The Three Kingdoms

"Excuse me, who is the young master looking for?" The commoner man raised his head, glanced at Sun Quan, and asked.

"Hi old man, I'm looking for master Dong Qi!" Sun Quan looked at the commoner old man slightly, and said respectfully.

In Jiangdong, there are not many craftsmen who can build ships. In the name of General Sun Quanyi, a group of people have been recruited from Wu County, but there are fewer people who can build ships. find one of them.

"I am!" Dong Qi stood up, his figure was a bit tall, and he didn't look very old. He looked at the luxurious young man in front of him with doubts, and asked, "What is the young man looking for?"

"It turns out that you are Dong Dajiang, the descendant of Sun Quan, whose name is Zhongmou."

Sun Quan was overjoyed. He introduced himself first, and then said with sincerity, "I am here on behalf of the Polu General's Mansion. The General Mansion will reopen the dock near Taihu Lake in the west of Wu County. Workshop, to ask Mr. to come out of the mountain and serve as the supervisor of the workshop to manufacture warships for the Jiangdong Navy!"

Sun Quan checked the files. Dong Qi was a skillful man with familiar shipbuilding experience. He was once a master shipbuilder who almost built a large ship. In the end, due to the temporary change of the county guard's office, half of that one was made. The building ship stopped working.

"You are the son of Sun Family Quan!" Dong Qi stared at Sun Quan, straightened his back, and stared at Sun Quan.Sun Quan's fame is already a household name in Wu County.

"I am Sun Quan!" Sun Quan nodded.

"Are you looking for me to come to the warship?" Dong Qi heard, his eyes couldn't help but suddenly had a tinge of scorching heat. Back then, the building ship stopped working halfway, and there was no one to help him, which made him suffer so much, and it also became a regret for him .

"Yes, I came to you to build warships for the Jiangdong Navy."

"Can you build a building ship?" Dong Qi sneered, and said: "The cost of building a building ship is too high, can your general's mansion afford it?"

"Build, and more than one, as long as you can build a qualified building ship, the General's Mansion will go bankrupt and you won't let you repeat the regrets of the past!"

Sun Quan narrowed his eyes, and immediately understood where the gap for Dong Qi to leave the mountain was. Looking at him, his expression was calm, and he said firmly: "This is my promise, Sun Quan!"

[Text 1 Chapter [-] Warship Research Base]

More than 20 miles outside the city on the west side of Wuxian County, on a port near Taihu Lake, a Wubao covering an area of ​​more than [-] mu, with the green hills behind and the ferry in front of the gate, stands among the mountains and rivers.

This is the largest shipyard in Wujun, but the previous Wujun prefects ignored the Wujun navy, and this shipyard had already been abandoned during Lingdi Zhongping's reign.

It wasn't until recently that Sun Jian established the General's Mansion that he ordered it to be reopened, and the Jiangdong Warship Manufacturing Workshop was established, with Dong Qi as the supervisor.

Sun Quan even recruited hundreds of craftsmen who knew how to build ships and thousands of apprentices from all over Wujun, and stationed here to start manufacturing and developing the warships needed by the Jiangdong Navy.

Although it has been deserted, there are still many tools and places used to manufacture ships. As long as there are people and materials, warships such as fighting ships and warships can be manufactured at any time.

However, for Sun Quan, manufacturing warships for inland rivers was just an excuse. What he valued most about this dockyard was the ability to develop warships for sailing the sea.

This place has become a base for Sun Quan's research and development of warships. Sun Quan has already transferred hundreds of elite Jiangdong water troops to the surrounding area. It is under strict martial law, and no one can enter without a customs clearance document.

Wubao is very large, with houses in rows, facing the direction of Taihu Lake, and several ferries have been built. Dong Qi stood on the largest ferry, and he was no longer haggard. In high spirits, he explained to Sun Quan the large boat of the Kuaiji Navy that was fished out of Taihu Lake.

"My lord, this building ship can still be used!"

Dong Qi carefully inspected this somewhat dilapidated building boat, heaved a long sigh of relief, stretched his brows, and said: "The building boat of the Kuaiji Navy captured by the young master is a three-story building boat, ten feet tall. It is one foot three feet long and has a total length of eighteen feet two feet five. It should have been built by my senior brother himself, and it will take less than ten years. I know the main structure well. It still works."

"Your senior brother?" Sun Quan was slightly taken aback, his eyes burst out with a bright light, and he asked anxiously, "Where is it?"

"My brother used to be the Superintendent of Shanyin Shipbuilding in Kuaiji, and his shipbuilding skills were very young. At that time, a certain man was studying shipbuilding in Kuaiji, and the master died not long after. The technology basically came from him, but he also died of illness three years ago. It's gone." Dong Qi sighed slightly, with some nostalgia in his expression, and said.

"Oh!"

Sun Quan was slightly disappointed when he heard this. When it comes to shipbuilding skills, the craftsmen in Kuaiji are basically ranked first in the world. Although the group of shipbuilders he recruited are all from Wu County, most of their skills come from Kuaiji.

The large shipyard in Kuaiji County, which is under the jurisdiction of the Sheriff's Mansion, was originally intact. Cheng Pu took over, and now it has continued to build warships for the Jiangdong Navy. Otherwise, Sun Jian would not dare to let it go. Sun Quanmao hastily expanded the Jiangdong water army by [-].

