Kuai Liang's face was flushed red because this trip to Jiangdong could be considered a great harvest. Even though there was a big movement in Jiangdong, he didn't stay idle in Wancheng and Jingzhou. Not only did he rescue Huang She, but he also obtained the ballistae. Although he didn't have the blueprint, it didn't matter. The most important thing was that he obtained 22 Lvbu's Army ships. Even if he went back to make the ballistae, it would still take some time. Now that he obtained these ships, he didn't even need to adjust them. He just needed to let Jiang Xia's navy board the ships.
The most important thing was that Lü Bu gave Kuai Liang a message. The Lvbu's Army didn't want to establish themselves in the Yangtze River. His purpose of selling these ships was to tell Kuai Liang that the Lvbu's Army had always been going north and not south!
What was north? It was the Central Plains. There were Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Liu Biao didn't want to face these people. Now that Lü Bu wanted to go north, it was clear that he wanted to deal with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao!
In addition, Lü Bu already had enmity with these two people. Kuai Liang naturally believed that Yuan Shao was driven out of Hebei by Lü Bu. Lao Cao directly seized Lü Bu's Xu Province. This Lü Bu gave everyone the impression that he was a person who would seek revenge for the smallest grievance. Therefore, Kuai Liang believed everything that Lü Bu said.
These warships and Huang She cost the entire Jingzhou 50,000 gold and more than 6,000 navy craftsmen. However, Kuai Liang felt that it was worth it. Jingzhou's foundation was much stronger than Jiangdong's. The gold could be obtained by selling salt and iron. In Jingzhou, there were more than 15,000 craftsmen. Now that the Lvbu's Army had 6,000 craftsmen, it couldn't be compared to Jingzhou. Moreover, Jingzhou didn't plan to set foot on the Yangtze River. He wanted craftsmen to go to Shouchun to develop the navy. Now, he wanted to go to Xu Province to find trouble with Lao Cao.
Why not go to Jingzhou to find trouble with Lao Cao? It must be known that Jingzhou raised Zhang Xiu in Wancheng to deal with Cao Cao. Now that there was someone who didn't need money to help Jingzhou deal with Cao Cao, he couldn't be happier. This time, Kuai Liang wanted to go back and tell Liu Biao to reduce his support for Zhang Xiu in Wancheng. Every year, so much food was consumed, but there was no progress. Some time ago, there was even a drama where Zhang Xiu wanted to subdue Lao Cao. If Cao Cao didn't have a moment of obsession and almost slept with Zhang Xiu's aunt, Madam Zou, causing Zhang Xiu to lose face, Wancheng might have already belonged to Lao Cao.
Every year, they spent so much money to raise this kind of traitor. He might be a hungry wolf that couldn't be fed.
"Brother Zi Rou, after parting today, I don't know when we will meet again!" Yang Hong's smile disappeared and was replaced by a deep sadness. Yang Hong was very good at acting. If he didn't have this kind of acting, how could he be favored by Yuan Shu?
"Brother Yang Hong, please don't say that. When I return, I might inform my lord that I am here to sign an alliance with Lv Xu Province! When the time comes, we will meet again. But Brother Yang Hong, please don't be unwelcoming! " Kuai Liang's mood was very good as he had easily accomplished his goal. He and Yang Hong even called each other brothers. The two of them didn't have any mutual benefits and were instead helping each other. Of course, their relationship was good.
"Don't worry, Brother Zi Rou. When the time comes, Yang Hong will definitely welcome you!" Yang Hong looked sad on the surface, but he was actually very happy. Alliance? How is that possible? Their lord, Lü Bu, can't wait for you and Jiangdong's Sun Ce to fight to the death! Wouldn't forming an alliance with you scare our cute Jiangdong's Little Conqueror?
"If that's the case, then I will take my leave!" Kuai Liang boarded the warships. These warships belonged to Gan Ning's Navy. Now, all of them had the Jing Province Navy's flag. The soldiers and horses inside were also Jiang Xia's Navy. The ballistae were also corrected. Even Gan Ning's Navy personally demonstrated it to the Jing Province Navy's disciples. The Jing Province Navy didn't lack talents. In one or two days, they had already mastered the ballistae and formed a fighting force.
"Mr. Zi Rou, prepare to set sail!" A Jing Province Navy general came over and cupped his fist towards Yang Hong and Kuai Liang. The ship's anchor was already put away and the sails were opened. They were ready to leave Wan Cheng's Navy camp. This general was called Deng Long. He was a general under Jiang Xia's Huang Zu. Although he wasn't as strong as Wen Pin and Gan Ning Sufei, he was still a rare navy general. This time, the warships were taken over by Deng Long's Navy.
"See you later!" Kuai Liang nodded. The warship slowly left the shore and gradually went far away. Yang Hong looked at the warship and smiled.
Another traitor. Yang Hong knew that the Jing Province Navy sent such an elite navy to take over the 20 warships. It wasn't because they wanted to familiarize themselves with them, but because they wanted to give Zhou Yu a hard time on the way back to Jiang Xia. With the ballistae on the ship, Zhou Yu will definitely suffer this loss! Fight, fight! Only when you fight more fiercely in Jiang Xia and Yangtze River will the Lvbu's Army have a chance to wipe you out!
