No major incident happened in Xiakou since Zhuge Liang left. Liu Bei has been actively recruiting troops these days. Although he has no money, the troops must be pulled up first.

Liu Bei really wanted to let Liu Yi's workshop produce some armor, but Liu Yi's style of doing things that cost money really made Liu Bei a little helpless. Although the production of excellent equipment, the daily expense of tens of thousands is not enough to count as the cost. With Liu Bei's current financial resources from Liu Qi, he really can't support it.

"Lord, if you continue like this, let alone recruiting troops, it will be difficult to maintain the current expenses!" The quarantine officer came to Liu Bei with a sad face. Other quarantine officers were all rich, but when they arrived at him, let alone sucking oil from themselves. Who should I ask for reason?

"How many soldiers and horses do our army have now?" Liu Bei nodded silently and asked.

"In addition, there are about 5,000 soldiers recruited in these days, but most of them are untrained soldiers, and many of them do not even have weapons in their hands." The quarantine sighed.

"Why is this?" Liu Bei widened his eyes. Although Liu Yi spent a lot of money, he had a lot of money to consume every day. Is it still a little surplus?

"Go back to the lord, this workshop and dock requires a lot of materials every day, and the soldiers in the army also need food. The existing money in our army..." The quarantine officer did not say it at the end, but the meaning was very obvious and he couldn't hold on anymore. You can think of a solution.

"You go ahead and I will deal with this matter, but the troops still need to be retaliated, don't stop." Liu Bei sighed.

"Here!" the quarantine officer agreed and bowed and left.

Liu Bei looked at the direction where the quarantine officer left and sighed again. He missed Zhuge Liang a little. In the past, Zhuge Liang had given him advice when encountering such a thing, but now there is not even a person to discuss.

Go to Liu Qi to find something?

Liu Bei shook his head. Liu Qi was not well-off. Jing Xiang was taken away, and Liu Qi had to support tens of thousands of troops. It was already good to be able to give him these subsidies, and it would be a bit shameless to go there again.

At this moment, Zhang Fei hummed an unknown tune and carried a few pieces of wood to the other side. Liu Bei looked weird. What was this for?

As soon as Guan Yu walked towards him, Liu Bei waved his hand quickly and pointed at Zhang Fei and said, "Chang Yun, do you know what Yide has done in the past few days?"

"It seems like I'm going to the craftsman's general." Guan Yu knew about it.

"Ah?" Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu. Isn't the relationship between these two people not very good? The atmosphere on the first day was always awkward. Why is Zhang Fei running around now?

By the way, Liu Yi.

Liu Bei suddenly remembered that Zhuge Liang said before leaving that if there is something indecisive, he can discuss it with Liu Yi. However, Liu Yi has been busy building ships these days. Liu Yi subconsciously regarded Liu Yi as a powerful craftsman, but he ignored this matter.

"Go and have a look." Liu Bei led Guan Yu to the direction of the dock. First, he asked Liu Yi if he had any plans, and second, he also wanted to see what Zhang Fei was doing.

...

Outside the dock, a towering boat stood on the river surface with a large hull. It was visually estimated that it was three meters wide and seven or eight meters long. Compared with the narrow and long trunks, the tower boat in front of me felt a bit short and chunky.

"Prepare, calibrate the target, eighty steps ahead, right, the crooked tree on the bank of the river, add a bullet!" But seeing Liu Yi and Zhang Fei standing side by side on the shore, Liu Yi was holding a sign in his hand, commanding something, shouting horns to the boat.

When Liu Bei and Guan Yu approached, they found that there was a loft behind the boat, and there were two catapults at the other end. There was also a reduced version of the crossbow at the end. At this moment, the craftsman on the boat was busy around the two catapults and crossbows, and it seemed that he was about to launch.

Liu Bei was a little curious and did not interrupt. He just watched with Guan Yu. He also wanted to see the power of the tower ship.

"put!"

"Cruff~"

"Boom~"

With Liu Yi's order, two catapults and crossbows were activated at the same time. With a roar, the two stone bombs landed on both sides of the crooked tree at a distance of 80 steps, splashing two huge splashes of water. The crossbow arrow shot on the crooked tree and shot the stud through the tree.

"Okay!" Liu Bei's eyes shone with his eyes, and he couldn't help but stroking his hands and cheering loudly, and the craftsmen around him also cheered.

"Measure the distance of the ship moving!" Liu Yi said to the craftsman who was responsible for measuring on the river.

But I saw a craftsman riding a small boat, pulling it apart like a hemp rope under the boat, then knotted the hemp rope and took out a measuring ruler to measure it. After a while, he said to Liu Yi: "General, the boat is more than four feet and three inches away."

"Failed again?" Zhang Fei said with some displeasure.

"No failure." Liu Yi shook his head, turned to look at Zhang Fei, and suddenly pushed him. Zhang Fei shook his body, but Liu Yi took two steps away.

"Bo Yuan, what do you mean?" Zhang Fei frowned and looked at Liu Yi.

"The role of power is mutual. Just like this, while I push you, there will be a force pushing towards myself. The same is true for warships. If the stone bombs and crossbow arrows are shot out, there will inevitably be a force to push the warship. If the base is fixed on the ground, this force will be borne by the ground, but it cannot be above the water. The water is soft and cannot fully bear this force. Unless the ship is constantly expanding, so large that this recoil force is unable to shake the hull, but we cannot do such a large ship now." Liu Yi is now preparing a book by combining the mechanics principles of the Mohist school with the mechanics principles he knows. There is a clerk beside him to record these words quickly. After the end, Liu Yi compiled these contents.

