Chapter Ten Waiting for the Best Moment

  For Chen Youliang, failure was unbearable. After all, he had always been a winner, but this time he lost thoroughly. He believed that the lesson of his previous defeat lay in not fully utilizing his naval forces, so he devoted more effort to training his fleet. It can be said that Chen Youliang made contributions to China's shipbuilding industry. The navigation technology and shipbuilding techniques used by the great Zheng He's fleet later were inherited from Chen Youliang, of course, also taken away.

  This time, he manufactured a secret weapon, which was a very frightening warship. This warship was several zhang high and had three layers up and down. Each layer could ride horses back and forth. The lower layer only controlled the rowing of the boat, while the upper and lower layers were separated. This design was very scientific. While fighting fiercely on top, the bottom could still maintain power. What's even more frightening is that each ship was wrapped in iron plates outside, which should be a true aircraft carrier at that time.

  Another design that reflects Chen Youliang's character is the soundproofing effect between the upper and lower decks of this warship. The lower deck is only separated by a layer of wooden boards, and you can't hear people talking on the upper deck. It seems that Chen Youliang was one of the pioneers of China's soundproofing technology. The biggest advantage of this design is that it can isolate people from each other. Even if the upper deck loses a battle, the lower deck will still fight to the death, and it can also prevent leaks. Anyway, I'll follow Chen Youliang all the way to the end.

  This kind of clever and resourceful person is really admirable.

  At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang downstream was also not easy, he knew that the last failure loss for the wealthy and arrogant Chen Youliang was just a drop in the bucket, a big household, with many daughters at home, encountering disasters such as famine was nothing to fear, just holding on would get them through, but he himself was still a genuine poor farmer, with only those few things seized from Chen Youliang's hands, if something were to happen, who would this autumn wind go to for help?

  What's even more annoying is that Chen Youliang is upstream and he is downstream, making him very uncomfortable. This mentality is actually easy to understand, just like when you live at the foot of a mountain and someone else lives on top, every time you have to look up at them, it's really unbearable.

  Chen Youliang washes his face in the river, Zhu Yuanzhang wants to drink the water he washed his face with.

  Chen Youliang was washing his feet in the river, and Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to drink the water he used to wash his feet.

  Chen Youliang urinated in the river, Zhu Yuanzhang...

  This man who cannot be shaken off is like the sword of Damocles, always hanging over Zhu Yuanzhang's head, how can he have a good night's sleep.

  We must defeat him.

  Chen Youliang had acquired new-style weapons and was overjoyed. From the first year of Zhizheng (1361), he repeatedly clashed with Zhu Yuanzhang in naval battles, winning more often than losing, and became even more superstitious about the power of his weapons.

  It can be said that Chen Youliang's failure was largely due to his failure to recognize what kind of weapon is the strongest, not the number of troops, not whether the weapons are advanced, nor a powerful fleet, but the hearts of men.