Xia Kou has not had any major incidents since Zhuge Liang left, Liu Bei has been actively recruiting troops and horses in the past few days, although there is no money, but the troops must be pulled up first.

Liu Bei really wanted Liu Yi's workshop to produce some battle armor, but Liu Yi's style of asking for money really made Liu Bei a little helpless, although the production was all sophisticated equipment, but the daily expenses of tens of thousands of dollars were not enough money, and with Liu Bei's current family background from Liu Qi, it was really a little unsupportable.

"Lord, if you continue like this, don't say that recruiting troops and buying horses again, it is difficult to maintain today's expenses!" The quartermaster came to Liu Bei's side with a sad face, other people's quartermasters, they are all rich and oily, but when they come to him, let alone the oil, they have to scrape the oil from themselves, who is going to reason with this

"How many soldiers and horses does our army have now" Liu Bei nodded silently and asked.

"Including the soldiers and horses recruited during these days, there are about 5,000 people, but most of them are untrained soldiers, and many of them do not even have weapons in their hands." The quartermaster sighed.

"Why is this" Liu Bei's eyes widened, although Liu Yi spent a lot of money, his daily consumption was counted, and there was still a surplus

"Back to the lord, in this workshop and dock, a lot of materials are needed every day, and the officers and soldiers in the army also need food, and there is money in our army......" The quartermaster didn't say anything in the end, but the meaning was obvious, I can't hold on, you can think of a way.

"If you go down, I will deal with this matter, but the soldiers and horses still have to be recruited, don't stop." Liu Bei sighed and said.

"Whoa!" The quartermaster said yes and bowed to leave.

Liu Bei looked at the direction in which the quartermaster left, and sighed again, he thought a little about Zhuge Liang, in the past, when he encountered this kind of thing, Zhuge Liang gave him ideas, but now, there is no one around him to discuss.

Let's go to Liu Qi again

Liu Bei shook his head, Liu Qi is not rich there, Jing Xiang was taken away, Liu Qi still has to support tens of thousands of troops, it is good to be able to give himself these subsidies, and it will be a little shameless to go again.

At this moment, Zhang Fei hummed an unknown tune, carrying a few pieces of wood and walking over there, looking at Liu Bei's strange face, what is this

It just so happened that Guan Yu was also walking towards him, Liu Bei hurriedly beckoned, pointed at Zhang Fei and said, "Yun Chang, do you know what Yide has been doing in the past few days?"

"It seems to be going to the craftsman's office." This Guan Yu knows.

"Ah" Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, isn't the relationship between these two people not very good, the atmosphere on the first day, it was embarrassing, why is Zhang Fei running over now

That's right, Liu Yi.

Liu Bei suddenly remembered that Zhuge Liang had said before leaving that if there was anything undecided, he could consult Liu Yi, but Liu Yi had been busy building ships these days, and Liu Yi subconsciously regarded Liu Yi as a powerful craftsman, but ignored this aspect of things.

"Check it out." Liu Bei took Guan Yu and walked towards the dock, firstly to ask Liu Yi if he had any plans, and secondly, he also wanted to see what Zhang Fei was doing

……

Outside the dock, a building boat stands on the river, the hull is quite large, the visual inspection is only three zhang wide, and the length is seven or eight zhang, compared with the narrow and long ship, the building ship in front of me feels a little short and fat.

"Prepare, calibrate the target, eighty paces ahead, yes, it's the crooked-necked tree on the bank of the river, add bomb!" But seeing on the shore, Liu Yi and Zhang Fei were standing side by side, Liu Yi was carrying a command flag in his hand, commanding something, shouting the trumpet to the boat.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu got closer and found that there was an attic at the back of the ship, but there were two trebuchets at the other end, and there was also a miniature version of the bed crossbow at the end.

Liu Bei was a little curious, so he didn't interrupt, but just watched with Guan Yu, he also wanted to see the power of this ship.

"Put!"

"Crunch"

"Boom"

With Liu Yi's order, two trebuchets and bed crossbows were launched at the same time, accompanied by a roar, two stone projectiles fell on both sides of the crooked neck tree across a distance of eighty paces, splashing two huge splashes, but the crossbow arrows were shot at the crooked neck tree, directly shooting through the tree pole.

"Good!" Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but stroke his palms and cheer loudly, and the craftsmen around him also cheered in unison.

"Measure the distance the ship has moved!" Liu Yi faced the river, the craftsman in charge of measurement.

But I saw that a craftsman was riding a small boat, and pulled it open with a roll of hemp rope under the boat, and then knotted a section of the hemp rope and took out a measuring stick on the boat to measure, and after a while, he said to Liu Yi: "General, the ship has moved more than four feet and three inches." ”

"Failed again," Zhang Fei said with some unhappiness.

"There were no failures." Liu Yi shook his head, turned to look at Zhang Fei, and suddenly pushed him, Zhang Fei's body shook, but Liu Yi took two steps back.

"Bo Yuan, what do you mean by this" Zhang Fei frowned and looked at Liu Yi.

"The effect of power is mutual, just like this, when I push you, there will also be a force to push myself, the same is true of the warship, stone bullets, crossbow arrows are fired, there will inevitably be a force to push the warship, if it is on the ground, the base is fixed, this force will be borne by the ground, but not on the surface of the water, the water is soft, can not fully bear this force, unless the ship continues to grow, so big that the force of this shock is unable to shake the hull is possible, but such a big ship, now we can't do it." Liu Yi is now preparing a book by combining the principles of mechanics of the Mohists with the principles of mechanics he knows, and the scribe next to him quickly recorded these words, and when it was over, Liu Yi compiled these contents.

