It is not only the flag army that is bound by Caodian, but also the military craftsmen and Yu Ding of Xiangshan are also bound.

With the ordnance orders from Luhu and pirate Wang Linfeng in Nanhai County, the Xiangshan Military Weapons Bureau is currently short of scale, which will undoubtedly affect the huge demand for arms after Chen Mu is promoted to commander.

To this end, Chen Mu recruited a group of craftsmen, more than 30 families as his craftsmen, entered the Xiangshan Military Weapon Bureau, engaged in the work of guarding hammers day and night, operating saw machines, and then joined the career of casting cannons after he was proficient.

For Chen Qianhu, casting cannons is the most important thing in Xiangshan.

The addition of new craftsmen cannot increase the speed of making weapons in Xiangshan. The biggest change is that the Military Weapon Bureau will introduce a large blast furnace with a sunrise of 700 kilograms from Foshan Town, Nanhai County at a high price, and hire three good craftsmen from Foshan, to draw iron into wire, and to tie armor in a series of armor to teach the Military Weapon Bureau's craftsmen who are specializing in armor production.

Chen Mu gave these three arches a wage of up to one tael of three workers, and hired them for two months, which totaled sixty taels. Not only did he learn to make chain mail, but he also learned to make scale mail and arm guards, laying a solid foundation for the future production of Chinese plate armor.

Of course, whether it is the wages or the social teachers’ money, they all go to the Xiangshan treasury account. Anyway, there is too much silver in Xiangshan treasury that it is impossible to spend.

Chen Mu's own money is too much to spend.

There is no shortage of ship craftsmen Xiangshan. Every Yuting basically repairs a ship. There are more than 170 Yutings from Xiangshan Shipyard to learn how to build ships with the ship craft sent by Guangzhou Prefecture. The matter of repairing Lin Feng's thirty lucky ships was brought quickly. One of the four hundred-material lucky ships was directly demolished by the boat craftsman. Three-story wooden houses were built on it, allowing the carpenter to carve exquisite decorations, and at the same time modifying the hull, adding and decreasing the structure, creating a pleasure boat.

Now that it has entered the stage of painting and painting, Su Sanniang, who lives in Guangcheng, has come to see it and is very satisfied with the painting boat. At most, it will enter the river and reopen the Yangui boat in September.

In addition to textiles, Yu Ding of Xiangshan divided the logging, fishing, breeding and other matters according to the general banner of the family's flag army. When all the farming matters are stopped, they will specialize in farming.

There are few fragrant mountains, so this distribution is just right.

In early August, Guan Yuangu came to pay homage to Chen Mu happily, and was happy.

"Thousands of households, four two-pound cannons with different materials have been built and loaded, and... the ten hundred-material warships in Xiangshan Shipyard have been created!"

Chen Mu has been waiting for a long time. In March this year, they demolished a sloop boat worth five feet and three feet long from the Franchise Shipyard, and then began to imitate it according to its characteristics. Five months have passed, and although ten small boats of 100 materials have been built, this is the first batch of self-built ships in Xiangshan Shipyard, which also made Chen Mu feel happy.

"Go to the shipyard!"

The horse was led by the horse, and the horse was followed by the way. More than ten people rode their horses and rolled up the earth dragon and galloped towards the shipyard.

When he arrived at the official road of the shipyard, he could see ten ships moored in the shallow sea in the evening and dismounted on the shore. Chen Mu felt that these express ships with different styles from Western sloop boats were very consistent with his aesthetic.

"So big? Guan Jiang, tell me about the process of building a ship and the characteristics of this ship."

Guan Yuangu was prepared and said to Chen Mu: "In March this year, the shipyard demolished the Western boat. Its structure is simple. What is different from my boat is one in the ribs, two in the cabins, and three in the bottom."

"My ship has fewer dragon ribs in the compartment, and many dragon ribs in the compartment have no compartment. The bottom of my ship is pointed, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, round at the top and wide at the bottom; so the left and right of the ship is more stable, and cannons can be installed." Guan Yuangu said these things very well, and even excited. "In April, he consumed 140 yuan in material and 520 yuan in work, causing a fast ship to imitate its round bottom, and the ship was extremely slow, so he dismantled it and abandoned it."

