Boats are easy to buy.

Moreover, the price of the ship is not expensive. A "covering ship" costs one to two hundred taels of silver depending on the old and new.

Compared with the ship, what is more important is the captain and the sailor.

It would not be easy to recruit captains and sailors in normal times, but now because many people on the north bank have evacuated to the south bank, more than 10,000 or 20,000 people have lost their livelihoods. Among them are not only boatmen and sailors, but also there must be brave men under the heavy reward.

Faced with a sailor's salary of 2 taels per month and a generous salary of 1 stone per meter, naturally there were so many applicants in the end. In the end, the people who were not recruited all felt it was a pity.

Not to mention a sailor, even a ship boss who knows how to operate a ship on the water and even sail a ship, would naturally be willing to serve him when faced with a seventh-grade official status and a generous monthly salary.

But even so, Zhu Guoqiang still felt uneasy. After all, a navy must not only understand ships, but also understand water warfare, especially artillery.

Just when Zhu Guoqiang was thinking about who to recruit from the artillery to the newly formed navy, Gong Changyun brought a guest.

Sun Hejing, a native of Jiading, is not well-known himself, but his father Sun Yuanhua is quite famous. This most famous firearms expert in the later years, he trained the new army to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, and even indirectly led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

When Sun Yuanhua was training soldiers, it was the young Sun Hejing who had been training with him. When he was in prison, he was also serving in prison uniforms.

Sun Hejing originally left his hometown for a study tour. Because Gong Changyun, the magistrate of Suqian County, was a good friend of his father in the same year, he naturally wanted to come to visit him. However, he was stranded in Taoyuan County due to the invasion of Donglu.

That day, I heard that as soon as Prince De arrived in Taoyuan, he would kill Taoyuan County with a stick. I was shocked and became even more curious about Prince De who had the "name of the God of Fire".

In the past few days, Sun Hejing had been observing the Prince of De. After learning that he wanted to train as a sailor, use water divisions, and use gunboats to defend the Eastern Han Dynasty, his face became serious. He followed his father when he was a boy.

He was training in Denglai and was no stranger to training and using troops.

"What a good idea. If there are gunboats to stop him, Dorgon will definitely not be able to cross the river!"

"How about it? From the perspective of the world nephew, the prince is not comparable to ordinary clan members?"

"The prince is unmatched by anyone in the clan and can be called a great figure in the world!"

Gong Changyun said as he looked at Sun Hejing, who was in his twenties.

"My nephew, now that my nephew wants to practice the navy, he needs someone who understands both the navy and firearms to help him. My nephew learned all his skills from Brother Huodong back then. I would like to recommend my nephew to my nephew.

How can I share my worries with my nephew?"

"this……"

After thinking for a moment, Sun Hejing immediately agreed.

“It’s a wish to be able to share the worries of the country!”

Don't avoid relatives in internal promotions, and everything will be easier if someone recommends you. Zhu Guoqiang himself is also very interested in Sun Hejing. It is also said that during the Chongzhen period, even three hundred years later, there was also talk about family and academic origins. Now people like Sun Hejing have

His father is a firearms expert, so it goes without saying that he has a good family background.

Must also be a firearms expert.

So when Sun Hejing arrived, Zhu Guoqiang mostly talked to him about firearms, especially artillery. In the past few months, in order to practice artillery, he got a set of seventeenth-century French

The textbook "Mathematics Course (For Navy and Artillery)" published by Etienne Pershu was translated into Chinese. This eighteenth-century textbook was called the "artillery bible" at that time.

It was from this set of textbooks that he gained a certain understanding of the use of artillery. Therefore, he knew that in the Napoleonic era, artillery was not only a physical job, but also a technical branch. It required quick and accurate calculations to win in artillery battles.

A normal artillery officer cadet is basically equivalent to the current high school level plus preliminary calculus, and some operations require table lookup proficiency.

Of course, Zhu Guoqiang does not possess all of this now. Even the translated "Artillery Bible" can only be left to gather dust in the study room. After all, those orphans do not have the high school mathematics level.

However, although the living master's attainments in artillery, mathematics and other aspects were astonishing, Sun Hejing thought about it and still said.

"Sir, although artillery does need to learn a lot of mathematical knowledge, in fact artillery does not necessarily need fast and accurate calculations to win in artillery battles. Calculation is advisable. After all, artillery drills. Since they want to bombard the enemy, they naturally

Aiming is required, so mathematics is naturally used in this stage of aiming. However, the artillery only needs to aim the muzzle at the target to bombard. In fact, this is especially true for water battles. My father once said that the distance of water battles is no more than one arrow.

At this distance, the competition is not about aiming, but about skill in artillery. The competition is about who can blast the cannonball onto someone else's head in the shortest time."

Zhu Guoqiang was stunned by Sun Hejing's words and then laughed.

"Indeed, what I just said was all just talk on paper. Everyone is comparing their proficiency in artillery skills and who can shoot faster and slower. It's true..."

In fact, the cannons of this era, like rifles, shoot within sight range. As for the aiming of artillery, there is no qualitative difference from that of guns. It is just the rear sight and front sight, three points and one line, which is a large musket. As for the simple

To measure the angle of the muzzle with a quadrant, you directly refer to the distance and angle manual held by the officer, adjust the appropriate angle, and complete the operation. The calculation... is not much.

Of course, artillery is a science, but the science is in the hands of artillery officers. As for artillery, just roll up your sleeves and practice hard, and keep firing!

After thinking about this, Zhu Guoqiang chatted with Sun Hejing a lot about military training. Finally, he looked at him who was only twenty-three years old and said.

"Nine-service, well, in that case, how about you serve as a lieutenant general in our army and train my sailors for me? If you make a contribution in the future, I will definitely go to the memorial to ask for credit for you!"

Hearing this, Sun Hejing suddenly knelt down and said:

"My eldest son, if I can make some great contributions in the future, I have nothing to ask for. I only hope that your eldest son can go up and defend my father. Although my father was guilty of a crime that no one knew about, he was framed by others and was just arrested.

Unjust killing. I don't seek to avenge my father, but I only seek to defend my father. If the prince agrees, I am willing to join the prince's family and serve him all my life!"

Defend Sun Yuanhua?

Is he unjust?

Zhu Guoqiang didn't care about the dead. He cared about the living, so he said seriously.

"Idiot, why are you like this? From now on, you can just serve in the army. When you make meritorious deeds in the future, your father will naturally be able to rest his eyes in silence. As for the superiors, when you make unparalleled achievements, you will definitely do the same.

There will be an imperial envoy who will write a letter to redress your grievances!"
Chapter completed!