One Piece of Song Dynasty

After Li Xin left, Liu Fa called Zhai Jin and Niu Gao. When Zhai Jin and Niu Gao entered the commander's tent, they saw Liu Fa playing with the chessboard.

When Liu Fa saw the two men entering the tent, he said: "Generals, come on, let's relax today."

Zhai Jin saw Liu Fa playing with the chessboard and asked, "Liu Shuai, what are you doing?"

Liu Fa replied: "This is chess that my lord improved from Xiangxi. The rules have been slightly changed, but after the changes, someone found it very interesting."

Zhai Jin said: "Oh, why is my lord interested in the object drama and also made improvements to the object drama."

Liu Fa replied: "My lord thinks our life is too boring, so I want to find something interesting for everyone to do. My lord doesn't know Go, so he thinks of elephant play. Come on, let me tell you the rules. Let's do it." Play a few games of chess and let’s talk after the game is over.”

Zhai Jin nodded and said: "Okay, Liu Shuai please."

Liu Fa explained the rules to the two in detail and played a few games with them. As a result, Zhai Jin won two games by luck, while Niu Gao failed to win a game.

Liu Fa asked: "What do you think of my lord's chess game?"

Zhai Jin said: "It seems that the rules are simple, but it is not simple in practice. It is like fighting a war, and it contains many ways of fighting."

Liu Fa said: "What does General Niu think?"

Niu Gao replied: "A certain family is different from yours. A certain family became literate late and only started to learn to read when the lord brought him to Quanzhou. Moreover, a certain family has never fought in a war. Unlike Liu Shuai and General Zhai, who have experienced Battle formation, so a certain family doesn’t know much about the way of fighting formation, but through playing chess, a certain family seems to have some feeling about the way of fighting formation."

Liu Fa nodded and said: "Well, General Niu is right. Playing chess is really helpful for learning the way of fighting formations. Especially now that we have no battle to fight, we can better understand the fighting formations by playing chess." The method is more effective than talking to the soldiers below. Two generals, my lord plans to promote chess in the army."

Zhai Jin asked in surprise: "Master, do you really want to promote chess in the army?"

Liu Fa replied: "Yes, my lord has asked the carpenters to start making more chess sets. After a while, a chess and card room will be set up in the army specifically for the soldiers to play chess after training."

Zhai Jin said thoughtfully: "My lord not only teaches literacy in the army, but also teaches battle formations through chess. It seems that our army will have many generals who are good at fighting in the future."

Liu Fa said: "What the master said touched a certain family deeply."

Zhai Jin asked: "Oh, Liu Shuai, what do you say?"

Liu Fa touched his beard and said: "My lord said that soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers. As long as every soldier's enthusiasm is mobilized, our army will be invincible in the world. Of course, enthusiasm does not mean enthusiasm. At times, hot blood alone cannot accomplish anything. The Lord needs soldiers who are both hot-blooded and smart, so that our soldiers can complete the general's orders at the minimum cost."

Zhai Jin sighed: "Only your lord cares so much about our soldiers. They are well treated, can read, and can learn how to fight. If it were the imperial court, it would not care about the life and death of those soldiers at the bottom."

Liu Fa said: "Of course, this is the difference between the lord and the imperial court, and it is also what attracts a certain family. The soldiers who survive on the battlefield will become elite men. The lord hopes that through so many practices, the soldiers can Try to survive as much as possible on the battlefield, so that our elites will become more and more numerous and our combat power will become stronger and stronger."

Zhai Jin nodded and said: "Now a certain family is more confident in the revival of my Han family."

Liu Fa waved his hand and said: "Okay, the two generals should go back and prepare to promote chess."

The two clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Liu Shuai, I have the order."

Ten days later, news came from the shipyard that the first clipper ship could be launched into the water for trial sea trials. Li Xin came to the shipyard after receiving the message.

After entering the shipyard, Li Xin saw a beautiful new sailboat. The ship was not very big, but its shape was extremely graceful, with low sides and a low superstructure.

This novel style sailboat has a length-to-width ratio of almost more than six to one. Its underwater shape is designed to be a very small resistance body, but it also maintains a certain lateral resistance profile, resulting in a particularly beautiful waterline. The bow waterline The surface is concave, and the long and sharp curved scissor-shaped bow post is in a posture suitable for racing. It can split waves and move forward on the sea to reduce wave resistance. The bow post also extends the length of the hull, along the By extending a diagonal bar from the bow post, more stay jibs can be hung at the bow, which will help expand the capacity of the stay sail; the bow is hollow, making it easier for the ship to lift its head in the waves and improving its course stability in the waves. sex; the tapered waterline of the rear body transitions harmoniously to the narrow rounded tail, blending harmoniously with the graceful bow shape.

The new ship also has three masts, and the masts are very high, so it can hang sails with a relatively large area. Because the hull is relatively long, there will be less interference between the three masts, and the horizontal mast is very wide, which greatly exceeds the width of the hull.

Although this boat has not been launched yet, after everyone saw this boat, their first impression was that this boat must be very fast and very suitable for high-speed navigation.

Li Xin stopped and looked at the new sailboat in front of her carefully for a long time, nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, okay, okay, it's basically similar to a certain ship model, and it's also very good-looking."

Old man Liu cupped his fists and said, "Master, this new ship also uses the steering wheel mechanism that the master mentioned."

Li Xin said: "Oh, have you fixed the steering wheel mechanism?"

Old man Liu replied: "Yes, after our testing, this steering wheel mechanism is indeed much less labor-intensive than the original rudder stock."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, then all ships will use steering wheel mechanisms, and Gonggong ships under construction and already built will also be changed to steering wheel mechanisms."

Old man Liu replied: "Yes, Master, I know it, and I also asked Master to give the new ship a name."

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "Let's call it a clipper ship. Now let's get ready to launch the trial voyage."

Following Li Xin's order, the boatman immediately slowly lifted the dock door with a winch. The lake water surged into the dock and soon submerged over the bottom of the ship, providing buoyancy for the ship. As the water in the dock As the lake became deeper and deeper, the clipper boat gradually floated up from its frame. Everyone stared at the boat nervously, observing its stability.

The result was very satisfying. The shipwrights controlled the balance of the ship very well, and the ballast stones were placed in place. After the new ship floated, it swung a little and then stabilized. It was basically invisible. There is a situation of leaning sideways or leaning forward or backward.