The Navy has 4 types of internal warships and 2 types of foreign warships. There are many types of ships, and in order to improve the efficiency of the shipyards, Shou Xian and the generals sorted out the task distribution among the shipyards of the various colonies of the Federation.

The sloops and brigs were outsourced to civilian shipyards, and their construction was placed under the supervision of the Navy.

Considering the length of the keel material available, the main warships of the Taipei and Qiongzhou squadrons will be mainly Class 6 ships, supplemented by Class 5 ships.

The construction of Tier 4 and Tier 3 ships was undertaken by the mainland and Kuching. The Kuching shipyard is not yet capable of building frigates, but Borneo has the largest hardwood reserve in the Federation, and the local shipyard will definitely need to transfer some of its capacity to Kuching once it has trained enough skilled workers.

"The main battleship is so decided, and we will study the new ship."

"What new ship?"

"A galley warship mainly used in the near sea and a fast transport ship with a schooner."

Collingwood shook his head and said, "Archon, I still have the same opinion as before, the Navy doesn't need galleys. ”

Orderly understood what the navy meant, and they wanted to spend more on the construction of more three-masted all-sailing warships, and they had historically disdained galleys.

"Galleys are not for the Navy. Today, some parliamentarians suggested to me that the existing maritime guard units in various places should be regularized. They hoped that the Navy would send officers to guide the formation of the Coast Guard and allow them to build their own warships. ”

The navy undertook many combat missions, and did not pay much attention to some daily patrol tasks in the colonies in peacetime. Each of the colonial cities set up their own unstaffed maritime garrisons, which were small in number, using 8-oared and 16-oared boats from China.

The generals bowed their heads and consulted with each other for a while.

Sterling: "A colony can have a full-fledged coast guard, but it can only build ships below the notification ship. ”

Orderly: "The notification ship must be built, and what they want more is the Galliot ship." ”

The Galliot is a semi-gala, double-rowed, sloop or brig, with a shallow draft, and can be used on both inland rivers and seas. Such ships are plentiful in India, the number of Galen ships in Goa is small, and they have several dozen such galley ships.

In the Battle of Goa in 1638, the Dutch dispatched 8 Clark and 3 Light Clark. Portugal has 5 Galen, 1 Light Clark and 38 Galliot. As a result of the battle, the Dutch lost 2 large Clarks, and the Portuguese lost the Light Clarks. In offshore operations with capital ships, galleys are still useful.

Collingwood: "As long as the navy's military spending is not moved, I have no opinion. Archon, you didn't just build galleys to guard the harbor and catch pirates, right? ”

Shou Xuan smiled but did not answer.

Take out a schematic diagram of a new ship, three masts, with a slender hull and a streamlined figure, very beautiful. Only the first mast has two sails on it, and the rest of the masts are hung with sylvestithls.

"Gentlemen, the three-masted Skuna galleon."

Brigs are all over the world, and there are almost no three-masted schooners at this time. The construction of a schooner from a full-sail galen keel seemed to Europe at this time to be a waste, and the loading capacity of the schooner was significantly inferior to that of the full-sail galen. These vessels are used to carry certain high-value goods, such as gold.

Collingwood and Sterling looked at each other, and their hearts were clear. "I understand that the Navy will fully support the development of fast transport ships."

With the ship out of business, Philip moved on to the last topic of the day.

What to do with the new pirates.

There are several pirate dens in the world, and the Barbary pirate organization in North Africa is more like a country. The two remaining pirate lairs are the most famous, the Caribbean Sea, where everyone fought in their youth, and the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

The Caribbean has almost the same background as Madagascar pirates. The Caribbean mainly hit Spain, Madagascar mainly hit the pilgrimage ships of Portugal and India to Mecca, and the pirates all had the shadow of European powers behind them. The Caribbean and Malagasy pirates have frequent personnel exchanges, and some pirate captains are active in both oceans and are well-known.

It's not an idea to wander around and rob all the time. The Catholic pirates of the Bay of Bengal have tried to establish a state three times, and because of their great ambitions, the first two times they were encircled and suppressed by great powers. Now this pirate state in Dianga is recognized by the Kingdom of Arakan, and it is currently functioning in good condition.

"Philip, you just came back from Lingjiawei Island, what is the condition of our friends in the past?"

"Archon, they came seven ships, two galins, one galleys, and four schooners, more than 800 men in all."

Order: "There are a lot of people, so should we accept them?" ”

A small number of the new pirates were those who had left the Caribbean, and most of them were pirates and Malagasy who later joined the Caribbean. The Caribbean pirates did not go to Cape Horn, they grabbed a few new ships in the Americas, and took the Cape of Good Hope to Madagascar. Traveling all the way north, he plundered several Indian pilgrimage ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and made a fortune. The pirates had not been to Malacca, and they did not know the attitude of the Dutch, and stopped at the island of Lingjiawei in the Andaman Sea.

Raheem Sterling: "Pirates are what we need, but I'm worried about the disruption of the order that we have worked so hard to build. ”

Collingwood: "And how Asian countries perceive us. ”

"Philip, what about your proposal?"