"In May, the waves rushed to the shark and came ashore. The boatman slightly repaired his head and tail, and imitated the fish with a pointed head, wide body and narrow tail. It was a warship and a heavy artillery battle for thousands of households. It was made of a round bottom of the barbarian ship. It was a single-mast hard sail. After entering the HQ, it took 160 miles and eight hours to reach Xinhui. Only two five-jin cannons were left to be fired. One was blown up. The ship was fine, so it was recommended to be customized."

Guan Yuangu's expression was extremely normal when he said that the five-jin Guan cannon was blown up on the ship, without blinking, which made Chen Muguang want to laugh.

"Not counting the corners of the boat, the bottom is five and six feet long, the widest is one and four feet, the materials are 234, and the labor is 740, and all the materials are used are good materials, which consumes 144 taels of silver and can carry 188 stones of rice." Guan Yuangu was very proud of the Supervisor's creation of such a sea boat. The old craftsman's loose face was full of radiance, and he clasped his fists and said, "The ship's shape has been determined, and the crew is 20 or 30, and there are four five-jin cannons and six Franc machines. It is no problem."

Since Chen Mu got to the shipyard, a craftsman has already gone to drive the boat. Now he has rowed a sampan. Chen Mu nodded with satisfaction and took Guan Yuangu onto the sampan, boarding the ship to inspect the warship.

He said that the ship was built, and it looked one-third larger than the original sloop boat. Now Guan Yuangu said that it really used more than 200 materials and more than 18 meters in length. During this period, it could be called a medium-sized warship on the East Asian sea. Although it was not as big as the 400-liter ship, it happened to be used together.

What's more, in the future, the ship carried the Xiangshan Military Weapons Bureau's newly built five-jin cannons and Fran aircraft, which can not only cause damage to the small hull, but also cause damage to the enemy on the ship. If it is small, it cannot be installed, and if it is large, it is useless.

Chen Mu's expected main navy ship was not that small!

Even if the ten-pound cannon was built, the ship could only place one door at the bow. That kind of big guy was still inappropriate for the side of the ship. Moreover, the stern of the ship was equipped with a large fishing net and fishing gear according to Chen Mu's request.

Chen Mu's positioning of this ship is not only an offshore patrol and defense clutch, but also an armed fishing boat for the future garrison.

The hull has only been painted with tung oil, not painted yet, nor has it been painted with fish scales or black as usual. The ship is also unmodified, leaving only four cannon windows for setting cannons. The Franchis is a killing cannon, and the recoil is low, and the spiral frame on the side of the boat is where they are.

Although both inside and outside are new hulls, the boat also looks like a high building on the bow and stern. There are compartments on both sides of the bottom and under the bow and stern, with passages in the middle, and there are four-foot high pavings on both sides of the compartment, with a deck above, which is barely enough to turn over and be ventilated.

There are turrets at the bow and stern, but the underside of the forecastle is a wooden structure that enhances the impact angle. The structure that enhances the impact of the upper and lower bottom can ensure that a mortar can be placed on it, and the inside is the kitchen, which leads to the bottom warehouse.

Sails are not mats, and Xiangshan is not as rich as pirates. Their sails are good canvas bought by Tuquan merchants, which are lighter and easier to lift sails.

Such a ship, in addition to the uncomfortable rest of the sailors and is not suitable for close combat, can have a great advantage in artillery battles throughout the Asian sea, which is in line with Chen Mu's expectations.

"Since it's the inspiration for sharks, it's called Xiangshan Shark Boat. It seems that building a large ship is going to wait for whales to rush to the sea."

Chen Mu smiled as he said that, and he understood a little bit, and waved his hand: "Let the shipyard continue to build. This summer, the entire shore will build shark boats. When I go back, I will draw the big ships, and after I dismantle Pereira and send the big black ships, I will compare them one by one. Next year, I will talk about building cannons - let's go see the cannons."

Good morning! Fujian produces canvas, which comes from the "Great Chinese Chronicle" by the Portuguese missionary Zeng Dezhao. "Produces gold, sugar, good canvas, and various good papers, with high quality and cheapness."
Chapter completed!