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"Tell me, who exactly are you?"
Zhao Yuan asked curiously,
"They actually managed to be chased down by those Four Dragons of Zhejiang?"
"And from what they just said,"
"That Ming Cult leader Fang La seems to value you highly as well?"
"Since you know these things, sir,"
The man asked in surprise,
"Why did you save me?"
Whether I save you or not depends on whether you tell the truth.
Zhao Yuan sneered.
"If you're a ruthless killer who doesn't blink an eye,"
"I will take you to the authorities myself."
“Sir, you misunderstand. In my entire life, I haven’t even dared to kill a chicken, let alone a human.”
The man gave a bitter laugh.
"My name is Ye Chun, and I am from Sizhou,"
“The family has been shipbuilders for generations.”
"Six months ago, I designed a new type of ship,"
"I originally intended to sell it to this shipyard in Jiangnan,"
"But nobody was willing to buy it."
"I intend to travel north and present these drawings to the imperial court,"
"Who knew that the Ming Cult somehow got the news,"
"They actually kidnapped me and took me directly to Dongting Lake,"
"They ordered me to build them ships."
“I refused, and the four Zhejiang dragons from Dongting Mountain beat and scolded me.”
"I just can't take it anymore,"
"Only then did he find an opportunity to escape down Dongting Mountain and jump into Taihu Lake."
"I intended to swim directly to the shore,"
"Who knew that the Four Dragons of Zhejiang had already caught up,"
"Fortunately, at that moment, we encountered the wealthy man's pleasure boat,"
"So I secretly hid under the cruise ship..."
Ye Chun?
Zhao Yuan looked at the person in front of him with a strange expression.
He remembers it very clearly.
This person is from the Water Margin world.
A famous shipbuilder,
In the original timeline
When Gao Qiu launched his campaign against Liangshan,
It was Ye Chun who presented him with the blueprints for the large and small loach boats.
These two types of boats are unique in design, and both are powered by waterwheels.
The large, loach-shaped boat was equipped with twenty-four waterwheels, each operated by twelve people.
The small sea loach boat is equipped with twelve waterwheels, each operated by twelve people.
This type of boat is also called a cart boat, although it requires a great deal of manpower.
However, sails can be used without the aid of wind.
It can move freely in and out of the Yangtze River.
As a passenger ship, it may have many inconveniences.
However, when used as warships in inland lakes and rivers, they are absolutely top-notch weapons...
Chapter 1199 Building a Shipyard in Dengzhou
This type of ship can be considered the ancestor of paddle steamers.
However, while it can overcome the drawback of sailboats being overly dependent on the weather,
However, it still has a rather obvious drawback.
That means this type of boat is only suitable for navigating a very narrow range of waters; it can generally only travel on large lakes.
For example, Liangshan Marsh and Taihu Lake, which are huge bodies of water.
Once in rivers, large sea loaches find it difficult to maneuver.
Other than that,
No matter the size of the boat, it is forbidden to enter the sea.
Once this type of ship reaches the sea...
Nine times out of ten, it will sink to the bottom.
Although it has many flaws
But for Liangshan,
Such a sea loach boat,
As naval warships used for fighting in the water,
But it was just right.
As for ocean-going vessels
Ye Chuan, as a master shipbuilder,
Even if we can't design new types of ocean-going ships,
Could it be that they can't even build old-fashioned ocean-going ships?
After thinking about these things,
Zhao Yuan immediately understood.
That explains why Fang La wanted to abduct Ye Chun to Dongting Mountain.
Clearly, they wanted to leverage Yechuan's shipbuilding capabilities.
Build him naval warships!
perhaps,
Fang La gained a navy.
The imagined enemy
It wasn't the imperial guards of the court.
On the contrary, it's Liangshan Marsh!
After figuring these things out,
Zhao Yuan looked at Ye Chun's gaze.
They immediately became eager.
"So Brother Ye actually knows how to build ships,"
"I am truly sorry."
"Please sit down, Jiao Ting, bring the wine and dishes."
"I want to have a good drink with Brother Ye."
.....
After a while,
That was prepared long ago.
The food and drinks were packed in a lunchbox.
Then they brought them all up.
Zhao Yuan warmly pulled Ye Chun to sit down.
Zhang Shun accompanied him.
Jiao Ting then took some wine and food to visit the two old boatmen.
So that they don't hear things they shouldn't hear.
"You're too kind, sir."
Ye Chun looked at Zhao Yuan in surprise.
He glanced again at the sumptuous feast.
Suddenly I understood.
"Does Master Zhao also want to build a ship?"
"That's right,"
Zhao Yuan nodded vigorously.
"What I said on the ship just now,"
"Brother Ye, did you hear that?"
"I vaguely heard something,"
Ye Chun said,
"Is Master Zhao someone who sells medicinal herbs?"
"Um,"
Zhao Yuan nodded noncommittally.
"This time, we brought ten cartloads of medicinal herbs with us on our trip south,"
"This journey has been incredibly difficult,"
“Besides the exploitation by the imperial court,”
"We also have to worry about being robbed by bandits along the way,"
"Besides, traveling by land is arduous,"
"That's a tough one!"
"If we had enough ships,"
"Wouldn't it be perfect if we just headed south by sea?"
"Um,"
Ye Chun pondered for a moment,
"The wealthy man saved my life,"
"I should repay him, how about this,"
"I'd like to help you build a seagoing vessel free of charge, what do you say?"