Chapter 127 The Small Fleet

The Lady Racing on the Persian Gulf, its target is the Island of Datongbo.

The bottom of the V-shaped ship is on the sea surface like two sharp blades. In addition, Martin also has hydrofoils installed on the V-shaped ship. This makes the entire ship become lighter as the speed increases.

The extended hull was equipped with a second mast, and four crew members operated the sailing machine. Because it was two decks, all the entire ships were equipped with eight flying swallow i-type crossbows. In this way, the enemy ships attacked from any direction would face the attack of four flying swallow i-type crossbows.

If you are facing the attack of sixteen crossbows on one side of the entire four ships, then it can be said that any wooden ship of this era has basically no way to survive. No matter what kind of ship is hit five consecutively, the fire will lose control by 100%, and the result is obvious.

In addition, the cabins under the two decks are nearly 500 square meters in total. Now, in addition to the twenty-five soldiers of the Great Song Yulin Army arranged each ship, there are crew members and a large amount of cargo.

Behind him are the other three ships that are close to it. The hull of the type II boat rides the wind and waves is narrower, some of which are long and narrow hulls used in roar racing that Martin has seen.

Relatively speaking, the Lady that Zhao Fubo and his friends rode became the flagship of this small fleet. Of course, this is not a real warship, but it can be regarded as an armed merchant ship.

In the cabin, Zhao Fubo and anyone else slept on a two-story canvas bed. However, Zhao Fubo, as the owner of the island of Ferai, lived a larger place.

Amina now appoints herself as Zhao Fubo's guard leader. What made Shu Yuer and Juliana depressed was that Zhao Fubo did not even disagree.

"Hmph, I really think I am from our island of Felecai!"

The person who spoke was Juliana, who had just taken a shower and left the cabin. She lived with Shu Yuer, Amina and a black maid shared by the three. As for bathing, it was the privilege of the three of them who loved cleanliness.

Yes, taking a bath, this is unimaginable on any ship in this era. Just like the Song ship on the Maritime Silk Road where the Song Dynasty went to the black-clothed food and food, it just used a bamboo tube to load water, and the amount of water was about two to three days for the people on the ship!

Here we have to talk about Martin's new invention - the centrifugal evaporation fade supply machine.

The sea water is injected into a device that looks like a giant mace through the pipe. The nail teeth on it are filled with coarse sand. The wind-facing rotor makes the filter cartridge on the "mace" rotate, and the filtered light sea water is thrown out of the filter cartridge.

Outside is a fixed black copper cylindrical cylinder block, and there are some convex lenses outside the cylinder block, which gather the already strong light of the Persian Gulf into fiery spots. The heat-absorbing black and hot spots can easily turn the light sea water into water vapor through copper with good heat conduction.

Due to pressure, these water vapors will enter the copper tube at the top of the cylinder and eventually turn into fresh water under the blowing of the sea breeze. As long as there is a sun in the sky, there will be no shortage of fresh water on the boat.

This makes the freshwater on the II boat, which is relatively small in number, even more abundant. If it were just crew members, in addition to maintaining freshwater storage per week, all crew members can also take a bath every three days.

But with three more girls on the boat, others had to wipe it with some water every day, and the saved water became the price for the three girls to keep their beauty.

Following Juliana's gaze, Matt, as the captain, turned his eyes on the cold Amina. Although Shu Yuer is more beautiful, Juliana is more lively. But Matt never looked at them because his father warned him that both of them were the island owners.

To be honest, Amina is also very beautiful, and even her cold appearance makes people feel comfortable when she looks on this steaming boat.

But Matt still dared not contact her because this woman was a crazy woman, and she would stab her if she didn't like her. This was the same method, including treating the island owner with a good temper.

At the moment, Amina was using her stinging sword to fight against Zhao Fubo, and the positions of the two of them were also a bit like Zorro. Sitting on the side of the boat, Shu Yuer was unable to bask in the sun. At this moment, she was looking at the account book in a lady's posture.

While her eyes were not far from the account book, her slender hands, with her five fingers, were plucking loudly on the abacus. Of course, Juliana did not have the ability to do this. It was really troublesome to take a few strokes on the abacus.

