With Qin Ge's strong recommendation and He Jin's central dispatch, Liu Bei was recommended as the prefect of Chengyang and the position of governor of the prefect of the prefect of the state. According to the military laws of the Han Dynasty, his military and political control must be subject to Qin Ge.

After Liu Bei was granted the title, he happily presented Qin Ge with various benefits he had promised before. Qin Ge used the spiritual energy of Chengyang County to transfer all the newly recruited 100,000 elite water bandit troops of Man Chong to become Qinglin soldiers.

Five sets of five holy armor were given to Qin Jiwu, Qin Jizong, Qin Jiben, Qin Jiben, Qin Jixiao and Qin Jiyong, the best-performing children among the five Qin family members.

Moreover, Qin Jixiao merged the Tiangang Demon Soul of the Bearded Duke Zhu Tong, learned the Qinglong sword technique from Guan Yu, and made great progress. Because he made many military achievements in the suppression of bandits, he was recommended by Qin Ge as the commander of the Panyang County and managed Panyang County with the newly appointed Zhang Zheng.

Because the border with Le'an County to the north of Panyang County and the border with the bandits in Erlongshanliang in Jinan County to the west, the special geographical location was that Qin Ge had no control over the general, so he asked Zhang Zheng to handle government affairs, allowing Qin Jixiaoyong to shoulder the heavy responsibilities to guard the Panyang City. Qin Jixiao also became the youngest commander to guard the side.

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Liaocheng County, Le'an County borders Jizhou and is the estuary of the Yellow River. At this time, a huge dock rose from the ground on the tidal flats outside Liaocheng County.

This is the drawing of the Tianjie dock manufacturing that Qin Ge exchanged from the national war merits. After Man Chong pacified Liaocheng County, he organized the civilians to build the dock as soon as possible. It took three months to finally build the main frame of the dock.

At this time, the dock was far from fully completed, but ships could be produced. The dock was named Dongyue Shipyard.

At this time, Man Chong, Zheng He, Song Yingxing, Jiangpu and others stood in front of the dockyard. There were often thousands of ship workers coming and going in the dockyard. Most of these people were ship workers who were recruited by Man Chong from Le'an County. Most of them were ship workers discovered by the water bandit camps, and many of them were experienced old ship workers.

Zheng He, Song Yingxing and others led Man Chong to the design workshop of the shipyard. As soon as Man Chong entered the door, he saw various hull design drawings.

Small models made of various woodworks are filled with small models, some are more than one foot long and some are more than two or three meters long.

Even the model of the Zhenhai Dragon Turtle Boat that Qin Ge gave high expectations has been made and placed in the most conspicuous position in the workshop.

Man Chong walked to the Zhenhai Dragon Turtle Ship, knocked the boat with his hand, and said in amazement: "Can our shipyard produce such a magical ship!"

The craftsman on the side laughed at him. As a child of the Mo family, he was not afraid of officials by nature, but he was not good at talking, so he walked to the side and fiddled with the hull model on his own.

The craftsman was a talented man who was poached by Qin Ge from the Mo family and the chief engineer of the Dongyue Shipyard. Although he was dull and weird, Man Chong still dared not neglect him.

"At present, our shipbuilding technology, the mechanical parts required, the hooking and glueing skills of the hull, as well as the wood and keel building of the hull. The shipwrecks recruited, except for a few senior technicians who worked in the imperial manufacturing workshop before, are just ordinary shipwrecks who have repaired some civilian ships and modified civilian ships. So even though this Tianpin dock has many powerful functions, we have no experience and practice in manufacturing large ships, as well as experimental data on various ship navigation. They basically start from scratch, and the road they will take in the future is still long!" Zheng He walked over and saw the Zhenhai Dragon Turtle Ship, with divine light in his eyes.

Zheng He was not only a holy navigator, but also a godly naval commander.

Moreover, he personally supervised the warships he used for seven voyages to the West, so Zheng He was also a master of shipbuilding and had rich theoretical knowledge and practical reserves for ship manufacturing and design.

When Guan Zhong heard that Qin Ge wanted to build a powerful navy, he recommended Zheng He. A big reason was that Zheng He was good at shipbuilding. Although Zheng He was not as capable as those famous navy historical generals, he was a versatile talent and had almost no shortcomings.

"Our shipyard can only mass-produce ordinary fishing boats for fishermen in Le'an County! The technology of making warships is being explored, and there is still a long way to make such a magical ship!" Hearing Zheng He's words, Song Yingxing also stroked his beard and nodded and sighed softly.