After all, for Sun Jian, Sun Quan's shipyard has just reopened, and Sun Jian has no bottom line in his heart for how long it will take to build a warship, so naturally he will not pin all his hopes here.

"My lord, I've looked at all the damaged warships in the dock these days. Except for this one building, more than two-thirds of them are fully built and can be repaired."

Dong Qi wandered around and checked all the warships, with a dignified expression, and said respectfully: "As for the others, I'm afraid they will be dismantled and rebuilt."

"Two thirds are usable, which is not bad!" Sun Quan was very satisfied with this figure, and asked, "Mr. Dong, you are working hard on these warships that can still be repaired. How long will it take to repair them?"

The Jiangdong navy is in urgent need of warships. This is the first batch of warships to be put into use. At least they can wait until they are satisfied during training.

"Now there are hundreds of masters in the dock, and the young master has recruited thousands of apprentices. If there are enough materials, I will be sure to repair them and launch them again in a month!" Dong Qi pondered for a moment before saying cautiously.

"Okay!" Sun Quan showed a hint of joy, and said, "You can make a list of the materials, and I will urge the people in the General's Mansion to deliver them as quickly as possible, and the rest will be troublesome to Mr. Dong."

"This is his job!"

Dong Qi's eyes sparkled, and he nodded in response.

"Dong Gong, show me the new building you want to build!"

At this time, the entire dock was busy. Sun Quan and Dong Qi wandered around the dock, and walked into a spacious wing room, where a tall desk was filled with more than a dozen people. A small model building boat.

"Let me also see, what is the building boat you want to make?" Sun Quan walked up, picked up a small model boat, and said in a concentrated voice.

"My lord, most of the buildings in Jiangxia, Yuzhang, Kuaiji, and Jiujiang are three-story, about ten feet high and twenty long, and can carry about a thousand soldiers. However, due to some differences in height and weight, the building ships The biggest problem is stability."

Dong Qi's character is a bit like those scientists and technologists of later generations. Even though he has been down and out all these years and failed to build ships, he still maintains this kind of obsessive research on warships.

Speaking of this, he became a little excited. Looking at Sun Quan, he began to analyze the building boat he studied: "The building boat is a kind of castle on the water. It is controlled by a rudder and stabilized by sculls around it. It is the main core of a warship. There are crenels on it, which are wrapped in leather for defensive purposes. They are equipped with strong crossbows with a range of within [-] steps. They are also equipped with rackets for throwing stones. Capsizing, this stability problem, no one has been able to solve it, some people want to lower the height, but relatively speaking, the point of building a ship has faded.”

Dong Qi picked up the largest model ship among them, fixed his gaze, and said in a deep voice: "When I was together five or six years ago, my senior brother and I used to study a giant building ship, a total of fifteen feet, five feet. The storey is high and 31 feet long, and it can carry three thousand soldiers. Three sails are installed on it to stabilize the wind."

"This is it?" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes, reached out to take the model ship, observed it carefully, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "However, it is indeed a good warship, you can make it ?"

"My lord, this is just an idea that my senior brother and I had back then. There are still many problems that have not been resolved, and it is not suitable for construction!" Dong Qi gritted his teeth and wanted to say yes, but he was really not sure that he could make it.

If it is only a three-story building ship, he is familiar with, has experience, and is confident that he can build it. However, no one has ever built such a giant building ship. The cost is too high and the requirements are too high. If it is built, If you can't use it, it's a sin.

"If you have a problem, overcome it!"

Sun Quan waved his hand, didn't care, stared at the model ship, and said: "If you don't do it, you will never know right from wrong. If you don't build it, can you know its future by looking at this model ship? Now, I order you In the future, you will use this building ship as the main body to manufacture it, but you must be careful in this process."

"No!" Dong Qi was shocked when he heard the words, his expression was a little excited, his eyes sparkled, and he nodded.

"Dong Gong, if this building ship is built, can it go into the sea?" Sun Quan looked at the model ship, his eyes widened, and some light of hope flickered, and he asked in a concentrated voice.

"Son!"

Dong Qi's expression suddenly became serious, and he said: "This piece of blue sea is an insurmountable sky drop for each of our shipbuilders. At present, all our warships in Jiangdong can only be located by the seaside at most. Sailing, and the design of this ship is the painstaking effort of me and my brother, if I can create the shape I want, it should be able to sail in the sea, at least it will be no problem to reach Yizhou (later Taiwan)."

There will be no one in Jiangdong who is curious about this sea, and some people have reached Yizhou by boat, but most of them have never returned, and very few can come back, but with the current ships in Jiangdong, going to Yizhou still depends on luck. If you are unlucky, a storm will destroy the ship and people will die.

"Okay, it's good to have hope!" Sun Quan took a deep breath when he heard the words, his eyes sparkled, and he said loudly: "This ship must be built. No matter what you want, I will get it for you. This battleship You have to build the boat."

"Dong Qi understands!"

Dong Qi heard a wave of determination from Sun Quan's voice, which made him more confident. He was willing to try, but he was afraid that no one would support him. Sun Quan's support made him feel safe.

"By the way, Mr. Dong, why doesn't your ship have a watertight cabin?" Sun Quan looked at the model ship carefully and frowned.