Datang Nongwang

Chapter 603 Back to Xixiang
Li Chongyuan went to Yangzhou to serve as acting governor, at least one year, if it was longer, it was not up to Li Chongyuan to decide.

But this time after leaving Chang'an, it will take at least a year for Li Chongyuan to see his family again.

Say it's sad, there must be.

But for Li Chongyuan, hope is greater than sadness.

It is generally a three-year period for an official to be sent outside.

but.

If it is like the post of governor of a state, it depends on the situation.

After all, the current state of Tang is short of people, as well as officials.

As far as the current situation of the Tang State is concerned, the governors of many states belong to remote leaders. From this point, it can be seen that the Tang State is short of officials.

And Li Chongyuan happened to be in this period, otherwise, even if Li Chongyuan made some achievements, it would be impossible for him to take the post of governor at a weak age, even if it was a post of governor.

of course.

This is also the credit of Li Yuan.

If it weren't for Li Yuan's backing of Li Chongyuan, it would be absolutely impossible for Li Chongyuan to be the acting governor of Yangzhou.

At most, you can only do individual driving, which is considered a high promotion.

When passing by Lantian County, Li Chongyuan did not stop, but went straight to Shangluo County.

The journey was a bit far away, so Li Chongyuan could only rush to Yangzhou as quickly as possible.

after all.

It has been more than three months since Li Chongyuan left Yangzhou. Li Chongyuan didn't know the specific situation of his own shipyard. He could only learn something from the letter sent to Chang'an to Si.

More than 100 miles.

Starting from early in the morning until it was dark, Li Chongyuan still did not arrive at Shangluo County, which made Li Chongyuan feel a little helpless, "Xingba, quickly find a guest house to rest, everyone is already tired enough today."

"Okay." When he was done, he hurried to find a guest house outside the city of Shangluo County.

present.

People generally live in the outskirts of each city, and whether it is a guest house or a post station, there are everything.

but.

Li Chongyuan did not go to the post station, mainly because the post station was in the southeast of Shangluo, and it was already dark at this time, if he went around the city to go to the post station, it would inevitably increase the tiredness of everyone.

The guest house is not big.

But fortunately, it is enough for a hundred people to live.

After eating some food, Li Chongyuan went directly to his room and fell asleep.

At dawn the next day, Xingba knocked on the door and woke Li Chongyuan up.

Another day on the road.

But fortunately, from this day on, it is no longer a land route, but a water route.

Danshui goes to Hanshui, then goes to Yangshui, and in this way, you can reach Xixiang.

Down the river, the speed is comparable to that of riding a horse.

But when Li Chongyuan and the others came to the confluence of Danshui and Hanshui, this hard life will begin again.

Sailing against the current, the speed must be as slow as possible.

From Chang'an to Xixiang, the journey was nearly [-] li, which made Li Chongyuan complain all the way.

at last.

After nearly a month, Li Chongyuan and his party finally arrived at the confluence of the Han River and the Yang River, and they only needed to travel another [-] miles of water to reach Li Chongyuan's fiefdom.

Standing on top of Bantou, Li Chongyuan looked towards the direction of Xixiang, feeling very moved, "I have been to Xixiang three times, and each time it was like going through a catastrophe. I don't know how those people from ancient times came here .”

"Xiao Langjun, who knows about the ancient things. For now, we are already considered good. I heard that our ancestors wanted to go far away, but they didn't even have their legs broken. We're here." Xingba said standing behind Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongyuan sighed and said: "Yes, Wangshan ran to death. I hope my shipyard can build better ships. In this case, I don't have to spend so much effort on the road, saving time and effort. save money."

What Li Chongyuan expects most this time is to build a ship, even if it is a steam ship, it is also a product of a cross-age period.

but.

Up to now, Li Chongyuan has not drawn a steam engine that he thinks is feasible.

Everyone understands the principle.

But whether it is drawing design or manufacturing, it is not such a simple matter. Even if there are various materials, it is extremely difficult to build a steam engine.

There is a saying.

Starting from scratch, I don't know anything at all, and it is difficult to do anything.

The fleet marched towards the ocean water.

It was a journey of forty miles, but it took half a day to arrive.

But at this time, it was almost evening, which made Li Chongyuan even more eager to get off the boat, and really didn't want to go any further.

Been on the boat for nearly a month.