"It seems simple." Zhang Fei fumbled with the needle-like beard on his chin and nodded.

"It's not too difficult, but no one has recorded these simple truths, and these truths are just the basics, and how to use them is ever-changing." Liu Yi said with a smile: "This building ship doesn't need to be changed." ”

Excellent Ships: Stability +26, Range +28, Speed +27, Fighting Spirit +29, Energy Recovery +27

In the experiments of the past few days, this warship is the one with the best attributes, and the shipbuilding experience of these days is also becoming more and more perfect, and the next step is to build a few more.

"Bo Yuan is a good means, if you can have a few more warships like this, why be afraid of Cao Cao" Liu Bei came out of the crowd, looked at the building ship in front of him with admiration, and smiled at Liu Yi.

"Cao Jun is not to be afraid on the water, and when this thing fights Cao Jun, it is best not to show it." Liu Yi bowed slightly to Liu Bei, and then smiled.

"Why is that," Liu Bei wondered.

"According to Kong Ming's plan, I hope that Jiangdong's soldiers and horses can kill each other with Cao's army, and our army will reap the benefits." Liu Yi pointed to the warship and said: "The art of war is cloudy, and it is this truth that it can be shown that it can't, although our army joins forces with Sun Quan, but compared to our army, Jiangdong is powerful, if this thing is revealed too early, it will only make Jiangdong feel jealous, and at the same time ask our army to send troops with all its might, at that time, on the contrary, they are suspicious of each other, and they can't join hands to resist the enemy, but it is better to show weakness, so that Jiangdong can fight Cao Cao with all his might, and our army will support from the side, Uncle Huang can rest assured, there are 100 boats, which are enough to help Jiangdong succeed." ”

"Bo Yuan, then what is your purpose in creating this thing" Zhang Fei was puzzled.

"After Cao Cao retreats, our army will capture the land of Jingzhou, and it can be used as a surprise soldier to quickly capture the city, and secondly, with this ship, it can also deter Jiangdong!" Liu Yi said with a smile: "This thing can only be used when Jiangling is captured, and the rest of the time, it must not be exposed in front of people." ”

"No wonder you asked Wei Yan to impose martial law on their side." Zhang Fei said suddenly.

Liu Bei then remembered what Liu Yi said that day, and then look at the boat, these days for Liu Yi to spend money like flowing water and the little bit of mustard that was born disappeared in an instant, with this kind of sharp weapon, no matter how much money you have, it is worth it.

"But I don't know how much this ship costs," Liu Bei asked suddenly.

"The materials are not much, one is about 5,000 yuan, plus the workers' money, the cost of one is only about 6,000 yuan." Liu Yi said with a smile.

Of course, if you sell it by hand, then don't want to take it away without 100,000 yuan, of course, who is willing to sell this kind of thing

In these years, especially in the war years, no one cares about environmental issues, the materials are cheaper, and the ship does not need any special materials, just need to concoct the wood once, and even do not need to spend money to buy, you can organize your own people to do it, which also leads to the cost of shipbuilding is not too high.

Liu Bei nodded, this price is really not expensive, it is really good to have a shipbuilder of your own.

After sighing with emotion, Liu Bei said to Liu Yi: "Bo Yuan, there is something to discuss with you. ”

"Uncle Huang, please." Liu Yi pointed in the direction of the dock and said to Liu Bei.

The two took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei all the way to the pavilion outside the dock, and Liu Yi asked Wei Yan to guard the surroundings and not let people approach.

"Uncle Huang, please speak." Liu Yi sat on the stone bench and said to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei had some ideas of asking Liu Yi to collect some to save some expenses, but he didn't mention it at the moment, but just told Liu Yi about the current predicament, and looked at Liu Yi with some expectation: "I don't know if Bo Yuan has a solution."

"It's not that hard to solve it." Liu Yi said with a smile.

"Oh," Liu Bei asked, "I would like to hear about it." ”

"First, take some of the replaced weapons to exchange some food with Qi Gongzi for emergencies." Liu Yi pondered.

"This ......" Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "Now we are recruiting soldiers and horses, and those replaced weapons and armor are all for new recruits to use, I'm afraid it's ......."

Liu Yi nodded and pondered: "Then the second is in these craftsmen." ”

"Ah" Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi: "How do you say this?"

Sending other people's money, changing hands and taking it back, this is going to lose people's hearts.

"Uncle Huang don't worry, naturally it's not a robbery, I'll build some kettles later, Uncle Huang can order people to open some post houses nearby, the food made from these kettles is fragrant, which can attract them to spend money to eat." Liu Yi said with a smile.

"Bo Yuan, there are also meals in this army, will they eat them?" Zhang Fei was puzzled.

"You'll find out when you come out." Liu Yi did not explain, these craftsmen now have a daily salary of one hundred, and they can be regarded as rich people in Xiakou, and if they are satisfied, they will naturally give birth to higher pursuits, but this is only an emergency, and it is best to attract people to consume, but Liu Yi does not know too much about the consumption level of the people in Xiakou, so he can only put his mind on the people under him first, and slowly look at it, if the effect is good, then do some other business to form an economic cycle chain, and finally the money turns around and comes back.

Liu Bei was a little skeptical, but he didn't ask much, so far, let's be a dead horse doctor, I entrusted the matter to Liu Yi at the moment, and took Guan Yu to inspect the barracks.