Linn called Ronald and accompanied him to inspect his shipyard and fleet.
The shipyard is located on the north side of Storm's End, closer to the King's Road.
At this time, the shipyard is no longer the small workshop it was a year ago. With the investment of a large amount of gold coins, it has become a large-scale shipyard.
Every day, many carriages pull loads of wood into the shipyard. There are already several construction lines inside, and several are used to repair merchant ships. The charges are expensive.
There are more than 200 skilled workers alone, and there are even more helpers.
Eugene, the slave in charge of the shipyard, knelt in front of Linn and introduced the results of this period.
"Master, we have built more than thirty long ships, twelve galleys, three ocean-going galleys, and two more are under construction, one of which will be launched in less than a month!"
Eugene seemed quite proud when he talked about this.
"Come on, Eugene! Don't be too complacent. Tell me about these ships."
"Yes Master!"
Eugene was indeed an expert in shipbuilding. He was familiar with all types of ships, including long boats for offshore landings, galleys, and ocean-going galleons. He introduced each type of ship to Linn in detail.
First is the simplest long boat,
This is a small rowing boat, mainly used by the Ironborn. They are long, narrow, light, and have an extremely shallow draft, and are built for optimal speed. The shallow draft allows longships to operate in water up to one meter deep.
It can all be sailed, which ensures that the ship can land on any shoal. Its light weight allows it to be lifted and moved on land like a kayak in real life. The ironmen sometimes use it to plunder the inside.
Lu cities often carry long boats after landing at the seaside, and then put them down when they reach the river, so that they can plunder cities along the river!
The disadvantage of this kind of ship is also obvious, that is, it does not have any ability to resist ocean waves and store supplies, and can only be used for offshore landing operations.
Then there are the galley warships, which are the most common. They have long oars and sails. The oars can keep it more flexible and ignore the wind direction. The large hull and sails ensure that it sails in the ocean.
Ability, the bow or stern of the ship is equipped with siege weapons such as ballistae and trebuchets. These advantages make it the main force of the fleets in Westeros, shuttling around the coastlines of the Seven Kingdoms.
There are also disadvantages, that is, it sacrifices a deck to make holes for placing oars, and it also requires a lot of rowers, so it needs to be docked frequently for supplies. At the same time, because the sealing is not tight, the quality of life of the crew is not high.
Finally, there is the ocean-going sailing ship. This type of ship is the largest, usually more than fifty or sixty meters long and nearly twenty meters wide! It can also travel smoothly in the deep sea, and has enough space to store supplies, allowing it to carry out long-term operations.
Cross-oceanic sailing combat. It can accommodate hundreds of soldiers and be equipped with various weapons. Whether it is jumping close to the bow or ramming against a solid hull, it can crush ordinary galley warships.
The disadvantage is that it is not so flexible and expensive to build! Cersei emptied King's Landing's wealth and postponed the debt owed to the Iron Bank, but only built ten ships.
This warship was led by the Admiralty, who was escaping to become a pirate this time.
After listening to Eugene's introduction, Lin En made a mental calculation.
If we seize the fleet heading south from King's Landing, we can instantly triple the strength of the Storm's End fleet and save a lot of gold coins and two years of construction time!
Lin En's eyes suddenly lit up!
"My lovely fleet! Come quickly!"
"That's right!" Linn turned to look at Controller Ronald, "Where are my navy crew members! How is the training going?"
Ronald returned with a helpless look: "Sir, we have never lacked outstanding sailors in Stormland. They have been fighting the wind and waves of Shipbreaker Bay since they were young. They are the bravest sailors in the Seven Kingdoms. With a little training, they can become a powerful sailor."
navy."
"It's just that the choice of commander has not yet been decided. The nominal commander has always been you!"
"Really?" Linn scratched his head and thought for a moment. It seemed that Ronald had reported this matter to him, but at that time the so-called fleet only had two or three small ships, so he didn't take it to heart at all!
The main reason why he established the navy is to fight against pirates and protect shipping routes. As for the head-on decisive battle between the large fleets, of course there is no problem if he is there, but he cannot always stay in the fleet, so the choice of commander
A decision must be made as soon as possible!
"Talents! There is still too little talent!" Lin En thought for a long time. He really didn't have any suitable candidates around him. Commanding a fleet is different from ordinary battles. It requires solid navigation experience and naval battle experience. It is definitely not like the cavalry he led.
Just rush over and that's it!
If there is really no other way, we can only finish this naval battle first.
"Inform each ship to repair it for seven days. After seven days, I will take them out on an expedition!"
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After inspecting the shipyard, Linn returned to Storm's End. As soon as he entered the door, Missandei greeted her.
"Master, there is a strange raven flying outside the castle. It refuses to come in or fly away. It just crows non-stop. Can someone shoot it down?"
"Is it so strange?" Linn frowned, "Take me to see it!
Missandei nodded and led the way. After a while, she led him to a city wall. She saw a bright red raven hovering in the mid-air outside.
After seeing Lin En, he suddenly adjusted his posture and dived down quickly towards him!
"Assassination?"
Missandei was startled! She opened her arms and stepped in front of Lin En.
How could Lin En allow this to happen? He stretched out his big hand to wrap around her slender waist, turned around in a flash, and turned her behind him.
Missandei was as weak as a sheep in his hands, no matter how anxious her eyes were, she could not change her posture!
Just as the red raven was about to hit Lin En, it suddenly went "boom!" and burst into flames!
A raging flame danced in front of Lin En. He looked at it with wide eyes, a look of surprise in his eyes!
To Missandei, this flame was just a strange flame burning in mid-air, but in Lin En's eyes, she saw a different scene.
This is a message given to him by the red-robed witch,
He had forgotten about this beautiful witch since their farewell in King's Landing. He had wanted to persuade himself to serve Stannis with her at the beginning? It was simply a mess in his head!
To be honest, it seems that ever since Junlin came back from the parade, he has been full of distrust towards these religious people and doesn't want to talk to her at all.
Unexpectedly, a message was suddenly sent to me now,
