Datang Nongwang

Chapter 629
"Boss, is the Nasu monster boat built by the Marquis of Li County really so powerful? Why do so many people want to watch it? Even the May [-]th Festival, Chang'an has never been so lively." Carriage Outside, a small eunuch was a little surprised to see so many people blocking their way out of the city.

normal circumstances.

Like the three gates of Chunming Gate in the east gate of Chang'an City, only the left and right gates are open on weekdays.

One pipe goes in and one pipe goes out.

If it is not a big event or a big festival, the door in the middle is generally not opened.

And today is the same, only these two gates have been opened.

of course.

If there is an emergency, the door in the middle will also be opened.

But today, with so many people rushing out of the city, the gate in the middle was still closed, which made Wang Li, who was sitting in the carriage, think that the gate in the middle should be opened at this time.

Wang Li looked in the direction of Chunming Gate, but did not respond to the little eunuch's words, and sighed softly: "It seems that we have to wait for a while."

Wait, you do have to wait.

There is no way to wait, Wang Li is not qualified to order the city gate officials to open the gate in the middle.

The people moved forward slowly.

Finally, after waiting for nearly two quarters of an hour, the carriage that Wang Li was riding in finally left Chang'an City through the opening on the right side of Chunming Gate.

When Wang Li's carriage left Chang'an City.

Looking around, there were quite a few people outside Chang'an City.

"Go to the pier quickly, don't waste any more time." Wang Li in the carriage saw that although there were many people outside the city, there were relatively few carriages on the official road, so he hurriedly ordered.

Shortly after.

Wang Li came to the pier, but the pier was empty.

But he knew from the mouths of the common people that Li Chongyuan's strange ship went to the Weishui River and has not returned yet, and he probably will have to wait for a while.

Moreover, some people even followed on horseback in order to catch a glimpse of the strange ship.

The little eunuch standing next to Wang Li didn't see the strange boat on the Bashui, and he was afraid of missing Wang Li's errand, "Boss, why don't I send someone to remind me?"

"Alright, you take the two of you on horseback to chase after him, and when you see Li County Marquis, tell him that I want to see him." After hearing this, Wang Li also felt that this was the best way.

After the little eunuch got the words, he took two guards and rode towards the Wei River on horseback.

After a few quarters of an hour.

When Wang Li got a little impatient waiting, finally, amidst the exclamation of the people by the Bashui River, a strange-looking boat finally appeared in the downstream direction of Bashui River, and it was quickly heading towards the pier.

Wang Li glanced over, excited in his heart, but his face looked calm.

After half an hour.

The paddle steamer slowly stopped at the pier, and Yuchi Baolin walked out of the cabin holding Li Chongyuan's shoulders, shouting with excitement on her face: "Chongyuan, you have to promise brother that this boat will definitely You have to play with me for a few months. When the time comes, I will go out to the sea with your second brother and third brother. We have grown up so much that we have never been to the sea. Chong Yuan, you have to agree. Otherwise, I will let your second and third brothers find you."

"Pauline, you'd better not think about my ship. I can tell you that there is only one ship at the moment, and this time I came back from Xixiang just to serve the purpose of the saint. If you think you can say If you have a master, so what if I let you play with this boat for a few months." Li Chongyuan never saw this guy stop talking from sailing to disembarking.

Originally, Yuchi Baolin just wanted to have fun.

But when he saw the speed of the paddle steamer, he either begged or threatened Li Chongyuan.

However, Li Chongyuan didn't follow him.

Yuchi Baolin disembarked from the board laid by Xingba and the others. After listening to Li Chongyuan's reply, she turned her head and said very unhappy: "Chongyuan, you are not a brother if you say that. Brother, I just ask Once you are like this, you bring this matter to the Holy One, brother, I can't help you. I don't care, you have to let me play for a few months."

"Did you play with this boat!" At this moment, a dull voice suddenly came from not far away, scaring Yuchi Baolin so much that her neck shrank.

This dull sound is basically remembered by anyone who has heard it.

Yuchi Baolin looked around in search of fame, and suddenly saw Wang Li standing not far away, staring at him.

Yuchi Baolin saw Wang Li suddenly appeared here and heard his words, so she quickly apologized and said, "So it's Manager Wang. I was joking with Chong Yuan just now, I can't take it seriously, I can't take it seriously."