Even if Li Chongyuan was from the south in his previous life, he still felt a little dizzy if he went on like this.

This is the fourth time Li Chongyuan has shaken.

Every time I shake it I feel uncomfortable.

It was getting dark.

at last.

When the fleet arrived at the feudal wharf, Li Chongyuan jumped off without saying a word, stood on the wharf, swayed his legs, and took a deep breath, feeling that this had a sense of substance.

"Xiao Langjun, I'll go to Li Village to find Xiangsi. It's dark and the road is slippery, Xiao Lang, you wait here first." Xiang Baxia got the boat, said to Li Chongyuan, and went directly to Li Village up.

At this time, the pier was empty.

And the black shadow of the huge shipyard in the distance gives people a sense of oppression.

There are dark lights everywhere, even in the wooden houses in the distance. There are only scattered oil lamps, which indicate that there are people living here.

Standing on the pier, Li Chongyuan looked at the people lifting and moving, and wanted to make a move, but he was really afraid that he would miss his foot and fall into the ocean water.

At this time, Li Chongyuan, after recovering a bit, was eager to see how the paddle steamer in the dock was being built.

During this time in Chang'an.

Li Chongyuan received Xiang Si's letter saying that the paddle steamer owned by shipbuilder Yu Rong had already been completed, and he was just waiting for Li Chongyuan to rush back to Xixiang for a sea trial.

As for the paddle steamer supervised by Wan Hong, it has undergone many trial voyages and has improved a lot, so it can be considered finalized.

Both parties expected Li Chongyuan to come to Xixiang again, firstly to finalize the paddle steamer produced by Wan Hong, and secondly to verify Yu Rong's paddle steamer.

At this time, Li Chongyuan was looking forward to these two things the most.

But it was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers, even if Li Chongyuan wanted to go and see, there was nothing he could do.

When Xiang Si heard that Li Chongyuan had arrived at the pier, he immediately summoned the villagers in the village and rushed towards the pier with torches.

When Xiang Si came to the pier, when he saw Li Chongyuan, he had a deep smile on his face, "Xiang Si saluted Governor Li."

"Go, go, go. This meeting is so out of tune, be careful I will smack you." Li Chongyuan blushed a little at Xiang Si's greeting.

My own people, if you come out like this, it's obviously a slap in the face.

Xiang Si chuckled, "Xiao Langjun, I didn't expect you to come so fast. I thought I would have to wait another ten days and a half. Please help me, don't just stand there."

After the villagers heard the sound, without saying a word, they began to help everyone carry and move.

The boat does not belong to him, Li Chongyuan, and he has to go to Xixiang Wharf to stay.

After all the things were removed from the ship and Yao Kong settled all the ship's bills, several ship bosses thanked Li Chongyuan and the others and headed to Xixiang Wharf.

Follow the ship.

Everyone was not idle, and started to move things to Li Zhuang again.

This work, from the busy time of Xu Shi to the middle of Hai Shi, is considered to be over.

And several women in the village, under Xiang Si's instructions, prepared the meals, and everyone had a mouthful of hot meals.

place to live.

Of course it was already prepared.

There are only a hundred people, so there is no place to live.

Moreover.

Before Li Chongyuan was about to come to Yangzhou to serve as acting governor, the old lady sent a letter from the housekeeper.

and so.

Naturally, Xiang Si will definitely be ready.

during the meal.

While eating, Li Chongyuan asked Xiang Sida about the past few months, "Where did Yang Shuixiu go? But is there anything that happened before?"

"Back to Mr. Xiaolang, Yangshui has almost reached Yangyuan County, and it is only [-] miles away from Yangyuan County. Depending on the situation, it can be completed in a month at most. As for what happened in the past, it must be gone. , Moreover, I have left everything to the Shi family to handle, they are all familiar with the way, if the previous mistakes happen again, then I will really be ashamed to see you, Mr. Xiaolang." Xiang Si responded.

Li Chongyuan nodded, "That's good. By the way, how is the shipyard? You wrote a letter a month ago saying that the two ships are almost completed, and you haven't tried it recently?"

