Chapter 299 Building a Fortress
Zhao Bing told Liu Zhu, but never fought against the old fox.?
Ying Jieyan could have thought that his highness was a little devil, and Liu Zhu agreed to go out to sea with him, although he repeatedly promised that he would never take his highness with him. Therefore, he went to Lingao to pass the orders the next morning, and it turned out that his highness was ready to board the ship. Zhao Bing could only sigh and watch Liu Zhu set sail to sea, and he followed Ying Jieyan back to Qiongzhou in shame, but the ship got off the ship first when he arrived at the Nandu River yard. Ying Jieyan just told Ni Liang to follow His Highness closely and did not stop him, and he let him go...
"This ship is really not small!" The purpose of Zhao Bing's trip was to see the handsome ship that captured Liu Shen. Now it has been placed under its seat and become its new ship.
"Your Highness, of course. The traitor took this boat to Xiangfan and accidentally ran aground. As a result, a thousand soldiers were used to drag it out, so he could only change to another boat to go. As a result, he was captured by Liu Shen, but he didn't expect that he would be under the hands of his highness again." Zhou Xiang heard that the palace came down to the yard and immediately rushed from the Duzuoyuan to accompany him.
"Is that so? How was the renovation?" Zhao Bing looked carefully along the dock. The ship was more than 40 meters long and had a load of 10,000 stones. According to modern algorithms, it was about 120 meters, and its displacement reached 1,200 tons. In modern times, it was just an ordinary ship, but this era was a giant.
"Your Highness, the side of the ship has been repaired as instructed. The useless part of the upper floor has been dismantled and is being repaved. Fortunately, your Highness did not order the bottom of the ship to break, otherwise we would not have such a big dock to repair this big guy." Zhou Xiang said with a smile.
"The crossbows and stone throwers I asked you to build are ready?" Zhao Bing asked softly again.
"How dare you be negligent in your orders? I ordered the craftsmen in the workshop to work for several days and have already built a large crossbow, thirty medium crossbows, and even 60 light crossbows, and just wait for the ship to assemble." Zhou Xiang reported.
"Well, it's very good. I'll give out 500 stagnant of money to the craftsmen." Zhao Bing nodded with satisfaction. Although Zhou Xiang is a bit cunning and loves to flatter, he is still reliable in doing things. As long as he gives instructions, he will definitely try to complete it, especially his diligence makes him enjoy it very much.
"Your Highness, do you have to load so many crossbows on this big ship?" Ni Liang, who was following behind, asked in confusion.
"Of course!" Zhao Bing turned his head and said.
"Will the gunners only need a thousand people?" Ni Liangmo obeyed for a moment, stared at her big eyes and said in surprise.
"Well, large crossbows require six people to operate, medium crossbows and light crossbows also require four people to operate, plus five hundred auxiliary personnel." Zhao Bing said.
"Oh, I understand. Your Highness ordered Zheng Yong to recruit 200 people from his tribe and to train his personal troops. The gunners were selected to be on this big ship." His Highness ordered the expansion of the personal guard camp just after the Spring Festival. Ni Liang didn't know what was going on at that time, but now he suddenly realized.
"Haha, your rule will be under the jurisdiction of 2,000 people, but don't be confused!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"Oh, but I can't even manage these thousand people well. I have to add so many people, but how can I do it?" Ni Liang said with a frown.
"Mr. Ni, others think that they have few soldiers in charge. This is the first time I see you who are too many. Don't let down Your Highness trust you." Zhou Xiang said with a smile.
"I know this, but...ah!" Ni Liang nodded and sighed.
"Okay, you have to study hard with your husband. If you don't understand, you can ask, and it will get better slowly." Zhao Bing knew that Ni Liang took his trust as a burden, and it was indeed a bit embarrassing this old child who was less than 20 years old, but what could he do? Who made him the person he could rest assured the most!