Le'an County has been a major fishery county since ancient times. Because it relies on the rich fishery resources of the Bohai Sea, Man Chong vigorously developed the fishery after stabilizing Le'an County.

There are official fishing companies and private fishing industries, and there is no doubt that developing fishing industries requires a large number of fishing boats.

Dongyue Shipyard has played a new role in restoring the fishery industry.

At present, shipyards can meet the needs of various fishing boats. All giant boats ranging from more than ten meters to light boats ranging from one or two meters can be made, and the order business is very booming.

"There are still great differences between fishing boats and warships. The hull's strength, operation flexibility and speed, and the structure of the cabin are extremely exquisite. This is the drawing of the Feilang Ship ship sent by the lord. We finally made his hull model after ten days. Now the first batch of experimental ships will be produced in ten days, and it will be two months after they can be put into use!" Zheng He took Man Chong to a workshop not far away.

At this time, an exquisite ship model was placed in the workshop. The ship was like a waning moon, sharp and narrow. The canvas on both sides of the hull were like birds wings soaring, and the bow of the ship was like a unicorn's horns.

Zheng He walked to the model of the hull and reported to Man Chonghui as if he had known it: "After the ship was built, it was about four meters long and had a draft of about 6 tons. It is a very typical speed warship. When I, Master Song and Jiangpu transformed the warship, they slightly modified the ship and installed a gun cabin at the bow of the ship. A spiritual cannon can be placed on the bow, and the gun body can be designed at an angle of 60 degrees..."

Under Zheng He's command, several ship workers opened the hull model and saw various detailed structures in the hull. Zheng He talked freely about the various professional terms to tell Man Chong about the hull structure. It was dazzling to see Man Chong, and it was like a mountain separated by a distance.

After Zheng He finished speaking, Song Yingxing and Zheng He walked to the cannon cabin and said, "According to the lord's instructions, I, Gongshuqing and Jiangpu and other craftsmen studied the production drawings of the Goryeo Holy Spirit Cannon and the Liangshan Cannon drawings. The latest development of the Lingyuan Cannon has been integrated with the advantages of the Goryeo and Liangshan cannons, as well as the characteristics of our Chinese civilization. Although this cannon is still in the test stage, it is up to you to meet your request. We are ready to install the Lingyuan Cannon on the Feilang Tui Ship. Since the hull enters the water, the water contains infinite water-based spiritual energy. The Lingyuan Cannon loaded on the Feilang Tui Ship is mainly water-based cannons! Please come with us!"

Song Yingxing is a master of all craftsmanship and skills. Not only does he have an encyclopedia of agricultural machinery, but his improved water trucks, agricultural tools and tillage tools have been vigorously promoted under Qin Ge's rule, greatly improving the efficiency of agricultural engineering.

Moreover, Song Yingxing is also good at transforming various military machinery. He is currently working hard to transform various war tools such as Lingyuan cannons, crossbows, catapults, siege cars, etc., and is a perfect master of mechanical transformation!

Everyone walked out of the shipyard and saw a jade sculpture of half-mermaid more than three meters high next to the river bank. The sculpture was a beautiful half-fish and half-man girl with horns on her head and clothes made of corals, shells, etc., looking at the sea with her eyes.

In front of the sculpture, there are also incense burners, cauldrons, etc. for sacrifices, and burning incense is inserted on the incense burners. Even fishermen come to worship the gods and burn incense and pray.

"I didn't expect you to be so superstitious!" Man Chong saw that Zheng He and others were actually worshiping ghosts and gods in the shipyard. As the orthodox Legalists, he was very repulsive and disgusted with such strange and chaotic things.

However, Zheng He walked up to the sculpture and bowed respectfully, and introduced to everyone: "This is a statue of the Dragon Girl! The Holy Spirit of the Dragon Girl is sojourned on it. The ships are praying to the Dragon Girl during the expedition, so that they can obtain the protection of the Dragon Girl!"

All sailors and fishermen around the coast believe in this, because they are most afraid of living in rivers and seas, and the wind and waves are impermanent, so fishermen are generally very superstitious. After the construction of this Dragon Girl Temple, due to the official endorsement, most fishermen in Liaocheng County came here to worship.

Zheng He went to sea for many years, so he respected this custom as much as the fishermen.

I heard that the dragon girl was very effective and protected the fishermen from returning from shipwrecks and loads. This spreads from ten to ten, and even the fishermen from nearby counties rushed over to worship.

