Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 190
Liang Xiao grinned, leaned close to Liu Ling's ear, and said in a low voice, "My Lord, your subordinates are all watching."

"Oh." Liu Ling was stunned for a moment, then slowly pushed Liang Xiao away, and looked around with a majestic expression.

The surrounding Huainan officials immediately felt a strong killing intent, turned their faces away at the same time, and concentrated on their work. Even Lei Bei coughed, held his sword, took square steps, and began to patrol in a serious manner. , Patting Lang Guan on the shoulder from time to time.

"Be careful, don't be careless."

"Here." Lang Guan replied solemnly, his voice was loud and his expression was focused.

As for Wei Qing, he was lying on the side of the boat, and he didn't seem to move from the beginning to the end.

"Look, they didn't see anything." Liu Ling turned around, opened his arms, and showed a smug smile on his face.At this moment, she is no longer the aloof Huainan Wengzhu, but just a child with countless friends.

Liang Xiao caressed his forehead.Liu Ling has a tendency to be childish lately, often habitually playing tricks and showing off cuteness, except for the brocade clothes on her body, she is no different from ordinary women.

"Tell me quickly." Liu Ling grabbed Liang Xiao's arm and dragged him into the cabin. "I've been thinking about it for two days, but I can't figure out why you want to dismantle my boat. Why?"

Liang Xiao thought about it carefully, until Liu Ling pouted and was about to get angry again, he said: "My lord, in the swimming pool, no, when there is water in the soup pool and when there is no water, do you feel any difference?" Same?"

Liu Ling blinked his eyes, half understanding.

"When there was no water in the soup pool, did you notice that the boat was different from before?"

Liu Ling was even more confused.Annoyed, she leaned over, stretched out her two fingers, and said angrily, "Will you say it? If you don't say it, I'll pinch you."

Liang Xiao's cheeks twitched, and he didn't dare to keep it to himself, so he had to honestly explain the truth of the center of gravity.

The building ships of this era can be used as warships, but they are usually used as the commander's command ship and do not directly participate in the battle.In order to show the prestige of the general, the buildings and boats will be built very high.In this way, there is a serious problem: the center of gravity of the building ship is too high, and it cannot resist the wind.

Dahan's largest shipyard is in Yuzhang.Yuzhang is already in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the wind and waves are not small, but they are much weaker than those at sea in terms of frequency and intensity.Even so, when sailing in the Yangtze River, the building boats will sail when the wind is light, and when the wind is too strong, they will choose to enter the port to avoid the wind.

Liang Xiao wanted to dig a big pond on the building boat and fill it with seven feet deep water.These waters are tens of tons in size, which will seriously increase the center of gravity of the building. Once there is wind, it is easy to cause capsizing.In order to reduce this danger, Liang Xiao not only dug the pool on the ground floor so that it was close to the deck, but also removed all the upper floors to lower the center of gravity as much as possible.

Liu Ling listened patiently, as if waking up from a dream. "Do you know how to build a ship?"

Liang Xiao quickly shook his head. "I don't know about shipbuilding, it's just basic common sense..." Before he finished speaking, he realized that he had said the wrong thing again.Liu Ling's eyes were a bit uneasy, like an irritated lioness.He quickly changed the subject. "My lord, if you want to travel overseas, there are still a few problems to be solved, so that you can travel across the world and stand alone in the world."

"Say." Liu Ling clenched his small fist and waved it twice, but he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.

"One is that the center of gravity of the ship should be further lowered. If you have the opportunity, you should consider sea-going ships more. A boat in the sea is different from a boat in a river. Second, you must learn to use the wind, that is, I am preparing to fight with you. It’s about sailing with the power of the wind. Thirdly, you have to learn to use the stars to locate you. In the vast sea, surrounded by water, you can only rely on the stars to locate you..."

Liu Ling interjected, "Are you talking about astrology?"

"Horoscope?"

"I've heard people say that astrology in the sea is to locate a ship by the stars when sailing on the sea."

"Is there such a thing?" Liang Xiao was a little confused.Was the navigation technology of the Han Dynasty so awesome?

"I've only heard his name, and I haven't gone into details. Whether it's true or not still needs to be verified. However, Xiaowen was banned at the time, and business trips were all over the world. There are many overseas merchants entering and leaving the Central Plains. They should come from the sea, and they can be located according to the stars. It’s not impossible. Let’s put this aside, let’s talk about it, what’s going on with the wind power?”

Liang Xiao calmed down his mood. "Did Weng Lord almost get carried away by my clothes just now?"

Liu Ling raised his brows slightly, and suddenly realized. "You mean, like some of these sacks to go for a ride, to sail a boat on the wind?"

Liang Xiao quickly offered a flattery. "My lord is wise."

"And!" Liu Ling smiled openly.She rolled her eyes and said again: "How did you come up with this idea?"

"I just……"

"Okay, okay, when you don't drink, you don't have a few truths. Let's talk about how to make a cloth bag."

