"Finished?" Fu Chun listened expressionlessly, and when Wang Qing finally shut up, he asked.

"Well, what do you think, big brother?" Wang Qing looked at Fu Chun eagerly.

", what do you have to do." Fu Chun waved his hand, chasing Wang Qing like a fly.

"Eh, big brother, where is it bad to go to Hangzhou, as soon as you go, there are thousands of households, thousands of households!" Wang Qing was suddenly anxious, before he came, he patted his chest and gave Liu Neng a package ticket.

"Don't talk about thousands of households, even if you don't do it for the highest-ranking officials, you don't like to take care of the government." Fu Chun said coldly, ignoring Wang Qing and turning his head and walking towards the house.

A few years ago, when pirates had been fighting against the official army, Fu Chun had a deep disgust and vigilance towards the government.

"Big brother, don't be like this, don't you want to take revenge, do so many brothers in the village die in vain!" Wang Qing shouted at Fu Chun's back.

"What did you say!" Fu Chun "Huo" turned around suddenly and looked at Wang Qing viciously.

"Thirteen years of naval warfare, we were besieged by more than ten warships of Zheng Yiguan, the ship was broken, and we sank in the sea when we fled at night. But although we survived, what about the more than 20 brothers who followed us in the village? But they did not come back.

It's okay if you've been disheartened all these years, after all, Zheng Yi is a big official, and we can't afford to mess with him. But now that you have a chance for revenge, you still don't want to come back, don't you want to avenge your brothers, is your blood so cold? ”

Wang Qing said indignantly, he had long been dissatisfied with Fu Chun's seclusion in the village all these years.

"Revenge, I want to take revenge, but how? The government has always been an official and a mutual official, could it be that this Duke of Qi will help us? Zheng Zhilong has 100,000 troops and thousands of warships, can this Duke of Qi be able to beat him? ”

Fu Chun asked with a sneer.

Wang Qing waited for him to ask, and when he heard this, he walked over and said, "Big brother, do you know what Qi Guogong is going to do?" Brother Liu Neng told me that the Duke of Qi was going to attack Luzon in the east to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty overseas. ”

"So what?" Fu Chun asked instinctively.

"Big brother, why are you confused, if Qi Guogong wants to fight Dongfan Luzon, he must have a strong fleet, after defeating Dongfan, Quanzhou, where Zheng Zhilong's entrenchment is located, has been across the sea, the so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, although the East China Sea is big, but it can't accommodate two dragons, Qi Guogong definitely doesn't want Zheng Zhilong to dominate the South China Sea route, Zheng Zhilong doesn't want to see the existence of forces that harm his own interests, the two sides will inevitably fight, and then it will be the time for us to take the opportunity to take revenge."

Wang Qing's words made Fu Chun's expression change, and his heart moved inexplicably. Zheng Zhilong's power was so huge that Fu Chun had long given up hope of revenge, and only wanted to live in seclusion in this village for the rest of his life. And now, it seems that there is hope in front of us. Thinking about the dozens of villagers and brothers who followed him to the sea, Fu Chun felt extremely guilty whenever he saw the relatives of his dead brothers in the village, he could only do his best to help their families, take their children out to sea to fish, and give them the ability to sail and fish, and that's it.

But now that there seems to be hope for revenge again, will I go or not?

......

The bird boat was moving fast against the coast, Fu Chun stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the vast and boundless ocean, looking at the lush archipelago, and his heart was full of emotion, and finally he decided to follow Wang Qing to Hangzhou, not for the official position of the thousand households, but for the hope of revenge, and the unquenched pride in his heart, that is, to conquer the endless sea with a ship, which is the pride of the man on the sea soaked in his bones. For Fu Chun, the sea is the ultimate belonging.

Although most of the men in the village wanted to go to sea with Fu Chun, Fu Chun refused, he wanted to go to Hangzhou first, talk to that Qi Guogong, and then decide what to do next.

When Chen Yan reported that Wang Qing had asked for a meeting with a man named Fu Chun, Chen Yue was very happy, and he instructed Liu Neng to find a talent who could drive a ship and understand navigation, but he didn't expect to have a result so early.

Put down the model sailboat that he was making, pat the sawdust on his hand and greeted the grass house.

"But Master Fu, I have admired the name for a long time, I didn't expect you to really come, my father is so happy."

Chen Yue approached Fu Chun with a smile, holding Fu Chun's arm with both hands to stop him from kneeling and saluting.

