Huang Chengyan is in his forties, with sparse eyebrows and a calm and relaxed spirit. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info He hugged his daughter Achu and looked at Cai Zan silently. Cai Zan finished speaking, but Huang Chengyan didn't say anything, neither said that he was willing to go, nor did he say that he didn't want to go, but just watched his daughter Achu playing with the toys in her hand intently.

Cai Zan was a little embarrassed, and glanced at her eldest sister Cai Lin for help. Cai Lin glanced at him and said with a smile, "Let's have lunch here, I just picked some wild vegetables from the mountains yesterday, and they taste very good." ”

Cai Zan nodded and said, "That's great, eldest sister, I still have some wine in the car, I'll let people move it down, and have a good drink with my brother-in-law today." As he spoke, he got up and hurried out the door.

Huang Chengyan raised his eyelids, glanced at Cai Zhan's hurried back, and said lightly, "I knew today, why bother in the first place." ”

Cai Lin gently pushed him, "Look at you, give me some face." By the way, what do you think? ”

Huang Chengyan's eyes flashed, "I'll go to Chengdu and pass a word for them." Liu Biao is indeed not a talent in troubled times, if he is kept in Jingzhou, he will have to go through war in the future. If the general can enter Jingzhou smoothly, he may let Xiangyang escape. ”

Cai Lin frowned, "What about you?" ”

"I'm used to being idle, and I don't like to wait for people." Huang Chengyan lowered his head, took the toy from Ah Chu's hand, and said softly, "Ah Chu, look at it, Daddy will do it for you again, you have to remember, you can't forget it." ”

Achu opened a pair of big black eyes and looked at his hands intently. Huang Chengyan's fingers are slender and powerful, and they are incredibly flexible. The toy that Achu had fiddled with for a long time and hadn't opened it fiddled with it in his hand a few times, and then scattered into a pile of wooden pieces, not only Achu's eyes were straight, but even Cai Lin couldn't believe it.

"Daddy is great!" Achu clapped his little hands and smiled happily.

"Of course." Huang Chengyan proudly kissed Achu's little cheek, "Daddy is the best." ”

"The gentleman is humble and open, you are like a mountain." Cai Lin couldn't help laughing, and her eyes showed a glint of pride. Huang Chengyan has a pair of skillful hands. Achu's toys are all made by him, and their daughter Achu, although she is only three years old, also has such a talent. Progress in this area is very fast, and there are some toys that even she can't understand, but Achu can unravel.

"I'm just telling the truth. What is there to be humble. Huang Chengyan said lightly, "You close my study and don't let anyone in." ”

"Got it." Cai Lin answered, and begged again, "It's not easy for Mao Ju (Cai Zhan) to come here, you just drink two drinks with him, and it can be regarded as giving me some face, okay?" ”

Huang Chengyan nodded. Cai Lin was overjoyed, turned around and went out, and called Cai Zhan, who had been waiting, in. Cai Zan held a jar of wine, and as he walked, he asked eagerly, "Has my brother-in-law ever agreed?" ”

"Don't worry. He'll go to Yizhou, but don't mention it again. When you married your little sister to Liu Biao, he didn't approve of it, and now you want to turn your back on Liu Biao, he is very unhappy. ”

"Got it. Got it. Cai Zan replied with a red face. When Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, their father Cai Sa was already dead, and in order to curry favor with Liu Biao, their brothers wanted to marry their little sister Cai Huan, who was only eleven years old at the time, to Liu Biao, and once asked Cai Lin's opinion. At that time, Huang Chengyan was very disapproving, on the one hand, he felt that the age gap was too big. Cai Huan's personality is a little coquettish, not only will he not please Liu Biao, but he may have contradictions. Second, he thinks that although Liu Biao is famous, but his ability is limited, in the peaceful world, he may be able to be a good official, but now is a troubled time, with his kind of celebrity style, he will definitely be swallowed up by others in the end. The Cai brothers didn't listen to him, so they married Cai Huan to Liu Biao, and now it is as Huang Chengyan said. The Cai brothers now want to switch to Liu Xiu, which is no different from betrayal, it is tantamount to making mistakes again and again, no wonder Huang Chengyan is unhappy.

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Liu Xiu stood on the high platform, looking at the busy construction site below, and his heart was full of joy. Dahan has several famous shipbuilding factories, the largest is in Yuzhang, followed by Yizhou, and then Huiji Shipyard and Panyu Shipyard. However, after he entered Yizhou, he vigorously tilted to the shipyard in terms of policy and talents, and the scale of Yizhou shipyard expanded rapidly, and it has already surpassed Yuzhang and became the first in the Han Dynasty, and now there are tens of thousands of people working in the shipyard, building warships day and night.

Yan Zhong held a delicate ship model in his hand, "General, this is the model of the general's ship, they specially made it for the general as a souvenir." ”

Liu Xiu took the ship model and nodded happily, "Beautiful, exquisite workmanship, reasonable structure, this ship will enter the sea in the future, presumably there will be no problems." ”

"They said that according to the simulated wind and waves, the offshore should not be a problem, and as for the far sea, they are not sure. After all, none of these shipwrights had ever seen the real sea. ”

"It's nature." Liu Xiu couldn't put it down, playing with the ship model, and felt a little proud. In these years, shipbuilding was originally based on experience, and the experienced master arranged the blanking, processing, and assembly, and only the master knew what the ship looked like before the ship was finally formed. Experience is often difficult to explain in words, even if it is a big shipmaster, there are times when it misses, if it is a small boat, it is too risky.

