The actor-level performance directly made Meng Lianggon burst into tears. At this moment, he just felt that his adopted brother was so kind and loyal that he was better than his biological brother. At this moment, he had forgotten the original intention of becoming a sworn brother with Ma Hanshan.
Everyone will have this kind of moment. They will always be moved by something and then forget their original intention. However, people in this world are too simple. Meng Lianggon was already moved when Ma Hanshan started performing.
We set off. Ma Hanshan was rich and the boat he rented was a big boat. Although the big boat was a little slower than the small boat, the river was so big that it couldn't be much slower. The most important thing was that the big boat was stable. Even if it was driven at the highest speed, it still didn't make any difference.
shake.
Ma Hanshan kept urging the shipowner to go faster and faster... He suddenly remembered the fast dhows he had seen in his previous life. If he could get a few dhows in this world... would he be able to dominate the rivers and offshore waters?
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"Huahua...get a pen and paper..." Ma Hanshan suddenly shouted. He wanted to draw the dhow in his mind immediately and wait to find a shipbuilder to build a "modern dhow".
Ma Hanshan added the word "modern" to everything he created, modern military training, modern fire and water lamps, modern ignition grenades, etc., as well as modern hydraulic punches, modern hydraulic forging presses...
"Brother Xian, what you drew is...you drew the sail wrong..." Meng Lianggon saw Ma Hanshan scribbling on the paper with a strange pen, and couldn't help but come over to watch.
"Haha, that's absolutely right. This is a modern triangular sailboat. Brother Meng, can you believe it? My boat is twice or even twice as fast as these hard sailboats." Ma Hanshan said confidently.
"Ah? Is what my dear brother said true? If it is really that fast, then we can build a fast navy." Meng Lianggon said excitedly.
"Haha, there are faster ones." Ma Hanshan pondered for a moment and drew a clipper ship in his memory.
"Brother, why are the boats you painted different from our existing boats? What's the name of this boat?" Meng Lianggon was a studious young man. When he saw the boats painted by Ma Hanshan, he felt all the sadness in his heart.
Forgot.
"This is called a clipper ship, a high-speed sea-going ship with a maximum speed of more than 20 knots." Ma Hanshan said, tapping the "picture" on his hand.
"What's the speed of more than 20 knots?" Meng Lianggon responded immediately.
"One knot is almost four miles, and twenty knots means that you can sail seventy or eighty miles every half hour..." Before Ma Hanshan could finish speaking, Meng Lianggon slapped him heavily on the shoulder.
"Seven or eighty miles and half an hour? Xian... Xian brother, are you... sure? You really didn't... didn't exaggerate?" Meng Lianggon was very excited.
"Of course it's true. I'm at home with this boat... I designed this boat. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Ask Huahua, which of the things I designed is not surreal? Otherwise, why is it called modern?" Ma Hanshan did not dare to say it.
I had seen it in my hometown, but I didn’t know how to explain it to Meng Lianggon, so I simply said that I designed it myself, and no one would sue him for infringement or anything like that.
"Okay...Okay...Great...Brother, this boat...how much money does it cost to build one?" Meng Lianggon was so excited that his face turned red and his eyes shone.
"Brother Meng, you won't tell me that you want to build this boat, right?" Ma Hanshan was very surprised. How could this guy be different from other Dasong people and actually like boats? Everyone likes cars and horses.
"Of course... Dear brother, if we now have an ocean-going navy, we can easily defeat the Donghu people. Unfortunately, although we have a navy, it is too weak. We can only wander around rivers and seashores, and cannot sail far at all." Meng Liang
Gong was very excited and took out a map from his arms, pointed at Liaoyang Mansion and said, "This area is Hugou's lair. If our navy is strong enough, we can use it from Huainan East Road and Liangzhe East Road to any port along the coast.
Send troops, go north along the Yellow Sea, enter the Bohai Sea, and then land in Jinzhou, killing him by surprise. All Hu Gou's troops have been transferred south, and his lair is very empty. Because of this, the bandit Yelu Ge rebelled against Dong Hu.
Then make yourself king."
"A surprise force was sent out, and Hu Gou's lair was raided without anyone noticing, and then he attacked southward. Meanwhile, I praised the Huaidu line, and at the same time sent troops to the north to implement a north-south advance. Hu Gou's national power is now empty and two-faced.
If you are attacked, I will definitely recover the country." Meng Lianggon was dancing with joy as he spoke, as if his strategic plan would be realized soon.
Ma Hanshan had never studied military affairs or the art of war, but he was like a natural, and he was almost self-taught in military matters. Meng Lianggon's plan was undoubtedly a good one. But he immediately discovered a problem.
He raised his head and said to Meng Lianggon: "Brother Meng's strategy is a good one, but we must find a way to hold down Northern Mongolia. Otherwise, the tigers will join forces with Mongolia, or Northern Mongolia will take advantage of our army to regain the lost territory from north to south."
At that time, he gave us a knife from behind and hit us in Caogu, then our navy attacking from north to south would be in trouble. Well, also, the navy is for water warfare, and fighting ashore is not what they are good at.
.So, a Marine Corps must be trained.”
On that day, he insisted on calling the Marine Corps the Marine Corps to avoid Meng Lianggon from asking him what branch of the navy it was.
Upon hearing this, Meng Lianggon looked solemn and stared at the map without speaking.