In fact, Zhao Bing always thought that if there is a saint in this world, Ni Liang could be considered one. Needless to say, his loyalty is extremely simple. He can eat meat and eat bran, he can eat enough, he does not drink alcohol, he does not like tea, and his clothes are as long as they are not torn. Zhao Bing is generous, he is never stingy with money, but sometimes he cannot help but feel pain. But this master regards money as money, and he can even say that he has no idea about money. After salary, he will throw it in the box under the bed when he gets the reward. He doesn't know how much money he has. When others come to borrow, he just grabs a handful of it and counts as much as he can. He always forgets it habitually, so that Zhao Bing doesn't know what to reward him.
"Yes, Your Highness, I will do my best." Ni Liang agreed with a simple smile after hearing this.
"Let's get on the boat and take a look!" Zhao Bing nodded. Ni Liang's child has this benefit. He is simple in his mind and forgets the unhappy things in a blink of an eye, but he will definitely do his best to do what he promised. In the palace, he is the only one who dares to say "me" in front of him, not humble sayings such as subordinates, subordinates, low-ranking officials, low-ranking officials, and small people. Wang De taught him a lot, but he forgot about it in a blink of an eye. In the end, he was also deflated. Your Highness didn't care and stopped caring about it.
"Well, this is indeed much spacious than a dragon boat!" This is the first time Zhao Bing has boarded this boat. According to his usual visiting habit, he has to go to the bottom of the cabin first. This is the foundation of a ship. Whether it can withstand the wind and waves depends mainly on the bottom of the boat.
The boat's bottom cabin is naturally spacious, with a shuttle-shaped overall shape. The widest part of the boat is ten feet wider, which is more than twice the width of the dragon boat, and is three feet deeper. There are six cabins in front and back, each cabin is divided into three upper and lower layers. The lower layer is filled with huge stones as silo objects, and it can also accommodate uncommon debris. The middle layer is mainly used for storage, and the front cabin mainly stores spare sail cables and other items on the ship; the middle cabin can store weapons, arrows and other objects; the back cabin is a place to store food and drinking water, and six large water cabinets can store more than a thousand stones of water. The granary is full of grain, which is also enough for the whole boat to eat for three or four months.
The uppermost floor of the bottom cabin has been divided into three parts, left, middle and right according to Zhao Bing's plan. Thirty cannons were opened on each side of the left and right sides to accommodate light crossbows; the middle part is divided into more than 60 compartments for the rest of the gunners and sailors, which is enough to arrange for the residence of thousands of people; the stern part of the boat is converted into a large kitchen, which can serve food for thousands of people; there is a three-foot square patio open at the top of the cabin every other section to facilitate ventilation and lighting, and can be closed when it rains.
There were four-story buildings above the deck, and Zhao Bing demolished the four floors to increase the stability of the ship. The female wall on the first floor was retained, but the bottom was transformed into a valve. The crossbow cannons were hidden in it on weekdays to avoid wind and sunlight and increase losses. During wartime, it was pushed along the track with a clamp and tenon to be fixed. Two heavy crossbow cannons were arranged on the bow and stern decks of the ship; fifteen medium-sized crossbow cannons were arranged at each side, and three heavy crossbow cannons cannons be adjusted according to needs. The inside of the first floor is divided into rooms of varying sizes, which are used as a resting place for war soldiers and a warehouse for storing weapons and ammunition.
The original rod and catapult on the ship were removed and replaced by crossbows. Heavy crossbows can attack long-range targets, medium-sized crossbows are targets within 300 steps, while crossbows are close-range targets within 200 steps. This arrangement gives the ship the ability to strike three levels of far, middle and near, and this ten thousand stone ship itself is a weapon, with the ability to crush all enemy ships. Even a large ship of 3,000 hu cannot withstand its impact.
The upper floor of the warship is tower-shaped, and the area of the second floor also decreases, but it is still not small. This is the living and working area of Zhao Bing and his entourage, which is roughly divided into three parts. The first half is a work area, with a meeting room, a large study room and an office and lounge for the entourage officials of the entourage office; the middle part is a living area for guards and servants, and an independent kitchen and warehouse.
The rear is Zhao Bing's exclusive area, with a small study, workroom, living room and kitchenette, as well as a 'nanny room' and a utility room for rotating small yellow doors. There is a separate independent gangway to the third floor and the lower floor. Each passage has a 24-hour guard on duty, and no one can enter without permission. Of course, these are left by his first two users, and Zhou Xiang only slightly modified some of them as needed. Now the second floor has been basically modified, just waiting for the paint to be painted.
