Datang Nongwang

Chapter 662 Li Chongyuan is angry
The waterways are clear.

The ships blocked in front began to enter their respective waterways in an orderly manner.

There are those going to the North Canal.

There are also those going to the South Canal.

Of course, there are also those who go to the mouth of the Yangtze River.

But when it was the turn of the ship's boss, the ship's boss had no choice but to let all the ships move towards the south bank.

Xiang Jiu and others did not return.

Moreover, the few subordinates he sent to explore the grain transportation channel have not yet returned. It is naturally impossible for the boat boss to choose to move on at this time.

"Go up and look for Xiao Fei and the others, and see if they have been delayed by something. Also, if you see Steward Xiang and them, let them come here." As soon as the boat boss's boat approached the shore, he immediately Commanded to the few people below.

After those subordinates got their words, they ran towards the Yunliang River without saying a word.

Xiaofei and the others haven't returned for a long time, the boss of the ship and others have to worry about Xiaofei and the others. After all, they have been away for too long. If something happens, the boss of the other ship will not be able to explain it to their family members. .

The boss of the ship sent someone to go.

But they waited and waited, but no one who went looking for Xiao Fei returned.

Just when the boss of the boat wanted to send someone to look for him again, those subordinates finally returned.

When those subordinates returned, they immediately came to the boss of the boat, and said with worry on their faces: "Boss, we saw their boat."

"Huh? What's going on? Where's the person?" The boss of the boat was puzzled after hearing the words.

The subordinate pointed to the direction of the Yunliang River, "Boss, Lao Zuo's boat is over there, but there is no one there. However, the boat that Xiaofei is handling is not there, and even the people are gone. We found a good one just now. For a long time, no one was found, and even the boat was not found."

"What's going on! Go look for someone again, no matter what, Xiao Fei must be found, and Lao Zuo and his people must also be found." Although the boss of the boat was puzzled, he was afraid that something would happen to Xiao Fei and others, so he hurried A lot of people were sent to look for it.

After his subordinates went to look for it again, the boss of the boat was very worried.

According to the normal situation, when the ship is there, the people are there.

But now, the boat is there, but the people are gone.

Even Xiaofei's boat was gone, which made the boss of the boat wonder if something happened to Xiaofei and the others together.

For Xiaofei, the boss of the ship believed it.

His distant relatives, and he gave Xiaofei a bite to eat, and let Xiaofei marry a wife and have a child of his own.

If it wasn't for him, Xiao Fei would have starved to death.

Coupled with the observation of Xiao Fei by the boss over the years, he believes in Xiao Fei's ability to handle affairs and his cleverness.

and so on.

wait for news.

But the boss of the boat waited until the evening.

When those subordinates returned, everyone shook their heads.

Xiaofei and others did not find it.

The people are gone, but the boat is still there, but Xiaofei is gone together with the boat.

Even, up to now, even some of Xiang Jiu and the others have not been seen, which made the few guards who stayed on the boat temporarily panic.

The panicked guards immediately ordered to the boss of the boat: "Boss of the boat, it seems that Xiang Jiu, Xiao Fei and others must have had an accident. The waterway was blocked for no reason. This is an impossible thing to happen on weekdays." But today the waterway was blocked, Xiao Fei and others disappeared, and even Xiang Jiu and others never returned. So there must be something wrong with this matter."

"Several, what should we do?" The boat boss panicked.

Xiao Fei and others will be gone when they are gone, he can still hold back.

As long as some money is given, Xiao Fei and others' family members will not say anything.

But Xiang Jiu and others never returned and disappeared, which made the boss of the boat flustered.

Xiang Jiu is Li Chongyuan's man.

Who is Li Chongyuan? He is the king of Xixiang County who was appointed by Chaoting.

One of the county king's cronies disappeared, no matter what, his boat boss couldn't get away with it, so the boat boss panicked a lot.

Whoever puts this matter on will have to panic.

A close friend of the county king disappeared, and he still went down the river from Rongzhou with the boat. When he arrived at Yangzhou and Dantu, he almost arrived at Xisha Island. After he landed, he suddenly disappeared.

Several guards were thinking about what to do.

The boss of the boat and all the boatmen looked nervously at the guards, each of them panicked and nervous.

After a while.

