1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 111 Fisheries and Shipbuilding
When everyone heard that someone was robbing, they immediately jumped down from the back of the carriage, and Yu Fukun and another guard stood in front of the boys.

Qi Tian and the four teenagers quickly held the muskets and began to load gunpowder and bullets.

Standing in front of the carriage were three ragged men with withered faces. Two of them were carrying knives, and one was holding a wooden stick.

Niu Jinmin held a long knife and watched the movements of the three people on the opposite side vigilantly.Judging by their body shape and skin color, they don't look like aborigines, but all of them have loose hair and messy beards, so they can't see their faces clearly.

The old bangzi had a sore nose, threw the knife in his hand on the ground, and sat down on his buttocks, "I am Zhang Baosheng, nicknamed the old bangzi, who you didn't catch. If you want to kill or cut, it's up to you! ... However, in the near future Before you die, give us a full meal!"

The other two also dropped their knives and sticks, and fell weakly on the ground, looking at Niu Jinmin helplessly.

Niu Jinmin was amused, he turned to look at Yu Fukun, meaning, what should we do?
Yu Fukun came over and looked at the "savage" who called himself Old Clapper. He looked like he hadn't eaten for a few days and was sitting on the ground shaking.

"Give him a drink of water first, then tie him up and take him back to the camp." Yu Fukun shook his head, maybe these three people might be the last thieves caught.As for the others, they may have died in the mountains and forests.Coincidentally, there has been a lack of manpower at the iron mine, and with three more people, more iron ore can be collected every day.

In the early morning of the next day, Qi Tian boarded a captured Cangshan boat with three teenagers, and sailed towards the bay not far from the shore.

The ancient Hanzhou has never had a large-scale foreign population for thousands of years.And the waters around the continent of Hanzhou are naturally rich in fishery resources.

In the later generations of Australia, the fishing area is 16% larger than the land area, and it is the third largest fishing area in the world. There are more than 3000 kinds of seawater and freshwater fish and more than 3000 kinds of crustacean and mollusc aquatic products, but they have been commercialized. Only about 600 species are sexually caught.

In the past, Cao Xiong's fleet fled in a hurry from the coast of Daming, not to mention fishing nets, not even fishing rods.But the last time I went back and forth to Batavia, there were many people in the camp, but none of them thought of buying fishing nets, fishing gear and other fishing tools.

Now, only relying on catching incoming pirate ships is the ability to go fishing in the sea.

With one net, you can easily catch hundreds of fish of various species, such as abalone, crayfish, perch, salmon, tuna and spiny perch.

For the sake of the cook in the cafeteria, the sailors threw all the smaller fish into the sea, leaving only big fish.

"In the future, even if we don't have enough food, we don't have to worry about it!" Qi Yuanshan said with a smile, "Two people can't finish such a big fish!"

Qi Tian nodded. The huge amount of fish caught can not only supplement the body's protein in large quantities, but also reduce food consumption.Next time in Batavia, we must buy more fishing nets and gear, otherwise, this natural granary on the sea will be wasted.

Qi Tian roughly calculated that such a boat could catch at least two or three tons of fish in one day. Apart from satisfying the appetites of more than 600 people in Jianye City and Heishanbao and more than 100 pirate captives, there are many more less excess.Then, if you can't eat it, you can only pickle it with salt, hang it outside to dry, and turn it into dried salted fish.

Of course, the extra fish can also improve the food of the indigenous people, allowing them to taste new delicacies again.

"This place is really good!" Chen Dalang looked at the fish caught in a net with a smile on his face, "It is several times more than the fish in the sea near our Dengzhou!...Look, you can see it with the naked eye. A fish floating in the sea!"

"Indeed! Immigrants who come here from Daming in the future may not necessarily be rich and powerful, but they will definitely not starve to death!" Niu Jinmin, naked to the waist, bent over, and threw some small fish over the side of the boat one by one.

At this time, there are thousands of miles of barren land in the north of Daming, and there are thieves one after another. After two or three years, the Later Jin Tartars will break into the territory of Daming, burn and destroy border towns, large and small, and plunder countless people and livestock, and keep bleeding Daming.

In the south of the Ming Dynasty, the cultivation of silk and hemp became more and more extensive, and the area of ​​grain was reduced year by year. A large amount of food from Southeast Asia such as Annan and Champa was imported. As a result, the south, which was originally a land of fish and rice, could no longer achieve food self-sufficiency.

