After inspecting the work of each group, including the distillation group, Chu Fan returned to his home at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, and as soon as he entered the door, he ran to him happily and handed him a thin piece of paper.

The simple six words made Chu Fan ecstatic, regardless of picking up the idle tea and turning around, but was looked at by Niuniu who came back from school at noon.

"Brother~~ I want to hug too!" The little girl was still the same, with mud on her head and face, she opened her hands and pounced towards Chu Fan, ignoring the fact that the face of Xiancha, who had just struggled to open, had turned into a big red cloth.

"Hug! Hug! All hugs! Chu Fan happily hugged Niuniu and pecked her tender face twice, and the white face was immediately imprinted with spots of mud.

He couldn't help but be unhappy, when he sent Yang Tiansheng and them away five days ago, although several old guys were encouraged by him to be full of confidence, but after all, none of them were able to believe that the fact that the command of the commercial plus land and water exchange division was too big, and it was impossible for the six families to make a decision without Li Guozhu being present.

And what didn't come was Li Guozhu, who was most involved in his interests - he had already gained a firm foothold in Hazel Island - which made Chu Fan even more worried.

Five days is enough time for a lot of things to change, and Chu Fan has actually made all kinds of psychological preparations: the worst situation is nothing more than that the six families completely veto his overall relocation plan, in that case, he will have to re-examine and position the relationship with the six families; The second class is the division of the six families, some of them move to Jeju Island, and some of them stay in Zhudao, in this case, Chu Fan's overall plan will be affected to a certain extent, but it is only a delay in time. There's no need to recalibrate your strategy.

Now, this small note is like a reassuring pill for Chu Fan!

According to the plan he handed over to Yang Tiansheng, the 27 armed warships of the six major families would be organized into two fleets: the Second Fleet with Yang Dijiao's "Golden Phoenix" as the flagship, and the Third Fleet headed by Lin Sanwa.

The Second Fleet has a total of 16 warships, including 1 Galen ship, 2 No. 1 Fu ships, 4 No. 2 Fu ships, and nine other medium-sized ships such as Haicang and Guangzhou ships. Two of them have been renovated; The captains and personnel of each ship remained unchanged, and Chu Fan planned to name them all after birds.

The third fleet is the warships of Li Guozhu and Lin Sanwa, which are weaker, with a total of 1 No. 1 Fu ship, 3 No. 2 Fu ships, and 7 other medium-sized ships, of which only Lin Sanwa's Haicang ship has completed the transformation; Chu Fan, the ship of the Third Fleet, planned to name it after a famous name in history, for example, Lin Sanwa's ship was named "Yue Fei".

The plan also clarified the arrangements for the principals of the six families, except that Lin Sanwa was still willing to drive a boat to fight. The other five were transferred to the headquarters of the East India Company, for example, Yang Tiansheng chose the prime minister of the Fujian and Zhejiang branches, and Li Guozhu was the prime minister of the shipping branch that Yang Tianshang helped him choose.

The whole idea is actually to break up the manpower and material resources of the six major companies and reshuffle the cards, tying the six major companies and the East India Company more closely.

As Chu Fan's descendant, Ge Bi and his four warships—including the new ship that was about to be launched—formed the First Fleet; Although there are not many ships in the First Fleet, they are all remodeled, and the "Dawn" and "Dawn" are equipped with the latest eight-bull crossbows, and their combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the other two fleets.

Put down the chick. After taking the cloth towel handed over by Xian Cha and wiping his face indiscriminately, Chu Fan hurriedly went out again. Let the guards call Ge Bi - revenge on the bandits is finally on the agenda.

After going out, Chu Fan went straight to the dock, and met Ming Ye and Situ Xiong, who were directing the installation of the mainmast on the newly built 600-material ship.

This is the first big ship built by the shipbuilding team itself, and now it has entered the final stage, and the two naturally dare not take it lightly, and take turns guarding it almost day and night. I'm afraid that something will go wrong at the last moment.

Accompanied by the two of them, Chu Fan boarded the new ship, which was almost completed, and could be seen with his eyes that it was larger than the 400-material "Dawn", but there were more improvements: the foresail was canceled and replaced by a bow spinnaker similar to that of the Galen ship. A long beam protrudes from the bow of the boat, and a thick hemp rope is tied to the mainmast, allowing the spinnaker to be hung up when headwind, greatly increasing manoeuvrability.

The hull was more narrow, and on the deck before the mainmast, two columnar ballistae were reserved; On the top of the high stern, two horizontal ballistas are also reserved.

When he walked to the side of the boat, Chu Fan noticed that there were still two deep holes where the winged sail should have been installed, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Situ Xiong and ask, "The winged sail hasn't been installed yet?" ”

After a period of recuperation, Situ Xiong, who became oily and slippery again, said happily, "Yifan, wait until the end...... Childe, your ideas inspire you...... This time the wings will definitely be different. ”

Not the same? What will be different?

Chu Fan was quite curious, and was just about to ask this Cantonese guy in detail, but when he saw Ge Bi coming in a hurry with Yi Bao, he remembered the purpose of coming to the dockyard - to transform the "Feiyan" into a reconnaissance ship.

"If you want to change it to a ship suitable for reconnaissance, the draft can't be too deep, it's easy to hit the reef if it's too deep," Ming Ye said in a deep voice after understanding Chu Fan's meaning, "And the maneuverability must be excellent, otherwise you won't be able to operate in those complex sea areas...... In this way, all-soft sails are the first choice, and it depends on Ah Xiong. ”

Yi Bao next to him interjected, "The speed of the ship can't be low...... If we run into a large group of pirates, we have to slip away. He was already familiar with the ship's affairs, and after a few months of training under Ge Bi, he was now the captain of the Dawn - it seemed that Ge Bi was ready to let him take command of the reconnaissance mission.

"The soft sail can't be done," Situ Xiong shook his head and said, "If the soft sail is full, it will take at least seventeen or eighteen sailors to maneuver, and the net shuttle ship is too small to handle." ”

When Chu Fan heard this, he frowned - the "Feiyan" is very small, and there are only six sailors in ordinary times, and it can carry up to twenty people, but it is a short voyage between the two sides of Niudao and Jeju Island, and if it is going to sail outside for a long time, the number of people on board must be reduced by at least half.

In this reconnaissance mission, Chu Fan planned to find out the distribution of pirates on the west coast of Korea from Jeju Island to Jemulpo, and if possible, it would be best to find out the situation of the Korean sailors, which involved the capture of prisoners, so the reconnaissance team must be transferred to participate, in this case, the proportion of sailors will be further reduced.

After Chu Fan listed the situation one by one, there was silence on the deck of the new ship.

What should I do if there are too many requirements and the reality does not allow it?

After a long time, Situ Xiong slapped the railing and smiled.

"I know, I'll leave this matter to Ichi!" (To be continued.) )