"The situation of armor preparation this time will not change in the next few years." Fu Qian continued: "There are more than 6,000 people in the two armies, each with armor. Fire soldiers, bow soldiers, and all lead mail. The bow soldiers have plus zippers, shin guards, no arm guards, heart guards, iron gloves, but also iron mesh boots. The cavalry in the army are all iron cavalry, and are given to iron breasts, zippers, shin guards, and the rest are not worthy of. The rogue soldiers, that is, swords and shield soldiers, are given to zippers, iron masks, breast garments, shoulder guards, heart guards, shin guards, iron gloves, iron mesh boots. The rogue soldiers, that is, swords and shield soldiers, are given to zippers, iron masks, breast garments, shoulder guards, heart guards, shin guards, iron gloves, iron mesh boots.

In fact, it is the full set of armor, and its protective power is the best in the entire army. The long-slinging hand is given to armor without shoulder guards and heart protection, and the rest are the same as sword and shield soldiers. In addition to no cavalry, the armored equipment is the same. When we cast armor and produce armor, the full set of water, such as easy to make, and we use a hydraulic wire drawing machine to continuously pull out iron wire. As long as there are a large number of craftsmen forging and ringing, it is very fast to produce. It is really not easy to catch up with you to adjust your defense this time."

Both military generals were moved and repeatedly thanked Fu Qian and the staff of the craftsmanship. At the same time, they also bowed to Zhang Mingliang, the person in charge of the mine iron farm.

Fu Qian and Zhang Mingliang both gave gifts, with smiles on both sides' faces. Ge Cunyi said sincerely: "When my brother and I led dozens of subordinates to join His Highness, I really didn't expect that there would be such a day."

Gao Huairen said: "After marching all the way, farmlands are connected by fields, officials are in charge of their duties, tea mountains are full of mulberry trees, sugarcane fields and rice fields are everywhere, there are large salt fields in the south, and large iron farm mines in the middle. This Dongfan was a deserted island before, and now it is managed by His Highness in this way. Who can believe that such words were said several years ago?"

Zhang Mingliang nodded repeatedly and said, "When Your Highness was in Nan'an Town, we saw extraordinaryness. Now we are even more respectable. The military prefectures of Fujian Road will also be controlled by Your Highness. I see that a few years later, after the adjacent routes such as Fujian Road are controlled by Your Highness, the future is even more promising."

Fu Qian said: "This is what Your Highness wants. It is rich and strong. The Donghu in the north is strong but not rich. The Wei court is rich but not strong. Our Dongfan acts like this, helping the people, enriching the people, and raising the army, and complementing each other. I have a premonition that at most two to three years, the overall situation in the world will change dramatically, and the Qin King's shogunate will have a particularly unique performance at that time."

What Fu Qian said was not obscure. Everyone present understood that not only did not feel pressured, but they all felt confident.

With the development and speed of the East Vanguard, people within themselves feel that they have changed thousands of miles a day. What does it seem to outsiders? What if the southeastern roads were merged and operated by the King of Qin's shogunate?

"I can't wait." Ge Cunyi said with a whispering moment: "I wish I could raise my troops north now and destroy the Donghu country."

All the civil and military officials present laughed. At the port, a large number of soldiers from the government had already brought their armor and prepared to take them to the ship. The navy soldiers drove the ship to the shore and were preparing to transport the brothers of the Land Army's robes away.

There are still many ships on the sea surface near Penghu off the coast of the port and pay taxes. After discussing with the Kang family, the shogunate naval has now begun to collect taxes on the coast of Fujian. This kind of sea tax called the Peace Tax has not been rejected, because the power and strong past of the Dongfan Navy made the sea merchants trust, and the navy soldiers are indeed constantly eliminating pirates. Now even the sea surface from Guangnan East Road to Nanyang is much safer, and the trade volume is slowly recovering.

At the port, there are merchant ships from all over the country, including merchant ships from Nanyang, Japan, Zhenla, Siam and other countries, which are also famous one after another.

...

"Brother Zhang, the front is Nan'an Port of Dongfan." Huang Laigui pointed to an island that was vaguely undulating in the waves and winds and waves in the direction of his right hand, and introduced it to Zhang Siqi.