"The reason seems very simple." Zhang Fei groped through his needle-like beard on his chin and nodded.

"It's not too difficult, but no one has recorded these simple principles, and these principles are just the basis, but how to apply them is ever-changing." Liu Yi smiled and said, "There is no need to change this building ship."

Excellent warship: Stable +26, range +28, speed +27, fighting spirit +29, energy recovery +27

In the experiments over the past few days, this warship has the best attributes, and the shipbuilding experience over the years has become increasingly perfect. Next, we will build a few more ships.

"Boyuan has a good method. If he could have a few more warships like this, why would he be afraid of Cao Cao?" Liu Bei came out of the crowd, looked at the tower ship in front of him in admiration, and smiled at Liu Yi.

"The Cao army is not afraid of being on the water, and it is best not to show this thing when fighting against the Cao army." Liu Yi bowed slightly to Liu Bei, and then smiled.

"Why is this?" Liu Bei said in confusion.

"According to Kong Ming's plan, it is to hope that Jiangdong's troops and Cao's army can be killed and our army will reap profits." Liu Yi pointed to the warship and said, "There is a lot of military strategy, and it is the reason why it is impossible to show it. Although our army joined forces with Sun Quan, compared with our army, Jiangdong is powerful. If this thing is revealed too early, it will only make Jiangdong afraid and ask our army to send all its troops. At that time, they will be suspicious of each other and cannot fight the enemy. It is better to show it as weak and make Jiangdong fight Cao Cao with all its might. Our army will support us from the side. Uncle Uncle. Having those hundred small boats is enough to help Jiangdong achieve success."

"Bo Yuan, what is your intention to create this thing?" Zhang Fei said inexplicably.

"After Cao Cao retreated, our army captured Jingzhou, and we can quickly capture the city as a surprise soldier. Secondly, with this ship there, it can also shock Jiangdong!" Liu Yi smiled and said, "This thing will only be available when capturing Jiangling. At other times, you must not be exposed in front of others."

"No wonder you asked Wei Yan and the others to put martial law here." Zhang Fei said suddenly.

Only then did Liu Bei remember what Liu Yi said that day, looking at the boat again, the little grudge that has arisen for Liu Yi's spending money these days has disappeared instantly. With such a powerful tool, no matter how much money it is, it is worth spending.

"But I don't know how much this ship is?" Liu Bei asked suddenly.

"The materials are not too much. One ship costs about 5,000 yuan. With the money of the workers, the construction cost of one ship is only about 6,000 yuan." Liu Yi said with a smile.

Of course, if you sell it back, you don’t want to take it away without 100,000 yuan. Of course, who is willing to sell this kind of thing?

In these days, especially in the war-torn era, no one cares about environmental protection issues and the materials are cheaper. This ship does not require any special materials. It only needs to make the wood, and it doesn’t even have to spend money to buy it. It can be done by organizing people by yourself, which also leads to the cost of building a ship not being too high.

Liu Bei nodded. The price is really not expensive. It is really good to have a boatmaker of his own.

After feeling a little emotional, Liu Bei said to Liu Yi: "Boyuan, I have something to discuss with you."

"Please, please, uncle." Liu Yi pointed to the direction of the dock and said to Liu Bei.

The two took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei all the way to the pavilion outside the dock. Liu Yi asked Wei Yan to guard the surroundings and did not let someone get close.

"Please tell me, uncle." Liu Yi sat on the stone bench and said to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei had some ideas about asking Liu Yi to collect some to save some expenses, but he kept silent. He just told Liu Yi about his current predicament and looked at Liu Yi with some expectations and said, "I don't know if Bo Yuan has a solution?"

"The solution is not difficult." Liu Yi smiled.

"Oh?" Liu Bei asked, "I would like to hear the details."

"First, take some replaced weapons to exchange for some food for Mr. Qi," Liu Yi said in a search.

"This..." Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "Now are recruiting troops, and the replaced weapons and armor are used for new recruits, I'm afraid..."

Liu Yi nodded and thought, "The second thing is on these craftsmen."

"Ah?" Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi: "How do you say this?"

I sent someone else's money and took it back. This would be a shameful thing.

"Don't worry, I'm not forcing me to rob. I'll build some cauldrons later. Uncle can order people to open some inns nearby. The food made from these cauldrons will be fragrant and can attract them to spend money to eat." Liu Yi smiled.

"Bo Yuan, this army also serves food. Will they eat it?" Zhang Fei said in confusion.

"I'll know when I come out." Liu Yi did not explain. The craftsmen now have a daily salary of 100 yuan. In Xiakou, they can be considered rich people. If they are satisfied with food and clothing, they will naturally have higher pursuits. However, this is just an emergency. It is best to attract people to consume. However, Liu Yi does not know much about the consumption level of Xiakou people, so he can only focus on the people under his command and take a look at it slowly. If the results are good, then do some other businesses to form an economic cycle chain, and finally transfer the money and come back.

Liu Bei was a little skeptical, but he didn't ask much. At this point, he should be a slaughter. He immediately entrusted the matter to Liu Yi and took Guan Yu to inspect the military camp.
Chapter completed!