Zhang San asked happily, "Are all the weapons properly equipped?" ”

Lehe looked at Ling Zhen, Zhang San also looked over, Ling Zhen stood up and hugged his fists and replied, "Tell the third brother ......." ”

Zhang San smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don't be excited, sit down and say." ”

Ling Zhen touched his head and sat down and said: "Third brother, I have also seen the ballistas that Lao Fei studied, now the island can be manufactured, and the shipyard has also sent the craftsmen who make the ballistas, and the ballistas prepared on each ship are ready, but they are ......." ”

Zhang San asked, "Just what?" What's the difficulty? ”

Ling Zhen said with some embarrassment: "It's just that the material of the bed crossbow is a prohibited item, and it is difficult to procure it, if we make it ourselves, we will have to wait a year or two to make the material for what use." ”

Zhang San has a little bit, there is a special process for making bows and arrows in ancient times, and it is normal for a good bow to have a one-year cycle at every turn, so Zhang San is not surprised by this, Zhang San nodded and said: "It's okay, we will equip the ballista first, basically we can withstand it for a while, you have to speed up the preparation of bed crossbow materials, and it will not be these boats after two years." ”

Ling Zhen nodded and said: "At present, a certain number of various shells for ballistas have been prepared, and a lot of explosive bombs, incendiary bombs, solid bullets, and chain bullets have been prepared, and a batch of crossbow arrows with explosives has also been prepared. "Thinking about the last time he almost caused a big disaster in the capital, Ling Zhen was still a little embarrassed.

Zhang San nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Have you experimented?" The result? ”

Ling Zhen said happily: "Dealing with small fishing boats is definitely a cannon, and dealing with those larger pirate ships can be done with a few shots, especially the fire oil bombs, which are basically impossible to extinguish when hit on the ship, which is very powerful." ”

Zhang San asked Gan Xingba again: "Brother Gan, are all the sailors ready?" ”

Gan Xingtai laughed and said: "Third brother, don't worry, we have recruited a lot of good boat drivers recently, and selected a batch from other peers, and the new ships will be guaranteed to be used for half a month." ”

Zhang San nodded with satisfaction, and said to Pang Wanchun: "Brother Wang, Wanchun, you go to Ling Zhen first to transfer a few crossbows on the boat and practice first, let everyone familiarize themselves with the operation process first, you can't wait to get on the boat and re-explore, that would be too wasteful of time." ”

Wang Yin and Pang Wanchun immediately clenched their fists to receive their orders, and Zhang San asked again: "How many people are in the Marine Corps now, Brother Shi?" ”

Shi Wengong clenched his fists and said, "Tell the third brother, there are now two thousand five or six hundred members in the Marine Corps. ”

Zhang San asked happily, "Oh? How's the training? ”

Shi Wengong thought about it and said: "There are about two thousand people who have participated in at least one battle, and the rest are new recruits, and they still need to train for a while. ”

Zhang San nodded and said, "Well, then you have to continue to work hard for a while, and strive to double the number of marines within three months, can you train well?" ”

Shi Wengong thought about it and said: "I want to let Wang Jin help us train, after all, we don't have the experience of training soldiers." ”

Zhang San turned his head to look at Wang Jin and asked, "Is Brother Wang willing to help?" ”

Wang Jin looked into Zhang San's eyes and asked, "I don't know what San Lang's intention is to train so many marines?" ”

Zhang San said with a smile: "Since Brother Wang asked, then I will take this opportunity to tell you that there is a big island off Fujian Road in the Great Song Dynasty, which is as big as the entire Fujian Road, where rice can be grown three times a year, and the island is almost still in a state of wilderness except for some savages, so where do I want to go after the second batch of ships are built." ”

Zhang San looked at everyone and said, "When the time comes, we will recruit refugees from the Great Song Dynasty to reclaim the famine there, and as long as we resist the attack of the savages, we will be able to establish a town there." The premise is that there are enough Marines and there are strong Marines. ”

Wang Jin asked, "Is this true?" ”

Zhang San looked at him and said with a smile: "In a month, I will take two boats to reconnoitre, and Brother Wang can go together at that time." ”

Wang Jin nodded and said, "In this case, I am willing to assist Brother Shi Wengong in training the Marine Corps." ”

Zhang San nodded and continued: "So everyone's next period of time is to prepare for this matter with all their might, and strive to build the second batch of ships in three months, and then I will transfer a batch of large ships from the shipyard to assist you." ”

Everyone immediately clenched their fists and obeyed, and then Zhang San asked Ye Tong again: "Is it okay to increase the number of residents on the island recently?" ”

Ye Tong looked at Zhang San shyly and said, "Brother Shi Wengong sent marines to help patrol, and the security on the island is quite stable. ”

Zhang San nodded and said, "You select a group of prestigious and capable people from the island to set up a management committee to manage civil affairs, and then select a young man to form a patrol team, and patrol the island day and night every day." The first is to ensure the stability of law and order, and the second is to share part of the defensive pressure of the Marine Corps. ”

Ye Tong mustered up the courage to ask, "Third brother, if you develop a bigger island in the south, will you give up on Sea Shark Island?" ”

Zhang San shook his head with a smile and said: "Sea Shark Island, as our most important base off the coast of Hangzhou, bears the important responsibility of protecting our trade routes, so the position here will continue to be strengthened, and we will not give up, and we will always keep an important force here in the future." ”

Ye Tong breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "That's good." ”

Then everyone raised some small questions, Zhang San solved them one by one, and chatted until the evening, Zhang San simply held a dinner party in the school field outside the conference hall, and got to know the big and small leaders on the island.

On the second day, Zhang San began to see each workshop one by one, the first thing is to see the sunflowers, the flower plate has grown full, and it will be harvested in about a month.

Then Zhang San went to the shipyard, as the main warship in the future, Zhang San still attaches great importance to this, the first batch of three ships have all been manufactured and are in the final outfitting, a large dock of 5,000 stone on the side, and three newly built 2,000 stone docks have been drained of water and began to lay keels.

In this way, there will be six 2,000-stone warships in the next batch, and with the increase in manpower, and with a successful experience, the construction speed of the next batch will be greatly accelerated, and the warning will be about three months to launch six ships of 2,000 stones, as for the 5,000-stone may be a little longer, Zhang San is not in a hurry to use it.

In the distance, new docks were being excavated, two of five thousand stones, and four of two thousand stones. It was some prisoners who were under the surveillance of the Marine Corps, and Zhang San looked at it and didn't say anything.

These people all deserve it, there is nothing to sympathize with, compared to the killing and feeding of other pirates, Zhang San is merciful enough to do this, so it is also appropriate to let them do some work.