Chen Gong's plan for Lü Bu was to use Lujiang as the base and half of Yangzhou as their territory. They would neither ally nor offend the surrounding neighbors. On the contrary, Lü Bu could also sell weapons to the surrounding neighbors. This was because Yangzhou was a place of war. Lü Bu couldn't help anyone but help Liu Biao eliminate Sun Ce! Now that the Lvbu's Army's navy wasn't strong, how could they divide Jiangdong with Liu Biao? If they really had a falling out, Liu Biao could just give up Xinye and Huangzhou on the north shore. With the Jing Province Navy's strength, they could really block the Lvbu's Army on the shore. Moreover, the Lvbu's Army was backed by Cao Cao!
Help Sun Ce? It is even more impossible. If Liu Biao is a sheep, then Sun Ce is a wolf. At most, a sheep can use its horn to hit you. At most, it can hurt you, but it cannot kill you. A wolf was different. A wolf wanted to eat meat. If they helped Sun Ce eliminate Liu Biao, then Sun Ce's next target would be Lujiang. After all, Lujiang was the springboard to enter the Central Plains! Moreover, the Lvbu's Army and Sun Cejun had a huge grudge against each other.
The most important thing was that the Lvbu's Army needed time. From a military point of view, the Lvbu's Army needed to expand and reorganize the army. From the army to the Urban and Black Flag Army, they needed to be reorganized and trained. Elites were very difficult to train. In terms of the navy, Gan Ning's navy also needed to be expanded. Most of the navy were new recruits. Although they had secret weapons, the quality of the navy was not high and would always be a shortcoming!
In politics, only a stable territory that could produce food and fodder would be the foundation of future wars. If they couldn't even produce their own food and fodder, how could they send out troops? Therefore, the Lvbu's Army urgently needed time. In places like Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Cao Cao, they had ample resources. Even if Jiangdong lost 100,000 troops in Wancheng City, they would be able to mobilize another 100,000 troops. This kind of war potential was not something that Lü Bu could compare to!
Wancheng Commandery. In Liu Mang's room, a strong general was looking straight at Liu Mang.
Liu Mang took a sip of tea and ate some pastries. He also read a book for a while. These books were all brought by Liu Mang from the modern world. There was too much knowledge in them. Liu Mang was a financial student, so he couldn't understand these things. He could only try to imitate them step by step. After reading a large section, Liu Mang looked up at the general standing in front of him.
"Why are you angry?" Liu Mang looked at Gan Ning who was like a little wife in front of him. He wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. This was Gan Ning, a Xingba! This was the dragon that once roamed the Yangtze River. This was a character that gave Sun Ce a headache! But now, he stayed in Liu Mang's study room for more than two hours, looking at Liu Mang like he was wronged.
"This general doesn't dare!" Gan Ning said, but his expression betrayed him. He still doesn't dare! The expression on her face was just short of saying 'you owe me money', but her mouth was still very stubborn.
"You!" Liu Mang almost couldn't recognize the Gan Ning in front of him. This Gan Ning was an unruly character. In Jiang Xia, he dared to mock Huang Zu's son, Huang She. In the original timeline, he didn't even give face to Lu Meng. At that time, Lu Meng was his superior. His superior begged him not to kill a servant in Gan Ning's house. However, Gan Ning agreed on the surface and killed the servant as soon as he returned! This made Lu Meng so angry that he directly ordered troops to kill Gan Ning. However, Gan Ning shamelessly fell to the ground and didn't move.
And now, Gan Ning was that shameless Gan Ning! "Speak! Speak out all your dissatisfaction. Otherwise, you will suffocate to death! " Liu Mang said to Gan Ning with a smile. He knew that Gan Ning couldn't hold back his words. If he didn't let him vent, who knew what would happen?
"This general, this general doesn't understand why the Little Lord gave those warships to the Jiangxia Navy!" Gan Ning opened his mouth and spoke in a questioning tone. If it was an ordinary person, they would have already jumped up. You, a general, actually dared to speak to your superior in such a questioning tone. Are you trying to rebel? If he was under Huang Zu's command, he would have been directly executed. However, Liu Mang knew that Gan Ning had such a temper. When he was under Huang Zu's command, if it wasn't for Su Fei's help, he would have died many times over!
The reason why Gan Ning was unhappy was because of the warships! Originally, Gan Ning's navy didn't have many warships. Now that Lü Bu had increased the number of warships, the navy had reached 12,000 people. But now, all the warships were sold by Liu Mang to Liu Biao. In the future, Gan Ning would have to take a raft and go to war!
"Aren't those warships exchanged for the craftsmen?" Liu Mang replied even though he already knew the answer. That is because those 20 warships were able to produce 6,000 craftsmen. Including the craftsmen from Jiangdong, Lu Bu's Army now has 10,000 craftsmen. These people are all talents! With them, there would be an endless stream of warships. Exchanging 20 warships for so many craftsmen was a huge profit.
