Time goes back a bit, in late autumn, Jia Xu and others pacified the Xiliang Rebellion, and after returning to Luoyang, General Wei's mansion naturally carefully planned about major events.

The battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao is already in sight, but in the land of Kanto, the appearance of a too powerful Yuan Shao or Cao Cao is not a good thing for Sizhou.

For this reason, Tian Feng, Jia Xu, Xu Shu and Deng Ji finally came to the conclusion that the new army should be expanded quickly, Huya and Xiaoqi should be recalled to watch the battle, Cao Sheng would attack Cao, and Yuan Sheng would attack Yuan.

The first general summoned for the expansion of the army was Guan Cheng.

Before Liu Bei took Hanzhong, Sizhou only wanted to expand a new infantry army and a cavalry army, and now the situation has changed, in addition to the infantry army and cavalry army, it is necessary to build a naval army.

Although he successfully recovered the northern part of Nanyang County from Liu Bei's hands, this place was previously preferred to be given to Liu Bei rather than occupied by himself, that is, Deng Ji, who was bent on seeking stability, listened to the words of the strategists that if he wanted to completely establish rule in his hometown, he could not do without the naval army.

Nanyang is close to the Hanshui, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River.

There are many names in the whole area of Han water, her three sources are the east source of Yangshui, the north source of the water, the south source of the South River, after flowing through Hanzhong and Yangyang, they are collectively referred to as the water, also known as the summer water, and the east flows to the south Zheng called the Han water, so the ancient Han water is called a water, and the confluence of the Han water and the Yangtze River is called Hankou, also called the mouth, and also called the Xiakou. In addition, the section of the river from Xicheng County (now Ankang) in Hanzhong to Danjiangkou in Nanyang County is called Gucang Langshui, and it is called Xiangshui after passing Xiangyang, which is another name for the Han River.

In addition to the main trunk of the Han River, there are also many tributaries, such as Baoshui, Lianshui (now Lianshui River), and Zhishui (now Chi River) in the middle and upper reaches. Huaishui also has a tributary, the Mingchi River. The same name is only), Xunshui, Renhe, Yongshui and so on are numerous. In the boundary river section of Nanyang County controlled by Deng Ji now, the important tributaries on the left bank are Danshui (also known as Junshui, now Danjiang), Shushui (now Baihe) and Lishui (also known as Lishui, now known as Tang River, after the confluence of Baihe and Tang River, and then enter the Hanjiang River, so now the two rivers are called Tangbai River together).

At the beginning of Emperor Guangwu's establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the first year of Jianwu (25 AD), he formed a water division. A dock was established on Jiangxia Baishazhou, and shipbuilding was greatly developed. Left by the predecessors, Liu Biao ruled Jingzhou for a long time, and the sailor was much stronger than Sun Ce at this time, except for a few in the Han River to guard against Xiangyang, part of the Jingzhou sailor was stationed in Dongting Lake to prevent Sun Ce from committing Changsha, and the rest were mostly under the command of Jiangxia Huangzu.

Most of Jiangxia County belongs to today's Wuhan, and the seat of governance during the Han Dynasty was in Xiling County, not Shaxian County, where the three towns of Wuhan were located. Yulu Mountain (now Hanyang Guishan) built a new moon city, and moved the governance office to the moon city. Originally historical. Sun Quan's troops sent Ling Tong and Dong Xi to break through the city of Qiyue in 208 A.D., and slaughtered the city in revenge for Sun Quan's father, but the city was destroyed; After the defeat of Huang Zu, Liu Qi was instructed by Zhuge Liang to avoid disaster to Jiangxia, and rebuilt Lushan City next to Qiyue City, which was also the seat of Jiangxia, and then in 225 Sun Quan established Xiakou City on Wuchang Snake Mountain on the opposite bank, whether it was Qiyue City, Lushan City or Xiakou City of Eastern Wu, since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiangxia County's important places and governance offices have been moved to Shaxian instead of the original Xiling.

Shaxian water division can go down the river to attack Sun Ce, or go against the Han River to Nanyang.

