The first thousand two hundred and eighty-four chapters new ship
Du He heard this, thought for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Everything depends on people. Brother, don't give up on yourself. Today, we are a family member. Let's not talk about these unhappy things. Let's go to the city. We brothers haven't seen each other for many years. Today, we will definitely
You have to get drunk before you stop."
"good!"
"Enter the city!"
The motorcade entered the city in great force.
…
Lai Kingdom Government House.
Putting up lanterns and colorful decorations is not just a Chinese New Year celebration, it is better than a Chinese New Year celebration.
Du Gou had been away from Chang'an for five years and finally came back.
Du Ruhui was the happiest. He had a few more drinks at the table and was helped down.
Du Gou was enthusiastic at first, but later he looked worried and his face was full of worries.
Du He put down his glass and asked, "Brother, are you in trouble? Is it possible that you still care about what you said to me outside Yongning Gate just now?"
Du Gou shook his head and said: "He'er, the eldest brother is not worried about his own future, but worried about his father. I heard you just said that my father's resignation was handed over to the palace a few months ago. Your Majesty has never agreed to my father's appointment.
The request, although this is a delaying measure, but as time goes by, there is no guarantee that Your Majesty will agree to it. Once my father loses the position of Right Chancellor, I am afraid that many young people in the court will jump out, and you will be in great danger by then..."
Du He said with a smile: "Brother, you are worrying too much. When I asked my father to hand over the memorial, I did not just want to delay time, but also to let my father ascend to the position of Taiwei."
Du Gou's eyes widened: "Lieutenant? This is really difficult!"
Du He smiled and said: "It's just that the opportunity hasn't come yet."
Du Gou picked up the wine glass and said, "I didn't expect that you and your father had already made plans. It seems that I have worried too much. Come on, He'er, I respect you."
The two had a drink.
Du He asked: "Brother, do you really plan to live in Chang'an City doing nothing for the rest of your life?"
Du Gou put down his wine glass again, sighed, and said helplessly: "He'er, so what if I have ambitions, I'm not young anymore, and I'm still disabled..."
Du He stood up and said: "Brother, everyone has his own ambitions. I won't force you to do what you want to do, but I do have something I want to show you!"
"What?" Du Gou asked curiously.
But I saw Du He ordering: "Here comes, prepare the carriage."
Not long after, a carriage left the Duke of Lai's Mansion and braved the cold wind out of Chang'an City.
In the carriage, Du Goujiu was mostly awake and kept asking: "He'er, what exactly are you talking about? Why are you leaving the city in such a hurry?"
Du He smiled slightly: "Brother, please be patient. You will know later."
The carriage was speeding.
Du Gou opened the curtain and looked out from time to time, but he didn't know where he was.
The carriage has arrived at the boundary of Hu County, but today's Hu County has undergone earth-shaking changes, and it is no longer the Hu County that Du Gou was familiar with.
I don’t know how long it took, but the carriage finally stopped.
Du He took Du Gou out of the carriage.
Du Gou looked up and saw a building not far away with bright lights.
The two walked quickly forward and came to a large river.
There was a tall building by the river. There was a lot of people inside, and there were clanging and smashing sounds.
When Du Gou looked confused, Du He had already walked in.
When we got inside the building, we saw clearly that it was a workshop.
Seeing Du He, dozens of people immediately gathered around and said hello.
Du He looked at a skinny old man among them and asked: "Old Zhengtou, have you finished building the ships I asked you to build?"
The old man immediately ran up and said with a smile: "Master, everything is ready, come with me."
Everyone followed the old man to the river bank.
I saw only one or two tall things on the shore, covered with red silk.
The old man shouted: "Quick, let go, let the young master see!"
Wow.
Remove the red silk.
Suddenly, a boat appeared in front of everyone.
This boat is not big, only about two feet long and six or seven feet wide.
On the boat, everything is available.
The most important thing is that this ship actually has four floors.
There are nine masts and twelve sails in total.
Everyone else is still watching.
But I heard Du Gou exclaim in surprise.
He is in Dengzhou all year round and has the most opportunities to interact with ships.
In his memory, the best ships in the Tang Dynasty only had two floors. Any more ships would be in danger of rolling over. Moreover, the current ships in the Tang Dynasty could not exceed six sails at most. If there were more ships, they would be uncontrollable.
But the ship in front of me was obviously a smaller version, but its shape was very strange.
Du Gou looked at Du He in surprise: "He'er, did you build this boat?"
Du He shook his head, pointed at the old man, and said: "This is Old Zhengtou. He comes from a shipbuilding family and is very good at shipbuilding. He joined the Dream Group more than a year ago. This is one of his works."
The old man shook his head hurriedly and said excitedly: "No, no, no, Master, don't say that. I am just a craftsman. This boat was designed by Master, and I have no credit at all."
Du Gou looked at Du He.
Du He smiled helplessly, pointed at the ship and said, "Brother, actually, the most important thing about this ship is here."
He pointed to the bottom of the boat.
Du Gou also saw it.
The bottom of the ship, from bow to stern, is like a sharp knife.
It is very different from the flat bottoms common in this era.
"Why is this?"
Du He said: "The previous ships had a flat bottom, so they couldn't increase their speed when sailing. Moreover, when the ship got bigger, it was difficult to control. I changed the bottom of the ship to a sharp bottom to get rid of this obstacle. As the saying goes,
, The upper side is as balanced as a balance, and the lower side is like a knife. If you value it, you can break through the waves. This is the reason."
Du He thought deeply: "It sounds like this, but can this boat really be launched into the water?"
Without waiting for Du He's instructions, Old Zhengtou called the craftsmen to get busy.
Someone pulled the rope, someone adjusted the stick.
Rumble.
Then, the boat tilted, slid off the rolling logs, and slid into the river.
Upon seeing this, Lao Zhengtou hurriedly climbed up along the side of the ship. He was seen squatting on the ship, working hurriedly, and all twelve sails were raised.
The boat that was originally parked on the river suddenly moved against the wind at an extremely fast speed, splitting the waves and rushing upstream.
Du Gou saw with his eyes that he was at a bend in the river, and the current was turbulent, but the boat was not affected.
Swish.
Du Gou turned around and grabbed Du He's sleeve: "He'er, can we build a bigger boat like this?"
Du He asked with a smile: "Brother, what do you mean?"
Du Gou's eyes were blank for a moment before he said slowly: "You don't know something. Brother, I have been dealing with pirates in Dengzhou for many years. I have been suppressing bandits all the time, but I can't kill all the pirates. The main reason is that my brother
Tang's boat was not good enough and could not catch up with the pirates when they reached the sea... At first, I led the soldiers to kill the pirates and was surrounded by more than a dozen boats. I could have escaped smoothly, but I didn't know that the speed of the boat was extremely slow. I waited
I was overtaken by pirates and was hit by an arrow in the leg, and also lost many soldiers."