There are not only craftsmen from the front of the palace who came to the house, but also an old acquaintance of Hong Tao, Master Pei Zhonggui Pei. Originally, Hong Tao thought that he was escorting the princess back to the house, but he didn't expect that the head of the big eunuch was still shouldering the mission of the emperor, and he made a special trip to Jinmingchi to hand over the wasteland with the water tiger wings.

This made Hong Tao even more convinced of his previous analysis, the emperor was by no means lying comfortably on the kang and casually accepted this land, in that case, there was no need for the head of the great eunuch to make a special trip to assist him in handling it, just find a forbidden army officer at will.

The old eunuch said very little, just like the wasp. When they have nothing to do, they never say a word more, and when they have something, they just talk about things, and they don't talk if they can, which is probably also their instinct to protect themselves in the palace.

Since people have nothing to talk to about themselves, Hong Tao is also happy to be idle, so he won't go to talk to him. Come to think of it, in this era when relatives are not as good as dogs, can you still expect a eunuch to have any big effect? Everyone is sympathetic to each other, and they can only understand each other more.

The four people and four horses were speechless all the way, not far after leaving the Xinzheng Gate, the north of the road is the south gate of Jinmingchi. This is the first time Hong Tao has entered this royal garden, it and Qionglin Garden are face to face in the south and north, but there is a wall here and a forbidden army standing guard, in addition to opening to the outside world in March and April every year to allow the people to enter the spring, the gate is usually closed.

After seeing the imperial gardens of the Ming and Qing dynasties such as the Summer Palace and Beihai Park, the royal buildings of the Song Dynasty really have nothing to praise from the architectural aspect, at most they can only be regarded as chic, and the scale, bearing, and structure have been completely exploded. Of course, the weaker the royal building, the less it will cost to spend the people, which is another advantage in this regard.

How big is Jinming Pond, more than two Beihai Park or half the area of the Summer Palace. It looks more like Beihai Park, a boxy lake with a small island in the middle, and there are pavilions and pavilions on the island, which are also connected by a stone arch bridge.

What is this lake for? It is the place where the emperor of the Song Dynasty watched the dragon boat race, and the pavilion on the island is the viewing platform.

Taizong was a god guard wing water army, and later Zhenzong may not feel very professional, and selected Jianghuai from the forbidden army to know the water war soldiers, don't set up a water army called the water tiger wing, placed on the side of Jinming Pond, Leng said that it was training the water army to fight, and the dragon boat race was changed to watch the water army exercise.

"Watching the water battle of Jinmingchi from the official house, I saw the boat whirling, and Gejia shining, and I was shocked by it!" Pei Zhonggui introduced this to Hong Tao, and as he spoke, he made a shocked expression, as if he suddenly saw an aircraft carrier formation sailing into Xiaohegou.

"This Nima is also called a warship...... Lian'er, close your eyes quickly, the child will see the impact on development! But in Hong Tao's eyes, the warship floating on the lake is really not as painful as the duck boat in Beihai Park, and it is a sin to take a second look.

Another boat is the Wuyue king Qian Yu offered, more than 20 zhang long, dragon head and dragon tail, the building of the building hall and pavilion several heavy, so called the building ship. It was abandoned here due to disrepair. Later, Huang Huaixin said, in the north of the pond to chisel the big Ao, can accommodate the dragon boat, its lower column, with a large wooden beam on it, is to break the water into the Ao, lead the boat as a beam, that is, the car out of the Olympic, the boat is caged in the air. Supplement, reuse the water floating boat, remove the beams and pillars, cover it with a big house, and then it is the room for hiding the ship. ”

Hong Tao's mouth was not inferior, which made Pei Zhonggui quite displeased, but he still dutifully told about the facilities in Jinming Pond. When he talked about that big o, he looked quite proud, and his waist was straight with a half-bent waist.

"What's that? O'O? "People who are used to being with the horses are used to it, and they can say as much as they want, and even Wang Anshi and the emperor have to put down their shelves.

