The boat went down the water and joined Huang Yueying at Miankou.

Huang Yueying lived in Dongting for half a year and tried a new boat with Qin Luo. She probably swam frequently and basked in the sun. Her skin, which was not particularly white, turned into wheat color and had a more healthy figure. Even wearing thick winter clothes, she could not hide her youthful vitality.

Sun Ce smiled when he saw Huang Yueying. This really became Jin Buhuan.

Huang Yueying reported the results of the experiment in the past six months to Sun Ce, focusing on the reinvention of the water drainage. Her original plan was to increase the number of oars and add two large oars to the stern of the boat. The oars were more efficient than oars, but the stern space was limited, and the efficiency was not satisfactory. If oars were added on both sides of the boat, additional space would be added. The plan was changed again and again, and it entered a dead end. Later, Qin Luo consulted classics and found that Du Shi, a former prefect of Nanyang and a native of Ji County, Henan, had designed water drainage to blow cast iron, but it was lost. Based on some sporadic records, Qin Luo visited some old craftsmen and tried to restore the water drainage. After the test, he felt that the effect was good and was ready to be loaded on the ship next year and put it on the water test.

Sun Ce looked at the drawings, but was not surprised at all. The water drain was very close to the water wheel, but the current plan was for the convenience of transmission and was still flat. When it could be erected, it was the prototype of the ship. The ship was not far from this era. Zu Chongzhi's Thousand Mile Boat was said to be a kind of ship, but it was the Tang Dynasty that the ship clearly contained the classics, and it was already in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty.

When intellectuals regard craftsmen as a low-level career and deliberately stay away from technology, technological development is so Buddhist. Whether it can be achieved depends entirely on luck. If it succeeds, it does not mean that it can be promoted and applied. Du Shi invented that water drains can be lost. What's so strange about steamships from invention to formal promotion and use for hundreds of years?

Huang Yueying and Qin Luo were already very satisfied with this achievement in a few years. Of course, he could draw pictures directly for them to do it, but in that case, all he could get was a steamer. Huang Yueying could not practice this constantly improving way of thinking, and would not be able to promote it to other projects. Without scientific thinking, technology or technology is like a scattered pearl, each one is beautiful, but it cannot be connected and become an exquisite necklace.

“Very good, very good.”

"It sounds really forced." Huang Yueying wrinkled her nose, squeezed to Sun Ce, and arched him with her shoulders. "Do you have a better idea? I feel like I'm using my brain?"

"I didn't see it." Sun Ce hugged Huang Yueying's waist and stroked her waist without any fat. "I'm really tired, so I'll take a break for a while and just give birth to a baby. You, Ah Weng, and Ah Mother are anxious."

"No! I've been stupid for three years after pregnancy. The development of a sea ship is a critical moment. I don't have time to have a baby."

"Isn't there Qin Luo?"

"Her thoughts are not on the sea boat." Huang Yueying lay on the railing, with a lazy expression, and even more slender waist and round buttocks. "Her thoughts are all on the warship that can move against the current. Governor Huang is waiting for her new warship to break into Hanzhong." She paused and smiled, "Although everyone in Cai doesn't say anything, they are also anxious. They come to see me every now and then, but they are actually looking at the progress of the warship."

"So, are you very popular now?"

"Of course." Huang Yueying laughed proudly.

"That's right. Compared to new ships, this atmosphere is more valuable. It is simply a mountain of gold, and it is inexhaustible and inexhaustible." Sun Ce stroked Huang Yueying's shoulder. "Now I know why I asked you to change the gold, right?"

Huang Yueying looked back at Sun Ce, blinked her eyes, wrinkled her nose as if she was disdainful, and looked proud. Seeing that there was no one around, she quietly leaned her head on Sun Ce's shoulder.

Entering the Yangtze River, there are more ships along the way. As the end of the year approaches, merchant ships loaded with goods are endless, like crucian carp crossing the river. Merchants are profitable and do not miss any opportunity to make money. They open the market on site when they are moored at night, and the harbor is very lively. Although Sun Ce is willing to go shopping, his identity is limited, and there is a warning from Xiao Er. He can only suppress his curiosity and read official documents on the building. Seeing Huang Yueying and others calling their friends and going to work together, even Liu He can put down his identity as the eldest princess, tie his hair, put on men's clothing, and mingle among the market vendors. Every time he returns with a full load, he can only draw a jail, but Sun Ce can't help but lament.

Regardless of whether he wants or not, he will be distant from ordinary people without realizing it, and this distance will only grow bigger and bigger. The great man once lamented that he was getting farther and farther away from the people. He only heard and saw reports, but did not know whether it was true or false. He felt pretentious at that time, but now he has a deep understanding.

Huang Yueying and others also knew that Sun Ce was depressed. Every time he came back from a purchase, he would carefully tell his experiences and comfort Sun Ce's heart. All kinds of gossip, scandals and gossips, and some legends that caught the wind and shadow. With the popularity of newspapers, various newspapers have developed rapidly in order to compete for customers and the popularization of the general public, and their popularity has unexpectedly been predicted by readers. For most newspapers without official backgrounds, if there are not many attractive stories or jokes in a newspaper, the sales volume of this newspaper will definitely be ugly.

But no matter how good the newspaper is, it is not as good as people's imagination. Word of mouth and spreading rumors is the best breeding ground for the birth of legends.

