"And faster?" Liu Renyuan could hardly believe it.

Liang Renfang nodded and said: "Just now, Hou Ye talked about a new type of ship, this kind of ship adopts a pouring hull, and the bow and stern have also been changed, and the handling is a little worse, but the sailing speed has increased unabated." ”

Liu Ren was willing to be completely convinced of Fang Jun.

Fang Jun is right, in terms of leading troops to fight and arranging troops, he is the weakest, not only is he inferior to Su Dingfang, but he and Liu Renliang are also stronger than him, but people can engage in equipment! This kind of warship is driven to the battlefield to fight, and then equipped with the kind of artillery that kills the enemy from a hundred feet away, what kind of tactical and military formation is needed?

Just crush it and you're good to go!

This kind of thing seems to be very easy in Fang Jun's hands......

Fang Jun looked at the riverbank outside the window, and felt a little touched in his heart.

Galen is agile and manoeuvrable, with a relatively long and narrow shape, fast speed, and excellent maneuverability in headwinds. At that time, the majestic "Karak" type sailing ships of the Spanish Empire's Invincible Armada were defeated in naval battles by the British fleet with the smaller tonnage "Galen" type sailing warships as the main force because of poor maneuverability, marking the decline of Spanish maritime hegemony and the rise of the British Empire.

The scissor sailboat is more suitable for ocean sailing, this type of boat has a smaller freeboard and less superstructure, which not only improves the stability of the ship, but also can give full play to the role of the sail. The ship sails almost close to the water, the length-to-width ratio is generally greater than six to one, the ship is slender and long, the front end is sharp and protruding, and the speed is fast and the tonnage is not large.

Its underwater shape is designed to have the least resistance to increase the speed, but to maintain a certain lateral resistance profile, resulting in a particularly beautiful waterline, and even in the first waterline surface has a concave, long and sharp curve scissor type head column is a suitable for racing, in the sea can split the waves to reduce the wave resistance, just like scissors to cut the waves, so it is called flying shear.

Two of the most classic ship types in the history of world sailing were "plagiarized" by themselves to the Tang Dynasty and came to the Far East.

Fang Jun had an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

I'm not an inventor, I'm just a porter of black technology......

Sailing along the long coastline beyond the mouth of the Yangtze River, the stability of the Galen ship became more and more prominent. Unlike the Wuya battleship, which could capsize at any time due to the slightest wave, the bow of the Galen ship broke the waves, and a large part of the narrow hull was below the waterline, which could bring maximum stability to the hull.

The wind is strong at sea, the sails are about to burst, and the sufficient kinetic energy pushes the sailboat forward quickly, like a lightning speed!

Liu Renyuan and Xi Junmai jumped on the lookout and swam on the blue sea in the salty sea breeze, feeling the pleasure brought by unprecedented speed!

Fang Jun twisted his thick eyebrows, pointed to the piles of smoke rising from the shore, and asked Pei Xingjian beside him: "That's boiling salt?" ”

Pei Xingjian has almost become Fang Jun's long history now, all internal affairs have to be handled by his hands, and he seems to be more interested in political affairs than the military, knowing that this is a rare opportunity to exercise himself, not to complain about hardship, not to be tired, and to work hard.

Hearing this, Pei Xingjian nodded and said: "That's right, Wu County has been famous for boiling salt since ancient times, and Wuyuan Town even makes a living by boiling salt. Pointing to the rolling reeds behind the shoreline, he said, "It's all saline and swampy, and it's hard for trees to grow, so these reeds are the fuel for boiling salt." Seawater is inexhaustible and can be boiled into salt anytime and anywhere, but fuel is scarce, reeds are flammable but not durable, and the fire is not hard enough, so boiling salt requires a lot of reeds. These reeds in front of him have long been occupied by the major families, and even the dead soldiers in their clans are sent to guard them, and they are absolutely not allowed to be touched by others. ”

Fang Junqi said: "This should be the area of Huating Town, right?" ”

Pei Xingjian naturally knew what Fang Jun was thinking, and said with a wry smile: "That's useless, your predecessor, Yang Xiuwu, has already leased these reeds to various families, and the last general has seen the accounts of Huating Town, and the contract says that it will be rented for thirty years, guess how much it cost in total?" Three hundred, hehe......"

