Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2590 people have my advantage
Although most of Feiqian's territory is inland, Feiqian did not relax its research on ship technology because of this.

The scientific and technological branch of ship technology is not a single bare branch. In fact, there are many aspects that are interrelated with other technologies, such as metallurgy and construction.

Not to mention metallurgy, how could architecture be related to ship technology?
Indeed there is.

Metallurgy plus architecture, plus a combined display structure of ship technology, is the dock.

Whether it is a new building of a ship or a ship's repair and maintenance, a dock is needed.

After a war on the water, there must be damage to ships.If the basic structure is intact, it is just that the deck of the ship has been opened too many holes, and some places have been burned out to continue sailing.

Are such ships discarded or repaired?

The answer is that it can be repaired, and it will be repaired as much as possible.

As long as the basic structure is intact and important parts such as the keel are not damaged, it will be repaired.

If you only need to build a ship, you often choose a natural port and directly build a simple wooden frame or something like a "natural dock". However, natural docks are often limited by terrain. Faced with the need for temporary construction, or the addition of a dock.

And in front of Cai He is such a semi-dry dock made of cement...

There is no water in a dry dock. The so-called semi-dry, of course, means that half of the dock has water and the other half has no water.

In fact, according to the needs of future generations to build and repair ships, it is natural that a dry dock would be better.It's just that the watertight materials of this era are not up to standard, and some water will still seep in, so there is still some water in some places, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't get in the way.

Ma Jun also proposed an idea, which is to excavate a simple dock a few characters away from the Yellow River, dig out a long, wide and deep canal, and then build stone walls on the surface of the canal, using glue. After the canal is built, the water is introduced, and the ship can go to the repair place along the canal, and then the water is drained, and the ship can be repaired in this dock without water, and then the water is put into the , the ship can sail away.

Such docks can naturally also be used to build new ships.

This plan was rejected because the estimated investment was too large, mainly because without the assistance of Lan Xiang, the amount of earth and stone was really a problem that could only be piled up by manpower, and the development of any part of the Guanzhong Sanfu area did not require manpower of?

Later, under Huang Chengyan's joint research, it was changed to another alternative plan that is currently adopted.

Easy slide.

The simple slideway is to use a wooden slideway and a large amount of grease to replace the upper pier and launch of the ship from the water surface to the berth.The advantage of this thing is that the equipment is simple, easy to operate, and there are not too many requirements for the hardness of the rocky soil on the shore, but it cannot carry too heavy ships. It just won't move.

When facing a wooden building ship, this kind of simple slideway similar to a semi-dry dock is quite good, as long as the original ground is leveled, gravel and ballast are properly added, rolled and leveled, and cement is poured That's it.And because of the simple structure, it is very convenient to disassemble and assemble.If you need to relocate, you can also dismantle most of the equipment and move to a new place.

Fei Qian took Cai He to see the dock, to see the modification of the old ship and the launching of the new ship.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

Cai He is not a very good general. If he is sent to fight the enemy, he may not be able to achieve much results, but his understanding of ships is better than many other generals.

It's not surprising that each has its own strengths.

He seems to know a little bit about everything except the freak Feiqian.

It is precisely because of this that many people in the big man admire Fei Qian very much.These people couldn't figure out why Fei Qian could do this, how many books and knowledge they had to master to do it!

In the end, in order to explain this point, it can only be attributed to Cai's collection of books, and then there are rumors that there may be Mohist treasure books from the Spring and Autumn Period in Cai's collection of books, and there may even be unhandled books left over from ancient times. secret……

When Cai He saw the scene in front of him, his jaw kept drooping, and he couldn't quite close it.

Dahan's current natural resources are relatively large, so the wood needed for the dock here can still be guaranteed. With the addition of cement as a big weapon, although there is no such cruel model as E or F in later generations, but At least it is close to C, which is quite good.

At the same time, the development of metallurgy also allowed Fei Qian to use part of the steel without hesitation, instead of choosing all the precious iron wood, saving part of the tree resources.The use of the boom pulley also saves labor when dragged by manpower. The concrete is poured into the steel pipe, and the bearing is lubricated with animal grease, so that the winch can withstand a large moment. It is not easy to deal with wooden ships. , but at least it's not too difficult.

