And the Han State has an additional population of not only the 70,000 prisoners of war from the Qi State, but also about 100 craftsmen, who come from various 'cutting-edge' fields of the Wu State, such as the shipbuilding industry, which is most needed by the Han State now. This shipbuilding industry does not refer to ordinary ships, but to warships.

Although Yang Zilu sent the doctor Zheji to the state of Chu several times and brought shipbuilding technology from the state of Chu, this could not meet Yang Zilu's needs. First, Chu is not a fool, and there is a saying in this era that taught the apprentice to starve to death the master. Wasn't Chu afraid that the Han State would become the Wu State, and he himself would become the Jin State?

At the beginning, in order to contain the Chu State, the Jin State sent a doctor who had taken refuge from the Chu State to the Wu State to teach the Wu State to train soldiers and teach them how to refine weapons, which made the Wu State rise. The rise of the state of Wu certainly restrained the state of Chu, and even defeated the state of Chu unexpectedly by the state of Jin. But in the end, the state of Wu rose to the point where it could compete with the Jin state and even compete for world dominance. In the end, he also seized the hegemony from the master of the Jin Kingdom, if it weren't for Yang Zilu's sudden rise, I am afraid that this overlord would really change his surname to Wu in the future.

Therefore, the shipbuilding technology that Yang Zilu got from the Chu State was second-rate, and the drawings were still the battleship drawings of the Chu State nearly fifty years ago. Moreover, the state of Chu is located inland and is not connected to the sea. And the most important thing for the Han State to build a sailor was to be able to crisscross the sea and attack the Wu army on the sea. Therefore, the warships that caused the Chu State were not suitable for the Han State, and Yang Zilu had to modify them. The modification is modified, but Yang Zilu is half a bucket of water, so he knows how to modify the appearance.

But the battleship is not only about the shape, but also about the keel shape, what kind of wood to use, what age of wood is better, etc., Yang Zilu doesn't know anything at all. But Wu is different, Wu's boat division has already appeared a number of warships fighting at sea, and even Fucha has sent a boat division north to Qi State. However, it was defeated by the Qi state near Langxi, which was also the first naval battle in Chinese history.

In addition, there are other fields, such as weaving cloth and silkworm raising, although there are them in the Han Kingdom, but compared with the Wu Kingdom in terms of technology, the gap is simply a world of difference.

To this end, Yang Zilu built a new shipyard in the northeast of Linggu, that is, on the mouth of Zhejiang, and the wood for shipbuilding came from the upper reaches of Zhejiang, which had not yet been civilized in the mountains. The large logs that have been cut down will go down the river.

In addition, several iron mines were also discovered in the territory of the Han Kingdom, and Yang Zilu worked at full speed to refine weapons. In addition, in order to export goods and reduce military expenses, Yang Zilu kept 200 warships captured from Wu State, and sold the rest to merchants, or transferred them to the royal merchants. Let them sell the goods by sea across the state of Wu to the state of Qi, and then sell them to the countries of the Central Plains through the state of Qi.

Although the distance is long, to the surprise of the businessman, the cost is reduced. First, the volume of goods transported by ship is large, and secondly, there is no need to pass through passes along the way, and they are exploited. The biggest cost of this era actually comes from these tariffs. Without the tariffs of more than 2,000 miles along the way of Wu State, this saves the equivalent of half of the tariffs in the past.

The only thing that displeased the merchants was that the sea was stormy. However, the merchants had sufficient sailing skills, so the sea was transported north along the coastline, and it was easy to dock if there was wind and waves. It's just that when there are strong winds and waves, if the merchants don't get a good haven early, even if they dock their ships on the shore, they will eventually be swept away by the big waves. As long as a person goes ashore, at this time, there is generally no danger, but the loss of money is miserable.

But in any case, the advantages of sea freight now clearly outweigh the disadvantages. Moreover, because of the huge number of sea ships, the foreign trade of the Han Kingdom was increased. Merchants transported straw paper, brown sugar, jade, thatched bamboo, fur, ivory, etc. from the Han Kingdom to the Qi Kingdom, and then transferred them to the Central Plains countries for sale. In the Central Plains, horses, slaves, iron, silk, leather and other local products from various countries were transported back to the Han Kingdom.

is different from the poor and extravagant husband of the poor and extravagant, in this case, Yang Zilu did not build any palace, and still lived in the original Yue Wang Palace, concentrating on recuperation. During this time, Zheng Dan gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses for Yang Zilu, Yang Zilu was very happy, and renamed the male dragon and the female phoenix.

Long naturally refers to the Son of Heaven, and for a while all the doctors thought that Yang Zilu was ready to love the house and Wu. was so angry that Yang Zilu scolded the doctor who made Gongzi Long the crown prince, which calmed down the turmoil that arose again.

But the relationship between Xiaohu and Zheng Dan also became tense, and Yang Zilu was quite helpless about it, but fortunately, Xi Shi was very understanding, which made Yang Zilu like to stay here more and more.

In the turmoil and recuperation of the harem, the Han Kingdom spent the New Year bumpily. Time came to September unconsciously, probably because God saw that the husband was pitiful, and this year Wu had a bumper harvest. The grain was turned over, and Yang Zilu was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she was helpless. What made Yang Zilu even more angry was that Fan Li, who had been detained by him for three years, ran away.

Finally, after three months of hard work, Fan Li's traces were found again, but it was too late at this time. Fan Li arrived at Pengyi, where Gou Jian was. asked Yang Zilu to dismiss all the soldiers guarding Fan Li, and also scolded the remnants of Zhu. However, this also made Yang Zilu vigilant, and those who could not be used for themselves should make a decision early and kill them.

Because of the bumper harvest, Fucha's ambition swelled again, and he summoned all the doctors and said, "Everyone, now God bless my Wu country!" Ancestors protect my Wu country! It is a great blessing to have such a bumper harvest! ”

"All because of the king's efforts over the years to appease the people, make the country healthy and prosperous, and work hard for the prosperity of the country of Wu wholeheartedly, he moved the heavens!" The doctors complimented.

I don't know if God will vomit blood when he hears this? Over the years since the husband returned to China, there have been two major things he has done, one is to build Gusutai, but 50,000 people have died of exhaustion. And this Gusutai took three years, and I don't know how much money was spent during this period.

During this period, Zigong also sent an envoy to Wu to inquire about the situation of Wu in the name of congratulating Wu Guogu on the construction of Sutai. After returning, Zigong commented on the role of Gusutai to the state of Wu. "It keeps the roads full of dead people and the streets crying endlessly. The people are poor, and the sergeants are suffering. ”

And the second major thing that the husband did was to take back the money of the nobles and return it to the original owner. It's a good thing to say, and the thing is returned to its original owner, but in fact, there is no need to go into detail. It's also a shame that the doctors are shameless enough to compliment the husband so much.

The husband took it for granted, and said with a smug face: "That being said, there is also a lot of credit for the doctors!" ”

"The king is gracious! We're just doing what we're supposed to do! ”

"Everything is the work of the king, what credit do we have there!"

The doctors immediately became humble.

(To be continued)