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Chapter 442 Is it a surprise to become a close neighbor with Datang?

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Brother Su Wochi changed into a suit of children's clothes that had been specially altered by a tailor, and followed Guo Yuanzhen and An Zhongjing in a very dignified manner.

At first he was still walking step by step, but when he sneaked a glance at the distant ship, he was stunned, his legs were weak, and he seemed to have seen a miracle.

Guo Yuanzhen and An Zhongjing were chatting, and suddenly found that there was no sound of footsteps behind them. They turned around and looked helplessly. Brother Su Wochi was bowing to a yellow dragon boat from afar.

An Zhongjing frowned: "This is the Japanese who followed you recently? Is this a sacrifice to the Japanese country?"

Guo Yuanzhen laughed: "It's not a sacrifice, this wild man is just too excited to see my big ship from the Celestial Dynasty."

An Zhongjing was quite speechless: "What's so exciting about this, it's just a yellow dragon boat. If it was replaced by a five-toothed boat from the previous dynasty, people would have to die?"

At the beginning of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", Yu Wenhua and he went down to Yangzhou on the five-toothed warship. The five-toothed warship on which he sat was real in history. The ancient war hall of the Beijing Military Museum in later generations also has its restoration model.

The so-called "five teeth" means that the battleship has a five-layer structure, more than a hundred feet high, and six poles are set up on the left and right, with a height of fifty feet. Slapped the pole and pulled it over, sinking more than ten enemy ships in a row. Chen Jun was terrified and demoralized when he heard the news.

After all, it is a warship with a total length of more than [-] meters and can accommodate [-] soldiers. It is indeed a giant on the sea in this era. Five ships, the deterrent effect exceeds the actual combat significance. The more practical one is the second-class Huanglong ship, which can carry more than a hundred people.

At the moment, what is moored at the pier is a remodeled three-story yellow dragon boat. Seeing brother Su Wochi trotting to catch up after worshiping, Guo Yuanzhen said coldly: "These boats are all made in Dengzhou. In addition to transporting grain and grass, It is also to guard against reinforcements from your Wa country to Silla."

Brother Su Wochi turned pale with fright, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. He was so frightened that he even uttered the dialect of his hometown: "Red bean paste private horse race! Please forgive Guo Shangchen, the Wa Nu Kingdom will never dare to use force against the Holy Dynasty! Never dare! "

After getting along for this period of time, Guo Yuanzhen couldn't understand other Japanese dialects, so he heard this sentence the most, and waved his hands impatiently: "Get up and follow, don't waste my time waiting!"

An Zhongjing was a little strange when he saw him at the side. Guo Yuanzhen was always good at winning people, no matter how poor his background was, he could gain his respect, so he could use him from all religions, and it was the first time he had seen him treat others so rudely.

But brother Su Wochi became more docile, got up and trotted.

Seeing hundreds of yellow dragon boats lined up magnificently, with no end in sight at a glance, Guo Yuanzhen said leisurely: "Yellow dragon boats are warships, they can only sail in familiar waters, and are not suitable for long-distance voyages. Let’s meet my Tang Dynasty’s long-distance ships, the sea falcon ships built in the south of the Yangtze River.”

"Yes Yes!"

Brother Su Wochi responded repeatedly, and his face turned pale when he thought of the statement that made him frighten him when he summoned him yesterday.

This Datang man actually wanted to send his entourage to the Wa country to carefully examine the country's situation before deciding whether to include it in the Tang Dynasty's Tibetan kingdom.

It is said that it was originally the duty of the internal guard to go on an envoy to other countries, and his immediate superior had also been on an envoy to another big country, Tubo, which brought prosperity and changes there.

In all fairness, Brother Su Wochi was very reluctant, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he could only follow along early in the morning to inspect the ships that were sailing far away in Japan.

If such a fleet really goes to Japan, who can stop it?The great king who just killed his nephew and has not ascended the throne for a few years, I am afraid that he will be forced to death again...

The key is that according to what the other party said, these ships are not the best in the Tang Dynasty at all, and the ships built by Jiangnan are even more powerful.

Regarding this point, Guo Yuanzhen did not brag.

The yellow dragon boats we see so far are all made in Dengzhou, which is later known as Penglai County, Yantai, Shandong. Ships are built from there, and the boats go east to the Liaodong Peninsula. The picture shows that it is convenient and fast.

However, Datang's most technological shipbuilding center is still in the south of the Yangtze River.

For example, Yangzhou, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, has developed water transportation and is a famous shipbuilding town. Before Li Shimin conquered Korea, he ordered craftsmen from twelve states in the south of the Yangtze River to build hundreds of large ships in Yangzhou.

Not only along the coast, but also inland. For example, today’s Daojizhou in the south of the Yangtze River and Ji’an in Jiangxi Province have set an annual production record of more than 1300 ships, followed by Mingzhou and Wenzhou, which also have an annual output of more than 600 ships of various types. shipbuilding center.

Compared with the general level of this era, due to taking into account the war dividends of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the shipbuilding industry in the Tang Dynasty was really developed. According to the introduction of "Yuan Jian Lei Han", a national boat exposition was held in Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty , "Every boat is dispatched to its county, and the products are displayed on it."

