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On the hill at the southern end of Ushijima, the trees surrounding the hill have been swept away.

Four 6-pound blue-gray Franc guns were firmly tied to wooden discs, and a circle of wooden guide rails was placed under the wooden disks, and many small pieces of logs were placed in the middle, so that the Franc machine could rotate freely.

Chu Fan circled around the four cannons for a long time, and then smiled at Ling Ming, who was following him, "Brother Ling is so clever that he actually used the ballista method here. ”

Ling Ming hurriedly responded with a smile, "If it weren't for the inspiration of Gongzi, where would Ling Ming have come up with such an ingenious method?" ”

Chu Fan waved his hand and smiled without saying a word.

In fact, this wooden bearing is no problem for ballistas, but it is not possible to use it for artillery - the ballista has no recoil, the recoil of the gun can be quite large, the wooden rollers cannot withstand it at all, and it will crack after a few shots, and metal parts must be used.

It's just that the conditions in Niudao are too poor now to be processed at all, and Chu Fan wants to encourage the people below to use their brains and think more, so he didn't say anything.

He set off from Hazel Island the day before yesterday, and if he didn't leave, he was afraid that he would really not be able to control it - the lingering long kiss with Yan Ruxue on the hillside the day before had already made him want to move, but fortunately at the last moment, he thought that the little girl was not even 16 years old, and it was a huge scandal to be unmarried and pregnant in this era, so he had to forcibly restrain it.

Forcibly not looking at Yan Ruxue, who was crying pear blossoms and rain, Chu Fan boarded the boat and set off in the concession of everyone, and the wind direction was relatively smooth, so it only took a day and a half to return to Niu Island.

Chu Fan was stunned when he got to Niudao, in just a few days, Niudao has changed - not to mention the fort on the top of the mountain, although there is no shadow of the camp at the foot of the mountain, but the sentry towers on the four corners have been erected, according to Ling Ming, no one is sentry at night, and it is not sound to sleep.

An open space about the size of a basketball court in the middle of the four watchtowers had been leveled — the place had been reserved for dormitories — and a few men were busy pulling saws and planks of logs cut down from the hills.

Chu Fan was staring at the dormitory under construction, but Chen Shangren behind him put down the thick account book in his hand and stared at the huge figure of the "Golden Phoenix" docked on the edge of the cliff with copper ingots.

Chu Fan's action this time was too big, so that the old man couldn't keep up with the trip - Yang Tiansheng and Li Guozhu had a total of 163 ships of all sizes converted into 180,000 taels of silver and invested in the Daming East India Company!

The conditions for shareholding are very relaxed, and the business companies usually do not interfere, and the company's plan to use the ship is arranged one month in advance; The cost of each ship's renovation is at its own expense, and the company's income will be included in the year-end dividend; Usually, the company is not responsible for the personnel on board, and the remuneration is calculated according to the time and distance during the use of the ship; There are many other fragmentary provisions, all of which are specific details.

One is that the sales of Xiancao cigarettes in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangzhou are responsible for six companies, and six companies set up retail outlets in the name of the Daming East India Company, and the proceeds from the sale are included in the company's income.

The other made Chen Shangren feel that he had grasped Chu Fan's train of thought, that is, these 163 ships will be transformed into two categories in the future, one is a special merchant ship, which accounts for the majority; The other category is warships, with a total of twenty-seven.

It was clearly written in the plan that the warships would no longer carry goods in the future, and would be used exclusively to escort ships against those maritime forces with bad intentions against the East India Company and the Six Great Powers.

Chu Fan wants to tie the six families together through the East India Company and dominate the sea near Nagasaki!

After thinking clearly, Chen Shangren couldn't help but gasp, and secretly admired Chu Fan's deep far-reaching attack.

What made him even more embarrassed was that it only took Chu Fan less than ten days to do such a big thing—according to his words, it was done!

It's really hard for him, how can he convince those old fritters who have been in business for many years and can shrewdly scrape oil from grasshopper legs so quickly!

In fact, this shows that Chen Shangren still doesn't understand the current situation and the minds of these people: the six families are facing huge pressure from Zheng Zhilong, and they all know that not uniting is a dead end, but there has always been a lack of a leader, and at this time, Chu Fan appeared as Aunt Yan's sweetheart; Not only does it hold the rolling wealth of fairy grass cigarettes, but also shows the great power of transforming ships; rescued Yang Tiansheng in a battle, and he behaved so righteously; In addition, the conditions he finally offered did not affect the inherent interests of the six families in the slightest, so it is strange that these people do not follow!

He was in a trance, and Yang Dijiao beside him was also looking at the bottom of the mountain.

This time, he was assigned by the six families to follow Chu Fan back to Dengzhou on the "Golden Phoenix" - the six families were worried that Chen Xinji and Liu Hong would hack Chu Fan, so they made this arrangement.

It was the first time for Yang Dijiao, a Western-style ship with all-soft sails, and he was shocked by the surprisingly fast speed of the "Golden Phoenix".

But Chu Fan said that the "Golden Phoenix" can be faster!

If other people say this, Yang Dijiao will definitely give him a roll of the eyes - dare to talk nonsense if he doesn't understand anything?

But when Chu Fan said it, it was different-the "Dawn" was placed there, but with the addition of a pair of winged sails, it was about to catch up with the "Golden Phoenix"!

However, Chu Fan explained a lot of nouns to Yang Dijiao, and Yang Dijiao couldn't understand any of them, what streamlined bow, what hydrofoil, and what reduced turbulence...... This makes Fujian young people who like to use their brains very depressed.

If you don't understand, you can't understand, Yang Dijiao feels that he just needs to watch and ponder more, which is also what Yang Tiansheng told him - Yang Tiansheng repeatedly emphasized that Chu Fan is a person who does great things, no matter how unbelievable and incomprehensible what he does, there must be a reason for him, so he asked Yang Dijiao not to put on an old score, he must watch and ponder more, there is only good and no harm to Yang Dijiao.

Yang Dijiao knows that his uncle has been wandering the rivers and lakes for so many years, and his eyes are very poisonous, even if it is the first time they meet, what is the personality of this person, what shortcomings he has, and how big things he can do, he can always say anything, and almost all of them are in one sentence.

Yang Tiansheng admired Chu Fan so much, it must be because Chu Fan can indeed make a big difference, so Yang Dijiao also made up his mind to follow Chu Fan well!

Just when everyone was thinking about their own thoughts, all the copper ingots had been loaded onto the ship—divided into two parts, the big head was loaded into the "Golden Phoenix", and the rest was about 30,000 taels worth of "Dawn".

Chu Fan didn't delay any longer, and after telling Ling Ming to pay attention to the movement of Jeju Island opposite, he got on the boat and set sail, heading towards Chengshanwei.

Both ships were very fast, and it was the middle of spring at this time, the south wind prevailed, and the journey was smooth, and it took only four days to reach Chengshanwei.

Because of the last pleasant cooperation experience, Chu Fan almost didn't say anything, so he "kidnapped" the old shipwright Mingye, and a few shipwrights who were willing to go out to break through.

Starting from Chengshanwei again, as soon as they turned the cape, Chu Fan and the others were stopped!