There is a large mansion with three entrances before and after the West Lake in Hangzhou, and the front is the door face of the open room, a row of seven rooms, and only the door is open to three. The gold-lettered signboard on the door, bright and bright three big characters, West Lake love.

The backyard of the mansion looks very inconspicuous, and there is a small side door in front of it, and there are only a few main houses in the yard that can still be seen, but they are just ordinary bungalows, similar to the houses of the people nearby.

A servant hurried to the door from the front yard, pushed open the side door, and then came to the front door, knocking lightly.

"My lord, Yuan Rui and the county lord have already entered the city, what should we do next?"

"They entered the county lord's mansion, is there anything abnormal."

A woman sitting behind the table didn't even raise her head, "Find someone to go in and see, what the county lord is here for, and how to get involved in Yuan Rui's affairs." ”

Watching the people go out, the woman raised her head and said a word to the empty room.

"Although Yuan Rui has done some practical things, he is indeed a talent, but how can he cause such a big public outrage, it shouldn't be."

"My lord, since I received the official document from the capital, I have really checked carefully, this scholar is really not an ordinary nerd. A few years ago, he was poisoned in the government test and almost died in the city. When he returned home, he was closed and kept recuperating, but somehow, he made a few things one after another, and it is said that if he is greedy for money, he will have two buildings at will, and the rich party will have no problem. But he's different, he didn't think about making money by himself at all, and almost all of them made contributions, you say it's strange. ”

"It's nothing to make some money, after all, it's nothing for ordinary people to make some efforts, but he, not only making money, but also doing it, has actually made some major things related to the people's livelihood in the court, which is not simple."

"Sanya, you talk a lot of nonsense today, be direct, I don't have time to talk to you."

"My lord, don't worry, I also found out one thing, this scholar is also involved in the incident twenty years ago."

Sanya said a word very mysteriously, approached the woman again, and said a few words carefully.

"So that's the case, I guess the problem is not simple, I didn't expect the water to be so deep, I hope there will be no more extraneous branches."

"In a few days, find an opportunity, I want to visit the county lord first, I guess there are some things we didn't think of."

"My lord, the capital wants you to follow you, won't it be bad for us to do this."

"They know what, they follow the sidelines, they don't have a little bit of flexibility, and we're in."

"It's still like now, we're in the dark, it's convenient to do anything, and the capital doesn't care."

This woman is Snow Eagle, and she came this time to investigate.

Yuan Rui sat in the study and sneezed a few times in a row, which made Xiaohe very nervous, for fear that he had a cold, where did he think that this was his future father-in-law scolding him.

Yuan Rui originally wanted to rest, but he didn't have a chance at all, and within two days of arriving at the county lord's mansion, he was urged by the county lord to go to the Hangzhou General's Mansion, mainly because Fang Yan was in a hurry.

Fang Yan went to the General's Mansion to make arrangements, and immediately returned to the County Lord's Mansion, surrounding Yuan Rui every day, like a follower.

Yuan Rui was also aggrieved in his heart, he didn't understand his fart, and the formation of Haiwei was not nonsense.

But there is no way, this is his own responsibility, so he can only follow Fang Yan and start to inspect some of the protections in Hangzhou.

After a few days, I walked with weak legs and low back pain, and I didn't have any ideas, so I didn't know where to start.

To say that as a mechanical undergraduate, he still has ideas and ideas for some mechanical components, but when he sees those small boats and sampans, there is no use at all.

He was a little strange, didn't he always hear that the original General Han had a lot of research on water warfare, and he also improved the original Dou Lemon that had been handed down from the Three Kingdoms period, so why can't he see it now.

The signaling thing that Xiaoyu used last time is a good thing, just like fireworks in later generations, and if it is done well, it can be used as a killer weapon in a water war.

Whether it's fire prevention or destroying the other party's ship, it helps, but he doesn't know how to do it himself, and now he doesn't know where to find Xiaoyu.

It wasn't until one day that Fang Yan took him to a wharf in Qianjiang and saw several big ships under construction, that Yuan Rui felt a little bit.

The current ship is really a continuation of the craftsmanship of General Han at that time, and the ship is also very large, the length looks like it is one or twenty zhang away, and the widest place is seven or eight zhang, and the slap rod and crossbow arrow are the most direct attack weapons.

After all, once the melee combat, the ships are useless, and the fighting between the two sides returns to the most primitive state.

In terms of machinery, Yuan Rui can't see how to be better, and he doesn't have the opportunity and conditions to achieve anything, and now he can't even make chains and bearings, and there is no point in persuading others.

But he found that the current ships are made of pure wood, and at most a lot of dense iron mounds are nailed to the bow of the ship for collision purposes.

He seemed to have the impression that the small southern court relied on hundreds of warships to delay itself for hundreds of years, and their largest warship had reached more than forty zhang, which not only directly crushed those small ships, but also made the Mongolian army suffer.

This kind of ship is actually not good, and in another hundred years, real ironclad ships will appear, and the competition for the sea will become white-hot.

If it were possible, now would indeed be an opportunity to do a good job of maritime defense in advance, and perhaps the war that humiliated the Chinese nation would be avoided in a few hundred years.

