At this time, Qingdao County, in the late Han Dynasty, was still an extremely remote small county.

In the whole of Donglai County, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and several years of locust plagues, the population has dropped from a peak of nearly 600,000 to 456,000, while Qingdao County has only a few more than 30,000 people.

There are more than 30,000 people, that is, a little more than the Maotanchang Middle School, a college entrance examination factory in later generations.

Due to the small local population, when the people in various villages learned the news that Ma Yuanjun was recruiting workers to build a port, even if they were unwilling to work, they were willing to come and see the excitement.

Unconsciously, around Qingdao Port, several bazaars were formed. The sergeants under Ma Qiang's command should be the richest of all the princes in this era, and all of a sudden, many people in Qingdao have made a lot of money.

Qingdao Port, a small port that originally only housed a few fishing boats, was already being expanded by thousands of craftsmen and laborers.

Because Wang Ge and others have experience in building Quanzhou port, although one is an inland port and the other is a seaport, there are many practices that can be copied, so that the project progresses quickly.

Qingdao Port is designed as a dual-use port, because Qingdao Port is a port, the bay on the left is surrounded by plains, and the right side has Laoshan Mountain as the foundation, which can build a defensive fort in Laoshan in the future, so Ma Qiang set the left as a civil port and the right as a military port.

On the side of the military port, the only ones who worked were Zhang Bo and Lin Hai were sergeants.

I have to admire the people of this era, basically everyone can act as a craftsman, and the superiority of the small-scale peasant economy is vividly reflected at this time.

In addition to the wharf, a dock is being built in the military port, and a sign of the Qingdao shipyard has been hung up.

Wang Ge naturally acted as the director of this shipyard.

"Camp master, this is easy to open in the ship, but I don't know why the camp owner opened the hole"

Wang Ge looked at the drawings given to him by Ma Qiang, with a puzzled expression.

Okay, what kind of hole?

It's not a house, you need to open the windows to let in the light.

"I have a sharp weapon, called artillery, once fired can throw projectiles miles away, I am going to stuff the cannon into this hole, this hole, I named it the cannon door, if the enemy comes, open the cannon door, push the artillery out to attack, if there is no enemy, close the cannon door, save the wind and rain to enter."

"I don't know how heavy this cannon is"

"About 200 pounds"

"If you encounter an enemy ship, this cannon is on the side, won't you have to turn around before you can attack the enemy ship?"

Ma Qiang nodded, he felt that there was no problem.

Aren't all the ships of the future flanking the enemy?

After all, this kind of firepower is more sufficient.

Wang Ge touched his beard, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Camp master, please forgive the villain's sin, the villain thinks this is not possible"

"Why"

"The sailors are fighting, the first thing is the speed of the ship, whether it is chasing the enemy or withdrawing the army, the speed of the ship is the most important, if our ship has to turn sideways to attack the enemy ship, then in the face of pirates, it is impossible to catch up, and it will not be able to escape, it will only be broken by each one"

Ma Qiang really doesn't know much about sea ships, but the artillery ships he remembers are all with guns on both sides

Wait a minute

Ma Qiang suddenly remembered something.

When I was younger, I played a game called Age of Empires.

The guns were mounted on the bow of the boats.

The fleet of ships with huge silver cannons was a nightmare for Ma Qiang for a long time.

He really doesn't have much talent for war, even in a strategy game like this.

If so, it is correct to say that the guns of the artillery ships should be mounted in the bow

Really fake

Ma Qiang's face was entangled.

On the one hand, it is the experience of the old craftsmen, and on the other hand, it is the influence of countless film and television works in later generations.

Scientific research cannot be guided by laymen

Ma Qiang remembered his troubles when he was doing research, and waved his hand, "I actually only know a little bit about shipbuilding, since this is the case, I will transform it according to what you said."

I'll give you the parameters of that artillery, and we'll redesign the drawings."

What Ma Qiang didn't know was that he really chose the right one.

In the entire history of human water warfare, the tactics of hedging between two ships are the real mainstream.

From the earliest detailed records of naval battles in mankind, starting with the naval battle presided over by King Ramses III of Egypt in 1175 BC, to the end of the seventeenth century, it was all the fleets that hedged, then fired, and finally ended with the slash, but at first the bow and arrow, followed by artillery.

It was not until the end of the seventeenth century that broadside loading became mainstream, because at that time, seafaring ships evolved from galleys to sailboats, the so-called sail age.

And the reason why it changed from galleys to sailboats is because although galleys are maneuverable, they can't sail far, so if you watch movies and television works, you will find that pirates still prefer galleys, using the speed of galleys to grab the cargo of galleons.

But later, in the era of missiles, no one cares about the side or not, anyway, I am throwing two kicks in the sky.

Ma Qiang gave up his original idea of using broadside guns, and instead installed a gun emcourse at the end and tail of the ship, which made the ship a bit of a later style.

The reason why there is no hole in the deck and a gun emplacement on the deck is because a very important method of water warfare at this time is to collide, and the bow of all warships is added with a ramming angle, if a hole is opened, then I really don't know whether the combat power of the warship has decreased or increased.

Now, just wait for the artillery to be in place.

"Little Pony"

When the grizzled Yue Yang saw Ma Qiang, tears were really coming out.

It's not easy.

What kind of road is this?

Although there are horses to pull themselves, but in the face of the road that has been in disrepair for a long time, Yueyang has not repaired cars and carts on the road.

It's also thanks to the fact that it wasn't when it was rainy in Jiangnan, otherwise Yue Yang would have wanted to commit suicide by breaking his stomach.

"You're finally here, and you haven't lost artillery, ammunition, or anything."

"I said Brother Xiaoma, you can't care about me, you see my belly, it's all a little smaller, I said that you want to go by sea, you don't want to make me tired" Yue Yang lifted his clothes, revealing his three-pack abs that were not strong at all, showing his hard work.

Lin Hai stepped forward, touched Yue Yang's belly and said with a smile, "It's still a little smaller, how long has it been since you practiced the Five Birds Opera." ”

"Lin Hai, don't do anything, I'll tell you, I'm not interested in men"

"Neither do I"

"Okay, don't make a fuss, don't let you go by water for safety, now the pirates are rampant, if you are robbed, I won't have a place to cry"

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