Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 208 Added
The construction method of the Daiantakubune is no different from that of ordinary ships.

The keel is made of pine wood - the keel splicing method has been widely used in the Song Dynasty. The ribs are made of old elm or locust wood, which are roasted over a fire to make them bend and shape into one, thus forming the hull skeleton.

The wood used for ship planking is fir, and the surface is finely pasted with bamboo leaves mixed with honeycomb mud. Natural wax is used to prevent seawater from penetrating the hull wood, and then tung oil is applied to prevent seawater corrosion.

There are many ways to make huge oars with hard wood, sails with soft bamboo, or by cutting or pressing them.

After the Wanjin Shipyard was established, Yuanye would go over to take a look whenever he had nothing to do. In addition to encouraging Okabe, he was also curious about the ancient shipbuilding methods.

It was indeed an eye-opener. The materials used in ancient shipbuilding were varied. There were more than ten kinds of oils and waxes alone. Even leaves for wrapping rice dumplings were used - the natural wax and natural flavonoid compounds in them - these strange materials were something he would never have thought of before.

The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated. Even if they could not understand the principles, the experience accumulated over thousands of years is sometimes more effective and practical than modern methods.

At the same time, the sons, apprentices and hired workers brought by Okabe Yiyan were also very capable. Some of them were experts in a certain skill and could twist wood into strange shapes, while others were very good at organizing production. They all looked like senior technicians in the shipyard.

The value of these people is not much lower than that of Okabe Iroko, or in other words, these people are just like the brave and hard-working men under the samurai. They are the real capital that enables Okabe Iroko to make a living.

Well, technical workers are not inconspicuous, but they are very important. If you don’t believe it, just look at the US moon landing program.

In fact, not much information was lost in the US moon landing program. Even a new engine was found in the warehouse. However, it could not be copied because of the lack of skilled workers.

For example, something needs to be welded, but no one can perform this welding method. As a result, even if there is technical information, it cannot be produced at all.

The same principle applies to ancient times. If there were no such group of people, even if Yuanye knew how to build a ship, it would be difficult to build one, at least not in a short period of time. It would be impossible to train such a group of skilled workers who specialize in carpentry without ten or eight years of study and training.

Even this thing still requires talent. Even if you are willing to spend ten or eight years training, you may not necessarily perform well.

After spending a few days at the shipyard, Yuanye realized his previous mistakes. Without hesitation, he no longer regarded them as vassals of Okabe Yiyan. He immediately improved their personal treatment and gave them a "high subsidy" separately. According to the feudal morality of that era, it was not easy for him to pay them salaries without going through Okabe Yiyan.

By the way, he also asked Okabe to take in more helpers provided by Wanjin and teach the Wanjin people some skills.

At the same time, he was relieved. With such a group of professional technicians, there would be no problem with the ship. At least these people's skills should be much better than those of pirates, and it would be impossible for them to make a big mistake like the one made by Kuki Yoshitaka. The six "Oataka Iron Ships" built by Kuki Yoshitaka seemed to have a service life of only two or three years. Two of them seemed to have problems with the balance of the hull. When a large group of people boarded the ship on one side, it caused it to capsize and sank directly.

Okabe Igen and his men are more professional and have a better work attitude. I think the ship is built well and such an accident will not happen.

Yuanye was completely relieved, and then Matsudaira Motoyasu also fulfilled the alliance and gave him support in building a navy. He sent more than 30 carpenters of varying skills and said that he had obtained a batch of high-quality wood for shipbuilding and would send people to transport it to the Otaka River. Yuanye would then send people to pick it up. At the same time, he sent a business order to Yuanye, his new ally, like a beggar, asking for everything.

Gunpowder, salt, cloth, wine, oil, pottery, cannons, armor, everything that Wanjin had, he wanted. Some of the orders looked suspicious, as if the Matsudaira family was planning to engage in resale, buying at a low price and selling at a high price in the mountains north of Mikawa.

Yuanye didn't mind, as long as he was paid, he handed the order to Endo Chiyo to handle, and handed Mikawa Carpenter to Okabe Igen to continue to speed up the construction of the ship.

After waiting for nearly a month, everything in the shipyard was finally back on track. Apart from supervising his subordinates to ensure the supply of materials in the shipyard and caring about the quality of life of the Okabe family, he had nothing else to do. His eyes slipped away to see what his allies were doing.

"East Factory Supervisor" Aman rushed over after hearing the news, licked his fingers, opened the small notebook and began to report intelligence to him: "My lord, don't worry, nothing big has happened recently. Oda Nobunaga is relatively quiet. He sent Niwa Nagahide to build a castle in Komakiyama to prepare for the attack on Oda Nobumasa. However, Kiyosu Castle is still making a small-scale mobilization. Preliminary judgment is that they may be planning to sweep the Saito family vassals in the Kiso River area. It has little to do with us."

Yuanye knew about this. Niwa Nagahide had sent someone to find him a few days ago and asked him for a construction team. Yuanye had already sent Maejima Juichiro to bring people to help.

He nodded and then asked, "What else? What's the Matsudaira family doing?"

Ah Man did not even raise his head. He flipped through a few pages and said, "Matsudaira Motoyasu did not cause any trouble. He even retreated more than ten miles from the area bordering us. It seemed that he did not want to provoke us at all. However, the fighting on his side was quite lively.

