There is a Shiwei village on the southwest coast of Xiamen, because of the proximity to the sea and the superior geographical environment, Yang Feng fell in love with this place at a glance when choosing the address of the shipyard, and the first batch of warships of the Fujian Navy Division was also built here, and today is the day when the first batch of warships were completed and launched.

There were three warships in this batch, and they were the first batch of warships built by the shipyard, so when the battleships were launched today, even Lu Guangbiao, the commander of the Fujian Navy Division, was personally present. At this time, Ma Laohan, the head of the shipyard responsible for supervising the construction of these warships, was explaining the situation of the three warships to Lu Guangbiao.

"Lord Admiral, these three warships are all built according to the blueprints of the sixth-level battleships given by the uncle, although they are sloops, but the speed is not slow, if the drawings given by the uncle are correct, it should be able to run to forty times every half an hour...... Well...... That's about ten knots. In addition, it has a displacement of 450 tons, can carry 20 to 28 guns, and requires a total of 180 officers and men of the naval division. ”

"Not bad...... Nice......"

Lu Guangbiao listened to Ma Laohan's explanation, while looking at the three brand-new warships side by side on the dock, his eyes showed a look of joy that could not be concealed, although he was nominally the commander of the Fujian Navy Division, and commanded 8,000 officers and soldiers of the Navy Division, but the warships in his hand were only three warships used for training and patrolling.

Of course, it is not right to say that there are only three warships, and the last time I fought with the Dutch, I captured two Dutch warships, but even then there were only five of them, which was still too few for the Fujian Navy Division with 8,000 officers and soldiers. Of course, some people may say that there is not a Second Fleet led by Liu Xiang, but Lu Guangbiao knows very well that although the Second Fleet is nominally under his command, firstly, the performance of the Second Fleet's warships is very uneven, and secondly, he also knows that since Yang Feng has divided the Fujian Naval Division into two parts, there may not be no intention to check and balance himself, and if he interferes too much in the Second Fleet, he is very willing to arouse Yang Feng's disgust.

Lu Guangbiao nodded with satisfaction: "Although these three ships are not as large in tonnage as the three warships Qingyuan, Ningyuan, and Liaoyuan that were taken away by the uncle, they are only half a point inferior. It's just that in the opinion of this official, only three ships have been built in the past few months, which is still a little little! Speaking of this, Lu Guangbiao sighed with some regret.

Seeing Lu Guangbiao's somewhat unfinished expression, Ma Laohan comforted: "Don't worry, Lord Admiral, these three warships are just our test hands, and we have trained a lot of apprentices and craftsmen in the past six months." After these three ships are launched, our other two shipyards will be able to start work, and then our three shipyards will start work together, and by the end of the year, we will be able to add twelve more warships to the sailors. ”

"Good!"

Lu Guangbiao nodded with satisfaction: "If we can add twelve more warships, we can also have the power to protect themselves against Zheng Zhilong." At the end of the year, the official will ask the uncle for credit on your behalf, and the uncle will definitely have a reward for you! ”

"Then the little old man borrowed the auspicious words of the Admiral."

Ma Laohan smiled so much that he couldn't see his eyebrows, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. He felt that most of the half year in this shipyard was the happiest time in his life, and the shipyard gave these craftsmen not only a lot of money, but also never withheld on time, like him, who was responsible for supervising the entire shipyard, had five taels of silver every month, not including the work clothes, gloves, shoes, and food and other benefits distributed in the factory, which Ma Laohan had never dreamed of before.

"Look...... Our ship is in the water...... Got into the water......"

I don't know who shouted loudly in the distance, and then I saw a warship on the far left dock under the push of hundreds of people, slowly moving from the slipway towards the sea, under this huge warship is a pad of rolling logs, under the push of everyone, the speed of the ship is getting faster and faster, when the ship leaves the dock and falls into the water, it splashes all over the sky, and also attracts bursts of cheers.

When all three warships entered the water, hundreds of officers and men of the naval division who had been waiting on the wharf for a long time boarded the warships one after another in small boats, and when Lu Guangbiao announced in front of everyone that all the craftsmen of the shipyard would be paid an additional month's salary, the atmosphere on the wharf reached a high tide.

Looking at the thunderous crowd, Lu Guangbiao also showed a pleased smile on his face, he believed that as long as the shipyard continued to operate, the day of Fujian sailors across the ocean would soon come.

