Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 154

Gan Ning established more than ten Jinfan docks along the coast of Kuaiji and began the manufacturing and research and development of ships. Among them, the two largest shipyards were one in Shanyin and the other in Zhang'an.

Zhang'an is directly adjacent to the sea, surrounded by a large number of giant trees. There are often more than ten people hugging each other in the jungle. There are three or four meters of teak in the thinnest part of the trunk. It is difficult to find such thick teak in later generations. They are used to make keels and decks. Excellent materials.

The rest of the pine and fir that can be used to make some less important parts are inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

It can be said that even when the Ming Dynasty went to the West, future generations were not as convenient as they are now in terms of natural resources...

Shanyin is the administrative seat of Kuaiji, not Shanyin in later generations of Shanxi, but in the Shaoxing area, close to Qiantang and Fuchun of Wu County. In terms of the advantage of using local materials, it is slightly worse than Zhang'an, but it is close to later generations. Hangzhou Bay, as a bay, the sea surface is relatively calm, equivalent to the entrance in simple mode.

In addition, whether it is to enter the Qiantang River on the spot, or enter the Sanjiang River along the offshore, and then enter Zhenze, it is more convenient.

In other words, in terms of ship manufacturing, Zhang'an Jinfan Dock focuses on sea-going ships, and Shanyin Jinfan Dock focuses on river ships.

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools - and what is more important than the "tools" is naturally the "Tao", which is the principle of manufacturing!
Before Ning Jin attracted money and did not have the foundation for large-scale shipbuilding, the shipwrights were not idle. Instead, they were experimenting with new sails under the guidance of the drawings that Bai Tu handed over to Gan Ning...

According to Bai Tu's drawings, a real "sailing boat" can not only sail against the wind, but can even exceed the speed of the wind.

To the shipwrights of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this was a complete fantasy. If it was not Gan Ning who was the governor of Kuaiji and also the captain of the boat, they might have protested, but if it was Gan Ning... no one would Dare to talk nonsense.

It doesn't matter if you don't have money, just make a model first - you can always make a boat as big as one person!
And under the guidance of the drawings and a little bit of exploration, the experiment was actually successful. Now the "simulated ship" can sail against the wind. Although the simulated ship has a single person controlling the sail, it is similar to the single-person sailboat that was used as a competitive event in later generations, but the principle It's the same after all.

The shipwrights' grasp of the flow speed on curved surfaces is still very basic, and it is a bit difficult to "go faster than the wind", but they can already adjust the sail angle and sail in a zigzag pattern against the wind!
As for the original ship, there were many blind spots in its structure that had reached the blind spots of shipwrights at this time, and it required other types of work to collaborate on research and development. Gan Ning seemed irritable, but he was not impatient, so he first asked them to start practicing by improving the sailboat.

Most of the river ships are technological improvements from the Soochow period, while the sea-going ships are based on the sand ship model, which is a flat-bottomed ship that is not afraid of running aground. It is simpler than the sharp-bottomed Fuchuan, and sea-going ships do not need to consider improving their combat effectiveness for the time being. , only focusing on navigation as the main research and development breakthrough direction.

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At this time, in the General's Mansion in Jinling, Bai Tu received the documents sent by Liu Biao and got rid of the high-sounding nonsense. In short... Liu Biao rejected all Bai Tu's requests.

After the drought expanded, Bai Tu was worried that the relief grain reserves would be insufficient, so he made the idea to buy from Jingzhou and Yizhou.

As for the Central Plains and Guanzhong?Forget it, those princes who are making porridge themselves are short of food, and it is inconvenient to take the road.

"Liu Biao is so arrogant that he is a member of the royal family! When we asked him to buy grain, he refused to sell it and didn't tell us. Even when we wanted to buy grain from Yizhou, he was not willing to use the road!" Bai Tu was quite indignant.

Lu Su, who was at the bottom, didn’t find it strange...

