"My lord, your soldiers have no deficiencies in individual training, if there is any deficiency, it is that the movements of musketeers are not very standardized, which is a very dangerous thing in battle!"

Back in Zhaojiazhuang, Wicklas was called to report on their achievements these days, and Yu Feng also wanted to see what they could see from the perspective of a bystander.

As Wicklas spoke, several sailors around him nodded their heads and said yes, now, they should be called teachers, with a high salary of five taels of silver a month, and they should make some contributions in general.

"According to your discipline, the movements of the musketeers are not standardized, what method is used?" Now that he knows his own shortcomings, Yu Feng is of course as good as a stream, and directly asks for a solution.

"The instructor generally breaks down a set of movements into one by one, and then the soldiers practice according to it, if they still can't practice, such a soldier can only be a spearman, and the musket is not a weapon suitable for him!" Viklas said, but there was a little hesitation between his words.

Yu Feng looked at his expression in his eyes and said lightly: "If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly, don't be afraid if you say it wrong!" ”

"My lord, the soldiers' movements are not standardized, there was no strict training before, it is one aspect, and the quality of the musket is also one aspect, if it is strictly trained in accordance with the drill code of the Spanish infantry phalanx, the musketeer used by the musketeer, I am afraid that it is not qualified!"

"Be more detailed!" Yu Feng frowned, to be able to drum up such a firearm, Liu Shengmin and they did their best, but they were not at home during this time, and these craftsmen couldn't slack off.

Although Viklas was not an expert in making weapons, they were extremely skilled in using weapons, especially the gunpowder weapons that had been widely equipped in Europe. Although the craftsmen under Yu Feng made the style of the fire gun in Yu Feng's heart, and the range was also improved, there was still a lot of distance compared to the muskets that had been equipped with armies in Europe at the same time.

Although the accuracy of the smoothbore gun is a common problem, if a large number of musketeers fire at the same time, the fire is concentrated, this problem seems to be less important, and at this time, the range is critical. In Europe, the range of ordinary muskets can reach a hundred paces, and the best musket made by Yu Feng's men is only seventy or eighty paces, and whether it is muzzle sludge or main charge ignition, it is several grades lower than the musket used by Vicras in the past. These seemingly small problems, when piled up, are very shocking.

Loading, gun manipulation, aiming, shooting and other training are the basic training process of musketeers, but now, in addition to gun handling and aiming, it doesn't take much effort to correct, loading and shooting, in the eyes of these old mercenaries of Vicras, Yu Feng's soldiers, even the requirements of the European peasant soldiers, according to their speed, fire one shot, the other party has fired at least three shots, which is not much different from suicide on the battlefield.

To summarize in a simple sentence, the musket that Yu Feng is using now is a copycat, and if it is used in accordance with the requirements of genuine licensed goods, either the gun is finished, or the person is finished.

"My lord, with all due respect, you need craftsmen, professional and skilled weapon craftsmen, otherwise, your musketeers will be vulnerable in front of a combat-ready enemy!"

Yu Feng was silent, what Wicklas said was right, but it is not so easy to really find skilled craftsmen, I am afraid it is not so easy, go to the ocean to find it, it is time-consuming and laborious, not to mention, it is not guaranteed, however, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and even Macao, these places that have already opened ports, it seems that Western craftsmen should be easier to find, that is the territory of the Zheng family, and it is convenient to come and go now, do you want to send someone to recruit some back.

"I know about this, you still train as usual on weekdays, and I'll solve the problem of muskets!" He opened his mouth and said, "However, I have called you here today not mainly for this purpose, but for another thing to tell you?" ”

When Wicklas and the others heard this, they all gathered their faces and waited for Yu Feng's next words.

"You have also seen my port, it is really not very lenient, your Asuka is parked in the port, there are a lot of obstacles, besides, this ship was also bought back by you for money, and now it is a waste to be idle here, you should not live on the ship, turn back on the shore, buy some decent houses, and save you the hard work of running back and forth! What do you think? ”

"Your Excellency wants to buy our ship?" Wicklas's face was happy, the Flying Bird came all the way to the east, and it went around for a few years, and it was not repaired much, and it was very dilapidated now, and the only eye-catching cannon on the ship had been dismantled and placed on the battery in the port, and this ship should be of little value in the eyes of Yu Feng.