"Your Excellency...... Adult ......"

Just when Lu Guangbiao was in a surging mood, a Bai general manager hurriedly ran over and whispered a few words in his ear.

"What...... You repeat? The smile on Lu Guangbiao's face immediately froze.

The general said urgently: "My lord, the Second Fleet sent someone to report, just the day before yesterday, there was an internal strife in the Second Fleet, some officers and officers and soldiers wanted to defect by boat, Vice Admiral Liu led the rest of the officers and soldiers to block them in the port of Fuzhou, the two sides are now facing each other in the port after a short exchange of fire, Vice Admiral Liu sent someone to urgently ask for help from us, this is a letter sent by Vice Admiral Liu for help. ”

Lu Guangbiao couldn't help but scold after reading the letter at a glance: "Damn, it's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and our only five warships have been taken to Tianjin by my uncle, and we haven't come back yet, what can we do to support Deputy Admiral Liu and let us go?" ”

It turned out that with Yang Feng's continuous infiltration of the Second Fleet for most of the past six months, Liu Yizhou was horrified to find that his control over the fleet was constantly decreasing, especially as Liu Xiang became more and more powerful, Liu Yizhou felt that he had a tendency to become more and more marginalized in the fleet, and many brothers who had been obedient to him had gradually stopped listening to him, which made him feel a deep sense of frustration.

It stands to reason that since he took refuge in the imperial court, Yang Feng has been very good to them, the pirates who have taken refuge, not only the salary, welfare, and treatment are exactly the same as those of the officers and men of the First Fleet, but even their establishment has not been dispersed, and they continue to be stationed in Fuzhou in the name of the Second Fleet.

It stands to reason that such generous treatment should be enough to make people satisfied, but human greed knows no bounds. In Liu Yizhou's opinion, although he now has the official position of a thousand presidents, and he also manages thousands of people under his hands, there are too many fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law on his head, not only Liu Xiang, the deputy commander, but also the pacification officer and Sima sent by Yang Feng around him to watch him from time to time, which makes Liu Yizhou, who is used to doing whatever he wants, feel extremely aggrieved.

What made Liu Yizhou even more unhappy was that in the Jiangning Army, neither the salary nor anything was distributed by the officers, but by Sima in the army in front of the officers and soldiers of the whole army, which made Liu Yizhou, who originally wanted to have a hand, not to mention how depressed he was.

Just a few days ago, Liu Yizhou, who felt that he couldn't go on like this, finally decided to leave the Fujian Navy Division and set up his own door. Some people may want to ask, in the past, Liu Xiang and so many of them were forced to live by Zheng Zhilong, but now with Liu Yizhou, can they live better than before?

In fact, Liu Yizhou is not a fool, he dares to break away and naturally has his own confidence. This time after Liu Xiang and they took refuge in Yang Feng, Yang Feng not only did not treat them badly in terms of treatment, but was completely on par with the First Fleet, but also equipped the Second Fleet with one hundred and twenty artillery pieces, including eight-pounder guns and twelve-pounder guns, Liu Yizhou himself was equipped with forty, which is also Liu Yizhou's confidence to dare to break away from the Fujian Naval Division, in Liu Yizhou's view, with these ships and dozens of guns in his hands, he can eat and drink spicy food wherever he goes, so why bother to live by looking at other people's faces.

On 11 July, the Second Fleet of the Fujian Navy Division was stationed at Mawei Harbor

The atmosphere of the originally peaceful port today was particularly tense, dozens of warships flying the sun and moon flags blocked the entire port, and in the middle of these warships, more than a dozen warships were confronting the surrounding warships.

Among the more than a dozen warships that were surrounded, on the deck of one of the largest lucky ships, Liu Yizhou, dressed in iron armor, was constantly looking around, his gloomy face almost dripping water.

At this moment, Liu Yizhou's heart is anxious, if you have to use one word to describe it, it is a dog. Originally, he planned well, and took the opportunity to go out on patrol with more than a dozen warships to take the opportunity to slip away, and by the time Liu Xiang found out that they were gone, they had already run away.

But the plan is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Just before they set sail, a patrolling magistrate conducted a routine inspection of a warship that was out to sea, and found that the warship was carrying supplies many times more than the normal supply, and not only that, but the magistrate also found a large amount of gold, silver, belongings, and daily necessities on the ship.