Heroic and sharp, like a sword hidden in a box, although it is not unsheathed, it has been sharp, and there is a faint bearing of a superior on his body, but he is amiable and has a kind smile, this is the feeling that Chen Yue gave Fu Chun.

Although he is very disdainful of being an official on weekdays, but thinking about the fact that although the other party is young, he is already a hereditary official, and he is just an ordinary fisherman, the difference in status between the two sides is simply cloudy and muddy, Ren is Fu Chun is very uninhibited on weekdays, and he can't help but feel a little cramped.

Just in the crampedness, he was pulled to the living room by Chen Yue, and when the other party made a cup of hot tea and put it in front of him, Fu Chun woke up. This is the dignified Duke of Daming, who relied on killing a knife and a shot to get out of the Duke of the country, although he knows how to sail and fight, but what is it in other people's places, and now he is so polite to himself, which makes Fu Chun excited and uneasy at the same time. Courtesy must be asked for by others, and Qi Guogong's high status is so courteous to himself, he must ask for a lot of things!

Wang Qing is very eloquent on weekdays, but at this time he is also cramped in the chair, holding the teacup in both hands and not daring to say a word, the difference in status makes him tremble and fidget.

After greeting for a while, Chen Yue did not directly pick out the intention of solicitation, but pointed to the sailboat model placed on the table under the living room window, and said to Fu Chun with a smile: "I heard that Master Fu is well-informed and has rich experience at sea, I don't know how this sailboat model is?" ”

As soon as Fu Chun came in, he saw this model of a sailing ship, and he was born on the seashore and lived on a boat, and he had an unparalleled passion for ships. But Chen Yue didn't mention it, although he was extremely surprised in his heart, he could only endure not looking at it, and when he saw Chen Yue mention it now, he stood up and approached to take a closer look.

The ship has four masts, a spinnaker in the front, a crosssail in the middle, and a longitudinal sail in the tail, more than three feet long and two feet high, although the size is small, it can be constructed, and the sail deck and rudder are all available, which is just like a real ship, which makes Fu Chun fall into surprise.

"Look at the appearance of this ship, it should be the Galen ship of the Dutchman of Siyi Franco." Fu Chun called out the name of the ship.

"The ships of the Xiyi people are much larger than my Ming ships, with as many as five decks, and many longitudinal sails on the masts, which move freely with the wind and against the wind, and the speed of the ship is extremely fast. Its ships are often loaded with dozens of guns, and they are extremely powerful, and our Ming ships simply cannot compete with them. ”

Fu Chun told about the situation of the Galen ship, when in the Wa Kingdom, in the east of Fu Chun did not see this kind of ship, Yan Siqi opened up the east, stationed in Beigang, located in the middle of the west coast of Dongfan Island, while the Dutch were entrenched in the south of Dongfan, the two sides did not have a lot of friction. Although Yan Siqi's subordinates had far more ships than the Dutch, they could not take advantage of such ships in the face of the Dutch. Later, Li Dan came forward to mediate, and the two sides got along with each other in Dongfan Island without incident.

"Is it possible for you to drive this kind of Xiyi sailing ship, the master of the ship?" Chen Yue asked with a smile.

Fu Chun thought about it carefully and nodded slowly: "Although I haven't been in contact with it, it's nothing more than raising the sail and lowering the sail and turning the rudder. Grandpa Guo, your ship, the ship model, but the sails on the middle two masts have been changed to our Ming sails, which makes the sail much simpler and requires fewer manpower, and in this respect it is better than the Dutch ships I have seen. ”

Chen Yue nodded with satisfaction, this is a person who really understands boats, and has unparalleled experience in boat operation.

"Grandpa Guo, do you have this kind of Xiyi ship?" Fu Chun finally asked the question in his heart, this kind of sailing ship is owned by the Dutch Franc machine, no one in the Ming Dynasty can build it, and the Dutch Franc machine's ships are all from the distant Obarro, and there is no shipyard in Luzon or even Jakarta. However, if he could drive this kind of ship, Fu Chun's heart thumped, and it was worth it even if he died.

"Hahaha, this kind of ship model is the same as a real ship, are you afraid that you can't build a real ship with it?" Chen Yue said with a smile.

Of course, fantasy can't build a ship, but with a model that is the same as a real ship, with the wisdom of a Ming shipwright, of course a ship can be built, which Fu Chun naturally knows.

