Britain's defeat of the Netherlands also began with the formation of the Eastland Company, which broke the Dutch monopoly on Nordic timber with the power of the state.

Although later generations of British Blowing always liked to talk about the British government's order to plant oak trees for the Royal Navy, saying that oak trees between 100 and 120 years old and more than 20 meters high could be used to build the best warships.

But in fact, the quality of English oak can only be regarded as average. At the peak of the Royal Navy's sail battleships, it was still the timber of the Baltic region...... It's just that at that time, Norway and Poland were about to be bald, and the main suppliers became Russians.

Later, the British established a global colony, and after discovering better timber such as red oak from North America and teak from Burma, they switched to importing timber from the colonies, and still did not use their own oaks.

For no other reason, the noble Royal Navy is a picky eater and will never use inferior products to build ships......

Of course, their own statement is that the native oak trees were prepared for the last minute by me. It's just that he didn't expect that his meow's ironclad ship appeared. So it ended up being for squirrels......

I have a lot of resources, although the oak trees in the gate are not suitable. But the inner and outer Khingan Mountains of Nurgandus, as well as Sakhalin Island, have high-quality oak. But a hundred-year-old oak is cut down and one is missing, so others who can definitely use it don't use their own.

Zhao Gongzi crossed the river with a big bang, of course, he had to learn from the high style and brightness of others before himself.

Eighty percent of Ezo Island is covered with forests and is home to a myriad of precious timbers, including a large number of century-old oaks. Although Japanese oak has a high moisture content, it is stronger and less prone to deformation, so as long as it is dried, it is an excellent shipbuilding material.

And the Ainu, with their muscular, hairy and forests for hundreds of years, must be the best loggers!

"The strategy for Ainu Island must be put on top priority and started as soon as possible." Zhao Hao said in a deep voice to his generals: "After the wood is cut, it will take three years to dry in the shade before it can be used." It is said that after the skeleton is erected, it will be left for a year to make the tenon joints tighter. ”

"Yes." The two are no strangers to this, because Daming Shipbuilding also has the step of dry wood.

The purpose of this step is to deactivate the cells in the wood. If you skip this step, the ship will be deformed and cracked, leaked and scrapped soon after the ship is launched due to the water absorption and division of living wood cells.

Of course, the shipbuilders of the Ming Dynasty have long figured out various methods to speed up the dehydration of wood, such as ventilation and drying. However, dried wood is easy to crack, and it is always not as good as ventilation and drying.

"There's nothing else on Tamna Island, it's just windy." Zhao Gongzi pointed to a large area of wasteland in the distance and said: "When the time comes, a large timber workshop will be built here, and the timber cut from Ezo Island will be put here first and let the sea breeze blow and blow, how much water will not dry?" It certainly won't take three years. ”

"Then we have to hurry." Knowing Zhao Gongzi's overall plan for Japan, Jin Wang and the two of them had a sense of urgency. "Childe said what to do, I'll just seize the day!"

"Well, it's really going to be a day." Zhao Gongzi nodded heavily. The two men didn't see that he didn't have the slightest idea how to build Galen's ship.

It is not an exaggeration to regard shipbuilding as the industrial crown of the sixteenth and seventeenth worlds. And the Galen ship and the sail battleship upgraded from it are undoubtedly the diamonds in this crown!

The production of a warship as large as a palace requires countless fine timbers, countless skilled shipwrights, superb design and craftsmanship management, and countless supporting industries. It's definitely not something that can be achieved overnight by going to Macao and catching a few red hairymen and coming back.

During the American Revolution, the slave-owning regime decided to build three 74-gun battleships. As a result, it took six years from the establishment of the project to the launch, the war was over, and the battleship had not yet been fished for service.

After the war, in order to express their gratitude to the French allies, they decided to give the battleship to the French. However, after the maiden voyage to France, the French Navy inspected the ship and found that the ship's wood had rotted and could not be repaired, and it was immediately scrapped.

Moreover, the ship was misdesigned, the structure was fragile, and it could not carry heavy artillery, which can be described as a failure to the extreme. Lao Mei had the guidance of France, which was the world's largest shipbuilder at that time, but due to the lack of experience, technology and materials, the quality of the warships built was extremely poor and completely unusable. It can be seen how difficult it is to manufacture a sail battleship.

Fortunately, in this era, the Galen ship was just beginning, and the wooden warship was far from being developed to the point where it was so complicated more than two hundred years later, and the so-called flower of industry was not so unattainable.

In the future, Zheng Zhilong will be able to imitate the Dutchman's plywood Galen ship, so as to dominate the South Seas. This son is not even as good as a pirate leader, right? Zhao Gongzi secretly cheered himself up.

Well, I am far from being able to compare to 'Nikolai Yiguan Zheng' at the moment. That is the most successful leader of the East Asian pirate group in history, surpassing Wang Zhi. Well, One Piece Roger's level.

However, this son will definitely surpass him and become the new One Piece!

Well, it doesn't seem like I've been born yet......

