The people in the three cities of Wuhan had already begun to take refuge in the surrounding mountainous areas when Zuo Liangyu's soldiers were looting.

Now, with the issuance of the notice of the Chinese army and the people, bandits and bandits are being wiped out everywhere to stabilize order, and the three cities of Wuhan are gradually beginning to return.

Wan Jun asked Cui Ziyi to continue to care for him in exile, and he began to inquire about shipbuilding craftsmen everywhere. The Yangtze River where Wuchang is located, the width of the river and the depth of the water are a good place for shipbuilding.

Since the Three Kingdoms period, the Wuchang area has been a good place for naval training. Hanyang is less than a hundred miles up the river. Cao Cao originally trained his navy in Wulin. Unfortunately, in the final battle of Chibi, he was defeated by the Sun and Liu coalition forces, falling short and losing the chance to unify China.

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When Zheng He's fleet made seven voyages to the Western Ocean in the Ming Dynasty, the era of colonial navigation in Western Europe had not yet begun. China was almost only one step away from standing on top of the world. However, it eventually abandoned its martial arts. It was not until nearly a century later that Western Europe

Leading the beginning of the great voyage and colonial era.

Without a strong navy, China cannot stand at the top.

In order to defeat the Dutch in Taiwan and the Spanish in Nanyang, the Chinese army must start building a navy as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the Jianghan area gradually stabilized, people returned to the city one after another, and many shipwrights were found.

However, most of them are building small river boats, and there is basically no way to deal with the large stern ships and new warships that Wanjun wants.

After searching for three days, a soldier came over with two people, claiming to be craftsmen from the former Zhenjiang Shipyard of the Ming Dynasty.

Wanjun greeted the two men and saw an old man and a young man. The old man's name was Du Changqing and the young man's name was Jiang Pingping.

Wan Jun looked at the two of them and saw that they didn't look like father and son, so he asked, "Old sir, are you shipwrights from Zhenjiang?"

Du Changqing said, "Yes, I built treasure ships at the Zhenjiang Shipyard in the Wanli Year. This is my apprentice."

Wan Jun said, "Old sir, let me get straight to the point. I want to build a shipyard. You can build ships!"

Du Changqing smiled and said, "I have been building ships for most of my life, and this is the first time someone has asked me if I can build ships, hahaha."

Wan Jun didn't care about the old man's attitude, "Old sir, don't laugh yet, what I want to build is not an ordinary ship."

Du Changqing calmed down and asked curiously, "What kind of ship do you want to build?"

Wan Jun said, "Can you build an iron-clad ship?"

Du Changqing said, "Everyone knows that iron sinks when it touches water. How can we build an iron-clad ship?"

Wan Jun said, "Our navy's battles are nothing more than fire attacks and gang-hopping. But I heard that the Xiyi people put cannons on the boats. When the two armies fought, they would cross the hull of the ship from a distance and bombard them with cannons.

, the ship had already been smashed into pieces before it even connected to the side."

Du Changqing stroked his beard and said, "I have heard that some Helan Franji people put cannons on their ships and made them into gunboats. They are very fierce."

Wan Jun laughed and said, "Isn't this cannon made of copper and iron? Why won't it sink when it touches water?"

Du Changqing said, "That's not because we were on the boat."

Jiang Pingdao suddenly realized, "I understand what you mean, if the armor covers the hull, it will become an armored ship, and it will not sink when it encounters water!"

Du Changqing said, "The normal hull is enough, why do we need to cover it with iron armor?"

Wan Jun said, "Of course our ships must also fire cannons. If we fight with the Western Yi's gunboats in the future, if their cannonballs hit the iron armor, the hull will be fine, but the wooden ship will be broken into pieces and sunk."

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Du Changqing was stunned, "Sir, do you want to fight with the Xiyi people?"

Jiang Ping Ping reacted very quickly this time, "Master, you probably think that the Xiyi gunboats are powerful in water combat, so you thought of ways to restrain the gunboats."

Wan Jun glanced at Jiang Ping with admiration and asked the old man, "How about it? Can you build a gunboat? We can talk about building an ironclad ship later."

Du Changqing said, "If you want to build an iron-clad ship, I still need to think carefully about it for a while. If you want to build a gunboat, it is not difficult."

Wan Jun smiled and said, "Well, you two will take out the drawings and show them to me in the next two days. Once finalized, let's start building the ship!"

China has had the "ship model" concept of overall frame drawings since the Song Dynasty, and by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it had developed a very advanced reference method for equal-scale models.

Moreover, in Chinese shipbuilding technology, starting from the Song Dynasty in the 10th century, there has been a black technology called "fixed keel", and this technology did not appear in Europe until the 19th century.

Du Changqing asked Wan Jun a few questions and then said, "Just as your Majesty wants, I will make a prototype of the ship as usual in the past two days and show it to your Majesty."

After Du Changqing led Jiang Pingping away, Wan Jun breathed a sigh of relief, "Although this old man pulled hard, it makes people feel that he has two brushes. This shipbuilding matter seems to be settled."

On the second day, the Chinese army's scouting horse reported back, and Liu Tichun returned with his men.

"Liu Tichun is back, and whether Li Zicheng lives or dies, the outcome will probably come." Wan Jun suddenly felt a little uneasy, wondering how Li Zicheng would end up and whether history would repeat itself.

"Quickly, take me to see General Liu."

