"Of course it is added below the deck. A special mezzanine is made below the deck to accommodate the soldiers paddling."

Liu Chan turned his head and gave an answer with a serious face. He was afraid that they wouldn't understand it for a while, so he explained it in detail.

In fact, what Liu Chan didn't know was that he didn't need to explain much, because there was a mezzanine below the deck, but that mezzanine was not used to accommodate soldiers.

It is used to store food and utensils.

"Below the deck?" Guan Yu came back to his senses at some point, looked into the distance, and muttered to himself involuntarily.

Just now I accidentally saw Guan Yu's strange expression, but at this time Liu Chan stopped teasing Guan Yu.

He said sternly: "That's right! Uncle Guan, if you can place the rowing oars under the deck, it will not only save the space on the deck, but the closer you are to the water, the less force required for rowing.

Its effect becomes more and more obvious.”

"this……"

When Guan Yu heard this, he couldn't help but look at the bottom of the unfinished ship next to them, and fell into deep thought.

"A Dou's words sometimes sound a bit weird, but when you think about it carefully, it makes some sense."

"If the wooden paddle can be placed below the deck, it will indeed free up the space above the deck."

"In this way, whether it is placing some large crossbows or placing some small trebuchets, the combat power will be greatly enhanced."

"But the cabin below the deck is so short, how can it accommodate the soldiers to stretch out?"

"Could it be..."

As he was thinking about it, Guan Yu's eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted loudly: "Here comes someone!"

Liu Chan, who was waiting for Guan Yu to ask questions, couldn't help but be confused when he heard the roar, thinking: "Eh? What's wrong with my second uncle? Did he understand it all of a sudden?"

Zhuge Liang and Xun Chen also focused their attention on Guan Yu, wanting to see what he wanted to do.

In this thatched shed, shipbuilders will soon be walking back and forth.

Just a moment after Guan Yu finished speaking, four people came over.

They all saluted Guan Yu and said, "General, what are your orders?"

Guan Yu stroked his long beard slightly and asked seriously: "How high can this cabin be?"

When the four people heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, as if they were guessing what Guan Yu meant.

However, they were not stunned for long. One of them raised his head and replied: "General, if you lower the bilge, you can lower it another foot."

When Guan Yu heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly, shook his head slightly and said, "Well... what if we don't lower the bilge?"

"Not lowering the bilge?" The craftsman looked at Guan Yu with a puzzled look, quickly looked away, and started eye contact with the other three people.

The four of them were silent for a long time.

"Is it really not possible?" Guan Yu seemed to have seen their embarrassed expressions. If it was really not possible, he no longer planned to embarrass them.

One person stepped forward and said: "It's not really impossible, but it's just less effective than lowering the bilge. It can only raise the cabin by half a foot at most."

"Half a foot?"

Guan Yu murmured and fell into deep thought.

"Today's cabins are generally only a little over three feet and less than four feet. If the height can only be increased by half a foot, it doesn't seem to be of much use."

"If a person cannot straighten his waist, how can he use force?"

"It seems that it is not easy to implement Adou's suggestion."

Thinking of this, Guan Yu's heart moved again and asked: "If the ship is widened, can the cabin be made higher?"

A craftsman said: "What the general said is not impossible, but if you want to widen the hull, the requirements for wood will be higher."

He paused and then said: "The general also knows that the longer the wood is, the easier it is to bend and crack. The only solution is to make the wood taller and thicker."

When he said this, he looked at Guan Yu and saw that Guan Yu frowned slightly, and continued: "And once the wooden beams that lift the deck are widened and thickened, the space in the cabin will not be increased very much."

As the saying goes, every gain must come with a loss.

If you want to raise the cabin height, it is definitely not that easy to do.

And there was one more thing that the craftsman didn't say.

That is, long beams are more fragile and are more likely to be damaged when encountering impact.

This undoubtedly adds an uncertain risk factor to ships sailing in the water.

"Okay, I understand, you can go down and go about your business first."

Guan Yu already had a rough idea in his mind, and what he needed to do now was to carefully weigh the pros and cons.

See which method is more suitable for your needs.

Hearing this, the four people had a look of doubt on their faces. They thought that Guan Yu had something important to say when he called people over so loudly.

Unexpectedly, he just asked a few words and was about to send them away.

They didn't dare to stay, so they quickly raised their hands and said, "I'll take my leave, little one."

After saying that, they took two steps back respectfully, then turned and left.

After listening to these few words asked by Guan Yu, Liu Chan suddenly understood what Guan Yu meant. He suddenly said loudly: "Wait!"

The words fell, but the steps of the four people did not stop.

They didn't know Liu Chan, let alone that he was calling them.

When Liu Chan saw this, he stamped his feet angrily, ran forward two steps, and shouted louder: "Hey! You four, come back!"

At this time, one of the four craftsmen heard a voice and felt a little strange. When he turned around out of curiosity, he realized that the voice just now was calling them.

He quickly stretched out his hand to stop the other three and said softly: "It seems like someone is calling us!"

When the three of them heard this, they turned around and looked at Liu Chan, who was pouting angrily, but for a moment they didn't know what to call him.

But he didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he just held his hands in front of him and bowed slightly.

When Guan Yu saw this, he didn't know what Liu Chan was going to do, so he stepped forward and said, "He is your young master Liu Chan."

Hearing this, the four people hurriedly said: "I don't know what the young master is calling me. It's disrespectful. I hope the young master won't blame you!"

"Adou, don't be angry if they don't recognize you..." Guan Yu reminded Liu Chan softly from the side.

When Liu Chan heard this, he learned that they didn't know him, and he no longer blamed him. He said seriously: "I have two questions, and you must answer me politely. Do you understand?"

"How dare you not tell the truth!" The four of them still lowered their heads.

Liu Chan said seriously: "The first question is, what is the relationship between the bilge of the cabin and the water surface? Is it lower than the water surface, or higher than the water surface?"

One person raised his head and said: "Back to my young master, generally speaking, the bottom of the cabin of a building ship is about one foot higher than the water surface."

Liu Chan heard this and nodded secretly, thinking: "It's exactly what I thought, otherwise he wouldn't have said he could surrender just now!"

He continued to ask: "Then the second question, how high is the cabin space?"

Although everyone who has been on a boat knows this problem, Liu Chan happened to have never been on a boat.
Chapter completed!