~~

I don't want my subordinates to see that my heart is weak, so as not to appear too weak. Zhao Gongzi asked Wang Rulong with a smile: "How is it, Brother Wang, do you feel the burden on your shoulders?" ”

"That's for sure." Wang Rulong smiled bitterly: "A whole four thousand miles of defense area, the governors of the three sides are not so arrogant. ”

"That's different." Zhao Hao smiled and comforted him: "The governor of the three sides must defend every inch of land, you only need to defend a few points." And you don't have to be afraid, the Japanese Warm Current will take you all the way north, and you can get from Shiroyamaura to Ainu Island in half a month at most. ”

"That's good, that's good." Wang Rulong breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What should I do when I come back?" ”

"When you come back, stick to our border, and the coastal currents of the Sea of Japan will send you to Tamna Island again." Zhao Hao thought for a moment and said: "It will also be available in half a month." ”

"It's amazing." Wang Rulong also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that Childe has thought it through." Jin Ke couldn't help but praise, he didn't expect the information collected by Childe to be so detailed, and he said that there was no luck in success.

"It's just that no matter what, a coast guard brigade can't take on such a large defense area." Then he whispered.

"Of course, it has to be upgraded." Zhao Hao felt that his lips were salty and dry by the sea breeze, so he turned around and went down the ridge.

~~

The three of them found a sheltered place to sit down, and Gao Wu took out a silver kettle and poured a glass of water for each of them.

Zhao Hao moistened his throat, asked people to bring white paper, and then drew a very abstract map of Northeast Asia with a lead rod on it.

As he painted, he said, "From any point of view, we must maintain a posture of being heavy on the outside and light on the inside. Our security team must not have a strong presence in the local area, as long as it can protect the safety of the company's personnel and assets...... If it is too strong, not only will the imperial court be worried, but it will also make the group quickly warlordized. ”

"Yes." The two nodded thoughtfully, Jiangnan Group has money, food, land and population, if it is matched with a strong army, there will definitely be people shouting the slogan of 'separating Jiangnan'.

After learning about Zhao Hao's ambitions, they knew that Gongzi would never allow that kind of situation to occur. The goal of his own son is the sea under the stars, and it is the world above the country, how can he allow the Ming Dynasty to be in turmoil?

"So, Jiangnan Security Group is currently so big." Zhao Hao said in a deep voice: "The security team is responsible for defending the company's property, and the war at sea has nothing to do with the security team!" ”

"Yes!" Seeing that Gongzi had really thought of these questions a long time ago, the two of them looked uplifted and responded in unison.

"The Coast Guard will be separated from the security group and reorganized into the Coast Guard Corps directly under the Tamna Garrison District." Zhao Hao said in a deep voice: "I plan to personally serve as the commander of the garrison and the police commissioner. ”

Although Jinke Wang Rulong didn't know what the commander and the police commissioner meant, they all hurriedly responded solemnly.

"Brother Jin will serve as the deputy commander of the garrison area." Zhao Hao glanced at Jin Ke and said with a smile: "The construction of the base will be entrusted to Brother Jin." In addition, the navigation school is also moving to Tamna Island, and Brother Kim's burden is also very heavy. ”

"The subordinates are not afraid, and they will never disappoint the son!" Jin Ke stood up and saluted Childe.

Wang Rulong's heart blossomed, he thought that these miscellaneous things were all his own life, and it turned out to be Lao Jin's.

"Brother Wang, you serve as the chief of staff of the garrison area and the chief of the coast guard corps directly under you." Zhao Hao ordered Wang Rulong in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Wang Rulong immediately got up and gave a standard security salute.

"I'm just going to talk to you first, and let's sit down and talk." Zhao Hao beckoned and motioned for the two to look at the picture he had drawn. "The painting is not good, let's make do with it."

In fact, it can't be described badly, it's almost the same as saying that it is a ghost drawing.

But the two of them stared at Zhao Gongzi's works as if they were looking at the famous paintings.

"There are five marine police stations under the jurisdiction of the Tamna Garrison District. The first is the Kabo Island Marine Police Station, which is responsible for the protection of Kabo Island and the future Dajing Port, and patrols to defend our main shipping route west of Tamna Island. Zhao Hao pointed to the westernmost circle on the map and said:

"The task here is very heavy, in fact, I like Brother Jin the most, but it's a pity that you don't have the skills."

"......" Jinke wanted to say that I could, but it was almost two hundred miles from here to Gapo Island. It's a fart......

"I want to ask Brother Zhu to take the role, and then he will also serve as the deputy police commissioner of the garrison area, I don't know what the two of you think?" Zhao Hao asked the two.

"Childe is wise, very proper!" The two nodded together when they heard this, and Brother Zhu was Zhu Jue. He has been passing on the help in Xishan Company, and watching the two old brothers rise to prominence, he can't hold back for a long time. The two of them also wanted to help him get out of the cage and come to the sea and the sky to leap with the fish.

But Zhao Hao didn't say it, the two would never open this mouth. They have suffered a loss once, and they are especially cautious about this kind of thing.

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