It is mainly a wooden boat, and its weight is not heavy. If it is not worried that the iron is too easy to rust, it can be done with only cast iron.

Cai He looked to the left and felt to the right, and he almost threw himself into the ground for the arrogance displayed by Fei Qian in the dock.Because he saw that some of the wood is high-grade wood that can be used as a palace beam, and it has been dried in the shade!

What does this mean?
This shows that before this piece of wood is cut down, no, to be precise, before such a tree is cut down, maybe Feiqian is planning everything in front of him!

This made Cai He more humble.

And Cai He saw an extremely unusual arrangement on the building boats in the dock...

He was very curious, and also realized that the special empty seat might be a big killer, but he didn't dare to ask.

That empty seat is reserved for artillery.

Attacking a city, the current artillery with insufficient gunpowder equivalent is actually not as intimidating and threatening as the kerosene catapult, unless the defenders above the city are willing to let Fei Qian push the artillery into the city gate and directly shoot and bombard the city gate.

Even if they directly bombarded the city gates, there were still means of congesting stone bars and sand to resist.

So the one that can make the cannon emit 100%, or even [-]% of its power, is actually on the water.

In this era when ships are basically wooden ships, the appearance of artillery is almost equivalent to dimensionality reduction strikes.It is not an impossible task to directly send the opposite ship back to Hong Kong to eat buckets with just one shot.

On both sides of the large building ships, there are muzzles.

Cai He watched, swallowing his saliva.

The side panel of the running position adopts the loose-leaf mode, which can be pushed open, and it can be put down in normal times.

The position of the artillery is fixed in the cabin, so as to lower the center of gravity of the ship.

In Feiqian's eyes, those cannons seemed crude, cumbersome, even dangerous and inaccurate, but in this era, they were indeed products that transcended time and space.

An improved version of the front loading smoothbore.

Fei Qian smiled and led Cai He around without going into details, anyway let Cai He take a look and show his strength.

It is actually not that easy for the traveler to transform his knowledge into productivity.

A simple dock seems to be extremely crude compared to later generations.

But in fact it is not easy.

Just like the various items on the building boats, at this stage, of course, lacquer is the main anti-corrosion method. This is also common sense that travelers basically know, but should we use raw lacquer or cooked lacquer?

Some people say that it is better to use raw lacquer, while others say that it is better to use cooked lacquer, but Fei Qian knows that neither is good.

Should be anti-rust paint.

Unfortunately there is no...

All the boats of Fiji can sail in the freshwater area, but once they enter the seawater area, the lifespan of the boat will be greatly reduced. Many boats that can be used for more than ten years in the freshwater area will not exceed [-] years in the seawater. It will corrode in five years, and the reason is that Fei Qian can't get the kind of special anti-rust and anti-corrosion paint used on the bottom of the ship in later generations.

Similarly, there are artillery, and Fei Qian also knows that rifling is very important, but the problem is that the progress of materials science is not enough. Even if materials science progresses, the processing technology must also be improved...

Fortunately, the steelmaking method of the Han Dynasty was already very good. The blast furnace and so on had already taken shape. Feiqian just added the research and development of refractory bricks and the converter plan, which made Feiqian's current steel output and quality very low. Already standing at the pinnacle of this era.

Similarly, the technical development of refractory bricks has also further improved the technology of coal coking.

At the earliest time in Binh Duong, Fei Qian smelted iron and forged steel with charcoal.

Later, the coal from Luliang Mountain was used, but it was troubled by the impurities in the coal for a long time. Finally, it adopted a method similar to making charcoal to make coke, and once used the local method to make coke.

Although indigenous coking can provide a large amount of coke at one time, the qualified rate is too low, and it is impossible to collect related coking by-products, such as various oils...

The development of refractory bricks has enabled the use of new furnace coking. Except for a few parts that require iron sheets, the basic materials are bricks and refractory bricks.The entire coking process takes about ten days, and the qualified rate of coking coal has also increased a lot. Of course, there is still a big gap with the later generations, but it is already very difficult, and further progress may require the in-depth participation of chemical engineering.