"It's spacious enough, but it's too luxurious!" Zhao Bing entered his exclusive area and frowned and said, touching the gold decals on the door.
"Hey, is it the only way to be worthy of Your Highness?" Zhou Xiang said with a smile.
"It's not good. You ask the craftsmen to take down all these gold jewelry and melt them. As the charge for repairing the ship, I don't have to be so luxurious." Zhao Bing shook his head and said. He looked at the ubiquitous gold jewelry in the house, and he could guess that there were as many as hundreds of taels of taels of gold jewelry. It seemed that his two exes liked this yellow and white thing very much.
"Your Highness, come here again!" Zhou Xiang smiled mysteriously, fiddled with a wall in the study for a moment, and opened a secret door.
"What are they here?" Zhao Bing only felt a golden light in front of him, and he asked anxiously.
"Your Highness, this is all Liu Shen's personal use." Zhou Xiang said with a pointing finger.
"Oh, have you already given all the property on the boat to the Public of the General's Mansion? Why are there many more here?" Zhao Bing walked in and saw that the room of more than 30 to 40 square meters was full of all kinds of gold and silver utensils, only gold plates, silver bowls, and golden candlesticks were enough to make up for a table of meals. He looked through and found Liu Shen's legendary golden chamber pot. There were more than a dozen large boxes stacked by the wall, and it seemed that the things inside were also valuable. He was frightened and asked in a trembling voice.
"Your Highness, the property on the ship has been registered and handed over by the General Administration Bureau. This is only Liu Shen's personal residence. The items inside are all decorations and applications on the ship. They cannot be regarded as enemy funds, so they are left behind." Zhou Xiang said in a low voice.
"Is it your idea?" Zhao Bing asked sternly.
"Your Highness, not... it's also the idea of my subordinates and the owner of the mansion. He said that your nobleman's expenses have been very high recently, and leaving these things is not considered privately seized, so my subordinates agreed. If your nobleman thinks it is inappropriate, then..." Zhou Xiang was startled and stuttered.
"What you said is the truth?" Zhao Bing continued to ask with a tense face.
"Yes...everything is true. If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can ask the owner of the manor!" Zhou Xiang was stunned by the question. He didn't know whether Your Highness asked him whether he told the truth or whether Zhuang Shilin was telling the truth. He gritted his teeth and became confused.
"Your Highness, this is a treasure knife!"
"Oh, let's take a look!" Zhao Bing turned his head and saw Ni Liang holding a knife in his hand. He looked over his face and saw that the blade was shining without any rust, but it was filled with a cold air. The blade edge was extremely thin and there was a hint of dark patterns. The handle of the knife was carved with a whole piece of white jade, with gold and silver on it, and gems on it, which looked extraordinary.
“倪统制这是识货,刀多半是出自金人的内监,刀身是用的上好镔铁,又经过千锤百炼打造而成,不仅能吹毛断,也能削铜断铁.这刀过去都是女真皇帝专门下诏让名匠打造,除了自用也只赏赐给功勋之将的,十分难得,却不知刘贼从哪里得到的!”周翔将作监出身,对武器当然十分在行,一打眼便看出来历.
"Do you like it?" Zhao Bing looked up and asked Ni Liang.
"Yeah!" Ni Liang nodded vigorously and said no.
"Okay, I'll give it to you. Liu Shen came from a military rank and has collected many good guys. If you look for something else you like, take it away together!" Zhao Bing said generously. He knew that the hidden things in this hut must be something that Liu Shen had accumulated for many years. This time they pursued the court, and there were hundreds of warships, including ships carrying the things in the palace. They made money, but they didn't expect that they would be cheaper.
"Your Highness, do you have something you like?" Zhou Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as this "silly guy" liked it, your highness would not say anything.
"Where is the time to read now? Let's talk about it later if you have time!" Zhao Bing licked his lips and said. His principle was that if he had money, he would not be a bastard. Now that they are so filial, they would not accept it, but they still looked angry. But Zhou Xiang was completely relieved. His Highness meant to accept it with a smile and would not pursue him.
Chapter completed!