The ship is 32 meters long, nearly 8 meters wide, with a draft of more than one zhang, three mainmasts, four decks, 42 heavy guns, and can reach a speed of 11 knots when the side is downwind, this is the final finalized 500-ton Galen battleship, Zhao Lie named it Tang-class. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to increase the speed, this class of battleships was customized according to the famous type of Constitution in history in Zhao Lie's memory, which was also the result of the trip to London that year, because there was a model of the USS Constitution sail warship in the hall.

This type of ship is suitable for large sail ships, and due to the increase in the space of the lower deck, the bow and stern compartments on the deck are eliminated and all are placed on the first level of the lower deck.

This greatly increased the speed, without the barrier of the cabin, the speed of the Tang-class battleship increased greatly, not much slower than that of the flying clipper, because one is the change of ship type, and the other is that the sails of the large sailing ship are extremely large, and the wind power is also expanded.

Another one, this type of ship will be the bow compartment on the lower deck, and wrapped in iron sheets, greatly reducing the probability of casualties of important generals such as captains, which is also an extremely important change, at this time in the naval battle, the main general is not too few people killed by guns.

Therefore, the Tang-class battleship can be regarded as a real formed battleship.

Of course, Zhao Lie and the others also had to go into the lower deck to rest, and there was no longer the comfort of blowing the wind on the deck.

Even on the first deck, the air can become mildew, damp and dirty, but this is secondary to increased speed and safety.

The ten warships were crowded along the docks of the shipyard, all of whom had already been shipped, most of whom had been recruited later and trained on Stone Island, and the backbone sailors who had been drawn from the plunder fleet, the Galen fleet, and the merchant fleet.

In a word. Most of the sailors here are rookies. Now, after months of hard work, Galen has no problem driving normally. However, the fierce naval battle was a bit hanging.

Iuliano, Lin Cang, and Ren Zhang accompanied Zhao Lie to the Shan Xiong signal to check, this is the ninth ship to install cannons, basically the speed of two days to place artillery, and it is almost over.

"Mr. Iuliano, the shipyard will be relocated to Jeju in the future. The shipyard here was no longer responsible for building the Galen ships, but it was necessary to be able to repair the Galen warships, and in addition, Lin Cang stayed behind to continue the construction of the ships ordered by the maritime merchants. After the transfer of private salt manufacturing to Jeju, Meng Ji placed an order for ten lucky ships, which was the only source of profit for the shipyard, and Zhao Lie certainly would not give up.

"Don't worry, my lord, we have all settled down." Iuliano replied.

"Your Excellency. The shipyard will leave more than 1,000 hands to customize the ship. Refurbishment of the Galen ship. Lin Cang bowed and said.

Zhao Lie bowed.

"My lord, after arriving in Jeju this time, Ren Zhang will be responsible for the construction of the next batch of Tang-class warships." Iuliano said.

"Very good," Zhao Lie rejoiced, "Mr. Iuliano, Ben will do what he says, and if Mr. Iuliano can make the Ming boatman build his own ship as soon as possible, Ben will not hesitate to reward him." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, we will be able to build the Galen battleship independently." Ren Zhang bowed and replied.

"Well, when this day comes, it will be the day when I will celebrate for you." Zhao Lie was extremely satisfied, how long the Portuguese could stay in Jeju, Zhao Lie was not sure, and controlling everything in his own hands was the key.

If there are not many things in the shipyard that need to be relocated, there are a lot of things in the craftsman camp, and a large number of accumulated iron, tools, knives, guns, firecrackers and other finished products must be moved.

At this time, the artisan camp was busy, full of craftsmen carrying materials, Zhao Lie came here to meet with Portuguese craftsmen such as Tiago, as well as Yuan Yi and other Chinese craftsmen, and after summing up, it was decided that Guo Fu would stay in charge of the artisan household iron smelting factory, while retaining the ability to make cold weapons and assemble firearms.

Jeju is far overseas, and the transportation of ore is extremely inconvenient, and if the ironmaking is completed in Seokdo and only the trained wrought iron is transported to Jeju, it will greatly reduce the pressure of transportation, and now every cent of transportation capacity has to be calculated.

At the castle tower of Hagijo Castle in the Choshu Domain, Mori Shu looked at the edict of the Shogun Seiyi placed in front of him with a frosty face, which indicated that the port of Shimonoseki in the Choshu Domain would be chosen as the base camp for the battle against the Ming people.

The shogunate and the daimyo navy and cavalry army would gather here, and the Choshu domain would be ordered to clear the port of Shimonoseki, set up camp, and prepare for the arrival of the army, while the Mori family's navy and cavalry army would be ready to land on Jeju Island as the main force.

Mao Lixiu picked up the edict and wanted to tear it up, but Masuda Yuanxiang on the side hurriedly stopped him, and Maori Xiu had tears in his eyes, "Masuda, I, Maorixiu, am really speechless to face my grandfather's spirit in the sky." ”

That's your father Maori Huiyuan incompetently lost the ten countries of China, not you, for this reason lost 80,000 Zhixing land of Masuda is not an ordinary grudge against the suspicious Maori Huiyuan, but this must not be said, the way of master and follower Masuda Motoxiang has always followed.

"My lord, in the past, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande successively lost important places such as Xuzhou, and only survived with their bodies, who would have thought that they would divide the world into three parts in the future." Masuda tactfully admonished.