"I told you about this in my letter, Mr. Xiaolang. The ship that Wan Hong was in charge of was basically over, and there were no less than a dozen trial voyages, and even went to the Han River for a few trial voyages. Wan Hong said that there is basically no problem, and I just wait for you to finalize the shape. As for Yu Rong’s ship, you, Xiao Lang, made the shape before you left Xixiang a few months ago, and after a few months Yu Rong and the others are rushing to work day and night, hoping that Mr. Xiaolang will come back to Xixiang to witness the trial of his ship. Therefore, Yu Rong and the others have been repairing and polishing recently, and they have not been idle." Xiang Si Continue to respond to Li Chongyuan's questions.

Under this question and answer.

The meal is over, and the time of the day is over.

After washing up, Li Chongyuan fell asleep directly.

Li Chongyuan woke up at dawn the next day.

The first thing Li Chongyuan did when he woke up was naturally to go to the shipyard.

When Li Chongyuan came to the shipyard, Wan Hongyu Rong and the others were so excited that they gathered around Li Chongyuan and talked about what happened to their ship.

After Li Chongyuan calmed down one by one, he began to verify and test Wanhong's ship.

After the whole morning passed, Li Chongyuan put down the words directly, "Old Wan, this verification and sea trial cannot be completed in half a day. In this way, I will give you a task to sail the boat to Hanshui, and then to Junzhou. Go back, go back and forth five times like this, if there is no problem, then the ship can be completely finalized. At that time, the shipyard will be able to build an enlarged version based on your test ship."

"Okay, Li County Marquis, just take a look." Wan Hong was full of confidence when he heard Li Chongyuan's words.

The distance from Xixiang to Junzhou is more than [-] li.

Repeat five times back and forth, that's eight thousand miles.

Eight thousand miles of water, if there is really no problem, then there is no problem.

After Wan Hong left with his boatmen, Li Chongyuan began to test the paddle steamer supervised by Yu Rong.

The afternoon trial voyage is over.

Li Chongyuan was a little surprised.

Surprisingly, the paddle steamer supervised by Yu Rong has almost no major problems, although there are some minor problems, but they can be ignored.

Moreover, in terms of the speed of the ship, it is a bit faster than the one produced by Wanhong, and it is still stable. Even the boatman can be reduced by half.

Furthermore, the ship supervised by Yu Rong has no mast.

Without the wind, it was faster than Wan Hong's ship, which was enough to surprise Li Chongyuan.

Although Li Chongyuan affirmed Yu Rong's new design a few months ago, before he had seen the actual ship, he could only be affirmative, but it could not be mass-produced.

now.

After the sea trial, Li Chongyuan really didn't know what words to use to praise the old man in front of him, "Old Yu, you really opened my eyes. Not bad, really good. The ship is a good ship, but the one in front of me It’s just a test ship, if you build a test ship ten times bigger than this test ship, maybe it can be finalized directly.”

"Li County Marquis, I can be sure that this ship will be fine even if it is built twenty times larger. As long as we make the winch bigger and add more gears, there will be no problem at all." Li Chongyuan affirmed Finally, Yu Rong was full of confidence.

However, Li Chongyuan poured cold water on him at this time, "You take it for granted. The smaller the boat, the simpler it is, but the bigger the boat, the more complicated it is, and the more uncontrollable factors will be." A lot. However, your ship is currently good, you can try to build a ship about five times larger than this one to verify."

Li Chongyuan's basin of cold water was not cold, but it gave Yu Rong more confidence.

"Li Xianhou, don't worry, after I perfect this ship, I will immediately build a bigger one, and I will definitely satisfy Li Xianhou." Yu Rong's confidence at this time is absolutely fully.

What is complicated or not is not worth mentioning in his eyes.

Li Chongyuan nodded, "Then build it. When the time comes, calculate the cost and see how much it costs to build a ship. Tell Xiang Si what you need, and I will help you solve it when the time comes. However, this shipbuilding still has to be done." Look at you, I’m only offering opinions, and it’s up to you to implement them.”

"Li County Marquis, don't worry." Yu Rong patted his chest and assured him.

With the affirmation of Li Chongyuan.

Yu Rong towed the boat back to the dock in the evening, and started overhauling it the next day, and then corrected the minor problems found during the trial voyage.

And this starts the next day.

After Wan Hong and the others asked Si for some money, they directly took his subordinates and boatmen to board the ship and began long-distance experiments to verify the ship.

For the enthusiasm of these two people, Li Chongyuan can be said to be very sure.

but.

These two people are so active, apart from money, they also want to earn a name.

After all, as long as a new type of ship is built from their hands, it will definitely be famous in history.

(End of this chapter)