The people in Guanzhong were terrified, not to mention these small surrounding countries. Brother Su Wochi followed tremblingly all the way, and soon came to the other side of the pier, where the inner guards had already started delivering goods to a large ship.

Guo Yuanzhen stopped and admired this strangely shaped ship: "This is the sea falcon ship built in Jiangnan. It can also reduce the roll when encountering violent waves and strong winds.”

This kind of sea falcon ship is indeed the highest technology of this era. It is similar to the design of the side anti-wave board, which can effectively improve the ship's anti-wave performance. However, Guo Yuanzhen is also a layman. Compared with foreign ships, the most advantage here is not Sea falcon, but the watertight compartment technology below.

There are nine watertight compartments under the Seafalcon ship. This technology, which began to appear in the Southern Dynasties, is now fully applied to the hull. The principle is actually very simple. When the ship encounters a collision and some cabins are damaged and flooded, other watertight compartments that have not been affected can continue to provide buoyancy for the ship and reduce the risk of the ship sinking immediately.

It is no exaggeration to say that the safety structure technology of watertight cabins is a great contribution to human shipbuilding civilization in ancient China. Together with the compass, it opened up a new era of world ocean navigation, and then they were all learned away.

Li Yan was not completely sure about this, but he was asking the craftsmen, and after learning that this structure had practical applications, he agreed to let the inner guards bring a compass and take a sea falcon ship with watertight cabins to the country of Wa.

In fact, it is very close to the country of Wa from Silla. If all goes well, it can be reached by water in one day.

Li Yan's various preparations were mainly to reduce the risk of shipwreck as much as possible. After all, the internal guards were going, and if only this Japanese returned to China, he could just send a ship and the job would be over.

At this time, Guo Yuanzhen told his confidant, and said to the pale-faced brother Su Wochi: "After you return to the Wa country, you should do business first, and lead them to find the Park family who emigrated in Silla, especially a relative of Park Jung-eun. , bring them all back, let the locals contact them first, lower their vigilance before arresting them, understand?"

Although seeing that the Emperor of Japan was set to arrest the criminals, Brother Sugachi still nodded repeatedly: "Yes! Yes!"

Guo Yuanzhen smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, anyway, you and I will be close neighbors in the future. If this trip goes well, I will go to your Wa country soon after the waterway that Liu Lang said is settled."

Brother Su Wochi heard his blood pressure soar, so he didn't have time to reply. Guo Yuanzhen's eyes suddenly turned cold: "What? We are not welcome to go to Japan on the sea falcon boat? How about my Tang Tianjun on the yellow dragon boat? "

Brother Su Wo Chi reflexively kowtowed and kowtowed: "The red bean paste private race! Please forgive me, Guo Shangchen! Forgive me!"

Guo Yuanzhen snorted and waved his hands: "Go!"

Seeing Brother Su Wochi kowtowed respectfully on the ground, trotted all the way onto the deck, nodded and bowed to the inner guards who got on board, An Zhongjing understood: "The barbarians are afraid of power and not virtuous, if you don't give him good looks, he will On the contrary, it is very honest.”

Guo Yuanzhen curled his lips: "Actually, everyone has a more or less fearful and ungrateful side, but according to my observation, the wild people in this island country are especially serious, and they can't be polite to these Japanese slaves!"

Speaking of this, he laughed again: "However, if the island of Dongpu is really rich in gold and silver, it will be great news. I hope the inner guard will have a smooth sailing!"

The two returned from the pier, came to the Governor's Mansion, and walked straight to the house where Li Yan was.

In the past few days, Li Yan has been commuting on time again, which is not surprising. What is strange is that this man did not go to the martial arts training ground to practice.

At this time the two walked in, and saw Li Yanduan sitting on the mat, chewing ginseng slowly.

There was no Korean ginseng in this era. It was not until Wang's Korean era that ginseng began to be widely planted. After being introduced to the Central Plains, it was praised by the emperor, and its reputation skyrocketed.

However, the climate, soil, and temperature of the Korean peninsula are indeed very suitable for growing ginseng. There are also a lot of natural wild ginseng stored in the royal family. At this time, they offered it up and were chewed by Li Yan.

Guo Yuanzhen and An Zhongjing looked surprised.

When they practiced martial arts, they also applied ointment to invigorate blood, or nourish ingredients to replenish qi and blood...

But when does this guy need all those bells and whistles?
Compared with the peerless demeanor of Qiqi Dangqian when I killed Zhou Zhou and staying in the city before, compared with now, eating ginseng for nourishment, the contrast is too great!

An Zhongjing looked at Li Yan's face, and saw weakness from it. He immediately showed worry, and asked softly, "Liu Lang, are you alright?"

Li Yan was immersed in the carving of the basic internal strength, and after waiting for a while, he came back to his senses, nodded and said: "It's okay."

In just three words, his eyes swelled sharply, his energy and blood surged, his physique recovered, and a solid sense of oppression burst forth.

Both of them were breathing stagnantly, but instead of being surprised, they were overjoyed and relieved.

It doesn't look like a person at all, this is the familiar Liulang!

And Li Yan summed up his experience just now, and smiled slightly: "You guys came at the right time. I have summed up my experience these days, and then improved the basic internal strength, and finally made some small achievements. You can also practice this article. .”

(End of this chapter)