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Although the roads in the boat yard were smoothed with cement, the roads were still slippery after a heavy rain, and there were even small ponds in a few low-lying places. biquge.info However, this wet environment did not disturb the good mood of the children's camp, and the children of more than two hundred and a half years old were happily preparing for the upcoming ceremony.

The sound of crackling firecrackers sounded, more than a dozen children beat the gongs and drums without a sense of rhythm, in the chaotic and noisy sound, Zheng Kezhang walked to the front of the altar and presented a chicken, a duck, a fish and other small three animals to the statue of the dragon king.

Immediately, Zheng Kezhang recited the prayer aloud: "The ocean is unrestrained, the boat is leisurely, the dragon king is blessed, and the waves are not prosperous."

After the prayer was incinerated, Zheng Kezhang led the crowd to burn incense and worship, and after kowtowing to the dragon king, he got up and announced loudly to everyone in the shipyard: "Today's good day is auspicious, the sky is high and the sea is wide, it is the boating season, Yu Teci Bingchen No. 1 Canton ship type boat is Dongshenghai!" Now it's officially in the water! ”

Following Zheng Kezang's order, the Dongshenghai, which was towed by Ligong, slowly glided on the mud-covered beach. Zheng Kezhang stood in a safe position and looked at the long and narrow battleship, although he was not very satisfied with its tonnage and speed, but it did not prevent him from admiring this No. 1 battleship under the name of the boy boy battalion.

"Into the sea!" The cheers rang out as the red painted bow jerked up under the buoyancy of the shipyard, and for the past few months, the half-grown children had come to the docks almost every three days to help, and the Tokatsu Sea had left their hard sweat on it, and they were naturally entitled to cheer for this beautiful little boat.

"It's a beautiful boat, and the sides are painted with birds, so it's beautiful. Of course, the religious activities just now were also very solemn. The craftsmen of Yingguili, who also participated in the launching ceremony, said babblingly. However, we still hope that His Highness will be able to use the Inguilli launching ceremony when he presides over the launching of the dhow in a few days. ”

"There's no champagne to sell in your shop." Zheng Kezhang naturally knows what the British-style launching ceremony is. "If you can use rum instead, you can also try it." Of course, this is not a problem, the British who like to fake it are just a ritual, and it doesn't matter whether they use rum or champagne for this. "By the way, from the perspective of a few people, what do you think of this Chinese hard sailing ship that has just been launched?"

Zheng Kezhang deliberately asked this sentence in order to let Ma Yuan, Tang Tong, Wu Hu, and Li Ping, who were standing behind him, finally agree to give up their warrior status and learn to make ships, but the shipwright Ying Guili honestly and unceremoniously commented: "The hull is too narrow, although it is possible to increase the speed of the ship, but the stability is inevitably poor, and the hull design is to increase the speed of the ship, but judging from the setting of the mast, there will not be many sails, and the speed of the ship will inevitably be reduced, which is a contradictory strategy and an outdated backward design." ”

"The hull is too narrow and not conducive to the placement of artillery, and if the two sides are staggered, the length of the hull will be wasted." The British were still talking endlessly, and this one was finished, and that one was picked up again. "Of course, this is an unarmed boat with a load of only 15 tons, and it can't fit too many guns, but if you expand the tonnage of the ship?" The British shook their heads. "I can only think that this is a melee ship similar to the Spanish Armada designed for continuous combat, and it may be adapted to the seas of East Asia, but it will definitely suffer when it encounters British warships."

Zheng Kezhang listened carefully, completely ignoring the already red face of Master Su on the side, and when a few Yingguili people had finished speaking, Zheng Kezhang thought for a while and asked: "There are only six people to operate the Dongshenghai, how many people do you need to build a dhow?" ”

"A 15-ton dhow only needs 7~8 people." The Brit probably realized something, and explained. "However, in view of His Highness's request, we designed 2 gun emplacements on Class A, so the crew size has only risen to 12 people, and the speed of the newly built dhow will be twice as fast as that of the Tokatsukai."

"That's right, speed is the advantage of a dhow," Zheng Kezhang did not directly reprimand her exaggeration for the Englishman's Wang Po selling melons, but asked patiently. "But dhows seem to be able to sail only along the coast, and a slow ship like the Tokatsumi is better able to sail across the oceans, right?"

"Your Highness is very wise." The British seemed to know that their cowhide was blowing up, so they were busy correcting it. "Of course, a sloop can't sail the oceans, but a sloop is different," the Englishman said a lot about the benefits of a schooner, and then there was another twist. "But as His Highness said, in the future, he will travel to the ocean and compete in the waves of thousands of miles, of course, he must build a large warship like the military Galen. But," said the Englishman in a tone of regret. "However, to build a military Galen, it will take tens of thousands of gold coins and thousands of shipwrights, and His Highness has neither a suitable dock, nor enough craftsmen, nor qualified materials, so it is impossible to build a three-deck military Galen."