"All in all, it makes sense, but the shogunate is planning to let my Maori family fight with the Ming people, and the Tokugawa family will sit and reap the profits, but the righteousness is helpless." Maori Xiu sighed.

"Lord, the navy is a chicken rib for my Maori family today, and the withering finances make my family have no strength to keep the land and water army at the same time, this time I just took this opportunity to work hard to attack, and the navy was completely lost in the fierce battle, and I was unable to march into Jeju to protect the main force of the cavalry army." Masuda Yuanxiang pondered and then suggested.

Ruthless enough, in a fierce battle with the Ming people at sea, the sailors were lost, and they were unable to land in Jeju, so as to preserve the more important infantry cavalry. It's no wonder that he was a decisive person who made the decision to give up the family's century-old business.

"All in all, this is a great thing, but in order to achieve this goal, the other daimyo naval armies and shogunate naval armies will also have to be defeated." If the presence of other naval armies would carry the infantry cavalry to Jeju Island, the loss of the naval forces of the Choju Domain would be meaningless.

"Before the war, Nobumasa Yamauchi was sent to Jeju Island." Masuda did not continue to elaborate, but the meaning was obvious, hooking up with Jeju and informing the Jeju shogunate and the daimyo navy of the time to set off attacking, so that the Ming army was caught off guard by the shogunate navy and severely damaged the shogunate fleet.

This plan is really vicious, killing people without leaving a trace after blood, the last punishment of Yamauchi Nobumasa, let him live in seclusion, Masuda Yuanxiang thought of this, when it is really a talented person who takes one step to see five steps, Maori Xiu is really glad to have this good talent to assist in this time of crisis.

"That's what it says." The Maori show agreed.

"Come on, invite all the elders to the castle tower for evaluation." There are too many questions to evaluate.

In the next few days, Mao Lixiu discussed with Fukuhara Jun, Masuda Motosho, Shimizu Keiji and other family elders, and decided to take Shimizu Keiji as the general and Kurosui Nagaharu as the ship's water infantry army system, and at the same time ordered the old Fukuhara Toshi of the pen head family to go to Shimonoseki to be responsible for the construction of the camp.

In the deep winter season, the north wind was angry, and the vermilion boat was slowly and zigzagging on the sea west of Iki Island, and Yamauchi Nobumasa led more than 70 of his subordinates to approach Jeju Island, which had just left a month ago, but in order to avoid the Tsushima Domain's naval sentry ships, they first made the illusion of sailing to Nagasaki along the coast of Kyushu, and turned back to the northwest to approach Jeju when approaching Hirado.

When Yamauchi Nobumasa was first punished, he was also uneasy in his heart, not knowing how the lord decided and what his own fate was, but his own family was not punished, so he still let him settle down.

On the night of ten days ago, Mori Shu invited him to another courtyard and gave him a face-to-face opportunity to go to sea to establish contact with the Ming army on Jeju Island, Yamauchi Nobumasa was both surprised and delighted, happy that the lord really did not abandon him as a loyal subordinate, and surprised that the Tokugawa shogunate really regarded the Mori family as a confidant and took the opportunity to suppress it.

Nobumasa Yamauchi was preparing to board the ship a few days later, pretending to be going to Nagasaki for trade, but in fact secretly going to Jeju.

When they approached fifty miles south of Jeju Island, they encountered the Ming army's flying clippers, and Yamauchi Nobumasa immediately ordered a white flag to be hoisted, with a big black character 'Yu' in the middle.

In this way, the two ships first joined up with a fleet of Galen battleships and clippers, and finally separated from each other, bypassing the western part of Jeju Island and heading east to the port of Jeju.

After entering the port, the ship was taken to a remote trestle, and the people on board were taken into custody by the Ming army on the shore, and Yamauchi Nobuyasa was taken to his original residence in Jeju Castle, where he waited for several days.

Two days after Nobumasa Yamauchi arrived in Jeju, Zhao Lie's huge fleet returned to Jeju, he brought back all the Galen ships and more than 30 Chinese-style sea ships, and brought all the personnel and baggage of the shipyard, the craftsman camp and the salt works to Jeju, and it took another week to settle the personnel and materials.

Jeju Island's artisan house, shipyard, and salt factory began to operate. Galen merchant ships and the Chinese-style fleet have once again turned back to rush to transport the Liao people from Shidao, and this winter must complete the transportation of nearly 100,000 refugees, and they really have to race against time.

In the run-up to the war, all the warships were overhauled in the shipyard, and some were replaced with guns that were about to be scrapped.

The armor, firearms, propellants, bows, crossbows, swords and guns on the ship were completely overhauled, and those who were damaged were refurbished and distributed.

At the same time, there are many reserves of masts, soft sails, and planks on the ship, after all, in a large-scale naval battle, the ship will inevitably be damaged, and it is necessary to be prepared.

At the same time, Zhao Lie ordered more than 20 clippers to go out and cruise the Sea of Japan with all their might to prevent a sneak attack by the shogunate's naval forces.

At the same time, Zhao Lie ordered the infantry cavalry of the Broken Army to prepare for war with all their might, divided into two parts: the northern theater of Jeju and the southern theater, Huang Lie was in charge of the northern theater, and the southern theater was in charge of Han Jian, who was stationed in Dajing, and formulated a number of plans to prepare for the final decisive battle in case the Japanese invaders landed in Jeju, of course, this is the final record, Zhao Lie still hopes to annihilate the enemy at sea. (To be continued.) )