The nearly finished battleship was exquisitely made, because of the use of iron nails, the previous method of pouring lead liquid and then tying it up with iron no longer appeared; The thin slit between the planks and the planks is no longer stuffed with often leaky wood chips, but squeezed into hemp rope, which is then coated with a mixture of tung oil, lime, pine tar; The rudder was the biggest improvement, there was no rudder before, only a tail rotor, and the steering was not only clumsy but also slow.

When he went deep into the bottom of the cabin, he saw rows of dense ribs, and on both sides of the ship were three rows of seats and three rows of paddle holes—without testing and without time to train the shoulders, Xiong Jing did not dare to rashly use the oars on the paddle sailing boats, lest the snorers habitually lift the oars out of the water during the fierce war; In the middle of the bottom of the boat is a patchwork keel, which has been tightly tenoned and riveted, but Xiong Jing is still worried about the strength of the keel.

"Please don't worry, the keel will be foolproof." Seeing that the king looked at the keel carefully, Gong Yijian said so.

"Are there any that have already been in the water?" Thinking that this is just a river warship, Xiong Jing is not so concerned about the keel.

"The first two ships were launched the day before yesterday." Before the ship was launched, Gong Zhijian had been nervous, for fear of making a mistake. Although they are all ships, the shipbuilding process is completely upside down, and even the process is reversed, and the master engineer invited from Yuedi cannot use it at all. The Yue people admitted the reason, not only did not help digest the new process, but condemned the process as violating the ancestral system, and the new ship was basically built by Gong Yijian and Chu Yue craftsmen.

"How?" Xiong Jing knew about the Yue Artificial Master, and there was nothing good to do about it.

"General Red said, its speed is like flying, light and convenient, but it is ......" mentioned the comment of the general of the boat division, and Gong Yijian couldn't help but smile. However, he was not yet able to skillfully ram the enemy ship, and before he was not strong with a hook, he fought like a battle, holding a halberd. ”

The previous warships did not have keels, they could only engage in broadside battles, and it was different with keels. Xiong Jing smiled: "What about the boat? ”

The two newly built three-paddle warships were sailing on the Huai River at this time. Ou Zhe, the general of the boat division, Ou Bi, the chief engineer, Lu Zhuo, the doctor who is familiar with water warfare, and some Vietnamese shipwrecks all stood at the bow of the ship. The biggest difference between a single pulp warship and a three-slurry warship is the speed, that is, against the current, and the speed of the three slurry is much greater than that of a single pulp. It's just that, because the three rows of paddlers ate the gunwale, they could only stand on the unobstructed deck, and the river wind blew, and everyone had a feeling of returning with the wind.

"This boat has no side, so it is inconvenient to fight." It's always a little unaccustomed to new things, said a Vietnamese shipwrecker.

"Fighting with a shield, what boat do you want?" Ou Zhe, the general of the boatman, was completely excited about the arrival of the new toy, but his joy was not obvious because of the consideration of these shipbuilders.

"The hook is strong or a little inconvenient." Doctor Lu Zhuo understands water warfare, and he thinks that the new warship is good at everything, but it lacks a ship's side. "Jiangu ......" is also that the original place where the drum was placed was occupied by the steering wheel, and the drum could only be moved forward.

"The new boat is better than the old one, it's all a trivial matter." Dagong Shi Ou Bi is very old, and there is an indescribable estrangement between him and the Chu people, but his shipbuilding skills are highly praised. When the Yue and Wei were allied, the painting boat of King Wei Xiang was built by his father, and the Central Plains countries have all imitated the construction of the Yue State ship so far; The state of Qi began with King Xiang of Qi, and two generations of King Qi invited him to join Qi as an official, but he refused.

"What does the master think of this boat?" Lu Zhuo is also a Yue person, and it seems that he is conscious, and the Chu army is all on another ship.

"This boat is far better than the old boat, and the Qin people will be defeated." Ou Bi did not intervene in the construction of the new ship for a complex reason. As soon as the first rib was attached to the keel, he knew that the new ship was far superior to the old one, but his inexplicable pride made him reluctant to get involved in the construction of the new ship. He was not there when the new ship was launched the day before yesterday, so today he quietly boarded the ship to take a look at the new ship.

"The king is indeed born to know, and he is good at doing a hundred works, and no one is dissatisfied with the construction of the mansion, and there is no surprise in building a new boat." There are three rows of paddle hands, and the shipyard is not far away, and Ou Zhe doesn't want to be too lost.

"The great king is also the virtuous king." Lu Zhuo said with emotion. "I have heard that the king is willing to restore the kingdom of all countries."

"Restoration?!" The most violent reaction was Ou Bi, who was concentrating on building ships and had never heard of such news. "How to restore the country?"

"I don't know." Lu Zhuo shook his head, and his voice was a little quieter. "But the historian of Yue has gone to Yingdu, saying that he wants to compile the history of Yue Guo."

"I've heard about it, too." Even if the dock was imminent, Ou Zhe couldn't help but interject. "It is said that it is to reject the Qin people, and the king wants to restore the countries. The people of the dynasty and the emphasis on culture and education are the policies of restoring the country. The nobles of Chu didn't want it, and the king said that he would not be short of his Gu Lu and not move his official position, so the nobles gave up. ”

He could already see the king and the prince on the shore, Ou Chou spoke quickly, and bowed to the king on the shore while speaking, and other people also bowed with him, including Ou Bi. As if he wanted to show his hand in front of the king, the shipwreck, who had calculated the distance, had already asked the captain to stop paddling, and the forty-ton warship floated like a light boat to the dock. However, the tail rotor was used for turning before, but now the tail rotor mouth is not used, and the rudder is used. The rudder of the new ship was very sensitive, and the captain turned his head, and although he quickly turned to correct it, the side of the ship inevitably touched the dock and made a splash.