That is to say, in the future, the Qi State Guild will have this kind of Xiyi sailboat, and the Qi State Gong let people find themselves, obviously to serve him and operate the boat for him, Fu Chun suddenly became excited, and at this moment he no longer had the mind to wait and see.

Looking at Fu Chun's excited appearance, Chen Yue smiled, for a shipowner like Fu Chun, a good ship is probably closer than his wife, if he can have the opportunity to have such a good sailboat, I am afraid he will not be able to drive away.

"I want to take advantage of the monsoon to trade with the Wa Kingdom, does the Fu Ship Master know the route to the Wa Kingdom?" Chen Yue asked suddenly.

"I've been to the country of the Japanese not ten times, but also eight times, not to mention that the country of the Japanese is Luzon, and I have the charts of the shipping routes of Malacca." Fu Chun said casually, but his eyes looked at the sailboat model without blinking.

"It takes too many people to operate a sea boat, I know that there is a shortage of manpower to operate the ship, and the master of the ship has the right person on hand?" Chen Yue asked again.

"It's all on me, the captain of the fire who knows the route, the helmsman, the sailman, everything." Fu Chun replied that the manpower to operate a sea ship could be found in Hengtang Village alone, not to mention that Fu Chun knew countless peers.

"I, I, I'm a helmsman, I've been on a sea ship for more than twenty years." Wang Qing on the side suddenly shouted, and he couldn't close his mouth with joy.

......

Lured by a Galen ship that was still in a model state, Fu Chun agreed to work for Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, without mentioning any conditions. It wasn't until he was personally sent out of the grass house by Chen Yue that he woke up, it turned out that he had been led by the nose since he entered the grass house and saw Chen Yue, and Chen Yue seemed to have an invisible force in his body that attracted him, so that he could not have any thoughts of refusal.

Of course, Fu Chun did not lose, Chen Yue personally promised that he would give him a military position in a thousand households, and from then on he would be a five-rank military attaché. Of course, this thousand households are not really lacking and there are no thousands of households to let him lead, but it is just a level, but the treatment should be there.

Galen sailing ships are not available now, but private boat yards such as Yangjiapu will soon start to build, if it goes well, it may only take more than half a year to build, and it is not one, because Zhang Chenglei has found three private boat yards in Ningbo.

Of course, there are many private shipyards that can build ships along the coast of Zhejiang, but with Zhoushan's financial resources, there is no strength to build more. Moreover, a ship needs as much as 1,000 materials, just like Yangjiapu, there are only three or four hundred materials of dry shipbuilding timber, at most it can build a lucky ship, and to build a Galen ship, you need to buy wood from other places, such as buying dry materials from other shipyards at a high price.

Trees are cut down, at least two or three years to dry, and then can be used, and the development of mountains and forests in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been almost, there are not many suitable big trees, many times need to be purchased from other provinces, so shipbuilding is not so easy. Western countries such as the Netherlands and Portugal have only a few dozen main warships. Zheng Zhilong owned thousands of warships, most of which were small boats or even fishing boats, and there were less than 100 lucky ships with more than four masts.

So, maybe it will take a year for these three Galen ships to be built. But before that, it is necessary to train a crew that can operate the sailboat. Therefore, Fu Chun's task was very arduous, and Chen Yue appointed him as the head of the naval army, and was fully responsible for teaching the Zhoushan soldiers to operate boats.

Although Fu Chun claimed that he could find all kinds of talents on board, Chen Yue happily agreed. However, Chen Yue knew that Fu Chun and the others were used to being pirates, and their discipline and obedience were too poor, so they had to be used when no one was available at the moment. But as the Zhoushan army became larger and larger, and there were more and more warships, it was impossible to count on these people at all, so it was necessary to train suitable talents.

"Zhoushan Water Master School", Chen Yue picked up the pen and wrote down six big characters, he decided to set up a military academy to train qualified officers for the navy, and the teachers were first served by Fu Chun and other old sailors, and their experience was compiled into written regulations and taught to his subordinates.

There were at least 1,000 literate soldiers in the 3,000 Zhoushan Army, and this was the result of the Xishan Army's insistence on popularizing culture in the army in the past few days.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are wealthy, the literacy rate is extremely high, that is, ordinary people's families, will also let their children study in private schools for a few years, and those who have the ability will continue to take the test to show talents, and those who can't be sent to the business house as apprentices.

The establishment of the Navy Academy, after completing the study, you can get a military rank to become a high-grade officer, become an officer, for these ordinary people's children, will be very attractive, there will definitely be a lot of talent to sign up.