Chapter 17: Forming a Sailor (Asking for Recommendation Votes)
Back at the house, the first thing Xiao Li immediately considered was how to resist the reinforcements of Sea Shark Island, Kering Island.
Through Rhy's dictation, he already knew that Kering Island was the center of this sea area, and there were more than a dozen island chains like the Polly Islands, with a population of more than 30,000 on the island, and the forces on the island were extremely complex, divided into three major factions.
The largest faction is the James family, who is the owner of Kering Island, followed by the Haitian faction, which was successfully whitewashed by pirates, and then the Li family.
Sea Shark Island is under the command of the Haitian faction, according to Reis, the Haitian faction has many ships and sailors, and the grain trade is their main business.
"I have a headache, I didn't expect that Sea Shark Island was taking refuge in a group of pirates, which is a bit difficult to do. Xiao Li shook his head and said distressedly, "You are forcing me to form a water army!"
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In the dock not far from the wharf of Chongtian Island, many carpenters looked at a freshly built wooden boat, their faces with very complicated expressions, and excitement mixed with a trace of worry.
Crash!
The wooden boat slid over a dozen rolling logs laid on the ground and successfully pushed into the sea.
A group of carpenters silently watched the trial pilot test vessel, and the draught of the wooden boat deepened as boulders were loaded onto the wooden boat. The pilot nervously probed around the hull, and after half an hour, seeing that the wooden ship was still sealed, he excitedly raised his hands and swayed it, shouting victory.
"Success?"
A group of carpenters asked nervously, and after reconfirming the same with the test pilots, they exclaimed, "We succeeded!"
The first wooden ship was successfully launched, which opened the first page of the glorious naval army for Chongtian Island.
In the residential area, Xiao Li was feeding the silkworm babies with mutant monster fish meat, and when he heard that the wooden boat was successfully launched, he also had an indescribable excitement.
Then he couldn't wait to come to the shooting range and informed Ris of the idea of forming a navy on Chongtian Island.
Rhys was so excited when he heard this, he didn't care about etiquette, and directly gave Xiao Li a big hug.
"Owner, as long as you can provide enough crossbows and personnel, I promise to train all the archers you need. ”
"I've heard you say they also have bows and arrows, and their ships are bigger, how do you think we can defeat them?" Xiao Li asked as he wanted to hear different ideas.
"No, although they also have bows and arrows, they are not numerous, and most of them rely on throwing wooden spears. Rhys shook his head in correction, "If we attack from a distance in our ships, they are lambs to be slaughtered." ”
"That's very good. Hearing this, Xiao Li was greatly admired, and then said, "Do you have any recommendations for the captain of the navy?"
Rhys nodded, "Yes, yes, but I don't know if they'd like to come over." By the way, the island master, the ship you sent to pick up the people should be back soon, right?"
Xiao Li nodded, and the two walked while talking, and arrived at the dock.
Just before nightfall, a ship appears on the horizon, and Wobes rows back.
Xiao Li frowned slightly when he saw this, this was much later than he expected, could it be that something happened to Sea Shark Island?
Sure enough, when the ship docked, he didn't see any strangers on the ship, only Wobes and two young laborers.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Li asked.
Rhys was equally worried.
Wobes tied the wooden boat to the pillar, climbed onto the dock, with a sad look on his face, shook his head and sighed: "Lord Xiao Li, the entire Sea Shark Island is heavily guarded, and the ships are all under control, even if I go to the island, I have to be under the full supervision of the guards." ”
Rees felt like he had lost his mind and stood silent on the dock.
Things have developed to this point, what else does Xiao Li have to say, it's just that Sea Shark Island is completely different from what he expected, this is really too cautious, and it is completely inconsistent with the identity of Sea Shark Island.
"This matter will be discussed in the future, and the most important thing now is to form a water army. Xiao Li looked at Wobes, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Wobes, I have to trouble you to run this matter yourself." ”
When Wobes learned that he was going to recruit laborers again, he reluctantly agreed. After he went to the island to replenish supplies, he had no spare time to rest, and left the dock again with the two young laborers.
Xiao Li also looked helpless, there were some things that he really needed to deal with, he was like a diplomat, he needed to go to various islands to discuss things on behalf of Chongtian Island.
After the introduction of his Sea Shark companions came to naught, Rhys once again offered a candidate, Jayden.
This person Xiao Li also knew, after all, Chongtian Island was so small, there were not many young people, he was another young man besides Harriman.
"Why do you recommend him, is his command ability very good?" Xiao Li asked puzzled.
Rhys shook his head and said, "No, you misunderstood, the island master, I recommended Jayden entirely because he is from Chongtian Island, and the position of captain of the navy must be filled by a loyal and reliable person." Maybe he doesn't have great command skills, but we can pick another vice-captain and let him give advice. ”
Hearing such a perfect plan, Xiao Li had no idea of refusing, and nodded directly in agreement.
At this point, the Chongtian Island Navy was officially established!
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"Hurry up, do you want to kill yourself when you run so slowly, if you are on the battlefield, you can decide the battle in a single breath, run faster!" Jayden said to a soldier on the edge of the beach of Chongtian Island, who was excited at first when he learned that the owner of the island had made him the captain of the navy, but then he understood that it was a heavy burden.
At the moment, he was selecting members of the Navy from a group of militia members.
In the residential area, the owner of Xiaoli Island issued a new decree that Chongtian Island was to form a navy.
Some militia members did not hesitate to sign up after hearing the rich reward, and in the words of the decree, only the navy could protect Chongtian Island and keep the enemy from thousands of miles away.
Jayden's task was to select twenty of the fifty militia members who were fit to board the ship.
Although Xiao Li also wanted to train more naval soldiers, the ships were too rare, so he could only turn to training a navy first.
On the beach, the entire militia is training rigorously, from running with heavy loads to lurking in the water.
Jayden watched the whole time, and he felt that the first team had to use the best soldiers, so that there would be fewer mistakes.
The next day.
Twenty naval slots were selected, and the selected ones were overjoyed, and those who were eliminated could only watch with envy on their faces as they boarded the big ship.
Airplanes!
Set sail, the ship leaves the dock and heads out into the boundless ocean.
It is still far from fighting the Haitian faction in this attitude, even if they have advanced weapons, but the Haitian faction is originally a pirate and has rich experience in water warfare, so it is better in this regard.
So, Xiao Li set the first experimental task for them, going to the deep sea to kill ten mutant monster fish.