The new Flying Wolf is actually the two-masted schooner that Yu Xiaotian ordered Chuanliao to start construction a few months ago, and it was originally planned that this ship should be completed and delivered for trial voyage in November, but under construction, because Yu Xiaotian allowed Chuanliao to experiment with Chinese-style hard sails on this ship to replace the less durable soft sails, so there were some problems in the construction.

However, after the successful trial production of the dhow, it quickly began to be built in batches in the shipyard, so that now including the initial test of the Flying Fish, by the end of the year has been built as many as five, but unfortunately the Flying Wolf in the ambush on Kinmen Island, has been damaged, and now there are only four sloops left.

The brig was delayed until after the Chinese New Year, when it was officially launched for sea trials, nearly two months later than originally expected.

The first form of the brig appeared in the late 17th century, but the actual brig was built in the 18th century, also by the Dutch.

Originally designed and built for use in situations where speed and wind were required, they have historically been built in large numbers, mainly for slave ships and smuggling ships.

This type of ship has two masts, the foremast is lower than the mainmast, and the foremast can be hung with one or more jibs, and both masts can be hung with schooners, which can be either square sails or a kind of spinnaker.

When this kind of ship first appeared on the sea, it was once described as flying on the water, which shows that the most important advantage of this brig is speed, and because of the configuration of the sails, it has a strong ability to sail in the wind, so the flexibility is also very good.

Compared to sloops, brigs can be built a little larger, the hull shape is basically similar, and the loading capacity naturally increases a lot.

At the beginning of the construction of the Seawolf's first brig, it was positioned at the size of 300 materials, with a displacement of about 150 tons to 200 tons, and according to the actual loading situation, when fully loaded, it could carry more than 40 tons of cargo, which was twice the size of the previous Flying Fish, so this kind of ship would naturally be much stronger than the sloop.

During this period of time, Yu Xiaotian also took a lot of energy to devote himself to the construction of this kind of two-masted schooner, in addition to taking people to make ship models for the ship's craftsmen to refer to the construction of materials, but also constantly in the construction, put forward some opinions.

Because of the strength of the original sloop sail, the foresail was easily torn when it was exposed to strong winds, so Yu Xiaotian allowed the craftsmen of the shipyard to creatively replace the soft sail with a Chinese-style hard sail on this new ship, making it easier to build and reducing the construction cost, especially the incoming material of the sail.

However, after repeated trials, the idea of replacing the soft sail with a Chinese hard sail only achieved some effect on the jirst sail, while the foremast's nose spinnaker could not be replaced by a hard sail and could only continue to use the soft sail.

In this way, it delayed the construction time, and also made the ship after it was built, the sail became an authentic mongrel, and it sounded like a hybrid, the oblique truss sail of the two masts used a Chinese-style hard sail, but the foresail of the foremast was still a soft sail, which looked a little nondescript, and even made Yu Xiaotian feel a little ridiculous.

It was when Xiao Tiannian began to dispatch troops for training, and the two-masted schooner was finally completed and launched, and began to be delivered for sea trials.

In order to obtain the experimental data of this ship as soon as possible, and at the same time make this ship have actual combat capability, Yu Xiaotian proposed to return this ship to Luo Xianbin, and at the same time, from the original several Feizi fast boats, the elite soldiers who have been familiar with the operation of this kind of ship are transferred to this new ship, so that it can complete the trial and actual operation training as quickly as possible.

Although Luo Xianbin was scolded by Yu Xiaotian, Yu Xiaotian handed over the new ship to him, and this guy was of course overjoyed.

And everyone heard that Yu Xiaotian named the ship the Flying Wolf again, the meaning of which was to commemorate the old Flying Wolf that was sunk in the ambush on Kinmen Island, which made many people feel that Yu Xiaotian, the boss, was very nostalgic and did not forget the brothers who died for him.

So Luo Xianbin happily grinned and knelt down to receive the order, and also claimed to thank Xiaotian on behalf of the brothers who died in battle on the Old Flying Wolf.

"That's it! You don't have to thank me on their behalf, they died for me, and I will naturally remember it in my heart! Don't dare to forget! Otherwise, I'm sorry for the brothers who died fighting for our sea wolves!

I will hand over this boat to you, I hope you will not live up to my expectations, and I will also hand over the other four flying boats to you at the same time, and you can not participate in joint training during this time, you can operate alone according to your wishes, time is not waiting, in short, remember one, when I can use you, you must bring this fleet out to me, call it to come, come to fight, and win the battle! Yu Xiaotian waved his hand and said.

After Luo Xianbin listened, he solemnly saluted Yu Xiaotian again: "Please rest assured, Luo remember!" If your subordinates can't do it at that time, please do your best! ”

A merchant ship slowly sailed into the commercial wharf of Nanri Island, and under the command of the people on the shore, it leaned on a trestle, and the boatman on the ship jumped off the ship without waiting for the ship to be stable, caught the cable thrown from the ship, and immediately tied it to the stakes of the trestle to fix the ship steadily.

