Chapter 196 Baijin Lake

Lake Baijin. Qingji and Baoyu, Uncle Sun Shaoguang, and Ji Sun Xiaoman were walking slowly by the lake, the lake water was turquoise, sparkling and scaly, and there were several small boats on the water that were casting nets to fish. It was a soldier in the Qingji army, and there were fatty fish in the lake, and some of them could be used as food, and the soldiers who had never been in a boat could familiarize themselves with the use of boats, killing two birds with one stone.

A considerable area has been cut down by the lake, which is used as a "boat room" for shipbuilding, and all the soldiers who know how to build ships in the Qingji army have been transferred, and many craftsmen have been hired to serve as shipbuilding soldiers. As for the "woodmen" who specialize in logging, they do not need to be hired, and those who are strong soldiers can cut wood more efficiently than servants.

The others were sailors who specialized in steering ships, called ship guards, and officers who commanded the ships. They were all veterans of the ship selected from the Qingji army, and as for the other soldiers, as long as they could adapt to fighting on the ship. Those soldiers were now training and jumping on the lake in the distance in all kinds of boats they had bought. Hundreds of oars fly together, stir up the waves in the sky, the two boats approach, the soldiers hook each other's boat gang, fly and jump over, from time to time someone falls into their hands, although it is a drill, but the soldiers practice very seriously.

"I have found some boats, but unfortunately, they are all small fishing boats and passenger boats in the lakes, which are not suitable for long-distance travel in the big river, so I have to build them all over again. This time, the main thing is to wait for Candle Yong and their surprise attack on Gusu City to succeed, and quickly transport troops over to completely occupy the city before Ji Guang. I have calculated that in terms of the land route between Wu and Chu, we need to trek many rivers and mountains along the way, and the road is very difficult, and we do not have enough vehicles to carry the whole army. Moreover, if the army marches like this, it will be difficult for the food and grass supply to keep up, and we cannot but think about what to do if the army is defeated. If the food and grass supply cannot keep up, and the battle fails, the morale of the army will inevitably be unstable, and I am afraid that a large number of soldiers will flee. ”

Qingji nodded slightly, and said again: "Therefore, I don't dare to be careless about these ships. In order to deal with the interception of the sailors, we are also preparing to build building ships, Ge ships, wing boats, surprise boats, and small boats to transmit messages and inquire about the road......"

Qingji nodded and said: "Uncle Wang is very thoughtful, if we take the waterway back to China, although it is downstream, for the sake of speed, we should also train as many boatmen as possible, this to go to Wu State, the road is far away, a group of boatmen is not enough, I will pick some people who know the surname of the water and can ride the boat, and form a reserve team, and the two teams of boatmen take turns to paddle......"

Speaking of this, Qing Ji's body shook suddenly, and the whole person stayed there, one hand still raised in the air, stammering, and not saying a word. Everyone was taken aback, and hurriedly looked at him, only to see a visible red color rising rapidly from under his neck, surging to the skin, the green tendons on his forehead were tensed, and his body trembled like a swing.

Uncle Sun Shaoguang's color suddenly changed, and he stepped forward to hold him on the shoulder, and shouted in a panic: "What's wrong with you, speak quickly, what's wrong with you?" ”

Qingji stared at the many half-finished boats in the humble boat room by the lake, his eyes straightened, but he still didn't say a word. Uncle and Sun Shaoguang looked back, and the craftsmen in the boat room were busy coming and going, without the slightest abnormality, and Uncle and Sun Shaoguang were even more frightened, and almost cried. She shook Qingji's shoulders vigorously, turned her head and said to Gongzi Yu: "Quick, go and invite a warlock, he ...... He must have fallen for the wrong thing. ”

