Chapter 362 Chen Youliang

Chen Youliang, a native of Huangpengshan, Yusha County, Mianyang, Hubei Province, has been fishing for generations. His father Chen Pucai has five sons, and Youliang has three. He dropped out of school for less than three years after he was a private school. Under the guidance of his father, he developed a great martial arts.

In official history, Chen Youliang was once a minor official in the county. In the first month of the 15th year of Zhizheng, Xu Shouhui's general Ni Wenjun defeated Mianyang again. Chen Youliang resolutely rebelled in Huangpeng and joined the Red Turban Army. Ni Wenjun gave him the official position of a bookkeeper. Chen Youliang fought bravely and was promoted to marshal for his merits. In September of the 17th year of Zheng, Ni Wenjun failed to murder Xu Shouhui, fled to Huangzhou and defected to Chen Youliang. He originally wanted to work with Chen Youliang to accumulate power again, but unexpectedly, he was killed by Chen Youliang and turned him to the marshal.

The head was presented to Xu Shouhui. Chen Youliang was trusted by Xu Shouhui for this. Chen Youliang finally began his plan to usurp the throne. At the 19th of Zhizheng, Chen Youliang killed Zhao Pusheng, the general of Tianwan who had made outstanding contributions in the anti-Yuan war. In December of the same year, he killed Xu Shouhui's left and right ministers, held Xu Shouhui hostage, and called himself the King of Han. In the 20th year of Zhizheng, he killed Xu Shouhui in Caishi and established himself as emperor. The country was founded and the country was called Dahan, and the reign of the great righteousness was changed to the call of restoring the rule of the Han dynasty.

Chen Youliang has always been rebellious, but he dared to act and take responsibility. He killed Xu Shouhui and usurped the throne and founded the country. However, the year name is called Dayi. Who dares to say that I, Chen Youliang, is unfaithful?

The three most important forces at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng, and Chen Youliang. In history, there was a saying that Youliang was the most Jie and Shicheng was the richest.

However, due to Zhang Yang's time travel, history has become a little different.

Zhang Yang's time travel aggravated the turmoil of the Yuan Dynasty, destroyed the millions of troops of the court, and even caused the last pillar of the court, the Taishi Tutuo, to be dismissed and exiled. This also led to the crisis of the imperial court's struggle for power between the crown prince and the emperor, because under the suppression of the Taishi Tutuo, the crown prince would not be established at all, and he would have no rightful status.

The chaos in the northern court led to the rapid development of the power of the Red Turban Army in the South. Ni Wenjun captured Mianyang two years in advance. Chen Youliang joined the Red Turban Army two years earlier than history. Although Chen Youliang did not understand military tactics, he was both brave and good at power and strategy. He was the secretary of the sword and pen, and later promoted to marshal. He took advantage of the conflicts between the generals of the rebel army and killed Ni Wenjun, Zhao Pusheng, and Xu Shouhui, and took over the Tianwan regime.

At this time, Chen Youliang was facing a huge development space, because, in history, the biggest obstacle to his great cause, Zhu Yuanzhang had already been smashed into memory by a piece of tiles. Zhu Yuanzhang, who eventually defeated Chen Youliang in Poyang Lake, had long lost the momentum in history.

Chen Youliang was full of confidence. Jiangnan and even the whole country were his world. The banner of the Han Kingdom would eventually be planted on the city of Dadu. He regarded Zou Pusheng as the Grand Tutor, Zhang Bixian as the Prime Minister, and Zhang Dingbian as the Grand Marshal. He actively reorganized his army and prepared for war, preparing to expand his territory eastward.

"The raw materials used for wooden boat keels are best for old camphor wood, hard wood and good bending properties. Our wood has been left for half a year. After the fire is burned to remove the moisture, it can meet the construction standards." Zu Qing said to Zhang Yang while walking.

Listening to the gentle voice beside him, Zhang Yang looked at the pile of wood next to him, and the faint figure actually merged with this huge site naturally. Zhang Yang couldn't help but feel distracted.

However, he quickly suppressed some impulse in his heart and then walked forward with Zu Qing.

"When can we start building?" Zhang Yang asked.

"The boat platform over there is being built, and we can start when the boat platform is being built. However, the preliminary preparations, such as those keels, have already begun to be bent." Zu Qing said, pointing to the other side, countless workers were working there.

"The wood is straight in the middle of the rope, and it is thought to be a wheel, and the curve is in the middle of the curve. Even if there is a dry and violent thing and no longer stands up, it is just a matter of making it happen." Zhang Yang suddenly remembered the words in the words of encouraging school when he was a child.

Speaking of this, Zu Qing stopped and looked at Zhang Yang with her watery eyes: "I didn't expect that Lord Zhang was born in a salt field and was a business of selling salt for generations. He could still be familiar with encouraging students to study?"

"Of course, I'm called self-taught." Zhang Yang said bluntly.

The wood is straight and straightened ink rope. If it is heated and bent to make a wheel, its curvature can be in line with the compass. Even if it is dried again, it will not be straightened again. This is because it is artificially bent like this. This is what the sentence just now means.

And now, those workers are using heating to bend the wood into suitable shapes, which is a very skillful labor.

In order to withstand the wind and waves of the sea, every keel on the treasure ship must be bent from a whole piece of wood into the required shape. This work, even with modern craftsmanship, is very challenging, and in this era, has been solved by craftsmen.