All in all, after the Jiashen Heaven Change, the entire continent will be massacred and starved to death beyond tens of millions!

Thinking up to this point, Qi Tian always has an inexplicable sense of mission.If we develop faster in Hanzhou, our strength will be stronger, and our savings will be more.So, even if we can't stop that Jurchen from wreaking havoc on Daming and replace it, can we rescue more helpless and unfortunate people?
It is necessary to build a ship, and to build a ship, it is necessary to build a dock.We do not have the expertise and experience in shipbuilding.It doesn't matter, we can start with a ship repair shop.

The big deal is to start with small fishing boats, which is also a kind of technological advancement.

After experiencing a lot of fishing experience, Qi Tian turned his attention to the construction of the ship repair yard on the southwest side of the pier.

Qi Tian knows nothing about the shipbuilding industry. All he knows is the various warships and pirate ships in the computer stand-alone game "The Age of Discovery", as well as Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom in the documentary "The Rise of Great Powers". The galleon of the colonial empire, the Dreadnought-class steel battleship.

However, with a small ship repair shop, can a classic sailing warship or merchant ship be hatched?

They had to go digging people, no matter if they were Dutch, Portuguese, or even Daming people, they had to do everything possible to bring back some shipbuilding craftsmen.Otherwise, in the future, how to expand and protect maritime trade routes is no matter how to protect the thousands of miles of waters of the Hanzhou mainland.

As for now, honestly building a ship repair shop that can provide simple ship maintenance seems to be enough for now.We don't have the strength to project force and influence outward.

Widely planting grain, accumulating strength, seeking self-protection, and slowly making enemies, this is the current development principle of Jianye City in the next two years.

It took a week to mobilize more than 50 people to build a ship repair shop and build a dock at the same time.The craftsmen drove another of the captured pirate ships into the ship repair shop for a comprehensive renovation and upgrade, so that this Haicang ship could have stronger ocean navigation capabilities.

Qi Tian didn't care whether those craftsmen could understand or not, he told them the shapes and characteristics of all kinds of excellent sea ships he learned from "The Great Navigation Era" with words and pictures.Expect, to add some advanced concepts to their meager technical reserves.

"How about taking this boat and practicing your skills?" Qi Tian said tentatively.

"Okay, sir." Frank Ian has mastered a lot of Chinese after several months of communication, "We will try to modify this ship. ... However, its shape has been fixed. Its sail layout is being tested to hopefully improve its sailing capabilities."

Qi Tian nodded. In fact, a traditional Ming Dynasty Haicang ship really cannot undergo major transformation.Like these craftsmen, he tried to rearrange its mast and sails to see if he could increase its speed without affecting its handling safety.

If feasible, then, when Cao Xiong's fleet returns, the other two Haicang ships can be modified.

In the South Seas, the Haicang ships and Cangshan ships of the Ming Dynasty were no longer suitable for long-distance ocean voyages.Not only is the speed of the ship slow, but the cargo capacity is also small.The best way is to buy several ready-made Galen ships, or flute-shaped ships, from the Dutch.

In Qi Tian's mind, the best sailing ship is the clipper ship invented in the mid-nineteenth century.Its speed can reach 12-14 knots, and it may only take a week from Batavia to Jianye City, and it only takes more than 20 days to reach Daming.The clipper ship is simply the "supersonic speed" among sail transport ships!
In the evening, when Qi Tian returned to the camp, he found that Niu Hu, the "general commander" of the aboriginal people, was also there, reporting the situation of the aboriginal people to Yu Fukun.

"You mean, in the past few days, many indigenous people have come from the inland? ... For us, this is a good thing!" Yu Fukun said disapprovingly.

"Well, those natives came here one after another. There are forty or fifty of them, and there are ten or twenty of them. Women, children, old people, young and old... But, many of them are wounded."

"what do you mean……"

"They were all broken into the tribal camp and escaped."

"Could it be that a powerful indigenous tribe appeared deep in the interior?" Yu Fukun immediately realized the hidden information behind this incident.

"Probably... right." Niu Hu scratched his head, "That's why I rushed back from the Black Valley to report this matter."

"Huzi, you can learn from one another when you think about it now!" Yu Fukun couldn't help but praise Niuhu.

"Didn't I study with Xiaotian for a few days, what..., to explore the inner essence of things through the surface of things." Niu Hu smiled at Qi Tian innocently.

(End of this chapter)