Longnu Temple is about ten miles away from the shipyard. Seeing the noisy crowd, Man Chong frowned and said, "Shipbuilding is a secret of our army. What's the elegance of such a bustling crowd!"

This statue was seized by Qin Ge from Li Jing, the prince of the Li Dynasty. I don’t know what it is for.

Later, when I talked with Zheng He, I found that this thing was the Dragon Girl, one of the gods who protected the sea, which was of great help to the navy and the shipbuilding industry.

Qin Ge was half-believing and half-doubted about this feudal superstition, thinking that this was just because fishermen and navigators sailed on the water. The so-called unexpected situation in the sky, giving himself some psychological comfort, which can inspire fishermen and sailors to enter the sea, so he gave this statue of the dragon girl to Zheng He.

Zheng He also noticed the benefits and interests after hearing what Man Chong said. Now the dock has just been built, and it is okay to produce civilian ships. If the military industry is produced in the future, confidentiality is the first priority.

Zheng He clasped his fists and said, "The prefect said very well, because I am not thinking well, so let's do it! I'm building a Dragon Girl Temple in Liaocheng. Fishermen can fulfill their vows and pray for blessings in the Dragon Girl Temple. This altar is specially used for my navy!"

According to Man Chong's intention, he simply removed the Dragon Girl Altar, but Zheng He was determined and brought out Qin Ge.

Man Chong had no choice but to give up. After all, Ye Huang was the top leader in the construction of the navy, but Ye Huang handed over all the power to Zheng He, including the establishment of the navy, the training of the army, and the shipyard, both in name and in fact, they were under the management of Zheng He.

In addition, the navy is under the jurisdiction of local troops, like the Dongyue Lin soldiers, the Expeditionary Army cavalry regiment and the Mingyu Youqi cavalry.

In addition, it is the navy who is now helping Man Chong to help defend Le'an County, and Man Chong really has no right to command the navy.

Man Chong didn't want to have a conflict with Zheng He on these trivial matters. Now he is shocking Liangshan River bandits who are wandering in the water system relying on the two major navy masters Zhenhai and Weihai.

The conflict between the two is likely to affect the defense work of Le'an County, so they adopted Zheng He's opinion and promised that the construction funds of the Longnu Temple in Liaocheng would be the responsibility of the Le'an County Government.

This was just a small episode. Everyone came to the test site by the river. At this time, under the escort of heavy troops by the water, seven or eight spiritual cannons were set up in the water.

The Lingyuan Cannon is similar to the Holy Spirit Cannon in Goryeo, but the base is very different. It is densely engraved with various sky blue talismans, and the cannon body is embossed with various shapes of sea beasts.

Song Yingxing walked to the Lingyuan Cannon and stroked the cannon body and said, "The reason why the Goryeo Holy Spirit Cannon is powerful and has very high accuracy is that they have attached the Holy Spirit soul to the cannon body, and activate the cannon body with the power of the Holy Spirit in the blood of the gunner, so that people and cannons can be integrated when the cannon shells are stimulated! Because we in China do not practice the power of the Holy Spirit, we have integrated the Mohist mechanism and the Gongshu family's energy technology. We combined the Goryeo's spirit-attached technology and Liangshan's artillery forging technology to develop the Lingyuan Cannon. This cannon is set up in the hull and cannon carve the Gongshu family's energy spells at the bottom of the ship. During the ship's driving, it can continuously absorb the water-based spiritual energy in the rivers as the power of the cannon shells! Of course, because it is still in the experimental stage, during this period, the two major navy masters of Zhenhai and Weihai hunted water beasts everywhere,

After experiments, we selected seven kinds of water beasts as spirit beasts. The minimum cultivation of these spirit beasts requires yellow-grade divine beasts. Theoretically, the stronger the strength of the divine beasts, the greater the power of the spirit Yuan cannon! Please see, this is a spirit turtle cannon, which is accompanied by the soul of the spirit beast. The biggest advantage of this cannon is that its energy recovery is faster. It can store three rounds of shell energy. After the energy is exhausted, the energy of one round of shells can be extracted from the water every ten minutes. Of course, it can also fill the water-based spirit stone to stimulate the shells. This cannon has a mediocre fire rate and can stimulate three rounds of cannons per minute on average. However, its lifespan is long and can stimulate hundreds of rounds continuously. If maintained properly, it can stimulate three hundred rounds of shells during battle, which is better due to its endurance! Assembling ordinary shells, this cannon has a range of five hundred meters, and assembling heavy shells is 300 meters!"
Chapter completed!