Hurry up and do what you want.

After receiving Liu Bei's letter, Cao Cao, Qiao Mao and others did not fool Liu Bei, but gave an answer of "urgent matter", and invited Liu Bei to go to Chen Liu.

Liu Bei expressed his willingness to go to Chenliu to rendezvous, but he had to build weapons and armor before setting off.

Subsequently, Liu Bei handed over the government affairs of Qingzhou and other places to Cui Meng, Liu Deran and others, and took people to Linzi to check the shipbuilding matters first, and then went to Jinan to check the production of weapons in Jinan and other places.

In ancient times, the traffic conditions were very poor, and the loss rate of transported materials was extremely high, and it was much more convenient to transport by boat.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Therefore, Liu Bei first went to inspect the shipbuilding.

The shipbuilding level of the Han Dynasty is the first in the world.

At that time, the main ship was called the building ship.

This kind of building ship, as the name suggests, is to build a tall building on the ship, to be precise, a small castle, from a distance, as if a building was built on the ship.

Although the building ship has all kinds of defects and unreasonable design, it is not that the Han Dynasty could not make other ships, but the problem of combat ideas, the Han Dynasty warships mainly assume the auxiliary role of transportation, and more consideration is given to ground attack. For example, Wang Jun, the purpose of his shipbuilding is to fight Jinling City.

This is the reason why "Wang Junlou went down to Yizhou, and the king of Jinling was gloomy." ”。

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, engaged in an arms race. Liu Bi, the king of Wu, built a large ship, which could carry dozens of carriages, and the deck could run back and forth with three parallel horses. Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, knew about it, so he built a big ship 100 zhang long, 100 zhang, a full 231 meters long, you must know that the treasure of the US imperialist family, the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a displacement of 100,000 tons, is only 300 meters long. Considered to be the pinnacle of battleships, the Japanese battleship Yamato is only more than 260 meters, although in the end the ship capsized on its first voyage, but, after all, it can not be built.

As for the building boats built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty later, they all sound a bit mysterious, with a square bow and oars on both sides. There are ten zhang high, ten zhang is twenty-three meters high, this is a six-story building so high, and then it will be equipped with an elevator.

There are generally three floors of buildings on the deck, the first floor is called "Lu", that is, the house, the second floor is called "Feilu", and the third floor is called "Bird Room", which means a place to watch and warn like a bird.

Each floor is surrounded by a half-person high female wall, and the first layer is surrounded by wooden planks to form a battle grid, and there are a number of arrow holes and spear holes on the female wall and the battle grid, which can be attacked from a distance and can be defended closely. In addition, it is equipped with defensive weapons such as stones and iron spikes. There's a lot of space on board, and you can drive on deck. The building ship is tall and majestic, and it is suitable for both attack and defense, and it is a real water fortress. Due to the large height and deterrent effect, the building ship is generally used as a command ship, and most flags are erected on it to strengthen its prestige.

During the Three Kingdoms, the large ship built by Sun Quan had five floors and could carry 3,000 soldiers.

Therefore, Liu Bei still has great expectations for shipbuilding.

Liu Bei had great confidence in the shipbuilders brought back from Luoyang, and the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and after inspecting it, he found that the progress of shipbuilding was really unsatisfactory, and it was so slow. All kinds of high-quality timber were piled up, but the ship did not build a few.

Liu Bei couldn't help but complain: "The speed at which you build ships is inevitably too slow. ”

One of the craftsmen, who seemed to be the leader, said: "Ming Gong Rongyu, I waited for more than 200 people, regardless of the cold and freezing, and rushed to work day and night, it really couldn't be faster." ”

Liu Bei said: "How come there are more than 200 people, I will send you 3,000 soldiers, 5,000 Wuhuan slaves, a total of 8,000 people, isn't this a person?" ”

This person's name is Cai Ze, and he is very good at shipbuilding, and he is also very obsessed, so he just shook his head and said: "These people don't know how to build ships at all, so they can only be used as coolies." ”

Liu Bei was immediately defeated by him, and said: "Are you born to build ships, they don't know how to build ships, you teach them, if they all know how to build ships, why should I invite you to come, give you good land and beautiful houses, food, clothing, money and silk." I'll just give them to them, or not. ”

Cai Ze shook his head and said: "How to teach, these people are clumsy, they can't teach at all." These people are not the material for shipbuilding at all, and even if they build a ship, no one dares to sit on it, and they will sink if they enter the water. ”

Liu Bei barely held back his anger, since Liu Bei crossed, he has been a Taishou and assassin for a year, which is equivalent to the level of the voice department, and everyone flatters him to speak, so his temper is also a little bigger, and he finally knows how many catties and taels he has, so he is not completely dizzy.

This person is good-looking, loyal and sincere, and ugly, but in fact, he is a technical nerd. If not, it is impossible to become an excellent craftsman, and it is natural to give preferential treatment to this kind of talent.

After taking a deep breath and calming down his emotions, Liu Bei asked, "How did you teach, why didn't any of the three thousand people learn it, or did you hide it?" Don't worry, don't worry about the apprentices starving to death of the master, I will continue to build ships in the future, only more, not less, there will always be a place for you. ”

Slaves are consumables, so naturally there is no need to learn skills, just do coolies.

Cai Ze said: "Ming Gong, it's not that the villain hides his secrets, it's really that these people are novices and don't understand anything, so I can only teach from scratch." ”

Liu Bei asked again, only to find that most of these craftsmen could complete the construction of a ship independently. It's not a group of craftsmen at all, it's a group of engineers. Thinking of this, Liu Bei's unhappiness was all left behind. Haha smiled: "I see, it's my bad thinking, don't blame Cai Gong." ”

Cai Ze hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare." He still knows this bit of courtesy.

Liu Bei said: "I'll teach you a new method, Cai Gong can separate the steps of shipbuilding, and it will not be easy for each person to learn one step, so as to cultivate a group of people who can work first." When Cai Gong commands these people to build ships, it must be much faster. ”

Cai Ze said: "You can't be sloppy in learning skills, if the size of the position is not right, a ship will have to stop." ”

This is a problem, Liu Bei thought for a while, and said: "This depends on the standard of weights and measures." I don't know how to build ships. However, the reason for organizing manpower is almost the same. How to use it in shipbuilding, Cai Gong, you have to think about it. From now on, you are no longer a shipbuilder, I appoint you as the captain of the ship, and I will build these ships well, and I will be of great use in the future. Your subordinates, this time the ship has been built, and you will recommend it, and I will grant official positions one by one. In the future, we will not only build river boats, but also sea boats. ”

Cai Ze was overjoyed when he saw that he had become a lieutenant at once.

Liu Bei said: "Here, I will give you full power, and anyone who does not listen to you can be engaged in military law,"

Looking at Cai Ze's proud appearance, Liu Bei continued: "If you can't build it well, you are also a captain now, go back and take a good look at military law." ”

Cai Ze's face changed suddenly.