A boatman set up a gangplank from the boat on the trestle, and the people on the boat immediately began to walk down from the boat and unload the goods on the trestle, and some porters from the dock immediately ran over and began to negotiate with the ship's shopkeeper, and immediately began to help the boatman on the ship unload the goods, and transported the goods to the shore through the trestle, loaded on some rickshaws, and transported towards the merchant area.

And at this time, in the midst of the busy crowd, a young man wearing an old scribe's shirt walked off the boat with the crowd, came to the trestle, and after looking around, he raised his legs and walked towards the shore.

"Stop! Inform your name and what do you do? What's the matter here? Just as the shabby scholar had reached the end of the trestle, two of the sea wolves' men stretched out their hands to stop him and asked him.

This scholar was not nervous, turned his head to look at the boat he came down on, so he hugged his fists and smiled: "In Xia Lin Yiyang, he came with that boat, and in Xia Lin is a distant relative of the Lin family, who is in charge of accounts in the Lin family, this time I first came to Baodi, and I want to go to the Lin family's business!" This is a little meaning, please have a glass of water and wine for the two of you! As he spoke, the shabby-dressed scholar took out a few large coins from his arms and handed them to the two sea wolf tribesmen who stopped him.

The two sea wolf tribesmen who stopped him looked at him, pushed his hand back as soon as he raised his hand, and reprimanded: "Take back your money, grandma's, Lao Tzu is not short of money to spend!" Don't fucking hurt Lao Tzu, tell you boy, our sea wolves are not what you think! We only have the money given by the big boss! You stinky old men really don't look down on it!

By the way, come here, this person surnamed Lin said that he is from your Lin family's shop, do you know him? Saying that, a sea wolf tribe who blocked the road and checked the passers-by reached out to find a boatman on the Lin family's boat and asked him.

The boatman said with a smile: "That's right, this little brother did come with our ship, he is a distant relative of our shopkeeper, he just got an errand in our shop, and the shopkeeper asked him to come to the island shop to do things!" ”

As soon as the people in the Sea Wolf Department heard that someone had testified against this Lin Yiyang, they looked him up and down again, nodded and said, "Since that's the case, forget it!" This guy doesn't know the rules, you have to talk to him well when you go ashore, don't fucking be taboo here!

Boy, hear clearly, this is our sea wolf's territory, you people have to abide by the rules here when you get here, when you have nothing to do, don't go out of the business area to wander around, you see what you should see, you listen to what you should hear, don't cause trouble, if you are caught by our people when you are an outsider's spy, no one will be able to protect you at that time! Do you hear that? ”

This Lin Yiyang was obviously a little surprised by the performance of the two sea wolf tribes, nodded and said, "Thank you two for reminding me, remember it below!" ”

"Alright! You're good to go! The Sea Wolf Sect in charge of the investigation waved his hand and said to Lin Yiyang.

Lin Yiyang then hugged his fists, followed the boatman out of the trestle, and stepped on the shore of Nanri Island, at this time he could already see that there were about hundreds of meters away from the shore, that is, a bustling business inn area, from the wharf there was a wide gravel road leading straight to the business inn area, people coming and going were either walking, or pushing carts, or picking picks, busy on the road between the business area and the wharf.

And the periphery of this business area, for the sake of safety, also built a pass wall and fence, the entire business area into the inside, this pass wall is obviously used in special circumstances, to prevent the attack of attackers, in the corner of the pass wall there are also arrow towers, you can vaguely see people standing in the arrow tower to observe the surrounding and the situation on the dock.

These people should all be members of the Sea Wolf Ministry, who are responsible for maintaining law and order in the business area and protecting the security of the business area, and Lin Yiyang feels very fresh when he sees this.

"This brother, this Sea Wolf Tribesman is really different from other places! It's not as vicious as I thought at first, but it's quite well-behaved! After Lin Yiyang followed the boatman ashore, he said to the boatman.

The boatman glanced at Lin Yiyang and smiled: "Don't dare!" Little brother! You're here for the first time! I really don't know the rules here, the brothers of the Sea Wolf Gang, it's not like you think, the sea wolf has strict rules, the people pay a lot, and the brothers of the sea wolf also abide by the rules!

You just stuffed them with money, did you still think that this is the state capital and county seat on the shore? They weren't the officers and soldiers who guarded the door! Goose plucking!

Did you see it, there is their leader over there, this dock is under his control, and they also have pickets, who are in charge of their subordinates, those two brothers just now, if they accept a few dollars from you, they will definitely be locked up when they go back, and they will be deducted and whipped, the sea wolf's torture hall is not vegetarian, if anyone violates the taboo, they will be sent to the torture hall to receive punishment, you give them money, in fact, you harm them!

They are the brethren of the sea wolf, and they will not be jealous for the sake of this little money! Don't do this kind of thing again in the future, you just stay here honestly and do what you have to do, the people of the sea wolf are very reasonable, and no one will make money here! ”

(Today, I would like to thank the Eagle Warriors for their rewards, the eleventh long holiday is the last day, and everyone should rest and take their hearts!) Hehe! ）