After more than a month of hard work, Liangshan recruited people and selected a site, and another shipyard has begun to take shape. A small dock has been built, capable of building all kinds of small boats, mainly under the responsibility of Meng Kang. It's just that the hull of this type of ship is too small, and it can only sail in inland rivers and offshore waters, and cannot go to the ocean.

And the brand-new dock that Ye Chun is responsible for will all build big ships and sail.

After inspecting the shipyard, Wang Lun saw Ye Chun and asked, "I don't know what Mr. thinks about Liangshan shipbuilding?" ”

Ye Chun arched his hand to Wang Lun, glanced at Meng Kang, and then replied: "The owner of the village requisitioned borrowed boats from all over the country before, so that the wind swayed the oars, which was illegal, and it was also a small bottom of the boat, which was difficult to use force. ”

After speaking, he said: "This kind of small boat is very useful in Liangshan, but once it enters the Grand Canal, or the Yangtze River, it will be embarrassing!" ”

Listening to what he said, Meng Kang knew that he was an expert, so he asked, "According to the brother's opinion, what a big ship to make!" ”

After hearing about the big boat, the Ruan brothers on the side were also very concerned, and looked at Ye Chun one by one.

Seeing that everyone in Liangshan put their feelings first, and they were not jealous of their abilities, Ye Chun was also very pleased, and then he bowed again: "According to what you see, you can build hundreds of big ships first." The largest is called the big loach boat, with 24 waterwheels on both sides, which can accommodate hundreds of people, and each car is pedaled by 12 people. Externally covered with a bamboo fence to avoid arrows. Set up a crossbow tower on the surface of the ship, and you can attack and defend both. ”

Ruan Xiaoer had never heard of such a loach boat, so he asked, "I don't know what this loach boat is?" ”

Their brothers, all of whom live on the water, have the ability to do so, but they are not good at this kind of warship weapons.

Ye Chun bowed and said: "The big loach boat can travel fast on the water, and there is something to block the arrows. It is also necessary to build a tower on that loach ship, so that it can be both offensive and defensive! Compared with the building ship, it is not much better! ”

Ruan Xiaowu was shocked when he heard this, and sighed: "I can't imagine that there is such a skillful person as Brother Ye in the world. If this loach boat can be used by my Liangshan, and with the advantages of the terrain of my Liangshan's 800 miles of water, who in the world can pose a threat to my Liangshan? ”

Hearing Ruan Xiaowu's remarks, everyone on Liangshan couldn't help but look forward to the future.

After walking for a while, several people came to the duckbill stall, and Ye Chun suddenly saw a big boat.

It was the largest warship in Yangsan, called the Gull Ship. The boat was eight feet high and twelve feet long, like a huge sand gull, floating on the river. The mast on it is dignified, and the sails are hunting, like halberds, which is terrifying to see. I saw that the gull ship was as heavy as copper, and it was made of riveted falcons of thousand-year-old wood. Slim like a floating island, endless at a glance.

When Wang Lun saw the majesty of the battleship, he was very happy in his heart, and he couldn't help but overflow with joy.

Ye Chun didn't want Liangshan to have such a water giant, so he was stunned for a while, and his heart said that Liangshan was a real talent!

Ruan Xiaoqi saw Ye Chun looking at the gull ship in a daze, and took the initiative to explain: "This is designed and built by the elder brother of the owner of the village, and the executor is the Meng Kang brother!" ”

With Ruan Xiaoqi's endorsement, Wang Lun immediately chose some of the later shipbuilding design theories that could be used in this era, and talked eloquently.

For Ye Chun, a specialist who is obsessed with this industry, this is like a top, and many places that he can't figure out in his daily life, or only know it but don't know why, now there is a reasonable explanation in Wang Lun's discourse, which makes him suddenly open his mouth, and directly regard the person in front of him as the grandmaster of this industry.

"It's ridiculous that everyone is in front of each other like this, I was complacent just now, it's really a class axe, and it's really embarrassing!" Ye Chun fell to the ground in front of Wang Lun.

Wang Lun picked up Ye Chun, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Ye Chun is good at utensils, Wang is just rhetoric, and the execution still requires you and Brother Meng Kang." ”

Meng Kang and Ye Chun agreed together, "I will live up to expectations!" ”

Then Ruan Xiaoqi and Meng Kang inspected the setting of the cabin, oars, and masts. The boat was divided into five sections with a partition of twenty oars on each side. There are three masts, the main mast is fifteen meters high, the two auxiliary masts are ten meters high, and the sails can be made into three or six.

Wang Lun pointed to the ordinary sailing ship on the side and said to Ruan Xiaoer: "There is no need to build too many ships of this kind, now we need to build large sailing ships that can go to sea." ”

Sino-Ocean not only has wealth, but also Wang Lun's dream.

"Rest assured, brother, when this large dockyard is completely completed, we will be able to build multi-masted ships, which are huge in scale and can carry a maximum weight of 3,000 to 4,000 stones." Ruan Xiaowu said.

One stone is equivalent to about 120 catties, and 3 or 4,000 stones are more than 200 tons.

Due to the prosperity of overseas trade, shipbuilding technology at this time has also been greatly developed, especially in cities such as Quanzhou on the southern coast, multi-mast ships of hundreds of tons can be seen everywhere. These ocean-going vessels have the characteristics of clamp bottom shape, triple hull plate, multi-heel mast, and a large number of compartments, and the structure is sturdy, suitable for loading, strong wind resistance, and good stability.

Walking around with everyone, Wang Lun was interested for a while and boarded a small boat. "Today, I'll give a few more brothers a magic method!"

Wang Lun instructed Ruan Xiaoqi to take a tape measure and carefully measure the size of the boat, which was eighteen meters long, four meters wide, and half a meter in draft.

After calculating for a while, Wang Lun said: "This ship has a displacement of thirty-six tons, and the load is about half of the displacement, so it can also carry 40,000 catties." ”

"How did my brother calculate, I was confused about how I listened." Ruan Xiaoqi asked directly.

Wang Lun looked at everyone and smiled slightly. "This is just an approximate calculation, the length of the ship, multiplied by the width, multiplied by the height of the draft, to calculate the displacement of the ship. The ship has its own weight, as well as sailors, and the load weight is about half more than half of the displacement. ”

Ye Chun listened and sighed incredibly. "The owner of the village is erudite, and the little brother is ashamed!"

Ruan Xiaoqi said happily: "With the wisdom of my brother and the craftsmanship of the two brothers, Ye Chun and Meng Kang, I am not afraid that my Liangshan Water Army will show off its strength!" ”

Although everyone in Liangshan is like a brother, Ma Bujun and the water army also see that there is competition with each other.

Wang Lun took the opportunity to say: "The three brothers should hurry up and familiarize themselves with the new ship, and in the future, they will have to ask the navy to go to sea to fight." ”

"Fighting at sea?"

When Ruan Xiaoqi heard this, he was stunned. glanced at Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaoqi and explained the horror in each other's eyes.

"Not bad!" Wang Lun nodded: "The Great Song Dynasty has a long coastline, and the coastal cities are rich. After all, Liangshan can't just hang in one place in the future, and the first thing to rely on at that time is Liangshan's sailors! ”

"Brother, don't worry, we will not disappoint my brother!" The three Nguyen brothers were full of eagerness.

With such ambitions, according to Ye Chun's thoughts, Liangshan is by no means an idle grass. Originally, he was at peace with what he encountered, but he was a little eager to see where Wang Lun could lead Liangshan towards!