Cao Miao laughed. "You're right, I haven't built a ship, and I can't build one."

Wei Wen looked at Cao Miao, and his expression didn't see any change. When he received Sun Quan's order to discuss shipbuilding with Cao Miao, he thought it was ridiculous. What does Cao Miao know about shipbuilding? He had just been weak, he had been ill for ten years, he hadn't even completed his basic studies, and he hadn't done a day in a ship-related position, so he knew how ships were made?

He felt that Sun Quan's decision was hasty, and that the person who made the suggestion was almost shameless.

It is child's play to let the ministers and the face head participate in national affairs.

Now that Cao Miao has admitted it, he can also go back to the errand. With so many things to deal with soon, he was not in the mood to gossip with this frivolous teenager.

Wei Wen stood up, raised his hand, and was just about to say goodbye, when Cao Miao said again: "But I know why the building boat is easy to capsize." ”

Wei Wen's eyes flashed, and he looked at Cao Miao again. "Please advise."

Cao Miao didn't speak, took out a piece of melon from the plate and put it on the table. The melon is long and narrow, with both ends cocked, a bit like a boat. Cao Miao tapped one end of the melon with his hand, and the melon swayed back and forth for a while before stopping. Cao Miao picked up another piece of melon, folded it, and then came again.

The melon on it slid down, and Cao Miao caught it and took a bite.

"Does the general understand?"

Wei Wen didn't move, and Ge Heng also held his cheeks, silent in thought.

Cao Miao's demeanor looked inexplicable, but Wei Wen and Ge Heng were no strangers. Celebrities and celebrities are all in this tone when they talk, seemingly ordinary actions, but they contain profound truths, not everyone can understand, rash opinions will only be ridiculed.

Moreover, the situation demonstrated by Cao Miao is indeed similar to the capsizing of the building ship.

After thinking for a long time, Wei Wen said tentatively: "What does the townsman mean is that the building boat should not be too high?" ”

"Is that okay?"

"Yes, of course, but the building ship is huge, and it requires a lot of hands, and the ground floor can hardly store supplies. If you don't have a few more floors, you can only have limited capacity. So many people go to sea, food, wine, the amount is amazing, if ......"

"In other words, only if you build higher, can you go to sea?"

"It's not necessarily, but it's roughly the same." Wei Wen stepped forward and picked up a piece of melon again, juxtaposing it with the previous one. "We also considered this kind of boating, but the material requirements were too high, and it was difficult to find such a huge amount of wood."

Cao Miao nodded. It seems that Wei Wen has not thought of a way, but under the existing conditions, he can think of a limited way. Sun Wu was known as a sailor, and there were several ship officers in the territory, all of which were the shipbuilding bases of the Han Dynasty, and the shipbuilding technology could throw off a few streets of the Wei State.

But they still can't solve the problem of large buildings being prone to capsizing. A few years ago, Wei Wu fought in the area of Misukou, and there was a capsizing incident. Five building ships were overturned by a storm, and the general Dong Xi refused to abandon the ship and unfortunately drowned. The year before last, Sun Quan tried to make a large ship that could carry 3,000 people, and he was also in distress during the trial voyage, but it was thanks to the attendant Gu Li who made a quick decision to avoid the tragedy of the ship's capsizing and death.

This is still the case on the river, and the wind and waves into the sea are greater, and the danger can be imagined.

It can be said that Jiangdong's shipbuilding technology has encountered a bottleneck, and it cannot be broken through by accumulating experience. In fact, for a long time, no one has been able to surpass this record set by Sun Quan.

Cao Miao was also not sure to surpass this record, although he knew the direction of his efforts, but he did not know whether it could be achieved immediately.

Neither did he want to.

If he really wants to help Sun Quan build a big ship that can carry 3,000 people, Cao Rong can kill him eight times with a clear and honest attitude.

"Do you know why boats are prone to capsizing?" Cao Miao put the melon skin on the table, took the cloth, and wiped her mouth and hands stained with melon juice.

Wei Wen saluted again, and his expression was much more respectful. "Please advise the townsman."

"Yin and Yang are out of balance." Cao Miao stretched out her hand and gestured. "With the water surface as the boundary, the water above the water surface is yang, and below the water surface is yin, and the yin and yang are balanced, so that the boat can be stable and safe. If there is an imbalance between yin and yang, it is inevitable that it will overturn. The greater the gap between yin and yang, the higher the danger of overturning. ”

He drew his knife again, cut a small piece of the melon skin, and stood on the melon skin. "The boat you build is like this melon skin, the higher it gets, as long as there is a little wind, there is a possibility that the boat will capsize. But what if you put this melon peel in it? He dug a hole in the skin of the melon, put that little piece of the skin in again, and reached out and dialed it. Isn't it easy to flip? ”

Wei Wen nodded thoughtfully.

Ge Heng stared at the piece of melon skin and fell into deep thought.

Wei Wen thought about it for a while, but still didn't quite understand. "How can we find such a foundation? The water nature is unstable and cannot be fixed like the skin of a melon. ”

"It's just a metaphor." Cao Miao smiled.

Wei Wen closed his mouth in disdain. Since Cao Miao said that this is just a metaphor, he must understand the truth, and then generalize, how to have the qualifications to talk to Cao Miao. Otherwise, he couldn't understand what Cao Miao said, so how could he discuss it?

Suddenly, he had a little bit of a hate for talking. Why can't you say something straight, and you have to make so many detours?

Although he felt uncomfortable, Wei Wen was embarrassed to say it directly, so he had to open his eyes wide, staring at the melon skin and thinking about it, hoping to understand the essence and find a solution to the problem that the building ship was easily capsized by the wind. If he can really solve this problem and reduce the risk of going to sea, he will have the opportunity to make a great contribution.

When it comes to a surname of glory and wealth, he is not willing to owe Cao Miao favors easily.

Wei Wen and Ge Heng thought about it for a long time, but they still couldn't come up with a way, so in desperation, they had to leave with the melon peel. Mrs. Sun was downstairs, listening to Wei Wen talk about the experience of discussing with Cao Miao, she couldn't cry or laugh, and turned around and went to Feilu.

"What are you doing?"

"Nope." Cao Miao said with a smile. "Didn't I call them?"

"Wei Wen's words are not inferior?" Mrs. Sun sat down opposite Cao Miao. "Generals in the army are inevitably domineering. This Wei Wen is a person who has read books, and he always feels that he is allowed to be martial arts, and there is no one in his eyes. You don't have to mind. ”

"I don't mind. I don't have much bearing, but I don't get angry with him. However, his attitude makes me tell him everything, and it is not realistic. Cao Miao raised her eyelids, glanced at Mrs. Sun, and said with a smile: "You guard me like a thief, and you don't even let me go further at the ship's gate, and I still help you build a ship?" Isn't that unrealistic? Madam, everything has to be balanced, you believe me, I can believe you, right? ”

Mrs. Sun frowned slightly and groaned for a long time.

"You are right, it's just that the sailor is my Jiangdong long skill, and I can't show it easily. You still refuse to officially return to the state of Wu, even if I believe you, I can't convince others. If you are willing to be loyal to the Kingdom of Wu, Princess Shang, I can ask the Supreme now to appoint you as the captain of the ship. ”