Chapter 417: Patrol Battleship (Second Update)
In fact, Yinggao could have arrived here at a faster speed, but he didn't, when he passed through several counties where he had fought, Yinggao stopped his steps and went to see how these counties were different from the previous anti-Qin war, of course, the final result was very satisfactory to Yinggao.
From the beginning of Hangu Pass, Yinggao saw Feng Zheng, his father-in-law, to Xu Gong, who followed him from the time he was a son, and was also born and died, of course, this was all in the case of a sudden attack.
This is not Ying Gao's intention, not telling the counties along the way is mainly for Ying Gao's safety, otherwise, once there are assassins along the way, no one can explain where the assassin came from.
It was under such circumstances that the efforts made by Feng Zao and Xu Gong and other county guards in their respective counties to implement Yinggao's new policy and the new Qin Law Firm were still quite recognized by Yinggao, especially the lecture hall that Yinggao valued very much, and every time he passed through a place, he would personally disguise himself and hurriedly take a look at the local lecture hall.
Seeing that the lecture halls in some larger counties were almost all lively and lively, and even the smaller lecture halls in some villages attracted almost all the teenagers in the nearby villages, Yinggao left with confidence.
When he finally arrived at Shouchun, Wang Li was still greeted outside the city gate of Shouchun, even if it was a sudden attack, it was impossible for a person like Wang Li to directly enter the city and block him somewhere, the face that should be given, Yinggao still had to give, after all, this era does not require people to deal with government affairs in the county temple for twelve hours a day, and it is still necessary to relax when there is nothing to do.
Therefore, the Zhu family sent a deputy general of their own to Shouchun at the hour when Yinggao was about to arrive, and informed Wang Li of the matter, and the most important thing is that the emperor brought his two wives here, not to mention anything else, Wang Li must arrange this residence for Yinggao.
"Your Excellency is very eager to come here, Wang Li has just arrived in the city, and the hospitality is not good, please forgive me!"
Wang Li hadn't seen Yinggao for several years, but he hadn't forgotten what Yinggao said to him when he forgave him for his crimes, and from that time on, Wang Li, who was the county guard of Jiujiang County, had dedicated everything to Yinggao.
He knew what Yinggao's main purpose was for him here, and he also knew where he had fallen from before.
Although he did suffer some difficulties before, Wang Li personally almost ran all over the surrounding coastal counties, and invited many capable people who can build ships to Jiujiang County with a lot of money, so they will achieve today's results.
He has built a full four warships of the required size of Yinggao, after informing Xianyang of this matter, he originally wanted to build more warships during this time, but he didn't think that less than two months had passed, Yinggao actually went to Jiujiang in person.
In fact, Wang Li didn't have to think about it, he knew that Yinggao must have come this time for the warship, but of course he couldn't say it in a big way, not to mention that the emperor still came with his wife.
"I don't need your hospitality, I'm here for one thing, and that is to see how the warships that you have spent so much time and manpower building here are better than those warships in Daqin before."
"I don't know when you want to go, the place where you built your ship is still some distance away from Shouchun City, not to mention that you also brought two ladies with you, it's better to ......"
Of course, what Wang Li wanted to say was that it was better to rest first, and then go to see the warship when he was full of energy, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Ying Gaoyi stretching out his hand.
Yinggao waved his hand and said: "It's still early today, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just go today, as for my two wives, I also heard that my Great Qin has built a stronger warship than before, and I have the heart to accompany me to inspect it, so I came here, and they naturally accompanied me to go together." ”
Yinggao's temper, the people around him already know it very well, not to mention that Han Xin's heart was quite boiling after listening to Yinggao's plan on the road before, and he had long wanted to see what this Yinggao's mouth looked like than the warship that Xu Fu was riding on when he went to sea before. So as soon as Yinggao's voice fell, he couldn't wait to ride his horse to the front, and motioned for the king to lead the way.
In fact, Wang Li really wanted Ying Gao to take a look at the warships he supervised, although Yinggao was originally handed over to him and Chen Ying to be responsible for, but Wang Li knew that because the first batch of warships to be built was in Jiujiang County, so he paid more energy in this matter than Chen Ying, I don't know how much.
The territory of Jiujiang County is the main road of the largest river in Daqin, and it is precisely because Yinggao knows this, and also knows that this river can flow all the way to the south, and can merge into the sea, so he will choose the place to build the warship here.
It is not only safe here, but when the warship is actually built, it can be trained on the wide river, and after the training is completed, the warship can be sailed into the sea through the wide river.
From the city gate of Shouchun to the riverside where the warship was built, it took more than half an hour to trek, and the closer to the river, the more difficult the road became.
What made everyone even more surprised was that the two ladies of Yinggao also got off the carriage, and the two of them just covered their faces with light veils, dressed in black daze, and then they even got on a horse, Tian Yan was in front, Feng Qing was behind, and the two rode their horses closely and followed Yinggao's mount closely, and went together in the direction of building the warship.
Tian Yan and Feng Qing's hand, that made everyone including Han Xin dumbfounded, the emperor's wife's hand, it really made them breathtaking, originally heard that Ying Gao took his two wives on patrol together, except for the Zhu family, who knew some of the situation, everyone thought that Feng Qing and Tian Yan would become a burden to them once something happened, but now it seems that it is really not like that.