On the other side, Ji Sun Xiaoman stepped in front of Qingji almost at the same time as her, grabbed his other half of the shoulder, but she didn't shake Qingji, just stared at a pair of big black grape-like eyes, looking at Qingji in panic. Uncle Sun Shaoguang grabbed Qingji's shoulder and just wanted to wake him up, which made Ji Sun Xiaoman dizzy, and Ji Sun Xiaoman couldn't help shouting: "Don't shake it!" This guy kills people without counting, his hands are full of blood, which ghost dares to get on his body? ”

Qingji suddenly turned his head and smiled at her: "Of course it's a female ghost." ”

Ji Sun Xiaoman screamed "wow", jumped back, brushed the ground and pulled out the light sword, pointed at Qingji's chest viciously, and shouted: "You come out for me!" ”

Qingji couldn't help but laugh "poof": "You come in for me." ”

Ji Sun Xiaoman was stunned: "I'm not a ghost, how can I get in?" ”

Qingji couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Xiao Ai, Xiao Ai, you girl is really stupid and cute." Hahaha...... who said I was ghosted? Murder is not counted, hands are full of blood, you have praised me as the demon king of the world, will I be evil? Hahaha......"

Ji Sun Xiaoman's pretty face turned red suddenly, and he said indignantly: "You are so serious, why do you suddenly scare people?" ”

Uncle Sun Shaoguang also pushed Qingji and said hatefully: "Really, next time I don't want people to worry about you." ”

Qingji looked happy, and he didn't know what treasure he had picked up, so he couldn't stop smiling, and he didn't explain to the two girls, he just grabbed the young man and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, I just suddenly thought of a big thing." Quick, let's go to the boathouse, and gather all the chiefs and skilled craftsmen at once, I have something important to order. ”

Pulling the inexplicable Hidden Yu Gongzi hurriedly walked a few steps, he turned back and ordered: "You wait for the dispersal, and walk around, you don't have to follow." ”

Ji Sun Xiaoman put away his sword hatefully, glanced at him with a pair of delicate and charming apricot eyes, and said angrily: "What a bastard!" ”

Uncle Sun Shaoguang immediately said: "It's obviously a bastard who is a bastard!" ”

The two glanced at each other, and suddenly had a feeling of sympathy and hatred for each other, the two looked at each other and smiled, and after a little hesitation, Uncle Sun shook the light and took Ji Sun Xiaoman's hand: "Sister, let's find a boat to go rowing, ignore that bastard." ”

"Hmm...... Good! Ji Sun Xiaoman was still a little unaccustomed to her affection, and said timidly: "But I won't ...... row"

Uncle Sun shook his light and smiled: "I will do a little, but ...... We can find someone to row. ”

Ji Sun Xiaoman said: "Okay! Well...... Then let's wait here for a while, that bastard scares us so much, let him be a boatman for us, and exhaust him to death! ”

"Good!" The two girls laughed heartily.

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The craftsmen in the boat room, the small workers who laid down the hands were all cleaned out, except for the cover and candle Yong, there were only a few senior craftsmen, they were all experienced shipbuilders, everyone gathered in a circle, and in the middle stood Qingji, holding a wooden boat model in his hand, carefully explained, from time to time there were priests who asked questions, and Qingji answered one by one.

After Qingji finished speaking, the leader couldn't help but sigh happily: "Although the villain is in Chu State, he has already heard that Gongzi Qingji Fang is the first skilled craftsman in the world. The stone mill and irrigation waterwheel of the rice grinding are already ingenious, and this shipbuilding ......, alas! The villain learned to build ships with his father since he was a child, and there are countless ships that have been produced by me in his life, and he never imagined that there would be such a wonderful idea. Although this thing has never been seen by the villain, and it has not yet been built, but with the villain's lifetime of experience in shipbuilding, I think these designs are absolutely usable, what do you think? ”

Everyone next to them nodded, and their joy was in color. They are shipbuilders, and for them it is the happiest thing to build a good ship of superior quality, and it is a great achievement to build a new type of ship that no one has ever seen before, and the excitement and joy in their hearts at this moment is no less than the joy of the idea that has just been thought of.

