There is also a twelve-pounder cannon on the fort, and two light Furlong cannons, the twelve-pounder cannon is erected on a rotatable gun mount, the muzzle can be easily pointed in all directions, making its firing range very wide and much more flexible, which can save the gunner from having to work hard to move the gun mount, and aim the muzzle at the target, just need to turn the gun mount to aim the muzzle at the target direction relatively easily, plus two light Furlong cannons as a supplement, to shoot at the enemy who landed nearby, This makes this fort have a strong defensive ability, and in case of trouble, it can quickly get rapid support from the garrison of Tamsui City.

So after coming over this time and seeing that the lighthouse had been built from afar, Yu Xiaotian felt a sense of accomplishment, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud, but it was a pity that he came during the day and couldn't see the actual situation of the lighthouse, but at night, he still planned to come over and have a look.

As for the several batteries on both sides of the estuary, they were all erected with twelve-pounder howitzers, which could easily block the estuary, so that it was impossible for the attackers to rush into the Tamsui River and pose a threat to Tamsui City without occupying or destroying these forts.

Therefore, after the construction of these forts, Tamsui City has become quite safe, even if there is a strong enemy blocking the mouth of the river, Tamsui City can rely on the food and supplies stored here for a long time.

Yu Xiaotian's visit this time focused on inspecting the situation in the Tamsui Industrial Zone, especially the workshops related to weapons manufacturing under the jurisdiction of the Ordnance Institute, and the shipyards here.

Yu Xiaotian came here a few years ago, and all the workshops here have just been put into production, and all kinds of things have not stabilized, this time he came to check the situation here, to see if the situation of industrial production here has stabilized.

He knew very well that this year was a critical year for him, and he was likely to have to deal with several big battles, and if he didn't explode his equipment quickly, he might not be able to cope with it at that time.

And last year he recruited a considerable number of new soldiers, and now some of the new soldiers have completed the initial training, as trainees into the naval division and soldiers, and a lot of new ships have been added, and now the guns are relatively short, and a few years ago let Nanri Island guns and guns as Yan Siqi to complete an order, delayed some time, so in the next few months after the year, weapon production is particularly critical to him.

Otherwise, many of his ships may not be able to catch up with the appropriate artillery, and many people on the battlefield side are afraid that they will have to return to the era of cold weapons, and can only use swords, guns, bows and crossbows to fight with people.

After Xiaotian landed in Tamsui City, he immediately began to turn around Tamsui City non-stop according to the old habit, and he went to the Chuanliao side first.

At present, the five slipways of the shipyard have been completed and put into production, and the ships on the first three slipways last year have now been basically completed, and they can be launched for trial voyage in half a month at the latest, and then handed over to the sailors for use.

The other two slipways have also begun to build two new sloops, and at present the Nanri Island Shipyard and the Tamsui Shipyard are concentrating all their efforts on building this kind of clipper, and within six months at the latest, they will be able to have a dozen flying dhows on the sea.

Once such a fleet is formed, then for a long time to come, the combat effectiveness of the sea wolves at sea will reach a new height, no matter who encounters this clipper fleet, it will definitely be as big as a fight, and even such a fleet also has the ability to fight with the medium-sized Galen ships used by Westerners.

This is also the most important thing for Xiaotian, and it is the thing that he is most concerned about.

When he saw Guo Fu again, Guo Fu quickly began to report to Yu Xiaotian about the situation in Chuanliao, and now according to Yu Xiaotian's instructions, Chuanliao has built a large wood drying room, and began to transport locally harvested timber into the drying room for drying.

But so far, they have not fully mastered the performance of the drying room and the drying technology, is still in the process of exploring the test, the first batch of dried wood has been taken out of the drying room, just because the temperature is not well mastered, there may be problems in the design of the drying room, the ventilation is not very good, some wood is dried too fast, there is a serious cracking, some wood is not completely dried, or in a semi-dry and semi-wet state.

Therefore, the first batch of dried wood, only less than two percent of the wood is more qualified, can be used for shipbuilding, in addition to forty percent of the wood is not dry enough, but also need to continue to dry for a period of time, before it can be used on the ship, in addition to forty percent of the wood because the temperature is too high or dried too fast, it has become a waste material, can not be used in shipbuilding, can only be used to make building materials that are not too demanding, or simply pulled to burn charcoal.

