Ming Zuo

Chapter 405
This time, the capture of the Dengzhou Navy has yielded a lot.

E Honglue and others came back after a circle and told Zuo Menggeng a good news.

"General, the wood stored here is all intact. We have the materials to build the warship, and it may not be long before you can see a brand-new warship."

Dengzhou is both a navy station and a shipyard, so a large amount of fine wood is stored.

When it was decided to put the naval station in Jiaozhou Bay, the raw material was a very headache for Zuo Menggeng.

Shandong is not without trees, but it is not that trees can be cut down and used for shipbuilding.If nothing else, the desorption of wood alone will take at least three to four years.

Although Zuo Menggeng was mentally prepared for the construction of the navy, of course he was happier if he could be faster.

Now that the Dengzhou Navy has been captured, a large amount of wood that can be used directly has been harvested, and the problem of shipbuilding has been solved at once.

But Zuo Menggeng looked at another person.

"Wei Qingzhao, have you read all the drawings?"

The young people are the second graduates of Zuozhuang Academy.

Originally, Xu Ruolin planned to keep her, but Zuo Menggeng asked her to come over and joined E Honglue's team to be responsible for the construction of the warship.

The first problem before them was to understand the drawings of the Galen ship given by Zuo Menggeng.

The young man hesitated, but told the truth.

"Participate in the seat, give us some more time, some data have not been verified yet. However, we have miniaturized the ship, which has reduced the difficulty of construction a lot, and can be put into production soon."

The blueprint of the Victory that Zuo Menggeng took out was a first-class battleship, with a displacement of more than [-] tons.

With the current shipbuilding technology of Ming Dynasty, it is absolutely impossible to build it.

Therefore, he proposed the concept of miniaturization to reduce the difficulty of construction.

At present, it seems that his idea is feasible, and E Honglue, Wei Qingzhao and others have made progress.

Of course, this is actually due to the fact that the mainstream ships in the sea are Galen ships.

Although the Galen ships in various countries are slightly different, they are similar. It is not difficult for the Portuguese such as E Honglue to understand the construction technology of the British.

The problem of the boat is solved, the problem of the craftsman is solved, and the problem of the material is solved.

In front of the new army, there is also the issue of naval prisoners of war.

When seeing the prisoners of war, Zuo Menggeng even suspected that something was wrong with his eyes.

I saw that the prisoners of war were actually divided into three parts in the huge open space.They are far away from each other, and there are occasionally insults.

"How is this going?"

Qiao Shuangcheng was also dumbfounded.

"I don't know, these prisoners originally belonged to three divisions. Some belonged to the original Dengzhou navy, some belonged to the Dongjiang rebels, and some belonged to the former Tianjin navy."

Zuo Menggeng understood, this was to catch three groups of people in one go.

Except for the East General Rebels, the other two groups were not very satisfied with the current situation.

A general with a cross talk accent is very loud.

"We came from Tianjin, and we are also the official army. Well, consider us traitors too? Where can I make sense? After I report to the court, let's see what happens to you."

The new army soldier next to him raised his hand to be a gun butt, and when he smashed it, he cried for his father and mother, and honestly hugged his head and turned into a quail.

To these people, no matter where they were originally, Zuo Menggeng didn't care, he just ordered: "Identify them. Those who are skilled, capable, and of good quality will be absorbed. The rest will be escorted to Jiaozhou Bay. to repair the pier."

He doesn't care, but someone does.

The smoke and waves shake the sky and the sky is blue, and the buildings and halls are scattered against the setting sun.

Beautiful scenery, but can not stop the passers-by.

At the gate of Dengzhou City, a scribe in his thirties, looking at the heavily guarded appearance, hesitated several times before not daring to go forward.

Previously, he had been staying in Qixia. Yesterday, he heard that the official army had recaptured Dengzhou, so he hurried over there.

However, seeing the soldiers at the gate of the city being closely interrogated, he was very frightened.What should I do with my father's entrustment in the event of an unforeseen event and a small death?
He stood by the side of the road and watched for a while, only to find that the people came and went as usual.Although the soldiers questioned one by one, it was not difficult.

With so many people going in and out, those soldiers didn't even ask for money.

This more or less reassured him, gritted his teeth, and stepped forward.

A young officer stopped in front of him and asked, "Where did this gentleman come from?"

The courteous address surprised the scribe, and happily replied: "Henan, Guide House."