"The wooden boards applied outside the wooden boat must be mainly fir as the raw material, supplemented by hemp silk, lime, tung oil, etc. Natural aged fir trees are more than 30 years old. Such wood is made of solid, tough, and lighter, so the ship built can have a high buoyancy, can carry heavy loads, is light and sensitive, and is strong and durable. After the ship is built, in order to make the boards anti-corrosion and ensure the hull durability, it must be three times for the oil tanker. The new ship oil can be put into the water after a period of time, and after the tung oil is completely dry, you can get into the water." Zu Qing said.

Zhang Yang knew that using wood to make a boat requires so many raw materials, and only a master with very complex craftsmanship and superb skills could do it.

Small treasure ships are typical pointed-bottomed blessed ships, which are different from inland river canal ships. The head is pointed, the tail is wide, the two ends are upturned, the two sides are arched outward, and there are wide flat decks and continuous hatches on the hull, which have the ability to navigate from the ocean.

In addition to steam engines and cannons, that is Zhang Yang's latest warship. His target is not only the land in the south, but also the large area of ​​land in Southeast Asia, even Africa and the Americas.

"I have carefully studied your steam engine ship. I feel that there are still some problems with the water wheels on both sides. You can add more blades. Moreover, with such a curve, it should also increase the speed of the ship." Zu Qing was talking all the time, and Zhang Yang was listening carefully.

Zhang Yang was very happy. Zu Qing was simply a gift from God. Although she was a woman, she took on the main brigade of the shipyard. Just mobilizing these workers to work and assigning tasks to them was a troublesome thing. However, Zu Qing sorted the place in an orderly manner and started building a ship in half a year. This was simply a miracle.

"Qingqing, thank you for your hard work in the past six months." Zhang Yang said.

When Zu Qing heard Zhang Yang's words, he was shocked: "These are all things I should do, and they are just fulfilling my grandfather's wish." In her mind, she felt a little shy when she recalled the conditions proposed by her grandfather.

However, my grandfather did find her a good husband. He was gentle and elegant. Although he had been managing a huge province, he did not feel as if he was arrogant and powerful. Even the old farmers in the fields could go over and have a friendly conversation. Everyone in the province was very grateful to him.

Moreover, he had powerful force and drove Zhu Yuanzhang back to Jiangbei without any effort. There was no movement for half a year. If it were any army, it would probably not have such ability.

"Mr. Zhang is here?" a female voice shouted from behind.

Zhang Yang turned around and said, "Ms. Xie, are you still used to living here?"

This person is Xie Zaixing's daughter, Xie Ran.

When Xie Zaixing died, she was the only daughter left behind, and then put her in her house and put her together with Ruohan and others. So Zhang Yang simply asked her to come to the shipyard to accompany Zu Qing.

As a result, the two sisters were very close, and Xie Ran was also interested in the shipbuilding technique and often helped Zu Qing.

At this moment, Luo Guanzhong came hurriedly.

"Master, you are indeed here, you have found you." Luo Guanzhong said.

In this era, there is no cell phone, so it is still very troublesome to find someone.

"Guanzhong, what happened?" Zhang Yang asked.

Luo Guanzhong wanted to say, but seeing Zu Qing and the others here, it was inconvenient to answer.

"You two say, let's go and see the construction of the boat platform first." After Zu Qing said that, he took Xie Ran's hand and walked forward.

"I haven't talked to Lord Zhang yet." Xie Ran, who was ignorant, wanted to refuse, but was still pulled away by Zu Qing.

Luo Guanzhong looked at the two women's backs away and thought to himself, "The lord is really blessed!" It seems that even Xie Ran may fall in love with the lord."

Zhang Yang did not pay attention to Luo Guanzhong's thoughts and said, "Guanzhong, what happened?"

"Lord, you have always been asking me to pay attention to collecting situations in various places, especially Xu Shouhui's troops. As expected, Chen Youliang was really a character. He actually killed Xu Shouhui and became king." Luo Guanzhong said.

Chen Youliang made himself king, which was a major event that caused a sensation in the south. After obtaining the news through the pigeon system, Luo Guanzhong immediately reported to Zhang Yang.

What should come out, it will come out! Zhang Yang thought.

Chen Youliang is a hero in troubled times. He and him are destined to have a destined battle, Zhang Yang thought of it.

Unlike other forces, Chen Youliang's army has the biggest feature of its strong water battle ability. After all, Zhang Yang is able to do so, in addition to advanced weapons, he is probably the powerful navy. The steam engine ship has become a symbol of his strength.

Therefore, the attack on the Tartars, Zhu Yuanzhang, and the navy all played a great role.

But Chen Youliang is different. Chen Youliang's naval army has been fighting for a long time. Although he does not have the advanced power of a steam engine, Chen Youliang is in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and he is in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The other party goes downstream, and the advantages of this steam engine will also offset a lot.

More importantly, my navy's family is still the modified warships. It seems that I have to hurry up.

"When you go back, immediately call up all the generals and prepare to discuss countermeasures. I will communicate with Zu Qing." Zhang Yang said.

"Yes, lord." Luo Guanzhong replied.

Although I was sympathetic, I had to urge Zu Qing to speed up the progress. She was so weak, I hope she would not be exhausted.
Chapter completed!