Guo Jia, the ghost of the strongest military division

Chapter 942
After Su Qinglian and Cai Yu left Yunzhou, Guo Jia left the matter at hand and led his men all the way to Bohai Kingdom.

Because he wants to build a naval base here.

Sailing has always been what Guo Jia yearns for the most. In his previous life, he also studied various materials in this area.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and Guo Jiakong has ambitions but no boats.

However, Guo Jia's luck was really good, he would come to deliver pillows when he was dozing off, and Yuan Shao didn't know what was wrong, so he spent a lot of money to get more than 100 building ships to attack the rear of Jizhou.

These one hundred building ships were the last savings of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shao sent them all to Jizhou.

In the battle at the mouth of the Yellow River, most of the [-] building ships were sunk, and the remaining coefficients were accepted by Guo Jia.

This is an incredible fortune.

Not only that, but with Guo Jia's support, Gu Yue has already moved her clan to Bohai State, and their family is all from shipbuilding.These craftsmen dragged out the sunken boats at the bottom of the river and repaired them, and even gathered more than 30 building boats.

A building boat is full of more than 300 people, and [-] building boats can carry more than [-] people.

If you want to ask which navy is stronger, it should belong to Yunzhou now.

"My subordinates meet the lord!"

Cheng Yu was supervising the work at the shipyard. When he saw Guo Jia coming, he immediately led his men to meet him.

"Zhongde has worked hard!"

Guo Jia hurriedly helped Cheng Yu up, and said with a smile, "How is the shipyard going?"

Cheng Yu hurriedly took out a scroll.

"After receiving the Lord's order, my subordinates did not dare to neglect, and immediately started to build the shipyard. Now the shipyard has been preliminarily completed, covering an area of ​​33 acres, with three ports, one deep-sea port, and two inland rivers. Now General Gu has repaired the building. There are [-] ships, and more than [-] Ge boats, bridge boats, fighting ships, and warships, and only need to recruit enough sailors to quickly form a fleet of ten thousand people."

Not bad!
Guo Jia nodded in satisfaction.

Cheng Yu felt a little embarrassed.

Guo Jia cared very much about this shipyard, if he wanted money for money, people for people, and materials for materials, if Cheng Yu couldn't get them out, he would be really incompetent.

"Go to the building to see!"

Guo Jia waved his hand and led his hands down to the port. Although he had heard of such a large ship, he had never seen it himself.

My lord, please!
Cheng Yu hurriedly led Guo Jia to the port.

There are many rivers in Jizhou, which are suitable for mooring large ships. Cheng Yu quickly brought Guo Jia to the nearest port.

Three complete building ships have already been moored here, and another six or seven ships are being repaired.

"Quick, quick, the sailboards need to be reinforced so they don't break in the sea. For those over there, put hemp ropes on the boat boards and fill them with leather gum and tung oil, so there must be no water leakage."

Gu Yue was like a high-ranking general, commanding the craftsmen under him to work.

I have to say that this guy is still professional, and what he says is clear and logical.

"General, you are here!"

Seeing Guo Jia coming, Gu Yue ran over quickly.

"How is the ship?"

Guo Jia looked at the building boat that the craftsmen were repairing and asked.

Do not worry!
Gu Yue said confidently: "Our family is a shipbuilder, no matter how rotten a ship is after our repairs, it will definitely be able to go on a long voyage."

This is not a bragging, their family is a hereditary shipbuilding craftsman.

very good!

Guo Jia nodded in satisfaction, and boarded the hull under Gu Yue's leadership.

The ship was destroyed in the battle at the mouth of the river, and the upper part of the hull was burned, but after some repairs by craftsmen, it looked like new again.

Guo Jia walked into the lower floor and found that the craftsmen were filling something in the seams of the boat.

"What is this for?"

Guo Jia asked puzzledly.

Back to the general!

Gu Yue said loudly: "This is glue filling to prevent the bottom hull from leaking. It is mainly made of hemp rope and some trivial things, supplemented by lime animal skin glue, etc., and then coated with tung oil. In this way, the seams of the boat will There will be no leaks."

That's it!

Guo Jia nodded.

Shipbuilding in this era was made of wood, and wooden boats first had to solve the problem of water leakage. There was no glue in the Han Dynasty, but the wise ancients thought of other methods, using quicklime, boiled animal skins, and barrel oil to make simple waterproof materials.It can make the hull watertight and sail in water for a long time.

"Get ready, change to another ship, let's go out to sea and have a look!"

Guo Jia suddenly became interested.

He also wanted to see the operational capabilities of the ship.

General can't!
Hearing this news, Cheng Yu was startled.

The prefect still welcomed Guo Jia's arrival, but he never dared to let Guo Jia take risks.

If this master had a sudden whim and went to Penglai Xianshan like others, then Cheng Yu would be finished.

If something happened to Guo Jia, Cheng Yu would have to be eaten alive by the wives in the backyard.

The sea is very windy and the waves may capsize, so it is safe to stay on the shore.

"General, the wind and waves are unpredictable. If something goes wrong, the subordinates will die and cannot forgive their sins."

Ha ha!

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, we're just wandering around the sea, we won't stay away."

Hearing what Guo Jia said, Cheng Yu was relieved.

It's good not to go far, and there are many ships in the offshore area, and they can take care of them.

"Master Taishou, don't worry!"

Gu Yue proudly said: "With this general here, the general will be safe from worries."

No matter what he said, he is also a person who has been to Fusang country. He has never seen any strong winds and waves. This offshore sailing is more familiar than walking in his own backyard.

it is good!
Cheng Yu gritted his teeth, and said, "Immediately choose a sturdy boat, dispatch a hundred sailors, and General Gu will personally drive the boat."

He can't believe others!

no problem!
Gu Yue left in a hurry, and the preparations for another building ship that was parked at the port soon were completed.

Guo Jia boarded the building boat with three hundred tiger guards.

This is a five-story building boat, and it is also the largest and strongest ship among all the building boats. It was originally prepared for Guo Jia.

The top floor of the building boat is where Shuaiqi is located.Cheng Yu and others prepared a bed for Guo Jia, with a tiger skin on it.

Guo Jia sat in the middle, Cheng Yu and Gu Yue lined up on the left and right, and the Tiger Guards were on guard all over the deck.

Gu Yue picked up the pennant, saw the direction of the wind, and shouted.

"It's windy, let's get up!"

In the building boat, sailors turn the winch, and two baskets of heavy stones rise from the water.

In that era, iron was still a relatively luxurious thing, and it was still not enough to make weapons and armor. Naturally, they did not have the ability to make iron anchors.

The craftsmen had to use heavy stones instead, which were called boat anchors.

The anchorage of the boat is pulled up, and the boat is free.

"Southwest wind, mainsail up, rudder!"

"Starboard big paddle."

Although the building boat capsized, it was still powered by oars.

Dozens of sailors held a thick oar and started paddling.

Gu Yue picked up the pennant and commanded it, and the big ship sailed out of the port, and slowly entered the sea along the exit.

(End of this chapter)