The residents of Qingtan Town, who have lived for many years, know very well that no matter who crosses the beach, they cannot do without their help, and even the tyrannical Mongols must leave the money to buy the road, otherwise they will not be able to cross this treacherous Qingtan. In addition, people who hover on the verge of death every day not only 'see death as home', but also hold together very much, so that they can survive in such a difficult situation.

These slender men are confident that none of them can cross the beach, so they are not afraid of threats, nor are they afraid of passing ships refusing to enter the hub, and the righteousness of the country is not a fart in the eyes of those who have been cornered by life. Seeing that Song Jun rejected the price they proposed, he was actually not worried, such a stingy customer had not appeared before, but in the end, he would often have to give in, or even be forced to accept a higher price.

Now the slender men saw that the Song soldiers were carrying the iron lumps of unknown things to the steep ridge on the south bank with difficulty, rested on the Nancao of the boat, and then laid several small arm-thick ground piles made of stainless steel, and began to install a huge iron base, and set up a tripod to place a huge winch cast as a whole on the base.

There are also discerning people among the slender men, although there are no soldiers who are still busy, but they have realized that they want to use the winch instead of the towing power of the slender man to drag the ship across the green beach. But at this time, they still had a fluke mentality, thinking that it would be difficult to pull the boat up with a winch if they were not familiar with the water conditions and terrain, and some people had a different idea, thinking about whether to prevent those soldiers from installing the winch. However, with a loud bang, the little troublesome thoughts they had just born were blown away.

The three warships of 'Boom, Boom, Boom...... anchored in the middle of the river and lay in the middle of the river, bombarding the stone dam blocking the channel with heavy guns on the port side. The solid iron bullets are like a powerful sledgehammer striking the stones that are half-sunk in the river water, and these boulders that have withstood the impact of the river for a hundred years are cracked and broken under the continuous impact of the stone bullets, and finally can not withstand the impact of the river, collapse down, and slide downstream with the river tumbling and sliding, turning into pebbles, and finally turning into a grain of fine sand in the river.

Seeing that the stone dam was lowering little by little, some veteran slender men and beach masters were amazed by the power of firearms, and at the same time, they also realized that under this bombardment, the height of the stone dam was reduced by several feet, although it could not completely eliminate the danger of the green beach and form a new reef, but it could reduce the steep ridge, slow down the flow of the river, and reduce the impact on the ferry. In addition, the waterway will be widened, and the traffic capacity of Nancao will be greatly improved, making it possible to pass large ships.

And those who had evil thoughts saw that the boulder had turned into pieces of rubble under the bombardment, and thought that their heads were not as hard as this reef anyway, and it was really not wise to mess with these soldiers, and under the fire of the artillery, the whole Qingtan Town would have to turn into powder, and the blood would be flowing, so they quickly extinguished that thought.

Thanks to the efforts of the sappers, the winch was installed in the evening, and the Nancao waterway was widened by artillery fire, and the stone dam was reduced by more than two feet, and it was visually seen that the medium-sized warship could pass safely. However, Liu Shiyong thought that although the war was urgent, it was necessary to ensure the safety of navigation first, so he calculated the time, and the Chinese fleet would arrive in the afternoon tomorrow, so he decided to wait until after dawn tomorrow before the sea trial.

In the early morning of the next day, after the fleet was assembled, Liu Shiyong boarded the top deck of the handsome ship to look at the sky, because it was the early winter season, and the sun could not shine into the canyon, the temperature difference between the upper and lower levels made the river surface covered by a layer of mist, and the view was not very good. The two sides of the Qingtan are full of people, their expressions are different, some are worried, some are panicked, and more people are holding the mentality of watching the excitement, clearly not believing that just such an iron guy can change the history of relying on manpower to pull boats across the beach for thousands of years.

Liu Shiyong ignored the attitude of others, and still sent a small boat to explore the way according to the experience of passing through Kongling Beach. An inch and a half of a cable was tied to the mast, and the winch was gradually tightened under the push of more than a dozen soldiers, and the boat began to go upstream. While several sailors adjusted the course with a penny and rudder, several sergeants in charge of surveying and mapping on the ship were also busy, constantly monitoring the depth of the channel and the speed of the river, and reporting back to the handsome ship through the flag.

Under the towing of the winch, the small boat took less than two quarters of an hour to sail easily over the green beach, which was much faster than the manual traction, and the onlookers on the shore could not help but let out a burst of amazement. However, there are also people who can't help but feel sour in their hearts, and say with a sarcastic face that the fact that a small boat can easily cross the beach does not mean that a fully loaded boat can cross the beach, and they will still need their assistance at that time, but everyone can see that they are not as confident as before.

After the completion of the first sea trial, Liu Shiyong did not rush to pass with a large ship, but cautiously sent a small boat twice to test it, and after finding out the details of the channel, he sent an engineering ship to mark the channel and water depth respectively according to the data obtained from the sea trial, or by means of buoys, benchmarks, or drawings on the reef. Only then did it be decided that the medium-sized warship would cross the beach, but he still took the lead and took the lead with a handsome ship.

