God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1285 New Ship
Du He heard the words, thought for a while, then smiled and said: "It's up to man, brother, don't give up on yourself. Today, we are members of the family, let alone these unhappy things. Let's go and go to the city. We haven't seen each other for many years. Today, we will be together." Just get drunk."

"it is good!"

"Enter the city!"

The convoy marched into the city mightily.

……

Lai Guo Gongfu.

Decorating lanterns and festoons is not Chinese New Year, but better than Chinese New Year.

Du Gou left Chang'an for five years and finally returned.

Du Ruhui was the happiest. He drank a few more glasses at the table, and then was helped down.

Du Gou was also enthusiastic at the beginning, but in the end, his expression was worried, and his face was full of worries.

Du He put down his wine glass and asked, "Brother, are you busy? Could it be that you still care about what you said to me outside Yongning Gate just now?"

Du Gou shook his head and said movingly: "He'er, elder brother is not worried about his own future, but worried about his father. I heard you just said that a few months ago, my father's resignation letter was handed over to the palace. His Majesty has never agreed to his father's appointment. Request, although this is a tactic to slow down the army, but after a long time, it is impossible for His Majesty to agree. Once my father loses the position of right minister, I am afraid that many young people in this court will jump out. At that time, you will be in great danger..."

Du He said with a smile: "Brother, I was too worried. I asked my father to hand in the official memorial. It was not just to delay time, but to let my father ascend to the position of Taiwei."

Du Gou's eyes widened: "Taiwei? This is very difficult!"

Du He laughed and said, "It's just that the opportunity hasn't come yet."

Du Gou picked up the wine glass and said, "Unexpectedly, you and your father had already planned. It seems that I was worrying too much. Come, He'er, I respect you."

The two had a drink.

Du He asked: "Brother, do you really plan to spend your whole life in Chang'an City doing nothing?"

Du Gou put down his wine glass again, sighed, and said helplessly, "He'er, so what if I have ambitions, I'm not young anymore, and I'm still disabled..."

Du He stood up and said, "Brother, everyone has their own aspirations. I don't force you to do what you want, but I do have one thing that I want to show you!"

"What?" Du Gou asked curiously.

But Du He ordered: "Come here, prepare the carriage."

Not long after, a carriage left Lai Guogong's mansion, and braved the cold wind out of Chang'an City.

In the carriage, Du Gou was half awake, and kept asking: "He'er, what exactly are you talking about? Why did you leave the city in such a hurry?"

Du He smiled slightly: "Brother, don't be impatient, you will know later."

The carriage was galloping.

Du Gou lifted the curtain to look out from time to time, but he didn't know where he was.

The carriage has already arrived at the boundary of Hu County, but today's Hu County has undergone earth-shaking changes, and it is no longer the Hu County that Du Gou is familiar with.

After an unknown amount of time, the carriage finally stopped.

Du He took Du Gou out of the carriage.

Du Gou looked up and saw a building not far away, brightly lit.

The two walked forward quickly and came to a big river.

There is a tall building by the river, and there is a lot of people in it, and there are clanging and smashing sounds.

When Du Gou looked dazed, Du He had already walked in.

When I came to the building, I saw clearly that this is a workshop.

Seeing Du He, dozens of people immediately gathered around and said hello.

Du He looked at a thin old man among them, and asked, "Old Zheng, have you finished building the boat I asked you to build?"

The old man immediately ran up and said with a smile: "Master, everything is ready, follow me."

Everyone followed the old man to the bank of the river.

I saw a tall thing with a height of one or two people on the bank, covered with red silk.

The old man shouted: "Quick, let go, let the young master see!"

wow.

Remove the red silk.

Suddenly, a boat appeared in front of everyone.

This boat is not big, only about two feet long and six or seven feet wide.

On board, everything is available.

Most importantly, this ship has four floors.

A total of nine masts and twelve sails.

Everyone else is still watching.

But Du Gou exclaimed.

He has been in Dengzhou all year round and has the most opportunities to deal with ships.

In his memory, Datang's best boats only had two floors, and any more would be in danger of capsizing. Moreover, Datang's current boats had no more than six sails at most, and if they were too many, they would be uncontrollable.

But the boat in front of him is obviously a miniature version, but the shape is very strange.

Du Gou looked at Du He in surprise: "He'er, did you build this boat?"

Du He shook his head, pointed at the old man, and said, "This is Old Zheng. He comes from a shipbuilding family and is very good at shipbuilding. He joined the Dream Group more than a year ago. This is one of his works."

The old man hurriedly shook his head and said excitedly: "No, no, young master, don't say that, I'm just a craftsman, this boat was designed by the young master, and I don't have any credit for it."

Du Gou looked at Du He.

Du He smiled helplessly, pointed at the boat and said, "Brother, in fact, the most important thing about this boat is here."

He pointed to the bottom of the boat.

Du Gou also saw it.

The bottom of the ship, from bow to stern, was like a sharp knife.

It is very different from the flat bottom of ships common in this era.

"Why is this?"

Du He introduced: "Because of the flat bottom of the previous boats, the speed cannot be increased when sailing. Moreover, after the boat is made bigger, it is difficult to control. I changed the bottom of the boat to a sharp bottom to get rid of this obstacle. As the saying goes, , the upper side is like a balance, and the lower side is like a knife, so you can ride through the waves, that’s the reason.”

Du He pondered: "It sounds like the truth, but, can this boat really be launched?"

Without waiting for Du He's order, Old Zheng called the craftsmen to get busy.

Someone pulls the rope, someone pulls the stick.

Rumble.

Then, the boat slanted, slipped from the log, and slid into the river.

Seeing this, Old Zheng hurriedly climbed up the side of the boat, and saw him squatting on the boat, busy with his hands and feet, and all twelve sails were hoisted.

The boat that was still parked on the river suddenly sailed against the wind at an extremely fast speed, splitting the waves and rushing upstream.

Du Gou saw helplessly that the boat was unaffected by the turbulent current at a bend in the river just now.

Swish.

Du Gou turned around and grabbed Du He's sleeve: "He'er, can this kind of boat be made bigger?"

Du He smiled and asked, "Brother, what do you mean?"

Du Gou lost his focus for a moment, and then slowly said: "You don't know, brother, I have dealt with pirates in Dengzhou for many years, suppressing bandits all the year round, but I can't wipe out all those pirates. Tang's ship was not good, and it was impossible to catch up with those pirates at sea... At the beginning, I led the soldiers to kill the pirates and was surrounded by more than a dozen ships. I was chased by pirates, not to mention an arrow in my leg, and I lost many soldiers.”

As he spoke, tears welled up in Du Gou's eyes.

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(End of this chapter)