Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2590 People have me

  Although it is said that most of Fiqian'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.

   Metallurgy will not be mentioned, how can architecture be related to ship technology?

   Indeed there are.

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

  Whether it is a new construction of a ship or a repair of a ship, 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 I will try my best to repair it.

  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...

  Dry dock has no water. 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 dry docks 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 the discussion of Huang Chengyan, it was changed to another alternative plan currently adopted.

  Easy slide.

  Simple slideway is to use wooden slideway and a lot 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 refitting of old ships and the launching of new ships.

   Laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch 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.

   Each has its own strengths, which is not surprising.

   Except for the freak Feiqian, he seems to know a little bit about everything.

   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 was drooping all the time, and he couldn't quite get it together.

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 allows 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 touched the right. 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 tree was felled, no, to be precise, before such a tree was felled, maybe Feiqian was 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 vacancy might be a big killer, but he didn't dare to ask.

  The empty space is reserved for artillery.

  Attacking a city, the artillery with insufficient gunpowder equivalent is actually not as intimidating and threatening as the kerosene catapult, unless the defenders on 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 the city gate is directly bombarded, there are still means of congesting stone strips and sand to resist.

  So the one that can make the artillery fire 100%, or even 200% 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.

  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 to lower the center of gravity of the ship.

  In the eyes of Feiqian, those cannons that seem a bit rough, cumbersome, even dangerous and inaccurate, but in this era, they are indeed products that span time and space.

  Improved version of 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 a 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.

   It’s like the various items on the building. 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.

   It 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 10 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 guns. 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.

  In the earliest days in Pingyang, 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 of coking.

  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 service life 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, almost blinded by Fei Qian's aura, and immediately lowered his original expectations again and again, almost hugging Fei Qian's thigh and crying and begging...

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

  Emperor Sun’s sorrow is 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 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.

  So, 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 the Jiasun 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 Madam Wu is not dead, Sun Quan feels that he still has something to rely on, and it is impossible to say that Jiangdong will set off a huge dispute...

  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 someone loves him.

  After his mother died, Sun Quan was afraid.

  When there are parents, brothers are brothers, and there is still a unified 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 the town, carrying big sticks and shaking around, no one in Jiangdong dared to act 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. Works on the face of it...

   For example, private soldiers.

   Now it is expressly stipulated that no "private soldiers" are allowed.

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

  My "family" likes to equip them with armor and knives and guns. I am happy. Is there a problem?

  It is stipulated that no more than 500 people are allowed to be armed in a manor, so there are 499 people in each manor...

  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 strange sometimes, Sun Quan desperately wants to engage in Jiangdong, but Jiangdong is chaotic, 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 status quo, anyway, the current momentum in Jiangdong is really good...

  In such a good 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 is like an old farmer, wearing sackcloth and soiled.

   Zhou Yu first worshiped in front of Mrs. Wu's tombstone, and then went to Sun Quan's courtyard, and sat on the wooden floor in front of the wooden house, "My lord, this 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. He seems to be in a daze every day except for going to Mrs. Wu's tomb regularly in the morning and evening.

  Looking at the sunny sky, the cloudy sky, the clouds rolling and relaxing, the rain stopping and the clouds disappearing.

   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 he is away from the hustle and bustle, and 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 got 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, don't be too tired..."

  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 immature.

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

  (end of this chapter)