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After leaving the shipyard, Geng Jingzhong came to Mawei Port to go around and conduct a detailed investigation of the topography of Mawei Port. It is indeed a first-class port, and there is no problem at all in using it as a naval port for the Tigers in Mawei. With a little repair, more than 100 large warships can be berthed. At the same time, his shipyard was in the open space next to the port of Mawei, and such a huge area, with the construction of thirty docks at the same time, was no problem.

In fact, you don't need Geng Jingzhong to inspect it, and you know that this place is suitable for being a military port. In later generations, Mawei was a huge port, and the topography was certainly first-class. However, it is a huge investment to build a military port, and it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can only be heard if it is smashed into it.

He didn't know how to build the military port, but fortunately, there were special talents to do it. He just needs to point out the direction of development. As a leader, if you are like Zhuge Liang, you will only be exhausted to death in the end. For the superiors, it is enough to take care of the people who can do things, and there is no need to take care of specific affairs. Besides, how can he be a dignified prince, how can he be busy working all day long.

At this time, after ten days of busyness, most of the forts in the vicinity have been almost built, and it must be completed in about ten days. As far as the eye can see, there are dozens of large forts on the mountains and islands around the port, all of which are heavy artillery, most of which are bought from the British because of the large caliber 'Hongyi cannon', and the rest, some are from Fuzhou City, some are on ships, and some are produced by Fuzhou Workshop itself. Other small-caliber Furlong guns were also placed around the port.

Geng Jingzhong was now in dire need of sailors, so he was not prepared to use warships to defend against the enemy, and these recruited Western soldiers were temporarily responsible for teaching the LTTE soldiers to familiarize themselves with artillery.

Geng Jingzhong has long wanted to create a navy, but he is suffering from the lack of warships, but now that the warships have landed, more warships will be launched in the future, and the creation of a navy cannot be delayed.

Fortunately, Fujian is near the sea, and the territory is also vertical and horizontal, so recruiting sailors is not a problem. And the technical arms that can fire artillery will have to be continuously cultivated by themselves.

According to the battle sequence, this Mawei Navy is to be directly separated from the Tiger Army, so that in the future, the Navy and the Tiger Army will no longer be subordinate, but will be an equal relationship. It is directly under the jurisdiction of Geng Jingzhong, and is the commander-in-chief and the president. And the deputy commander, he was ready to let the staff leader Wang Zhenbang and his bodyguard Huang Dazhong take the position. Both of them grew up by the sea, and they are more familiar with the sea than others, so they have to learn from these Westerners about other maritime warfare.

Now the country's army, including cavalry and infantry, is basically a landlubber, not to mention fighting at sea, it is already excellent to be able to not vomit, so Geng Jingzhong dispatched 5,000 soldiers of the Tiger Army to take turns on the ship for training, first familiarize themselves with the battleships and water on the river. Ensure that every soldier can swim and stand steady when he gets on the battleship. In the future, these Tiger soldiers will become the first batch of marines in China!

Although Geng Jingzhong still has only five warships, in a year there will be fifty, fifty warships as flagships, plus a large number of small warships, then the number of the navy cannot be less than 10,000, not including a large number of sailors. However, the recruited sailors are also excellent soldiers if they are trained.

Walking around, several people had already arrived at the LTTE garrison. Wang Zhenbang and Huang Dazhong received the retribution and immediately came out of the camp.

"The last will see the son!" The two men came up and saluted immediately.

"Well, let's go in and talk about it!" As he spoke, he led the way into the tent and sat down on the throne. "Dazhong, how is the construction of the fort progressing?"

"Yu Shizi, the fort is almost finished, and the cannon can be installed in two days!"

Geng Jingzhong was very satisfied with the construction progress, looked at Huang Dazhong and continued: "Well, the speed is quite fast! We must build the fort stronger, this thing will be the biggest guarantee for the safety of our port in the future! ”

"The prince can rest assured that all the forts are repaired with large stones, during which the mud made of boiling soup with glutinous rice is mixed with brown sugar juice after being fried in fine clay over a high fire, and it is very hard when it dries, and it is invulnerable to knives and arrows! Even if you smash it with a sledgehammer, there is no problem. Huang Dazhong's face was full of confidence, he believed that these strictly supervised forts were absolutely up to standard, and he was waiting for the Zheng family to test the guns!

"Oh? Presumably this is modern cement! Geng Jingzhong thought in his heart. It's a pity that he didn't know how to make cement in later generations, but he only remembered that cement was fired from stones, and he didn't know anything about the process. It seems that in the future, it will be necessary to have people specialize in research.

