Artillery was generally loaded on ships in the age of sails.

And at first, it was not installed on the sides, but on the bow of the ship.

The age of sails was more than two hundred years before artillery was installed on the side of ships.

Yan Chengjin didn't plan to go to Song Jing and ask him to get General Hongyi on the ship, I was afraid that he would have to toss for more than ten days, and he was afraid that Chun Yi would fall off the list.

Xie Pi was strictly guarded by Xie Qian, and he couldn't find him.

He had no choice but to take a carriage to Liangxiang and ordered Zhang Xian to gather all the engineers in the shipyard.

"Who is the most skilled shipbuilder among you?"

More than 20 engineers looked at Li Zhaofan in unison, Li Zhaofan was a little embarrassed, and walked out and whispered: "The student is not ......."

Yan Chengjin choked, this official is about to succeed, what are you doing in Liangxiang!

Li Zhaofan is very intelligent, and Xie Pi has been teaching for more than two months, and he was admitted to the engineer of Liangxiang.

After Li Dongyang lived in the silkworm room, he moved to Liangxiang, built ships day and night, and ate and drank all in the shipyard.

At first, when they saw this scholar, the engineers in Liangxiang didn't care.

But Li Zhaofan seems to have been born with physics and mathematics.

With a few strokes of drawing, you can memorize the dimensions of the keel, sails, and inner cabins, and tell the craftsmen to start the work.

Li Zhaofan looked at him for a long time without saying a word, bowed his head slightly, and asked tentatively, "What does Master Yan need students to do?" ”

The most powerful engineer is Li Zhaofan? Yan Chengjin glanced at the others and believed it.

Among these people, only Li Zhaofan was born as a scholar and received an excellent education.

The rest are all the children of Xu officials and homeless people, and it is a great luck to be admitted.

Yan Chengjin asked, "You came here, does your father know?" ”

Li Zhaofan was poked in the acupoint, his face changed continuously, and he said after a long time: "My father doesn't know ...... yet."

"That's good."

Yan Chengjin took out a sketch from his cuff, with six guns on each side of the ship's side.

"Within ten days, install these six guns on the ship, and if you can't do it, get out of your good hometown and go home to study."

Li Dongyang should be grateful to him, right?

Li Zhaofan hesitated for a moment and took the drawing.

The rest of the people came up one after another, and it was recorded in the Song Dynasty's heavenly work that the general Hongyi was extremely strong and could destroy the wall.

Loading the six doors of Hongyi to the ship, its huge shock, will definitely damage the hull.

Li Zhaofan bowed and said: "Students do their best......"

……

Palace

Emperor Hongzhi came to the door of the silkworm room and suddenly turned his head to look at Xiao Jing: "Li Aiqing's eldest son, Zhaoxian, but in Hainan?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I am staying in Hainan." Xiao Jing hurriedly responded.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Tell me to go down and come to see the ministers of Li Qing's family, and not to mention the matter of Franco's attack on Hainan." ”

With that, he changed into disinfected clothes and walked into the silkworm room.

I saw Li Dongyang lying on the bed, with a worried face.

"Your Majesty!"

"Li Aiqing is in poor health, so you don't have to salute, I see that you seem to have something on your mind, why don't you tell me about it?" Emperor Hongji smiled.

Li Dongyang sighed and said: "Don't dare to worry about Your Majesty, the minister just heard from the prince that the Franji people are going to capture Hainan, and Zhaofan is also in Hainan, speaking of which he is no different from the people of Hainan, but the minister is still ......."

Zhu Houzhao......

The beard on the corner of Emperor Hongzhi's mouth twitched, and he turned to hold Li Dongyang's hand, patting it and saying: "I have already ordered someone to prepare, this matter is supervised by Yan Chengjin, for this son, Li Qing's family should rest assured." ”

Yan Chengjin's official position is just a royal history, far less than Jiuqing.

But this son can always give Emperor Hongzhi a little peace of mind.

……

Hainan

In the midst of a lush dry land, hundreds of barracks were stationed, and the soldiers were sitting or lying, many of them covered in rags.

Two months ago, several large ships of the Franco-mans landed in the port of Qiongzhou.

When he saw the vast expanse of corn and rice, he became greedy.

Xu Jinzhong led the soldiers of the Tuntian battalion to resist, but unfortunately the Francos had firearms.

