In comparison, the warship was one size larger than the Bi 'an, with a length of about 100 meters. It was comparable to a smaller frigate in the real world!
Furthermore, the hull of the battleship was much thicker than that of Bi 'an. Above the deck, there was still a two-story bridge structure, and the volume and height of each story were more than double that of Bi' an. Coupled with the twenty-four to twenty-five meters wide hull, the battleship looked even more formidable. ↓ ↓
The warship's two-story bridge structure was somewhat similar to the Bi 'an. There were crossbow windows, spear holes, as well as attack points for soldiers. The difference between the two was that the warship not only used cowhide as a cover, but also a parapet wall around the bridge. On top of the parapet wall, there were arrow holes for attack points. It was like an additional layer of city wall, making the defense even more solid.
It could be said that the warship was a relatively complete warship. According to its specifications, it could carry 1200 marines. After a round of inspection by Yang Rui, he discovered that the interior space was large enough. If it was used to transport personnel, it should be able to carry even more people.
Yang Rui grew increasingly fond of the Bi 'an and the warship. For an entire hour, Yang Rui wandered around the two advanced docks, inspecting them over and over again.
Although there were only two warships, but in the hands of Yang Rui, it was not an exaggeration to say that they were epoch-making products. With these two warships, it could be said that Yang Rui had an absolute advantage in the current Three Kingdoms region in terms of naval strength.
Yang Rui didn't know much about the development of ships in the southern region of the Three Kingdoms region. He also didn't have the time or opportunity to check it out. However, judging from the naval strength in the hands of the various powers during the war against Dong Zhuo, the one with the greatest advantage was the boss of Dragon Wings — — Yuan Yuan.
Of course, later on, when Sun Jian counterattacked Dong Zhuo's Luoyang city. He had manufactured quite a number of medium sized transport ships. Some of them were even larger than Yuan Yuan's ships. This meant that Sun Jian's shipbuilding ability was also very strong. However, at this time, Sun Jian's forces had yet to take shape. No matter how strong his shipbuilding ability was, it couldn't be shown yet.
Now that the Bi 'an and the warship had been manufactured, Yang Rui naturally didn't spend all his time admiring the two ships. While supervising the carpenters to continue the construction of the new ships, Yang Rui immediately returned to the East County. He immediately began to select the most qualified able-bodied men from the migrating NPCs.
The warships would gradually be built. Naturally, in order to have powerful naval soldiers... Yang Rui's unique soldier class, the Fifth Grade Scaled Soldier, was undoubtedly the most suitable soldier class. Yang Rui's purpose in selecting the able-bodied men was to send them to the Penglai Secret Realm and develop his unique soldier class as quickly as possible.
This took about three days. While Cheng Yu and the others had migrated nearly five million NPC civilians from Liaocheng, Boping, Yangping, and Dongah counties to various parts of Green, Yang Rui had also selected 50000 A-Grade able-bodied men and sent them all to the Penglai Secret Realm to level up and prepare to be converted into Scaled Soldiers.
At the same time, Yang Rui had also relocated approximately one hundred thousand NPC civilians from the East County. It was a large-scale construction project. In just two or three days, all the necessary buildings for Solid River Town's upgrade had been completed, and Solid River Town had been upgraded to the level of a small city.
Solid River Town had always been close to the Yellow River. Now that it had been upgraded to the level of a city, Solid River Town included several advanced docks that specialized in building Bi 'an and warships. Many soldiers had also been stationed there.
Solid River Town was now surrounded by three walls, with the Yellow River as a barrier. In addition, Yang Rui had restricted the entry and exit of all foreign NPCs and players, effectively ensuring the safety of the Bi 'an and warships during construction.
At the same time, Yang Rui also had a copy of the Fifth Grade Scaled Soldier's unique soldier class buff book. It was copied through Cai Yan's [Eidetic Memory]. Yang Rui was also considering giving it to some of his subordinates who did not have a unique soldier class to use so that they could train more Scaled Soldiers as soon as possible.
Currently, among Yang Rui's subordinates, only Cheng Yu and Gao Shun had their own unique soldier class. Theoretically, the others could use the Scaled Soldier's unique soldier class buff book. However, when Yang Rui tried to give it to some of his subordinates, he was notified that only the subordinates he had subdued could use the buff book.
As a result, the range of use of the buff book was limited to Zhang Ning, Diaochan, Zhang Mancheng, Bo Cai, Bo Ji, Kwai Kanshin, and a few others. Diaochan was obviously unable to learn the buff book for now. Wako Uesugi also had his own unique soldier class – Uesugi Kage Guards.
Under normal circumstances, Zhang Mancheng, Bo Cai, and Bo Ji's abilities were suppressed. No one knew when the suppression would be lifted, or if it would never be lifted. Yang Rui also did not choose to let the three of them use the Scaled Soldier buff book.
Therefore, Yang Rui gave the Scaled Soldier buff book to Zhang Ning. Unfortunately, Zhang Ning still could not use it after trying. The system notified that Zhang Ning had an unactivated unique soldier class attribute. Once she used the Scaled Soldier buff book, her original soldier class would be overridden.
