The idea of improving the strong crossbow made Yan Bei overjoyed, and even lost interest in reviewing the drills of the sailors. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The left and right are just some new pawns, and no matter how many battles there are, they are all empty, where can they compare to such a big thing as the improvement of a strong crossbow?

Although they hastily swept the sailors to practice, Yanbei still attached great importance to the ships owned by the water village, and then they walked to the coast of the water village, and there were sixteen new and old ships moored next to the sixteen coastal plank roads.

"General, this is the one that the water village has, and it can take two boat divisions, eight oarsmen and two sergeants, and it is extremely fast. Even if it is not a warship, it can fight at sea on board the brave. This is also the only kind of ride in the water village. Sun Qing pointed to the more than two feet long and said: "There are forty-six ships like this that we can use, and thirty-three are still in the hands of the shipwright, and they will not be built until February next year." ”

"Sixteen here, and the rest at sea?" Yan Bei looked at the small walker and shook his head, this kind of thing is simply a civilian ship, and it is extremely pitiful to use this as a naval warship...... Yan Bei yawned and asked, "What kind of ship can our shipwrights do, is this the only one?" ”

It's okay that this kind of boat is used to carry people, grain and grass materials, no, even the people who carry materials at sea Yanbei will still worry that a wave will teach them to sink, let alone fight.

"It's cold right now, the wind is headwinding north, and the ship is docked on the island, and I'm afraid it won't be returned until the end of the year." Sun nodded lightly and said, smiling at Yan Bei's subsequent questions instead of answering, but led the way: "The general is not satisfied with the walk, come with me, let's go to the shipwreck craftsman to have a look, where they are working day and night to make warships...... A real warship! ”

Yan Bei pouted and didn't speak, how fierce his subordinates were on land, and how brave his cavalry was? How did he get to the water division, he became such a miserable appearance, and he didn't ask the water village sergeant to fight a naval battle with others, but with this kind of walk, it was difficult for Yanbei to turn them into water pawns.

What is the difference between this and the temporary dispatch of civilian boats to cross the river during the battle in Jizhou?

Although the southerners are not good at riding, the northerners are not good at water. Yanbei doesn't require his sailors to be able to beat those southerners who were born to live in the sea, but at least, he must be a leader on the northern coast, right? Even if it's just for transporting troops!

Out of the water village, everyone stepped on horseback and walked along the coast towards the boat port. The snow on the shore had washed away a lot, and the horses could not run, but they were much faster than people could walk. Yan Bei looked up at the goose feather snow falling from the sky...... In such ghost weather, the cold wind blows and the cheeks hurt, and no one wants to let the mount run unless it is too important.

In the eyes of the people of the Han Dynasty, winter was the season of death of all things, and the air seemed to be ominous. When the emperor was in power, he especially loved to give amnesty to the world, but if the condemned prisoners in the prison survived the winter and did not die, most of them would be amnesty in the coming year.

So much so that every winter, batches of prisoners are released from all over the country, disturbing the village.

In addition to showing the emperor's weak and pitiful benevolence, there is a fart in the world of amnesty!

From afar, Yanbei saw a large enclosure enclosed by wooden fences on the coast, with giant trees horizontally placed in between, many shallow drafts on the shore, and many larger ships only showing their rudimentary shapes.

Everyone dismounted, and Sun Qing introduced to Yanbei: "This is our harbor, there are more than 130 craftsmen who are proficient in shipbuilding, and nearly 300 apprentices, all of whom come from Qingzhou. ”

"Who has the final say in these craftsmen now? Find a steward to come to me. ”

Yan Bei said, first walked towards those upside-down walkers, only looked at them twice, and felt bored and stopped looking, but walked towards those rudimentary wooden frames that looked like warships, and he was more interested in these behemoths in comparison.

Sun Qingying ran away after getting down, and after a while, he led an old man with a somewhat rickety figure over, and said to Yanbei: "General, this person is the shipwright's shipmaster, named Zhang Gong, and his ancestor was the master craftsman who made the Yuelou boat when Emperor Xiaowu was the emperor!" Zhang Gong, this is the General Yan you think about all day long, this is Fu Taishou, Taishi Changshi and Zhang Sima. ”

"Ah, you are General Yan! The old man met the general, thank the general for his life! The old man named Zhang Gong was on a cane, and as soon as he saw Yanbei in front of him, he was about to bow down. Yan Bei hurriedly stopped the old man, held his hands and said, "The old man doesn't have to make such a big gift, please get up quickly." How old are you? ”

The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, especially the elderly. Even the government respects the elderly who have passed the age of 50, and they are even exempt from forced labor and taxes. In the case of official sales of liquor, the elderly who are lonely and widowed can open liquor bars to sell liquor on their own, and even the municipal tax is exempted.

Even if it is a rebel, they can kill young people and even insult women, but they usually dare not embarrass the elderly, this is the trend of the times, and no one can change it.

Zhang Gong in front of him is only afraid that he is nearly seventy years old, and he is a rare old man, how dare he let the juniors of Yanbei District bow down.