Years ago, Guo Fu convened the craftsmen to brainstorm, the furnace and vent of the drying room and the way the wood is placed have been adjusted, and a batch of new wood was sent into the drying room, which is still drying.

Yu Xiaotian has nothing to say about this, he is not an expert in this area, he can only look at these professional craftsmen in terms of technique, and he is not a generalist, there are many advanced techniques in later generations, he knows very little, and he can't provide better advice, so he can only rely on these craftsmen to explore on his own step by step.

The first batch of drying wood should have failed, but the road proved to be feasible, and after continuous improvement, the drying room will definitely be able to gradually improve the technology, and then the wood here can be supplied to their ship liao in large quantities.

I haven't been here for a while, here Yu Xiaotian saw a lot of newly harvested wood in the material yard, Guo Fu took Yu Xiaotian to look at the wood in the material yard, patted these wood and said to Xiaotian: "These timbers are good things, there are many big trees here on Taiyuan Island, and they are close to Chuanliao, and they are easy to harvest. Sometimes it has to be harvested from Sichuan and Yunnan-Guizhou, and the price is very high after it is shipped out!

But here, there are so many of these big things, enough for us to build hundreds of big ships without any problems! It's a pity that these materials are still wet at the moment, and they can't be used immediately, otherwise they can save a lot of money! ”

"Of course! Although Taiyuan Island cannot be regarded as a wild place, no one has come to develop it for thousands of years, so the reserves of timber resources here are naturally huge! Not to mention hundreds of big ships, even thousands of big ships have enough wood for you! This is also the reason why I spared no expense to build a city and a village here, and also immigrated to this side in large numbers! It's just that I fancy the resources here, which are much richer than Nanri Island! Yu Xiaotian said with a smile.

Guo Fu nodded yes again and again, and took the opportunity to pat Yu Xiaotian on the back, saying a lot of good things such as foresight.

"Don't tell me these words! Hehe! It's good, but it's useless! The key is to see how many boats you craftsmen can build for me, and how long it will take you to build them for me!

And it must be built quickly, but also built well! You have to think more about these things, brainstorm ideas, and let your craftsmen also come up with more ideas!

Some workpieces I see you can form a standard, and then unified in accordance with the standard production, can be done in advance, and when you start shipbuilding, you can directly use these materials such as ship ribs, ship boards and other materials on the ship, which can save a lot of time, it is faster than you use it now, and the shape of the ship is unified, the size is unified, have you ever thought about this? Yu Xiaotian put forward the concept of standardized production.

Guo Fu has been following Yu Xiaotian for a long time, and his thinking has changed a lot compared to the old concept before, and now his ability to absorb new things has improved a lot, although Yu Xiaotian only said it verbally, but he immediately understood what Yu Xiaotian wanted him to do.

So he quickly pondered it carefully, then nodded again and again: "This is a good way!" If you use this method, you can save a lot of work, arrange some craftsmen to do these things, and also make fixtures in a unified way, according to one or several styles and sizes, some workpieces are made first, so that as long as the keel is placed, you can directly send the ribs to the slipway to be loaded, so that the speed of shipbuilding must be much faster! ”

After thinking about this, Guo Fuxi was in a state of color, almost dancing, at present, he knows that the craftsmen of the shipyard on land have not used this method, they are all building a boat, just open a material, so that they use this standardized production method, not only can save manpower, make full use of idle manpower, the shipbuilding speed can be increased a lot, as long as a few slipways are started is a ship type, then these workpieces can be directly used on the ship, In this way, the speed of shipbuilding is not much slower.

Then Guo Fu immediately stated that he immediately began to arrange for this matter, and immediately dispatched a group of craftsmen to bring some apprentices to be responsible for making these general parts for the ship and speeding up the speed of shipbuilding.

Yu Xiaotian turned around and walked to the slipway, and began to inspect the newly built ships on the slipway.

(If I continue to ask for a monthly pass, can't I rush to the top 30?) Please, brethren, don't keep a commuter pass! Help me stay! Thank you so much! ）