Mom, you're just out on patrol for two or three days, do you need to prepare food and fresh water for a month or two, and the whole ship is stuffed with a lot of daily necessities, are you going to move?

The frightened pacification officer immediately called the general manager who commanded the ship and ordered them to explain the situation, and the general manager who originally had a ghost in his heart was in a hurry to order the magistrate to take down after the matter was revealed, and this magistrate from the Jiang Ning army naturally would not sit still, and he and the two Jiang Ning soldiers who boarded the ship with him immediately took out the handcuffs they carried with him to resist.

Soldiers are always sensitive to gunfire, although the town officer and two Jiang Ningjun who got on the ship were quickly shot and killed by the sailors on the warship, but the continuous gunfire also alarmed the entire dock, although Liu Yizhou, who realized that something was wrong, ordered the fleet to force out of the port, but was blocked at the port by several other patrol warships that heard the gunshots.

Soon Liu Xiang also heard the news, and realized that Liu Xiang, who had been exposed, completely tore off his disguise, and he immediately asked Liu Xiang to get out of the way and let them leave Hong Kong quickly, otherwise they would have to fight to the death with him.

However, Liu Xiang thought wrongly, his request was changed to the fact that Liu Xiang might still think about it when he hadn't killed the pacification officer and the two Jiangning soldiers, but when he killed the pacification officer, the nature would be different. The suppression officer represents the face and dignity of the Jiang Ning army, Liu Yizhou's people killed the suppression officer, which means that he has completely broken with the Jiang Ning army and will not die, if Liu Xiang dares to let them go, what awaits her is probably Yang Feng's ruthless anger and severe military treatment.

Liu Xiang felt that he immediately ordered Liu Yizhou and others to abandon the ships and surrender to everyone, but Liu Yizhou knew that after he killed the pacification officer, there was no buffer between him and the Jiangning army. Because the military regulations of the Jiangning Army have long been clearly stipulated, any officer or officer who dares to kill the suppression officer is the enemy of the Jiangning Army, and the Jiangning Army will launch an endless pursuit of them.

Although the magistrate and the two Jiangning officers and soldiers were not killed by Liu Yizhou personally, this matter was directly related to him, not to mention that leading the army to defect was an unforgivable crime in any dynasty and any army, so he never thought that Yang Feng would spare him.

It's just that although he thinks so in his heart, in the face of Liu Xiang who rushed to hear the news and the dozens of warships that surrounded him, Liu Yizhou didn't dare to take the lead in firing, because he knew very well that once he fired, he might be able to severely damage Liu Xiang and them, but his party would definitely be blown to pieces by a large number of fleets loyal to Liu Xiang.

And Liu Xiang is the same, although the number of warships she leads is more than Liu Yizhou, but in such a small place, the numerical advantage of warships cannot be brought into play at all, once the battle starts, she can sink more than ten warships of Liu Yizhou and others, but they will not feel good, and Liu Xiang does not dare to fire without authorization.

Liu Xiang blocked Liu Yizhou in the port, and at the same time sent a clipper to Lu Guangbiao to urgently send a letter for help, so the two sides were deadlocked in the port.

Two days have passed, Liu Yizhou and the others have become more and more anxious, whether it is Liu Yizhou or those who are willing to follow him to defect and become pirates again, they all understand that the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for them, just this morning, Liu Yizhou's ships for several days tried to see if they could rush out, but they were resolutely pushed back by Liu Xiang, and the warships of both sides even collided, so the warships of both sides were damaged.

Li Hu, who had a scarred face, said irritably: "Boss, we can't go on with them like this anymore, if we wait for the people of the First Fleet to arrive, we will have no way to get out." In my opinion, let's get out of here! ”

"No way!" There were leaders around who objected: "Big boss...... Well, Liu Xiang has more ships and artillery than us. Now that we're stuck in the harbor again, if we really want to fight them, it won't take half an hour for us to feed the fish in the sea. ”

"So what do you say?" Li Hu glared at the leader: "Do you want to stay here and spend time with them?" Are you looking for death by doing this? ”

"The surname is Li, who do you say is looking for death?" The leader was furious.

"I'm talking about you coward."

The more the two sides talked, the more angry they became, and they were about to stage an all-out martial arts.