Zhu Linmiao thought for a moment and instructed Zheng Chenggong: "The two 300-ton warships will be renamed 'Fuzhou' and 'Jianchang'. This is the first state capital he led the Dragon Guard Army to recapture from the Qing army, which is quite commemorative.

"In the future, ships of the same size were named after the state capital. The larger ships were called by the names of the provinces.

"As for those sentinel ships and arson ships, they are named after the loyal names of all dynasties." He pointed to the two nearest sentinel ships, "For example, these two ships are called 'Changping Hou Weiqing' and 'Champion Hou Huo Quai'." ”

"Yes." Zheng Chenggong nodded and wrote down, "When my subordinates turned around, they rearranged the names of all the warships according to the instructions of the lord. ”

After the deployment of the sailors was completed, Zhu Linmiao did not stay much in Mawei, and rushed back to Fujing on the same day, but wrote a letter before leaving, asking the speedboat to send it to Macao to be handed over to the director of the Customs Department.

After taking him away, Zheng Chenggong asked his subordinates to sail the two 300-ton warships back to Mawei Port, and sent another person to contact the Yongbeili Shipyard.

Because they had to train with the Franc sailors before, for the sake of secrecy, there were still some important parts of the ship that were not installed, all of which were the 18th-century technology brought by Zhu Linmiao.

Now that we are about to go north, we have to put the finishing touches on it.

Just after dinner, the craftsmen of the Yongbuk-ri shipyard arrived at the port with the spare parts of the seven wagons, and immediately boarded the ship and began to work.

Artillery is the focus of improvement. The craftsmen followed the installation process left by Zhu Linmiao, first asked the sailors to move the guns away from the gun emplacement, and then fixed two iron rails under the gun window, and installed a set of pulleys above the gun window.

After doing this, they brought in a new gun mount and placed it on the track, and the wheels of the gun carriage had protruding edges, which fit right on the track.

In addition, there were two ropes at the front of the gun carriage, which were attached to the gun window by pulleys. At the end of the rope, a plumb weight of eighty or ninety pounds was tied to each of them.

The new gun mount allowed the gun to always move forward and backward in a straight line when firing. When the recoil of the cannon pushes the cannon into the hold, the gunners can easily move it back into place along the rails.

At the same time, the two heavy plumb weights will pull the two heavy plumb weights up when the cannon fires, and the recoil will be greatly canceled out.

As a result, with this new set of gun mounts, the recoil of the cannon is greatly reduced, the interval between firing is shortened, and the stability is improved.

This set of things has been almost standard on warships since the mid-eighteenth century, but it is definitely the most advanced technology at the moment.

Keep in mind that with the same gun, you have a shorter interval between firing than the enemy, which means that at least the enemy will be hit first in the second round. In just a few seconds, it is likely that the difference between victory and defeat can be achieved.

In addition, due to the stability of the new gun mount, the Ming gunners will need to make much less adjustments when aiming, which further shortens the firing interval and improves the accuracy of shooting.

When the sailors had reinstalled the cannon on the new gun mount, the craftsmen installed lighters on the tenons that had already been reserved near the cannon's fire door.

This thing is basically the same principle as the flintlock machine, but the size is a little larger. In addition, because there is no need to worry about weight, larger flints and springs can be installed, so that the ignition rate can be more than 90%.

The lighter saves time for the fuse to burn, which increases the rate of fire, but most importantly, the gunner can move back and forth in the cabin without having to hold an open flame, greatly reducing the likelihood of misfire or accidental ignition of gunpowder.

As for the screw to adjust the elevation angle and the new sights that have been used by the Longwei artillery battalion for a long time, they are naturally also added to the cannons of the naval division.

In addition to the improvement of the artillery, the sails have also been adjusted a lot.

The addition of a jib to the second mast reserved for the bow and a triangular skewer to the boom on the backmast made it easier for the boat to sail in longitudinal winds.

The cabin is equipped with a lot of foot-operated drainage devices, although the principle is no different from that of a country water wheel, but it can be used on the ship to increase the drainage speed exponentially.

Two days later, more than 800 flintlock guns and tens of thousands of buckshot bullets were brought in by another wagon.

Sailors equipped with these guns will be able to effectively deal with gang jumping by climbing the mast while the enemy is jumping, holding themselves in place with a rope, and then shooting at the enemy from a high position.

In addition, these guns also give the naval division a certain land combat ability, which will play an extremely critical role in the future.

……

Zhang Furui, director of the Guangdong Customs Department, had already passed the hour when he received the secret order from the auxiliary political king, but after reading the letter, he did not even have time for dinner, so he immediately asked his subordinates to prepare a car and rush to Macao and Hong Kong.

"Director Zhang, you said you want to buy merchant ships?" Pereira, the new resident representative of Macau Franc Machine, looked at Zhang Furui and said, "I can help you go to the shipyard in Batavia to order, and with me coming forward, the price must be very favorable." ”

Zhang Furui listened to the translation, but shook his head with a smile and said: "The price is not a problem, I want a boat that can be used immediately." Both large and small, of course, it is best to have armed merchant ships that can be armed with cannons. ”

Pereira frowned, "Director Zhang, speaking of which, the Daming Maritime Merchants and our Francois Merchants are in competition, do you want so many ships to steal ......business?"

"It's a business robbery," Zhang Furui had obtained the approval of the auxiliary king, and some things could be told to the Francophile, "but not with you, but," he looked at the east and said word by word, "and the Lan people." ”

"Oh?" Pereira smiled slyly, "As far as I know, the east coast of Daming has been blockaded by the Dutch fleet, and no merchant ship can sail a hundred nautical miles away. ”

"What if I told you that the Great Ming Marines already had four large warships, oh, not our usual Fu Ship or Broad Ship, but the standard Galen Ship. Each was armed with thirty-four or twenty-two guns, and even one had a double gun deck capable of carrying an eighteen-pounder gun. ”

Zhang Furui said this in one breath, and his heart was slightly relieved, but it took him a lot of effort to memorize this large paragraph on the way.

Pereira's eyes narrowed when he heard this, the Eastern Empire had built four light cruiser-class warships, which would make a huge change in the balance of power in the Far East. You must know that even the Helan fleet entrenched in the east only has two warships equipped with 28 guns, and another three or four armed merchant ships have 14 or 5 guns.

He suddenly understood that if Da Ming could have a dozen or so more auxiliary small warships that could be equipped with four to eight guns, he might be able to compete with the Helan people!

And these merchant ships that Director Zhang wanted to buy only needed simple changes and cannons, and they could immediately participate in the war.

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