The Red House starts from Liaodong

Ding Sheng'an took a few shopkeepers and handed over to Zhou Ji and other housekeepers. The deacons and wives of the inner courtyard gathered in the wife's room one after another.

Gentlemen in the account room, the abacus made a "snap" sound, and checked every expenditure and income.

Among the various affairs, the horse market is the big head, and all of them have to be handed over to the government, so it becomes more and more cumbersome.

There are many things.

But Tanchun handled it in an orderly manner.

After Zhou learned about it, she still told Qin Keqing.

Qin Keqing was noncommittal when she heard the words.

Before the third girl came to Jinzhou, she managed the family affairs. Although the horse market was the foundation laid by the general in advance, it expanded in her hands and became the core business of the family.

Now it is going to be handed over and replaced by the ginseng trade in Jeju Island. Although I know it is the general's idea, I will inevitably feel a little flustered.

However, the general went to pick up the eldest son himself, and took away her thoughts.

Tang Qing'an did not interfere with the family affairs, and left Jinzhou with peace of mind. He was going to Lushun, but knowing that the eldest son was about to arrive, he stayed for half a day.

A convoy soon appeared on the horizon.

Tang Yanqian in the carriage knew that his father was waiting for him. When Ge Shifeng told him that he had seen the general, he finally became happy.

"Father."

Tang Qing'an walked to the carriage and carried his son in his arms.

"I've grown taller, and I've become more and more scaled."

Habits of later generations.

If the child has gained weight, the old man will not let him say that he has gained weight, but only let him say that he is weighing hands, otherwise it is unlucky.

Of course Tang Qing'an is not superstitious, but he is used to saying this.

Putting Tang Yangan on the ground, looking at his young adult appearance, he smiled and touched the top of his son's head, feeling a sense of pride in his heart.

The son has done well and gained a good reputation in North Korea, which exceeded his expectations.

"Father."

Tang Yanqian was delighted to see his father, but also felt embarrassed. He couldn't do the intimacy that he remembered holding his father when he was a child.

I want to get close, but I can't let go of my posture.

After all, several years have passed.

His short childhood began when he could remember, even before he went to North Korea, he and his father spent less time together and more apart.

"Just come back, your mother is waiting for you at home."

Such a precocious demeanor made Tang Qing'an feel distressed, and felt that he owed his son even more.

But he is the Marquis of Ping Liao. Compared with the rioters in the country and the soldiers who died in Liaodong, the matter of their father and son is nothing.

After clearing up his mood, Tang Qing'an suppressed his pity for his son.

Pulling his son Tang Yanqian to ask for a while, Tang Yangan was dispelling the strangeness in his heart and regaining the attachment he had when he was a child, when he heard that his father was leaving.

I just came back, and I have to say goodbye to my father.

The eight-year-old Tang Yanqian was so aggrieved that he almost cried. The short amount of family affection allowed him to let go of the disguise he had learned in North Korea.

Tang Qing'an picked up his son, and quickly put him down again.

Leaving the Jinzhou City Gate.

He is the Marquis of Ping Liao.

Take responsibility.

The affairs of Jinjiang Town, domestic affairs, and foreign affairs are all related to the eternal great cause of the nation.

And life is in a hurry.

Just one barbarian took him eight years.

There are tens of millions of disaster victims in the country, and tens of millions of poor people struggling with hunger. He is not an emperor, but he is a Chinese.

Various natural disasters during the Little Ice Age.

He will not allow the massacre of half of China to happen in history, so these are all difficulties he needs to solve.

The land is dry and dry, and the land is flooded.

According to the memorabilia of local officials, this year there was another severe drought in the north, while hailstorms hit Hainan in the south, destroying countless houses.

This huge hailstorm will last for 11 years and will happen every year.

Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, if there are no accidents, there will be locust plagues covering half a week next year.

Simultaneously.

It was also the beginning of nine consecutive years of floods and rivers bursting their banks.

As for the severe drought where there is no grass growing for thousands of miles, it has been going on for three years.

There will be dozens of earthquakes in the next few years.

There is also the plague in the north, which even spread to the Yangtze River Basin, from Hebei to the capital, and the death of the people in the capital alone was as high as [-]%.

History has changed, but the environment has not.

However, the contradictions that have been accumulated for decades in the Great Zhou Dynasty are simply unable to cope with the continuous natural disasters.

these years.

The civil unrest in Shaanxi has attracted everyone's attention, but a bigger, more concentrated, and more intensive disaster is about to appear.

The ministers were tired of coping, and desperately shouted that the state affairs could not be done.

but.

Tang Qing'an has Liaodong.

Liaodong is different from Nuer Gansi.

Moreover, Nuergansi, which is more bitter and cold than Liaodong, lost here and succeeded here. Compared with the extremely extreme natural disasters in the country, it is a pure land.

The end of the year is approaching.

All the yamen in the country were empty, and the officials of Jinjiang Town, still not on holiday, all started to move.

Tang Qing'an led the officials to inspect various places.

The first stop is Lushun.

The largest shipyard is located in Lushun.

After visiting the newly built dock, shipping officials introduced it to Tang Qing'an, Xie Youcheng, Feng Shengzhi, Gu Yingshi, Li Chengxian, Lin Ruhai and others.

"Currently, the main shipyards of shipping administration still mainly use Fuchuan models, with a total of six specifications, namely No. [-] to No. [-].

Among them, No. [-] and No. [-] are still named Fu Chuan, No. [-] is called Sentinel Boat, also named Grass Boat, No. [-] is named Winter Boat, also named Haicang Boat, and No. [-] is named Bird Boat, also named Kailang Boat. Both fast boats are used. of this ship type. "

In the shipyard, a row of model ships are placed on the table.

