When Long Chen and Han Ziping arrived here that day, the boatman also stayed away from the mouth of the lake and absolutely did not dare to get close.
The water near the mouth of the lake is turbulent and there are various whirlpools and undercurrents, making it difficult for approaching ships to escape.
"I was negligent..."
Long Chen didn't think of this detail, and now it has become a big problem.
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"Then what should we do? The iron rope cannot pass through, and the lake entrance cannot be cut off."
Gan Zhen was also panicked. Intercepting Hukou was related to the entire battle situation. If he couldn't do it, the battle would be a failure.
Long Chen walked around the lake, thought for a long time, and said, "Bring a pen and paper over here!"
Gan Zhen immediately brought a pen and paper over, and Long Chen drew some round things and many iron hooks.
"Send it to the mine immediately and let Linglong make it. As soon as possible, send it back as soon as it's ready. You go there in person!"
Gan Zhen recognized this thing and would use it when lifting things.
"Sir, do you want so much?"
Gan Zhen saw that Long Chen had written that he wanted to make 100 pieces, which felt like a bit much.
"Go quickly, go now, I'm waiting to use it."
Gan Zhen did not dare to neglect, immediately took the drawings and rode towards the mine.
Long Chen found dozens of strong soldiers and carpenters, found a boat, bypassed the lake mouth, and headed to the east side.
The boatman carefully steered the boat to the east. When we got to this area, no one dared to be careless.
After getting off the boat on the east side, Long Chen immediately directed everyone to build a shelf.
The carpenter looked at the shelf and said, "It seems like something needs to be hung?"
The soldiers didn't know and didn't ask much. They just did what Long Chen commanded.
"If King Wu does something that you can't understand, just work hard."
The soldiers were shirtless and working in the scorching sun.
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Gan Zhen took the drawings and galloped to the iron mine, where Gongsun Linglong was directing the workers to transform the mine.
Long Chen's mission has been completed, Gongsun Linglong did not leave immediately, she wanted to transform this place into a weapons factory.
Gan Zhen arrived at the mine, found Gongsun Linglong, and told him his purpose.
Gongsun Linglong took the drawing and asked, "What does he want to do?"
Gan Zhen said: "After the iron rope is forged, it needs to be connected on both sides. I wanted to let the fishing boat pull it over, but no one dared to do this."
"King Wu just came up with this thing. I don't know what its use is."
Gongsun Linglong recognized this thing and said: "This is a pulley. Linglong Pavilion is used to lift heavy objects. He wants to use manpower to pull it?"
A pulley is a pulley, and Gongsun Linglong used it.
But Long Chen wanted to use this pulley to pull such a long iron cable, but she thought it was impossible because it was too heavy.
"General Gongsun, you know, I don't understand this. This is what King Wu ordered."
Gan Zhen was not as good as Gongsun Linglong, he didn't understand the principle at all, and he didn't know whether it would work.
"This damn eunuch can do it every time. I'll do it for you right away."
Gongsun Linglong did the work himself, while Gan Zhen was waiting in the mine.
The sun in the sky is very strong, and the rainy season is like this with high temperature, humidity and heat. It feels unbearably hot, especially in the mines.
Gongsun Linglong worked all night to build it, and in the afternoon of the next day, Gongsun Linglong came out with a tired look on her face, with several large boxes containing pulleys behind her.
"Thank you for your hard work, General. You can rest. I'll just take you back."
Gan Zhen was about to leave, Gongsun Linglong said: "I'll go with you and see how he did it. He wants to pull such a heavy iron rope through with human power."
Gongsun Linglong was very curious and wanted to know what Long Chen planned to do.
Gan Zhen said worriedly: "But... the general looks very tired. If he travels a long distance..."
Gongsun Linglong drank a large bowl of strong tea and said: "Let's go! Luo Li is so sloppy, like a girl!"
Gan Zhen was speechless.
Loaded on the horse, the two set off immediately.
When he returned to the southwest of Linhu, Long Chen had already set up a stand.
After the box was moved down, Gongsun Linglong had chapped lips and obvious dark circles under her eyes, looking very tired.
"You work so hard, I feel so sorry for you."
Long Chen affectionately trimmed Gongsun Linglong's hair. Gongsun Linglong felt so awkward and whispered: "I feel bad for you, I'm so cruel every time."