"I'm afraid, don't talk about the military Galen, it's the small Galen single-class frigate frigate that is generally used for cruising, and a few of them can't be built." Please don't be as agitated, Zheng Kezhang said to a few Brits who were not ashamed. "Even if everything is ready, Yu thinks that with the ability of a few of you, large warships like the Royal Sovereign and royalsail, Yu really doesn't need to think about it at all."

Several Britons were dumbfounded, they couldn't imagine that Zheng Kezhang actually knew even the famous Phineas Pett, compared with this master, several of them were indeed similar to junior apprentices, and the arrogance just now was gone: "Your Highness is right, even if we don't lack anything, we can only build a corvette (cruiser) at most, for such a result and His Highness's requirements when paying his salary, we are very sorry, if His Highness is not satisfied, we can dismiss us at any time." ”

Dismissed? Joke, in this era, in East Asia, where to find British craftsmen who can build light cruisers, Zheng Kezhang can't do this: "I'm sorry, don't say it, let's build the ship that Yu asked first, and in addition, if you really feel sorry for the salary Yu paid, then teach more teenagers behind Yu when you have time." ”

The British reluctantly retreated, and Zheng Kezhang looked at Su Dagong: "Master Su, although Hongyi is a little arrogant, he still has a vision, the ruler is short and long, although Hongyi is far inferior to this dynasty in watertight cabins, double rudder and other ship skills, but people also have good places, and they can't turn a blind eye." ”

Su Dagong is also a master craftsman who has made water pun boats, and he was angry just now because of the arrogance of the British, but now he has calmed down, and when he heard Zheng Kezhang say this, he bowed slightly: "Little Lao'er understands that the eldest prince wants these children to gather the strengths of the two families, and Yu will definitely not get in the way."

The Dongshenghai is about 250 materials, if you don't have to carry cargo, you don't have to worry about stuffing it like sardines, enough to load all the 200 or so scouts, but Zheng Kezhang will not be so inhumane, he arranged three voyages to the Taijiang Inland Sea, which made everyone crazy and addicted.

Ma Yinghe stood there and looked at Zheng Kezhang in a daze, he didn't expect his fate to change again: "What does the eldest prince mean to let me preside over the sailors?" In the future, all the ships built in the shipyard will be handed over to the sailors? ”

"Roughly speaking, it's not bad." Zheng Kezhang nodded. "But it's not for you to preside over the sailors, but when the sailors introduced by the Yingguili Merchant House arrive, let you take the sailors to learn how to handle the boat, only if you and the sailors are qualified, this leader can really entrust you."

Zheng Kezhang means to train first but then give the actual job according to the training results, but Rao is like this, Ma Ying still feels that she has received a big cake falling from the sky, you know, there is still not even a foreman in the main army of the boy boy camp, and suddenly he became a quasi-leader, and it is not a step to the sky.

"Besides, you say it's the leader, but you're still the only one in the sailors." Zheng Kezhang continued to pour cold water. "Sailors are mainly selected from the boys who will be transferred to the regular army next year, and in this year's regular army, you can also pick a few assistants, but there can be no more than ten." Zheng Kezhang thought for a moment. "Now that the Hongyi ship has not been built, you can choose whether to follow the newly sent naval army of the Ministry of War to teach the Dongshenghai or stay in the camp to continue to train the firecracker."

"I," Ma Ying hesitated, after all, he was born in a fisherman's family, and it was still very attractive to be able to get a boat on his own. "Battalion officer, let's first follow the naval army to teach and practice the Dongshenghai." Zheng Kezhang is indispensable, just as Zheng Kezhang was about to signal Ma Ying to retreat, Ma Ying suddenly made a request. "Battalion officer, many of my family or relatives are very good, since there is no one in the sailor team for a while, can I go home and recruit them all."

Zheng Kezang was stunned for a moment, of course he understood that Ma Ying's construction was actually out of public intentions. If he did what he had built, of course, he could fill the so-called sailors as quickly as possible, and Zheng Kezang had intended to use the Boy Scouts as reserve naval officers, so he would not let them take on the duties of ordinary sailors for a long time, so this was naturally the best of both worlds. However, Zheng Kezhang couldn't help but worry that if he recruited sailors from Ma Ying's relatives or neighbors, it would cause a situation of family dominance, and he was even more worried that the Ma people who had mastered the Western-style boat management skills would not be like the Fujian navy in later generations, and secretly set up officials at all levels.

Therefore, Zheng Kezhang made a decision after pondering for a while: "Yes, but the number of people can't be too much, let's recruit ten first, if it's not enough, Yu will tell the military department to transfer some veterans in first, but after all, you are just starting out, you can't be arrogant on the grounds that veterans are pawns and other officials, and send the other party at will." ”

Fifteen-year-old Ma Ying didn't know that Zheng Kezang's mind had turned a hundred times, and when she heard that Zheng Kezhang agreed to her request, she immediately said excitedly: "Rest assured, the battalion officer knows how to do it." ”

"Of course, military discipline is great, if the veteran does not obey the discipline, you can also kill a hundred people!"

"No!"

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