Qingji smiled: "Of course it will work." This ship uses the kind of sail that the son of this man said, and when it travels with the wind, it not only saves a lot of manpower, but also does not know how many times faster. Even if it is against the wind or in the wrong direction, as long as it is on the wide water, adjust the angle of the sail, and take a zigzag route, you can still move forward. Of course, this has to be slowly explored by the boatman to master it, but we can't use it at present. Uncle Wang, the vigilance here must be strengthened, and it is important to ensure that the news will not be leaked before we use the ship, and after that, we are not afraid that the world will know, haha......"

His last sentence was addressed to these craftsmen. But whenever there is something very secret and precious, the kings have done a lot of things to unload the mill and kill the donkey in order to possess it alone. He was afraid that these craftsmen would wake up after they were excited, and he was worried that Qingji would kill them when he turned around in order to keep secrets, and he would not be willing to use his life wholeheartedly at that time, so he secretly woke them up: at present, it is indeed necessary to keep secrets, but once these ships are used, they are not afraid that the world will know about them, and there is no value in keeping secrets, so they will not be in danger of their lives, and they will have mastered a new shipbuilding technology since then, so as to appease people's hearts.

Gongzi Yu knew that he should be careful not to do so, he smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry, there is a large army guarding the periphery of Baijin Lake, and there will be no idle people running in." When we want to use the ship, even if Ji Guang gets the news, it will be too late to build the ship, and the big thing can be expected, haha......"

"Well, having thought of this method, I am determined to return to Wu by water." Qingji said, and said to the scholars: "And the rudder, this son just thought of a way, but the specific and micro production, installation, and use still need your collective efforts and research." Even if they have been made, there must be plenty of time for the sailors to familiarize themselves with their use, so the craftsmen should design and manufacture them for training as soon as possible. As for the sealed cabin, I believe that everyone will understand as soon as Ben Gongzi says it, but there is no need to say more. ”

The scholars all bowed their hands and said: "Two sons, please rest assured, there are enough materials and manpower here, and the ship has not yet been built, and the modification is easy, so the villains will immediately start building this new warship that uses the wind and water to control the forward and directional direction." ”

Qingji nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, when the matter is done, in addition to the agreed salary, you will get another five times|, no!" Ten times the reward. Wu Guoqing is jealous, he must practice what he says, and all craftsmen can rest assured. Then begin your work. ”

Qingji smiled and arched his hand, and withdrew from the boat room with the prince of the cover. Several leaders of the scholars immediately gathered together and discussed it in a gossiping manner, Qingji said that the ships with sails, rudders, and sealed cabins had never been seen before, and the construction process they were originally familiar with had to be adjusted and changed, so it was natural to discuss it first.

As soon as he got out of the boat room, Gongzi Yu said excitedly: "Qingji, my uncle is really convinced of you now, you actually have such a wonderful idea in a moment, it is impossible without divine help." I am the world of Wu, and it will be yours! With such a new warship, it is already easy for us to rush back to China before Ji Guang, as long as we wait for the ship to be built, and then let the soldiers get familiar with the use of ,......"

Qingji smiled, and was about to reply, but his uncle and grandson Shaoguang and Ji Sun Xiaoman, who were chattering under the tree not far away, had already seen him come out, and Ji Sun Xiaoman ran to him in a few arrow steps, and said with a pretty face: "Hey! I thought about rafting on the lake. ”

Qingji was still immersed in his thoughts and couldn't pull it out for a while, he blinked and said, "Then go." ”

"But I can't row."

"That's not easy, find someone to row."

A smile appeared at the corner of Ji Sun Xiaoman's mouth: "Then who are people looking for?" The uncle and grandson on the side also showed a smile on his face.