"But, even with those craftsmen, we can't immediately make warships! Young Lord, you have to know that those warships are very difficult to build. It might take half a year to make a warship! "Gan Ning explained. Those craftsmen were good, but they couldn't immediately make warships! It took a long time to build a warship. Moreover, when they reached Shouchun, they had to repair the dock before they could build the ship.
"Who said I want to build those warships!" Liu Mang finally said the key point. Build warships? You must be joking! Those warships were completely a kind of ornamental boat. They could only be used for traveling along the river. Building warships? Once the wind and waves were too strong, it would be overturned. If it was like this in the river, there was no need to talk about the sea. Liu Mang defined Gan Ning's navy as a navy! That's right, a navy. A navy and a navy are two completely different things. One is calm inland while the other is turbulent sea. Do you think that Liu Mang would sacrifice his capital to build a navy again?!!!!
"If we don't build warships, what else can we build?" Gan Ning was confused. One had to know that the size of a navy depended on the construction of warships. Whoever had a bigger warship would be the overlord of the water. If they didn't build warships, then what was the point of fighting?
"See for yourself!" Liu Mang smiled and threw a blueprint to Gan Ning. On the blueprint, the silhouette of a large warship appeared. Liu Mang gave Gan Ning a type of sail warship. It wasn't a traditional flat-bottomed warship. Instead, it had a triangular hull as the bottom. This type of warship would reduce the resistance in the river and sea, allowing it to enter the sea through the estuary! When the warship reached a place where the waves were stronger, it would be directly overturned! Therefore, even the warships that went out to sea from Jiangdong knew that warships couldn't be used. They could only use small boats!
The displacement of the entire warship can reach up to 500 tons. This is only Liu Mang's first experimental ship. It can satisfy the needs of rivers and also cruise in the coastal areas. Although the warship of the Three Kingdoms period is bigger than this warship, the warship has too many superstructures. Therefore, the number of people it can carry is very small. However, Liu Mang's blueprint is different. With the same size, it can carry more people than the warship.
It could hold as many people as it wanted! Moreover, Liu Mang's warship was a Galen Warship (not Demacia). This was a warship that placed the entire warship's superstructure inside. In the past, everyone needed to board warships, so the superstructure was very tall. But now, with the appearance of ballistae, it would be more of a long-range attack. If the superstructure was too tall, it might cause the commander to be heavily targeted. Therefore, Liu Mang took out this Galen Warship.
"But can such a warship really operate smoothly in the water?" "The bottom of the ship is too sharp." Gan Ning was very puzzled. Won't such a ship capsize?
"So now, what we need is those craftsmen to build and experiment!" "The most important part of building a Galen Warship is the keel. Warships are divided into flat-bottomed ships and keel boats. The keel is located in the middle of the bottom of the ship. It is a strengthened longitudinal structure, equivalent to a" spine ". The earliest wooden sailing ships used stone trunks as the keel, while the rest of the hull was made of wood. The keel increases the longitudinal strength of the ship and improves its ability to withstand the wind and waves. It is one of the indispensable shipbuilding technologies for ocean-going ships.
The spine wasn't something that could be done just by talking about it. Liu Mang had the information, but he still needed to experiment to make it. If it was successful, then the sea would become the place where Gan Ning's navy could roam freely. If even the sea could be roamed freely, then the rivers and rivers would be nothing in his eyes! Moreover, Liu Mang had designed something good for this Galen Warship.
"Now, Xingba, do you still want the original warship?" Liu Mang looked at Gan Ning with a smile that didn't look like a smile. The overall data of this warship was more than double that of the junk ship. Not only was it faster, but its attack power was also above the junk ship. After all, one was something that was around 200 AD, and the other was around 1600 AD. The era of these two warships was too long!
"I don't want it!" Gan Ning believed that if Liu Mang's blueprint was real, then no one in the inland river would be a match for the Lvbu's Army's navy. It was written on the blueprint that if all of them were installed, there wouldn't only be 5 ballistae, but 30 ballistae. Each side would have 15 ballistae. What kind of concept was this?! The firepower of one warship was more powerful than six junk ships. However, Gan Ning's question came again. "Little Lord, you seem to have forgotten! We don't have any warships now! How do we train these navy soldiers? "Gan Ning pointed out the key point!
"Aiya!" Liu Mang froze for a moment before reacting. He wanted to sell the warships to the Jiangxia Navy and let them teach Zhou Yu a lesson. Then, the Jiangdong Navy's ballistae would come out and take revenge. If they fought, they would not be able to control the scale of the war ~! Another thing was that if they wanted to go to Shouchun by land, there would be no problem. If they wanted to go by water, they would have to go through Jiangdong.
However, Liu Mang forgot that if these warships were sold, he would not have any warships to train the navy! This was a mistake! Liu Mang covered his head. However, in order to not let Gan Ning see his embarrassment, he could only smile mysteriously and say, "You will know later, Xingba! You can go back first! "
"Oh!" Gan Ning left as if he understood.
Seeing Gan Ning leave, Liu Mang had a headache. How do I get the warships?!
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