nanming man

Chapter 509 Shipbuilding Workshop
After the negotiation was over, Gao Yihuan ate what he had already got, and he was basically satisfied.

As far as the Nanjing court is concerned, they have little loss on the surface. The court does not need to spend a lot of money at once. The treasury did not pay a copper, but the taxes in Hunan are missing, as well as the taxes on Changde and Yuezhou. Just control.

As for Gao Jingzhong licking his big face and proposing that he wanted to be the emperor's brother-in-law, it was an immature suggestion made by Gao Jingzhong in addition to the conditions.

Whether or not to agree to this matter depends entirely on how Zhu Cihong decides, and it does not affect the agreement made between the court and Gao Yihuan.

Now Gao Dashuai has a concubine and is pregnant, but he has never married a wife.

It's not that handsome Gao doesn't want to take it, it's just that there is really no suitable person.

If Lao Taishan wants to be tall and handsome, first of all, he must be hard enough, and he must be rich and powerful.

Most of Gao Yihuan's marriage has something to do with politics, and it must be helpful to his hegemony, not just casually.

However, it is not easy to find such a person. Even if it is not a princess, it must be the daughter of a prince, or the daughter of an important subordinate.

At this time, in Gao Dashuai's circle, there are a bunch of bandits and hooligans, or there is no daughter of the right age, so there is really no suitable candidate.

Regarding this matter, the old man Gao Zurong was very anxious, and Gao Yihuan himself was very anxious and got angry.

That's all Gao Yihuan mentioned, and the rest is up to Ming Dynasty to decide.

In his opinion, since he is so capable and strong, it is reasonable for the Zhu family to win him over, and there is no reason to reject him.

After the negotiation, the two imperial envoys left Wuchang angrily, and brought back an agreement to quench thirst with poison.

Wei Wujun also withdrew from Wuchang City, retreated to the west bank of Jinshui River, and began to digest the territory he had eaten.

Dongting Lake, known as Yunmeng in ancient times, is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and on the south bank of the Jingjiang River.

Around Dongting Lake, there are four major water systems, Lishui, Yuanjiang, Zishui and Xiangjiang, flowing into the lake.

The land around the lake is fertile, and the lake is rich in products. It is a well-deserved hometown of fishing and rice.

At this time, at the junction of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River, Gao Yihuan led a group of generals and staff to stand on the bank.

"The north relies on horses, and the south relies on boats! This time our forces have crossed the Yangtze River, captured Changde and Yuezhou, and turned Dongting Lake into our inner lake. The river network here is crisscrossed, and there is no decent navy. No way!" Gao Yihuan raised his horsewhip and made a half circle. On his left was Dongting Lake, where the water and sky meet, and on his right was the rolling Yangtze River. The scenery was very spectacular.

Jin Shenghuan nodded, and echoed: "The commander-in-chief is right. This time I fought against the Jiang Shui division, and found that the imperial court's warships are really good. This time they have fewer ships, and the forts can repel them. If there are more ships, the forts will be more powerful." It can't be stopped at all. If we don't have a navy that can be used, once the court navy rushes through Wuchang and then blocks the waterway, it will be troublesome."

After Jin Shenghuan saw the warship of the Jiang Water Division, he was still quite shocked. He knew that Wei Wujun's navy would definitely not be an opponent in a battle on the water.

Gao Yihuan took it for granted, not to mention building a huge navy to go to sea, at least he had to conquer Dongting Lake.

Although Gao Yihuan's current finances do not support him to build a powerful navy while having a huge horse army, there is no problem in maintaining a well-equipped navy with thousands of people.

Now is the era of great voyages, the sooner you have a navy, the better. Gao Yihuan is actually very yearning for the ocean.

Gao Yihuan said: "This commander is going to form the Dongting navy, expand the navy to 6000 people, and build warships and artillery to equip them. This commander does not require them to control the entire Yangtze River, at least they must have the strength to fight in Huguang!"

It takes longer than infantry, cavalry, and artillery to form a combat force for the navy, and it may take years or even decades.

Gao Yihuan is also planning for a rainy day, and plans to use the strategy of elite soldiers to build a navy, training talents while accumulating experience.

In this way, when he is really capable of developing a navy, he will have enough talents, so that he will not start from scratch, and the time required for development can be greatly reduced.

Chen Mingxia waved his fan, "There are many fishermen around Dongting Lake, who can be the commander's source of troops. In addition, there is a shipbuilding workshop in the south of Yuezhou City. There should be many craftsmen, which may be used by the commander."

Yuezhou is an important commercial city in Huguang. Every day, many grain ships stop in Yuezhou, and many ships from the south of the Yangtze River stop for supplies.

Due to the developed water transport in Yuezhou City, ships come and go frequently, and damage is inevitable, so there is a workshop for shipbuilding and repairing ships.

This workshop mainly builds merchant ships and fishing boats on Dongting Lake. The scale is not very large, and most people don't know about it.

Chen Mingxia has read the archives of Yuezhou Mansion, so he knows that there is such a small workshop.

"Oh~" Gao Yihuan became interested, "Go, take me to have a look!"

Immediately, the group got on their horses and ran towards the shipbuilding workshop ten miles south of Yuezhou City.

When Gao Yihuan went north to southern Henan last year, he once ordered Zhao Zhuzi to form a 3000-man navy for him.

Now the [-] sailors have been formed, but their strength makes Gao Yihuan dare not compliment them. They can only operate ships to transport things, not to mention water warfare.

The navy did not form a combat force. In addition to Gao Yihuan's lack of capable navy generals and talents familiar with water warfare, the navy's small sampans were also the main reason for limiting the strength of the navy.

Shipbuilding is a technical job. If it is not done well, the ship may fall apart when the waves hit and a few shots are fired. Some ships even have unreasonable structures and sink immediately when the wind blows.

Such a ship will not only fail to improve the combat power of the navy, but will actually kill the brothers of the navy.

Gao Yihuan once asked people to build a batch of boats, but except for small sampans, the larger boats basically had various problems, so they had to give up in the end.

Therefore, Gao Yihuan is very interested in the shipbuilding workshop, hoping to build a batch of large ships that can be used in the great rivers and lakes.

At this time, Gao Yihuan rode in the lead, the horse was fast, and hundreds of people galloped behind him, which made people feel a sense of pride in their hearts, and couldn't help but want to chant a poem.

Not long after, Gao Yihuan and his party arrived at a lake bay in the southern suburbs, and saw a few lonely houses, a lot of wood piled on the open space, a few dilapidated small sampans, and half-built keels.

Someone in the workshop soon discovered Gao Yihuan and his party. They saw so many troops coming, the craftsmen and masters were a little panicked, and a man in his 40s came out with a little panic after a while.

The guard stepped forward and brought the man to him. Gao Yihuan took a look at him and asked, "Are you the owner of the shipyard?"

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