The official pointed at these model ships with an agitated tone, trying to keep calm, and introduced them to everyone one by one, and explained their functions in detail.

"The Fuchuan No. [-] is also known as the Dafuchuan, which is responsible for naval battles, but this kind of ship is too deep, difficult to maneuver, and poor in maneuverability.

No. [-], also known as Fu Chuan, is slightly smaller than No. [-], correspondingly, the draft is not deep, and its maneuverability is better than No. [-] Fu Chuan, so the navy often uses No. [-] Fu Chuan. "

Tang Qing'an knew about Spanish galleons and Daming's lucky boats, but he didn't know how to make them.

As far as he knows now, there are thousands of processes for making a lucky boat, each process has its own technology, and it is not something that outsiders can play with in a few words.

There are more naval combat methods.

As the saying goes, the army for ten years and the navy for a hundred years have already explained the truth.

The Qing Dynasty of the later generations could not defeat Zheng Chenggong at sea with the power of a country. In the end, it was the naval generals who surrendered to defeat Zheng Chenggong's descendants.

As a layman, Tang Qing'an did not easily intervene in the navy's combat methods, but put forward his request in a general direction.

Compared with Fuchuan, galleons are more suitable for ocean battles in this era, but Jinjiang Town has no plan to compete for supremacy in the ocean within ten years.

Tang Qing'an looked at the model of the Fuchuan warship in front of him, and listened carefully to the official's introduction.

The lucky boat is as tall as a building, with a low tip and a wide top, with its head raised and its tail high.

There is a gun bed at the bow, which is used to mount large-caliber artillery.A long and sharp metal rod is installed on the left and right sides of the bow near the waterline, which is the ramming angle used to ram the enemy ship.

The stern building has three floors, with guard panels beside it, and wooden parapets and gun beds on it.

There are four decks in the middle of the ship, and the bottom deck is filled with earth and rocks, which are used as counterweights to prevent the ship from floating;

The second floor is where the crew rests;
The third level is where the sail rigging and cooking are stored.

There is a water door on the left and right sides of the ship, which is used for people to get on and off the ship, and a water tank is placed in the middle of the deck to store precious fresh water.

There are wooden anchors at the front and back of the deck, tied with palm cables, and the work of lowering and raising the anchors is completed on the third deck; the uppermost deck is the battle deck, also known as the "balcony", which needs to be accessed from the third deck edge stairs And up.

There are protective fences made of bamboo and wood on both sides of the deck. During the battle, personnel use the fences as a cover to fire artillery arrows at enemy ships.

It is precisely because of the tall hull, good protection and strong attack power that Fuchuan can not only sink enemy ships with rams, but also attack enemies with artillery in naval battles.

It is suitable for the current offshore combat requirements of Jinjiang Town, and it has a stronger transportation capacity than a galleon.

It can not only meet the operational requirements of Jinjiang Town to maintain offshore security, but also achieve the plan of supplementing the fleet capacity and strengthening the southern immigration.

Admirals Shen Yourong, Yan Zhongzheng, and Guerrilla Li were also on the side.

Shen Yourong, Yan Zhongzheng's family members, had quietly immigrated to Jinzhou, and truly merged into Jinjiang Town.

"I heard that there are many pirates in the south, and there are thieves who gather together. They have the power to steal the country, and there are also many warships in the western countries. If a war breaks out, can we deal with them?"

Army Commander Xie Youcheng was unfamiliar with the sea, so he asked cautiously.

Shen Yourong stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Our No. [-] Fuchuan is also the most type of warship used in the army.

There is one Dafa tribute door, six wolf machines for the Great Buddha, three bowl-mouth guns, sixty spray tubes, ten bird-beak guns, one hundred smoke pots, five hundred crossbow arrows, and ten medicine crossbows;
Reserve 100 catties of crude gunpowder, [-] catties of bird gunpowder, [-] bottle of crossbow powder, [-] catties of large and small lead bullets; [-] rockets, and [-] yuan of fire bricks.

Twenty cannons, ten hooks and sickles, ten machetes, twenty ship nail guns, one hundred javelins, twenty rattan plaques, five Ningbo bows, three hundred iron arrows, and one hundred ash cans;

One large flag, one large canopy (sail), one small canopy, two large sculls, two rudders, four anchors, six large cables, and four small cables, each of which is eighteen feet long.

There are also sixty matchlocks, ten cords, and one thousand caltrops.

In addition, the pirates on each ship carried forty catties of nails, fifty catties of oil, sixty catties of hemp, and three loads of ashes;

Each soldier carries a bamboo helmet, a waist knife, and a nail gun. "

Shen Yourong used a thin stick to point and point on the half-person-high model, and reported various things in detail.

It can be seen that even though he has become a general, the senior generals of the navy are still very familiar with various affairs at the grassroots level.

Otherwise, you won't be able to speak eloquently and answer meticulously when someone asks you casually.

Considering that Xie Sima and even the general are not familiar with water warfare, he did not use the military terminology in the army, and used popular language.

"For the standard equipment of the army, the military commander advocates that the more unified the better, but the sea is vast, and warships often sail at sea for more than a month without being able to be replenished.

Therefore, a large number of supplies have been stored to make the ship self-sufficient.

Moreover, water warfare is ever-changing, relying on ships and tools, and all kinds of weapons must be stored in order to achieve a perfect strategy and adapt to various needs. "

Shen Yourong finally looked at the general.

The current main opponent of the Jinjiang Town Navy is pirates. Although it is difficult to defeat pirate ships, it is not difficult. It is rare to find and chase pirates on the sea.

Time consuming and often unproductive.

The current warships and configuration have greatly extended the time for ships to patrol the sea.