Of course, Yang Rui would not let Zhang Ning use it so easily. If her own unique soldier class was already very powerful, it would be a pity if she used the Scaled Soldier buff book. Therefore, the other buff book copy could only be put aside for the time being.
At this time, Yang Rui could not help but sigh again. He originally thought that he had a few famous historical figures in his hands. Now, he realized that most of them were just followers or subordinates. There were only a few that he had actually recruited.
In fact, Yang Rui still had an Exclusive Special Soldier buff book and its copy. It was the Flying Bear Cavalry buff book that dropped when he killed Dong Zhuo. At this time, he also did not have a suitable candidate and could only let it lie in his bag.
Another two to three days passed. Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who had gone to Dongwu Yang County and Liaocheng County to take up their new posts, had arrived one after another. The migration of the East County and the recruitment of NPCs had also temporarily come to an end. Yang Rui left Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao to focus on guarding Fan County and Chi County. He was also fully responsible for the affairs of the East County. He did not ask too much about the affairs of the East County and mainly focused on the shipbuilding and training of soldiers.
During this time, Yang Rui also took some time to visit his three allies, Qiao Mao, Ding Yuan, and Han Fu. He had some exchanges with the three in terms of the territory's security and territorial development.
Due to the different geographical locations, only Ding Yuan, Qiao Mao, Ding Yuan, and Han Fu were in a slightly more comfortable situation. Currently, Ji Zhou and Han Fu were being watched by Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan. Qiao Mao was also facing threats from the other vassals. However, because of the existence of their allies in Qing Province, the other vassals did not dare to make a move easily.
It could be said that both Han Fu and Qiao Mao were under a lot of pressure. Among them, Han Fu was facing the most substantial threat. She also looked sad and depressed. However, she did not do anything to increase her strength. It seemed that it was difficult for her to adapt to the situation of being divided by the other vassals.
In fact, Yang Rui had been thinking about whether he should take advantage of the heated battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao to take down both of them in one fell swoop. Then, he would nurture Han Fu to sit firmly in the position of Ji Province's Prefecture Overseer and eliminate the threat from the north of the Yellow River once and for all.
However, Yang Rui was also measuring the strength of his own side. Currently, compared to Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, Yang Rui might have a certain advantage. However, Yuan Shao had fierce generals like Yan Liang and Wen Chou under him. Moreover, Han Fu's strongest general, Qu Yi, had already joined Yuan Shao's camp. At this time, the strength of Yuan Shao's camp could not be underestimated.
Similarly, although Gongsun Zan did not have many famous generals under his command, he had many ordinary civil and military officials. Otherwise, he would not be able to compete with Yuan Shao.
Moreover, Han Fu, Yang Rui's Ji Province ally, was a little useless. If he could be stronger, it was not impossible for him to wipe out Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan's families together with Yang Rui.
However, on the other hand, if Han Fu was that strong, it was hard to say whether he would be a threat to Yang Rui. It was very doubtful whether he would need Qing Province as an ally.
Moreover, once Yang Rui made a move, the nearby warlords who posed a threat to Qing Province and its allies would make a move. Therefore, it was not that the idea of Northern Dingji Province was not feasible, but it required the right time to plan carefully. Either he did not make a move, or he would use a thunderous method to catch the other party off guard!
Yang Rui had also considered this matter repeatedly. He felt that with his current strength, it was not the best time to make a move. Most importantly, Yang Rui still had a lot of things to deal with in Qing Province, East County, Grand Mountain City, Shrimp Barbarian Land, Ledu City, and other territories. If he made a move now, he would be wasting his military resources.
The current conditions did not allow him to send out troops. However, Yang Rui did not stop recruiting and training soldiers. While training the scaled water soldiers, Yang Rui continued to quickly increase the number of soldiers in Qing Province. At the same time, he also took out the ten thousand sets of Fifth Grade Light Battleship Cavalry skill books he had obtained from the storyline in the Wei Nation region.
The fifty thousand long-range archer skill books and thirty thousand sword-shield soldier skill books that Yang Rui had obtained from the storyline in the Three Kingdoms region had all been used up. The Light Battleship Cavalry, as a cavalry unit, obviously required horses. For this reason, Yang Rui made a trip to Ledu City and brought back ten thousand horses for the class advancement of this unit.
If he wanted to get the horses through the supermarket in Grand Mountain City, there was no need to personally make a trip to Ledu City. Yang Rui only went there to check on the situation in Ledu City. After all, Ledu City was located deep in the heart of Western Qiang and was only temporarily occupied. Moreover, it was only guarded by a few hundred beginner, intermediate, and advanced generals such as Qi Zheng, as well as twenty thousand soldiers. Yang Rui was still a little worried.
Fortunately, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and the other Western Liang warlords seemed to have placed most of their troops on the eastern front towards Yong Province. Ledu City was located deep in the heart of Western Qiang, and the surrounding situation was not bad for the time being. This source of horse hunting could still be used for a while.
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