Chapter 109: Training at Sea

"What are you talking about? So lively, oh? Da Lang is back, are you going well on the road? Zhao Zizhong walked over and asked.

An Dalang hurriedly got up to salute, and Zhao Zizhong pressed him on the chair. An Dalang saw that everyone had arrived, only Wei Hongye was missing, and it was estimated that he was not interested in the matter of fighting and killing, so he told him in detail about the interception and killing of Liu Yan and his son.

Everyone listened attentively and asked from time to time what they didn't understand. Hearing that An Dalang brought back more than 20 captives, Na Zhe said, "Boss, how do you place these captives?" ”

Boris hurriedly said: "I'll take it, anyway, the more people who dry the salt, the better, and more than two dozen is not much at all." ”

Na Zhe said again: "How many other women are there, let them go to dry salt?" Can these weak women do it? ”

Zhao Zi thought about it again, "A few women are sent to the garment workshop, don't go to dry salt." I guess a woman from a big family should have no problem making clothes. ”

Everyone had no opinion, and the matter of the captives was decided.

Cui Daoshu said: "In the afternoon, I went to find the address of the liquor workshop, do you have any good places to recommend?" ”

Du Dalei rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Xiao Qi, I have a good place, just west of the bow and crossbow workshop. There is a small valley in the middle of which a stream flows, and the terrain is gentle, which is suitable for workshops. ”

Cui Daoshu asked suspiciously: "Is the amount of water in that creek big?" I'm afraid I won't have enough for the workshop. ”

"I don't quite understand this, you can see for yourself."

Na Zhe suddenly interjected: "I understand! Lao Du, why do you recommend this place? Am I right if the Spirits Workshop is built here, closest to your Bow and Crossbow Workshop, so that you can go and drink? ”

Everyone looked at Du Dalei, and he said without changing his face: "What are you all watching me do?" I kindly recommended a place for Xiao Qi, but you suspect that my motives are not pure, I am really kind to treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs! ”

Zhao Zizhong said: "You kid is better than a monkey, I have to make us suspicious." ”

Cui Daoshu said with a smile: "It's not a big deal if you want to drink, when the wine workshop is put into production, everyone can drink it casually." ”

Zhao Zizhong asked: "Daoshu, did you choose a bank and a supermarket house?" ”

Cui Daoshu said: "In the afternoon, I decided on the location of the liquor workshop, and then immediately chose the bank and supermarket houses. ”

Boris suggested: "I don't think the existing wooden houses are suitable. The bank needs to keep a lot of money, and a strong house should be built, and I think it would be more appropriate to build a red brick house. Supermarkets need a lot of space, and the current wooden houses are too small to fit much goods. ”

Everyone had a heated discussion and came up with ideas.

In the end, Zhao Zi decided to build a red brick building as a bank and a wooden house with an area of 1,000 square meters as a supermarket.

Du Dalei shouted: "I see that the name of the supermarket is 'Wal-Mart', and the bank is called 'Citibank', how about it, it's grand enough, right?" ”

Na Zhe also coaxed, "No, I look at the supermarket is called 'Carrefour', and the bank is called 'HSBC', Lao Du's name is too foreign, not as good as mine." ”

Zhao Zi glared at them again, "Don't be foolish, the bank is called 'Seven Seas Bank', and the supermarket is called 'Seven Seas Supermarket'." We have to use our own name, that's it. ”

After the meal, Cui Daoshu and Hu Shuiyang went to the valley mentioned by Du Dalei, determined a relatively high place, and decided to build a spirits workshop here.

Hu Shuiyang said: "Master, the location you chose is very good, the terrain here is high enough, if the rain is heavy in summer and flash floods occur, it will not affect here." ”

The two returned to the camp, circled around the camp, and decided to build a bank and a supermarket on a vacant lot northwest of the camp, and the two buildings were next to each other, so that everyone could withdraw money for shopping.

Cui Daoshu thought for a while and said to Hu Shuiyang: "Old Hu, the day after tomorrow, you should repair the bank house first, and then build a supermarket." ”

"What about the spirits workshop? Why don't you fix it? Hu Shuiyang asked.

"I think it's still about business, and banks and supermarkets are very important to us as a group, and they should be built as a priority. The liquor workshop waited a few days to build, but it was just a loss of some money, it was not a big deal, and I still had some stock, enough to sell for a while. ”

Hu Shuiyang agreed to come down and go to prepare personnel and supplies. Cui Daoshu summoned several account gentlemen of the Cui family to discuss the rules and regulations of the bank.

At the same time, on the sea east of Qishan Island, under the command of the flagship, four warships were constantly changing formations.

Zhao Zizhong stood on the deck of the flagship, holding a telescope and observing the entire fleet. He sorted out the simple flag language and taught Guo Jintao, and after a period of training, the sailors have mastered the flag language and practiced hard every day.

