Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 645 Indirect Deterrence
On top of the tower, Black Bear was playing with his newly polished half-covered crystal goggles, but unfortunately they were brown.

If it were sky blue, it would look like Rocket Girls’ helmet.

When he was wearing it, Yang Xiu went up to the tower.

Yang Xiu first looked around and saw that there were only two secretaries and a guard, so he winked at the two secretaries.

Black Bear noticed it and waved his hand. When the sound of people going down the stairs disappeared, he asked, "De Zu, do you have any secrets?"

"It's not a secret. It's Cao Cao's son who wants to buy warships."

Yang Xiu slowed down his voice and suggested: "Cao Zhi has been in Guanzhong for a long time and has become estranged from his father. I think this can be done... The only thing I am worried about is that Cao Cao is short of gold."

Black Bear put his goggles on the table, leaned back, and looked out the window. "You mean to give Cao Cao a chance to raise gold? He can use the gold to buy warships?"

"Yes."

Yang Xiu walked up to the table, half squatted, leaned his right arm on the corner of the table, and whispered: "Cao Cao and I have an irreconcilable feud. The warships cannot be given to him, and the gold will not be reduced by a cent."

"That won't do. We have to keep our word. Otherwise, how can we sell our products to three different companies in the future?"

Black Bear turned and stared at Yang Xiu: "You go talk to Cao Zhi and tell him that you get what you pay for. After the job is done, I will give you five cents. And tell him a little secret. After the steam engine is built, it is like a mother machine. It takes time and the power of steam to hammer and forge iron, and finely cut it. It is actually easier to build another one."

Black Bear placed his left hand on the table and tapped it repeatedly, and continued, "You should be careful about this matter. Cao Zhi is also a smart man. You should decide what to say and when to say it. I can only give you five points. Beyond five points, how much bribe you ask for has nothing to do with me."

"I dare not, Your Majesty is joking."

Yang Xiu smiled awkwardly and said, "Cao Zhi wants to build a villa in Wangchuan."

"Once this matter is done, when the money is offered and the title is conferred, you will urge him to set an example."

Black Bear is not willing to sell the land in the Wangchuan River Valley at a low price. If too many people live there, it will become boring.

"Yes, I understand. I will take my leave."

Yang Xiu stood up straight, took a few steps back, bowed, then retreated to the stairs, turned around and walked down the steps.

Black Bear had a blank expression on his face. He picked up the half-cover goggles and put them on his head, then turned to look at the scenery outside the window.

A steam-powered two-wheeled vehicle is fundamentally different from a battleship.

The two-wheeled vehicle was just a toy. After people like Cao Cao and Liu Fu got it, they just dismantled it and at most understood the mechanical structure inside the steam engine.

The finishing and material properties will hold them for a long time.

Battleships are different. The steam engines they are equipped with are very large. After being disassembled, they can provide stable and powerful power, which can be used to forge iron and solve material problems.

If used properly, the power of the steam engine can be used to cut materials.

If there is no steam engine, then just use a sledgehammer to knock it off slowly.

Unless they improve the hydraulic equipment there and use hydraulic hammers to forge iron.

Having said that, if Cao Cao brings the gold, he will definitely hand over the ships.

There are thirty-six famous rapids below Sanmenxia. If the ship sinks, there is nothing he can do.

It was early afternoon and the sky was still bright.

The warship was anchored at Fenglingdu during this period to facilitate flood control while the warship was anchored.

On the south bank of Fenglingdu, wooden stakes are being laid and buried on the mudflats to build a water fortress.

In the future, warships will be moored in water forts, and their safety can be guaranteed even if they suddenly encounter heavy rain or floods.

"Leaving Chencang in the morning and staying at Tongguan in the evening, how fast it is."

At the dock, Kong Rong put his hands behind his back and looked at the officials getting off the boat and the people waiting to get on.

On the deck, Cao Zhi was also silent.

