Chapter 62: Out to Sea
Lu Shuang walked around some other buildings in Tiefan Village, which is not much different from the villages and towns of the same size in the territory, but the clear positioning of Tiefan Village is to dominate the grain and the sea, except for shipbuilding in the dock, other industries are not very developed, and many of them have to be supplied from Feitian Town, which can be regarded as a complementarity.
After inspecting the situation in the village, Lu Shuang and his party came to the dock on the shore and saw that there was nothing here except a few warships, and if they had to say, there was only a piece of beach not far from the dock and many people swimming in the sea.
"Zhou Bai, are the group of people in front of us our soldiers?" Lu Shuang didn't know.
"Back to my lord, the people in front of me are all soldiers who are training water. Although these soldiers were the first to be trained, and they have been trained for a while, they are still not as good as those pirates who have lived at sea for a long time, and we are just ducks who have just returned to swimming. Zhou Bai replied.
"Water-based is really insufficient." Lu Shuang also agreed, and said, "Zhou Bai, then you are in charge of this part, do you know if there is any way to quickly improve their water ability in addition to training?" I'm a little worried that there will be another war soon. ”
Zhou Bai pondered for a moment and said, "Back to my lord, my subordinates have heard that some of the towns near the sea in Dahan have naval barracks, and the soldiers who train and transfer there can get more combat power in the water than ordinary soldiers, and can improve their ability to control ships and combat effectiveness on ships. ”
"This... Are architectural drawings of naval barracks rare? "Lu Shuang means that if you can get it, I'll help you get one back.
"My subordinates don't know about this." Zhou Bai smiled bitterly.
Lu Shuang touched his nose and said, "Since we can build a naval barracks, what about our ordinary barracks?" Can it be built? ”
"Now, my lord, it's the one over there, the barracks we just built. However, because it is not a naval barracks, it does not have any attribute bonuses, and only provides a training ground. ”
"Well, I'll try to get you a naval barracks, after all, the strategic location of Tiefan Village is very important. You have to train hard and you can't relax. "Lu Shuang can't help it now.
After saying that, Lu Shuang decided to take a few warships to the islands of those NPCs who drifted across the sea and survived in other places. There was more than one special military general in Tiefan Village who was in charge of defensive affairs, so Zhou Bai also followed the ship, and he was a little more familiar with the situation in the vicinity.
"Zhou Bai, was there anything suspicious when you found these villages?" Lu Shuang was a little worried that these islands were actually pirates' strongholds.
"It shouldn't be a big problem. Since most of these villages are relatively small in population, I have noticed the number of houses in the village after I went ashore, which is just enough to accommodate the villagers. Zhou Bai said truthfully.
Since his subordinates all say so, they may really be overly worried. Several boats flew over the sea, and soon Lu Shuang saw a black spot in front of him, and slowly approached, and an island appeared in front of everyone.
Because the speed was so fast, the people on the island saw that the ship was less than a thousand meters away, and the inhabitants of the island, fearing that the comers would be pirates, gathered on the shore one after another, picked up what they could fight, and prepared for the enemy to rush up as soon as they got off the boat.
"Village chief, it's me, I'm Zhou Bai!" Zhou Bai shouted from the boat.
The first time the fleet of Tiefan Village found this place was led by Zhou Bai, and it was only two days later, and even the old village chief remembered him. The villagers on the shore put down their weapons, and they didn't have the murderous aura they had just now.
The four-masted sailboat stopped steadily on the dock of this village, Lu Shuang took Zhou Bai and a group of soldiers to get off the boat from the pedal in an orderly manner, and the villagers automatically made way for an old man.
The old man was gray-haired, walked with a scepter in his hand, and looked excited when he saw the man disembark.
"Is the old man the village chief? The boy is the mayor of Feitian Town, and he heard that there are pirates rampant in the waters here, harming the people, and the boy came to help. Lu Shuang still has respect for the old man.
"Okay, good, young people have a heart." The village chief was very excited, seeing that the elite soldiers were fierce, maybe the village could really be protected from pirates.
Lu Shuang could see from everyone's eyes that when the village chief said the word "pirate", everyone gritted their teeth and hated pirates. Next, Lu Shuang accompanied the old village chief to walk around and familiarize himself with the environment and terrain here, as for the few four-masted sailing ships he brought, he was handed over to Zhou Bai to be in charge, once he found that the enemy was raiding without an order, he could directly counterattack.
No one has recorded the name of this small island, but because the village is called Kelu Village, the average villager also calls this island Kelu Island. Ten years ago, the villagers of Kelu Village could not stand the oppression of the government, so the whole village chose to leave and take a boat to the sea in search of a stable habitat. The island was found and began to settle here, but disaster followed, and it became a pirate's back garden, which came to rob every three to five days, making the people's livelihood miserable.
Later, the pirates learned well, and no longer implemented the three-light policy, but left the villagers with starvation rations, and regularly came to rob the grain and finished products. To put it bluntly, he treats Kelu Village as his slave, and takes away what he lacks from here.
"Village Chief, how often do these pirates come?" Lu Shuang inquired about intelligence.
"Three days for short, five days for long. If we don't have food, they will take away vegetables and dried fish, and when we don't have anything, they will hurt the villagers. The village chief said angrily.
"And how long has it been since they've been here?" Lu Shuang then asked.
"It's been four days since the last time, and it seems that there were more things lost last time."
From the conversation with the old village chief, Lu Shuang got a lot of news. Now the pirates have begun to play transformation and upgrading, knowing that your people are here, they just don't do things to kill chickens and take eggs, I don't kill people or hurt people, only steal things, but if you don't do it well, don't blame the pirate grandfather's men for being ruthless.
It's been four days since the last robbery, so today is the fifth day, and the odds are very high. And there are not many troops in Deer Village, so it is estimated that the pirates came to get things as if they were coming from home to get things, and sent some people over casually. This also made it easier for the Iron Sail Village fleet to wipe them out, after all, the speed of a four-masted galleon was much higher than that of a one-two-masted galleon or a shipper.
"Chief, where do these pirates usually come ashore? Is it on the docks? ”
"Not really, the pirates usually come from the south, because most of the people in the village live a little south of the island, so they can get their things."
"That's right." Lu Shuang already had a plan in his mind, and if nothing else, he would be able to take down the pirates who came to ask for things.
"Village chief, the kid already has a plan in mind, he can uproot this group of pirates, but it requires a small cooperation from the villagers."
"Okay, as long as I can destroy the pirates, it doesn't matter if I take my old life." The village chief said excitedly.
Without further ado, the pirates could come at any time, Lu Shuang quietly ordered the village chief to return to the warship, and at the same time left five eighth-order soldiers by the village chief's side, on the contrary, there were pirate spies who knew about the matter and wanted to assassinate the village chief.
Five four-masted galleons left the docks, re-looking for a suitable position, waiting for the pirates to appear. At the same time, a one-masted galleon is heading for the docks of Iron Sail Village, and if the plan is successful, it will find the pirate's lair, and by then five warships may not be enough to destroy, and more troops will need to be deployed.