As for the ships,

In fact, as early as after the Ming army entered Vigan, Liu Yu ordered people to invite the shipwrights who stayed in Ming City to Weigan.

Due to the obstruction of the Chamber of Commerce, even after collecting the money, the Chamber of Commerce only asked the shipyard to build two three-masted ships, and did not allow the Ming army to let the Ming shipwrights enter the dock.

These shipwrights from Ming City had to be idle in Wigan.

Now that the Ming army has exterminated the Chamber of Commerce with a thunderous force, the dock has naturally fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

Naturally, these shipwrights were able to enter the shipyard to build warships for the Ming people.

Xu Ming had been in Vigan for some time, and when the Ming army took over Vigan, he immediately set off for Vigan.

Xu Ming was very satisfied with the local shipyard in Weigan, although it was slightly inferior to Zheng Jun's shipyard back then, but it was much better than the humble shipyard near Mingcheng.

Although the Chamber of Commerce was afraid of the Akito, he was reluctant to let the Akito enter the shipyard.

But after all, it was for the Ming army to build a ship, and the shipyard naturally had to let it go, and as a shipwright, Xu Ming also went to the dock to explore the progress of shipbuilding.

Until today, after the news that the Ming army had won the Chamber of Commerce, Xu Ming was overjoyed and hurriedly brought a group of shipwrights to the shipyard.

He did not carry out a purge of shipwrights in the shipyards, but let them continue to do their jobs.

For Mingting, all kinds of talents need to be recruited and reserved.

These Vigan shipwrights have a lot of experience in shipbuilding, and Xu Ming also knows something about these days' explorations.

Just as the Ming shipwrights arrived at the shipyard one after another, Liu Yu also brought Wuda and his people to the shipyard.

When he arrived at the shipyard, Liu Yu couldn't wait to walk towards the dock where the warships were built for the Ming army.

The keels of these two merchant ships had been placed before the arrival of the Ming army, and they were bought by the Ming army at the expense of Su Langqing.

The fall of the Chamber of Commerce did not have much impact on the shipyard,

After all, the mercenaries looted that night against the wealthy local merchants of Wigan, who cares about a broken shipyard.

As a result, the shipyard was not damaged, but some of the shipwrights were affected that night, and some of them were hacked or wounded by mercenaries.

The shipyard was inevitably affected to a certain extent, but after Xu Ming brought a large number of Ming shipwrights, the entire shipyard began to recover gradually.

At least in front of Liu Yu, the two armed merchant ships in the dock were under construction.

Many Ming boatwrights also joined in, after all, they used it themselves, and Xu Ming was also relieved.

"Xu Ming, how about the two armed merchant ships built for our Ming army." Liu Yu is naturally a layman, and he can't see anything by himself.

It's just that I vaguely feel that the whole ship is also largely completed.

"My lord, the keels of the two merchant ships have been laid when they were built, and the speed of construction of the Vegan shipyard under our supervision is satisfactory, and now the gun deck has been placed." Xu Ming said in a deep voice.

"Oh, really?" Liu Yu looked at the dock, and there were many boatmen on the deck of the ship running back and forth.

In the seventeenth century, merchant ships and warships began to be separated.

Despite naval battles, the Western colonists, who were short in number of warships, were fond of sending armed merchant ships to their aid.

These three-masted galleons, which carry goods across the oceans all year round, were transformed into armed merchant ships with the addition of a gun deck.

Although the number of artillery guns, especially heavy artillery, was far inferior to that of warships, it was more than enough to deal with pirates or coastal defenses of continental countries.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in the naval battles between the Ming army and the Dutch and the Francophiles, the Ming sailors often faced armed merchant ships of Western colonists.

"I hope you will work overtime to complete the project as soon as possible." Looking at the boatwrights who were busy back and forth, Liu Yu said again:

"Now that we've taken over the shipyard, let's start construction on all the shipyards and all the docks."

"As for these merchant ships, there is no need to continue to build, and the idea is to install them on the artillery deck."

Seeing Liu Yu's excited appearance, Xu Ming couldn't help but shake his head and said: "My lord, the largest merchant ships still under construction in the dock are these two, which have consumed a lot of wood in the shipyard, and at the same time, a large number of shipwrights are still building these two armed merchant ships, and there are not many shipwrights in the shipyard at this time."

"At the same time, this ship was converted from a merchant ship, and only one artillery deck was added to the ship, and the naval battle was far inferior to that of the Westerners."

Xu Ming's words were like a basin of cold water poured on Liu Yu, making Liu Yu sober up a lot in an instant.

Liu Yu gradually calmed down,

"That's up to you."

"Bird-building boats." Xu Mingdao.

"Bird boat," Liu Yu was startled and looked at Xu Ming in disbelief.

Bird boats get their name from the fact that they sail at high speeds, like seabirds flying at high speed on the sea.

It was developed from the wave-opening boat of the Jiajing period, with a pointed and thin head, a low hull, and a four-oared oar.

A large number of equipment was carried out in the Ming army, the naval division and even the Zheng army.

"You mean those clippers in Marinetown." Liu Yu also had a slight impression of the bird boats in Shuishi Town.

After all, it was on such a fast boat when he landed in Luzon.

"This bird ship is not another bird boat." Xu Ming shook his head,

"It's a big bird boat." Xu Wendao.

"Because the bird ship is fast and easy to maneuver, it is more useful than the Zhifu ship, so whether it is the Chongzhen period or the time of the country's surname, the big bird ship with a double-layer artillery deck is used as the main force to deal with the red hair."

"Double artillery deck?" Liu Yu was taken aback and hurriedly asked,

"How are these ships built?"

"In fact, it is very simple, that is, to retain the entire structure of the original warship, build another deck on the main deck, the top deck is only slightly lower than the aft tower, so that the original main deck becomes the lower artillery deck, the new deck is the upper artillery deck, the lower deck is equipped with 4 to 8 heavy guns, the upper deck is equipped with about 10 light guns, and the bow can also be equipped with heavy guns." Xu Ming saw Liu Yu's epiphany and continued,

"This kind of ship is not inferior to large armed merchant ships, and it is easy to produce large armed merchant ships, if you want to form a sailor as soon as possible, the big bird ship is a good choice."

Liu Yu thought about it, this kind of large bird ship can be regarded as a medium-sized warship.

Counting the more than 20 light and heavy artillery pieces of various types, it is enough to deal with ordinary pirates, but unfortunately it cannot carry more heavy artillery due to the limitations of the hull, but it is undoubtedly the best choice for the Ming army, which is now lacking everything.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Yu agreed to Xu Ming's plan.

In addition to the two large armed merchant ships built in the shipyard, the rest of the dockyards were all built with large bird ships.

These ships were widely equipped in the Qing court as well as in Taiwan's Zheng army, so they were no strangers to these shipwrights who had fled from Taiwan to Luzon.

With enough materials, these shipwrights didn't need much preparation time to get to work right away.

This is also the reason why Xu Ming proposed to build such ships.