"The construction of the fort continues to be fastened, and now the Zheng family is our number one enemy! Wang Shenling, how are you doing over there? ”

Wang Zhenbang immediately got up and replied: "Yu Shizi, a qiēshun lì." I have already sent twenty small boats to defend the sea day and night, and as soon as I find the Zheng family's warship, I will immediately send a signal to warn you. ”

"Well, be careful, the brothers who patrol the sea will double their salaries, inform them, and immediately run away when they see the Zheng family's fleet, if they approach without guns or cannons, it will be too dangerous."

"Xie Shizi is considerate, and the brothers will be grateful."

"When our navy becomes stronger, we must teach him a good lesson about the Zheng family. By the way, how is our navy training? Geng Jingzhong suddenly thought of his navy.

Hearing this question, Wang Zhenbang showed a wry smile on his face, and Huang Dazhong was also holding back a smile beside him. "Back to the world, many of our brothers came from Liaodong with them, and they don't know water at all. All battalions took turns to go on board for training, and they all vomited so much that they almost vomited out their internal organs. It's been almost ten days, and many of the brothers vomit when they get on the battleship. There was a strange smell on those five warships, and the river couldn't wash it away. ”

"Hahaha!" Geng Jingzhong and Huang Dazhong couldn't help laughing on the side.

Huang Dazhong said while laughing: "It's not just the world, those soldiers let them go into the water to learn to swim, and half of them actually had leg cramps and almost didn't drown directly, and the sailors recruited next to them were too busy to save them!" ”

These soldiers under Geng Jingzhong are basically landlubbers, and it is really not easy to find a few people who know how to be watery. There is a long way to go to transform them into a navy!

"It's hard work, brothers, but no matter how hard and tired you are, you have to give me these two difficulties! It would be nice to train more, those sailors are not born with skills, and they have not been learned and practiced since childhood. Well, in this way, we don't have enough sailors, so we will bring all the fishermen around us and ask them to teach them, so as to ensure that every brother can master these skills to the best of his ability. ”

"Yes!"

Geng Jingzhong left the barracks and went back to his station directly, and things here began to get on track, so he didn't need to worry too much.

In the past few days, it has been very lively in various coastal towns of Fuzhou Prefecture. The men sent out by Geng Jingzhong set up recruitment points in various towns, and the information on the big red paper was written on the recruitment of sailors. The various benefits of sailors are written in detail. Every day, these terms are read out of these information.

"・・・・・・Anyone who knows how to water can sign up"

"Those who are selected will be paid three taels of silver per month, which is the same as that of the soldiers of the Tiger Army.

If you can handle a boat, you will be paid six taels of silver per month.

For all of the above, the family can receive one stone of grain and ten catties of meat every month. One person is selected to benefit the whole family! Hurry up and sign up until it's full! ”

There has always been no shortage of fishermen along the coast of China, and due to the strict annexation of land in the former Ming Dynasty, many coastal residents will turn to the sea for a living. Especially in a place like Fujian, where there are many mountains and few fields, there is no shortage of fishermen. However, the people of this era have some scruples about the sea, and if there is no stimulation of huge profits, no one will actively run into the sea to make a living. After all, it is very taboo to accidentally die in the sea and have no bones left.

According to the guard system of the former Ming Dynasty, the coastal areas were equipped with a number of naval guards to prevent the Japanese invaders, at the beginning, each guard had a thousand military households, plus their respective families, and the descendants of the reproduction, at least 5,000 people.

Originally, each guard had some warships, although they were small, but they were also warships, but due to the abolition of the guard system, they were no longer there, and the navy automatically became a foot army. However, after all, they are in the ranks of the water army, and they live by the sea, so the vast majority of them are proficient in water. There are many people who rely on fishing for a living, and who can operate boats.

As soon as the news of Jingnan Wangfu's recruitment of sailors was made public, a large number of fishermen immediately came to apply. In the past six months or so, the Tiger Army in Jingnan Wangfu has not only been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people with its strength, but also envied the army's food and salary.

In the past, in the former Ming Dynasty, it was good for soldiers to get a small half of their salary, and the food they ate was even worse. The Tigers were different, although the training was a little harder, but all the salaries were paid in full, and there was a lot of money. There is a person in the family who is a soldier of the LTTE, so it is no problem to feed the family with silver. Look at the food of the Tiger Army, cook white flour steamed buns every day, and there is meat every day! It's unimaginable!

And at this moment, the Jingnan Royal Mansion recruits sailors, compared with the treatment of the Tiger Army, a great opportunity is in front of you, if you miss it, you will really regret it for a lifetime. Therefore, in the past few days, the recruitment points have been hot everywhere, so that the inspection everywhere has to send additional manpower to maintain order. There are so many applicants, and of course the one responsible for recruitment is to keep improving, and choose and choose!