The new coking oven can also use the gas generated by coking to circulate and heat the furnace body, and at the same time, part of the coal tar can be recovered.The tar recovered after cooling with water will be collected in pottery pots and sealed to become kerosene, or other fuels, lubricants to replace animal fats, or some basic chemical raw materials.

The lifespan of the iron cannon is relatively low due to its natural tendency to rust, and it is more troublesome to maintain, but it has become a better choice for Feiqian.

After all, copper coins are still money at the moment...

Cai He was trembling, and was almost blinded by Fei Qian's arrogance, and immediately lowered his original expectations again and again, almost hugging Fei Qian's thigh and crying and begging...

If Cai He is left alone in Chang'an for the time being, and he turns his head and starts flipping the map to check the future opponents of Fei Qian and other buildings, Jiangdong, he will find that Emperor Sun is actually very sad at the moment.

The sorrow of Emperor Sun lies in the fact that when Jiangdong was not in power, the situation in Jiangdong became obviously better...

This is quite embarrassing.

Sun Quan actually wanted to carry out a series of reforms on Jiangdong.

If the gentry of the Han Dynasty has influenced the court in many places, then in Jiangdong, these gentry tyrants and local gentry have not only influenced, but even determined Jiangdong's various strategies.

Sun Quan tried to get rid of these big Jiangdong clans, and then divided the counties and counties into separate systems, opened up their voices, exercised the rule of law, and handled local affairs in accordance with the laws of the country, instead of being controlled by the clans in the countryside.In fact, there is nothing wrong with this series of actions. If Sun Quan is really able to do it, Jiangdong will also become rich and powerful.

But Sun Quan was too anxious, and immediately moved the land and military power.

Sun Quan rectified the land administration, dispatched poor families and clerks to check the amount of land in various places, and began to limit the number of private soldiers. Such measures are obviously beneficial to the overall situation of Jiangdong, but they will seriously damage the interests of the local gentry.

Thus, the inevitable contradiction broke out.

The interior of Jiangdong suddenly became chaotic, with rebels everywhere, and South Vietnamese riots everywhere.These Jiangdong gentry own land, population, wealth, and private soldiers. When these things come together, they form a very huge force, which is enough to overthrow the Sun family's foundation.

In addition to the Sun family, there was originally a rift...

In fact, no matter what Sun Quan does, it is useless to defeat Liu Biao or Cao Cao, because people like Jiangdong will not succumb to certain achievements. Just like the Chu State in history, it once owned a huge land However, under the obstruction of the great nobles in the country, none of the reformers in Chu State ended well. The murdered ones and the exiled ones basically all ended in tragedies.

If it is said that Mrs. Wu is not dead, Sun Quan feels that he still has support, and it is impossible to say that there will be a huge dispute in Jiangdong...

Sun Quan knew that although Zhou Yu was always talking about it, and even despised his own stupidity and short-sightedness, as long as he really encountered any danger, he would still sacrifice himself.

As for Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others, they are nothing but grass, so as long as Sun Quan has the support of his mother, then the relatives of the Wu family represented by his mother will naturally basically stand by his side. When the Sun family's foundation is really in danger, that's when Mrs. Wu and Zhou Yu will unite and start killing...

Therefore, Sun Quan is not afraid.

Children with mothers are bold.

Because he knows there are people who love him.

After his mother died, Sun Quan was afraid.

When there are parents, brothers are brothers, and they can still have a unified place of origin. When there are no parents, brothers may not necessarily be brothers, because there are only different places left.This may be the case between brothers, let alone other relatives of the Wu family who don't have much kinship?
The ruthlessness and forbearance in the Sun family made Sun Quan make an important decision, which also made him look the most cowardly, but also the smartest decision. He handed over the political power, divided it into two, and gave the military power to Zhou Yu. Government affairs were given to Zhang Zhao.

Then Jiangdong stabilized in an instant...