Several guards nodded to each other, and then confessed to the boss of the boat: "Boss of the boat, let's do this first, the few of us will stay and continue to search, and the two of them will continue to return to Xisha Island with you. Remember, no matter what, don't go back Dock. Also, ask someone to bring back Lao Zuo’s boat and go back to Xisha Island together.”

"Yes, then listen to a few." The boss of the boat nodded heavily after hearing what the guard said.

They didn't have any thought about how hungry their stomachs were growling.

His subordinates were lost, and even Xiang Jiu and the others disappeared, which had to make them worry about the blockage of the waterway, which was a reason.

night.

The bosses of the boat left and headed for the lower reaches of the Yangtze River overnight.

The four guards stayed behind and continued to search for Xiang Jiu, Xiao Fei and the others.

The two guards who got off with the boat had to rush back to Xisha Island first, and report the matter here to Li Chongyuan.

And this time.

Li Chongyuan, who went out to sea for trial voyage, took advantage of the darkness, and finally returned to Xisha Island from the sea, and asked Wan Hong and the others to get the boat into the dock.

Type B paddle steamers have no major problems, but there are still minor problems.

The sea trial is to find some small problems, some small flaws, and then make corrections.

but.

At that time, Wan Hong and Yu Rong had said earlier that the core attraction of the Type B paddle steamer had not reached the most suitable and optimal size.

So this also makes the speed of the Type B paddle steamer never reach that of the Type C paddle steamer.

At least, the speed of the type B paddle steamer is one tenth slower than that of the type C paddle steamer, that is, one tenth slower.

For this speed, Li Chongyuan is already very satisfied.

After all, the hull of the B-type paddle steamer is too large, reaching more than 27 feet in length.

It is understandable and certain that the speed of a ship of such length is a little lower.

The bigger the boat, the slower it will go, which is normal.

It would be a heresy if the bigger the ship, the faster it would go.

Li Chongyuan, who got off the boat, said to Wan Hong and the others: "Please ask the people below to fix the small problems on the boat. Your next task will be heavier than before. On the boat, you should take care of what I said. The blueprint of the Type B paddle steamer, you should correct it carefully, and then hand it over to the people below to build the Type B paddle steamer. You are also ready to start building the Type A paddle steamer.”

"Junwang Li, don't worry, we know what to do. However, when you were on board, Junwang Li, you said that you wanted to lengthen the Type A paddle steamer. Isn't that too radical and too risky? The length is too 27 feet. According to the previously designed Type A, the length was placed at 36 feet, but Li Junwang suddenly said that he would change it to 45 feet, which may be a bit too radical." Wan Hong said to Li Chongyuan There were little thoughts about what he said on the boat.

But Yu Rong looked at Wan Hong and said: "Brother Wan, we have created Type B. The original Type A was designed to be 36 feet. King Li Jun asked us to increase the size of the original Type A. This is not the case. It’s a difficult thing. As long as we work hard and solve problems when we encounter them, nothing will happen.”

"That's right, what Yu Rong said is right. As long as we encounter problems and solve them, this is the correct way to do things. However, you don't have to bear any burdens, just do things normally. If you encounter something that cannot be solved, you can still As usual, just ask me to come and solve it together. I believe you can do it, not to mention, you have built from small paddle steamers to Type C, and then to Type B. It can be seen that your ability, that is It is worthy of affirmation, there is no doubt about it." Li Chongyuan affirmed Yu Rong's words very much.

Indeed.

The paddle steamer has grown from scratch, from small to large, and has been going smoothly.

Although there were many small problems, there were no major problems along the way.

But now, after two days of trial voyage of the Type B paddle steamer, everything is still perfect.

Wan Hong didn't speak anymore.

He knew that the things Li Chongyuan decided would rarely change.

Li Chongyuan would only choose to change unless it was impossible for manpower to do it.

And the current shipyard is not the hundreds of people in the past, but thousands of people.

There are even several shipwrights, and nearly 2000 shipwrights.

Whether it is a plumber or a helper, there are more people.

They don't know how to build ships, but they can still do it as a helper.

Such as cutting wood, such as processing wood, etc., these people are completely competent.

Moreover, after a long time of contact with shipbuilding, the hydraulic engineering helpers became more and more proficient when they started.

All the best.

Li Chongyuan had a restful sleep that night.

At dawn the next day, Li Chongyuan got up early.

After finishing his morning exercise, Li Chongyuan stood on the island and looked towards the sea, but saw the shadow of a ship in the distance.