In later generations, the three largest tributaries of the Han River, the Danjiang River, and the Tangbai River can also be navigated, with the most powerful water division of this era in hand, Liu Biaojun can even borrow the waterway to reach Wancheng, whether it is the original history, or the life when Deng Ji arrived, Liu Biao let Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, Liu Bei occupy the north of Nanyang for a long time, not can not be taken, but it is just a big trouble for the Sun family, only Nanyang is kept as a buffer isolated from the northern princes.

Deng Ji is not Zhang Ji and Liu Bei, if you want to take root in your hometown without being offended by Liu Biao for fraud, if you want to take advantage of Liu Bei's entry into the Hanzhong waterway again, you must have a sailor who can barely resist, gallop to help, and transport.

Under Deng Ji's rule, the generals were all northerners, and most of them were good if they didn't get seasick, and the only one who was proficient in water warfare was Guan Cheng, who came from the pirate Sui clan brother Guan Hailai.

Speaking of which, under the rule of Deng Ji these years, the management of the undertaking is also aggrieved, the navigation conditions in the Yellow River are poor, and there is the winter ice period, his naval army is not of great use, and the upper and lower levels do not pay much attention to it, not to mention the number of naval troops, the warships are all fishing boats, ferries and ferries, and they can only transport personnel and materials on weekdays.

Under Deng Ji's rule, there was only one captain.

Deng Ji, Tian Feng, Jia Xu, and Xu Shu, the four strategic decision-makers, also did not know anything about the boat, and called the manager to come, Deng Ji first asked: "I want to build a water division in Nanyang, but I don't know the reason, can I be taught at the beginning?" ”

Sizhou wants to seriously build a sailor up, and his own family can naturally be reused, hearing this, Guan Cheng is overjoyed, but he also knows that the construction of warships is not easy, so he has to try to suppress his excitement and say truthfully: "When the villain lived in Beihai, although he was a thief, he was also concerned about the warship, and he heard from the old boatsmith: in the pre-Qin period, the countries were strong in Wu Zhizhou, and he had built a big ship Yu Huang, a building ship, a big wing, a boat sudden, a bridge, a middle wing, a small boat, a small wing, a yacht, etc., but it was a pity that many were not seen. To the Han Dynasty, the rest has gradually been abandoned, large ships are heavy buildings, ships build high-rise buildings, there are sails to borrow the wind, but also to make manpower with a pulp, lightly carrying 400 stones......"

At this point, Deng Ji didn't understand, so he interrupted him first: "Four hundred stones? ”

Guan Cheng nodded and explained: "The weight of the boat is calculated as two stones for one person, and the light load of four hundred stones can carry more than two hundred people!" ”

Xu Shu nodded: "This kind of building boat, the second, third, and fourth floors of Jingzhou are all available, and when I lived in Jingzhou, I saw it on the riverbank, and the big one can accommodate three or four hundred people, and the small one can accommodate one hundred people!" In addition, it can be known from history that the Han dynasty once sent out 2,000 ships and carried more than 200,000 sailors. ”

Deng Ji was speechless, and Guan Cheng said again: "The Han Navy Division is the main battle of the building ship, and the rest of the counter-shooting collision is to take advantage of the ship of the cowhide, and the other relies on the string to grab the boat and board first, and the protection is heavy and has a double-layer plate threshold, which is below 200 stones, which is for the middle ship; Again, small boats, red horse boats, yachts, and sentinels are used for patrolling. Only in troubled times, the original Han Dynasty sailors or were abandoned, or attached to the princes, has been dispersed, shipwrights are also many displaced, building ships, ships, first boarding, sill construction is not easy, not one or two boatwrights can be built, the required glue, tung oil, lacquer, etc. are not difficult, the keel will be hard of large hardwood, keel, shipboard wood soaked and then placed in the shade to dry, two or three years can be used, a rare preparation! ”

In the end, for fear of dispelling Deng Ji and the idea of establishing a naval division with the left and right divisions, his voice became smaller and smaller, but after a short break, he couldn't help it: "Knowing the difficulty, the villain will stop building warships when he is a thief in the North Sea!" ”