Gan Zhen pretended not to hear and ordered the soldiers to take out the pulley.
"Sir, what should we do now?"
Gan Zhen waited for Long Chen's instructions, and Long Chen had everyone move onto the boat.
"You direct it here. You tie the east end of the iron rope with a thick hemp rope, and then send it to the east by boat."
Long Chen told Gan Zhen how to do it.
The boatman was a little embarrassed and said, "Sir, although this hemp rope is lighter than the iron rope, it is too long and is still too heavy to put on the boat."
"Besides, if the hemp rope gets wet, it's not light."
The location at the mouth of the lake was too dangerous, and boatmen did not dare to take risks. They did not dare to transport even hemp ropes.
Gan Zhen was displeased and said, "This won't work, and that won't work either. What do you do with the money?"
Each of these fishing boats received a high price, and they were blocked when they wanted to do things. Gan Zhen was very angry.
The boatman was startled and no one dared to say a word.
Long Chen comforted him: "You can't say that. Who is willing to die for money? I didn't think carefully."
"In this way, when hanging driftwood on the hemp rope, you only need to drag the hemp rope over."
"Towing a hemp rope will never cause a shipwreck. The driftwood will make the rope float."
The boatman then said happily: "Your Majesty, there is a way, so that we don't have to say anything and can leave now."
After things got on the boat, Long Chen and Gongsun Linglong immediately went around the mouth of the lake and arrived at the east side.
Huge supports were inserted into the ground and held down by sandbags and soil.
"You make such a big bracket?"
Gongsun Linglong said in surprise.
Long Chen said: "Success or failure depends on this, it must be foolproof."
"Take down the pulley and assemble it according to my instructions."
Long Chen directed the carpenters to install all the pulleys, then pulled up the hemp rope on the boat and slowly passed it through the pulleys.
There were too many pulleys, and Long Chen was twisting and turning, dazzling Gongsun Linglong.
"Sir, the hemp rope is soaked in water and it won't be able to be pulled later."
An old carpenter reminded that the hemp rope is already rough, and the friction will be greater after passing through water, making it very difficult to pull.
Long Chen said: "Pour the grease on."
This problem has already been taken into consideration. Oil can lubricate it, making it easier to pull.
The soldiers immediately brought several barrels of oil over, and the carpenter poured the oil on.
To the west, Gan Zhen has already tied up and is waving the flag towards this side.
Long Chen tied the hemp rope and prepared more than fifty cows. Long Chen greeted: "Start!"
The soldier immediately waved his whip, the cattle moved forward, and the hemp rope in the water floated toward the mouth of the lake.
A carpenter stood at the top, waiting for the hemp rope to be pulled over, and then chopped off the driftwood.
Gan Zhen stood on the west side, watching the hemp rope slowly straighten and the iron rope slowly being pulled over.
The huge and heavy iron rope is like a black dragon, slowly sinking into the water and then slowly emerging from the water.
"I actually pulled it over!"
The carpenter next to me felt incredible that such a heavy thing could actually be pulled through.
To the east, after pulling for a long time, I finally saw the iron rope.
The iron rope could not be put on the pulley, so Long Chen immediately hooked the buckle of the iron rope and used oxen to fix the iron rope to the rock.
In the hole in the rock, more than a hundred iron pillars two feet thick penetrated several meters.
When the iron rope was hung up, the iron pillar remained motionless.
"Successful."
When the first iron rope was hung up, Gongsun Linglong was extremely happy.
The first one is hung up, and the following ones can follow the same pattern.
Long Chen said happily: "It's done! This battle is settled!"
The key to winning this battle is to flood Linhu City, hang up the iron rope, and the matter is done.
Not only Long Chen and Gongsun Linglong were happy, but the soldiers and craftsmen present were also very happy.
They had worked hard for so long and it finally happened.
"No one has ever been able to do this. In the future, you can climb along the iron rope when you come over there."
A carpenter said happily.
"You're not afraid of falling."
One soldier joked.
The carpenter chuckled and said, "Put the planks on and it will become an iron cable bridge."
After hearing this, Long Chen thought to himself: After the war is over, it can indeed be made into an iron cable bridge, which can be used by common people for business trips.
Repairing bridges and repairing roads has immeasurable merit.
"Pull the other iron ropes over!"
Long Chen gave the order and everyone followed it.