They have a good income, enjoy the respect of Yu Feng's subordinates, and have no intention of going to the sea to earn those hard-earned money, for this ship, there has been no plan to settle it, Viklas thought about whether to sell his ship to a certain merchant, and once spread the news among the Fujian shipowners who came and went in the port, but there has been no response.

"It's not me who bought it, it's a friend of mine, and with this thought, it just so happens that your boat is also idle, so I'll ask, if you want, you can see him tomorrow!"

"Yes, of course I do! But ...... the price? "What is Vikras unwilling, this ship is worthless, and it can be sold for thousands of taels of silver, if you meet a rich nobleman, I am afraid that it can be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver, with this money, these people can be more at ease in the territory of Lord Yu. As long as he is still serving Lord Yu, then safety or something will not be a problem.

"You can tell him the price yourself, I'm just a middleman!"

When Wei Mingqing arrived, he was greeted not only by Yu Feng, but also by a few more high-nosed and deep-eyed fans, Wei Mingqing was not surprised at all. However, his reaction made Yu Feng's subordinates secretly exclaim a few times, this big man from Jining Mansion is not ordinary, when he saw Fan people, it was like seeing ghosts, and they were actually commonplace.

Yu Feng's original plan was very clear, the private salt, the current territory, to Wei Mingqing, that is not to think about, if Wei Mingqing has the ability, can open a world in Qingzhou Yanzhou, he can give the green light to the supply of salt, but it is definitely not possible to come directly to pick peaches.

Does Wei Mingqing have that ability? Of course not, to put it bluntly, he is a cautious official eunuch, otherwise, he would not have wanted to do private salt trading and was beaten by Yu Feng with a stick. However, since he sought to be in front of Yu Feng, Yu Feng naturally wanted to envelop him.

This private salt trade can't let him interfere, then, the means that Yu Feng uses to envelop people is only the current private port, to be honest, if the private port is just for the Zheng family or the Bu family, it is too much of a loss, since the Zheng family and the Bu family can do it, one more Wei family is nothing, there is this opportunity, pull Wei Mingqing into his own camp, and he doesn't have to spend much money on himself, why not do it. The only thing he has to do is to help this person ask about the ship, this matter is nothing, there is a Western sailing ship in his port, if he can see it, he can pull a line himself. Come to think of it, Wei Mingqing always has the net worth to buy a boat!

The sea ship bought by the Bu family, it is estimated that in a few days, it will be in hand, then, in the fleet of the Bu family, there is such a Western sailing ship, the Bu family may not be unwilling, the ships on the sea, more sense of security will always be greater, not to mention, the Bu family is in Jining, some things, but also have to be taken care of by Wei Mingqing's father, with such a relationship, the movement of the two families will definitely be more frequent in the future.

This operation is simply a win-win situation, and everyone is happy.

Wei Mingqing is not ambiguous, after arriving in Zhaojia Village, his ass is not yet hot, and he has to go to the port to see, these requirements, of course, Yu Feng meets them one by one, and investors look at the investment environment, isn't this a matter of course?

Wei Mingqing took a turn in the port, and went on the Flying Bird to take a look, but he was very satisfied, and the rest was to negotiate the price with Vikras.

After some bargaining, the Asuka finally changed its owner at a price of five thousand taels, with the additional condition that Viklas must send his own men to teach the Wei family's men to use the sailboat.

Five thousand taels, in the eyes of Wicklas, that is an out-and-out huge amount of money. When he was deceived into getting the Asuka in his hands, he only spent about half the value of silver coins, and he was already very satisfied with the price at which he could sell it.

Whether it is Yu Feng or Wei Mingqing, they don't take this money too seriously, although five thousand taels is a lot, but it is not too difficult for Wei Mingqing's family to take it out, and this boat was bought and went to sea with the Bu family's boat, how much of a guarantee can there be, how much profit can be made by going to North Korea, Wei Mingqing still specially asked someone for advice, if you are lucky, these five thousand taels will be lost, and it will become ten thousand taels or twenty thousand taels when you go down.

Of course, in this era, there are still risks when going to sea, in addition to human factors, begging for food at sea still has to be favored by God, under normal circumstances, ten ships go to sea, and when they come back, there are one or two less, it is not a very strange thing, high income and high risk, this point of psychological preparation Wei family still has. If it sinks on the first trip to sea, then you can only blame your own family for being unlucky, and you don't have that financial luck, but you can't blame others.