When the political situation is stable and the departments are functioning normally, Hong Tao has become a fisherman by the river again, wearing short clothes and mingling with a group of boatmen all day long. This time it was even worse, not satisfied with being a fisherman, and with a group of children.

"Take it off quickly, if you can't swim, you don't deserve to be my student!" In this group of children, there are not only the second and third batches of children's groups, but also senior brothers and sisters like Chen Niang and Zhao Maid. Those who can swim are easy to do, but the landlubbers from the north are unlucky, standing on the trestle and trembling with their legs, more nervous than going to the battlefield.

"Official...... Is it possible to take it step by step? Some children don't want to take off their clothes, even if Chen Niang is laughing on the side, they still hold on to the collar of their clothes, trying to reason.

"Look who's on the boat over there!" Hong Tao himself also took off his shorts, and the temperature was still a little low in April at this time, and it was not a good choice to stand on the trestle to dry his body, so he planned to make a trick.

"Students can't see it...... Yes...... Plop ...... "The child was still tender, and when he heard the sound, he turned his head to look at the boats on the river, and then there was a strong force on his buttocks, and the whole person flew up and fell into the murky river.

"Go, go down and watch him, don't really drown! Are you going to go down by yourself, or do you want to let the officials kick them down one by one? ”

It's not enough to just kick into the water, it's just to set an example for the monkeys, and the rest of the children who dare not go into the water can't run away. If you don't do this, you can't learn to swim quickly, and whoever has the kung fu to accompany them every day to slowly adapt.

"Lord Jiang, the prince and the adopted daughter of the official have gone down, do you go down by yourself, or do you want the official to do it? You can control how much you drink when you go down, let the official do it, and the official has the final say on how much you drink. ”

In fact, it is not only the children of the Tibetan people who are afraid of water, but also many special forces in the special forces who have no good feelings about water, including their commander Jiang Erlang. The expression of this murderous special forces leader at this time was not much better than that of a child, and if it weren't for the soldiers of the New Army behind him, he would have run away a long time ago.

"Come to yourself...... Don't even look at it, go down with this official! ”

Jiang Erlang gritted his teeth, but still chose to be conscious, it must be easier than just drinking more water to let the horse do it. But he doesn't want to suffer only himself, the team members who also don't swim will become the companions, and no one can think about it.

Jiang Erlang is not wronged, special forces can swim, this is the most basic requirement. Not to mention that special forces have to learn, all new troops also have swimming lessons, including craftsmen in various workshops. No one wants to escape, and they have to find time to go to the nearby river twice a month to flutter, and use it as a hard indicator for assessment and upgrading.

I had to endure the depression and incomprehension, because Shuaiji not only swam by himself, but also by the people around him, regardless of men, women and children, and for this reason he specially invented a women's swimsuit out of cotton, with short clothes and shorts, only half of the arms and calves below the knee were exposed.

"It's not just a way to learn one more skill, it's also a means of escaping. In the future, if one day the official loses power, he will have to get on the big ship and flee for his life. No one can guarantee that you will not fall into the water on the sea, and if you can swim, you will have an extra life. In fact, the last thing you should object to is you, that new land can only be conquered by the navy, you can't swim, do you expect this officer to carry you on your back one by one? ”

It was not the artisans who resisted this order the most, but the Jews. Most of their generation lives in the north or Central Asia, and they don't have to know how much water they need. When Sidi conveyed this request to Hong Tao, it was immediately met with ruthless criticism and rose to the national level.

"Here, this is a swimsuit specially sewn for you by this official, it is more beautiful than theirs, wear it and try it!" As soon as Sidi realized his mistake and promised to take his people to learn to swim, Hong Tao smiled and took out two silk clothes and handed them over.

These two swimsuits are indeed different from those worn by Fu Ji, Green Lotus, Ziju, and Chen Niang, with less fabric, and the entire arms and thighs are exposed, and they are particularly close-fitting.

"Will this be laughed at by the people?" Sidi didn't say that it didn't look good after he put it on, but he was afraid of attracting criticism.

"You are Fanbang women, even if there is criticism, no one will take it seriously." Hong Tao really didn't hold back his fart, and letting Fu Ji and them wear this kind of swimsuit would definitely cause the people to introduce, but Sidi was fine.