"Boss Wang, why are you here?" Seeing Wang Li suddenly appearing at the Bashui Wharf outside Chang'an City, Li Chongyuan guessed in his heart that Li Shimin might have heard some rumors and asked him to come here.

Wang Li glared at Yuchi Baolin, then looked at Li Chongyuan, pointed to the paddle steamer at the pier and said, "Li County Marquis, is this your ship? I saw that it was very fast, and it stopped very steadily. ,Not bad."

Li Chongyuan smiled and was about to reply.

Not far away, a carriage drove over under the leadership of the butler.

Moreover, the butler's call directly interrupted Li Chongyuan's momentum of replying.

Li Chongyuan looked up and found that the carriage was the one he gave to the old lady back then.

All these carriages are here, how can Li Chongyuan not guess who is coming.

Li Chongyuan bowed his fist to Wang Li, and hurried up to meet him.

After a while, the old lady got down from the carriage, "Aniang, why are you here? There are so many people here, if you are squeezed in, my child will not bear it."

"Yuan'er, my Yuan'er, it's been almost two years, why did you just come back?" The old lady touched Li Chongyuan's shoulder with both hands when she saw Li Chongyuan, with tears in her eyes, full of concern.

After a lot of relief, the old lady finally wiped away her concern for Li Chongyuan, and was helped by Li Chongyuan to the edge of the pier, "Yuaner, this is the boat you built? Why does it look so weird? Auntie has never seen it before. Never seen such a strange ship."

"Grandma, this is called a paddle steamer. Look, ma'am, this ship is called a paddle steamer because it has so many big paddle wheels. This paddle steamer does not need masts or sails, and it is faster than other boats. The boat is only three to five times faster, and if it is at full speed, it is even seven or eight times faster than other ships." Li Chongyuan explained to the old lady and others one by one.

With Li Chongyuan's explanation, everyone began to understand the general situation of the paddle steamer.

From the size of the ship, to the speed of the ship, to the stable condition, and the condition of carrying cargo and people, etc., everything is in detail.

After Li Chongyuan explained it, everyone could hear it clearly and clearly.

However, although Li Chongyuan explained everything in detail, he didn't mention anything about the gears, pulleys and other devices inside.

After all, these are the core of the whole paddle steamer.

It was the hard work of Yu Rong's team and all the boatmen in the entire shipyard for several months.

If Li Chongyuan's words were listened to by some caring people, that would be bad.

Whether it is the old lady, the royal ceremony, or even other people, or even the people not far away, everyone seems to be tacitly aware of it, and never mentions how the paddle wheel drives the boat.

perhaps.

In the minds of everyone, if you want to use several paddle wheels to propel such a large paddle steamer on the water, it must take a lot of people to control it.

All goods have already been loaded.

Under the guidance of Yuchi Baolin and all the soldiers, everyone returned to Chang'an City step by step.

But the people who came to watch Li Chongyuan's paddle steamer were still the same as Luo Yi.

After returning to Chang'an City, Wang Li originally wanted Li Chongyuan to follow him directly into the palace to face the saint.

But seeing that Li Chongyuan had only returned to Chang'an after nearly two years, he had to temporarily let Li Chongyuan go back to his home to reunite with his family.

As soon as Wang Li returned to the palace, Li Shimin's discussion with them had already ended.

"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked with a little interest when he saw that Wang Li came back after an hour.

With excitement on his face, Wang Li replied to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, this old slave just went out of the city to Bashui to see, but there are too many people, and if there is a slight delay, please punish him. However, this old slave has already tidied up. The general situation of Li Xianhou's ships, please have a look at your majesty."

Wang Li is Wang Li.

He was familiar with Li Shimin's style of work. After returning to the palace, he quickly sorted out the general situation of the paddle steamer that Li Chongyuan told them on the Bashui Wharf.

When Li Shimin saw what Wang Li had sorted out, he stood up suddenly and exclaimed, "Impossible! How is this possible! There is no such fast ship in the world that can carry so many goods and people. Wang Li, you didn't follow Li Chongyuan to deceive me, did you?"

"The old slave dare not. These are what the Marquis of Li County said in person. Moreover, the old slave also saw with his own eyes that the paddle steamer sailed from the lower reaches of the Bashui River to the pier at a very fast speed. Therefore, I am sure that the Marquis of Li County What he said must not be false." Seeing Li Shimin's exclamation, Wang Li quickly bowed to assure him.