Although Han Xin had heard Yang Zi tell him a long time ago, Tian Yan, the wife of Ying Gaoxin, was proficient in all kinds of weapons, and her martial arts were definitely stronger than Han Xin, but Han Xin didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that a woman, that is, she could embroider some fists and legs, how much ability she could have.
But now that I look at it, my wife really didn't fool herself at all, the new lady of the king seems to be really a practitioner, and it seems that she is really not good at this half-baked player.
Under the horses all the way, everyone passed through a thick fog that filled the riverside, and in the fog, a team of guards closely guarded Yinggao and Feng Qingtianyan's side, until the river gradually appeared in everyone's eyes.
Along with the river, there was a huge silhouette, everyone knew, that was the latest battleship built by Daqin, at the beginning, everyone did not have too surprised expressions, until they came closer, looking at it under the battleship, they finally knew why Yinggao wanted to come and see the battleship in person.
It turned out that the battleship of Daqin was the largest when Xu Fu went to sea, but the length was only close to ten zhang, which was the trophy captured in the Qi State in the process of the unification of Daqin, and after some modifications and transformations in the later period, it became the battleship of Daqin.
During the Warring States Period, the Qin State was a completely landlocked country, and naturally knew nothing about the construction of warships that could sail on the sea, only the land of Qi and Wuyue, because their own national strength was okay, and they were close to the sea, so they all had several warships that could be handled.
Even now for the construction of this warship, Wang Li also searched for a lot of old people in the land of Wuyue before, and found some classics on the original construction of warships, which played a very big role in the construction process.
The newly built warship completely killed the previous warships of Qi and Wuyue in terms of size alone, and the length of the warship went from less than ten zhang to nearly fifteen zhang, and the size of the warship did not know how many times it expanded.
And now, because Yinggao has vigorously promoted iron tools within the scope of Daqin, iron smelting has made great progress under Zhang Kai's advocacy and research over the years, and they have been able to create iron tools with very good hardness and resistance.
These iron tools were applied to the warship, and all parts of the hull that were previously almost completely connected by the mortise and tenon process were reinforced with iron, and some anti-rust treatments were made on the outside, and the strength of the warship was even higher than before.
"Your Majesty, this battleship is the one that I mentioned in the previous letter to your lord that it had been experimented on the river and returned to the sea without fail, and the other three battleships that have been completed have all been driven away by sailors and gone to the distance to experiment, once they find that there are problems such as water seepage, they will immediately find out the reason, and I believe that they will be able to return in less than ten days."
After Wang Li saw Yinggao at the bottom of the battleship, he didn't say anything, but rode around the battleship and began to look at it, as if he didn't want to let go of every part exposed on the water.
Although Yinggao's face did not have any expression, but looking at the behemoth in front of him, his heart was still quite excited.
He knew that the behemoth in front of him was the change that his arrival had brought to this world, if it weren't for his arrival, Daqin would never have been able to build a warship of this size and such a degree of solidity, and on the rough sea, big means stable, and strong means being able to withstand greater wind and waves, which will greatly enhance the survivability of the sailors who will go to sea on these warships in the future.
"Let's go, get on the boat and have a look!"
Ying Gao didn't express any opinion on Wang Li's introduction, just nodded slightly, and when he looked at everything he could observe on the shore, he waved and led everyone to board the towering ship.
The warship docked in the river, although there are also big waves of the river from time to time lapping the hull, but it does not shake much, which is enough to show that the weight of this ship is enough, and it will not be like the building ship of the Three Kingdoms period in the previous life, which can be overturned by a wave on the river.
Of course, there is also the credit of Yinggao's guidance to Wang Li in the letter before, the reason why the building boat in the Three Kingdoms period was still overturned by the river on the river when carrying seven or eight hundred people, it was not that the technology in the Three Kingdoms period was not good, but the shape of the building ship was not a stable shape.
Therefore, when Yinggao gave Wang Li an order, he not only had requirements for the length of the hull, but also the height could not exceed a certain specification, and then there was the width and the shape of the bottom of the ship.
Although he can't do some of the principles of mechanics if you ask Yinggao to explain them to you with formulas, he still knows the general truth, at least much stronger than Wang Li.
And now, after Yinggao's inspection, Wang Li has still done it in terms of appearance and size, and he has done it well.
Taking the lead, Yinggao boarded the deck of the big ship, on the deck, at this time, there were some craftsmen who were making minor repairs to the details, they obviously didn't know Yinggao, they only knew to salute Wang Li, Wang Li just wanted to introduce it, but was stopped by Yinggao.
"How many sailors can this ship carry?" After silently looking around on the deck and cabin of the warship, Yinggao suddenly asked such a question.
"If you don't count the people at the helm, you can load two thousand!"
When he said this, Wang Li was full of confidence, although when he was supervising the construction, he thought that if he changed the shape of the warship in his own way, he might be able to fit more sergeants, but after thinking about it, he still didn't dare to do so, but even if he didn't make any changes, he could still fit two thousand sergeants in the last test, and this kind of achievement made Wang Li's heart quite satisfied.
But Wang Li's triumphant answer had just been spoken, when he was stopped by Yinggao's next question.
"The 2,000 sergeants you spoke of, have you counted all the armor and weapons of these 2,000 sergeants and the food and grass needed for long-term voyages?" After Yinggao listened, he still asked such a sentence without any expression.