The construction of the first ship started under Li Yang's attention, without the use of ready-made drawings, and Li Yang did not exchange for any new technology, but only relied on some knowledge that the craftsmen had recently learned and some requirements put forward by Li Yang to carry out the design. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the past, the keel was not used to make small boats, but Li Yang just wanted to build the first ship into a small but powerful sailing ship with a certain amount of ocean-going ability, which was actually similar to the Caravel sailing ship in Portugal in the Great Voyage.

Such a ship is about twenty or thirty meters long, with a shallow draft, with two masts in the front and rear, and at the request of Li Yang, five gun emplacements were separated along each side of the side in the cabin below the deck, although the craftsmen were very puzzled, after all, at their time, the armed warships were only equipped with a total of four guns on the deck, and the arrangement was two in the bow and two in the stern, and the boatsman also suggested that if you want to be strong in combat, it is best to equip the crossbow and these long-range equipment is more reliable.

But Li Yang's insight had deeply conquered them, so although there were doubts, he still carried out Li Yang's advice to the letter, and only fired ten gun positions on the ship.

Ryukyu has abundant rainfall and lush trees, so there is no shortage of timber for shipbuilding, and the large teak forests provide a solid foundation for Li Yang's shipbuilding career, and this tough, corrosion-resistant wood has always been one of the most perfect choices for shipbuilding. As truckloads of timber arrived at the harbor, ships were built little by little, from keel to bottom and broadside.

In addition to shipbuilding, cast artillery is also a key point that urgently needs to be upgraded. In this era, powder black powder is already an open secret, but the formula is slightly different, as a link between the East and the West, Miyakojima has long mastered powder black powder technology, but the cannon casting technology is still in a very primitive state. However, all this has completely changed with the arrival of Li Yang.

It is no secret that the steelmaking method of this era was popularized as early as the Song Dynasty, and many craftsmen from Dakang by Li Yang were also familiar with this steelmaking method. But steelmaking is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and many things can be made from pig iron, so no one else wants to go to the trouble of making steel, except for good swords and the like. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, craftsmen were hereditary lowly industries, and many workshops were bloated and scattered official camps, so everyone was not very careful to do it, and they were perfunctory in the past.

In Li Yang's case, the status of the craftsman was improved, and at Li Yang's request, he took out the skills of housekeeping one by one, fried mature iron from pig iron, and then mixed raw and wrought iron into billets. Li Yang also wants to print a modern steel production line, but when he thinks that the price of this kind of production line in modern times is also in the hundreds of millions, he can't print so many things just by relying on printers.

Under everyone's attention, the various parts of the cannon were freshly baked, and there were special workers to assemble the cannon, although they were all apprentices or had seen this thing, but there was still a master of theory.

Li Yang knew that this era had not yet reached such a good one-piece casting form, so the cannon barrel had to be hooped with loose iron sheets and steel sheets, but people in this era liked to make the muzzle of the cannon very large, like a trumpet flower, thinking that this would be more lethal. Although he couldn't make Dakang's tiger squat cannon and rocket artillery, Li Yang greatly despised this kind of worship of false caliber, but let the craftsmen make the tail a little thicker and the muzzle of the cannon thin, of course, it can't be too bad, and it's not fun to blow up the bore with too much pressure.

This small cannon, which can only be loaded with one pound of shells, aroused the interest of everyone on Miyakojima, and on the day of the test firing, everyone brought their relatives and friends to the school field outside the city as if they were on a spring outing.

Li Yang didn't stop them, this was a good opportunity to boost the morale of the people, but he just used a rope to surround everyone far away so as not to make the scene too chaotic.

I saw that the most experienced gunner put in the fuse, carefully sifted the freshly prepared gunpowder, carefully scooped up the same amount of gunpowder from it with a certain amount of horns, slowly filled it into the barrel, poked it with a tongzi, tamped it, padded a little scrap into it, and finally put in a small silver lead bullet.

Seeing the gunners' gestures, Li Yang also nodded, and the artillery platoon commander immediately ordered the ignition, and as the fuse burned rapidly, the people outside the paddock also held their breath.

There was a muffled "bang", and everyone saw a flash of fire from the muzzle of the cannon, and a black shadow flew forward, and finally planted into the soil more than 200 meters away.

"Oh" There were bursts of cheers from outside the field, and Li Yang also nodded with satisfaction, it was good that the first test shot could be like this, and there was still room for improvement in many things, including gunpowder.

"Three shots in a row." Li Yang ordered in high spirits.

With two other dull roars, Miyakojima's cannon casting business also kicked off.

The casting of the cannon had been entrusted to the head of the craftsmen, and Li Yang didn't have so much energy to take care of it, whether it was the internal affairs of the territory or the financial affairs of the territory, he felt that he was about to explode. Fortunately, Wang Hu can help share some things, and now he doesn't look like a staff officer, he is directly half a prime minister.

Thinking that the newly built warship was about to be launched, Li Yang began to wonder whether he was going to recruit soldiers again, and recruiting them early to adapt to his military career would also be conducive to the sustainability of the army. It was already very late that night, and Li Yang was still sitting at his desk reading the output report of the manufacturing plant in the past few days, this thing is the foundation of Miyakojima's development.

"The owner of the island, the fishing village has given a warning!" A guard ran into the main hall in a panic and said.

Li raised his head, a warning from the fishing village? He formulated a warning system for burning wolf smoke very early, and tonight the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the wolf smoke with something is indeed easy to see.

"What's the situation?" Li Yang asked.

"The scouts have been dispatched, but the messenger from the boat village has not yet arrived."

"Let's go, let's see."

Li Yang immediately dressed up neatly, and when he walked out of the island lord's mansion, he found that all the guards in the city had been alarmed, and they were neatly lined up outside the gate at this time. At the same time, Li Yang also released a drone printed by a super 3D printer, which is the best reconnaissance method.

The fishing village can be said to be one of Li Yang's foundations, and now all of Li Yang's six big ships, a steel warship under construction, and many, many old folks are in the fishing village, so the fishing village also has a battalion of soldiers and horses, and it should not be a big problem.

Stepping onto the war horse brought by the guards, Li Yang said: "Outside the city, the horse team will go with me to take a look, and the follow-up team will bring all the cannons, and the fishing village will warn that the enemy must be from the sea." ”

Li Yang's horse team already had more than 150 people, and in addition to the more than 70 horses captured at that time, he also purchased some horses one after another to enrich the horse team.