Fang Jun's heart was filled with anger.

This is my territory, if ordinary people cut reeds and boil salt to make a living, why did those families occupy this place to take advantage of me?

"Hmph, Benhou's place, how can those families be wild?"

Pei Xingjian was taken aback, but he was even the temper of the chief manager, so he hurriedly dissuaded: "The chief manager, if it is not the last general, most of the Jiangdong scholars regard boiling salt as the center of gravity of the family, and selling salt and sea trade has always been the main business of the Jiangnan Shi clan, relatively speaking, although they regard land as the foundation, they will never give up the huge profits of boiling salt and sea trade." Now that you are about to build a city, it is equivalent to cutting off the sea trade business of the Jiangdong Shi clan, if you want to boil the salt again, these Jiangdong Shi clan will not be able to fight with you! ”

The City Ship Division is equivalent to cutting off one of the legs of the Jiangdong Shi clan, forcing them to either join the City Ship Division and obediently let the imperial court collect taxes, or secretly engage in smuggling. With the profits of boiling salt, they can still swallow their anger. But if even the boiling salt is broken, it is equivalent to cutting off both legs of the family, and there is no way to live!

Wouldn't it force the Jiangdong Shi clan to take risks and make big things?

Don't look at the current emperor's almost obedient and obedient to Fang Jun, but if Jiangnan is made into a miasma or even smoke, it will definitely not make Fang Jun feel better!

Fang Jun smiled and said casually: "Do you think Ben Hou will take back these reeds strongly?" No, no, no, there is no need at all, Ben Hou only needs to use a little means, and he can make these reeds useless. ”

"Hehe......"

Pei Xingjian laughed dryly twice and pouted secretly......

Without the violence of sea trade, boiling salt is the last piece of fat in the mouth of the Jiangdong Shi clan, who are accustomed to the luxurious life of brocade clothes, jade food, delicacies and fine wine.

Pei Xingjian firmly believes that whoever dares to move these reeds will cut off the foundation of the Jiangdong Shi clan, and the Jiangdong Shi clan will fight with whom!

Not even the emperor!

Fang Jun looked at Pei Xingjian with a smile: "What, don't you believe it?" Do you want to make a bet? ”

Pei Xingjian sounded Liu Renyuan, who had just lost completely, his face froze, and he quickly shook his head and said: "You are the chief manager, whatever you say is what you say, and you will not gamble." ”

Fang Jun was quite disappointed and said unhappily: "Tell me where there are children of a family like you?" If you don't prostitute, don't gamble, don't fight, don't walk the dog, it's just thrown into the face of the Pei family in Hedong! If your ancestors knew that the Pei family had such an unscrupulous descendant as you, they would be able to scold you fiercely at night! Unpromising! ”

With that, he went into the cabin with his hands behind his back.

Only Pei Xingjian was left gritting his teeth angrily......

With the children of the family, you have to prostitute and gamble, so much so that you can fight and walk the dog?

It just doesn't make sense!

Fang Jun returned to the cabin and saw Zheng Kunchang dozing against the wall, and couldn't help sighing: "Tell me about your age, what is the picture of running around?" This old body and bones will honestly stay in Laizhou's hometown to enjoy Qingfu, and he will have a long life? ”

Zheng Kunchang opened his eyes, smiled bitterly, sat up straight and said, "The debts of the children are inexhaustible......"

"Huh? This is another story, come on, come on, do you always have something unhappy to say, make Ben Hou happy......" Fang Jun smiled and did Zheng Kun Chang's side.

Zheng Kun often heard the words so angry that his eyes widened: "The dignified marquis, how can you be so lazy? ”

Fang Jun didn't care, personally poured two cups of tea, and handed one to Zheng Kunchang.

He still has a good impression of this old man. If there is something really difficult, within the scope of your ability, you will not hesitate to help.

Zheng Kunchang naturally knew that since Fang Jun was willing to listen to him, it meant that he was willing to help, and he was grateful, but when the words came to his mouth, he said: "Your Majesty plans to appoint Zhang Liang as the deputy head of the Canghai Road march, has the chief manager heard of it?" ”