship Sea Wolf ashore through the slide winch and pulley group, and fixed it to a temporary simple boat. On the stage.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian had to clean up the Sea Wolf first is that after this period of operation at sea, after several months of operation, another layer of sea creatures were born at the bottom of the ship. In addition, the last time they repaired the ship, they were all laymen and simply repaired the ship.

Many places are not repaired, and the masts are not well installed. There are signs of loosening. In order to cope with large-scale maritime conflicts that may occur in the future, he must first repair the ship used for the main battle to ensure that there will be no chain falling off in times of emergency.

So this time, he still ordered his men and Guo Fu's apprentice to repair the sea wolf first.

The bottom part of the Seawolf once again produced a layer of sea creatures such as barnacles. Although it is not too thick, it will also affect its speed of the ship. Everyone worked together and cleaned up the bottom of the ship again in only half a day. Guo Fu found some iron filings, iron sheets and other materials from Zhang's blacksmith, and jingled nails At the bottom of the boat.

This can somewhat reduce the attachment of some marine organisms. If they can be coated with a layer of tar, whether it is wood tar or coal tar, this is a more effective way to prevent marine organisms from attaching before modern paint. Unfortunately, they have no tar on hand at present, so they can only be more troublesome and clear. Except for the bottom of the boat several times.

And Guo Fu, with his son and apprentice, conducted a careful inspection of other parts of the Sea Wolf, blocked several slight leaks in the hull, and strengthened the base of the mast.

Zhang's blacksmith helped him and gave a somewhat split front mast. He made three pairs of iron hoop and asked Guo Fu to press on the front mast and strengthen the front mast.

The amount of such maintenance project is not large, and Guo Fu is a relatively experienced shipman, so it only took three days for the Seawolf to complete the maintenance, becoming cleaner, and all parts of the hull have also been strengthened.

In the evening of the third day, when the sea was at high tide, the bracket supporting the hull was removed under the order of Xiaotian. Under the push of everyone, the Sea Wolf once again slid down the slide down the beach, and the hull stirred up a big wave in the sea. The Sea Wolf returned to the sea again.

"The rudder, there are a lot of sea maggots on this ship at present, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to remove them for a while. As time goes by, the sea maggots will penetrate the board, and then the ship will leak! I'm afraid this ship will be ruined!" Guo Fu walked behind Yu Xiaotian, who was watching the Sea Wolf go into the water and pointed to the Sea Wolf to remind Xiaotian.

When Yu Xiaotian heard this, he quickly asked, "Is it so serious? What's wrong with this?

Guo Fu shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry too much about the rudder handle. There is a way to solve the small one that can easily solve it. Recently, when the rudder takes the boat out again, you might as well take the boat to find an estuary of the river. After mooring for three or five days, the sea maggots at the bottom of the boat will naturally die, and then it will be fine! As long as we send the boat to the river for a few days, this sea maggot will naturally not be a problem!"

Only then did Yu Xiaotian know that sea maggots on wooden boats could be removed in such a simple way. According to Guo Fu, it is actually easy to understand that sea maggots are creatures living in the sea water and must have enough salt to survive. After the ship enters the fresh water, the sea maggots will die in a few days. Sea maggots will naturally die, which also protects the board at the bottom of the ship.

So he hurriedly nodded and thanked him. He made up his mind to find an estuary as soon as possible to stop for a few days and kill the maggots on the ship.

After the renovation of the Sea Wolf, it was the turn of the Seal. At this time, Zhao Mazi had returned from Dalian Island to Treasure Island. In addition to bringing back more than 400 taels of silver paid by the Li family, he also brought back more than 300 porcelain bottles. These porcelain bottles are all stored in the warehouses of merchants on Dalian Island, or there are It is a little defective, or the shape and sales are not good, and the backlog is not short.

The Li family came forward to collect these porcelain bottles that more met Yu Xiaotian's requirements. The price was almost the same as a free gift, and handed them to Zhao Mazi and brought them back to Treasure Island.

When Zhao Mazi came back this time, he also brought back a piece of news that during the Spring Festival, the mixed river dragons in the north became more and more arrogant and stretched out their hands longer. They not only went south to the Mazu area, but also began to move around the mouth of the Minjiang River and the Ao River after the New Year.

Two pirates in Fuzhou met and were even expelled by them, and Liu Yidao's ship was almost caught by them. Now it is getting worse and worse. It is estimated that the shark Zhang Hu will take action in the near future. The Li family reminded Yu Xiaotian to be more careful.

After listening to the news brought back by Zhao Mazi, Yu Xiaotian calculated. More than half a month has passed, but the shark Zhang Hu still dragged on and did not react. This will inevitably make the mixed river dragon arrogant. Anyone would definitely think that the shark has become less bold and dared not welcome it. It's strange that he didn't take the opportunity to expand his territory to the south.

Nowadays, if the shark Zhang Hu is still a shrinking turtle, I'm afraid his status will be unpreserving. The small pirates around them who are controlled by Zhang Hu will gradually look down on Zhang Hu, and it is not impossible to turn to the river dragon. If there is no accident, Zhang Hu should fool around these days. Jiang Long is in trouble.

So I'm afraid there is not much time left for him to prepare. With his relationship with Wang Hong, he will definitely be dragged into the water this time. At that time, he can only take someone to punch Zhang Hu. If he doesn't speed up the preparation, he may suffer losses.

So he ordered again that all the troops on the island should cancel their vacation, concentrate on training, and prepare for this challenge.

For a while, the island and the ship shouted to kill during the day and night, and the soldiers led their men to step up various drills.

The soldiers responsible for the short-term connection, led by the blackhead, were Li Dazui as the deputy, who caught or fought with each other on the shore every day.

Under the leadership of Liu Laoliu and Hu Cheng and another helmsman, the wader and the Helms took the Sea Wolf and Walrus to train on the sea.

In addition to participating in other training, gunners also have to carry out gun operation training under the leadership of Liu Tong. They wrap the gunpowder at hand into a column-shaped medicine bag with oil paper according to the measurement. They are tied with cotton ropes to make a complete medicine bag that can be filled at any time. In addition to daily gun training, they also need to test fire.

In addition to practicing climbing the mast, Liu Wang and other fighting personnel also need to practice martial arts to receive short-hand combat training. They also have several * hands and have more than an hour of operation* training every day to practice aiming and shooting skills.

Master and apprentice Guo Fu devoted all his energy to repairing the seal, including the skilled carpenters such as the craftsman Xu, who went to help repair the ship and strive to repair the seal before Xiaotian took people to leave, not necessarily allowing it to participate in the war, at least allowing the left-behind personnel to have one more usable ship.

The sea wolf people have gradually become accustomed to this high-intensity training, including those who surrendered under Zhou Cheng. How have they experienced such training before? But now, under the service of Xiaotian carrots and sticks, they have also begun to get used to such a life.

What's more, now they have fish and meat to eat every day, and no one wants to be kicked out. Yu Xiaotian's words are now the imperial edict for them. As long as they are not allowed to jump into the sea to find death, these guys won't even fart.