Datang Nongwang

Chapter 628 Sensation
"Look, what is that! Why is there such a weird ship? It can move forward without masts and oars. Does it rely on those big wheels?" The paddle steamer kept shouting, the surprise and curiosity in his eyes made some people not believe that it was a ship.

As soon as the man's words came out, the people or tourists who were still in a daze rushed to the edge of Bashui, pointing to the paddle steamer on Bashui.

"Why is there no one on this strange ship? Isn't it a ghost ship?"

"What ghost ship? It's impossible for a ghost ship to appear in broad daylight."

"It's not a ghost ship. Have you ever seen such a ship? It needs masts but no masts, oars but no oars. How can there be such a ship in this world. I'm sure, this is a ghost ship."

"I can understand it without a mast, but I can't understand it without oars. How did he move forward with this strange ship? Could there be someone under the water?"

"How is it possible? How can a person stay underwater for a long time. Can't you see that this strange ship can sail on the water, all thanks to those big wheels."

"The wheels are so big, how many people are needed to push this strange ship forward."

"Who knows."

"You don't know, just now we followed all the way from Weishui, the speed of this strange boat is comparable to the speed of riding a horse. We followed all the way here, but it is still much slower than her."

A man followed a paddle steamer from the Weishui River to the east gate of Chang'an City, panting heavily.

From his words, everyone could hear that the speed of this strange ship was not ordinary, but very fast, it could run faster than a horse.

Such a strange ship that can run shocked everyone even more.

And as the man's words slowly spread to the distance, more and more exclamations appeared.

at this time.

Li Chongyuan came to the place where Bashui meets Chang'an City's east gate road, and immediately ordered, "Stop moving forward, just come here. This small pier can be used for a while. After everyone goes out for a while, don't talk too much, don't talk too much. "

The paddle steamer stopped, on a very small pier.

Afterwards, a lot of people came out of the paddle steamer, of course Li Chongyuan was the leader.

When Li Chongyuan and the others appeared on the deck, the common people and tourists on the shore were exclaiming again and again.

"It turned out that there were people. I thought there was no one. I was so scared that I really thought I saw a ghost in broad daylight." The commoner who had always thought that the paddle boat was a ghost boat wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I seem to have seen him somewhere, who is it?"

"It's hard to think about it. Isn't he the Li County son Li Chongyuan who was dismissed by the Imperial College. However, he is not the county son now, but the county marquis."

"It turned out to be him, I don't know who it is."

"The concubine of the Li family, County Marquis Li Chongyuan, has been promoted several times in a few years, and the year before last, he was ordered by the emperor to go to Yangzhou to be the governor."

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All the common people and tourists heard Li Chongyuan's detailed explanation, and only then did they know who the young man standing on the deck was.

but.

Knowing who it was, he became more and more curious about that strange ship.

And this time.

The guards at the gate of the city rushed over to check the situation after hearing the rumors that a strange ship had arrived on the Bashui River.

Following a group of soldiers rushing forward, seeing a large group of people surrounding the Bashui River and a strange boat on the Bashui River, they all froze.

The leader was even more amazed. After pushing away all the people, he came to the pier.

The general appearance of the paddle steamer caught his eye.

At this moment, Xingba and the others were moving things from the boat to the small pier, while Li Chongyuan was still standing on the deck directing.

"Go back to your home first, and get some carriages to deliver things." Li Chongyuan instructed the servants of this family to go back and get the carriages first.

And when Li Chongyuan had just finished giving his orders, he raised his eyes and saw the leader of the soldiers on the pier.

Immediately, Li Chongyuan quickly walked out from the deck, came to the leader, and waved his hand in front of his eyes, "Bao Lin, what are you doing? Are you stupid?"

That's right.

This person is Chi Baolin, the captain of Wuhou Xiaowei.

Yuchi Baolin was stunned at this moment, even if Li Chongyuan came in front of him, he didn't react, which made Li Chongyuan push twice again, Yuchi Baolin finally woke up.

"Chongyuan, what kind of ship is this? Why is there no mast and no oars? And it is so big, what are those big wheels for?" Yuchi Baolin immediately woke up. Several big questions were thrown at Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongyuan smiled without explaining, "Brother Baolin, are you still on duty today?"

"On duty. Chong Yuan, you haven't explained it to me yet. Where did you get this ship? Let me play with it sometime." Seeing Li Chongyuan talking about him, Yuchi Baolin was very anxious.

