With Gan Ning's guarantee, it is difficult for the craftsmen to say anything, not to mention, Zhao Feng himself is voluntary, and they can't stop it if they want to!

Zhao Feng and Gan Ning and other sailors boarded the boat together, followed by a group of craftsmen in Liaodong, compared to Zhao Fengde's excitement, their excitement was not bad at all, because this boat was built by their own hands, back then, they didn't believe Zhao Fengde's words, they didn't believe that a big iron shell could float on the water, but now, they believe it, because this iron shell was trampled under their feet!

After Zhao Feng boarded the ship, he saw that the workmanship of the hull was very meticulous, and the welding was also very firm, and it was estimated that if the steam engine was running correctly, this steamship would undoubtedly be very successful!

"Let's sail! We witnessed the first steamship in Liaodong set sail together! After everyone got on the boat, standing on the deck, Zhao Feng suddenly felt proud in his heart, looked at the sea and commanded Gan Ning.

"Yes!" Gan Ning nodded, although the way of driving a steamship was very different from before, but before that, Gan Ning and his sailors had already learned a lot, and now they are naturally handy!

In fact, just when everyone got on the boat, they felt a slight vibration of the ship, but everyone didn't pay much attention to it, they all knew that it was the sound of a steam engine running.

And now, the shaking was louder, and with a slight swaying of the ship's hull, the ship sailed away from the dock.

According to the original route, from the port of Liaodong to the sea area of Liaodong turned a small half circle, coupled with the fast speed of Ganning's ship, it was only more than an hour before and after the back together.

There is no doubt that the ship was built very successfully, and the voyage went very well!

"Master Wang, if such a steamship is put into the production line for production, how long will it take to produce one?" After the voyage ended, Zhao Feng asked.

"This ......" Master Wang is not sure now, he thought about it in his heart, and said: "It is not difficult to build the various parts of this ship, even if it is the largest hull, if you want to make it, it can only be built in more than a month, the most difficult thing is the splicing of various parts, the ship in front of us, we have been splicing and assembling for nearly two months!" ”

Listening to Master Wang's words, Zhao Feng frowned slightly, but he also knew that shipbuilding was a slow effort, and he couldn't rush it, so Zhao Feng nodded.

"There's no need to rush this, anyway, our current ships are beyond the reach of Jiangdong, Master Wang, it's up to you to arrange a team of people from among all the craftsmen and blacksmiths to be responsible for the production and manufacturing of ships!" Zhao Feng said slowly, "I don't ask for much, I want twenty ships like this!" What about time, I'll give you five years! What do you think? ”

Twenty ships, five years...... That is, four ships a year, one ship a season, this workload is not very large, because whether it is production or assembly, there is a process of practice makes perfect, once proficient, it may have taken two months or even longer work, now it can be completed in less than two months!

Thinking of this, Master Wang nodded heavily: "Don't worry, my Liaodong craftsman will live up to the expectations of the lord!" ”

"Well, I'm relieved of you!" Zhao Feng smiled slightly, Zhao Feng was still very relieved about the old blacksmith who had followed him since he first arrived in Liaodong!

Twenty ships, in fact, Zhao Feng wants to use these twenty ships to go to sea, instead of fighting Jiangdong, if he fights Jiangdong, his original ships are enough, not to mention that he still has a big killing weapon in his hand - Sun Jian and his son!

Just imagine, if the Jiangdong ministers knew that their old lord was still alive and knew about Sun Quan's evil deeds, how would they feel?

But this is just a later story, because Zhao Feng doesn't have the energy to pay attention to Jiangdong's affairs for the time being, not to mention, there is still a Cao Cao between Zhao Feng and Jiangdong, so he can't cross the sea to Jiangdong and skip Cao Cao directly, right?

In addition, there are Jingzhou and Yizhou waiting for Zhao Feng to subdue, and just above the grassland and in the desert, there is a hidden army waiting for Zhao Feng to eliminate hidden dangers! Yes, Yuan Shu, He Lian and Qiang Qu, these three people have brought a lot of trouble to Zhao Feng! For this matter, Zhao Feng will always remember it!

Now that the trial voyage has ended and achieved great success, Zhao Feng is no longer willing to stay at the dock, and leaves the dock after a few words of explanation to Gan Ning and returns to Xiangping City.

While Zhao Feng was happy because of the happy events in these days, Liu Bei finally received the news that he had been waiting for for a long time - the Kuai brothers finally unified the four counties of Jingnan!

In this way, six of the nine counties of Jingxiang have fallen into their hands, and in Cai Mao's hands, now only the three counties of Nanjun, Xiangyang County and Jiangxia County are left, plus the city of Nanyang Xinye!

On the surface, it seems that Cai Mao occupies a disadvantage, but in fact, it is not, how strong the Cai family's power is, Liu Bei knows in his heart, now, even if he adds those soldiers and horses of the Kuai brothers, in terms of strength, Cai Mao can be regarded as half a catty or two at most, or they may be weaker, and their current advantage is just that they have a seemingly large territory!

"Kong Ming, what should we do now?" Liu Bei asked.

"It's not easy to do!" Zhuge Liang shook his head, and then said his analysis, "Lord, that Jiangxia County and Nanjun are all opposite to Wuling across the river, and they are all guarded by Jingzhou naval troops, and the guards are even more famous Zhang Yun and Huang Zu, and it is even more difficult for the Kuai brothers to attack the Yangtze River!" ”

"Hmm!" After listening to Zhuge Liang's analysis, Liu Bei's expression became solemn, the fact is indeed as Zhuge Liang said, Cai Mao's side occupies the Yangtze River moat, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack!

"So my lord, we still need to make a fuss on our side, only if we defeat Cai Mao on our side, can we cause a riot on the enemy's side, and then, the Kuai brothers can have a chance, and then we will fight back and forth, and strive to eliminate Cai Mao!" Zhuge Liang said.

"We defeated Cai Mao?" Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang with a strange expression, this Zhuge Liang was not joking, with his little soldier, how could he defeat Cai Mao?

"Yes, don't forget, the lord is now where Cai Mao is located!" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and his words were broken.

"Shinno?!" Liu Bei's eyes flashed as if he had thought of something, but this light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

(End of chapter)