"Okay, then we will work together to assist the lord, and will develop and strengthen Xuzhou next year and solve the problem of food and clothing for the people." Chen Gong said passionately. After several years with Lu Bu, he finally made some achievements.

"How is the wood thing going? Has the coordination been done?"

Chen Gong smiled and said, "I forgot the important thing. I coordinated and dried the old materials and dried them for 4,000 old trees, but the transportation was slow, so it should have been transported. In addition, in Tancheng, Hou Cheng found thousands of large red pine forests. The owner of the tree had died in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. There were about 8,000 red pine trees that were thick with one person, which was enough for the lord to build a big ship. But can the lord reveal in advance what ship to build is so consuming so much wood?"

Lu Bu took a pencil-drawn boat picture from the bookshelf next to him. This is a boat picture of a flat-bottomed sand boat. The entire boat has no forecastle, and the stern building should be the large warehouse on the lower floor of the deck, which actually has five mast sails.

"This is called a flat-bottomed sand-proof ship, which is adapted to sailing by the sea and in rivers. It is fifteen zhang long, three zhang wide, and one and a half zhang high. It can transport about 800,000 kilograms of grain, and requires more than a hundred sailors."

A small boat worth hundreds of tons, in Lu Bu's eyes, looks like a fishing boat.

But in Chen Gong's opinion, this is the main warship, because of Liu Biao and Sun Ce's warship of this era are the largest.

"Lord, can this ship enter the Yangtze River? Can it go up along the river?"

"Okay, the water flows slowly in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. More sailors can set up rows and go straight to Jianye City. If you build sand boats, we can go north to Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Dongwu in the south. Now the military advisor understands the importance of shipbuilding."

Chen Gong gave a deep gift: "The lord is really far-sighted, which is really admirable."

"We must keep the shipbuilding matter highly confidential, so don't talk about it. Now, the princes and various secret spies will be sent to destroy it once Sun Ce learns that they will definitely send people to destroy it, so we only promote the construction of the Weishan Lake naval army and keep silent about the shipbuilding workshop in Lianyun County."

"clear."

Chen Gong is cunning and has a very high level of confidentiality in such matters, and only a few people know about it.

However, sailing can only be the first attempt, not what Lu Bu wants. Sailing depends on the wind speed and direction, which is relatively troublesome.

Lu Bu invited Hao Meng and Zang Ba again, and there were four people in the room, Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Hao Meng and Zang Ba.

Lu Bu spread out the sheepskin map and drew Yuan Shu's sphere of influence.

Many important places in Huainan area, including Hefei, were under the control of Yuan Shu. Originally, Sun Ce was a general of Yuan Shu. If it were not for Sun Ce's rebellion, Yuan Shu would have been the most powerful prince in the world. Even if Yuan Shu had 170,000 mercenaries now, he would have been the most powerful prince in the world.

Zang Ba looked at Lu Bu: "What does lord mean?"

"Yuan Shu has almost prepared to proclaim himself emperor. It is estimated that it will be announced soon after the New Year. At that time, the princes of the world will rise up and attack them. We will take the opportunity to seize the territory and see where is the best."

Hao Meng frowned, and Chen Gong stared at Hefei with a torch.

"Hefei, Danyang, we want to take it down, not just to grab territory. Taking Hefei to cut off the pace of Sun Ce's small thief's development westward. Taking Danyang can recruit elite Danyang soldiers. Danyang County is okay, but Hefei may not be easy to take it down."

"It's okay. At that time, I will lead strong troops to attack Hefei. As long as I defend Guangling and Xuzhou, there will be no problem. Gao Shun is in charge of Rencheng in the north, and it will be foolproof. Now we need to prepare for a large-scale winter training. The city patrol army of the Gongtai, and the city guards must strengthen training. Zang Ba and Hao Meng's two units will conduct offensive and defensive drills. The battle is imminent, and no one is allowed to slack off."

Everyone nodded. It seemed that the year was not going well, and the result of Yuan Shu's proclaiming emperor must be a melee.

Zang Ba was also very excited: "This is a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation. If used properly, our sphere of influence can break out of Xuzhou. The land and population in Hefei are fertile, and it is a good place."

"Everyone will go back and say nothing, just train troops. The weather is cold now, and there are fish transported from the beach every day to help the soldiers improve their lives. The New Year is coming soon, and each soldier will be given a bonus of 100 copper coins in the past few days."

"Yes, lord."

Everyone went back and made arrangements.

The Danyang soldiers in Lu Bu's headquarters have grown to 5,000 people, which are 5,000 infantrymen. These soldiers are strong and never wear military coats except patrolling at night.

During the day, I wear autumn clothes and long pants, wearing thin cotton jackets and cotton pants, wearing cowhide armor, and screaming when fighting.

In the morning, Lu Bu led 1,500 Xuzhou Iron Cavalry to run in front.

The five thousand Danyang infantrymen were following and ate the dust.

"Ahem, the dust is too big, there is still horse manure on the ground and it is sticky."

The war horses trot with their steps, and the infantry had to strode. Ten miles of jogging was nothing to the Danyang soldiers.

When they returned to the barracks, everyone fed water to wash their hands and faces. After a while, the Huotou Army shouted: "Since dinner, ten people will send someone here."

After continuous improvement, the soldiers no longer had to squat on the ground for their meals. Now they use square tables and food. The food is ready, and they are assigned to a team of ten people, and then they eat their own.

Everyone drooled at the sight of breakfast today. In addition to corn porridge, steamed buns and pickles, there was a pot of vegetables.

"What a god, this is actually a pot fish."

Everyone found that a ceramic basin of fish was cut into palm-sized pieces, with green onions, ginger, and garlic, and stewed fragrantly.

Everyone, look at me, I see you, and I don’t dare to speak out.

A soldier wanted to eat, but the chief quickly stopped him.

"Wait for a while, this is sea fish, it's delicious. I'll ask, don't bring us the top dish."

Shi Chang went over and asked the Huotou Army: "What's wrong with that fish today? Do you have any?"

The Huo Tou Jun was gnawing at the fish head: "What? I don't want to eat, I don't want to eat and bring it back."

I looked at other tables and they actually had them.

Then wait for a little yarn and then start it when you come back.

A large pot of fish had nothing left except fish bones, and they were all full.

The officers arrived soon.

"How was the breakfast arrangement today? Is it delicious?"

“Delicious, delicious.”

"I also ate the fish. At noon, the siege exercise will be closed to the dark room for three days."

"Don't worry, we people from Danyang climb ladders are like walking on a flat road."

At noon, the city climbing exercise was held at the Xuzhou City Wall. In order to look real, a fire was lit around.

The infantry carried the ladder and shouted. In fact, the so-called ladder was about four meters high, and they put the ladder up.

Archers cover and specialize in shooting guards on the city walls.

Soldiers holding shields and waist knives rushed up the city wall.

Lu Bu looked behind him. Just judging from the speed of going up the ladder, the Danyang soldiers were still fine, but they didn't know what would happen if they really fought.
Chapter completed!