Next, the little sunfish respectfully presented to Andreev and Samuelfa his draft of the "New Inland River of Tarsus. The construction plan of the open sea fleet", which also made Wen Ruominna, who had always been as careful as a little beast behind her, even more surprised, it seems that this versatile "Caesar Imperial Ink Officer" who is not afraid of heaven and earth also has a sophisticated and cautious side. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is natural, Agnes is a very smart girl, don't look at her all kinds of tricks to lure and coerce Wen Ruomina, a young slave, into submission, but now in front of her, one is the chief of the Ordnance Department, and the other is the head of the entire kingdom's fleet, so she must be very cautious.

Now the fleet of the whole kingdom, mainly the old galleys that were half-sold and half-given away by Amalfi and Venice, a total of seven cores, are not very armed and slightly weak in tonnage (because after all, the other side will not give you new warships, these ships have large crossbows capable of projectiles and gunfire in the bow and stern), plus some Panfilian one-sail rowing boats gifted by the pirate Winmoha, and slightly armed merchant fleets, one in the city of Bari and one in Seleucia. There are also some boats on inland waterways, most of which are small river boats and barges that carry goods, and they do not have the ability to fight and defend them.

So now these mixed fleets can no longer meet the needs of the entire kingdom, so Gawain found the little sunfish earlier and touched her gray-haired head very kindly, "The royal family has decided, let you draw up a new fleet plan, you don't have to be modest, the sunfish boat you tried before carried me and Anna across the Marimara Sea, quite powerful." ”

In this way, Agnes received the task, and ran all the way from Tarsus to the military port, just to see the trial of the warship—and after a while, two new Panphyrian ships jumped into the water from the slipway, which imitated the Venetian paddle boat, which was more narrow and long than the old one, like a long centipede, with thirty oarsmen and twenty Maldean sailors, this group of Maldeites had served in the imperial fleet hundreds of years ago, originally from Lebanon, the people of the sea, and were particularly adept at using machetes, harpoons, and Hook and crossbow fighting, this kind of centipede ship although the steering is not strong but the speed is extremely fierce, the bow stands two gunshot rockets, especially suitable for raids, the bottom of the ship is also very smooth and long, but also can rush to the beachhead, just to complement the "sunfish" of Fangcai.

Agnes's "New Fleet Plan" were: to use the slaves replenished by the shipyard, to expand the docks and dark holes in Seleucia, to add three slips and large beams (to facilitate the maintenance of the ships), and within a year to build six "big sunfish" ships with a crew quota of 100 people, four groups of wheel drives, a double wooden building with a total of 60 sailors, two ram bars, a flying fire bronze clam, and two light artillery carts; Next, there are 12 "little sunfish" vehicles and boats, with a crew quota of 70 people, two sets of wheels plus six long oars, a total of 35 sailors in a single-story wooden building, no ram bars and no copper clams, but there are four light artillery vehicles, and there are also Khitan snow bilges, which can be used in shallow seas and can also be patrolled in inland rivers; In addition, the old ships were renovated, and 30 more Panphyllian "long centipede ships" were equipped to accompany the sunfish ships in combat surprise attacks.

The ships were built to fight in the Gulf of Atalia, the Gulf of Issus, and the Levant in two fleets, one under the command of Andreev stationed in Seleucia to escort merchant fleets to and from the Gulf, and the other to Jalguba to patrol Beirut and fight with the pirates of Winmoha.

Both agreed with the little sunfish's plan, and after exhorting each other, Andreev returned to the Seleucian mansion to discuss the details of the manpower distribution, while Samuel Law went to inspect the Khitan Snow Workshop (where he remained after the rest of the group migrated to Tarsus, as most of the Ordnance Division's workshops were still concentrated in Seleucia and the Mut Valley).

So after seeing the two leave, the originally dormant little sunfish Agnes immediately revealed its original form - the red umbrella covered in the noisy shouting, boarded the "Sunfish No. 1" that had just returned from the trial and was moored on the dock, under the strict requirements of Agnes Fox Fake Tiger Wei, the sailors and crew had to return to their posts, "Come to Wen Ruomina, come to see the novelty of this world." The scarlet-clad Agnes stood at the bow of the ship, with her arms outstretched, and in the bilge many crew members shouted and stepped on the wheel pedals under the ringing of bells, and the ship split the waves again, and Wen Ruomina's hair was flying, she completely lost her scruples, and looked at the reefs, cranes, mountains, and castles that were "moving" in her eyes, and looked at the shining light on the lighthouse on the breakwater, and also raised her hands and shouted with the other three Ani girls.

"Here, try the power of this bronze clam." Agnes has to take an inch.

Wen Ruomina did not dare to give in at first, but she could not stand the crowd, and when the sailors inserted the eighteen large rockets in the chute at the mouth of the clam, they handed the hot iron cone wooden handle into Wen Ruominna's hands.

When the girl lit the fuse twisted together, she saw the sparks spray out inexorably, with a rapid whistling sound, so frightened that she held her head and squatted on the deck with the three girls, and then the rumbling vibration and sound made the hem of their skirts float restlessly, and in the screams of the girls, half excited and half frightened, the big rocket shot by the copper clam with dazzling fireworks flew to the distant sea water, exploding waves and thick smoke.

The gray-haired Agnes continued to stand boldly behind the bronze clams, looking at the embarrassed posture of the others, with her back crossed and let out a triumphant and loud laugh......

"Agnes should have worked hard to try out a new ship during this time, and you shouldn't be too stingy at that time, in addition to the reward she deserves, plus an allowance of two hundred gold coins." In the garden palace of Tarsus, in the center of a small stand, Gawain and Anna were dressed with a sad face, each standing on one side, Anna holding the golden ball and scepter in her hand, wearing a crown, and Gawain holding a docile lamb in her arms, they had been standing for about an hour—opposite, a painter from the city of Thessaloniki was scribbling a portrait of Caesar and the patron of the couple in pastel color.

In a moment the lamb became impatient, bleated from Gawain's arms, and ran around wagging his short tail, and the fat eunuch Staulachos hurriedly ran around with several handmaidens, chasing the little snow-white lamb.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Gawain waved his hand apologetically to the painter, and then shook his sore arm, "It's impossible for the little sunfish to work hard, I suspect she's playing some prank right now." It's not over yet, Anna needs to get enough rest. ”

"I'm okay." Anna raised her arm very gently, rested her things on the small table, and wiped the beads of sweat for her husband, "This is also to set an example for the subjects of Xinshun on the plateau, and encourage them to graze more cattle, goats, and foals." (To be continued.) )