Hearing him say this, Tian Feng and Jia Xu also had a headache, and they couldn't think of a plan, so Deng Ji asked again: "Today, where is the best place to build a ship?" ”

Xu Shu was more clear about this question, and he didn't need to answer it: "The first is Jingzhou, the second is Wudi, the second is Jiaozhou, and the last is Beihai and Liaodong!" ”

If you talk about the historical precipitation of the shipbuilding industry, the deepest is actually Wu County, in the Spring and Autumn Period is a big ship-making country, once sent a boat division from the sea to attack the Qi State, the Qin and Han dynasties for the sea, shipbuilding has never stopped, but Sun occupies the local time is not long, shipbuilding and time-consuming, Sun Ce's naval army is now only a medium ship as the main force, the building of four or five ships, far inferior to Liu Biao, so Xu Shu will Wu Di ranked after Jingzhou; Although the third Jiaozhou is remote, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent envoys from Jiaozhou Rinan County (now Da Nang, Vietnam), Hepu County (now Leizhou Peninsula) Hepu County, Xuwen County to the sea, arrived at Cheng Buguo (now Sri Lanka), it is regarded as the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, and then there are many exchanges and trades with India, Jiaozhou shipbuilding has also been a long time, and there are not many wars and natural disasters, but the population is sparse, which restricts development; The last Beihai and Liaodong two places, across the Bohai Bay, for the way to come, there are also shipbuilding, Tai Shici, Guoyuan to avoid the chaos of Liaodong, is to cross the sea by boat, but unfortunately there is no need for warships here, and because of the war, the depression is tight. In addition to the above four places, there were originally some boatwrights along the Huai River, but they all avoided the disaster of war and went to Jingzhou and Dongwu.

If you want to dominate the world, the navy must have sooner or later, Jiaozhou, Wu is far away, Jingzhou Liu Biao is unlikely, fortunately there are boatwrights near the Bohai Sea, although Liaodong is far away, Kong Rong Beihai has been under the rule of Cao Mengde, and just has to ask for himself, the envoy is still in the city of Luoyang.

After Xu Shu finished speaking, Deng Ji thought about it for a while, and then asked Guan Cheng: "They are the same North Sea shipwrights, can they always have shipbuilding wood at home?" ”

Guan Cheng nodded: "If there is no chaos, be prepared!" ”

"That being the case," Deng Ji clapped his hands and decided: "Zhong Xuan, it is inconvenient for me to see him, so that people can spread the word to him, Cao Gong can send his son to Luoyang, and exchange the North Sea shipwrights Yi Xunyou, Zhu Ling, and Lu Qian for one person for every ten households. Outside the Beihai, I ordered Ailan to send a fine work to Jingzhou to seek, the shipwright who can build a ship, and those who are willing to vote for me, in addition to the first-class meritorious people, for each first-floor ship, there is also a reward for Xuntian, money and grain. ”

Seeing that he was still above the three wise men in his own family at this time, Tian Feng couldn't help but sigh again: "Rough is not fine, small skills are very good!" ”

Deng Ji smiled cheekily, disappreciated, and said: "Cao Mengde wants to ask for armor for use, and he can also use the keel and ship plank wood hidden by the Beihai shipwright. ”

Seeing that everyone was applauded, Guan Cheng regained his spirits, and saw Jia Xu groaning: "The captain of the navy has been restationed in Nanyang, but the Yellow River navy must not be abolished, and half of it should be used!" ”

Guan Cheng thought about it: "There is Guo's Kunzhong in the water army, the brother has the same name, the younger brother has the same name, the younger brother is Ren, all of them are villains, very capable, Guo Tongshi does not like to move, he can lead the Yellow River water army, and the villain leads Guo Ren to Nanyang!" ”

Tian Feng and Jia Xu ordered Guo Tong and Guo Ren to come to see him, and a few days later, they agreed to recommend Guan Cheng. (To be continued.) )