The next day, Wang Pu went to the front office of the palace to deliver the military order of the Privy Council. He secretly talked with Guo Shao about the attack on the Southern Tang Kingdom. He told the story of the Jiangnan water network, which was even more dangerous to the river, and water battles were crucial.

Guo Shao agreed and soon contacted Han Tong, the commander of the Ma Busi, the commander of the guards, and the group went to the Bian River in the west of the city to watch the water army camp of the guards.

Han Tong is known as Han Xingyan, and is also a person who is not easy to deal with. Guo Shao found that there are many people who are confused when dealing with interpersonal relationships. However, Han Tong is also a person who abides by the rules, even more rules than Shi Yanchao, so Guo Shao has never been concerned about Han Tong. During the Tokyo Mutiny last year, although Han Tong did not help Guo Shao at all, he did not help Zhao Kuangyin, which made Guo Shao remember his goodness all the time.

However, Han Tong is still quite respectful to Guo Shao now, and Guo Shao's level is higher than him. The commander in front of the palace is lower than the commander in the guards and horse stance, but Guo Shao has the right to prosecut the palace guards and the Tokyo Imperial Guards, so the military power is greater than him... Of course, Han Tong's respect for Guo Shao is not limited to military power.

In the crowd by the river, Guo Shao pointed to the boats on the river, his manners and speaking calmly, and his image did not feel frivolous. Although he was only twenty-three years old, no one around looked down on him because of this. Because of the long-term wind and sun, his skin was rough and bronze, and he looked a lot more mature and persistent (I have been in actual experience for more than twenty years). In addition, he was tall and big, Guo Shao's appearance seemed to be a person who could take on great responsibilities. In this way, age was no longer important, and people in this era were relatively precocious, and there were people who came out to be officials at less than twenty years old.

Guo Shao has experienced countless battles of all sizes and sizes, but has never been defeated. Most of the people who have experienced a lot in the army, who have a very old experience in the army know what Guo Shao has done. Among the generals of the imperial guards, everything may be controversial, but the military achievements will not be controversial. The generals consider themselves strong. Even Shi Yanchao was convinced by Guo Shao's military achievements.

"The warships running on the river are wheels and boats, with four water trucks on the left and right, and the boats are brisk. Large oars can also come out on the first floor below the deck. When chasing enemy ships to speed up, the water trucks and oars can be used together and run faster." Han Tong pointed to the ships without sails and talked freely.

Guo Shao said: "It sounds like Han Guo has a lot of experience in water wars."

Han Tong was not humble and hummed: "Before the Battle of Huainan, the Great Zhou naval army was ordered by our generals to handle shipbuilding and training. They knew everything about the shipbuilding and water battles. Although the Zhou army was in the Central Plains, the warships were not inferior to those of the Jiangnan countries. Such wheels and boats ran faster than those of the warships of the Southern Tang Kingdom, but transported more troops."

As a modern person, when Guo Shao talks about wooden warships, he naturally thinks of the most domineering sail battleships in the sailing era. He said casually: "These ships look very wide, do they focus on troop transport?"

Han Tong stared and said, "The most important thing about warships is speed and troop transport. When two ships fight, they mainly fight on the sidelines, and they have to rely on people to board the ship to fight. The small number of soldiers in the boat will suffer the loss of weak troops, so the number of soldiers transported will be related to the strength of combat."

Guo Shao nodded and thought to himself: Every era has something to adapt to it, and the narrow battleships are not suitable for the battle of the platoon. It is very difficult to sink a warship at this time, and it is better to use the navy to directly capture it... Think about it, after all, the matter of burning warships in the Battle of Red Cliff is a special situation. Cao's army connected the warships together and had no movement, otherwise the fire ships would not easily burn the warships; in modern water warships, the fish that thunders could be avoided, could they still be unable to avoid obvious fire ships?

Han Tong said again: "This boat is a sand boat. It is not only wide, but the bottom of the boat is flat, which is different from a sea boat. When sailing on rivers and lakes, some places are not deep, and the pointed-bottomed boats must touch the bottom of the river. Only flat boats are wide and have a shallow hull. Even if they are stranded, they can be pulled out. Water trucks and oars are more suitable than sails, because it is difficult to happen to encounter a good weather and you cannot walk against the wind. A river as wide as the Bian River, so how to walk is better than a water truck to go forward. "

When Guo Shao heard Han Tong say the driving technique of "Zhi" immediately, he suddenly felt very powerful. He had heard of this method, but he had never studied the specific skills.

Guo Shao was very excited when he heard this, so he led his crowd to the water village to board the ship to watch the wood mechanical structure of the "ancient version of the ship", and asked in detail about the tactics and organization of the navy.

If the strongest enemy in the future is not on the water, it may be difficult for Guo Shao to have the opportunity to command the water battle personally, but he is still very interested in everything and gradually learns and understands... Guo Shao doesn't feel conceited, but he feels that he can learn all these things in ancient times. After all, there is no very professional and profound science questions at this time, and they are all simple experience skills. Although he may not be familiar with each other, it is easy to roughly figure out how it works.

