Princess Lu Jie had seen fishermen training when she was at sea before, but at that time the fishermen were scattered over a large area of the sea and it did not look obvious.
Now the fishermen gather at the pier and line up to go out to sea facing the rising sun. The scene is much more spectacular.
“How spectacular!”
Princess Lu Jie sighed with emotion, feeling a little sad in her heart.
The Greater Khingan Range, Lesser Khingan Range and Changbai Mountain are all within the present-day Dongman territory and are very rich in timber resources.
In the past, there were many fishing boats in the Eastern Barbarians. At first, they relied on countless fishing boats to surround Zhenyuan No. 1.
Unfortunately, Jin Feng later brought a large number of speedboats over and went around from the east to the rear of the fishing boat group, blocking the fishing boats' retreat. Then, he used the speed advantage of the speedboats and the attack advantage of the heavy crossbow catapults to directly attack the Dongman fishing boat group.
It was a terrible fight.
Those fishing boats that were lucky enough to escape back to the port were later blocked by Zheng Chiyuan and his navy, and almost all of them were wiped out. The trestles at several ports were also blown up by escorts.
Even so, it's still not over.
Perhaps he had a grudge against the Dongman fishing boat for sinking the Zhenyuan No. 1, which resulted in the death of many bodyguards. Although the war between Yuguan City and the Dongman has stopped, Liu Tie has not stopped attacking the Dongman fishing boat.
Now the Dongman coast has been completely blocked by Liu Tie, and speedboats have never stopped patrolling the sea. As long as they find ships that do not belong to their own side, they will be blown up and sunk.
In the battle of Yuguan City last year, the Eastern Barbarians suffered numerous casualties.
Those Eastern Barbarians who were lucky enough to escape back described the bodyguard as a murderous demon king.
Coupled with the blockade order currently implemented by Liu Tie, the Eastern Barbarians along the coast are even more panicked all day long.
The Eastern Barbarians have now completely lost their territorial rights to the sea. Not to mention the fishermen who went out to sea to fish, many of the salt farmers who were drying salt on the shore were so scared that they ran away, fearing that one day the bodyguards would kill them as well.
This is one of the reasons why Princess Lu Jie came.
If this continues, even eating salt will be a problem for the Eastern Barbarians.
Seeing the scene of thousands of ships competing on the East China Sea, Princess Lu Jie couldn't help but think of those ports in the past of the Eastern Barbarians.
They also had so many fishing boats at that time...
Those who achieve great things will not live in the past forever. Princess Lu Jie knew that the matter had reached this point and that it would be useless to think too much about it, so she took a deep breath and abandoned the distracting thoughts in her heart.
Turning his head, his face had restored a calm smile, and asked: "Miss Jiang, what are they doing?"
In fact, she wanted to ask this question yesterday.
These small boats looked like fishing boats at first glance, but what puzzled her was that she had encountered these boats yesterday, but they were not fishing, but shuttled back and forth on the sea, as if they were rehearsing some formation.
Princess Lu Jie's first thought at that time was that they were practicing military formations.
But doesn’t Jin Feng have steam engines and speedboats? Why do they still use these small boats to fight?
Moreover, Princess Lu Jie did not see combat equipment such as heavy crossbows or catapults on these small boats. Instead, she saw fishing nets placed on each small boat.
Secondly, the size and shape of these fishing boats are all exactly the same, as if they were all made by the same craftsman.
But Princess Lu Jie knew that this was impossible.
No matter how diligent and efficient the craftsman is, one person cannot build so many ships in his lifetime.
"Your Highness asked them," Jiang Wenwen replied: "They want to go to sea for training."
"What to train for?" Princess Lu Jie asked.
"Training for fishing," Jiang Wenwen said, "Look, Your Highness, they all bring fishing nets."
“Do I still need training for fishing?”
"Need," Jiang Wenwen replied: "These fishing boats were designed by Mr. and have only been produced in the past month or two. Not to mention the refugees from other places, even the local fishermen are not very familiar with this new type of fishing boat.
So training is needed.”
"What did you say?"
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Even with Princess Lu Jie's calmness, she was shocked at this moment: "So many ships were only produced in the past month or two?"
"Yes," Jiang Wenwen nodded: "It took less than two months to build Dock No. 3."
"How is this possible?" Princess Lu Jie obviously didn't believe it.
Although the fishing boat is small, it still needs to saw the wood into planks, and then assemble it piece by piece into the fishing boat.
Even if a master master leads a group of skilled apprentices, it will take him ten days and a half to build one.
Although there were many fishing boats in Dongman before, they were accumulated over many years.
How could so many ships be built in two months?
"It's impossible for others, but for my husband, it's a piece of cake!"
Jiang Wenwen straightened his back and said with pride.
Then he pointed to the location of No. 3 Dockyard: "That's the No. 3 Dockyard over there. All fishing boats are made there. If your Highness doesn't believe it, just go and take a look!"
Anyway, Jin Feng said that as long as it is not a core area, he can take Princess Lu Jie to visit.
The core location of No. 3 Dockyard is Workshop No. 1, because there are many large saws driven by steam engines.
Now the steam engine has been surrounded, with only one drive shaft exposed to drive the saw. No one except specific personnel can get close to it.
Although the structure of a steam engine is simple, trying to imitate a steam engine by just using a drive shaft without dismantling it is simply a fool's errand.
Therefore, the core area set by Jin Feng in Dock No. 3 only has steam engines.
Although Princess Lu Jie understood that Jiang Wenwen could not lie to her, she still couldn't believe it.
To be precise, I can't imagine how Jin Feng did it.
She originally wanted to see the sunrise, but now she is only curious about Dock No. 3!
"If possible, I would like to see it!"
"Then let's go!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wenwen took Princess Lu Jie and her party to the No. 3 dock.
From the boulder to Dock No. 3, you have to pass through the drying yard.
Passing by the door of the drying yard, Princess Lu Jie asked: "What is here for? What is drying on the shelf?"
This is also one of the problems that troubles her.
The drying yard covers a large area, and she saw it yesterday.
But since she didn't get close yesterday, she thought the clothes on the rack in the drying yard were some kind of cloth.
After all, she had read Jin Feng's information and knew that Jin Feng relied on textile factories to gain a foothold in Jinchuan.
Now that I looked closer, I realized that what was drying on the shelf was not cloth.
"This is a kelp drying ground, and all the kelp is drying on the shelves." Jiang Wenwen explained casually.
"kelp?"
"Oh, Kelp was named by my husband. In the past, fishermen used to call it kelp or something like that. I don't know what it's called over there."
Jiang Wenwen walked to a shelf, pulled off a piece of kelp and handed it to Princess Lu Jie: "Here, this is it."
Princess Lu Jie is the pearl on the grassland, how can she know kelp?
I held it in my hand and looked at it several times, but I didn't know what it was, let alone what it could be used for.