Although it is also not frozen, the winter in Nanyang is much colder than in Changsha.

When people are old, they really don't want to move in such a cold day, but they don't sleep much, and they can't sleep on the couch anymore.

It was faintly bright, foggy the first few mornings, and cleared up at noon. There was no fog today, thinking it was cloudy, Huang Yu sighed lightly, and sat up.

His sigh was soft, but the people outside were astute, and when they heard it, they pushed open the door and came in.

"Grandpa is awake?"

The young man who spoke had slender limbs and bright eyes, knowing that Huang Yu's ears were not good, and he probably couldn't hear the previous sentence clearly, so he grinned and laughed loudly: "Grandpa got up early!" ”

This is Liao Qing's middle son, Huang Yu nodded silently, and the young man leaned over and quickly took clothes, shoes and hats for him to wear.

After cleaning up, Liao Bao helped Huang Yu out of the door, and Liao Qing's wife Luo Shi came out of the kitchen door and greeted with a smile: "Ah Weng is up, can you go to the dock today?" ”

Behind his ears, Roche's voice was also very loud.

It's okay at home, it's boring, it's better to go to the dock to stay at ease, Huang Yu nodded silently.

Luo Che hurriedly retracted back to the kitchen, Huang Yu walked a few steps in the courtyard of the house, a little cold, and was helped into the hall by Liao Jiao to wait.

The two of them got up early to prepare, and after a while, Luo brought in a bowl of fish, a bowl of mutton, and a bowl of pickled vegetable soup, and Liao ran to help carry the rice in the steamer.

Huang Yu shook his head, a little dissatisfied, even if that Deng Envoy Jun attaches great importance to the shipwright and rewards him with a lot of things, it is a bit too extravagant every day.

The meals are hearty and delicious, but Huang Yu can't eat much at his age now, after half a bowl of rice. He stopped his basket and watched Liao planing eat.

This kid didn't lose his own family, he ate three bowls of rice in a row, and ate all the remaining meat before he stopped pulling a rag and wiping his mouth.

Finding that Huang Yu got up and went out, Luo Zhi shouted loudly: "The river bank is windy, and it is cold today." Ah Weng is careful and cool! ”

Hearing his mother's words, Liao Jiu hurriedly ran back to Huang Yu's bedroom, took out the fox fur, caught up with the old man and put it on his back, and then laughed loudly: "Deng Yuanjun gave him a fur coat, Grandpa should use it today!" ”

Huang Yu glanced at him, nodded, and waited for the young man to set up the ox cart again and help him get on the ox cart. The grandfather and grandson went to the dock together.

The diligent Huang Yu of this family understands that it is just to learn his skills.

Since Huang Yu arrived in Wancheng, Deng Ji has asked the Beihai shipwright Liao Qing's family to support the elderly, but they are not their own children and grandchildren, how can they get along well in just a few days? In Huang Yu's eyes, Liao Qing's family is a little pretentious.

Whether it is Deng Yuanjun or Liao Qing's family, they are all building ships and warships by themselves, and after drying up their own craftsmanship. Can we still treat each other like this?

worked hard for Liu Biao in Baishazhou for several years, and he was too old to do any more work. Before he had to be released home, Huang Yu never imagined that what was waiting for him was the bad news that his family had died of the epidemic.

If it weren't for Liu Xu, the former owner, Huang Yu would have wanted to jump into the river and feed this old bone to the fish.

The children and grandchildren are all gone, and their own age is at this age. What else can be done? What else can be drawn?

After suffering such a blow, Huang Yu felt that he could already look down on everything.

After the former owner sent himself and the first batch of ship materials to Yuyang for delivery, he continued to drive merchant ships to Changsha and Nanjun to buy ship materials, and he was willing to work hard for his nephew. But now I am more than 70 years old, and I am struggling to live for another two years. It's time to die, there are no children and grandchildren under his knees, and Deng Yuanjun and Liao Qing really want the shipbuilding skills, so take it, is it necessary to hide it in their own house?

