The design of this watchtower is quite hidden, and when Yu Moji walks in it, he vaguely feels that it is quite similar to the "mirage" of Lao Meng in the past. She was originally a little strange, but after a little thought, she reacted - this ship can have such an ingenious design, Yuan Zhizhi must have put a lot of effort into it. As Lao Meng's adopted son, he must have obtained Lao Meng's true inheritance.

The only thing Yu Moji felt was that it didn't look like what Yuan Zhizhi would do at all. When Yuan Yizhi was in the Council, even though he was well-trained, he also had a side that adhered to many rules and regulations of the Council. Yu Mojin has been with him for a long time, and he has gradually seen that Yuan Yizhi has a clear bottom line in his heart, no matter what happens, he will not betray the Great Qi Empire. If it weren't for that, he would probably have given up the cardinal and chased Chai Jingliu to be an idle cloud and wild crane.

She really couldn't imagine why Yuan Yizhi changed his temperament and took such a risk to personally participate in the design of the Jiangshan ship?

But now is certainly not the time to dwell on that. As soon as they reached the top of the tower, Chai Jingliu took a pair of mountain-looking mirrors with quite good workmanship, handed them to Yu Moji, and told her to look in the northwest direction.

After all, the cardinal's main attack is Yanjia, although there are also Yanshi who have made similar gadgets, but they are not as good as the pair of mountain mirrors in her hand. This thing has an extremely wide field of vision, and Yu Moji groped left and right for a while, and then found what Chai Jingliu asked her to see - on the north bank of the Jiayuan River, there were indeed many quite organized military ships docked. Looking further into the direction of the land, the outlines of some fortifications can still be faintly seen in the ink marks.

It seems that the imperial court is really going to prepare for war. Chai Jingliu, as the owner of the ship, no matter how long he is good at dancing, he is probably helpless in front of the guns.

Yu Moji groaned slightly, and then asked, "Sister Jingliu, if you are willing to say this, tell me, if you don't want to say it, forget it - what is there on your ship that has provoked the imperial court?" ”

Chai Jingliu smiled bitterly, "The empire has made a lot of decrees against the nine families on our rivers and mountains in the past. If you look at those laws, they are almost all out of bounds. After all, if you really had to follow those decrees, no one would be able to survive in the natural prison of Jiayuan River. ”

Yu Mojin had seen a lot of similar things when he was mourning. The situation is like this, she didn't know how to comfort Chai Jingliu, so she only said, "Since the Jiangshan boat has survived so far, it must have reached some kind of reconciliation with the imperial court." ”

Chai Jingliu nodded and said, "That's true." So far, I won't hide it from you, we have continued to win over people who can speak in the court through various channels, hoping that they can persuade the court to change the decision on the country. In recent years, the attitude of the DPRK and China has gradually become softer, and we think that we will finally be able to live a good life in the future. I never thought that after turning his face, the court would start to trouble again. I guess it's because our business is getting bigger and bigger, and the court feels threatened. But I don't know which of the nine surnames has torn its face with the imperial court. ”

Although Yu Moji has not experienced these things, he has a deep understanding of the feeling of being disappointed by all kinds of hard work. She nodded in understanding at the moment, and asked again, "In the current situation, what are your plans, sister?" ”

Chai Jingliu took a light breath and said, "I hope you can do me a favor." ”

Yu Mochen hurriedly said, "I've been bothering here for a long time, and I've been favored by my sister, but I don't know how to repay it. Now that there is a place for me, my sister commands it. ”

Chai Jingliu waved his hand and said, "You don't have to thank me. I'm glad you're here to stay. However, the invitation to live here is entirely based on the meaning. He said that he didn't need your help on weekdays. He's just a gesture now, you don't have to keep reading it. ”

Yu Mochen listened to her excuses, only felt that his head was big, so he said, "The situation is urgent, and my sister doesn't have to be so formal." It seems to me that you and General Yuan...... Both of you are the same. ”

Chai Jingliu only shook his head and said, "One yard is one yard." She paused for a moment before she said, "On our main ship, the fuel burned on weekdays is quite peculiar, and it is easy to cause trouble, Xiaoyu, you must also know." ”

Yu Mojin nodded, and said in his heart Chai Jingliu was willing to think about her, and in the end, he still remembered that she was a member of the Cardinal, and finally did not directly say the three fatal words "Chitose Gold".

