Li Shimin

Chapter 414 Power problem of giant steel ship
"Who's here?"

Just before Li Xuan and the others arrived at the gate of the shipyard, a group of soldiers stood in front of them with vigilant faces.

"Presumptuous, His Royal Highness King Jin is here in person, why don't you hurry up and notify the shipyard's chief and let them come to greet you?"

Xue Rengui shouted angrily directly.

"His Royal Highness King Jin?"

Hearing this, the soldiers in that team were startled. They glanced around at Li Xuan and the others, turned around and ran in without asking any further questions.

Soon, a middle-aged man with an unshaven beard and a strong general walked over quickly.

Just glanced at Li Xuan, and Cheng Chusi and others on the side, with a look of surprise on their faces, they saluted directly.

"Yao Cheng, the director of the shipyard, met His Royal Highness King Jin and met several young men!"

"Li Lun, Lieutenant of the shipyard, met His Royal Highness King Jin and met several young men!"

People from Chang'an City!

Seeing this, a flash of understanding flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, and he waved his hand casually.

"Okay, you don't need to be polite when you're away from home!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Yao Cheng and Li Lun looked happy, saluted again, and after getting up, they looked at Li Xuan with doubts on their faces.

"Dare to ask Your Highness, come today, but what is His Majesty's purpose?"

"This time, the king brought the princess to Qingzhou to visit relatives, and take a look at the situation of the shipyard!"

Li Xuan explained slowly.

At the same time, go straight in.

This shipyard is made of cement. There are hundreds of mixed-color houses near the side of the road, and there are two huge factory buildings and a dock near the sea.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness Jin Wang, for your concern!"

Yao Cheng quickly said gratefully, "Your Highness, gentlemen, please go this way!"

After speaking, Yao Cheng brought Li Xuan and others to the huge dock by the sea.

"Your Highness, the shipyard has already built three steel-making furnaces and two iron-making furnaces, which can smelt [-] jin of steel and [-] jin of iron every day. This kind of steel-making speed is completely sufficient for us."

While walking, Yao Cheng introduced, "In the shipyard, there are 30 people who are shipwrights and 50 people who are blacksmiths. They are all experienced craftsmen. It only takes half a year to build a giant steel ship."

Afterwards, he glanced at Li Lun, the lieutenant at the side, and continued, "In addition, there are two hundred guards!"

"Guardian?"

Li Xuan also looked at the school lieutenant Li Lun with some doubts.

"My lord, steel and steelmaking techniques are very important things to the Tang Dynasty, and nothing should be leaked!" Li Lun said hurriedly, cupping his hands.

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Li Xuan found a huge monster and walked over curiously.

"Your Majesty, this ship is the Cang Ship!"

Seeing that Li Xuan was interested, Yao Cheng subconsciously reported in a low voice.

"What are these for?"

Li Xuan pointed to a small round hole on both sides of the boat and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, these are the openings for the oars protruding from the boat!" Yao Cheng reported.

"Oars?"

Li Xuan was taken aback, then quickly walked around the whole boat, and continued to ask, "Such a huge ship needs oars to move the boat?"

"Back to Your Majesty, all boats are like this. However, on the sea, there are often strong winds and waves, and you can still rely on canvas and sea water to row the boat!"

Yao Cheng continued to explain.

"The wooden boat is light and can be rowed by manpower, but if a steel boat is as heavy as a mountain, what kind of oars do you think you can use to row it?"

Li Xuan asked softly.

"This?"

Hearing this, Yao Cheng's expression froze.

After decades of building ships, he instantly understood what Li Xuan meant.

Frowning tightly, after thinking for a while, subconsciously sighed heavily.

Then, he bowed heavily to Li Xuan.

"Thank you, Your Highness King Jin, for your reminder. This is why the villain and the others did not make such a big mistake! The villain will give His Majesty a memorandum to clarify the situation. Even if the giant steel ship is built, it will not be able to sail in the sea. Please, Your Majesty. Holy Judgment!"

Forehead!
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help staring slightly, his face was speechless. Isn't this the meaning of asking His Majesty to stop building the steel ship?

"Wait a minute!" Li Xuan said hastily.

On the other side, Li Yuan, Li Chengqian and others also had strange expressions on their faces.

They all knew that in the beginning, in order to make His Majesty agree to build the giant steel ship, Li Xuan put so much effort into it.

"What else is there, Your Highness?"

Yao Cheng turned his head and asked in doubt.

"It's just a matter of power, and you have to ask His Majesty for instructions, so what's the use of waiting for these shipwrights?"

Li Xuan's face darkened, and he said in a cold voice.

Yao Cheng's expression changed slightly, and he quickly explained with a look of panic: "His Royal Highness, the villain and others have built ships all their lives, and they also want to build a giant steel ship with their own hands. However, a giant steel ship is so heavy, it takes a lot of money to build a ship. With so much steel, if anything goes wrong, we are all to blame, death is not enough to atone for our sins!"

"It turns out that you are actually afraid of taking responsibility!"

Hearing this, Li Xuan glanced at Yao Cheng with contempt.

After that, he said directly: "You don't need to worry about this matter. This giant steel ship is the giant ship that His Majesty promised to build for this king. You just need to build it. If there is any problem, I will take care of it!"

"Your Highness?"

Yao Cheng was taken aback.

"What?"

Li Xuan stared.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Seeing this, Yao Cheng hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, "I will do it right now, villain."

"But my lord, after the giant steel ship is built, how should I drive it? I wonder if your lord can solve it?"

"This king has his own solution to this matter, so you don't need to worry about it!"

Li Xuan sighed and said slowly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Yao Cheng silently nodded in response.

Then, after turning around again, Li Xuan, Li Yuan and others left the shipyard.

"Master, I don't know how to sail the giant steel ship in the sea after it is built?"

After leaving the shipyard, Cheng Chusi asked curiously.

"We'll wait until Le Tai and others arrive to discuss this matter!"

Li Xuan glanced at that little bastard Cheng Chusi.

"Yes, Master!"

Hearing this, Cheng Chusi chuckled without any sign of fear.

"what?"

Suddenly, Li Chengqian looked at a few small boats by the sea in the distance, and a trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes.

"Master, what are those boats doing?"

Similarly, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and the others were also full of curiosity.

"I'm fishing!"

Li Xuan said helplessly.

For this time, he felt that it was the right thing to bring these little bastards out.

These little bastards are either the prince's sons, the county kings, or even the emperor's eldest sons. They can only harm Chang'an City since they were young, although they have some knowledge.

But knowledge is a luxury.

He doesn't know anything about the low-level things in the states of the Tang Dynasty.

Even, never heard of it.

No childhood fun at all!
"Master, are there fish in the sea?"

Cheng Chusi asked in surprise.

"Why? There are fish in those small rivers and lakes, so how can there be no fish in the sea?"

Li Xuan glared at him, and rode his horse directly towards the boats.

Perhaps it was because they had never seen such a big sea, and the horses stopped moving forward because they were still three or four feet away from the sea.

Li Xuan had no choice but to jump off the horse, and walked to the edge of the sea with Cheng Chusi and others.

They can even see that as the sea water hits the beach wave after wave, some palm-sized small fish can also wash up.

"Haha, master, there are really fish in these seas!"

"This is no nonsense!"

Li Xuan sneered, "The fish in the sea are not only more than the fish in the rivers and lakes, but also much bigger!"

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(End of this chapter)