The dock was only four or five miles away from Wancheng, but the ox cart traveled slowly, and it took more than three minutes to arrive.

The sergeant outside the dock was very tightly guarded, and Huang Yu had been in and out seven or eight times since he was sent to Wancheng by the Yuyang government, but every time someone still probed into the ox cart to check.

Deng Ji's dock was not small, and the ox carts entered, passing in front of dozens of newly built houses, in front of the storehouses containing raw cowhides and cotton sails, and only stopping at the place where the shipbuilding was built by the water.

An eight-zhang long dragon skeleton was on the shore, and at this time, many craftsmen were making and measuring on it, and two scribes were guarding next to it, constantly recording various data in the booklet.

Liao helped Huang Yu get off the ox cart, tied the fox fur tightly for him, and went to the boat together.

As for Deng Ji's dock, Huang Yu came to the conclusion after observing it on the first day, it was too troublesome and rigid, and even the tiniest wooden wedge required accurate measurement.

Liao Qing and other North Sea shipwrights, Huang Yu has nothing to say, the first ship of the trial production has been launched half a month before the old man arrived, although it only started to leak after only an hour, and had to sail back to the dock side, but the old man went to see, only a few joints are unstable, the position of the sail is not right, the first time the North Sea shipwrights tried their hands, it is very rare to have this result.

Although Huang Yu is disheartened and rarely talks on weekdays, shipbuilding is the most proud strength of his life, and he hardly speaks at ordinary times, except in the dockyard, he can't help but blame when he sees something inappropriate, and he must praise the subtlety.

It is precisely because of this that Huang Yu does not like to be idle in Liao Qing's house, and has to go to the dock every day.

Deng Ji had to wait for the ship to be made skillfully before starting to make the ship, the newly built ship, Huang Yu pointed out that he would not make the previous mistakes again, but each component had to be carefully measured back and forth to clear the length, width, and height, all of which had to be recorded, and then the finished objects were not allowed to be bound and glued first, as long as they could fit before and after, they should be put down first.

This is too time-consuming, since the ancestors, which shipwright does not rely on his eyes and hands, and who needs these things? Who doesn't make a good binding piece? What should I do if I lose or get confused?

Regarding Deng Ji's request, not to mention Huang Yu, Liao Qing and other Beihai craftsmen were also puzzled, but General Deng insisted on this, and the officials who supervised it every day refused to relax a little, and no one could disobey it.

Seeing Huang Yu coming, many craftsmen, including the two officials, opened their mouths to say hello, and Liao Qing even put down his work and ran over and shouted: "Ah Weng! ”

Huang Yu didn't pay attention to everyone's greetings, just waved his hand and let everyone do their own thing, and walked around to see if there were any mistakes or omissions.

It is impossible to let Huang Yu build a ship by himself, but he has decades of experience in shipbuilding, checking and filling in the gaps, supervising the construction, and asking for every process to be excellent. He is now withdrawn but gentle, and even if he finds a mistake, he will only point it out gently, but he is more respected by the shipwright.

Liao Xuan supported Huang Yu, his eyes looked around, and his brother Liao Axe was holding a wooden plank at the stern of the boat.

Liao Axe is a little strange today, and he will make a small gesture with a wooden plank. There will be an inexplicable smile on his face, put down the plank, and then gesture, and laugh again. Liao Bao looked at him a few times, but he didn't even realize that he and Grandpa had walked by, obviously absent-minded, and his father didn't scold.

Liao Pao felt strange, and turned around and asked his father, who was only cheeky and followed behind Grandpa: "Why is the eldest brother like this today?" ”

He asked, and Liao Qing looked at him. I couldn't help but laugh, but I didn't speak.

Liao Zhengjue was puzzled, and Chen Xie, another head of Beihai shipwrights, spoke: "Today's officials told me that Mrs. Jun invited nearly 100 marriageable women of Deng, Wu, Jiao, Yang and other ethnic groups from Henan to go south with the army, and go to Wancheng at noon. can be matched, called 'blind date'. ”

Liao couldn't believe it. In the past, most of the shipwrights' families did not have land, and after the turmoil in the world, it was difficult to get a job, and their livelihood was difficult, and many of the younger generations could not find a wife.