Martin and Muke were thrown at home, and the former was even unlucky to record all the accounts and wait for Shu Yuer to come back before sorting out the calculations.

After eating ice cream with his eyes, Matt re-performed his captain's duties. Although Zhao Fubo was nominally the supreme commander of the entire fleet, the young Matt, who inherited all the navigation knowledge of his father Abu Bakr, became the deputy commander of the fleet.

Of course, he had a deep understanding that none of the three girls could listen to him, and none of them could look at him in the eye. But as for himself, he prefers Shu Yuer's appearance. It is said that there are more girls like Shu Yuer in Datongbull.

This made the young Matt also have a eager hope for Datongbo Island in his heart. He picked up the telescope in his hand, observed the vast sea surface and said to himself in his heart.

"Maybe I could find my people on Datongbu Island. If that's the case... I think my father would be willing to marry a girl from the Song Dynasty."

This is naturally. Since most of them use Song Dynasty rules on the Island of Ferai. As for the Arab rules, they are completely abandoned because of too many religious factors. In addition, free people on the Island of Ferai can also write to the island owner.

Once suggestions and opinions are adopted, Martin's data-based incentive mechanism or strict military regulations can make the proposer or any reward.

This makes civilians and soldiers who are already well-equipped with advanced technology become more centripetal. Especially as the leader of the scholars on the island, Martin, not only his teachers, but also those who literate adults, often say the same sentence.

"Everyone is born equal...everyone has the right to pursue freedom..."

This made both the slaves who worked and the slaves who served in the army open their eyes that had been tightly closed because of the cruelty of the world. The only thing they longed for in their eyes was a free and bright future.

Looking at his small fleet, Matt told himself.

"Our Island of Felecai is like a new little fleet, each of us is his sailor. We all have different identities depending on our positions. But in this chaotic world, if we are all not united, then our fleet will be swallowed up by the sea!"

Another voice circulating among the free people on the island of Felecai is that above the sea, especially on the Mediterranean, which is not too far away, they have become rich and rich oceans and coasts.

According to legend, the island owner is thinking about a privateer system, that is, the plundered wealth, as long as the island owner purchases warships and licenses from the island owner. Then anyone can go to the sea to plunder the cargo on all ships except Song ships.

At that time, the people on the ship can be sold to the island owners as slaves, and the wealth except for one-fifty-tenth of the tax, the rest is owned by his father Abu Bakr. The following evaluation is as follows.

"The island owner is a generous man who gave us all the greatest opportunity to make a fortune. What else do we expect?"

Thinking of these Matt's eyes falling on the flying swallow i-type crossbows, recalling the power of this weapon, he nodded slightly.

"Yes, what else are we looking forward to?"

After thinking about this, Matt turned around and saw the soldiers of his crew.

The people on duty were washing the deck hard, or busy with other chores. The people who were not on duty were chatting on the side of the boat, or they just made a fishing rod, or they would watch Zhao Fubo compete with Amina.

This scene made my father's warning ring immediately in my ears.

"My son, if you become a captain one day, remember not to let your sailors be too free. Because there is no free life, they will not remember the rebellion during their time sailing on the sea!"

Indeed, when sailing on the sea is completely dependent on wind, some unsatisfactory changes often occur.

Matt, who accepted his father's advice, raised his finger and called his first mate.

"Alarm, combat status!"

"Yes, sir!"

The first mate who accepted the battle order immediately ran back to the command cabin on the ship. It was a cabin separated by thick glass installed in a solid frame. Even in the dark, it did not affect the helmsman's helm and the crew's observation.

“Woo…”

This is a hand-crank alarm designed by Martin. After shaking, the sound will be transmitted to almost every corner of the ship through some pipes. When Matt gives orders, his voice can also be transmitted through these pipes.

As the alarm sounded, the whole ship became chaotic. The sailors hurriedly ran to their positions, while the soldiers of the Great Song Yulin Army picked up their Rambo folding bows and lined up in a square formation on the ship. A group of four gunners were played by crew members who were not on duty.

After a while, the battle was ready. Listening to the first mate's report, Matt glanced at the hourglass used to count the timing in front of him. He shook his head and put on the captain's shelf.
Chapter completed!