The sailors returned with a great victory, and the soldiers and civilians of Huating Town rushed to the pier to shout.

Kong Yingda walked down the trestle bridge, looked at the dense ships on the river, his expression was entangled, and he asked Fang Jun for a long time: "Those pirates ...... Do you really want to kill them all? This one...... It seems to hurt the heavens and the peace, after all, they are all Han people, and they have to go to sea because of life, so what ......?"

The old man was a little surprised, and even more anxious, you must know that yesterday he also angrily said that he must kill all these beasts that have lost their conscience, and he couldn't bear it in a blink of an eye.

Fang Jun smiled secretly, even if you are not Han, you can't be ruthless and kill, right?

Therefore, the scholar's rebellion has not been successful for ten years, these people have read too many books of Confucius, the so-called benevolence, righteousness and shame have been deeply soaked in the bone marrow, and they will always be inexplicably soft-hearted in the face of naked killing, but they play with conspiracies and tricks to destroy the opponent's family without blinking an eyelid......

Fang Jun deliberately made an embarrassed expression: "Oh, this is not very good, right?" Yesterday, the younger generation issued an order in front of the soldiers, saying that these people have lost their conscience and are not as good as beasts, and even the dignified old master Kong Yingda was full of anger and wanted to kill them all to pay tribute to the souls of those who were killed by them. Now that you say you won't kill you, isn't this making the younger generation go back on your word? It's okay for juniors to lose their trust in front of their subordinates, but if you go back on your word, this will damage your reputation......"

Kong Yingda was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him, how could he not hear that Fang Jun didn't have the intention of killing those pirates? Speaking like this, it is obvious that he is teasing the old man, and he wants to see the old man make a fool of himself.

Little bastard, my conscience is completely gone!

The old master snorted angrily, turned around and walked quickly, ignoring Fang Jun.

Fang Jun smiled and told Su Dingfang behind him: "Count those captives in detail, then take a short rest, and send them to the Nanshan mine immediately." These pirates were so vicious that they had blood on their hands and died innocently. However, it is too cheap for them to be cut with a knife, so let them go to the mine to mine, when they will die of exhaustion, and when they will see the light of day again, it can be regarded as adding bricks and tiles to the prosperity of Datang. ”

Su Dingfang pursed his lips and responded, "No! That's what I'm going to do. ”

But in my heart, I am full of slander, it is to contribute to the prosperity of your family, right? The iron factory belongs to your family, and it has nothing to do with Datang......

Su Dingfang also thinks that this method is good, these pirates have a lot of blood debts, and it is really cheap to kill them like this, so let them atone for their sins in the dark mines.

But does this count as a use of power for personal gain?

I guess it's counted......

But whatever, this is the matter of the Imperial Historian, what does it have to do with me? It was quite desirable to dispose of the captured pirates in this way, and why not make the best use of them and squeeze them all out?

Maybe in the future, the captives of the sailors can be dealt with according to this method, that is, there is no need to worry about being impeached by the imperial history for killing too much, and there is no need to worry about eating dry rice for nothing, and there is no need to worry about doing evil again after being released......

When Fang Jun returned to the town office, he saw an official coming in a hurry, and as soon as he met, he saluted and said, "Xiaguan Liang Renfang, I have seen the chief manager." ”

The original director of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Ministry of Industry, his sad face like an old farmer became darker and darker, but his spirit was good.

When Fang Jun saw him, he was in a good mood: "No courtesy, how are things going?" ”

Liang Renfang replied respectfully: "The general manager's proposal to transfer craftsmen from Laizhou Shipyard to support Jiangnan Shipyard was sent to the Ministry of Industry, and Zhang Shangshu ordered it to be implemented. Even though the lower officials gathered 217 craftsmen with good skills and deep qualifications, they came to join the chief manager in the new sea-going ships built in the past two years. ”

Fang Jun was overjoyed: "How many boats are there?" ”

Liang Renfang was a little ashamed, and arched his hand and said: "I have the trust of the chief manager, and only four ships have been built...... However, when it was built in the early days, because the drawings of the chief manager were not detailed, the following officials took a lot of detours, and ...... There are still many fallacies...... But this year, everything is smooth, the craftsmen are becoming more and more proficient, and the speed of shipbuilding is getting faster and faster, and since the beginning of spring this year, two have been built. ”

Fang Jun was a little embarrassed......