Qingji was about to answer, Jing Lin hurried from a distance, and shouted from afar: "Childe, childe, there is news here." ”

Qingji hurriedly raised his steps to meet him and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Jing Lin hurriedly said: "The Wu army of Yuhan and Quanyi attacked the remnants of the Chu army now stationed in Luojiang, and the main force of the Chu army still needs three days to arrive. ”

"Oh?" Qingji was moved, and hurriedly beckoned Gongzi Yu to step forward and said, "Let's go, let's go to Uncle Wang's residence, and then talk about it in detail." ”

He waved his hand behind him and said, "Little girl, if you want to go to the lake to play, just find a soldier who can take you there." ”

Ji Sun Xiaoman said whimsily: "Alas, he ran away again." ”

"Forget it, man, once the war starts, there is only the enemy in his heart, how can he pretend to be anything else, he does have something big to do, even if we can't share his worries, we can't fill the mess for him, we want to go to the lake to play, let's go ourselves."

Ji Sun Xiaoman turned his head and looked her up and down, and Uncle Sun Shaoguang was slightly hot when she saw it: "What's wrong?" ”

Ji Sun Xiaoman smiled and sighed, and said softly: "It's nothing, I only understand now why he always calls me a little girl, alas! I'm really too childish, and I ...... a lot of things Just do it by the surname, not for the sake of others......"

Uncle Sun looked at her face, the bright sun shone on her peugeot face, her sideburns and ear corners had fine virgin hair, and her face was still a little childish, but faintly, there was already a kind of charming taste.

Uncle Sun Shaoguang couldn't help sighing, and said softly: "You, when you can say such things, you have grown up." ”

She raised her head, looked at the hurried back of Qingji in the forest in the distance, held her hands behind her shoulders, and said leisurely: "When I first met him, I was also a brutal girl who didn't know the taste of sorrow. ”

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"Alas! The speed of action of the Chu army was too slow, the speed of the rear army was slow, and the partiality and impatience sent the vanguard to occupy the power, but as a result, they were isolated and helpless, but they were driven to the Luojiang army by Ji Guang, what are the Chu people doing? After hearing the news of Jing Lin's announcement, Yu couldn't help but scratch.

Qingji also smiled bitterly: "God knows, now the head of the Chu State, one is the little Chu King, and the other is Fei Wuji." Fei Wuji is actually very smart, but unfortunately, his personal desires are too heavy, and a person who only plans for his own selfish desires will inevitably make many foolish actions that seem foolish to onlookers. He sent a lone army deep into the depths, and it is difficult to say that he did not expect to rely on us to share Ji Guang's attack. ”

Jing Lin said with a smile: "We did share Ji Guang's attack, didn't Wang Sunxiong's army collapse at the hands of Gongzi?" Even if Fei Wuji arrived, he had nothing to say. It's just that he wanted to be as he wanted, but he buried a large army of his own. Alas, the state of Chu has become like this, and ministers in power like him are still thinking about these dirty ideas, could it be that the first power in the south, with a vast territory and many soldiers and horses, will be reduced to such a state. ”

Qingji said: "The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, not to mention that the Chu State is not strong enough, but a strong lion, but now it has a pig's head, so it is just a mermaid." We still need the cooperation of the Chu people, so we can't ignore the situation of the Luojiang Chu army, even if we know Fei Wuji's intentions. ”

Cover Yu said angrily: "My men and horses were buried by the bastards of Nangwa, Fei Wuji, and Yan Jiangshi. Qingji, what do you mean...... Do we still have to send troops to rescue the Chu army trapped in Luojiang? ”

Qingji shook his head and said: "Fei Wuji dares to send a lone army, and the Chu people will come to ask for help, just knowing that we have to save it, and the Chu people want to get it, Ji Guang and Wu Zixu will not think of it?" It is false that they besieged the Luojiang Chu army, and it is true that they ambushed and attacked my reinforcements, so ...... We can't go! ”

Cover Yu and Jing Lin were stunned: "You must be saved, but you can't go, so according to your wishes?" ”

(To be continued)