"Well, that's exactly how it should be! But what I want to know is, where are you going to build it, and how many taels of silver do you need? Feng Yao asked happily. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Shipbuilding has to be very close to the harbor and easy to transport materials, so I plan to build a shipyard on the strait between Mt. Qushan and Mount Wooju! And the silver taels used are estimated to be at least 100,000 taels or more! Yuan Ao said.

That strait Feng Yao knew that it was the place where he fought with the Mi clan at sea the day before yesterday, and the strait from the coast to Yuzhou Mountain was almost ten miles wide and dozens of miles long, and it was indeed a natural haven, and at present, it was indeed very good as a shipyard.

Feng Yao nodded and said, "Well, that place can be used as a shipyard, but I want you to try to make the scale of the shipyard as large as possible, I have taken a look at the current sea boats, they are all flat-bottomed, which is very unfavorable for sailing on the sea, when a wave hits, the ship will be beaten up and down by the waves, so I ask you to design a sea ship with a pointed bottom and a pointed tip!" This is more conducive to breaking the waves! ”

"Also, the largest sea ship is only five zhang long, which is too small, I ask that the ship be built to ten zhang long!"

"What? Culet? Won't it pour, will it stand firm in the water? Everyone had a look of surprise on their faces.

"Yes, I've never heard of a ship, but I'm sure my lord has a point!" Dai Ling suddenly spoke, he was the first batch of people to follow Feng Yao, and he knew Feng Yao very well, in short, no matter why, Feng Yao's words must be correct!

Feng Yao saw that everyone was puzzled, so he explained: "This point is only the part of the bottom of the boat that is pointed at the front, not the entire hull from top to bottom. ”

"Yes, my lord, I understand!" Yuan Ao suddenly said loudly with joy, "I think I can build the boat you said!" But the subordinates still have a dilemma, that is, to build a ten-zhang long ship, this main keel is too difficult to find! It's hard to find such a tall and straight tree! If you build one or two such big ships, your subordinates can still think of a way, but if you want to build a large number of them, I'm afraid you can't do it? ”

Feng Yao groaned, although he knew that even an iron ship could float in the water, but the key was that the current technology could not do it, and after thinking for a while, he asked again: "If it is spliced, can it work?" ”

"No, then the boat is easy to disconnect from the splicing place, it is better to build a small point boat!" Yuan Ao said.

"Then we can make the splicing place double, or simply make the whole ship double, and use more compartments to make it stronger!" Feng Yao suddenly remembered a movie he had watched, which was about the structure of a ship, although the ship in that movie was made of iron, but this method could be used on a wooden boat.

The more Feng Yao thought about it, the more his voice became louder, and he continued excitedly: "Now our ship is all single-layered, once it is broken, the whole ship will enter the water, if it is made into a double-layer multi-grid, even if it is damaged somewhere, the seawater will enter the other compartments, and it will not penetrate the cabin of the second layer!" This not only solves the problem of materials, but also makes the boat stronger! ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and they all congratulated Feng Yao, full of admiration for Feng Yao.

Yuan Ao smiled and said: "Lord, all the problems I want have been solved, please give me half a year, I will definitely be able to build the boat that the lord wants!" ”

Feng Yao nodded: "Gongrong, this time I got a lot of wealth from the Mi family, I plan to leave you a billion yuan, that is, one million taels of silver, to build a ship, and give you another 500,000 taels to build a technical department, but I think this technical department is best built in Yuzhou Mountain, and the entire island where Yuzhou Mountain is located should also be isolated, and only relevant personnel engaged in technical research and their families are allowed to live on it, so as to better protect our technology from being known by the enemy!" ”

"Yes! Lord! I will not let my lord down! Yuan Ao said loudly.

One hundred and sixty billion, nearly 100 million for the celebration and reward, plus the fifteen hundred million to be given to Yuan Ao, and 15 billion, Feng Yao calculated in his heart.

"Ziheng!" Feng Yao looked at Lu Fan.

When Lu Fan heard this, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "Lord, what do you command?" ”

"You only have an army of 10,000 in your hands now, I hope you can quickly expand the army to 50,000 and hold Xuzhou for me! I will order the soldiers to send 200,000 stone of grain and grass and 1 billion dollars as military salaries! Feng Yao said.

Lu Fan nodded vigorously, "Lord!" Xuzhou will always belong to the lord! ”

After discussing for a while, Feng Yao decided to promote the current Chengfu County Commander to Peng Chengxiang, and the former Chengfu County Lieutenant was promoted to Chengfu County Commander.

In the end, he personally wrote a letter to his father Yuan Shu, placing Guangling under the management of Yangzhou, and suggesting that his brother-in-law Huang Yi be appointed as the Taishou of Guangling.

The remaining 400,000 stones of grain and grass were ordered to be sent to Puyang and 200,000 stones to Shouchun to boost morale.

At night

After returning to the mansion, Zhu'er was looking forward to Feng Yao's return at the door early, and as soon as she saw Feng Yao appear, she threw herself into Feng Yao's arms and shouted sweetly: "Husband! ”

Feng Yao picked up Zhu'er and kissed her on the face, and when he was about to speak, Gong Du came to Feng Yao alone.

"Zhu'er, you go back to the room first, I have something to do!" Feng Yao put down Zhu'er in embarrassment.

"Father-in-law, is there something wrong with looking for a son-in-law?" Feng Yao gave Gong Du a salute.

"Son-in-law, I want to talk to you alone, you are free now!" Gong Du Dao.

Feng Yao hurriedly invited Gong Du into the study, retreated left and right, and was a little worried: "I wonder if my father-in-law saw that I was even taking a concubine outside, and he was a little blamed?" But it's not like ah, the last time Cao Yanran was a concubine, my father-in-law was also very happy? Is it because Zhu'er has no net worth? ”

After sitting down, Gong Du said: "Virtuous son-in-law, now that Xuzhou has been pacified, but Jingzhou Liu Biao's attack has not slowed down, I am worried that if there is no way to defend, the enemy will attack under Pingyu City!" Now that our army has arrived here, it is best to take advantage of Cao Cao's empty forces in Yanzhou and unite with Wen Hou to drive Cao Cao out of Yanzhou! ”

Feng Yao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he thought that Gong Du wanted to blame him, but he didn't expect it to be about military affairs.

"What my father-in-law said is very true, my son-in-law is also hesitating because of this matter these days, if we don't rush back to Runan, and I am worried that Liu Biao will send reinforcements again, we can't resist the enemy, if we go back to Runan now, and we are unwilling to Cao Cao still occupies half of Yanzhou, which is extremely unfavorable to us!" Feng Yaodao.

"Hehehe! So, I'm here today for this! ”

Gong Du smiled with satisfaction: "I want to lead the troops back to Pingyu and defend our base area!" Attack Liu Biao's army! ”

Feng Yao's eyes lit up, if Gong can return to Pingyu, then of course it is the best, who else can reassure Feng Yao more than Gong Du? As Gong Du said, Xuzhou has been flattened, and with the support of Lu Fan, Cao Bao and other cronies in the rear, it is completely free to bear the supply of grain and grass. (To be continued.) )