Although there are no statistics, but recalling the grand occasion when the 'dog power engine' was running, it is no problem to have more than 300 kobolds, in order to save trouble, even if 320 dog heads are good, that is 20 horsepower...... It seems that there are few accidents, huh?

Liu Jingtian: "Twenty horsepower...... I don't think there's a family car with less than 100 horsepower, right? What about 20 horsepower?"

Xu Ping'an: "It's a coincidence, I'm from a rural area, do you know a walk-behind tractor? A single-cylinder diesel-burning vehicle has a maximum power of exactly 20 horsepower." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"More than 300 dog heads are equivalent to a cylinder! Don't tell me your cylinder is kryptonite!"

"This ...... The single-cylinder diesel engine is also very powerful, and it is trivial to pull six or seven tons of goods on the dirt road...... Okay, kobolds are a bit of a waste, but you can stuff more people! And with propeller propulsion, I think it's a lot better than a normal sailboat. ”

"It's so useful, why doesn't anyone build a ship with a similar structure?"

"There are too many people, maybe they can't afford to pay the wages of sailors, and the propeller is black technology after all. ”

Although I was a little disappointed, we discussed that if we deal with the problem of 'engine' space and optimize the underwater line, this boat is still quite scary, at least the speed easily exceeds the sail power.

Liu Jingtian: "The old man has an idea! Since there is really no high-quality timber for building sail warships, you can also use inferior miscellaneous wood to build an offshore ship in the shape of a coffin! This kind of ship will definitely die when it enters the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, but it can still walk sideways in the offshore sea, and it is probably no problem to run the Mediterranean. Then install the high-power 'dog power engine', the speed and fury of the Middle Ages!"

Xu Ping'an also added some opinions: "Actually, you can also hang a few short sails on the deck, a little wind is always good, anyway, you don't need money." Moreover, this type of ship with a weak keel, although the longitudinal strength is not very reliable, but the deck can be made very strong, and there is no problem in installing cannons. ”

Then there is nothing to worry about, on the one hand, let them continue to improve the second generation of the 'dog power engine', of course, try to be as humane as possible, on the other hand, let the shipyard director Su Marie, develop a new model of offshore ships, and the rest is to cast guns.

A long time ago, Liu Jingtian began to ask the kobold to develop a new model of cannon. Especially after the success of the open-hearth experiment, it is already possible to mass-produce carbon steel. As a result, the kobold's new steel cannon was also stained, and the successful development was successful.

However, to use some previous cannon casting experience, both cannons were short-barreled cannons: one was a twenty-four-pounder cannon and the other was a thirty-two-pounder cannon.

Therefore, both guns used the structure of steel inner wall and gray iron barrel, and then a full set of heat treatment processes, such as 'white iron malleable annealing', and finally a boring machine enchanted with "demonized weapons" was used to process the gun chamber.

This set of 'great health care' of artillery processing can be described as a collection of kobold black technology, which is close to the level of the end of the 19th century. Although the power of the gun was not significantly higher than that of other countries, the overall weight was greatly reduced - the barrel was much thinner than others, and the life could be longer.

Now it's too late to develop a cannon from scratch. But fortunately, the 32-pounder cannon has a far longer range than other cannons due to the weight of the shells, and it is not worth firing at a small caliber cannon.

If you raise the horns of the artillery and shoot with a parabola, the range is even more terrifying, easily exceeding three kilometers.

Liu Jingtian finally decided that the 24-pounder cannon of the new process would be used directly for the army, because its weight was no heavier than the current 18-pound stub.

The 32-pounder gun was overweighted and could only be used for large naval warships and fortress garrisons, complementing other small-caliber cannons.

At the same time, the artillery factory began trial production of a forty-eight-pounder cannon, as well as several other smaller guns. If nothing else, the forty-eight pound may be the last product for the breech gun.

Next, it's a boring wait, the 'engine', the hull, the cannon, I don't know how long to wait......

Whenever I think of the pomp and circumstance of Essaouira, the pirate's lair, someone is ready to move: there is money, people, ships, and a double-fortified harbor that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, no worse than Agadir!

Therefore, the idea of 'eliminating harm for the people' cannot be suppressed.

But greed is not enough, and the team at hand is far from enough.

Essaouira is not something that can be taken by the army alone, and what you get in that way will only be an empty port, which will annoy the big financiers Marrakech, not to mention that an empty port will not play a role.

But to put together a navy, block the exit of the harbor, or even directly occupy the castle on the sea, I am afraid that a huge fleet will be formed, and the army will probably be drained.

Liu Jingtian pinched his fingers and calculated for a long time, and found that there was only one way to go: "It's useless to think too much, first brush up a wave of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and then get some black Shu millet! Then take advantage of this time to get some boats, even if it's wood, anyway, Su Marie already has experience in a 500-ton three-masted ship, which is nothing more than spending more time." ”

In the following days, Liu Jingtian went to the steel factory and artillery factory to see the completion of orders, and at the same time began to pull people among the Agadir aborigines.

The Imperial Association is actually not that easy, especially when the loyalty requirements are relatively high.

At the beginning, if it weren't for the large-scale economic bankruptcy between urban and rural areas, and the ruffians and bandits running around, it would not have been possible to receive so many dog legs.

But the situation in Agadir is a bit peculiar, and now there is a bit of peace and contentment between the city and the countryside, the markets in the city are becoming more and more lively day by day, and the villages outside are also towering with grain stacks, and the livestock are fat and strong, and they are still a little far from bankruptcy.

Not to mention everyone's religious issues.

It's a bit hard to recruit.

In the end, apart from turning over the 1,000 German mercenaries, there was little progress.

In the end, Xu Ping'an had to go out in person and use a trick that has been tried and tested in history: forcing people to come out!

Of course, in order to avoid receiving a group of second-rate and malnourished guys, and at the same time vigorously attracting the children of good families with tricks such as high salaries in the army, tax exemptions for family members, and promotions after leaving the army, 2,000 people were finally brought out.

Among them, 1,000 are young people with reliable backgrounds, who are relatively malleable, and Liu Jingtian plans to use them as field soldiers. There are also 1,000 middle-aged people who are honest and responsible, who are more reliable, but their combat effectiveness is basically not expected, and they can only be regarded as urban garrisons.

Out of 50,000 inhabitants, only 2,000 men, 25 to 1, and most of them served at home, this conscription was relatively unsuccessful.

Look at the Hassan clan on the other side of the mountain, there are less than 10,000 people in total, but there are 2,000 soldiers. Although the people were laundered by bandits, and all the family members were picked up, this military-civilian ratio was enough to make Agadir blush.