Sun Quan's schedule was very tense, and he didn't have time to understand the changes in Dongzhi City in detail, so he went directly to Dongzhi Shipyard the day after he arrived in Dongzhi City.

The purpose of his coming to Toji was to launch a new ship into the sea.

Dongzhi Shipyard, built in the fourth year of Chuping, when it was just established, it was based on an old workshop, and the scale and craftsmen were not as good as the Taihu Workshop and the Huiji Workshop.

In the second year of the Warring States Period, as the first shipbuilding workshop of Wu State, Taihu Shipyard moved south, and completely integrated with Dongzhi Shipyard to establish a largest, unprecedented shipbuilding workshop in Wu State.

This workshop does not make fighting ships, does not make ships, but only manufactures the most powerful building ships, from two-story small building ships to five-story building ships, and every first-floor ship used by the Wu Navy today is launched from here.

The workshop is located on the outskirts of Dongzhi City, a port by the sea.

Sun Quan has always attached great importance to intellectual property rights, and the security measures of the entire workshop are managed by the military, and a team of 1,000 elite soldiers has been stationed here for many years.

"The last general, Shi Lei, the captain under General He, meet the king!" Outside the workshop, in front of the barracks, the captain of the leading army stood up to greet Sun Quan.

"Shi Lei, one of the three fierce generals under He Qi, is he willing to let you come to guard the workshop?" Sun Quan smiled slightly, a little surprised.

In the past, He Qi conquered Shanyue, and in addition to Huang Zhong, there were three generals under his command, who were famous for their bravery.

Shi Lei is one of them, practicing Qi Realm Fierce General.

"The last general fought with the local savages in Australia and violated military regulations, so General He sent me here to guard the shipyard!" Shi Lei was a little depressed and analyzed in a low voice.

"It's also important here, keep it well!" Sun Quan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"No!"

Shi Lei nodded respectfully.

Lei Ding and others brought by Sun Quan. After crossing the outer barracks, I walked into the inside of the workshop, which was surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a port at one end and a mountain ridge at the other.

Beyond the barracks, there is a canyon. That's where the real shipbuilding workshop comes in.

"Old minister Dong Qi, meet the king, long live my king, long live, long live!"

At this moment, the workshop supervisor ordered Dong Qi, who had already led the Dongzhi shipyard up and down, thousands of craftsmen stood at the gate of the shipyard and lined up and down. Greet Sun Quan.

"Long live my king, long live, long live!"

"Long live my king, long live, long live!"

“……”

Many craftsmen had never seen Sun Quan, and Sun Quan's ability to visit the shipyard in person was an important part of their attention, and they couldn't help but feel a little excited in their hearts.

In this day and age, it was a sacred thing to visit the king.

"Flat!"

Sun Quan stood in front of everyone, protecting himself with one hand. Langsheng said.

"King Xie!"

Only then did the crowd stand up. A pair of eyes looked at Sun Quan's somewhat thin figure.

"Lao Dong, between you and me, there is no need to be polite!"

Sun Quan took a step forward, hurriedly helped Dong Qi, and said with a smile.

Dong Qi is old, and even if he kneels down, it is a little difficult.

At the beginning, it was Sun Quan who personally invited him to go out of the mountain to help. From Taihu Lake to Dongzhi, in the past ten years, he has created countless battlefields, and now he is already in the year of the sixtieth year, with gray hair. The face is like withered grass, and the spirit is not as good as before.

But his waist was still straight.

"King, don't be like this, don't lose the courtesy!" Dong Qibi said respectfully.

At the beginning, Sun Quan invited him to go out to the mountains to build ships, which was the greatest luck in his life.

At his age, he could have retired in a good position, but he never chose to retire.

For him Dong Qi, in this life, he has nothing to think about except shipbuilding.

"Huh!"

Sun Quan smiled, supported him with both hands, and said: "Although Lone is the king, but there are not so many courtesies here, Dong Gong is the siege of Wu State, with an old body, do his best for Wu State, this is what Lone should do, Lone came today, it is for the new ship to go to sea!" ”

The new warship, which is also a building ship, is just a two-story small building ship, but it is indeed a different ironclad ship.

"King, the warship is ready, just wait for the final launch, please move the king to the launching workshop of the first word!"