Chai Jingliu said, "The imperial court has always been staring at us ships, and we don't dare to be too public." In order to hide people's eyes, people of my father's generation also came up with a way. ”

Yu Moji was also curious. For such a large ship, the machine that supports it has a large scale just by selling the gold cauldron, and it cannot be covered, and it is absolutely impossible to directly dismantle and hide it. She really couldn't figure out how Chai Jingliu fooled the past when she was tracking down the imperial court on weekdays.

"Don't tell me about this. He is still a general of the Great Qi Empire, and even when he stays on the ship, he can only turn a blind eye to many things, and he will be embarrassed if he knows it. Chai Jingliu instructed again and again before explaining, "The small boats in our fleet are used as guest rooms and warehouses on weekdays, but when the disaster is coming, they are used for 'Li Dai Taozhuang'." ”

Yu Moji didn't understand, raised a puzzled face, and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Chai Jingliu said, "I'll just say it directly." This time, if the imperial court really wants to track down the fuel matter, we can also build an identical big ship out of thin air. On that ship, we will definitely not use the Yanji, but only what the imperial court allows us to use. She said, with a somewhat bitter smile on her face, "That kind of boat...... To put it bluntly, it's just an empty shell like a coffin. ”

When Yu Moji heard this, he felt a little unbearable in his heart; She chewed Chai Jingliu's words back and forth before she said, "Sister, do you mean to use these small boats in the fleet to build a big ship?" ”

When she said this, she felt that she was a fool's dream, but she didn't expect Chai Jingliu to really nod, "That's right." She glanced at Yu Moji's stunned expression and smiled, "I used to think that my father might just be joking. But before I took over the ship, my father took out the drawings of the past himself, and made many models with our ship's escort, and explained them to me many times, and I believed that this might be possible. ”

Although Yu Moji was amazed by the technology on the Jiangshan ship, he was still skeptical at the moment, and only said, "This method sounds really complicated, I don't know how much work it will take?" Besides, there is an army on the shore right now, how can my sister accomplish this under the nose of the army? She thought for a moment and said, "Otherwise, let's send a message to General Yuan and ask him to help transfer this army that doesn't know what the name of the division is?" ”

"That's not going to work." Chai Jingliu's face became more and more pale, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows showed a little bitterness, and he shook his head lightly as he spoke, "My life experience has caused too much trouble to rely on it." Although I have never left the Jiayuan River, I have also heard that there are some rumors about me and General Yuan in the imperial capital. I have already sworn that I will never mix it into the grievances between us and the court. Now that he's gone, it's great. ”

Yu Moji couldn't help but cry out in his heart. Yuan Zhizhi left, but she was detained here. Even if Yuan Yizhi didn't intend to escape, she also felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Chai Jingliu said again, "What I'm anxious about is exactly what you said Xiao Yu. The Imperial Army is now imminent, and we can't move. However, this method has not been used for a long time, and the ship's escort master on my ship has only learned to disassemble and assemble the model from his predecessors, and if he really wants to assemble a big ship, I don't know if it will work. As she spoke, she looked at Yu Moji earnestly, "I want to ask Xiao Yu for us, and you will preside over the assembly work, okay?" Just like when I changed the Yanji before, all my ship guards are at your disposal. Although they are not as skilled as you, they can be more or less helpful. ”

Yu Moji was shocked, and said in his heart that Chai Jingliu couldn't take care of anything when the catastrophe came, and he easily handed over such an important matter to her. She hurriedly said, "Sister, I also know that you are anxious now, but I really don't dare to take on this important responsibility......"

Chai Jingliu shook his head, gently held her hand, and said, "There's nothing you don't dare to do." Didn't you do a good job when you helped us improve the Yanji earlier? Besides, I have heard it say that among the younger generation of your Cardinals, Xiao Yu, your strength is quite outstanding; By his own admission, although he is nine years older than you, the gap between you is far less than the progress that a Yanshi can achieve in nine years. You must be able to. ”

Yu Mochen sighed silently in her heart, she praised Yuan Pingzhi in person, she thought that he was just encouraging him, but she didn't expect him to praise him so indecently behind his back. However, she couldn't refuse, and she stalemate with Chai Jingliu for a long time, so she had to nod, "Since the matter is urgent, then I'll give it a try." However, what is my sister going to do with the big ship we are standing on now? ”

Chai Jingliu smiled sadly and said, "Naturally, it's up to me, the family, to clean up the mess." We are nine families and share some safe islands on the Jiayuan River. If I had managed to get this ship by chance, I might have escaped; If they don't escape, the rest of the ship's family won't be held responsible. I just have to ask you to take care of them more. ”