After he formed an alliance with Oda Nobunaga and us, he officially turned against the Imagawa family when he returned, summoned all the powerful families in East Mikawa, and headed for the Udono family in West Mikawa. According to the news sent back last time, he has already surrounded the castle of Udono Nagatoro, Kaminosato Castle, and now I guess the Udono family should be finished. "

When the Kiyosu Three Families formed an alliance, Oda Nobunaga, Matsudaira Motoyasu, and Harano had already divided the work. Oda Nobunaga developed north and west, Matsudaira Motoyasu developed east, and Harano was imprisoned on the Chita Peninsula in exchange for free trade rights, passage rights, and the full opening of the Owari Mikawa market. He was blocked on the peninsula by the Oda and Matsudaira families and could not leave by land. But Harano did not expect Matsudaira Motoyasu to act so quickly, and could not help asking: "Are you sure? The Kiyosu Alliance has only been going on for more than a month, and the Udono family is going to be finished?"

"Matsudaira Motoyasu should have been prepared long ago. He had planned to take action before he went to Kiyosu Castle to find Oda Nobunaga. Moreover, the Imagawa family is no longer the same as before. The Imagawa clan is really an idiot. They killed all the hostages of the eastern Mikawa nobles. Now the Udono family is being beaten, and the eastern Mikawa nobles are all watching the fun. No one is helping. The Matsudaira family is more than a dozen families fighting against one."

Aman was very confident in his intelligence work. He flipped through his notebook and casually reported a long list of Mikawa noble families to Yuanye, and then said, "Besides, the Matsudaira family's country bumpkin warriors are still very capable. At that time, 500 people almost rushed down the rock fortress that I was guarding personally. The Udono family cannot be stronger than me, so they must be doomed by now. It will be no problem for the Matsudaira family to take over the entire Mikawa area."

Yuanye nodded slowly. This was barely reasonable and well-founded. Moreover, Udono Nagateru was a very weak figure in history. First, he was besieged by the Oda family in Otaka Castle and almost starved to death. After Imagawa Yoshimoto died, he fled without a fight. It seemed that he was indeed no match for Matsudaira Motoyasu.

The Imagawa family is in danger!

As for whether Imagawa really resisted...

Yuanye vaguely remembered that he was killed by Matsudaira Motoyasu and Takeda Shingen. The two formed an alliance to divide the Imagawa family. The Matsudaira family - at that time Matsudaira Motoyasu had changed his name, it should be said that the Tokugawa family occupied Totomi Province, and Takeda Shingen occupied Suruga Province, but he could not remember in which year these things happened and what the specific process was.

However, Matsudaira Motoyasu has not changed his name to Tokugawa Ieyasu yet, and he has not even changed his name to Matsudaira Ieyasu, and has not thrown away the character "moto" given to him by Imagawa Yoshimoto. It seems that it will take at least several more years for the Imagawa family to be destroyed.

Before this, Matsudaira Motoyasu should have been too powerless to look west, or at least would not have been interested in a conflict with him.

The same goes for Oda Nobunaga. He probably had no intention of caring about the south before he got rid of his allies, Oda Nobumasa and Saito Tatsuoki.

This is really like being in jail, no one cares about me...

Yuanye's thoughts wandered for a while, and he felt that the surrounding environment was stable and no one could mess with him. It seemed that he really had nothing to do for the time being, but he couldn't sit still. He was going to go and see the navy training again. He waved to Aman and signaled that she could leave.

"Wait!" Ah Man was not so easy to deal with. He stretched out his hand and grabbed his sleeve, took out a wrinkled invitation letter from his pocket, which looked like he had just wiped his butt, and handed it to him, saying actively, "Yuzumi asked me to give it to you, so that you can go and support him."

Uozumi Hikoshiro is the son of Izumi Heiji. After moving to the Chita Peninsula, he did not want to farm, so he set up a "traveling circus" to perform everywhere to make money. With the help of Izumi Heiji's connections in Yuanye, he also got a piece of land from the city of Shinwanzu and built a large theater. Now he is also a well-known figure in the art and business circles of Shinwanzu.

He is also a wealthy man of the Wanjin Koga faction, and the leader of the Koga faction is Lord Aman - people like to stick together, and people who migrated from Koga like to ask Aman for help.

Yuanye stopped walking, took the invitation letter and flipped through it, frowning and saying, "It's not the mysterious and lovey-dovey stuff like last time, right? If so, give it to Aquan and let her go on my behalf. It'll be a good opportunity for her to get out for a walk."

He had been to the Grand Theatre once when it opened, and it was a disaster, and he had no intention of seeing it again.

Ah Man immediately assured him, "It's definitely not the incomprehensible stuff from last time. I scolded him myself. This time the play is arranged according to your requirements. You will definitely like it!"

Ah Man really took care of Koga Ren for Izumi Heiji's sake. It might also be because he had received two bottles of good wine from Uozumi Hikoshiro that he held him tightly and recommended him. "Anyway, there's not much to do recently, so you should go. Didn't you always say that you want to encourage these people to develop well? And you also said that leisure and entertainment are also indispensable in Wanjin. You can't just talk about it and forget about it. You still have to show your face!"

Given Yuanye's current status and position, only Aman dares to hold him accountable. Most people don't have the courage to drag him to watch a show.

Yuanye had no choice but to glance at the time on the invitation and said, "Okay, I'll go take a look later. Go back and tell Aquan and Aqing to come with me then."

After a pause, he asked again with concern, "Is it really not the same weird thing as last time?"

"Absolutely not!"

Aman answered with full confidence. She knew Yuanye best in the world. She had directed the play herself and added some extra elements to it. She guaranteed that Yuanye would be very excited after watching it.

(End of this chapter)