Dong Qi said about the new warship, his cloudy eyes burst out with a trace of excitement, there are ten launching workshops in the workshop, which is the port where the warship is launched after it is built.

Dong Qi personally led the way, and walked for half a ring before he walked to the A-shaped sewer shop, which was outside the sea and a deep-water port.

The sea breeze is blowing slowly, and the autumn breeze in October is somewhat cool.

A warship covered in red canvas stands at the water outlet.

"King, please uncover the cloth!"

Dong Qi bowed down and said: "This warship is a historic breakthrough for our shipbuilding technology, a milestone that will be remembered in history, and the king needs to uncover its canvas with his own hands!" ”

"Okay, come alone!"

Sun Quan strode forward, stretched out his hand, and forced, and directly pulled down the red sail that shrouded the warship.

"What a magnificent warship!"

The dozens of officials who came with Sun Quan couldn't help but speak in admiration.

The length of this warship is only less than 30 meters, the height is less than 12 meters, the scale of two floors, not comparable to the grandeur of a five-story ship, the front and rear are sails, there are no superfluous poles, heavy crossbows are placed on the battlements, and in the center is a trebuchet.

If you insist on saying that it is different, the places where it can be seen are all paved with iron plates.

Ironclad ships!

Dong Qi walked out and respectfully explained the pros and cons of this warship to Sun Quan: "King, it took us two whole years to find out, his hull can be covered with iron plates, and its body is still wood, but a layer of solid iron plates is added to the outside, which is ten times that of ordinary ships in terms of solidity, and has a good ability for long-distance shipping!" ”

The wind and waves at sea are the biggest natural enemies of warships, and Wu can only move around in the East China Sea and the South China Sea now, because the warships are not strong enough to sail far.

"This is the ironclad ship?" Sun Quan was looking at this warship carefully.

Historically, Asian ironclad ships should have appeared in Japan in the 15th century, covering the surface of the ship with armor, which is an epoch-making shipbuilding technology.

In the future, steamships and battleships evolved step by step from ironclad ships.

"Dong Gong, have you tested its shipping capabilities?" Sun Quan said: "Don't sink in the end because of the heavy weight, it's a big oolong!" ”

The ironclad ship will affect the weight of the hull, and if you are not careful, it is easy to sink the ship.

When Dong Qi heard this, there was a black line on his face, and he hurriedly said: "King, the warships we launched have all been tested by navigation and are safe and qualified before they leave the workshop. ”

"Lone doesn't mean that!" Sun Quan smiled, he also knew that his words had stimulated the old man's heart a little.

"King, this ironclad ship, we have been tested nine times from the Dongzhi capital Yizhou shipping, and after repeated improvements, we have launched today!" A calm young man in his early twenties and less than thirty years old stood up and said respectfully.

"Who is this?"

"Weichen Luoshui!" The young man bowed his hand: "The deputy superintendent of the shipyard, the director of the research and development department of the workshop's warship!" ”

"King, this is the old man's closed disciple, Luo Shui, Luo Zibin, in shipbuilding, very talented, even the old man is a little amazed that this ironclad ship was supervised and manufactured by him!"

Dong Qi's withered palm patted the young man's shoulder vigorously, and with a proud smile, he introduced.

"The teacher has won the prize!" Luo Shui said modestly.

"Haha, Dong Lao, you can be regarded as a successor!"

Sun Quan's eyes lit up slightly, Dong Qi is old after all, but the craftsmanship of shipbuilding cannot be old.

He spends this lot of money every year to do research on warships, naturally hoping that they will continue to study from generation to generation and make the most powerful warships.

"O king, give this ship a name!"

Dong Qi pleaded.

Sun Quan looked at this ironclad ship with great satisfaction, laughed a few times, and said: "This warship is called the Century, it will witness the cross-century shipbuilding process, from now on, the workshop will start to manufacture ironclad ships, within three years, I want to see the Wu Navy fully equipped with ironclad ships, sailing unhindered on the sea!" “

If you want to go west to Rome, after all, you must have an ironclad ship as a foundation.

This ironclad ship is not just a warship, but a spark, the spark that ignites Sun Quan's ** fire to dominate the whole world. (To be continued......)