Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 73 Sun Quan
The No. [-] Galen ship sank and all the crew members died, which made Quanzhou Port almost mourn.

Many of these crew members are children of local families. After this incident, many families have set up white sails.

Zhang Qingfeng brought every family of the students to express their condolences and paid large pensions to all families.

As the news of the merchant ship's encounter in the south spread, Quanzhou and even the whole Youzhou were filled with righteous indignation, and many people advocated seeking revenge from Sun Quan.

Especially Zhang Qingfeng's students, no matter what they were doing, all asked to see Zhang Qingfeng or Li Bai, demanding revenge for Niu Mang and the others.

Zhang Qingfeng's elder brother Li Bai naturally wanted to seek revenge from Sun Quan, and after that, orders were issued in the name of Li Bai, the governor of Youzhou.

Various materials began to be mobilized to Quanzhou Port, and the military factory began to work overtime to cast artillery, as well as manufacture granular gunpowder and various military supplies.
The ten inland gunboats stationed in the Chaobai River also began to practice.

Among them, there are three paddle-wheel gunboats equipped with steam engine power, which run faster than the previous scull gunboats, and are also very flexible.

At the same time, a Galen ship that had just been launched at the Quanzhou Shipyard and was undergoing sea trials was urgently assigned to Zheng Chenggong's subordinates.

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Just after Zheng Chenggong led two Galen ships back to Youzhou.

In Moling City, Sun Quan was surprised and angry when he learned that the Yangtze River Navy besieged three merchant ships, half of which were sunk and more than 1000 people were lost.

When Sun Quan's officials heard the news, they were in an uproar.

Fifty or sixty ships could not defeat three ships, and the losses were so huge. How could this not cause an uproar?

For this matter, Wei Wen, as a navy general, has an unshirkable responsibility. If there were not many people pleading for him, Sun Quan would have ordered him to be executed directly.

However, capital crimes can be avoided, and life crimes cannot escape. Wei Wen and other military officers at all levels have been severely punished.

However, after the impact of this incident gradually calmed down, the people in the Sun Quan Group became a little scared.

A weapon capable of sinking a warship hundreds of steps away.The whole body is covered with armor that is invulnerable to swords.An unknown weapon that can kill people from a distance and makes a loud noise.

All these made the civil servants and generals of Sun Quan's group feel on pins and needles.

"My lord, we have to find out what kind of weapons these are, otherwise we won't be able to deal with Cao Jun's attack next time." Gan Ning said to Sun Quan.

(The title of lord was Liu Bei's exclusive title during the Three Kingdoms period. As for what Sun Quan's subordinates called him, I can't find out, so I will call him lord for the time being.)
Hearing what Gan Ning said, Lu Su on the side also said: "I heard that these are merchant ships from Youzhou. I can send someone to Youzhou to inquire, maybe we can find out what these weapons are."

Without waiting for everyone to speak, Lu Su continued: "There is also that kind of boat that has no oars or sculls, but can sail so fast in the sea with sails. We must also be able to build this kind of boat, otherwise we may Can't beat Cao Cao's navy."

"Well said."

Hearing what the two said, Sun Quan nodded, and then said to everyone: "No matter what, we still have to find a way to deal with this kind of ship. We can't let Cao Cao's navy cross the Yangtze River half a step. I don't know what's your solution?"

"Lord, I think if we are on the river, we are not afraid of this kind of ship. According to Wei Wen, this kind of ship can only run so fast in the sea. If they dare to come to the river, we can completely destroy the enemy ship with fire. ." Lu Meng stood up and said to Sun Quan.

"That's reasonable. We can build more igniting boats and attack one with ten ships. I don't believe we can't defeat it." Gan Ning also nodded in agreement.

"Then build more lighter boats?" Sun Quan asked after hearing what the crowd said.

"It should be so."

"Then pass my order to let the shipyards around the world build more lighter boats..."

Youzhou, Yuyang County, Luping County, Luping Neihe Shipyard.

"Open the gate and release the water."

With an order, the sluice of a large dock was slowly opened, and immediately, countless rivers rushed towards the dock like wild horses.

As the river rose, a large ship in the dock was gradually supported by the buoyancy of the river.

This is a large ship made of two thousand materials. It has no sails and only a large chimney that is billowing white smoke.

"Teacher, this is a new type of inland river gunboat with an underwater propeller. We have reinforced its keel and ribs with the best steel."

"It has two decks, which can carry 64 artillery pieces, of which forty are 20-pound cannons, six 25-pound cannons, and four 30-pound cannons. These guns weigh an average of two tons. In order to be able to carry such heavy artillery, we But it took a lot of work.”

At the edge of the dock, Zheng He, director of Luping Shipyard, introduced the ships in the dock to Zhang Qingfeng with a proud face.

Zheng He was a student brought out by Zhang Qingfeng from the Taihang Mountains. After several years of hard work, he has now become the director of the Gunping Neihe Shipyard, and was even made a small official by Cao Cao.

Without waiting for Zhang Qingfeng to speak, Zheng He continued proudly: "We have invested more than 2 million yuan in this ship. If it is used to build Galen ships, we can build three ships, but fortunately, the city of Ye The money allocated, otherwise we would not have so much money to build it.”

Zheng He said: "In order to make this ship have greater protection, we also pasted a layer of zinc-coated steel plates above the waterline. With such protection, it is estimated that ordinary artillery can't penetrate it..."

Hearing Zheng He's words, Zhang Qingfeng couldn't bear it anymore. He said speechlessly, "Is it necessary for you to create such a powerful inland gunboat? What enemy can resist such a powerful gunboat? With so much money, It’s enough to build a dozen ordinary gunboats.”

"Teacher, this is what Prime Minister Cao requested. He said let us build ships, the stronger the better, just build them, and the money will be allocated by the court."

Zheng He smiled and said: "Since the prime minister asked us to build a more powerful ship, we naturally designed this kind of ship that can reach the strongest in all aspects at present. We also named this ship, Youzhou Number."

"Youzhou? That's a good flattery." Zhang Qingfeng said speechlessly: "I think you are just itching to have fun and don't consider reality at all. If you spend [-] million to build ten gunships, wouldn't the combat effectiveness be stronger? ?”

"Hey, it's all made anyway. Just let it avenge Junior Brother Niu Mang." Zheng Chenggong said.

While the two were talking, the river in the dock was almost full.

woo~~
Suddenly, a siren sounded throughout the shipyard.

Under everyone's gaze, the huge inland gunboat in the dock began to move.

This ship has no sails, sculls, or paddle wheels, and relies entirely on underwater propellers to provide thrust for navigation.

In order to install the propeller on the ship, a group of Zhang Qingfeng's students have been designing for several years, from the swaying gun boat at the beginning, to the paddle wheel on the water surface, and finally researched the underwater propeller.

(End of this chapter)