Six bed crossbows had been installed on each of the four warships, and more than a hundred escorts were scattered across the four ships and were familiarizing themselves with the operation of the bed crossbows. Zhao Zizhong appointed Ding Zhengping, Ding Shuisheng, Gao Sheng, and Zhang Hong as captains, and each led more than 30 guards on a warship to train the shooting skills of bed crossbows.

Guo Jintao came over and said to Zhao Zizhong: "Mr. Zhao, these guards are training very hard, do you want them to rest for a while?" ”

Zhao Zizhong put down the binoculars, shook his head and said, "They are very tired, but they have not yet reached the limit of their physical strength, so let them practice for a while." Lao Guo, if you want to train an iron army, you must not be soft! I won't be staring at them every day, it's all up to you. You have to be strict with them, you know? ”

Guo Jintao immediately replied, "Mr. Zhao, I know. I will definitely train them to the death, and train a capable fleet as soon as possible. However, Mingzhou sailors only go to sea for training once every five days, and we train every day, isn't it a bit too much? ”

Zhao Zizhong said solemnly: "Lao Guo, we are going to make a big cause, the goal is to run rampant from the Korean sea in the north to the Boni country in the south, and then we will go to the Western Ocean." This vast sea area will be our territory, so we must redouble our efforts. The Mingzhou Sailor is now stronger than us, and our goal at this stage is to surpass them and have the strength to defeat the Mingzhou Sailor in a short period of time. If there is a battle with the Mingzhou Naval Division, do you have any confidence that you will solve them as soon as possible? ”

Guo Jintao couldn't help but smack his tongue, "Mr. Zhao, the Mingzhou Navy Division now has more than 30 warships and 2,000 personnel. We now have only eight ships, more than 300 sailors, more than 100 escorts, and a total of less than 500 men. Can we defeat the Minnesota Marine? ”

"Let me ask you, how many large warships are there in the Mingzhou Naval Division? How many sailors are there who can really fight? ”

Guo Jintao thought about it and said: "There are more than a dozen warships about the same size as us, and the others are small ships. The number of soldiers and sailors was about 1,200, and the rest were auxiliaries and logisticians. ”

Zhao Zizhong asked again: "Are the dozen or so warships as fast as ours?" ”

"Definitely not, our warships are all new ships, slender and long, faster than the ships of the Mingzhou Naval Division, and their ships are aging, and the maintenance is not good, and the training of the soldiers is also very lax, so they will definitely not be able to catch up with us."

"You said that if we lead those dozen or so big ships to a wide sea area during the battle, and our eight ships use high speed to continuously attack the formation of the Mingzhou Naval Division, stay away after one blow, and then repeatedly attack with long-range weapons, so that they can't catch up with our warships, do you think we can defeat them?"

Guo Jintao said with some excitement: "I will definitely be able to defeat them, at least I can be invincible, this tactic is too powerful!" In the past, naval battles were all about rushing up to fight gang jumping, and this tactic has never appeared, what is its name? ”

Zhao Zizhong smiled and said: "I named this tactic 'wolf pack tactic', which is like a wolf pack predator, concentrating superior forces to attack the opponent's weak points, and if you miss a blow, you will immediately flee." And then attack repeatedly, do you say it can work? ”

"Mr. Zhao, I think it's definitely no problem. However, this tactic must meet three conditions in order to be effective. ”

"What are the three conditions?"

"First, the ship has to be faster than the opponent, and we're perfectly fine.

Second, we need to have long-range weapons, but I think our bed crossbow is still a bit insufficient! You can't destroy the opponent's ship quickly. ”

Zhao Zizhong smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this problem, our bow and crossbow workshop is studying some ways to improve bed crossbows, those things are big killers!" I expect the results to come next month, and then you'll know how terrifyingly powerful those things are. ”

Guo Jintao was very curious, "Mr. Zhao, can you reveal a little, otherwise I will definitely not be able to sleep at night." ”

"Then I'll just say one thing, the main weapon is *, what do you think will happen to the opponent's warship if you use a bed crossbow to throw a clay pot a few hundred steps away on the opponent's deck, the clay pot shatters, and the fierce fire oil inside flows out, and then we use rockets to ignite it?"

Guo Jintao was very excited, "This thing is good, when I was in the Mingzhou Navy Division before, they also had a small amount of fierce fire oil, which was sprayed on the enemy's warship with an oil tank, but the range was only about 20 steps, and it had to be close to the enemy's warship to work, compared with the clay pot fired with a bed crossbow, it was not good at all." When will this kind of * be made? ”

"The craftsmen are experimenting, but the fierce fire oil is a little too small to be applied on a large scale."

Guo Jintao felt a little regretful, "I know that the fierce fire oil was brought by some Persian maritime merchants, it is very rare, it would be nice to have more!" If we have enough*, the Mingzhou Sailor will not be an opponent at all, and then this sea will be our territory! ”

Zhao Zizhong said solemnly: "There is another way to make *, but it requires your cooperation." ”