It's not that they don't want to drag the words, it's that the colt really doesn't understand, and it's sad to find someone to translate it again. Pei Zhonggui didn't have much contact with the horse, and he didn't realize that there was anything wrong with speaking, and then the problem came.

"Master Pei is saying that there is a big puddle on the north shore, the dragon boat can be used to get in, dry the water and put the dragon boat on the wooden beam, and then bring in the water after repairing, remove the wooden beam, the dragon boat floats, and after building a big house, it is the home of the dragon boat."

Fortunately, there is a lotus next to Hong Tao, this girl knows that she has no heart and lungs all day long, and she knows that she eats snacks and watches juggling all over the city with the horses, and the abacus has been abandoned after a few days of learning. But only in the communication progress is fast, learn the way of speaking, and learn the way of speaking, a proper translator.

“…… Isn't this a dry dock? Let's take a walk, show me, really? After listening to Lian'er's translation, Hong Tao, who was already a little skeptical, immediately widened his eyes.

The Southern Song Dynasty shipbuilding mostly used shore slipways, and there were docks, but most of them dug a big pit by the river to build ships, and after they were built, they poured into the river to make the boat float out. But this Da Ao's way is already very similar to a dry dock, did the Northern Song Dynasty have such a capable person? I don't think I've heard of it!

It turns out that there really is, and Da Ao is indeed a dry dock, not temporary or disposable, but permanent.

There are stone embankments and huge wooden gates connected to the lake, when the ships enter the dock for repair, close the gates and fill them with sacks of mud to block them, and then use more than ten waterwheels to get the waterwheels in the dock out, and the boats naturally fall on the wooden shelves at the bottom of the dock, which can be repaired or built.

What's even worse is that the dock is still fully enclosed, with a roof on it, which looks like a large hall from a distance, but only when you look up close can you know that it is empty.

"What did Master Pei say about Huang just now, I don't know which adult?" Now Hong Tao and Pei Zhonggui are very polite when they talk, not at him, but at the person who built this dock.

Talents, if you can get to know each other, you can fool around and help you do things, and it's good to become an academic friend like Shen Kuo.

"Huang Huai'an is the inner attendant and eunuch of the Eight Divisions." Pei Zhonggui opened his mouth, and Hong Tao finally understood why he raised his chest and raised his head as soon as he talked about Da Ao just now, and the inventor of the cost-effective was also a eunuch.

At this point, relatives and eunuchs can be regarded as sympathetic to each other, all of them are powerless and powerless, looked down upon, and live in fear all day long, but they must be proud from the bottom of their hearts if they have some achievements.

Huang Huai'an definitely won't see it, but Hong Tao saw Du Yuhou of the water tiger wings, and he was still a family, with a name and a name. This name is really apt, the water army, it's not all day watching the water.

The age of the crown is also similar to that of Hong Tao, and both of them are both waiting, whether they are fictitious or real, they are also colleagues, and the communication is much smoother.

This is a very cheerful and talkative martial artist, and he was born in a martial arts family like the horse, but he is not as prominent as Wang Xu's ancestors, and he is not good-looking, so naturally no princess can take a fancy to him.

Fortunately, he was born by the sea since he was a child, and he was pure in water, and he could drive a good boat, and the building boat was the best he drove, so he was selected into the Water Tiger Wings, and he also became a regiment commander, and he was a real hundreds of generals.

It's a pity that the Water Tiger Wing did not participate in the war mission, to put it bluntly, this number is a bit like the honor guard of later generations, the main business is to play cool and fill the façade, whenever there are foreign envoys or something to visit, the emperor in order to show the prosperity of the country and the people, will bring guests here to see the exercises of the naval building.

"The vacant space that Lord Lieutenant needs is here, and if you are not satisfied, you can change the crown." The crown is also very curious about this colt, and if he doesn't stay in the pony's mansion and run outside the city to get some kind of ugin shop, he should also be a person with a story.

After Pei Zhonggui finished conveying the holy decree and left, he immediately became familiar with it, patted his chest and said that he had the final say in this piece, and he could choose whatever place he wanted, and he could change it if it was not suitable.