Chapter 244: Receiving the Water Master
After the meeting, Wuchen Dao Chang and Chang's Shuangxia left Fuding under the pretext of something, Chen Jialuo knew that these people were old-school martial arts people, although he was not satisfied with his approach, but he couldn't do anything to defect to the Tartars or contact the subordinates of the Red Flower Society to make trouble, so he simply agreed to them, and after a while, he could take out the manpower to change the leadership of each rudder, and then the Red Flower Society would be completely under his own control, and he was not afraid that they would cause anything.
As soon as the troublesome thing passed, Chen Jialuo ushered in a great thing, Lin Zhennan came to him to hand over his pirates to him, "Father-in-law, didn't you say that you would give it after the wedding?" It's early, isn't it? ”
"I'll give it to you early, and I'll worry about it sooner! Besides, the wedding is just a ceremony, and such a big family business can be handed over to you in one day? Grab your guys, let's go to the dock first! Lin Zhennan said with a smile.
"Since this is the case, the son-in-law will not shirk; It's just that the son-in-law doesn't know the sea, so please wait a while, and I'll ask some people to go with the son-in-law! He led Lin Zhennan into the study and spoke while drinking tea, and it didn't take long for Zhao Banshan, Huo Qingtong and Murat, a retired veteran of the French Navy under Pierre, to walk in.
Zhao Banshan is the person who knows the most about sea ships in the Red Flower Society, Huo Qingtong, as the chief of staff, needs to have a basic understanding of the water forces under him, although France is not a naval power, but Murat, as a former naval officer, still knows a lot about the British Empire, Spain and other maritime powers, and understands the current situation of the world's most advanced navy, which can also play a good guiding role.
When the people arrived, Chen Jialuo and Lin Zhennan immediately got up and hurried to a well-hidden wharf, in front of which there were thirty or forty ships of all sizes, "Twenty-one three-hundred-ton ships." There are nine ships of 500 tons, the largest of which is only 800 ships, and there is not even a ship of 1,000 tons! The British only had to bring in a first-class sail battleship. You can chant all these miscellaneous fish to the bottom of the sea! Before Chen Jialuo was happy. Murat poured cold water on him.
His Chinese is strange, but he can understand it with his heart, Chen Jialuo hasn't spoken yet, Lin Zhennan is not happy first! I was kind enough to give a gift and was told by others that the gift was not good, and I was not happy to give it to anyone! At the moment, he snorted coldly, "You have the ability to let the British, the chicken countrymen, drive the first-class sail battleship of Na Rausch to Fujian!" Promise to let him go and never return! Many of my brothers had ancestors who fought the Dutch with their national surnames! ”
"The maritime supremacy of the Dutch has been in decline for a long time!" , Murat mocked lukewarmly, "Now the sea is already the world of the British!" I have to say, Mr. Chen. You still have a long way to go to protect this ocean! ”
"It's a good start, isn't it?" , Chen Jialuo looked at the dense ships in front of him and was excited, "I know that it takes a hundred years to build an excellent navy, let's start here!" ”
After sighing with emotion, Chen Jialuo immediately returned to reality, "Father-in-law, aren't we afraid of provoking the boat of the Fujian sailors when we gather again?" ”
"Huh! Those people are still pirates robbing merchant ships, and it is a dream to catch up with these people under my command! Lin Zhennan smiled proudly and began to popularize the current situation of the Fujian Water Division to Chen Jialuo, "The Admiral of the Fujian Green Camp Water Division directly governs the five battalions. Control the four towns of Kinmen, Haitan, Nanao, Taiwan and other sailors. At present, there are nearly 100,000 people in the entire Qing Dynasty Green Battalion Naval Division, while Fujian has more than 28,000 troops, and the number of troops is more than a quarter of the national Naval Division. Among them, there are nearly 13,000 people in Taiwan Town, which is the strongest military strength in all provinces. The Fujian Green Camp Naval Division has more than 340 warships on the open sea, and its warships rank first among the four southeastern provinces. The soldiers mostly used muskets, but I had played with them quite a bit, and they were far worse than those used by the helmsman. However, their guns are much larger than those of the chief helmsman, and it is not appropriate to go head-to-head with them right now! ”
"A big cannon doesn't necessarily mean a big power!" The artillery casting technology of the Manchu Qing Dynasty lagged far behind that of the West, resulting in the weight of the artillery being too large, but not very powerful. "Besides, now Mr. Gao Yang and Mr. Gao Yang have begun to cast twenty-four pounder cannons. Thirty-two pounder cannons were also designed, neither of which was much less powerful than the cannons used by the British. ”
"That's true. These two calibers of cannons are currently the main artillery in Europe, although there are also monsters such as sixty-eight-pounder guns placed on some ships, but due to the constraints of the hull conditions, it is already the limit to have two such cannons on one ship! Murat confirmed Chen Jialuo's words.
"At the moment, my ships are used as pirate ships, and there are not many gun emplacements on the hull, and if the helmsman wants the big ships of the British, he still has to find someone to build them himself!" , Lin Zhennan has been in contact with those European instructors for a long time, and he still knows a little about the current naval warships in Europe, and his contempt for the British first-class sail battleship just now is just angry talk!
"Who is the Admiral of Fujian Navy today? Can you fight? If Honghua will cause trouble, Huo Qingtong is not worried about the victory or defeat on land, but there may be some trouble at sea.
"Today's Admiral of the Navy is Huang Shijian, the great-grandson of Huang Wu, Duke of Haicheng (the real plane, he only became the Admiral of the Navy in 28 years, and he is here to atone for his ancestors), and now he is in the prime of life, but this person was knighted at the age of eight, and he is used to living a rich life, so he is far less attentive to the affairs of this sea than his ancestors!" , Lin Zhennan knows a lot about Huang Shijian's situation, "The general sailor formation knows a little, but this person is indecisive in life, if he really encounters something, ten percent of his skills can play five achievements!" ”
"Despite this, the ships of the Fujian Navy Division are now more than ten times ours, and if you want to win, you have to be surprised!" , Chen Jialuo sighed that although he had a lot of silver, it would not be enough if he wanted to immediately put the strength of the navy into place.
"On weekdays, my brothers also have a lot of dealings with the sailor's people, and I will arrange for someone to keep an eye on the sailor! Let's see if we can find an opportunity! Lin Zhennan took the initiative to ask.
"Thank you, father-in-law." Seeing Lin Zhennan and his party coming, the sailors on the ship also rushed over, Chen Jialuo stopped the discussion on how to deal with the Fujian sailors, "Father-in-law, let's introduce these heroes to my son-in-law!" ”
"They are all your subordinates from today onwards, you are welcome!" , Lin Zhennan took Chen Jialuo to see the leader of these pirates one by one and pulled him to a reef, "You bastards have shown me clearly, this is my son-in-law, you will follow him from now on!" (To be continued)
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