Li Chongyuan looked into the distance.

After the boat got closer and closer, Li Chongyuan realized that the boat in the distance was his own paddle steamer.

"Haha, I'm finally back. I've been away for several months, and I'm finally back. I don't know what good things they brought me this time." Li Chongyuan saw that the boats on the sea in the distance were his own. After the boat, I knew it was Chen Juan and the others who had returned.

Leave in April and May and return in mid-October.

This trip is five months.

Li Chongyuan didn't know where Chen Juan and the others went to the sea this time, and he also hoped that Chen Juan and the others would go to the southern sea area to find out the situation there and help Li Chongyuan redraw the map.

The ship is getting closer.

And this time.

In the direction of the estuary of the Yangtze River, some ships that helped transport timber to Xisha Island also returned to Xisha Island.

Ships transporting timber docked first.

A guard jumped off the ship before the ship stopped.

Seeing this, Xing Ba laughed and said: "Old Eighteen, you are not afraid to jump into the sea if you jump like this. The sea water is very cold. If you catch a cold, Mr. Xiao Lang will not give you a holiday."

"Something happened." The guard Xiang Shiba didn't care about Xingba and made fun of him, jumped ashore, replied, and ran to Li Chongyuan in the distance.

When Xing Bayi heard that something had happened, he didn't know what happened. He looked at the ships transporting timber, but he didn't think anything happened.

Although it is unknown, what Shiba said is definitely not false.

Immediately, Xingba also followed closely, running towards Li Chongyuan's direction.

After a while.

Xiang Shiba came to Li Chongyuan, with a heavy expression on his face, he said: "Young Lord, something happened."

"Huh? You came back so soon? You said something happened, what happened?" Li Chongyuan was standing by the sea, watching Chen Juan and the others coming this way.

He didn't expect that Xiang Shiba would return from Rongzhou so soon, and he would say that something happened as soon as he came back.

Li Chongyuan was originally in a good mood, but when he heard what happened, coupled with Xiang Shiba's serious face, his heart tightened immediately.

Panting heavily, Xiang Shiba said, "Yesterday, we were transported to the Dantu side and the waterway was blocked. Then, the boss of the boat sent someone to explore the way around the Yunliang River. The people disappeared, but the boat was still there. In addition After Xiang Jiu took Nineteen and they went ashore to buy food, they also disappeared."

"What!!!" After listening to Shiba's words, Li Chongyuan was so shocked that he was speechless.

After that, Shiba continued to talk about doubts to Li Chongyuan.

After Li Chongyuan listened to Shiba's narration, he immediately discovered that the blockage of the waterway must have been done deliberately.

As for who it was, or what it was for to block the waterway, Li Chongyuan still doesn't know for the time being.

But Li Chongyuan can be sure that the disappearance of Xiang Jiu and others must have been done by the person who blocked the waterway, otherwise, why would there be people looking for something one by one.

After thinking for a long time, Li Chongyuan suddenly exclaimed: "No, no. The person who blocked the waterway must not be for any property, but for you. But why is it for you?"

Li Chongyuan continued to think.

While Li Chongyuan was thinking, Chen Juan and the others' boats were approaching, but Li Chongyuan didn't go to greet them, and just stood there and continued to think about why the waterway was blocked.

The pier on Xisha Island is very long.

There are shallow water docks and deep water docks.

Shallow water docks are used to dock small boats, and deep water docks are used to dock paddle ships.

After Chen Juan's paddle steamer docked and dropped off, she saw Li Chongyuan, Zhe Xingba and the others standing there not knowing what they were doing, which also made Chen Huan unhappy.

And right now.

Li Chongyuan suddenly exclaimed again, "No, someone must be planning to attack my boat, so Xiang Jiu and the others were arrested. Hurry up, gather everyone, and go to Dantu to find people. If something happens to Xiang Jiu Well, even if I broke the sky, I still have to deal with that person."

Li Chongyuan was furious.

Li Chongyuan was furious, and immediately asked Xing Ba to call all the guards.

Chen Juan and the others who got off the boat saw that Li Chongyuan didn't care about them, and even saw that Xingba shouted for the guards and others.

Immediately, Chen Juan and the others knew something had happened.

Otherwise, according to the normal situation, when Li Chongyuan sees them returning, he will definitely greet them personally.

(End of this chapter)