As the commander of the three armies, Guo Shao can basically understand how a small team fights, especially the army's combat methods. He has been fighting on the front line for several years. Perhaps many high-ranking people disdain these things, but Guo Shao himself finds it very useful and very helpful for rational decision-making... It's like a mechanical design. If you don't know if a model can be realized in terms of technology, then what he designed is nonsense; a coach doesn't know how to implement it tactically, and no matter how beautiful the strategy is, it is a daydream.

There was a fishy smell on the deck, and Guo Shao couldn't help but look back at the navy soldiers on the warship: "You warship also serves as a fishing boat?"

A general said embarrassedly: "Sometimes, when you go out to cast a net to catch a few fish, how can Guo Du check the test know?"

"I smelled the smell." Guo Shao had a smile on his face, and he had no intention of blaming the generals. So the general smiled and said with a smile: "Guo Du's nose is really smart, but I can't smell it."

After hearing this, everyone laughed. Guo Shao rarely cared about the affairs of the lower-level generals. Anyway, they all had people to take care of them. It would be better to maintain a harmonious atmosphere to win the love of the lower-level soldiers.

"Han Du, why not talk about the method of "Zhi" against the wind?" Guo Shao looked at Han Tong with great interest, "such as the direction of the sail, the movement of the ship, etc."

"If it's a headwind, then no one can do it, but there are very few situations in that way, and there is a way if the wind direction is slightly off." Han Tong gestured to explain. Guo Shao was confused and suggested that he could draw a picture and explain it slowly.

However, Wang Pu, who was standing by, seemed to have no interest in any tactics, but was very interested in Guo Shao and kept observing Guo Shao quietly. Occasionally, he found Wang Pu's eyes and felt very uncomfortable.

Guo Shao stayed on the boat for a whole day before the sun left the water camp in the west and led his men back to the city.

...The crowd walked to the Imperial Street in the inner city and said goodbye one after another. Wang Pu said as he said goodbye, "By the way, there is something, Prime Minister Feng Dao is seriously ill and has been on leave for many days."

Guo Shao and Feng Dao had no friendship, so they didn't say anything at the moment and went home. After entering the mansion, he realized that Wang Pu had also been sick. It was Dr. Lu who cured him. He mentioned it to him just now. Could it be that he was hinting that he sent Lu Lan to see Feng Dao?

After thinking for a while, Guo Shao went into the gatehouse in the front yard and went in to find Lu Lan. In Guo Shao's impression, he really couldn't remember what useful things Feng Dao had done; but he had no prejudice against him, only knowing that he had a nickname called "tuner". After four or five dynasties, everyone who became emperors would be the one who was the emperor.

The wing room was open, and Guo Shao knocked on the door. Lu Lan was doing needlework. When he saw Guo Shao coming in, he immediately hid the things in his hand behind the bookshelf next to him. She said, "Come in, it's your house anyway."

Guo Shao said: "I told you to travel thousands of miles to Tokyo. I said I would like to repay you... You recommend a closest relative and write a letter to ask him to come to Tokyo. I will find a way to make him an imperial physician."

After hearing this, Lu Lan said, "My third uncle has been studying for so many years to be an official. Are you so light and can you become an official in just one sentence?"

"The imperial doctor is the manager of Taichang Temple, and the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple is my aide. Do you think it is light and easy?" Guo Shao smiled without any concealment. Speaking of this, he suddenly realized something: No wonder he always felt that the imperial doctor's medical skills were not very clever. So this is how it came from; he could go through the back door, and those bureaucratic relatives could not find connections?

Lu Lan said: "It's better to obey your orders than respect, so I thank General Guo. I can only recommend my uncle... not my relatives, and there are no close relatives of the Lu family and the uncle's family."

Guo Shao nodded and said, "It's okay if you are not a relative. If you recommend the Bai family to be an official, they will remember your kindness. If you can't rely on me in the future, there will be a way out."

"That's right. I think General Guo is not a reliable person either." Lu Lan said angrily.

Guo Shao pretended to be casual and said, "There is a prime minister in the court who is sick, and he actually has no friendship with me. But he admires your medical skills and wants to ask you to see him. Tomorrow morning, I will ask Bai Xiangu to send two entourages to you Feng Daojia, how about taking his pulse?"

Lu Lan did not refuse: "A patient is looking for me, of course he has to go. The doctor is the one who treats people."

"If you want to do something, open a pharmacy or something, tell me that I can support you." Guo Shao said again.

Lu Lan said softly: "I have been familiar with the medical scriptures brought from the Bai family recently, and I don't want to make trouble for the moment."

Guo Shao glanced at the bookshelf and stood up: "That's all right. If Miss Lu lacks anything, ask Fairy Bai if she wants it, she will go in and out of the wealth in the management office. Goodbye."

...

The next day, Lu Lan waited for Guo Shao and said that Feng Dao was too old and weak, and he did not suffer from any disease, and there was no cure for him. Guo Shao stopped caring about birth, old age, sickness and death were not something that ordinary people could control. The old prime minister also lived a long age, and had been in his seventies for several dynasties. I think there were not many regrets.
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