"Brother, do you know? They all said that the new country of Wu was not built by humans. It emerged directly from the river and appeared overnight." After Sun Kuang went to the market, he was very excited and came to Sun Ce on his own initiative and told the rumors he had just heard in vivid detail. "They also said that this city was originally the residence of the East Prince, so it was also called Taiyi Palace. Later, the East Prince went to Kunlun Mountain in the Western Region to visit the West Queen Mother. The city was idle and was afraid that others would disturb him, so he cast a magic trick to hide in the river. Now, the East Prince, the East Prince, wanted to send a gift to his elder brother, so the city floated up again."

Seeing Sun Kuang's eyebrows danced, Sun Lang also agreed seriously, Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh. "Those people don't know, you don't know? The country was created by Yu Fan, and the Taichu Palace was designed by him personally. Now it has all become the credit of the Eastern Prince. Jing Xiang will be angry. He is really anxious. Maybe he will go to the Western Regions, climb the Kunlun Mountains, and find the Eastern Prince to explain it clearly."

"Okay, okay." Sun Lang clapped his hands, his eyes shining, and he was full of longing. "Brother, when will you conquer the Western Regions? It's so far away, you have to prepare for many years? Can I follow you?"

"Do you want to go?" Sun Ce put down the official document in his hand, stretched his legs, and looked at the young brother with a smile. Sun Lang and Sun Shangxiang were both born to Mrs. Ding. Mrs. Ding died early. Sun Lang and Sun Shangxiang were raised by her mother Mrs. Wu. Needless to say, Sun Shangxiang was born and lost her mother. She had no impression of Mrs. Ding at all, so she directly treated Mrs. Wu as her biological mother. Sun Lang was a little older, but she only knew that this was the case, but she had no feelings for her biological mother. He was twelve years old this year and had no talent for studying, so he naturally chose to follow the martial arts. But Sun Ce knew very well that Sun Lang's talent was incomparable to Sun Shangxiang. If he didn't train well, his future achievements would be average.

"I want to go, I want to go." Sun Lang nodded repeatedly.

"Then I will test you a few questions. If I can answer them, after the New Year, you will be my servant."

Sun Lang looked at Sun Kuang excitedly, agreed repeatedly, and then said, "It can't be too difficult. How good is my study not very good? Why don't you take the test of my archery or knife skills?"

"Of course, archery and knife skills will be tested, but "The Thirteen Chapters of Sun Tzu" and "The Strategy" are the first, and you can't calculate it. How can you become a real general?"

"Yes, yes, brother has to teach yes."

"If you want to go to the Western Regions, we will go to the Western Regions as the topic." Sun Ce picked up the paper and pen on the desk and pushed it to Sun Lang, asking him to record the questions. Sun Lang did not dare to neglect it, so he arranged the paper, picked up the pen, and took the exam seriously. Sun Kuang also sat aside, preparing to help. They were of similar age and were able to talk to each other very well. As his brother, Sun Kuang always took good care of his younger brother.

Seeing that Sun Lang was so nervous, Sun Ce did not dare to do something too difficult. He first wrote a transportation problem that was learned by arithmetic book and was closely related to the marching and combat officers. One strong man, one deer cart, carried twenty stones of grain, traveled forty miles a day, and ate six liters of rice. Question: How many people should a soldier be offered to fight thousands of miles?

This question is not difficult, and Sun Lang quickly answered it. The journey takes 25 days and 50 days to go back and forth. A total of three stones of grain is needed, and seventeen stones are left, which can be used for one soldier to eat 283 and one third of the day. If you go and return together, you can provide up to five and two thirds of the train.

Sun Ce immediately asked: When traveling west from Chang'an to the Western Regions, it is set as ten thousand miles. How many should one soldier be offered?

Sun Lang was a little confused. He thought about it for a long time, his forehead was covered with sweat. "Big...Brother, if you use a deer cart to transport grain and feed yourself, it will only take 166 and two-thirds of the day, and the journey will only take 6666 and two-thirds of the day. How can you travel thousands of miles? How can you serve the soldiers for food? Unless... you don't come back unless you go, and you will get food on the spot."

Sun Ce was a little surprised. Although Sun Lang's reaction was slow, he did not lose the habit of military strategists. Seeing that food transportation was difficult, he instinctively thought of feeding the enemy. However, tactics are tactics, and arithmetics are arithmetics. The purpose of his question was to let Sun Lang know how many practical problems there were behind the marching operations, and not to let him solve this problem.

"Put the food on the spot aside in advance. Since the purpose cannot be achieved by transporting a deer cart, we will change the transportation method." Sun Ce inspires: "You think about it first. We have several transportation methods now, and then calculate which way to transport grain is the cheapest and how much cheaper it can be."

"Here." Although Sun Lang answered, his confidence was seriously insufficient. This question was much more complicated than that taught by a math teacher. He was not sure that he could really figure it out.

"This question is used as an exercise question, you can calculate it yourself, and the time is not limited. When will you know how to calculate it? I still have a similar question here. You can calculate it again. As long as you can calculate it on the spot, you can come to me for an internship immediately."

Sun Lang looked up and looked at Sun Ce, a little excited and uneasy. "Brother, won't you take the exam?"

"It will be meaningful to be able to calculate such a question. If you come to me for an internship, you can only be a fighter at best. Instead of coming to me, you might as well go to Yicheng to learn swordsmanship with the Hu Chi Duwei."

Sun Lang was still hesitating, and Sun Kuang quietly pulled his sleeve and urged him to agree. Sun Ce could see clearly, but did not say it out loud, but just looked at Sun Lang. Sun Lang gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously.
Chapter completed!