So Liu Xiu asked them to build a model first, make a model according to scale, and conduct tests in a pool that can simulate various hydrology, if it can meet the requirements, it will be processed according to the drawings, and if it does not meet the requirements, it will continue to improve until it meets the requirements.

This approach was initially unanimously opposed by the great shipmasters, on the grounds that they had never done it before, but in fact because they feared losing their jobs. Liu Xiu did not have any room for accommodation in response to their opposition, while promoting the advantages of doing so, he drew up salaries for different levels of shipmasters, and signed contracts with several big shipmasters, as long as they did not make mistakes and did what he asked, he could hire them for a lifetime and ensure that they had no worries about food and clothing.

The big ship masters had a guarantee, and finally agreed to Liu Xiu's request, and began to make ship models first according to Liu Xiu's opinion. In the first six months, the Yizhou shipyard hardly produced any large warships, and the big shipwrecks took hundreds of literate young people to make ship models, and then repeated experiments, and the money spent every day made those who had invested in Yizhou Haoqiang have a toothache. However, when the big shipbuilders discovered the shortcomings of the original boat type in the test and made targeted improvements, the performance of the boat built was greatly improved, and the production speed was significantly accelerated, they were all happy.

"General, at the current progress, we will be able to complete the task of changing the armor of the sailor by the end of the year." An overseer with a smile on his face pointed to the busy workers and said happily, "After this batch of tasks is completed, according to the plan, we will take turns to put a few big shipwrecks on leave, and at the same time send them to the beach to investigate." General, will your ship reach the sea safely? ”

Liu Xiu smiled and shook his head, "How can it be so fast, but I have already collected a batch of information on sea vessels, you can first build a batch of models according to those materials and make some preliminary preparations." ”

The overseer sighed, and said flatteringly, "The general is cautious, but we are full of confidence." These warships are sturdy and fast, what Jingzhou Sailors, Yangzhou Sailors, are not our opponents. ”

Liu Xiu laughed. This supervisor is a member of the Zhao family in Shu County, and he is of the same clan as the late Taiwei Zhao Jie. The Zhao family is one of the best clans in Shu County, with strong strength and a large share in the shipyard, so only the disciples of this branch can be overseers. Liu Xiu brought a wonderful prospect to Haoqiang in Yizhou, and he was naturally welcomed, and everywhere he went, people like this flattered him abounded, and Liu Xiu was used to it. They were talking and laughing, and there was a bell behind them, and Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Everyone shut up, the bell thief is coming." ”

Everyone looked back at Gan Ning, who was striding over, and laughed. Gan Ning was inexplicably laughed at by them, but he was in no mood to pay attention to those things now, so he rushed to Liu Xiu with an arrow, rubbed his hands and said, "Okay, general, okay." ”

"What's good?" Liu Xiu was confused.

"Yes, General, that's good." Gan Ning said a few more words, only then did he notice Liu Xiu's face, and hurriedly said, "General, I mean the ship is good." ”

"How is the boat good?" Liu Xiu deliberately asked.

"This ...... Strong! Fast! Gan Ning scratched his eyebrows, thought for a long time, and pulled Yan Yan behind him, "Heber, you come on." ”

Yan Yan laughed, stepped forward to salute Liu Xiu, and told them what they had done just now. Yan Yan and Gan Ning are fellow villagers, and Gan Ning was ordered by Liu Xiu to attack Ji Ling, so he invited Yan Yan to accompany him. Yan Yan looks very elegant, but he fought very fiercely, made meritorious contributions, and after he came back, he was appointed by Liu Xiuli to be the fake governor of the Yizhou Water Division and Gan Ning to take charge of the Yizhou Water Division. It is very unreasonable for two fellow villagers to be the governor of the water division together. Gan Ning has made great contributions to Liu Xiu's entry into Yizhou, so naturally there is nothing to say, according to common sense, no matter how great Yan Yan's credit is, he must avoid suspicion, as long as Gan Ning is in office for a day, he cannot be the governor or fake governor.

Liu Xiu did this, which made Yan Yan very grateful, and at the same time made Gan Ning feel very face-saving.

After Yan Yan finished speaking, Gan Ning sank his face again, and said murderously, "There was a stranger just now, who happened to pass by the river, and when he saw our warship, he actually said that it was not good. Lao Tzu was very upset, but he couldn't talk about him, so he brought him to the general. General, invite a few big ship divisions to open the eyes of this stranger and humiliate him. ”

"Outlander?" Liu Xiu's gaze crossed Gan Ning's shoulder, looked at the middle-aged scholar behind the crowd, and walked forward slowly. The brocade guards behind Gan Ning hurriedly dodged to both sides, making way for a passage. Liu Xiu walked up to the middle-aged scholar and arched his hand, "Liu Xiu in Xiazhuo County, I don't know what to call it." ”

"Xiangyang Huang Chengyan."

"Huang Chengyan?" Liu Xiu was taken aback, looked this person up and down, and a person suddenly popped up in his mind. My God, the old father-in-law of Zhuge God, I heard that his daughter is ugly, but he is not ugly at all, did he also marry an ugly wife?