According to Xu Yibao's introduction, this kind of 200 materials are mainly used for patrols, the number is not very much, there are about 200 ships, this kind of ship is not large in carrying capacity, small hull, long and narrow, light when sailing, fast speed, generally do not participate in large-scale water battles, only for vigilance patrols.

Zhao Junsheng found through observation that this kind of patrol boat not only has a rocking on the side of the ship, but also has a pedal gear under the cabin, and the boatman can make the boat start by pressing the pedal with both feet, presumably a propeller is installed at the bottom of the boat, and the speed can be doubled when the rocking and propeller are started at the same time.

Next, Xu Yibao and Wu Xi took Zhao Junsheng and the others to a slightly larger warship, and this row was full of warships of this general size.

Wu Xi introduced: "Your Majesty, Zhugong, this is a thousand-material warship, equipped with three bed crossbows with a range of 500 steps, eight rocks on each side of the ship, and sixteen pedal seats in the cabin, eight on the left and right, equipped with 50 soldiers, in addition to swords, guns and weapons, there are 20 bows and crossbows, 2,000 arrows, this ship has three masts, a total of 2,000 ships have been built!" ”

Zhao Junsheng circled around the side of the ship, although it had been built for several years, the officers and men of the Navy Division maintained the ship well, the ship was very clean, and there was no peculiar smell, whether it was the outside of the ship's side or the deck, the tung oil coated on it was still shiny.

Xu Yibao led Zhao Junsheng and the others to another larger warship, which was almost twice as large as the one thousand warships just now.

"Your Majesty, this is a warship of 2,000 materials, it and the 1,000 warships just now are the main warships of our army's naval division, a total of 200 warships have been built, a warship is full of 180 people, in addition to swords, guns and weapons, there are 100 bows and crossbows, 10,000 arrows, and four three-bow bed crossbows with a range of 800 paces!"

Zhao Junsheng boarded this two-thousand-material warship, and sure enough, he felt different, the four bed crossbows were in the shape of one and one two, and they were divided into the bow and middle, increasing in turn, so that they could strike in a three-dimensional long-range manner.

Zhao Junsheng circled around a bed crossbow on the bow of the ship and asked, "Can this bed crossbow rotate?" ”

Wu Xi replied: "Back to Your Majesty, what can be turned, except that you can't turn back to release arrows, you can turn left and right, and you can hit not only the enemy ships in front, but also the enemy ships on the left and right!" ”

Zhao Junsheng walked to the operating position of the bed crossbow and rotated the bed crossbow under the guidance of a sailor, it turned out that the bottom of the bed crossbow could be rotated, and the rotating bearing was installed.

"Good!"

Zhao Junsheng operated it, and wanted to suggest installing two protective plates in front, but when he thought that the other party was shooting arrows, not bullets, the way of long-range bow and arrow shooting is generally projectile, so that the farthest distance can be shot, and the arrow falls in a parabolic oblique downward after the projectile, not a horizontal straight line, so the effect of installing the baffle is not great.

However, even if you can't install a baffle in front, you can build a small cabin to cover the entire bed crossbow, just like building a pillbox, and the archery port is a strip-like mouth, so that the bed crossbow can be turned left and right to fire.

Zhao Junsheng told Xu Yibao his thoughts, and Xu Yibao's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said: "If it is like this, the soldiers who operate the bed crossbow can be protected to the greatest extent!" Someone, call the ship designer here! ”

Soon a middle-aged literati was called over, and after hearing this, this person's eyes lit up, and he took a soft ruler to measure, the height of this bunker could not be higher than the two bed crossbows behind.

"It's completely possible, it's easy to add such a wooden house, just nail it with thick wooden planks and reinforce it, and then paint it with tung oil to dry!"

Xu Yibao immediately asked the designer to organize the construction craftsmen to make one first and come out to see how the effect was.

Next, Xu Yibao and Wu Xi led Zhao Junsheng and the others to a larger warship, which really didn't look ordinarily big.

"Your Majesty, this is a great war ship of 3,600 materials, the largest warship of our army's naval division, a total of thirty ships have been built, each equipped with soldiers, a total of 320 boatmen, five bed crossbows with a range of 1,000 paces, and 300 crossbows! If you want to attack a city near the river, you can also set up three trebuchets on your ship! ”

"This kind of big war ship, even among Liu Song's sailors, Liu Song's sailors' largest warships are only 2,700 materials, and the combat power of a warship like ours is much higher than Liu Song's 2,700 materials!"

The 3,600 warship was indeed very large, Zhao Junsheng walked upstairs and downstairs on the warship, and asked Xu Yibao: "Can our warship sail at sea?" ”

Xu Yibao said: "Your Majesty, our warships can withstand a lot of storms and shakes and will not capsize, according to the masters who designed them, their center of gravity is very low, the stability is very strong, ocean navigation has not been tried, but offshore navigation is absolutely no problem!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "This design is good, our warships must not only be able to sail on inland waterways, but also sail at sea!" ”

After visiting the warship, Wu Xi hugged his fists and asked, "Your Majesty, I wonder when our army will be able to cross the river?" The soldiers practiced day and night for five years, in order to fight to Jiangnan in one go, to rule the world for His Majesty, to end the troubled times as soon as possible, and to rescue the suffering people in Jiangnan! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "My big cadre is now full of soldiers and food, and he can send troops to war at any time, but the division is unknown, and we lack an opportunity!" ”

Minister Lu Xuan said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, our dynasty signed a ten-year peace treaty with Liu Song, and now it has only been five years, if there is no reason to send troops to war, it is really difficult for our dynasty to send troops, and the people will not support it much."