The Yue people hit the shore and played smashed, and the one commanded by Chu Shu was not so bold to play drifting, and under the command of the shipkeeper, the warship began to turn far away, sticking to the shore and doing a straight line shore. Without turning, the gliding distance could still be judged by the shipkeeper, and the warship stopped behind the ship without panic. The ship's commanders, officers, soldiers, and men all disembarked and saluted Xiong Jing.

"How's the new ship?" Finally built a ship, looking at the two three-paddle warships, Xiong Jing was quite proud.

"Tell the king, the new ship is like a great iron, and the old ship is like a ruined revolution, unstoppable. My Chu country will win. "Keng is a Chu person, his position is still above Ou Zhe, and he speaks loudly.

"To the king: the new boat is far better than the old one." Ou Zhe didn't answer until after the red man finished speaking, and the Ou Bi beside him didn't speak, and Lu Zhuo said after he finished speaking: "Tell the king, with this boat, my boat master will defeat the Qin people." ”

As soon as the Qin people are mentioned, Xiong Jing's pride becomes dispensable, and it is not difficult to imitate such a ship. He turned around and asked Xiang Gongjian: "How many ships can be built before going to Daliang in May?" ”

"Your lord, the ribs of the ship are insufficient, so we can only use new materials. In this way, there can be forty-three. "The public loses the road. The keel can be spelled, but there is only one keel of the ship, and there are thirty or forty ribs of the ship, and they have to be bent, and the splicing will definitely delay the construction period.

"A boat of dozens of gold, how can you use new materials?" The boat is small, and it uses less large wood, but it also costs a lot of money. A forty-ton ship costs 30 gold, and the new material is not dry, so it will be very troublesome to replace it in the future, and it will not last long if it is not replaced. Although there are more than 1,000 warships in the size of the Chu State, this is a book number, and after the annexation of the Yue State, the water wars have decreased, and there are not many warships that are truly complete and available.

"What can you do without new materials?" Gong Zhijian wondered, he suddenly thought of the materials for building the sea ship.

"There are many palaces in Chu Palace, and it is suitable to look at those wooden rafters as ribs, and there will be ribs if you dismantle some." Xiong Jing replied.

"The king must not." Lu Zhuo hurriedly admonished. "The palace is the foundation of the country, how can it be said that it will be demolished."

"Why not?" Xiong Jing asked rhetorically. "The palace is not as beautiful as the boatman. Without a good ship, how can you win? If there is no good material, how can it be a ship? Start dismantling today, and dismantle whatever material you want. Also, "Looking at the stunned crowd, Xiong Jing said again: "The sea boat can't wait, and the sea ship will start after the warship is built." ”

"The king," Lu Zhuo didn't dare to persuade anymore, and said firmly: "The keel of the sea ship is more than one foot thick, more than ten zhang long, this, this ......."

"Isn't there a capital pillar?" Gong loses this and that, Xiong Jing is a little impatient. But as soon as he said all the pillars, Gong Yijian immediately fell to the ground and couldn't get up. The eyes of the historian behind Xiong Jing also widened, and he wrote all the records.

In the pre-Qin palace, there are all pillars, and the pillars are the pillars of the whole palace, rafters or something, and they can be added again after being demolished. If the pillars are torn down, the whole palace will be torn down; Moreover, a pillar is only ten meters and twenty meters, and the keel of more than thirty meters needs to be dismantled to two palaces to be put together. Demolishing two palaces for the sake of a sea ship is a tyrannical thing no matter how you look at it.

The palace of Yingdu was built under the command of Gong Yijian, and now it is going to be demolished, how can he stand. But Xiong Jing is already counting the total number of palaces in the country - there is at least 400 gold for a sea ship, and there is really no way to do it, so dismantle all the palaces of Chu and take the wood to build ships, anyway, the wood of the palace is also good nanmu and camphor wood.

"The king must not!" All the 100 boat soldiers fell to their knees, "The palace is the foundation of the country, how can it be demolished?" ”

"Big fallacy! The foundation of the country is the soldiers of the land and water armies, and it is the patriotic heart of the people who are good at fighting, what does it have to do with the palace? "Xiong Jing didn't mean to say to the soldiers about demolishing the palace room, this idea started brewing last year, but I didn't dare to say it last year." Wait, you haven't taken a ride on this kind of warship. ”

Coming to the shipyard to take a ship, under the greeting of the red mo, Xiong Jing and Gong Zhijian and others stood on the Sanpul battleship. As the hand began to swing, the warship briskly sailed off shore. Because it is a smooth water, the boat travels very fast, and the spring breeze is very comfortable on the face. Xiong Jing got on the boat not only to take the boat, after a while he said to the temple people around him, one temple person carefully took out a glass hourglass, which was made by Lu Lifu recently, another temple person took out the prepared speed rope, ready to throw the rope, and the third temple person took out a pen and paper, ready to record.

"Do you have all the hands?" Xiong Jing asked Xiang Hong.

"Your lord, there are one hundred and twenty-four people, all complete." Red replied.

"Drumming! Speed test at full speed. Xiong Jing ordered.

"Drumming, full speed!" The red man gave an order to the ship's captain, and the drum sounded. In the sound of drums, the three rows of wood pulp on both sides of the board are drawn faster and faster under the movement of the hands, and the scenery on both sides of the strait retreats sharply. Xiong Jing, who felt the highest speed, nodded to the temple people, and at the same time as the hourglass reversed, the heavy object tied to the end of the speed rope was thrown into the Huai Shui.