Her appearance is destined to make it too surprising for her to do anything, even if she is out of line, the Song people will use a sentence of unreasonable metaphor and will not be investigated. In this way, he will be able to get over his eyes, and compared with the rich and green lotus sisters in pajamas, Sidi in swimsuits is obviously more eye-catching.

Of course, forcing everyone to learn to swim is not for the sake of eyesight, this is just a benefit for piggybacking. Swimming was just the beginning, and later these people had to get on the boat to learn the skills of boating, and the first real cruising boat had already begun to lay the keel.

The keel length is close to 30 meters, the width of the ship is more than 8 meters, the standard draft is more than 3 meters, there are three masts, the height of the main mast is 21 meters, and the full load displacement is about 350 tons, which is the so-called 3,000 material ship of the Song Dynasty.

Its construction drawings and main data are actually in Hong Tao's head, which is designed according to the Jinhe Empire's Jiaosha-class battleship, but the gun door is canceled, and the U-shape of the bottom of the ship is thickened, sacrificing part of the ocean-going seaworthiness, so as to further reduce the draft, so that it can sail upriver to the Daimyofu or near Kaifeng during the wet season.

Hong Tao has not considered the matter of naval artillery yet, and there are not so many manpower. The matter of pure warships was not considered, and there was also no manpower. I don't even know how to sail a ship, so it's good to learn how to do a relatively easy cargo ship, but let's wait for a more complex battleship.

But the Wen family and those shipwrights didn't think so, they felt that this ship was the most awesome existence, from the wood to the ropes, it was a thousand choices, and the best must be used.

After each keel is processed, it has to be personally inspected by the Wen family's father, and a little burr has to be reworked, and I can't wait to lick it one by one with my tongue to rest assured.

Hong Tao didn't dampen their enthusiasm, the first big ship was excusable, and it would be appropriate to build a few more in the future. A total of three such ships were planned to be built over a period of two years, which meant that they would all have to be launched when the New Army began its Northern Expedition.

These three ships will be used as logistics supply ships for the Forces nouvelles, and in addition to relieving the pressure on land transportation, they can also be used as troop carriers if necessary.

"Your people can sail ships? Do you have to worry about this matter? There is no shortage of people who can drive boats in the Great Song Dynasty, and there are more than 1,000 people who can drive boats in this Yongji Canal alone. ”

The keel of the big ship has not yet been laid, and Phoenix has come to harass the waves again. He wanted to get a training ship that would be used to train Jewish sailors and lay the groundwork for future sea-crossing operations. After Da Hongtao used this excuse to force the Jews to practice swimming, they still believed it.

"It's not an ordinary trough boat, it's a big man-made clipper, a clipper with leafy sails!" Phoenix has now spoken Song dialect more neatly than Hong Tao, and the talent thing is really annoying.

Hong Tao didn't like this old phoenix very much at first glance, he was not only handsome but also smart, he knew what to learn, in addition to dealing with the documents of the government all day long, he was holding an ancient book and pretending to be a cultural person, and he often wrote poems.

But I don't like it, I don't like it, the old handsome guy does have the ability to work, especially good at dealing with civil affairs, and he has become the right-hand man of the week. In order not to let himself read those trivial official documents all day long, Hong Tao could only pretend not to see him.

"What do you call leaves! It's called a sail, and it's a great invention of this official! "But this time he sent it to the door to scold, and he dared to say that the sail he invented was a leaf, which is very disrespectful to science!

"But Xia Guan heard that this kind of sail has existed hundreds of years ago, and it is very similar to the sails used by the Arabs." Phoenix also has a very annoying problem that he doesn't lie, and he doesn't tell white lies, and Sidi is much more sensible than him in this regard.

“…… They are them, the official is the official, it is difficult to be an official or steal it! "The truth offends people, even if Hong Tao understands that Phoenix is right, it is still a stare, as if he has really been wronged.

"The subordinates don't dare, the leaves of the adults...... It was a schooner, and although it was similar in shape to that of the Arabs, it was used in a more delicate way, and I think it was supposed that they had stolen the ...... of the adults."

People who don't know how to shoot on the back had better not try it, it's a technical job, and it's not something that can be done with your mouth. Phoenix didn't quite understand this truth, and seeing his words made Shuaiji-sama very angry, and planned to go back to make up for it.