"Haha, Brother Meng, you don't have a single battleship now, what are you worried about?" Ma Hanshan put away the "drawings" he drew and said with a smile.
"Brother, can you give these two pictures to me?" Meng Lianggon stretched out his hand and said.
"Of course, but the operation of these two ships is completely different from the operation of our current Shachuan Fuzhou Guangzhou Ship. Even if the ships are built, it will probably cost a lot of money to train a group of shipwrights and sailors to operate these two ships.
Not much time." Ma Hanshan spread his hands and said, "Of course, it would be good to build a pair of clipper ships for intelligence transmission."
Both dhows and clipper boats are soft sailing boats. The ropes used to hang the sails are dizzy just looking at them, not to mention operating them. Sailors without long-term training cannot operate them at all. Even sailors with long-term training are quite tiring to operate them.
.Compared with the easy operation of the Shachuan Fuchuan Guangzhou Ship, the operation of the clipper ship is simply a nightmare. Nearly 80% of the sailors on each ship serve the sails on the ship.
"Brother, please calculate how much money it costs to build this ship..." Meng Lianggon felt that sailor training is not a problem. If you praise so many people, are you afraid that you won't be able to train sailors to operate the ship?
"Brother Meng, how much money is a trivial matter, the key is whether we can find a shipbuilder to build the ship. To be honest, I haven't figured out how to make these ships. I can only draw an outline." Of course, Ma Hanshan didn't know these two.
How are ships made? He has only seen these two types of ships in movies and TV shows.
He drew these two kinds of ships in his memory on a whim, hoping to meet a master shipbuilder who could build the ship with such "drawings".
In the shipbuilding industry, are there people like Zhang Machinery? This ship is not as complicated as a punch machine. Seeing such a "beautiful" "picture", they should be able to imagine the structure of the ship.
"Yes... there must be... We praise our land for its rich resources, outstanding people, and outstanding masters in all walks of life. I also know a few of the shipbuilding masters. After returning to Beijing... Alas, I don't know what happened to my father's injury.
"Meng Lianggon thought of his father's injury and suddenly lost interest in talking about the boat.
"Don't worry, uncle will be fine." Ma Hanshan did not comfort Meng Lianggon, but told him with certainty.
"Brother Xian, you don't know how vicious the opening and closing barb arrows are. Once the arrow is hit, it cannot be pulled out. Even if it is pulled out by force, most of the time it will not stop the bleeding. If the bleeding cannot be stopped, the wound will not heal..." Meng Liang Gong said sadly.
"Haha, don't worry, young general. As long as General Meng doesn't forcefully pull out the arrow, and as long as the young master arrives, he will be fine." Qi Nanyue said with a smile.
"What do you mean? Brother Xian has a solution?" Meng Lianggon looked at Ma Hanshan in surprise.
"Of course the young master has a way. He is the miracle doctor of Guogai Mountain. Let alone a mere arrow, the young master can treat no matter how serious the injury is." Shen Hua also boasted about the method, and she had the intention of tricking Ma Hanshan to death.
"Really? Brother, you actually know medical skills?" Meng Lianggon was shocked again. He really didn't expect that the brother he had befriended with a purpose was not only kind-hearted and a good person, but also a versatile person. , what more surprises can he give?
"My medical skills are beyond comparison because I don't know how to treat diseases. I can treat some minor injuries." Ma Hanshan was rarely modest.
"It's great. The master treats me so well. He actually allowed me to meet a good brother..." Meng Lianggon became "sentimental" again.
"I also feel that God has treated me well and allowed me to meet Brother Meng... Brother Meng is my biggest gain from this trip..." Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
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As the saying goes, money makes trouble, but Ma Hanshan and his friends were not afraid of death, and they were willing to spare the money. The boatman who was originally unwilling to sail at night was "impressed" by Ma Hanshan's money. The boat kept stopping, and the two groups of people took turns steering the boat and driving it all night long, covering more than 2,000 miles of waterway, and they arrived in more than 20 hours. The power of silver is really limitless.
Lin'an has been the capital of Dasong for many years. Although it is far less prosperous than the original capital of Bianliang, it is still quite good. After all, this is the richest area in Jiangnan.
However, there was one thing that Ma Hanshan couldn't understand: why Dasong didn't choose Jiankang as its capital. The conditions there were better than Lin'an in every aspect. Could it be that because it was too close to the "border", the emperor of Dasong was afraid?
Alas, the emperor's way of defense is to guard the country. An emperor who is afraid of death will always be bullied by foreign enemies and will never be able to make the country strong.
Ma Hanshan followed Meng Lianggon to the Meng Mansion... It was a small mansion. Ma Hanshan didn't know what kind of house a second-rank official of the Great Song Dynasty should live in, but he was sure that the Meng Mansion was very shabby and not worthy of the status of the Meng family. , is it because the Meng family has no money or is it because the Meng family is incorruptible?
"Silang...Silang, you are back...general...the general was plotted by thieves..." Ma Hanshan was looking at the Meng Mansion when an uncle ran out of the concierge and burst into tears before he even got close.
"Uncle Biao...Uncle Biao, I'm back...I know dad is injured...quickly...take my sworn brother there...he is a miracle doctor..." Meng Lianggon went up to hug the uncle who ran out and said.
As expected, most of the doormen and drivers were confidants. Looking at the movements of this doorman and Meng Lianggon, we knew that he was definitely a servant with status in the Meng family.