'Knock, knock, knock......' In the sound of drums, the handsome boat sailed out of the berth, came to the bottom of the green beach, and tied the cable. By this time, the number of sergeants pushing the winch had doubled, and another team of sergeants was on standby. Approaching the beachhead, the drumming suddenly became intense, and the soldiers on the shore pushed the winch with all their strength and tightened the cable. At the same time, the soldiers on the ship also stepped up to drive away the herd of cattle pushing the cones, and the oars suddenly accelerated, stirring up layers of splashes.

The tonnage of a handsome ship is several times that of a small warship, and even if it is driven with full force and assisted by a winch, it is very difficult to climb a steep slope when it is fully loaded, like a man panting to climb a steep slope, pushing the oars up with full horsepower, and pulling up with the traction of a cable. The helmsman who operated the ship also carefully turned the steering wheel, controlled the ship to move along the marked channel, and after some efforts, finally passed the green beach safely. For a time, the whole army thundered with joy, which not only marked that the Western Expeditionary Army had passed another dangerous hurdle, but also marked that they were one step closer to Xichuan.

In the face of the cheers of the soldiers, Liu Shiyong did not feel the slightest relaxation, and the former convenience was to return to Guizhou, which is known as the throat of the Three Gorges. Now the army has entered the Yangtze River for more than a month, constantly attacking the city and pulling out the village, the strategic intention can no longer be kept secret, the current Guizhou must have deployed heavy troops along the river to defend, if you want to pass, there must still be a hard battle. Although two of the three dangerous shoals in the Three Gorges have already passed, there are still shoals and shoals in front of the discharge beach, the Huanghao beach and the turbulent shoal of the conservative Kuimen, as well as countless dangerous shoals of all sizes.

It is said that the beach is the longest beach in the Three Gorges. When the mountain flood and waterfall occur, the river in the north of the beach pushes stones into the river and silts up into a conical stone dam, forcibly occupying most of the river. On the south bank, there is a horizontal stone beam forcing the beach current, and the bed, pillow, and needle reefs in the river make the beach more dangerous. In summer, the river rises, and the flow rate of the shoal increases to up to six meters per second. The river is surging and turbulent. The boats that rushed to the beach were like a throwing shuttle, shooting out in the stormy waves, and if they were not careful, they crashed into the reefs and stone dams, and ended up in pieces.

The beach is formed by stone beams that are forced into the center of the river. The Yangtze River passes through here, is forced to flatten the body again and again by a series of stone beams, flattened so that the belly is attached to the wall, roaring in the way away, surging to beat the shore waves, the passing ships have become the punching bag of the river, the slightest difference in the pool is the end of the ship's destruction and death.

The Huanghao Beach, which guards Kuimen, is the first dangerous shoal in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River into the Three Gorges. Rolling tidal currents, rushing roaring, sonic boom canyons. Jiang Xin suddenly protruded a large stone bag, shaped like a black giant spider staring at the ship entering the gorge with gray-brown eyes. As soon as the boat entered the beachhead, the water became steep and without warning, and the waves rushed towards the surface like the tentacles of spider predation, desperately pushing the boat onto the stone bag. Countless novice boaters were caught off guard by the waves and bumped into the pile, and the ship could be destroyed and killed in an instant......

In the middle of November, Lin'an City has also entered winter, and the winter is even stronger after a snowfall, and the Zhiyuan Hall in the imperial city is also shrouded in a white vastness. The fire dragon in the hall had already been lit, and the warm roasting in the room was baked, and Zhao Yu took off the big hat after he came in. He just asked the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and now the queen and the other three have been pregnant for six or seven months, and the Queen Mother has exempted them from asking for peace every day, but he can't lose the rules, and still insists on going every day.

After saying goodbye, Zhao Yu stopped by to see the queen and the concubine and Concubine De, although he had not been a father in his previous life, he also knew that pregnant women were the most in need of care at this time, so he would also take time to sit separately in his busy schedule. And according to the memory of the few words about pregnant women in the previous life, he thoughtfully made recipes for them, formulated an exercise plan, and made the Wei brothers and several doctors who are good at gynecology form a medical team to stand by in the palace, monitoring them from time to time, which can be described as considerate.

However, near the end of the year, not only was the business busy, but the two battles also involved a lot of energy, coupled with circling around several pregnant women, Zhao Hao couldn't help but be tired. Seeing the emperor's turn, Wang De hurriedly ordered the dining room to deliver breakfast, and brought the newly transferred war report to the front of the case, although he felt sorry for the emperor, but he also knew that the little emperor cared about the war, but he did not dare to disobey and conceal it.

"Official, what's wrong?" Wang De saw that His Majesty had finished reading the battle report, showing a strange expression, as if he was happy and worried, and as if he was not happy, he couldn't see what he was thinking, so he bowed down and asked softly.

"The Western Expeditionary Army led by Wen Xiang has recovered the counties of Huizhou, Lianke more than a dozen military villages along the river, annihilated thousands of enemies, and the army went out of Kuimen and approached Chongqing!" Zhao Yu put down the army and reported.

"Official, the victory of Sichuan and Shu is a happy event, why is there a gloom?" Wang De was a little puzzled and asked strangely.

"Alas, Sichuan and Shu are progressing smoothly, but the war in Jiangdong has not progressed for a long time, and the Mongolian army just refuses to enter the trap!" Zhao Yu tapped the table with his finger and sighed.