Chencang to Tongguan is more than 600 miles away. Even if the Grand Marshal set sail at dawn, he would have to travel nearly 90 miles downstream every hour... Even if the elite troops marched at high speed, they could only advance this short distance in a day. This is the Wei River, which has a gentle flow. After the Dizhu is drilled, the Yellow River becomes even more rapid.

By then, dozens of warships will go downstream, and even if they can travel 500 miles a day, they will not be able to be resisted by the Kanto states.

In the future, troops will be dispatched from Guanzhong and land in Chenliu in three days...

Cao Zhi didn't know much about military affairs, but he knew what this meant.

Maybe the spies could not run as fast as the soldiers from Guanzhong, so there was no question of war mobilization.

In order to contain and prevent the surprise attacks of the Guanzhong troops, the Kanto armies must master steam battleships.

Soon, under Kong Rong's reluctant gaze, the Yuanshi battleship left the shore again and went downstream along the river.

That night, the warships anchored at Dayangjin on the opposite bank of Shaanxi and Tianjin.

At night, Black Bear led dozens of riders to the Sanmenxia construction site.

There is a camp every three miles on the north bank of Sanmenxia.

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In order to transport firewood and supplies, these outer camps were responsible for digging through the mountains and building roads.

Soon he arrived at the main construction site, where the excavation of the Xinmen Canal had already begun. The whole structure resembled the Chinese character "业", with the bottom horizontal line being the Xinmen Canal.

The four grooves dug towards the north were designed to transport gravel simultaneously.

As the main canal continues to be deepened, the plan is to deepen the four transport canals in groups of two, too, in turn.

When he arrived, fires were being built everywhere to burn the rock walls, and water wheels were being pushed nearby.

Generally, fuel is piled up before nightfall, and water is poured after it is fully burned, so that the rocks can expand and crack due to heat and cold.

Then we wait for the temperature to drop, and start digging after daybreak, crushing the stones and transporting the stones.

In order to increase the efficiency of the fire, the trench was dug as deep as possible, and the fuel was piled in the deep trench and ignited. This way, the stone wall would heat up faster and the waterwheel would be more effective in watering.

The professional stone chiseling and stone crushing craftsmen have returned to the camp to rest. Black Bear took a look around and came to a transport trough in the north.

This place was also on fire. He stood upwind, observing the surroundings, and said loudly to Gan Ning who was following him: "It is inconvenient to draw and transport water. Why not build a waterwheel at the front of Renmen Island and dig a canal to divert water?"

There was a roaring fire in the distance. Gan Ning replied, "I am discussing this with Commander Xu. It is not difficult to draw water, but it is difficult to break the rocks."

Gan Ning actually took out a roll of sketches and handed it to Black Bear. Black Bear took it and at first glance it turned out to be a battering ram used for siege and breaking down gates. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a steam-driven stone breaker.

Continuing to turn the pages, we saw that some holes were drilled straight downwards, while others were used to chisel rock walls horizontally on the ground.

The black bear observed for a moment and said, "It's very inconvenient, but this is feasible."

Black Bear pointed to the blueprint of the vertical chisel structure and said to Gan Ning, "Don't listen to the instigation of the Guandong people."

After saying this, he lowered his head and continued to study the sketches designed by these Kanto samurai, all of whom wanted to use the power of the steam engine to speed up the drilling of the pillar.

Black Bear believes that horizontal chiseling of rock walls and boulders will cause stress and wear on the steam engine.

If you just want to chisel the stone vertically, build a frame and hang an iron stone-breaking cone; use a steam engine to pull the capstan, and then let the iron cone fall freely to chisel the rock.

As long as the chisel is deep enough, setting fire to the stone will be efficient.

This reminded him of his big iron hammer, and he decided to find time to test it in the wilderness and mountains.

Perhaps I underestimated the destructive power of thirty tons from the beginning and there was no need for a hot air balloon.

He just built a platform frame with bamboo and wood, stood on the frame, and lowered a large iron hammer from a distance of twenty to thirty meters. The weight alone was enough to chisel the rock.

After thinking about it, I resisted the urge to summon and test.

(End of this chapter)