Medicines on Hainan Island are extremely scarce, so they can only rely on Guangdong to transport them.

Now the port of Qiongzhou Mansion is occupied by the Francois people, so the medicine is cut off.

Xu Jinzhong looked at the soldiers in the camp tent and said, "Tomorrow, we will go south and move to Yazhou." ”

Yazhou is the southernmost point of Hainan, and the terrain is very suitable for war.

Li Kang shook his head and said, "If you want to win the Franco, you still need the imperial court to send a big ship." ”

During this time, the battle with the Franciscans was also won.

It's just that the firearms of the Fran people are too fierce and the casualties are too great, if it weren't for the Li people filling the Tuntian camp.

Victory or defeat is hard to decide.

This time I went to Yazhou, I used it as a military camp to house wounded soldiers and displaced people.

A Xiucai was giving medicine to the soldiers, and Li Zhaoxian said: "Your wound should not touch the water for ten days." ”

Since childhood, he has been frail and sickly, and when he is sick, he knows some pharmacology.

Li Zhaoxian was in the barracks, acting as a doctor, and a few days ago, he killed several people, and he blamed himself for a long time.

However, the soldiers were not afraid.

If he is not treated, he will die faster, so he came to see a doctor with a glimmer of hope.

Li Zhaoxian has an excellent assistant, Hai Han.

Haihan is literate and can help him go to town to buy some prescriptions.

Suddenly, a shout broke the silence of the barracks, and the spies rode over, and when they arrived in front of the barracks, they turned over and dismounted: "Qianhu, Franz is coming." ”

"Pass on the general's order, prepare for battle, don't give up, the imperial court will send someone soon." Xu Jinzhong scolded and scolded, he didn't believe it himself.

The imperial court sent people to Hainan, and it would take a month at the earliest.

Hainan is a big island surrounded by the sea, but fortunately, there are not many people in Fraji, otherwise, there would be no place to run.

"Xu Qianhu, you lead people to feint, and I and the displaced people will retreat to Yazhou first." Li Kang said.

Staying is also dragging Xu Jinzhong's hind legs.

Xu Jinzhong nodded and said, "Master Li, let's go, if you die, you hope to consign me back to the capital." ”

The mother-in-law and the child are in the capital, and it has been almost two years since they came out, and the child does not know whether the surname is Xu or not.

Li Kang arched his hand and said: "Xu Qianhu is righteous! ”

……

Shuntianfu, good township.

Yan Chengjin personally supervised the progress of shipbuilding, and after three days, there was no progress at all.

Li Zhaofan slept on the boat for two nights with the drawings in his arms.

Thinking hard about how to put six guns on the ship.

It was dark again, and he sat on the deck with an oil lamp, and on his side was the general Hongyi.

"The general Hongyi was so shocked that he needed the hardest thing to hold it in place, and the hardest thing on the ship was ...... Joist!

The keel is made of Nanmu, and if it is embedded in the skeleton of the hull with mortise and tenon joints, it will not be broken! ”

Thinking of this, he hurriedly wrote and drew on the drawings.

"Tell the craftsman, get up and get to work!"

The lights of the shipyard gradually turned on, and the craftsmen began to saw.

When Yan Chengjin heard that Li Zhaofan had made it, it was three days later.

Two large ships were transformed, one ship with six doors and three on each side.

Behind the pi strand of the general of Sanmen Hongyi, there is a horizontal nanmu.

After firing the shells, the cannon retreated and crashed into the nanmu, which in turn was embedded in the keel of the hull with a mortise and tenon structure.

"Someone try." Yan Chengjin Road.

Zhang Xian ordered to go down and clear the river of merchant ships, and the officials began to light fires.

Li Zhaofan and the engineers in Liangxiang were a little excited and apprehensive.

Just listen to the boom!

Three rounds of ammunition erupted from the side and smashed into the barren hill in the distance, shaking violently.

Yan Chengjin excitedly instructed Zhang Xian: "Go and see if the hull of the ship is cracked." ”

After a while, Zhang Xian came back and reported: "My lord, the hull of the ship is intact. ”

Yan Chengjin looked at the excited Li Zhaofan and shook his head slightly, the descendants of the Li family are really not the material for the imperial examination.

I really don't blame the official......

"It's done, this palace will go back to the palace and report to Your Majesty."