I heard that all the women invited were still from the big clan. Not only admires people's white skin and slender body, but also fears that people's eyes will not look down on them, and they are afraid that they will not be able to live a poor life after marriage, and they will not treat their old parents well.

Liao Jiao only felt that his heart was up and down, both nervous and excited.

Not only brother Liao axe. He himself is of the right age and unmarried!

Blind date? Can you go on a "blind date" at night?

Liao Jiao's temperament is different from that of his brother, and he will not hide and steal fun alone when he is excited, and immediately tell Huang Yu the good news loudly.

"Blind date?"

After Huang Yu figured it out, he was also a little puzzled, Liao Qing was already a family of meritorious people, and he was relatively well-known under Deng Ji's rule, how many ancestral craftsmen could have this opportunity? Deng Ji Shangken treats craftsmen like this?

Although the weather was cold, most of the busy craftsmen were excited, and time flew by, and when it was almost noon, a sergeant came to eat, and Huang Yu ate a little more with the craftsmen, and then rested for a while, and began the second half of the day's work.

At the beginning of the day, there was a sudden commotion at the dock door, and Huang Yu couldn't hear it clearly, but most of the boatmen stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to look at the door, and Huang Yu turned with it.

After a while, at the dock door, it was Deng Ji, the owner of this place, who entered first. Liao Qing told Huang Yu that Deng Yuanjun's wife and brother had all returned to Luoyang, and the reason why Deng Yuanjun remained in Wancheng after his assassination was to wait for the first batch of available warships of the navy to be launched.

Huang Yu didn't believe it after hearing this, the first batch of warships? At this speed in the dockyard, the first ship doesn't know how long it will take.

At the gate of the dock, Deng Ji followed behind him with four or five hundred people, but they were not sergeants, all wearing short robes and shorts, carrying a craftsman's box, and a purple badge on their belts.

Deng Ji led the people to the place where the ship was built, and when he saw Huang Yu, he first went to the old man's side to give a salute: "Huang Lao is also here!" ”

Seeing Huang Yu curiously looking at the crowd behind him, Deng Ji told him loudly: "These are all carpenters from Henan, Hanoi, and Hedong counties. ”

There are nearly 100 carpenters in the dock, and they do help a lot with shipbuilding, but they can only do things according to the boatmaster's instructions, and if they can't tell them a little, they will make mistakes. ”

Deng Ji smiled but didn't answer, there were already scribes over there to distribute the drawings, and they removed the real thing from the new ship and sent it to everyone, not long after, Liao Qing and the others were busy with only one bare keel left, and the new carpenter everyone got one or two parts.

There were many ships, and it took a while for the scribe to finish distributing them, and at last, standing on a high place, he said loudly: "The style needs to be returned tomorrow!" Although the salary is high, you should also know that after ten days, every five wrong ones, you will have to deduct your salary! ”

Every five mistakes is one for every five finished products.

These carpenters had just arrived, and they had not yet rested, and after taking on the tasks and styles, and starting to allocate their own houses, Huang Yu understood why so many new dwellings had been built in the dockyard before.

The previous shipwrecks were all separated, Liao Qing, Chen Xie and others could no longer continue to work today, Deng Ji ordered the shipwrights to put away their belongings and go home, and the unmarried young man went to the Taishou Mansion at night.

When the ox cart returned to Wancheng, Huang Yu was still thinking about Deng Ji's intentions, pondering for a long time, and suddenly remembered the keel that required a uniform length and thickness, and each wedge on the keel that was strictly required, suddenly realized.

After a while, Huang Yu took the initiative to say to Liao Qing for the first time in a trembling voice: "Deng Yuanjun recruited hundreds of carpenters to help, not to make one ship, but to make several ships at the same time, if the material is enough, you may get more!" (To be continued.) )