Huainan.
Ordnance Supervisor.
"The prince is here!"
With a loud shout, all the craftsmen put down what they were doing and hurriedly walked to Ning Fan and saluted respectfully.
"See you, my lord!"
"Well, you're welcome to excuse me!"
Ning Fan had a smile on his face and a thick stack of drawings in his arms. He looked at Lu Ban and said with a smile, "Master Lu, how are you doing lately?"
"Thanks to the prince, I can eat delicious food and sleep peacefully."
"Hahaha!" Ning Fan smiled, handed over the drawings in his hand, and said softly: "I wonder if master has any experience in warship manufacturing technology?"
"Understand a little!"
Lu Ban took the drawing and glanced through it quickly. Looking at the detailed structural drawings, he couldn't help but look surprised: "Your Majesty, what is this?"
"This ship is called a fighting ship, and it was our main battleship during the Eastern Han Dynasty!"
"Now that I want to build a navy, this ship will be the main battleship!"
"It is related to Huainan's dominance of the East China Sea. Please sir, do your best to do so."
After hearing Ning Fan's words, Lu Ban's face became more solemn, and he slightly cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I am determined to live up to the expectations of the navy!"
"Um!"
Ning Fan nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Now, the shipyard is already stepping up construction, and it will be ready for production in three months at most!"
"I hope that within one year, I will use all my strength in Huainan to build three thousand fighting ships!"
"promise!"
"besides!"
After Ning Fan finished speaking, he took out a stack of blueprints from his arms and said with a smile: "This ship is a giant building ship designed by the king himself. It is four stories high and 32 feet long. It can carry more than two thousand soldiers. people!"
"Integrating attack and defense, it can carry crossbows, catapults, arrow towers, shield walls, etc.!"
"Sir, are you confident that you can build it?"
"This..." The shock on Lu Ban's face was beyond words. He watched for a long time before nodding heavily: "Your Highness, don't worry, with such detailed drawings, we will definitely be able to make it successfully."
"Very good!"
"I am waiting for good news!"
After Ning Fan finished speaking, Lu Ban showed a hint of hesitation on his face: "Your Majesty, this ship is huge and should be used at sea. If we want to access the East China Sea from Huainan, we need to go up the Huaihe River and east along the Li River."
"It doesn't matter!"
Ning Fan smiled, with a calm look on his face: "Huainan is located in the southeast, not too far from the East China Sea. I have ordered people to open a river channel."
"Forehead!"
Lu Ban suddenly had nothing to say, so he opened a river from Huainan and merged into the East China Sea?
How much manpower and material resources need to be invested?
Is it possible... It's a pity that the barbarians suffered...
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Da Yan.
Bauhinia City.
Imperial Garden.
Quan Ji, the iron-blooded prime minister of the Great Yan Kingdom, stood in front of Emperor Yan, with a bit of caution in his eyes, and there were also several unattractive ministers standing next to him.
"Your Majesty, Hu Nu's envoy has arrived in Beijing."
"Um!"
Emperor Yan nodded slightly and said calmly: "Tomorrow, I will announce their early appearance."
"According to the order!"
"Your Majesty!" Quan Ji slightly cupped his hands, with a bit of solemnity in his eyes: "Hu Nu came here with a very big intention. No matter what requests they make, they must not agree easily."
"What if we negotiate a peace?"
The Minister of Rites asked, but Quan Ji was silent. Not only Quan Ji, but also all the ministers, including Emperor Yan, were silent.
For more than a hundred years, Da Yan and Hu Nu have never stopped fighting. More than a million bones have been buried on the border between the two countries. But now, Hu Nu has come with good intentions. Although he has intentions, as far as Da Yan is concerned, If peace can be negotiated, it may change the pattern of the Central Plains for more than a hundred years.
"hehe!"
"Yan Longwei has given me a secret letter. Hu Nu's visit this time is indeed for the purpose of negotiating peace. What do you guys think?"
Emperor Yan's eyes looked around, and finally fell on Quan Ji. He could decide many matters in Da Yan's country and the court with one word, but the iron-blooded prime minister of Da Yan country was the only one. Someone who can stop him!
"His Majesty!"
"It is strange for Hu Nu to come to negotiate peace at this time."
"As far as I know, Hu Nu's main army has been moving closer to the east recently, and the Mobei Bayi tribe has also been frequently deploying troops."
"If my prediction is correct, Hu Nu should be plotting against Dayu!"
As soon as Quan Ji finished speaking, all the ministers looked surprised. The Minister of Rites spoke slowly: "The Hu Nu have been fighting with me, Da Yan, for hundreds of years. Our Da Yan has strong soldiers and horses, which intimidate the Central Plains. In the past hundred years, not a single Hu Nu has been allowed to enter." Close half a step."
"Now, they can't find a breakthrough from me, Da Yan, so they start to shift their positions?"
"Haha, a group of barbarians also want to invade the Central Plains?"
There was a bit of solemnity in Quan Ji's eyes: "In the past two years, Dayu has swept across all directions with the power of thunder, and his troops are at their peak!"
"In my opinion, it is not that easy for Hu Nu to enter the pass from Dayu."
"Wouldn't that be just right?"
An old man with drooping temples and shoulders next to him smiled and said: "When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. Whether it is Dayu or Hu Nu, they are both the thorns in my heart, Dayan!"
"Nowadays, there are rebellions in Dali. If we can negotiate a peace with Hunu and let them fight dogs with Dayu, it will be a hundred benefits and no harm to me, Dayan."
"The most important thing is that without the restraint of Hu Nu, our army in the northern border of Da Yan can sweep across Da Li and change the pattern of the Central Plains."
"Your Majesty, what Mr. Chen said is true. If Hu Nu negotiates peace with me, Da Yan, it would be worth giving them some gold, silver, food and grass."
Emperor Yan nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with what the old man said, and turned to look at Quan Ji, who had not spoken yet: "What do you think, Prime Minister Quan?"
"His Majesty!"
Quan Ji slightly raised his hand and said, "Hu Nu has millions of cavalry, and with the Bayi tribe in Mobei, even if Dayu's army is at its peak, they cannot stop it."
"The disputes among the countries in the Central Plains are ultimately our internal affairs in the Central Plains. If Hu Nu really breaks through and breaks in, he can wipe out Donghuai in an instant, and then occupy half of the country in the east and compete with me, Da Yan."
"The Hunu who entered the Central Plains were a hundred times more terrifying than those like Yu and Dali."
"According to my opinion, I can negotiate peace with him, but I cannot allow him to invade the Central Plains. He must act according to the opportunity."
Emperor Yan's brows furrowed slightly, and there was a hint of displeasure in his eyes: "What do you mean, let my soldiers continue to defend the northern border and continue to fight to the death with Hu Nu?"
"No!"
Quan Ji shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Hu Nu wants to negotiate peace with me. At this time, I have the initiative. I can ask for good horses, cattle and sheep as a condition."
"If Hu Nu attacks Yu, I, Dayan, can also take the opportunity to attack Dali. However, if Dayu is in danger of losing his country, I, Dayan, must not sit idly by."
"Dayu can be defeated but not destroyed. If he dies, he will be in danger!"
"Can!"
Emperor Yan also breathed a sigh of relief. This was the closest step he had taken to dominating the Central Plains, and it was also an opportunity that his ancestors had never encountered.
Da Yan will definitely stand at the top of the Central Plains.
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