Jingzhou, especially Nanjun and Nanyang, sits on Yunmeng Lake, and the drought in Huainan has little impact on him.

But Liu Biao was obviously wary of Bai Tu now. How could he possibly sell grain to him?
As for purchasing grain and grass from Yizhou... Lu Su was not optimistic about it at first. Although he could take the Yangtze River waterway, which would be much less expensive than transporting by human and animal power over land, the cost was still a bit high with Jingzhou in the middle.

It is even slightly higher than the current food price in Wu County - after the drought began, the price of food in Wu County has increased four or five times, reaching one thousand yuan per stone.

Bai Tu did not make things too difficult for the Ministry of Household Affairs. Supposedly, it was the Ministry of Household Affairs' responsibility to control grain prices. However, when the sale of relief grains was prohibited, it didn't matter if the grain prices were higher. After all, if the people wanted to buy, they were also buying relief grains.

The transaction volume of ordinary grain is very low. Basically, it is only traded between aristocratic families and wealthy families, and the general government is purchasing it.

In contrast, the Ministry of Punishment has been much more aggressive in investigating and punishing the reselling of relief grain. Two rich people have already had their homes confiscated because of this, which makes people understand that this is an insurmountable red line.

It is not unfair to have relief grains confiscated. After all, in order to facilitate storage and reduce transportation consumption, relief grains are stored in each county's own treasury. So...where will the relief grains sold on a large scale come from?

After being processed by Cheng Ji, the relief grains are basically anti-counterfeiting products. Noble families who really want to save face do not dare to take the idea of ​​relief grains now, otherwise it would be equivalent to directly admitting to the people that they have used the disaster relief treasury.

Lu Su had calculated before that if he purchased grain from Yizhou, the various costs would be added up, and it would basically cost him [-] yuan to harvest one stone of grain in Chaisang.

However, the grain in Jiangdong is basically priced but not marketable now, so you can consider buying grain from Yizhou at a premium.

But there is no need to think about it now. Liu Biao, who occupies the middle section of the Yangtze River, has no intention of borrowing the passage. The food from Yizhou in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River cannot be flown directly to the lower reaches...

When the Gan clan of Shu County divided the tribe and came to Jiangdong, the hundreds of people in the light boats and fast boats were not conspicuous, and Liu Biao's consent was not needed, but it was too easy to block the shiploads of grain!
As for scattered purchases and small boat delivery?
The cost would be several times higher, and Baitu couldn't even afford it...

Because Bai Tu accepted Sun Ce, who had enmity with Liu Biao and Huang Zu, compared to Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Liu Biao is the one who is most wary of Bai Tu now.

"Zijing, in addition to cleaning up rivers and digging canals during the dry season, we have also started digging deep wells in the south of Danyang and Wu County to prevent unexpected events!" After Bai Tu was angry, he started arranging the project.

Due to the reduction in grain production this year, Baitu has stepped up its efforts to "hire corvees" based on the idea that "opening warehouses for disaster relief" with relief grains is a waste of money, and "employing corvees" will not compensate.

While the stock of relief grains has been greatly reduced, the number of laborers in Wujun and Danyang is very abundant!

At the same time, Bai Tu also wanted to send a message to Poyang and Kuaiji. Although the journey would be more expensive, he would try his best to transport some food to Wujun and Danyang...

Poyang County and Kuaiji County are already far away from the Yangtze River. The former has the Poyang River system, and the latter is to the south of the Qiantang River system.

The drought centered in Huainan will not seriously affect Kuaiji and Poyang.

If this continues, Bai Tu is worried that the originally expected abundant relief grain will be insufficient, so he already hopes that Poyang County and Kuaiji County can also raise food and grass...

It's just that Poyang was not open enough before, and the cultivated land area was somewhat small. As for Kuaiji... it is famous for its rugged mountains, making it difficult to transport grain.

Bai Tu also thought about it all night before he came up with an all-purpose "good solution"!
(End of this chapter)