Cao Miao laughed. "You are right, I have never built a ship, nor can I build a ship."

Wei Wen looked at Cao Miao, his expression could not see any changes. When he received Sun Quan's order to ask him to discuss shipbuilding with Cao Miao, he thought it was ridiculous. What kind of shipbuilding Cao Miao knew about? He was just young and had been sick for ten years before. He had not even completed his basic studies, nor had he worked in a position related to ships for a day. He knew how the ship was built?

He felt that Sun Quan's decision was very hasty, while the person who made the suggestion was almost shameless.

It is a joke to let the slander ministers participate in national affairs in person.

Now Cao Miao admitted that he could go back and hand in the business. He was about to go to sea and had so many things to deal with, but he was not in the mood to gossip with this frivolous boy.

Wei Wen stood up, raised his hand, and just as he was about to say goodbye, Cao Miao said again: "But I know why the tower ship is easy to overturn."

Wei Wen's eyes flashed and he looked Cao Miao's eyes again. "Please give me advice."

Cao Miao didn't say anything, took out a piece of melon from the plate and placed it on the table. The melon was narrow and long, with both ends raised, a bit like a boat. Cao Miao nodded the end of the melon with his hand, and the melon swayed back and forth, and it took a while before stopping. Cao Miao picked up another piece of melon, folded it on, and then did it again.

The melon on it slipped down, and Cao Miao took it and took a bite.

"Do you understand?"

Wei Wen did not move, and Ge Heng also held his cheek, pondering and silent.

Cao Miao's behavior seemed inexplicable, but Wei Wen and Ge Heng were not unfamiliar with it. The famous scholars always talked about this tone. The seemingly ordinary actions contained profound truths. Not everyone can understand that speaking out rashly will only make people laugh at it.

Moreover, the situation demonstrated by Cao Miao is indeed similar to the overturning of a building.

After thinking for a long time, Wei Wen said tentatively: "What the township master means is that the tower ship should not be too high?"

"May I?"

"Of course, it's just that the hull is huge and requires a large number of boatmen. The bottom floor is almost impossible to store supplies. If you don't have a few floors, you can only have limited transportation capacity. So many people go to sea, with food, wine, and amazing amounts, if..."

"In other words, only by building higher can you go to sea?"

"Although it's not necessary, it's roughly the reason." Wei Wen walked forward and picked up a piece of melon again, side by side with the previous piece. "We have also considered this kind of boat system, but the material requirements are too high, so it's difficult to find such a huge wood."

Cao Miao nodded. It seemed that Wei Wen had not thought of a solution, but under the current conditions, the solutions he could think of were limited. Sun Wu was the dominant naval army, and there were several ship officials in the territory, all of which were shipbuilding bases of the Han Dynasty, and his shipbuilding technology could be several streets higher than that of the Wei Kingdom.

But they still cannot solve the problem of large-scale ships being susceptible to overturning. A few years ago, Wei and Wu fought in the Ruxukou area, and the five tower ships were overturned by a storm. General Dong Xi refused to abandon the ship and unfortunately drowned. Last year, Sun Quan tried to produce a large ship that could take 3,000 people, and was also in danger during the trial voyage. Fortunately, his attendant Gu Li made a quick decision, which avoided the tragedy of the ship capsized.

This is the case on the river, and the wind and waves entering the sea are even greater, and the dangers can be imagined.

It can be said that Jiangdong's shipbuilding technology has encountered a bottleneck and cannot be broken through by accumulation of experience. In fact, for a long time, no one has surpassed the record created by Sun Quan.

Cao Miao was not sure to surpass this record. Although he knew the direction of his efforts, he was not sure whether it could be achieved immediately.

He didn't have the intention either.

If he really wanted to help Sun Quan build a sea ship that could carry three thousand people, Cao Rui could kill him eight times with righteousness.

"Do you know why the boat is easy to overturn?" Cao Miao put the melon peel on the table, took the cloth, and wiped his mouth and hands covered with melon juice.

Wei Wen bowed again and looked much more respectful. "Please give advice from the village master."

"Yin and Yang are imbalanced." Cao Miao stretched out his hand and gestured. "With the water surface as the boundary, above the water surface is yang, and below the water surface is yin, and yin is yin, so that the ship can be stable and safe. If the yin and Yang are imbalanced, it is inevitable that the risk of overturning will be inevitable. The greater the gap between Yin and Yang, the higher the risk of overturning."

He pulled out his knife and cut a small piece of the melon peel, and stood on it. "The boat you built is like this melon peel, the higher the more you build. As long as there is a little wind, there is a possibility of capsizing. But what if you insert this melon peel?" He dug a hole in the melon peel, put that small piece of melon peel in, and reached out to dial it. "Isn't it easy to turn over?"

Wei Wen nodded repeatedly as if he was thinking.

Ge Heng stared at the melon peel and fell into deep thought.

Wei Wen thought for a long time, but still didn't understand. "How can we find such a foundation? The water nature changes and cannot be fixed like a melon peel."

"This is just a metaphor." Cao Miao smiled.

Wei Wen closed his mouth awkwardly. Since Cao Miao said that this was just a metaphor, he had to understand the truth and then summarize it, how could he be qualified to talk to Cao Miao? Otherwise, he would not understand what Cao Miao said at all, so how could he discuss it?

Suddenly, he hated talking a little. Why can’t he say something directly and insist on going around so many turns?

Although he felt uncomfortable, Wei Wen was embarrassed to say it, so he had to open his eyes and stare at the melon skin and think hard, hoping to understand the essence of it and find a solution to the wind that can easily overturn the tower ship. If this problem can be really solved and reduce the risk of going to sea, he will have the opportunity to make great contributions.

When it comes to the wealth and prosperity of a surname, he is unwilling to owe Cao Miao favors easily.

Wei Wen and Ge Heng thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out a solution. In desperation, they had to leave with melon peel. Mrs. Sun was downstairs. After listening to Wei Wen's experience discussing with Cao Miao, she was amused and laughed and turned to Feilu.

"What mystery are you doing?"

"No." Cao Miao said with a smile. "Didn't I point them out?"

"Wei Wen's words are not rude?" Mrs. Sun sat down opposite Cao Miao. "The general in the army is inevitably domineering. Wei Wen is a scholar who has read books and always feels that he is arrogant and arrogant. You don't have to mind."

"I don't mind. Although I can't talk about any kindness, I won't be angry with him. However, it's not realistic for me to tell him everything." Cao Miao raised his eyelids, glanced at Mrs. Sun, and smiled and said, "You are like guarding me like a thief. Even the ship's official gate does not allow me to go further. I will help you build a ship? Isn't it unrealistic? Madam, you have to balance everything. If you believe me, I can believe you, right?"

Mrs. Sun frowned slightly and pondered for a while.

"You are right, but the navy is my Jiangdong skill and cannot be easily shown to others. You are still unwilling to formally submit to the State of Wu. Even if I believe in you, I cannot convince others. If you are willing to be loyal to the State of Wu and Princess Shang, I can ask the Supreme to be the Chief of the Ship."
Chapter completed!