Li Chongyuan shook his head, "That can't be done. This is the boat I built, and there is only one such boat at the moment. If you want to play, I'm afraid it won't work. However, after you have time, it's no problem for you to go up and experience it. You can play it, forget it. Besides, you can’t play this game well, and if you play it badly, this repair will cost tens of thousands of dollars.”

"Si Chongyuan, your boat cannot be made of gold, and it will cost tens of thousands of pieces to repair. Let's not talk about anything else, I have to go up and take a good look." Yuchi Baolin disagreed with Li Chongyuan's words, But curiosity is still ridiculously heavy.

This is not.

As soon as the words were finished, Yuchi Baolin stepped on the wooden board and went to the boat.

Seeing this, Li Chongyuan could only shake his head, and then followed.

This guy has the same virtue as Cheng Chumo.

As long as it is a good thing, I want to get my hands on it.

Even if you can't get your hands on it, you have to play with it before letting go.

And this paddle steamer is a strange thing for those who have never seen it, or for those who are present.

Following Yuchi Baolin boarded the boat, from the bow to the stern, and from the stern to the cabin.

In the end, I stood directly in the operation room, staring at all the gears and pulleys, as if I was researching something.

After a long time, Yuchi Baolin pointed to all the things in the operation room and said: "Chongyuan, I understand it. This is the place to push the boat forward. I looked carefully. As long as someone pushes these roulettes, it will It can drive the big wheels on the outside, and the boat can be pushed forward by those big wheels. However, your boat is useless. With the big wheels on the outside, the speed of the boat is not very fast. , at best you can only play in places like Bashui."

Li Chongyuan was also taken aback after hearing what Yuchi Baolin said.

He didn't expect that Yuchi Baolin's head was so easy to use, and he could tell the general shape of the whole paddle steamer at a glance.

but.

But he didn't know that the speed of the paddle steamer Li Chongyuan built himself was several times faster than the current ships.

"Paolin, you have seen it, and you have turned around, let's go down first." Li Chongyuan didn't explain, and it was a big deal to get this guy off the ship first.

Yuchi Baolin sniffed, and said indifferently: "Chongyuan, you see that I have come up, let's give it a try anyway. Brother, I seldom beg you, today, no matter what, you I have to have a good time."

"This thing hasn't been moved yet, and it can't be used in Bashui. Baolin, how about playing in two days?" Li Chongyuan was eager to go back, and didn't want to play with this guy at all.

But Yuchi Baolin was full of playful smiles, "Chongyuan, it's still early anyway, I'll let the soldiers come over and move it together, and you can play with me later. Such a good boat, if I have one, it will be fun. "

As soon as he said it, Yuchi Baolin quickly came to the deck and directed all the soldiers to help Xingba and the others move things.

Standing aside, Li Chongyuan could only helplessly shake his head.

If you don't let him play, you might be branded as ruthless and ungrateful.

Let him play, Li Chongyuan is anxious to go back to his home to greet the old lady.

I went to Yangzhou to be an official for more than a year, and I haven't been back for nearly two years. Now I have returned to the outside of Chang'an. If I don't go back quickly to ask for peace, Li Chongyuan feels that his son has gone too far.

but.

With this guy around, Li Chongyuan had nowhere to run if he wanted to, so he could only rely on this guy.

With the help of all the soldiers, the things in the ship's cabin were moved quickly.

Originally, it took less than half an hour to complete the move, but with the addition of these people, within a quarter of an hour, all the things had been moved out of the ship's cabin.

"Chongyuan, hurry up and set sail, what are you waiting for!" After the things were moved, Yuchi Baolin was impatient.

Li Chongyuan had no choice but to call Xingba and the others back to the boat and start sailing.

One advantage of the paddle steamer is that it can go in the opposite direction without turning around.

Although Bashui is enough for a paddle steamer to turn around, once it turns around, it will take a lot of time.

As soon as the paddle steamer started, Yuchi Baolin became a little anxious after standing in the operating room and watching Xingba and the others' gentle operation, "It's still like dripping if you haven't eaten. Get out of the way, I'll do it."

Xingba was pushed away by Yuchi Baolin, and this guy went to push the roulette himself.

Xing Ba, who was pushed away, looked at Li Chongyuan nervously, and Li Chongyuan shook his head helplessly, "Let the helmsman pay attention, don't hit the boat because of the speed."