Liang Xiao was speechless.He had no choice but to put aside those right and wrong, first talk about sailing with the wind.There was no big wood that could be used as a mast on the ship, so they could only make some small sails with brocade and silk in the cabin, and hung them on the side of the ship. The speed increased a lot at once.When the wind is strong, there is no need for sailors to row oars, and the building boats can ride on the wind.

Looking at the bulging brocade sails on the bow and side of the boat, Liu Ling couldn't help but be overjoyed, even the officials of Huainan Kingdom were amazed, and they looked at Liang Xiao with a little strange look.Everyone knows that the wind is strong, and everyone may have been blown by the wind, but Liang Xiao is the first person who can think of this way to use the wind to sail the boat.

Thinking of the saddles and stirrups before, Liang Xiao has become a thoughtful and talented...craftsman in the mouths of the officials.

Liang Xiao deserved it.As far as he knew, even without his participation, the Han people would soon be able to invent sails.This thing is not complicated. Some people may have used it, but it has not been taken seriously. Only when the maritime trade becomes large-scale and more people use it, will it enter the field of vision of historians.

By the way, "Historical Records" hasn't appeared yet.All historical records are official files, and there is no official dating history, let alone a general history.Even if there are history books, they are only articles like "Spring and Autumn" that record major political events, and do not record the invention of sails.

As far as he knows, the final evidence confirming that there were sails in the Han Dynasty was not from the history books, but from the artifacts buried in the tomb.

Respecting Confucianism alone... Thinking of this, Liang Xiao couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

With the help of dozens of small sails, the speed of the boat increased greatly, but the oarsmen felt much more relaxed.The soldiers holding the rudder also quickly adapted to how to cooperate with the sail and control the direction.The working people are smart, but they have no culture and cannot write down their unique insights and pass them on to future generations.

Watching Jinfan gather enough wind to propel the building boat to break through the waves, Liu Ling stood on the Feihu with only one floor left, thinking deeply.

Two days later, Liang Xiao and others arrived at the sea outside Dongye, that is, at the mouth of the Minjiang River.Calculated, with the help of wind, the speed is at least two or three times faster than that of pure manpower, and the labor intensity of the paddlers is also significantly reduced.

Liu Ling invited Liang Xiao and Wei Qing to the cabin. "Dongye is coming, what can you plan?"

Liang Xiao and Wei Qing glanced at each other and shook their heads.Liang Xiao said: "I don't have any plans, go directly to my master and see what he means, if..."

Liu Ling interrupted Liang Xiao. "If he is willing to accept the pacification, everyone will be happy. If he does not accept the pacification, you will find a way to escape?"

Liang Xiao nodded awkwardly.He did think so.When he arrived in the capital of Fujian and Yue, he was unfamiliar with the place, so what else could he do if he didn't do this?
"I have a suggestion."

Liang Xiao was overjoyed.To be honest, he has the foresight of the overall situation, which is not comparable to Liu Ling, but there is a distance between him and Liu Ling in the ability to handle this kind of specific affairs.If Liu Ling is willing to help him with his ideas, the probability of success in this matter will be greatly increased.He stared at Liu Ling without blinking for a long time, but Liu Ling didn't speak.Liang Xiao felt a little uneasy.

"My lord?"

"I'm going with you."

"No!" Liang Xiao immediately refused without thinking. "If we are in danger, Wei Qing and I still have a chance to escape. I'm afraid it won't be so easy if we take you with us. You sank many Fujian and Vietnam warships at the mouth of the Songjiang River, and captured Zhengwu and Jing Zhao alive. King Yue or Liu Ju will be very angry when they see you. Maybe when they see you, they will arrest you and take you as a hostage."

"It is precisely because I captured Zhengwu and Jing Zhao alive that this matter can be discussed." Liu Ling smiled confidently, "Will you take me?"

Liang Xiao was speechless, so he could only look at Lei Bei for help.Ray smiled wryly and sighed.It seems that Liu Ling has already explained to him, and now he can only stand by Liu Ling's side.

"Since the Lord is determined to go, we have no choice but to risk our lives to accompany the gentleman. Lord, can you tell us your plan now?"

"Let's talk in the city." Liu Ling waved his hand like a general commanding thousands of troops.

The building boat entered the port, found a relatively remote place to stop, went to the flag of Huainan State, put down a few small boats, loaded goods, went ashore for trading, and replenished supplies and fresh water.Liu Ling got into the carriage, and Yu Lei was led by two servants of Lang officials, and entered the city separately with Liang Xiao and Wei Qing.

After the rendezvous, Liu Ling gave orders: "Go to Zhengfu."

Liang Xiao was taken aback.You captured Zhengwu alive, how dare you go to Zhengfu?Fortunately, Zheng Fang said, it's no wonder that Zheng Er's bastard didn't shoot you to death with one arrow.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs." Liu Ling said with a relaxed smile, "It's best for women to communicate with each other. I'll take care of you, little junior sister first, and then other things will be easy. Let's go, don't talk too much, let's go." I listened to your tricks on the road, and now I will let you see my skills."

Liang Xiao had no choice but to put away the paperwork, put on an ordinary knight uniform, and protect Liu Ling and drive towards Zhengfu.
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(End of this chapter)