Zhang Siqi's face turned pale and his spirit was a little depressed, but he was finally able to stand outside the cabin with both hands... When the storm started a few days ago, the hull was shaking.

It was so amazing that Zhang Siqi vomited for a long time and had no way to look up. Later, he could only tie him to the small bed in the cabin... This is a preferential treatment. You should know that although Zhong11 is a large ship with a height of 360 tons, it is considered a large ship compared to those small wooden boats and blessed boats. In later generations, the larger ocean fishing boats would cost 500 tons, and many fishing boats would just cost thousands of tons. Even those fishing in offshore fishing also had dozens to more than one hundred tons. That is to say, Zhang Siqi's ship was just a slightly larger offshore fishing boat in later generations.

This ship not only carries a large amount of cargo, but also has more than ten artillery pieces. It has to leave gun spaces and places for artillery shells on the second and top floors, as well as spaces for storing water and grain storage, as well as spaces for transporting cargo. In addition to the captain and the first mate, any officer and soldier have to sleep in a narrow and crowded cabin. Of course, they are sleeping in a hammock. The space is very cramped and the smell is also bad. If Zhang Siqi sleeps in such an environment and a hammock, he will probably suffer more.

Captain Lin Fujian gave up his cabin. The first mate was Huang Laifu, but he squeezed into the helm with the sailors. Zhang Siqi, a few Dutch people and a group of Nanyang Han merchants boarded the ship from Japan. They were treated preferentially as soon as they got on board. Everyone understood that His Highness the King of Qin was determined to restore order in the countries of Southeast Asia, and sooner or later, he needed the help of these Han merchants. The Dutch were also strong among the countries in Thailand. Zhang Siqi and others were very strong and they were originally crowded with large cabins. Even Lin Fujian's cabin was vomiting and could not bear it, so they moved in.

After shaking in the wind and waves for many days, I finally arrived at the coast of Dongfan.

On the left is Dongfan Island, with an endless coastline. The color of the near-sea water is different from that of the deep-sea areas. A large group of seabirds are hovering in the air. Several dolphins on the bow of the boat have been following the sailboat, chanting from time to time.

A group of flying fish flew past not far from the bow of the boat. Even if they were often seen, some people still exclaimed.

"The port area mainly carries ships, loading and loading goods, mainly garrisons, naval officers, soldiers, students, and wise men. Then there is a storage area at the mouth of the river here, which is convenient for transporting things from the inland and also for us to transport them. From the storage area and into the interior, there are workshop areas along both sides of the river."

Huang Laifu pointed to a large building complex and introduced: "Those tall ones with chimneys are dryers. We are baking wood all year round, using coke transported from the north, which is saves effort and money than cutting wood. There is a wood cutting area, which needs to be made into masts, various cabin parts, decks, ship buildings, etc. There is an ironware area. A large ship needs to use various ironware, and it costs more than ten thousand iron nails alone. Last year, we ordered it from Jianzhou. This year, due to the iron yard built in the central region, a large number of craftsmen have come. We have started to make our own products, saving thousands of miles of transport. There is a construction area, with a waterway and the hull in the waterway.

Create, from the keel to the deck laying, to the ship's all sail ropes, you can put water into the sea. Of course, it's not just set up, but also paint and oil. After a long time, it's a qualified ship. It can't last long for a long time to go down the sea to rush... Brother Zhang saw that there is a sail cable area, and the ropes used for each large ship were made from here. Each ship needs to use a large number of ropes and sails, which need to be strong, durable and gentle. The fabric requirements are very high. One main sail must be at least over 10,000 stitches, which is labor-consuming. There is a maintenance area. After sailing, old ships need to be maintained in the port area and cleaned by scraping moss, otherwise it will not be possible after a long time..."

Zhang Siqi listened quietly, Huang Laifu was almost as clear as his family. Everything in front of him was built by the people of the East Vanguard under the leadership of His Highness the King of Qin. This is the pride of the old Fujian sailor in front of him...

"It's really nothing, and it won't be smart." When Zhang Siqi saw the manufacturing site of the Firearms Bureau and the dark heavy artillery, he couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.