The master craftsman who pulled the dock and brought several old craftsmen together, Yuan Rui talked about his thoughts.

The other ships still did not move according to the original plan, and just continued to build.

Yuan Rui gave another request, to build a new big ship, Yuan Rui called the leading big ship, requiring the length of the ship to be more than 30 zhang, and the widest width was not less than 12 zhang, which was the most suitable ratio mechanically speaking.

The bow of the ship should be made in the style of a lemon, which is a pointed triangle, not a nail, but an iron, all covered with iron sheets with a thickness of nearly one inch.

At the same time, not only the bow of the ship, but also the rear two to three feet in a row were covered with iron sheets.

The stern is slightly less, covering a radius of one foot around the stern.

As for the sides of the ship, the iron sheet is not realistic, it is too heavy, and the boat simply cannot run.

Yuan Rui adopted the practice of the grassland chariot again, directly using cow and sheep skin, and directly nailed it with iron nails after blackening, and if you want to prevent fire attacks before the battle, you can also paint a little mud.

As for the rest, as for how to build a ship, Yuan Rui doesn't understand, and he doesn't want to care, what he wants to do is to do these things well, once he encounters an enemy at sea, he is not afraid of collision, and he is not afraid of fire, as for the attack, he has to think about other things.

During this time, the county lord knew that Yuan Rui was busy building ships, and he didn't care about him, so he told those personal soldiers, no matter where they were going in or out, they should pay special attention to protecting Yuan Rui's safety and not allow anyone around him.

The county lord was chatting with Xiaohe in the house this day, and then all the Xujia fields in Yangzhou and Hangzhou were to be cultivated according to Yuan Rui's arrangement, and the county lord didn't care too much, no matter how it was, it didn't matter if it was all lost.

At this time, the next person came to report, and someone in the official government asked to see him, but he only said that it was inconvenient to reveal his identity, and he could only say it in person.

The county lord is very puzzled, and the government is just coming, and he still can't make it clear?

But when she saw the person, she immediately understood, to say, she really knew each other, and she had met a few times.

Xue Ying looked at the county lord and knew her temper, "County lord, I don't hide it, I don't mean anything else, I received an order from the Grand Commander, and the request is to protect Yuan Zhongshu, so for a period of time in the future, I will always follow Yuan Zhongshu." ”

"Li Mu's matter, I can't control it, your girl's goal is too obvious, if you don't do it, it will affect Yuan Rui, look at Yuan Rui all day long, I don't think it's too suitable."

The county lord is not used to Snow Eagle, even if Li Mu is here, she is like this.

"County Lord, I won't tell you anything, what I've been doing in the past few years is related to Yuan Zhongshu, if it's not the county lord, I won't walk in so clearly."

"Let me tell you this, Yuan Rui is now the official ambassador of the Imperial Maritime Patrol appointed by the court, and he has also appointed guards by his side, I think no one should dare to take the lead easily."

The county lord is reluctant to let the people of the Silver Eagle follow, firstly, these people are really not very good at the reputation of the officials, and they are more selfish, and secondly, she is really not worried about the Silver Eagle Army, in case someone is an opponent, it will be troublesome.

Xue Ying smiled softly, he came today to investigate the truth and reality, and the commander didn't explain it too clearly at all, and he didn't know the specific situation now, the reason why he walked in so openly was also to have an explanation in the future.

After this busy time, Yuan Rui's favorite thing is to take Xiaohe and the two of them to take a leisurely walk on the edge of the West Lake.

The current season is quite suitable, not too cold, the air is fresh, and the water surface of the West Lake reflects the green mountains on the side, like a beautiful landscape painting.

During this period, the West Lake was much larger, and the three sides of the mountain were quite good, except for the stone road that was a little stumbling, it could be walked.

On the east side, there are ponds that stretch far away, and they are overgrown with aquatic plants.

Yuan Rui often walked with the river to the Su Causeway built by the great writer Su Shi, a stone road with willow trees planted on both sides.

But to be honest, Yuan Rui just felt that this place was fresh, and the county lord came twice, and then he didn't want to come.

But Xiaohe doesn't care, as long as she follows the young master, she doesn't care where she is.

Two days later is the Winter Clothes Festival, after entering the late autumn, the weather is gradually cooler, today is still a little cloudy, Yuan Rui pulled the river to the lake again this day. While the two were wandering, Xiaohe suddenly pointed to the water and shouted.

"Young master, look, what is that?"

"The water waves are crooked, it shouldn't be a fish, it's a snake."

"Ah, snake, young master, let's not go there, let's go back!" Although Xiaohe has seen a lot of snakes at home, she is still very worried, she is afraid of these cartilaginous animals.

"Okay, okay, it's okay, they don't dare come up."

Yuan Rui comforted in his mouth, but his body immediately turned around, in fact, he was also afraid. At this time, the snake hibernated immediately, why is it still here.

"Actually, there are two big snakes in the West Lake, and they often transform into human forms."

Yuan Rui suddenly remembered a legend in later generations, and was still a little frightened when he looked at Xiaohe, so he told her the story.