On the 13th day of April in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, there was a breeze in the middle of the day, and the boatswain Gao Shuicheng was busy on the Fuhai, he was a medium military man in his early thirties, thin and bronze, and he was looking at the last object medicine packaging ship, since the second son used the so-called pulley to load and unload the goods, the work was much lighter, and the pulley was not ordinary than the tripod. However, gunpowder is no better than others, and Lao Gao is not worried about such a rough sailor, so he personally supervises the work.

"Old Yuan, you old boy has a treat, you don't let me sleep in the morning. I heard that you got fifty taels of silver, and when I come back, I will eat you poorly. "They are all old men in the sailor camp, they know each other well, and Gao Shuicheng is joking half-truthfully.

"Okay, Lao Gao, I'll kill you then. However, these fifty taels of silver are not my own, and I wait for a few firearms guys to get them, so I don't dare to talk nonsense. Yuan Yi argued. As the head craftsman, Yuan Yi got thirty taels of silver, the idea was taken by Yuan Yi, but one person can't do it, preparing materials, trial production, everything is complicated, everyone gets started, and this is completed. As soon as the silver award was issued, Yuan Yi took fifty taels of silver on the top of his name, and found that a group of old guys were envious, jealous and hateful, and their tones were full of vinegar when they met, and I don't know where these old men got such a big vinegar.

"Lao Yuan, anyway, you are biased, you just want to eat you." Lao Gao is also jealous, why, I go to sea for this risky thing, and the salary is not as good as your craftsman. Really, going to sea is to fight with the Sea Dragon King, not to mention that you can't come back that time, this kind of fighting is not as much as the income of the lowest artisan household in the military household, and Gaoshui City really can't think of it.

"Okay, okay, support you," Yuan Yi was really speechless, if the medicine bag was used, there would be twenty taels of silver, enough for many craftsmen, relatives and friends to eat and drink, and the rest of the silver still had to be built and bought a house, and there were not enough children to live.

Watching Yuan Yi and other craftsmen leave, Gao Shuicheng and other sailors also made the final preparations to set sail, and the other bows also came one after another.

At the beginning of the day, Zhao Lie, Li Mingyu, Wang Zhe and others were waiting outside Zhao Haiming's room, Zhao Haiming was wearing an official uniform and walked out of the bedroom with his head held high, "Father, the child is ready to stop, what else does my father command." Zhao Lie nodded on one knee.

Zhao Haiming looked at his son with a smile and smiled: "Lie'er, get up, go to Dengzhou today, you must be cautious in your words and deeds." Remember. ”

"Father, don't worry, child." Zhao Lie got up and replied.

"Mr. Wang, you and Li have to stay in the water camp, and you have worked too hard." Zhao Haiming turned to Wang Zhe.

"Don't dare, my lord Yang Fan is hard work." Wang Zhe bowed and replied.

Zhao Haiming hugged his fists slightly and led everyone out of the crowd.

In the middle of the day, in front of the incense case in the big camp, Zhao Haiming and the bows of the ships solemnly worshiped the sea god, and the drums and trumpets sounded in unison. Afterwards, they boarded their own boats.

The remnants of the army, who did not have the opportunity to go with the army, also went to the dock under the leadership of Ma Tao and Xu Hong, and the atmosphere of worship was solemn, and they did not dare to step forward.

Suddenly, Zhao Haiming's flagship Fushan raised the handsome flag first, the commander of the Daming Denglai Naval Division, the commander of the Weihai Weishui Division, and Zhao, the three flags were raised one after another. Then, each ship raised its own flag, and each ship sounded its horn one after another, pulled anchor and set sail.

Zhao Lie stood on the Fuhai slipway, watching more than 30 sailors put on armor to lift the heavy two main sails, looking at their struggling appearance Zhao Lie was also grinning, the entire hard sail is supported by bamboo ribs Hard sail, Fuhai's ship is large, so the two main sails are also very huge, resulting in the main sail is very heavy, when the sail must be busy with the whole ship, busy for a long time finally the main sail rises.

Ships of all sizes sailed out of the wharf one after another, in the open sea in the whole team, flags, horns sounded, four Fuzi in the center, more than 20 Haicang ships, Cangshan ships spread around, more than 10 sand boats, bird boats in front of the road, Fushan three trombone, the fleet pulled.

Although it cannot be compared with the huge fleets of Western countries, it is still exciting to be in the fleet of the Weihai Division, Zhao Lie looked around the fleet, his ambition was fierce, and the eyes of the companions behind him were also flashing, all of them were traveling with a large fleet for the first time.

It's just a small fleet, it's too casual, dozens of warships, although Zhao Lie muttered in his heart, but, for the first time, the pride of being a Ming man swelled in his heart, and he silently looked at the bright moon flag fluttering on the mast, how rich and vast the Ming Dynasty was, and how tragic and painful the ending was.

"Gaoshui City, I'm a layman driving the boat, and the Fuhai will be handed over to you." Zhao Lie commanded.

"Adult, rest assured, the villain will live up to the trust." High Water City bowed his hand.

"Wanji, call the muskets out," Zhao Lie turned around and ordered.

"Yes, my lord." Wanji agreed.

Suddenly, a chaotic footsteps sounded from the cabin, and the fifteen-person gun crew followed Wan Ji up the escalator and arrived at the front desk to line up, Li Shan nodded on one knee, "My lord,"

"Captain Li, today's fixed medicine pack has arrived, test the gun."