"The cast cannons on the Dongfan side are all heavy artillery. Huang Laifu said: "It is not the small cannons from the Taizu period, this cannon is not the kind of small cannons.

In fact, it is a powerful weapon for naval battles. Although firing ten guns may not necessarily lead to one shot, once they hit one shot, the small boat will immediately shatter, and the big ship will also collapse, and the hull will penetrate, hit the mast and rudder, which means victory will be won. When one shot arrives at the gun, the personnel on the ship will be plowed by blood. As long as the gunpowder and air are solved, the power of the cannon is not as weak as everyone thinks."

The two Dutch people looked worried. The Tianfang Ship also had many artillery ships. The Thai Ship is even more focused on artillery. Of course, it still depends on the horn jumping gang. The power of the artillery is indeed a bit weak.

But everyone knows that artillery is the future trend. Before this, the Dongfan Navy has always relied on crossbows and catapults, as well as the tactics of jumping gangs and rushing corners. Although it is suitable for the present, it may not be able to master the future.

Now these Wei people have filled their biggest shortcomings, so the Dutch are of course quite worried.

The carriages and horses moved forward from the port area, Huang Laifu continued to introduce: "Then is the school district. This is the adult naval officers and soldiers school. We are from Fujian and others, including Guangnan and Zhejiang, and other people. They are originally people near the sea. They are given priority to know water and sailing. There are 1,500 students and 110 instructors. Originally, more than 90% of the military officers of the Nanyang Navy account for. Most of the instructors are illiterate and can only teach experience. Most of them teach how to draw ropes, how to raise sails, when will the mast be raised and down, or when will the mast be cut off during a crisis..."

At this time, students were running by from the Navy School not far away. They were all four-person columns, shouting slogans and running around the playground... Zhang Siqi had never seen such a scene. He looked at it very focused for a while, and his eyes revealed a complex spirit. In the past two months, like a dream, after seeing the combat power and warships of the government army in Japan, Zhang Siqi and others confirmed the determination of the Dongfan. Now, after seeing the soldiers in the government army practice with their own eyes, and after all, their trust in the shogunate has increased to a higher level.

"Does the navy soldiers wear all-blue robes?" Zhang Siqi looked for a while and came to his senses.

"Yes." Huang Laifu said: "The navy officers, soldiers, generals and servants all wore blue robes, while the land warriors who boarded the ship all wore gray robes."

The carriage was moving forward, and in front was a squadron of cavalry acting as guards, all of whom were dragoons, wearing bright helmets, shiny breastplates, and horses jumped and ran. The cavalry array was kept quite neatly, which was quite conspicuous on the road along the river.

There is already a farmland area around it. A building complex is located in the middle of a large area of ​​thousands of acres of farmland. Zhang Siqi knew that this was a residential area. It was surrounded by a courtyard wall of more than three meters high. It was surrounded by a perforation and a tower, as well as a bow and arrow and crossbow. The residents were all farmers and used old weapons... There are many such villages. A hundred households in a village can reclaim about 5,000 acres of farmland. According to the arrangement, they can dig fish ponds to raise fish, raise ducks, raise chickens, pigs, cattle and sheep, and horses. The biological chain of a village is relatively complete. There are many streams to raise ducks and fish, and some are nearby mountains with prosperous wood, so they can raise more cattle and sheep... These are all complementary...

There are some peasant soldiers outside the village who are practicing. In winter, they practice as much as possible in the strong sunlight. It is much easier than the navy soldiers who just ran and practiced physical fitness on the beach. Even so, they are much harder and more formal than the soldiers of the Great Wei.

Zhang Siqi also saw some native barbarians and barbarians doing transportation tasks under the care of some auxiliary soldiers, and used a cart to transport some supplies to the warehouse area.

"Broken hair tattoo." Zhang Siqi said: "The barbarians in the south are different from the northern barbarians and the eastern barbarians."

"Actually, it's all the same." A Nanyang man said with a little contempt: "It's nothing more than tormenting his body, hair, hair breakage, tattoos, and nose wear. Only in China can I have the great etiquette and the beauty of the clothes..."
Chapter completed!