Yuchi Baolin pushed the roulette wheel with all her strength, as if she had eaten some pill.

As the product worked hard, various gears, pulleys and other objects began to be transmitted to the paddle wheel outside under the action of force.

moment.

The speed of the paddle steamer changed from slow to fast, and then to rapid. Its speed had reached normal speed.

The paddle steamer sailed towards the lower reaches of the Bashui River quickly, and the people and tourists on the shore saw the strange ship's speed so fast, and their exclamations were even more endless.

"It's too fast. There is no mast to hang a sail, and no oars to have such a speed. This old man has never seen it in his life."

"It's so fast, you can't see it in the blink of an eye."

"This is an auspicious thing, this is an auspicious thing."

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The exclamations of the common people and tourists began to spread into the city of Chang'an after the paddle steamer sailed into the direction of the Weishui River.

And this time.

After the old lady of my family heard that Li Chongyuan had returned to the east gate of Chang'an City, she originally wanted to go to greet Li Chongyuan in person, but she thought that she was a girl and an elder, so if she went to greet Li Chongyuan in person, it would be very easy for outsiders to make jokes, so she was about to send her off Butler to meet.

After listening to the servant's report, the butler was stunned for a long time. He heard the old lady's voice, and he realized this, "Old lady, good thing, good thing."

"It's a good thing for Yuan'er to come back, so what's there to talk about." Seeing the housekeeper suddenly say something good, the old lady didn't feel any difference.

The housekeeper hurriedly said: "Madam, they said that after they rushed to Zheng County, they came back on the boat built by Mr. Xiao Lang, and traveled from Zheng County to the outside of Chang'an East City in just one day. This is a land of more than 200 miles. Well. Besides, they also said that the boat built by Mr. Xiao Lang is big, stable, and extremely fast. Old madam, this is a good thing, a very good thing.”

"Really!!!" After seeing Li Shimin last time, the old lady had no hope for the boat built by Li Chongyuan.

But when the butler said this, the old lady's heart was ignited again.

With these servants' words, everyone in the family was pleasantly surprised.

And the old lady no longer cared about the so-called difference between elder and younger, she took most of the people in the house, got into the carriage, and went straight to the east gate of Chang'an City.

And this time.

in the palace.

Li Shimin was discussing with the other ministers what happened after Yu Shinan's death. Suddenly, the general manager Wang Li broke in and said to Li Shimin anxiously, "Your Majesty, County Marquis Li has returned to Beijing from Xixiang."

Li Shimin and all the ministers thought they heard it wrong.They looked at Wang Li one after another, with some puzzlement in their eyes.

If Li Chongyuan can't come back, it's not worth it for Wang Li to rush in and report with such ignorance.

"Wang Li, let's talk about what's going on later, you go out first." Li Shimin's face was a little displeased.

However, Wang Li did not leave, but continued to bow and said, "Your Majesty, Li County Marquis sailed back from Xixiang with a strange ship. According to the rumors in Chang'an, that strange ship has a strange appearance and is extremely large. , and the speed is even faster. Just now, it was rumored that Yuchi Baolin boarded a boat with Li County Marquis and sailed from Bashui to Weishui."

As soon as Wang Li's words fell to the ground, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly opened.

The eyes of the other ministers also suddenly opened wide.

Everyone present knew about Li Chongyuan's shipbuilding in Xixiang.

But they thought from the bottom of their hearts that Li Chongyuan's boat building was just for fun, and even if he could build a boat, it was just an ordinary boat.

"Boss Wang, this is just a rumor in the market, you can't believe it." At this time, Changsun Wuji heard this, but smiled on his face, thinking it was a joke at all.

Li Chongyuan's shipbuilding was a joke to Changsun Wuji.

On the other hand, Li Shimin opened his eyes suddenly and said, "Go and have a look."

Wang Li didn't care about Changsun Wuji's words, and left quickly after receiving Li Shimin's words.

And this time.

Throughout Chang'an City, there were rumors about the strange ship outside Chang'an City.

even.

When Wang Li came out of the palace and rushed towards the east gate, he was so blocked that he couldn't get out of the east gate because many people wanted to see the extremely fast and strange ship.

Such a sensational scene made Wang Li, who already had confidence in Li Chongyuan, even more confident.

(End of this chapter)