Chapter 745: Inspection while traveling

In fact, this shipwreck incident benefited from the timely rescue of the Han tribe, and successfully rescued the dying Elder Qi, which also brought great convenience to the subsequent handling.

Elder Qi, who woke up again, directly admitted his fault. Before they set out, the envoy of the Han tribe clearly advised them not to go to sea, but he and Elder Jin did not listen to the advice, which led to such a tragic disaster.

The parties involved have already defined the incident, and Commander Xin naturally can't say anything else, and can only admit that he is unlucky. However, after experiencing this incident, the senior leaders of the Xin tribe also truly realized the horror of the sea.

Although there are endless treasures in the sea, its dangers should not be underestimated. Just a slightly stronger sea breeze can easily destroy their sailboats.

Of course, there are also reasons that the boats are too small.

After realizing the truth of the problem, Commander Xin was naturally no longer willing to use small boats. Finally, he solemnly decided that the next batch would purchase two 20-meter-long two-masted sailboats at the same time. This was also the boat used by Youzhi when he first opened up the route from Liuyang River to Zhudao. Although it is not much larger than a single-masted sailboat, the advantages of this type of ship in terms of seaworthiness in the ocean are still very obvious.

But the beast tooth couldn't make a decision on this matter. The Han tribe had only agreed to sell one two-masted ship to the Xin tribe before, and the leader asked them to delay it first. Now that they have sunk the single-masted ship, it will be even more difficult to buy two at the same time, so he can only go to Wen Luochong.

In this way, the second letter from the beast tooth also came to Luochong's hands. At

this time, Luochong was taking his family to experience the characteristics of the herdsmen's life and having a lot of fun, but he didn't expect to be disturbed by this letter.

"If you want to buy, buy it? Do you know what a technical blockade is? Besides, do you have so much foreign exchange reserves?" Luochong muttered to himself in a low voice, but he didn't expect to be heard by Xiaodie beside him.

"Husband, is this about the Xin tribe again? Have those people been rescued?" Xiaodie was playing with the two children. Seeing Luo Chong sulking with a letter, she wanted to persuade him.

"Oh, only half of them were rescued. One of the two elders died, and the other had a high fever. It's hard for him to survive. The ship was also overturned by the waves and has sunk into the sea. The Xin leader actually wants to buy two more two-masted sailboats from our tribe. I'm still thinking about whether to sell them."

Luo Chong explained while rubbing the stubble on his chin, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Xiaodie couldn't interrupt when encountering such a big thing, so she just said a few words to Luo Chong not to overwork himself, and then took the children out to play.

Luo Chong pondered for a moment and finally made a decision, "Maybe I can really sell them two?"

The construction of ships is not something that can be figured out in a short time, nor is it something that the Xin tribe can imitate immediately. Giving them two small boats will not make any big waves, but instead they can focus all their energy and attention on shipbuilding. The Han tribe can not only make money, but also take the opportunity to get more power. The most important thing is that they can deploy future military and political affairs more calmly.

The Xin tribe wants to build their own ships. Let's not talk about anything else. Even if they really understand the technology of shipbuilding, the wood for shipbuilding alone must be air-dried for at least two years. However, Luo Chong's war against Zhudao will not be delayed that long. In less than two years, Zhudao will change its gates and be full of Han tribe flags.

So it doesn't matter whether to give them ships or not. In this case, just give them.

And since they have already agreed to sell them sailboats, just get two new ones from the shipyard.

Luo Chong naturally didn't have any good intentions, but had the idea of ​​deliberately making things difficult for them.

Although he could take this opportunity to dispose of the old ships in poor condition, he still wanted to use new ships to make things more difficult for the Xin tribe.

Because the number of old ships in the Han tribe was small and there were no coal mines, they had always used fish bladders for waterproofing. Later, as the number of ships increased and fish bladders gradually fell short of demand, the shipyard began to use pig skin fat for waterproofing. However, as the ships became larger and larger, waterproof materials became increasingly scarce,

so asphalt was used as waterproof adhesive. At present, all the new ships produced by the Han tribe are waterproofed with asphalt, and the Xin tribe wants to master the material technology of asphalt. Well, that is almost impossible. They have neither natural asphalt nor the ability to extract asphalt by dry distillation of coal tar.

The most important technology for wooden sailboats is waterproofing. Without such materials, even if they imitated the same ship, if it was full of holes and gaps, it would be impossible to sail.

As for whether they would think of using other colloids as substitutes, Luo Chong would not worry about it at all. In other words, even if they really built a suitable ship, it would still be vulnerable in front of the gunboats of the Han tribe. The reason why he restricted the shipbuilding industry of the Xin tribe was nothing more than wanting to trap the islanders of Zhudao on the island and prevent them from running around, so that it would be convenient for him to go there to receive them in the future.

After thinking through the key points here, Luo Chong wrote a reply letter to Shouya, asking him to handle the relationship with the Xin tribe according to the instructions.

Then, Luo Chong relaxed and continued his travel. Uh, no, it was an important matter of inspecting the territory.

Bringing three women and two children to the grassland for inspection and visit, because of different interests, everyone did not gather together.

Luo Chong first distributed the military telescopes he brought to the guards of the three counties of Honghu. Of course, the county governor was naturally indispensable. In addition, there were generals at all levels in the army. Telescopes were directly distributed to the first-level officials of the general flag. Scouts, or reconnaissance troops, had one in hand. How could it be described as a rich word.

In short, I, the leader of the Han tribe, Daqian

Luochong and the Kaiyuan County garrison troops, the generals of Qianniuwei, and the county governor Yingrui stood on the wall of the outer city to inspect the city defense, and also tried out the telescope on this commanding height.

"Chief, this telescope is really a reconnaissance weapon. If we had this equipment at the beginning of the year, we would definitely be able to see the Maodun coalition earlier, which would give us more time to prepare." Yingrui took the lead and said with a telescope, and his love for the telescope was overflowing.

"Yes, if we had this thing earlier, maybe Maodun would not have escaped. Every scout has a pair of telescopes, and Maodun can't get out of our sight no matter how fast he runs." Qianniuwei commander Chai Duoduo also said with emotion.

"It doesn't matter if he runs away. Maodun has been crippled by us. After seeing the fighting power of our Han tribe, even if Maodun wants to recruit people to fight the Han tribe in the future, I guess no one will be so stupid. This battle has completely demonstrated the prestige of our Han tribe and the power of artillery. As long as they are not stupid, no one will have the idea of ​​attacking us."

Luo Chong also said with a smile while stroking the protruding battlements on the city wall.

This thing is used for the first time in the history of the Han tribe's city building. The battlements protruding from the surface of the city wall are mainly used to attack those enemy troops hiding under the wall and those attacking the city like ants, so that the defense of the city wall can really have no dead angles. As long as the opponent does not take out heavy weapons such as catapults or cannons, the city wall of Kaiyuan County will not fear any enemy.

There will be more later

(end of this chapter)