The officer frowned and continued to ask, "Is your way out?"

The scribe hurriedly took it out and handed it to the officer, and the officer took it and found it tricky.

"Is Mr. official?"

It turns out that although everyone has a guide, the above is still slightly different.On the way of this scribe, there is actually the big seal of the Henan Provincial Commissioner and the Patrol Commissioner, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The scribe cupped his hands and said a little.

"My father was an official in the court."

The officer pointed the way back to him, out of the way.

Seeing that everything went well, the scribe let out a long sigh of relief.As you enter the city, keep an eye on it.

He found that this group of officers who recovered Dengzhou City was slightly different from what he had seen before.

Although the military uniforms of these officers are generally similar to those of the Ming army, they are more neat and tidy, and there are many differences in the sanctions.

In particular, these officers and soldiers were not wearing battle jackets, and the trousers of the lower body were exposed.The shoes under his feet are neither cloth boots nor straw sandals, but a strangely styled cotton-padded shoe.

The scribe's father was a high-ranking member of the imperial court and had a lot of experience with the army.The scribes, under the influence of their ears and eyes, naturally understood a little bit.

He found that the popularity of firearms in this group of officers was very high, and almost every soldier held a firearm.

He did not see the medicine pool on the fire gun, and the style of the fire gun was completely different from the bird gun used by the Ming army.The sun shines on it, and the barrel flickers and flashes, which shows its fineness.

Where did this army come from?

Full of doubts, the scribe walked into Dengzhou City.

And everything in the city surprised him even more.

When he thought about it, he had just experienced the war, and the city must be dilapidated and lifeless.

As a result, the shops on both sides of the road were already open for business, and the pedestrians on the road walked at ease, as if nothing had happened.

"Wacky, really weird!"

The scribe muttered, but fortunately he remembered the business and stopped a passerby to ask for advice.

"Second brother invited, dare to ask how to get to Qi's residence?"

The passerby laughed.

"In this Dengzhou City, there are still people who don't know where Qi's residence is?"

He gave directions, and the scribe thanked him and went all the way.

An exquisite compound next to Dengzhou Wei, the gate is now closed, and the inside and outside are isolated.It seems that everything that happens in this city has nothing to do with the people inside.

An old man in his sixties was sitting under the locust tree in the courtyard at this time. Although he was holding a book in his hand, his eyes were wandering.

There was an abrupt knock on the courtyard door, and an old woman and a middle-aged man rushed out of the room, all of them with panic on their faces.

"master……"

Although the old man looked desolate, he was as steady as Mount Tai.

"Don't be impatient, my Qi family has nothing to do with the world, no matter if the city head changes the king's flag, you can sit back and relax."

After all, he motioned the middle-aged man to open the door.

The middle-aged man carefully opened the courtyard door and saw several heavily armed soldiers standing outside.The leader can't see the official title, it's about a small flag.

The soldier came to the door, making the middle-aged man extremely nervous.

"I don't know what the military lords are doing?"

The "Xiaoqi" was very polite, raising his hand to his eyebrows, as if it were some kind of etiquette.

"We belong to the new army and are responsible for maintaining order in the city. Now that the rebels in the city have been eliminated and the market has recovered, please rest assured. If you need any help, you can report to the sentry at the street."

The middle-aged man was suspicious, but he didn't expect these soldiers to come to the door, but they didn't extort money.

"Thank you for telling me."

The little flag nodded and walked away with the people.

The middle-aged man froze at the door for a while, still puzzled.For the first time in my life, I saw such a polite Qiu Ba, who did not disturb the people.

He didn't see that after the little flag took a few steps, he looked back at the plaque on the mansion gate, and his eyes were full of doubts.

"Qi Mansion?"

The middle-aged man closed the door, went back to the old man, and told the old man: "Father is relieved, several soldiers came to the door, thinking that they were going to extort money, and they were going to send some silver money. But they asked a few words and returned Said that the market has calmed down, and you can go out with confidence, and then left."

The old man was as amazed as he was.

"The soldiers didn't disturb the people?"

The middle-aged man went back again, opened the courtyard door, and observed by lying on the crack of the door.

I saw the little flag officer knocking on the door one by one with people, and after the people inside came out, they just said a few words and left without any act of asking for money.

The family was amazed, and they were even more puzzled by the officers who had recaptured Dengzhou City.

(End of this chapter)