"Back to the general's words, the old man is seventy years old." Listening to Zhang Gong's words, I am afraid that my teeth have fallen out, Yan Bei looked at Sun Qing with some embarrassment, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart...... I'm afraid that this old man is about to get old and confused, can he afford to lead the craftsman to build a ship? At that moment, he didn't think about shipbuilding, but greeted the old man and asked, "Old man, are you having a good time in Liaodong?" There are many affairs in the county, and I'm afraid that those who do things will accidentally neglect you. ”

"Okay, it's all good, Sun County's order is good!" Zhang Gong pursed his toothless mouth and smiled, and babbled for a long time, and then asked Yan Bei: "The general is here to build a ship, right?" The old man will wait for you to see, this ship, Liaodong is good, it can build a big ship! ”

Yan Bei nodded, and the old man led him to the place where the craftsmen built and sawed wood, thinking in his heart that it was estimated that as the first worker, Zhang Gong had this age of almost entering the ground, and who dared not listen to the shipwright.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Gong, who looked old and dizzy, had a very high reputation among shipwrights, and he also knew the skills of shipbuilding, and he had instructed seven or eight shipwrights to make oars, rudders, bulkheads, oars and other key skills after only 300 steps.

Yan Bei knew in his heart at the moment, I am afraid that Sun Qing's statement that Zhang Gong was born in a family of shipwrights is not a lie.

Lao Zhang slowly led the way, and then a middle-aged man wearing two layers of short clothes came over in the cold winter, and hurriedly came over to support Zhang Gong and said: "Father, you can rest a little, General Erwei will talk about the ship port." General, my father is very old......"

"Well, old man, I think this is the best, or you can rest first, and let your son take us to see it." Yan Bei said this, but he didn't allow the old man to question it, so he ordered the two riders to send the old man back and asked the young man, "What's your name?" ”

"The villain's name is Zhang Zhou, and the general will call the villain's small character Ajiang." Zhang Zhou's face had a servile-like smile on his face, and he nodded a little at these nobles in Yanbei, and pointed around with a smile: "General, there are forty-six boats in Shuizhai, and thirty-three boats are being built in the port of boats, and there will be seventy-nine fast boats that can transport manpower and materials in February next year." Other than that......"

Yan Bei frowned, this boatsmith Zhang's father and son gave people a completely different sense. The old man Zhang Gong seems to be a talented craftsman, how can his son be like a slave, he interrupted Zhang Zhou's words and asked: "I will call you a craftsman, I heard Sun County's order say that your ancestors are officials and craftsmen for generations, so what did you do before?" ”

Recalling the glory of his ancestors, Zhang Zhou said with pride: "Yes, the villain's ancestors are all famous officials and craftsmen in Qingzhou...... But the general can rest assured that the villain can learn from home, can read and write, and can do a good job even if the shipwright rests his father. ”

"Well, I see, you go on." Yan Bei's head is bowed, this is another hard-working person who has suffered from military disasters. He asked, "In addition to walking away, can your father and son build warships?" ”

"This is exactly what the villain wants to sue the general." Zhang Zhou said with a flattering smile on his face: "In addition to going to Ke, we are building warships, five warships, ten zhang and eight feet long, on the second floor of the Feilu to place the female wall, can carry one hundred and sixty warriors, this kind of ship can fight at sea, and has always been the main ship of the Han army in naval warfare and Jianghu warfare, and the warships can be caused to go to sea in May of the next year; In addition to the ship, there are two fighting ships, one is eighteen zhang long, one is twenty-one zhang long, the second floor of the flying house, the tree flag, the tooth flag can be placed in the golden drum, for the big war ship, can also travel in the sea. In July of the next year, you can also go to the sea, and by that time, the general's water village will have two fighting ships, five ships, and nearly 100 boats, and you can transport 3,000 troops at a time! ”

Yan Bei finally had a smile on his face, and he was much kinder to Zhang Zhou, applauding and saying, "Great goodness, in addition to these, will you make other things?" I heard that Emperor Xiaowu had a building ship, and the high-rise can be ridden on it, and one can transport three or five thousand people, will you build it? ”

"The villain has been a shipwright for generations, although he has never built it, but there is also a way to build books at home, or you can try it. However, the general, with all due respect to the villain, the cost of building ships is too huge, and the comparative advantage is not as good as adding five fighting ships and 20 ships. Zhang Zhou saw that Yanbei was on the rise, and said a little timidly: "Although the building ship is big, it is too high because of the flying house, and the rivers are not good at naval warfare. ”

"So that's the case, let's not talk about the building boat first." Yan Bei just asked casually, Liaodong decided that the probability of a naval battle was very small, and the most likely thing was to transport troops by ships, so the demand for ships was actually not large, he asked: "In addition to warships, will you build cargo ships?" ”

"The villain will, not only the cargo ship, but also the Wuhan Iron and Steel Chariot and the Wuhan Iron and Steel Ballista family heirloom also have production methods, which are all carpentry equipped on the ship." Speaking of these family skills, Zhang Zhou was very proud and said: "The villain's father also personally supervised the manufacture of five Wuhan Iron and Steel strong ballistas in Qingzhou Mansion!" ”

"Ziyi!" Yan Bei's face was very surprised, and he shouted to Tai Shici beside him: "Wuhan Iron and Steel Qiang Ballista!" ”