Why do you say that you made a lot of money this time?

First of all, there are more than a dozen shipwrights, although the primary ones are easy to train, but the intermediate and senior ones are difficult to train, especially the senior shipwrights, and only a few have been trained in Wanghai Village, which is still the reason for the master-level shipwrights. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Secondly, it is the three big ships that captured the pirates, their big ships are more suitable for fighting, although after the war, they have been beaten to tatters, but the main structure of the ship is not broken, just go back and repair it.

In the end, through this battle, Zhang Fan found a lot of shortcomings, and it is urgent to form a naval army, once there are more pirates, rob their trade routes, cut off their contact with Zhenhai Village and Sea Soul Village, and then the loss will be great.

Therefore, no matter what, no matter how poor they are, they must squeeze out money to form a naval army, which can only be called a naval army at present, not a navy, because their combat targets are all enemies in the near sea, and they do not yet have the ability to sail far.

After returning, Zhang Fan asked the ship to be pulled to the shipyard for repairs, and he ordered one of the bows and crossbows to be removed.

"Can you make a bow like this?" Zhang Fan took the bow and crossbow to the carpenter's workshop and asked directly.

"The village elder can make it, but if there are no drawings, our research and development speed will be very slow, and the speed of manufacturing will be much slower, and the power is only about fifty or sixty percent of the original at most." A senior carpenter replied.

Zhang Fan frowned, although the power of fifty or sixty percent is also very great, but Zhang Fan is not satisfied, he will build a bigger ship in the future, and he needs a bow and crossbow with more power.

"Is there a way to increase the power even more?"

"There are two ways to increase our power, one is that we have drawings that allow us to create a bow and crossbow with the same power, and the other is that we have someone to reach the level of master craftsmen. Master craftsmen have the ability to develop products with the same power according to samples, and master craftsmen already have the ability to independently research and develop, and it is possible to develop something more powerful than this. ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he knew that the idea of improving the bow and crossbow in the short term was unrealistic, because he had neither drawings nor a master-level carpenter at present, so he could only give up for the time being.

"Okay, you specially sent someone to start researching this kind of bow and crossbow, and after the research and development, you will make it with all your might, but the waterwheel can't be delayed, I will ask the deputy village chief to allocate more people for you."

Zhang Fan's requirements for these carpenters seem to be a bit high, and they have to take care of both, but there is no way, what food means, it goes without saying, it is related to the development of the entire territory, and similarly, this kind of maritime combat weapon is also related to the development of the entire territory.

Wanghai Village is built on an island, and the sea route is their lifeline, and ensuring the smoothness and safety of the sea route is the lifeline to protect them, so the development of the navy is also very important.

Out of the carpenter's workshop, Zhang Fan went straight to the dock, why did he go to the carpenter's workshop first and then go to the dock, not to seek the near and far, where did he just come back?

In fact, Zhang Fan wants to verify one thing first, that is, whether the bow and crossbow can be made by himself, and now it has been determined that it can be made, but the power has an impact.

Then being able to make it makes sense for what he is going to do next.

"Master Wang, I'm going to work hard for you again this time, these ships are okay to repair, right?" When Zhang Fan arrived at the dock, he went to find the master-level shipwright Wang Hai.

"The village chief is polite, no problem at all, these pirate warships are on the same level as our two-masted galleons, no problem at all, besides, it is to take the salary of the village, and it is also appropriate to do things for the village." Wang Hai said politely.

"Master Wang, I heard that master-level craftsmen can develop their own, I wonder if you can develop warships?"

"If you want to copy these pirate ships, then it's easy, with samples you can copy them quickly, and the performance is not worse than theirs. But if I want to develop a better ship with better performance than this, it will take a step by step, and I am afraid it will take a long time? ”

Zhang Fan's eyes lit up, it would be good if he could develop it himself, and there would always be a chance to have a better warship in the future.

"Master Wang, I don't know how long it will take?"

"It's not easy to design a warship, I have to design a small warship, then build it, conduct experiments, master the basic data, and then design a larger warship based on this information. For example, I first designed a 20-ton ship, built it, and carried out actual sea navigation experiments, and then designed a 30-ton ship, and so on. ”

Zhang Fan sweated after hearing this, this warship of several hundred tons, when will it be. But after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Fan feels that this is very important, with these basic materials, it will be possible to save time by building larger ships in the future, otherwise when the ship of thousands of tons will be built in the future, it will have to be designed from scratch.

In the future, they may be able to get blueprints for ships of greater war, but drawings are always drawings, and only one kind of ship can be built, and with basic research, their own ships can continue to develop.

What's more, in the future, there will be more master shipwrights, and the speed of research and development will also be accelerated, so doing some basic work now will save a lot of time in the future.

"Okay, then everything is left to Master Wang, you first imitate the pirate's warship, and then start to design the ship, and leave the task of building the ship to others, after all, there are a lot of senior shipwrights trained now." Zhang Fan finally made up his mind to build his own R&D system, and in case he didn't get the drawings in the future, he could also develop it himself.

"Okay, everything is up to the village elder." Wang Hai readily agreed, a master craftsman, who doesn't like to be talented in their respective fields and loves to specialize, let him develop ships, he is very happy.

"By the way, Master Wang, can you install more bows and crossbows on the bow of pirate ships, or even on our ships?"

"Yes, of course I can, but I don't know how the village chief will arrange it?"

"Merchant ships must have one in the bow and one in the stern, and as for warships, in addition to the bow and stern, both sides of the ship must also be installed." After all, the side of a merchant ship has to be loaded and unloaded, and it is very inconvenient to install a bow and crossbow on it, but a warship can.

"According to the village chief's request, there is no problem with merchant ships, and warships can also be installed, but only two crossbows can be installed on each side of the ship, and larger ships are needed to install more crossbows."

Zhang Fan discussed with Wang Hai again, and the matter was determined, Zhang Fan also found a big problem, that is, the research and development work of the entire territory, Zhang Fan did not notice it before, and now he knows that master craftsmen can develop various things in their own fields, so he will use policies to build a research and development system, so that the territory will continue to be in a healthy development.

In fact, the territory has already started to be developed, but Zhang Fan didn't pay attention to it before, or it was a matter of course, such as the blacksmith created weapons and equipment with better attributes, Zhang Fan just thought that there was a breakthrough in materials, after all, the ore was upgraded from the first level to the second level, and later there were more advanced ores used.

Therefore, Zhang Fan is not clear, and the research and development of craftsmen also plays a great role.