The national teacher Dongfang Chen said with a smile: "It's not easy for Your Majesty to be famous? There is no excuse, we can make an excuse! ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "What excuse does the national teacher think we can make?" ”

Dongfang Chen said: "You can let a merchant ship sail on the river regardless of the obstruction of Liu Song sailors, as long as Liu Song sailors dare to use force, let the people on the merchant ship scuttle the ship, and my dynasty said that the merchant ship was attacked by Liu Song sailors and sank, and then use this as an excuse to send troops!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while and shook his head and said: "Although such an excuse is feasible, and our dynasty also has a reason to send troops, but it is still not convincing enough, and the discerning person knows that this is a deliberate planting, Liu Song Junchen and the people are not fools, so it can only arouse their resentment and hatred of the same enemy, this matter is still waiting!" The practice of the sailor cannot be relaxed, but proper rest is still necessary, and it is necessary to pay attention to adjustment! ”

Xu Yibao clenched his fists and agreed: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

This opportunity is two years to wait.

In the twenty-seventh year of Daqian, Zhao Junsheng was just fifty years old this year.

In recent years, the Eastern Roman Empire in the West and the Sassanid Empire in Persia have been fighting fiercely in Syria, and neither of them has bargained for anything.

The old king of Persia died, and was succeeded by the second son Hormuz III, and the eldest son, Belus, fled from Sistan to Khorasan to escape the pursuit, and sent people to ask for the help of the surrounding Red Huns, also known as the Jidoras, who were the remnants of the Kushan Empire.

Of course, there was a price to pay for the war of the Tseidore, and Belus promised to give half of the wealth he had gained after defeating Ctesiphon, and the Tara people agreed, and their king immediately led 10,000 cavalry to the west and killed Khorasan.

Khorasan was a fiefdom of Belus, and the army obeyed his orders, and the Red Huns' army entered Khorasan without any resistance, and Belus collected the troops in Khorasan and commanded them to attack westward with the Red Huns.

After two years of fighting, Belus led his army and the Red Huns all the way to Ctesiphon and captured his city, killing Hormuz III and taking control of Persia.

However, Belus and the Red Huns did not share the spoils evenly, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the Red Huns, and the Red Huns invaded Persia again.

Persia, which had just quelled the civil strife, was simply unable to resist the menacing Red Huns, and Belus I cheekily asked for help from his rival, the Eastern Roman Empire, but the Eastern Roman Empire did not bird Belus I at all.

Belus I had no choice but to whisper to the Red Huns for peace, promising to marry his own sister to the Red Hun King, you must know that in Persia, it is normal for brothers and sisters to marry, Belus originally wanted to marry his sister as the queen, how could he be willing to give his sister to the Red Hun King? So he found a woman who looked similar to his sister as a princess to marry the Red Hun King, but this trick was soon seen through by the Red Huns, who were furious and raised an army to attack Persia again.

Belus I once again used the same trick to use this trick to use his strength, he sent people to lobby the king of Ouda, asking the king to jointly send troops to attack the Red Huns, and promised to pay a high commission, and also promised that if the Red Huns were defeated, all their territory would be owned by the Ouda people.

The Bada people immediately sent troops to attack the Red Huns with Persia, and there were no wars in the past two years.

In the twenty-seventh year of the Great Qian, the twenty-second day of the first month.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan and others watched in the Royal Zoo, in order to maintain the wildness and ferocity of the beasts in the Royal Zoo, the official management office of the Royal Zoo only put live food, and it was put from time to time, which forced the beasts at the top of the food chain to hunt for food on their own.

Therefore, although this zoo has been established for more than ten years, the beasts in the garden are still fierce and abnormal.

"Your Majesty, this lion seems to be sick!" Wan Yutong said.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, it is normal, don't worry about it!" ”

At this time, the old eunuch Kang Yide came over and reported: "Your Majesty, the King of Shu has arrived!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Let him come over!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked Zhao Ping to come over for the purpose of letting him go to Sichuan Shu to take office, since he was assassinated and injured by the princess of Nanjun a few years ago, Zhao Ping has been staying in the capital to go to Yizhou to serve, within these two years, their brothers have signs of fighting again, and it is getting more and more intense.

Zhao Junsheng had a headache for this, and had to discuss with Hua Mulan to send the king of Shu to Yizhou to take up his post, although Hua Mulan was reluctant to let her son leave, but in order to prevent their brothers from fighting each other, they had to agree to Zhao Junsheng's decision.

Zhao Ping came over and saluted: "Erchen greets his father, mother, and aunt!" ”

Zhao Junsheng: "Let's be flat!" I discussed it with my aunt and decided that you should go to Yizhou to serve as the assassin, you should prepare, and you will set off in three days, this matter is not negotiable! ”