Although I have some understanding of the Galen sailboat, but in the end it is not professional, according to my own understanding and memory of the drawings drawn, naturally there will inevitably be mistakes and omissions, it is difficult for these craftsmen to take a two-knife to draw the drawings, but to overcome one difficulty after another, to build four, it is not easy.

In particular, only two ships were built in the whole of last year, and this year's few months will be as large as the number of the whole year, which is obviously a great improvement.

Fang Jun looked at the river for a moment and asked, "What about the boat?" Can it be in the shipyard? ”

Liang Renfang nodded and said: "The lower officials strictly abide by the instructions of the chief manager, and some of the data, processes, and procedures of the new-style sea vessels are all kept strictly confidential, so even the new-style sails are not hung. ”

Old-fashioned people, doing things is reassuring!

Fang Jun praised two sentences, called Su Dingfang, Liu Renliang, Pei Xingjian, Liu Renyuan, Xi Junmai and other generals, and rushed straight to the shipyard not far from the port.

Several generals didn't know what their boss was doing, but when they heard that it was a new sea ship, they were all interested. Although the voyage was a great victory, the speed of the old-fashioned sea ship still made everyone feel powerless. If it hadn't been for a hot air balloon in the sky that discovered the pirate's hiding place early in the sky and then chased and intercepted it at both ends, maybe the pirate would have run away a long time ago.

The shipyard has been guarded by soldiers, which will be the norm in the future to prevent anyone from peeping into the shipyard to obtain confidential information.

A few people climbed a low ridge between the shipyard and the port, and as far as the eye could see, the entire shipyard occupied a large flat area between the two mountains. The original abandoned dockyard has also been renovated, and four slender new seagoing ships are quietly anchored by the cofferdam on the shore.

Fang Jun only glanced at it, and he couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart.

This is the Galen ship he wants!

The bow of the ship has prominent ramming angles that look like a duck's beak. There is a bow tower, but it is significantly lower than the stern. The stern tower is tall and has four masts, the foremast at the bow and the mainmast in the middle of the ship, both of which are tall and equipped with square sails. There are two masts on the stern, which are very low and will be equipped with a spinnaker.

Smooth lines, mighty and domineering!

This is the overlord of the ocean in the era of sails!

However, the Galen ships in the dockyard today are still a little different from the historical Galen ships......

At the time of the rise of the Galen ships, there was no concept of battle lines, and the ships advocated fighting alone, and they also adopted melee battles in group fights. At that time, the idea of artillery was to be able to cover the perimeter of the ship without dead ends, and the hull was designed with a large arc so that the side guns of the ship could be fired in a fan shape.

However, this is a bit outdated in Fang Jun's opinion.

In his design drawings, he concentrated all the gun emplacements of the Galen ship on both sides of the ship's side, so that when the ships crossed over, a battle line was formed, and all the fire on one side could be concentrated at the same time to deal a fatal blow to the enemy. Because even if Fang Jun builds a cannon, because of materials, explosives, etc., the power of the cannon will not be too great, it will not have too strong recoil, and even a salvo will not cause damage to the construction structure of the hull.

Of course, no one, including Liang Renfang, knew what the gun position reserved by Fang Jun was for......

Fang Jun pointed to the Galen ship in the dock and asked Liang Renfang, "Have you ever tried the speed of the ship on the side?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Liang Renfang suddenly became excited, and his dark old face seemed to be able to emit light, and he danced with his hands: "Of course, this ship is too fast!" When we tested it at night, we set off from Laizhou Port and went straight to Beisha City, set off at the same time, returned to the port after seeing the lighthouse of Beisha City, and returned to the port in the morning, and it only took a little more than seven hours to go back and forth, which was simply riding the wind and waves! ”

How far is it from Laizhou to Dalian?

Fang Jun pinched his fingers and calculated, the straight-line distance is about less than two hundred kilometers, which is converted into nautical miles, and ninety nautical miles is less. Seven or eight hours and eighty nautical miles, the speed of the ship is about ten knots, which is quite fast in the era of sailing!

But if this number is converted into the length unit of the Tang Dynasty, Fang Jun is a little confused......