Wan Jun walked straight to the east gate of Hanyang City and saw a large group of people in the distance, advancing slowly. The first few people saw Wan Jun and ran over in a hurry.

It was Liu Tichun who rushed to the front. When he saw Wan Jun, he shouted loudly, "Sir, the general is back."

When Liu Tichun and others approached, Wan Jun couldn't wait to ask, "How is it? How is Li Zicheng?"

Liu Tichun lowered his head, and Wang Lihui on the side said with a dismayed face, "Sir, Emperor Dashun Yongchang is dead!"

Wan Jun knew that Li Zicheng would die, but in his heart, he always felt that he should change history. The time had been delayed for several months, so it stands to reason that Li Zicheng should not die.

Wan Jun didn't believe his ears, "Li Zicheng is dead? How could Li Zicheng die?"

Liu Tichun raised his head, his eyes were red, and he said with tears, "Sir, Emperor Yongchang was killed in Jiugong Mountain."

Wan Jun felt that he suddenly had tinnitus and felt dizzy, "Jiugong Mountain, Jiugong Mountain, why did Li Zicheng die in Jiugong Mountain!"

Just like in history, only a few months later, Li Zicheng still died in Jiugong Mountain.

Liu Tichun did not notice anything unusual about Wan Jun, and slowly told the details of Li Zicheng's murder in a sad voice.

Probably on the 27th, Li Zicheng took the remaining tens of thousands of troops south to Tongshan County, intending to march eastward to Nanchang. When he learned that the Ming army was fighting the Qing army in the direction of Jiujiang, he tried to go south through the mountains to Guangdong.

The men and horses led by Liu Tichun were one day late. When they arrived in Tongshan County on the 28th, they learned that Li Zicheng had led his army to the southeast.

Liu Tichun led hundreds of elite cavalry to follow the Shun army to Zhangjiaping, but they were half an hour late.

Taking advantage of the team

When the soldiers and horses were resting at the bend of the Zhangjiaping River, Li Zicheng took a dozen guards up the mountain to check the road. Since tens of thousands of troops were on the side, Li Zicheng did not lead many guards.

Li Zicheng and others first checked the road on the mountain ridge, and then learned that there was a Yuandi Temple on Jiugong Mountain, so they planned to go there to worship.

Unexpectedly, he went up to Jiugong Mountain and was discovered by Chen Jiayong. He mistakenly thought that the bandits were coming to plunder. Chen Jiayong sent out 300 people to attack Li Zicheng and others. The two sides fought for a while, and Li Zicheng and the guards he led were all killed.

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When Liu Tichun and his people arrived at Zhangjiaping in accordance with Wan Jun's instructions, he heard that Li Zicheng had led his people to Jiugong Mountain, and immediately led his people up the mountain to look for Li Zicheng.

However, it was too late. When they reached the mountainside, they smelled the strong smell of blood, and immediately discovered that Emperor Dashun and his guards had all been killed.

Due to the desperate resistance of the Dashun guards, many Chen Jiayong were killed. When everyone arrived, Chen Jiayong was carrying the bodies of his own people down the mountain. Liu Zongmin was the first to draw his knife in his hand and roared towards the Xiangyong group.

Liu Tichun didn't care about the people who were killing Chen Jiayong, and hurriedly searched among the dozens of corpses. While looking at them, he prayed in his heart, "God bless you, and I hope His Majesty the Emperor is safe."

However, in an instant, Liu Tichun saw the emperor's body. Li Zicheng was leaning against a large pine tree. The right side of his head was hit by a blunt object and almost half of it collapsed.

In addition, there were bloody holes on the chest from the blunderbuss, and there were several arrows on the left leg.

Liu Tichun looked at the corpse of the emperor in front of him. This man had led him to fight for more than ten years through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. From a worthless little rebel to becoming the emperor of Dashun who ruled the world, Liu Tichun never thought that Li Zicheng would

Death, he is like a real hero who never falls.

Liu Tichun was stunned in front of the corpse, his whole body was blank, but he couldn't cry.

Wang Lihui walked over. Although his face was distorted, he still recognized Li Zicheng.

This man was his sister's lifelong concern. He allowed his sister to die young at the most beautiful age, and also caused the entire Wang family to fall.

But this man carries the wishes of the entire Wang family, but he is my sister's favorite person, and she is willing to sacrifice her life for him.

Tears suddenly welled up in Wang Lihui's eyes, and he cried out sadly, "Sister, he is dead."

Liu Zongmin and others killed all Xiang Yong and hurried back. At a glance, they saw Liu Tichun dumbfounded, facing a corpse leaning against a pine tree.

Liu Zongmin felt his energy and blood rising, but his whole back felt cold. His eyelids twitched suddenly. Who could this reclining corpse be if it wasn't Emperor Dashun?

Liu Zongmin came closer and burst into tears, "Your Majesty!"

The Dashun soldiers behind him knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

Soon the news of the emperor's murder reached Zhangjiaping, and the entire Dashun army cried and howled together, and the cries went up to the sky.

Liu Zongmin cried for a while, then suddenly stopped crying, and went down the mountain with red eyes. He mobilized his troops and launched a retaliatory attack on several nearby cottages. All men, women, and children in the Chen family cottage were killed. Then Liu Zongmin ordered others

The entire Chen family village was razed to the ground.

Li Zicheng, the hero who stirred up the entire situation in the late Ming Dynasty, fell.
Chapter completed!