Li Shimin was dumbfounded.

He is so stupid.

He really didn't expect that when Li Chongyuan said that he wanted to build a ship, he originally thought that Li Chongyuan was just playing around and playing around.

But he really did not expect that Li Chongyuan really built such a smooth, fast, and powerful ship.

Li Shimin was in a hurry and wanted to see the so-called paddle steamer, "Prepare the car, I want to go and have a look in person."

Li Shimin wanted to take a look at the paddle steamer himself, Wang Li naturally would not stop him.

After preparing the carriage, I sent someone to my home to inform Li Chongyuan that he had gone.

And when Li Chongyuan was still teasing Li Shangwu, who was almost two years old, an eunuch came to say that Li Shimin was going to the pier to see his boat, so he had no choice but to take Xingba and the others out of the city.

Li Shimin wanted to see the paddle steamer himself.

No need to guess, Li Chongyuan can imagine that Li Shimin will definitely let Li Chongyuan try the boat.

Maybe Li Shimin will board the paddle steamer himself to try it out.

It was exactly as Li Chongyuan thought.

When Li Shimin arrived and saw this strange paddle steamer on the Bashui Wharf, he asked Li Chongyuan about the general situation of this paddle steamer.

After Li Chongyuan explained, Li Shimin boarded the boat without saying a word, and asked Li Chongyuan to let the boat go.

"Your Majesty, this is not a joke, or else, let this old slave try it." Wang Li was afraid that something would happen to Li Shimin, so he quickly dissuaded him.

Li Shimin glanced at Wang Li, and said indifferently: "Chongyuan and the others were able to drive the boat back to Chang'an from Xixiang via the coast, and there was no accident at such a long distance. Could it be that the boat will sink as soon as I get on the boat?" Chong Yuan, let’s go, today, I’m going to test how fast your paddle steamer can go.”

"My lord, then you can sit down." Li Chongyuan didn't care.

I know what my paddle steamer is like.

After a while, Li Chongyuan entered the operating room and gave Xingba and the others the order to sail.

At this time, Wang Li also followed and confessed in a low voice: "Mr. Li County, this is not a joke, you have to take it easy."

"Director Wang, don't worry. If there is no guarantee for my boat, would I dare to sail back from Xixiang? It's safe." Li Chongyuan smiled back at Wang Li.

The ship moves.

First, leave slowly from the pier. After adjusting the position, the speed of the ship will slowly increase.

after all.

The power of the big paddle wheel can only be driven by the drive of those gear pulleys.

No matter how strong you are, the speed of the paddle steamer can only be accelerated slowly, not rapidly.

After the paddle steamer moved a mile from the pier, the speed began to approach normal speed.

After turning into the Wei River, the speed of the boat increased a lot, and it went down the river, heading downstream of the Wei River.

Li Shimin on board, from the time the paddle steamer started to now, has been so shocked that he has no words to describe it.

Facts speak louder than words.

After half an hour.

Li Shimin's paddle boat experience tour is over.

Standing on the deck, Li Shimin looked around the bow of the ship, patted the railing heavily, turned his head to Li Chongyuan and said, "Chongyuan, I never thought that apart from your achievements in farming, even this You can do so much in shipbuilding, I really underestimated you before."

"My lord, this is not due to me, but to all the craftsmen in the shipyard. I am just an early designer. It is all thanks to all the craftsmen in the shipyard that such a paddle steamer can be built. Only by working together can we have such a good result." Li Chongyuan said modestly.

Li Shimin waved his hand and nodded heavily, "Tomorrow, you give me a list of the craftsmen in your Xixiang Shipyard, and no one will lose credit. Two days ago, your mother came to the palace to follow I said you were going back to Chang'an, and talked about the ship. At that time, I still thought that your shipbuilding was just a joke. Unexpectedly, this paddle steamer has exceeded my expectations. Don't worry, the prince of the county will belong to you."

As soon as Li Chongyuan heard about the Duke of the County King, his heart couldn't stop beating immediately.

Although, the shipbuilding is not for the prince of this county.

However, Li Chongyuan knew that the Duke of the County was the highest title of the Li family, and he had to get it. At the same time, it was also the title that his aunt most wanted.

(End of this chapter)