With Zhou Yu and a group of veteran generals of the uncle generation sitting in command, carrying big sticks and shaking around, no one in Jiangdong dared to move rashly.

On the other side, Zhang Zhao was in charge of dividing the carrots, discussing one by one the contents originally formulated by Sun Quan that made the Jiangdong nobles feel uncomfortable. Most of them were overturned, and a small part was left behind. The project on face...

For example, private soldiers.

It is now expressly stipulated that no "private soldiers" are allowed.

But there is no rule that does not allow "family servants".

My "family" likes to equip them with armor and guns, I am happy, is there a problem?

It is stipulated that no more than 500 people are allowed to be armed within a manor, so each manor has 490 nine people...

Zhang Zhao laughed, and everyone laughed too.

Sit in rows and eat fruit.

In such a comfortable and peaceful atmosphere, Jiangdong's economic development is surprising.Those rebels who were summoned before returned to the fields again, agriculture resumed, handicrafts also resumed, the economy circulated, and Jiangdong's fiscal deficit was also greatly eased. As long as there are no accidents, Jiangdong will Definitely a bumper year.

Things are so weird sometimes, Sun Quan desperately wants to engage in Jiangdong, but Jiangdong is in chaos, but now Sun Quan lets go, Jiangdong is developing agriculturally and prosperously.

I don't know if it's because the Jiangdong gentry want to explain something through this situation, anyway, the current momentum in Jiangdong is simply amazing...

Under such a favorable situation, Yujiang visited Sun Quan.

Sun Quan is on the mountainside, keeping a filial piety for Mrs. Wu.

At the foot of the mountain and on the top of the surrounding mountains, there are soldiers of the Sun family, but they will not come up to this mountain unless there are special circumstances, because the entire mountain is the grave of Mrs. Wu, and in Mrs. Wu On the side of the tombstone is Sun Quan's temporary residence, a simple courtyard.

A simple wooden house, a small courtyard with not too flat soil, surrounded by a simple and rough fence as a wall.

There are some vegetables grown in the courtyard.

Sun Quan was like an old farmer, dressed in sackcloth and soiled.

Zhou Yu first worshiped in front of Mrs. Wu's tombstone, then went to Sun Quan's courtyard, and sat on the wooden floor of the front hall in front of the wooden house, "My lord's place is quite clean..."

Sun Quan nodded slightly.There is no hatred, no anxiety, no resentment in his gaze, but it is not numb, like a calm mountain pool, deep and deep.

Sun Quan now moves less, laughs less, and cries less. Except for going to Mrs. Wu's tomb every morning and evening, the rest of the time seems to be in a daze.

Look at the sky, look at the sky, look at the clouds and clouds, and watch the rain stop and the clouds disappear.

Watching the rain fall from the branches, watching the leaves wither with the cold wind.

Ever since he ascended to the position of the Lord of Jiangdong, he has never stopped, and now that he is away from the hustle and bustle, he really looks at everything around him.

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Quan, and finally he could no longer see the frizz on Sun Quan, but began to look like a sword in a scabbard, with no brilliance exposed, but a hidden sharpness.

Zhou Yu sat beside Sun Quan, slowly describing the current situation in Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu is not showing off, but just narrating.

Sun Quan listened silently, with neither anger nor sadness on his face.

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he stood up and said that he would come back next month.He didn't ask Sun Quan for his opinion, nor did he express his desire to hear what Sun Quan thought.

Sun Quan also stood up and sent Zhou Yu off.

Outside the fence of the small courtyard, Zhou Yu paused for a moment, and bid farewell to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan nodded, and when Zhou Yu turned around to leave, he said, "Seeing that the governor's temples are slightly graying, please take care of your body and don't overwork yourself..."

Zhou Yu nodded, smiled, and left.

Sun Quan stood on the mountainside and watched Zhou Yu go away.He didn't know that Jiangdong's model of "government by doing nothing" happened to be in line with the prototype of "separation of powers and governance", so it showed temporary prosperity.

But the current political model of Jiangdong is not mature.

Sun Quan only understood that under the temporary prosperity on the surface, there was still a raging undercurrent lurking.

(End of this chapter)