"Yes, sir." Li Shan responded respectfully.

Fifteen people are lined up in three rows of five people each. Began to test fire, first to the back of the fire door to add medicine, then to the chamber of the gun, put the bottom of the paper bag into the projectile, and then with a branch compacted, and finally light the fire rope, Li Shan gave an order, the first row of five people raised the gun, the second sound, five people put it together, when the gun sounded smoke, wait for the third wheel to put it, the boat surface was full of smoke, and some people kept coughing. Wait for a while, start again, after three shots, Zhao Lie called a stop.

"Li Tou, how, is it fast or slow," Zhao Lie asked.

"My lord, I thought that if I practiced diligently, I would be able to do it twice as fast. This fixed medicine pack will greatly speed up the shooting time, which is a great good. Li Shan replied. It's just that the two handfuls of black ash on the face are really funny.

"There are not many medicine bags, Li Tou, first practice empty-handed try-on, anyway, the hand shape is the same, you can speed up the time after you are proficient, and there will be more medicine bags in the future, and then practice more."

"Yes, sir."

After a day of repeated practice, Zhao Lie estimated that he could shoot two shots a minute at the earliest, which was one and a half to two minutes before the face medicine. However, Li Shan is also very satisfied.

Zhao Lie was making a big ping-pong game here, and the soldiers and sailors on the other ships looked at it from a distance, first they were frightened, and they put some cannons indiscriminately, and then it was a fun thing on the boring road. Zhao Haiming watched from afar, and was silent for a long time. On the side, Li Mingyu smiled and shook his fan, and his demeanor was still the same.

The speed of the Fu ship is four or five knots, although Weihai to Dengzhou, the sea route is less than three hundred miles, but the straight line Fu ship also has to go more than ten hours, not to mention that in order to borrow the wind, the fleet walks in a zigzag, when the sky is dark at night, it has to lower the sail slowly, and has been walking for eighteen hours before approaching Dengzhou.

Zhao Lie also complained about the turtle speed of the Fu boat.

When the sky is about to darken, I can see the outline of Dengzhou Water City from afar. The first thing I saw was the Penglai Pavilion to the west, and then the north gate of Dengzhou Water City was also clear, only to see that the water gate was crowded with all kinds of ships, and the fleet had to anchor nearby, only Zhao Haiming and Li Mingyu took a small boat to enter the water gate. The rest of the sailors at the bow of the ship were stationed on board.

In the Yamen of the Dengzhou Water City Water Division, the commander of the Dengzhou Water Division made Wang Yan be busy, and as soon as the Weihai Water Division arrived, the day after tomorrow, the Water Division entered Lushun, and then went to Phi Island and Tieshan. If insufficient, then have to go again, in the past, small-scale ships, can also be supported, most of the ships sail today, in recent years, the sailors have no money to maintain the evil consequences of the ships revealed, although there are more than 2,000 large and small warships on the surface of Dengzhou, however, that is on the books, how can there be three percent of the floating warships, the remaining ships due to Denglai, Dongjiang integration, half of the warships in the Dongjiang River and its subordinate islands, the remaining hundreds of ships in Dengzhou, Weihai. At present, among these ships, the bird boats and sand boats are okay, and most of them can be moved, but nearly half of the Haicang and Dafu boats have problems, cracks and leaks, insufficient personnel, lack of artillery, firearms, rockets, etc., canvas, rope rot, etc., and so on. However, the governor of Dengzhou, Wu Zhiwang, and the general soldier Yang Guodong urged the Japanese to be in a hurry, and the refugees from Liaodong were like a tide, stranded in Lushun, Phidao, Tieshan and other places, without food and clothing, starving everywhere, and miserable.

Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of the Dongjiang River on Phi Island, urged food and wages three times a day, and even urged the warships of the water division to transport the victims back to Shandong. As a Shangguan, although Wu Zhiwang and Mao Wenlong are not in harmony, but also have their own style, the old slave internal chaos, Han people go south, this is a godsend, Wu Zhiwang while flying to the court, while preparing grain and grass, urging to go to sea. This made it difficult for the king to command, and he not only refused to repair the ship's silver taels, but also demanded that the whole army go out together, which was really sad.

Commander Wang was busy in the official office, and his own soldiers came to report, and the commander asked for a meeting outside the door, Lord Zhao Haiming. Commander Wang hurriedly asked one of his cronies to welcome people in on his behalf.

Zhao Haiming saw Denglai Sailor jumping all the way, and he understood that he was busy a few days ago, but Dengzhou Sailor was several times that of Weihai Sailor, and he couldn't say the same, so he went to the official office and went to the study commanded by King to rest for a while.

It wasn't until the beginning of the day that Commander Wang tiredly dragged his body to the study.

Zhao Haiming hurriedly got up and gave a deep salute, and said: "Lord Wang is hard, and the lower officials hate to replace him." ”

"Zhao Tongzhi is polite, and he has worked hard all the way," Commander Wang said, "I really lack skills, so I have been waiting for my brother for a long time, and it is rude and rude." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. Adults need to rest a lot. ”

The guests and hosts sat down, and the atmosphere was harmonious. The relationship between the two is indeed good, and they also operate the sea trade to Japan together, of course, Commander Wang accounts for the majority. ps: Newcomers and new books, please recommend collections, thank you very much.