"I spoke openly and honestly with Captain Scarfield, Captain Barnaby, and Captain Ritter."

Raheem Sterling: "The result? ”

Philip smiled wryly, "The captains are willing to join us, but they are not sure about the attitude of the crew. ”

Collingwood: "I heard Barnaby did a big case on the way here?"

"Barnaby captured 60 Indian aristocratic women on a ship, and that was truly an atrocity."

The generals all frowned, military discipline, military discipline.

"It's not surprising, how much money did they bring?"

"Ritter said he had robbed £40,000, and I don't think that's all. Archon, Nanyang Bank needs this deposit. ”

40,000 pounds, 150,000 taels of silver, a lot of precious metals in the Americas and India.

Raheem Sterling: "Archon, the Navy doesn't need these people. ”

Philip: "My dear Admiral, many of those people are our friends. ”

"Your friend, not mine."

"Two", Shou Order, smiling and waving his hand, "Philip, how is their ship doing?" ”

"One Galen kept leaking and was not suitable for reuse before major repairs, while the other boats were acceptable."

Shou Xun nodded, "That's it, let's make a screening." Barnaby was notoriously murderous, and he loved to rob Spaniards. We gave Barnaby a couple of boats and asked him to go to Sulu with a crew who accepted to cooperate with the Moors. The Philippine Islands should be very appetizing to them. ”

"I know that he almost left with us in the Caribbean. The West Coast needs a coast guard to protect our territory with a small boat. ”

"As for Skafield, he's Malagasy. I don't know about him, what advice do you have? ”

Collingwood: "Malagasy people are familiar with Africa. Our mine needs slaves, and if he accepts our rules, he might consider having Scarfield provide us with slaves. The price of the British is too high, and we can't afford more than 20 pounds for a black slave. ”

The rule is simple, don't grab European ships, so as not to cause diplomatic trouble.

"Then it's decided, Philip, it's hard for you to make another trip to Ling Jiawei. Tell Scarfield that he will not accept our terms and that he will leave immediately. Accepted, I will let him use Grawai Island and Geadang Island as a base, and he can keep the 2 Galen. After meritorious service, women, there will be no less. ”

Curawai Island and Geadang Island are located to the north of Lingjiawei Island, and are theoretically private territories of the Guardian Order.

Philip nodded: "I'll leave tomorrow." ”

"That's all for today, please come back. Collingwood, I emphasize again, Team 1 is yours, and the goddess level must not make a mistake. ”

"Don't worry, I'll kick the sailors in the ass when I go back and urge them to train harder."

Collingwood has been in a very good mood lately, and all three fourth-tier battleships have been assigned to Battleship 1, and he actually controls nearly half of the Federation's naval combat forces.

The officers turned and walked out of the conference room, and said, "Chief Norania, please stay." ”

Coutinho was a little surprised, he looked at his colleagues around him, and everyone looked indifferent.

The British had an advantage in the home fleet, and the French had an advantage in the Taiwanese detachment. As a Portuguese, Coutinho was an outlier in the navy.

"You may be seated," ordered handed over a cigar, "how is your child?" ”

"All good, sir."

Shou Xuan exchanged a few words of greeting and asked, "Mr. Dean, do you remember what I said to you back then?" We are not enemies with Portugal. ”

Portugal withdrew from the Spanish-Dutch war after independence. Now the Netherlands made peace with Spain and went to war with Portugal. Portugal and Spain abandoned each other, and the former Castile crown was completely separated. The Confederation and Spain were still at war, but they had no deep enmity with Portugal.

"Of course I remember, but you can't help my home country now."

"The ports of your home country are still open to Spaniards."

The Confederation was concerned about Batavia's attitude and could not make significant trade with Portugal. Due to the survival needs of Portugal to run the China-Philippines route, the port of Macao is still open to Spain.

Seeing that Coutinho's expression was struggling, he took a sip of water and calmed down.

"The Confederation and Portugal can find common ground while reserving differences. Macau continues to open its port to Spain, and we continue to do business with the Dutch. On the basis of mutual non-interference, it is necessary for us to have some deeper contacts with Macao to lay the foundation for the future. ”

It is reciprocal and fair that the Confederation and Portugal have their own positions in terms of allies and trading partners. It was impossible for Macao to go to war with the Confederation under the guns of the Dutch, and the Confederation would not attack the fortress of Macao, which had a complete firepower system, under the threat of Spain. Macau took in many Chinese who rebelled against the Tatars, and they also directly supported Yongli with force and arms.

The Confederation employs unemployed Portuguese and Catholic missionaries. After retaining a certain position, in fact, the two countries are close to each other's interests. It is also more beneficial for Catholics like Coutinho in the country. At least on the surface, the war between the Confederation and Spain was a war of nations, not religions.

"So what can I do?"

"I need you to go to Macau."

"Do you want to recruit technicians in Macau? I thought someone was already doing it. ”

"There is no need to do specific work for the time being. You are stationed in Macao as an envoy and maintain contact with the Governor of Macao and the Council. ”