Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 402 Chapter 413: Liuqiu in Development

Along the way, Li Hao told Lu Yun that he was demoted to Qiongnan, but Lu Yun didn't worry about Li Hao, he believed in Li Hao, because Li Hao could always come out of adversity, and he was demoted to Qiongnan. It was nothing to Li Hao.

While chatting, the two of them rode their horses over a hill and saw a small natural lake four or five miles ahead. A tall canopy-style factory building was built around the lake, covering almost half of the lake. Li Hao Seeing this, he frowned and said, "Such a factory building may be in danger if there is a strong wind."

Lu Yun smiled and shook his head when he heard the words: "No, you will know when it gets closer."

The two rode down the hill and soon came to the lake. Someone noticed their arrival and immediately notified Lu Zhi, the chief craftsman.

Lu Zhi hurried out to meet them, just as Li Hao and Lu Yun dismounted from their horses, Lu Zhi stepped forward and saluted: "See you, Lord Hou!"

Lu Yun on the side smiled and said, "Now the young master is not Lord Hou, but King Qiongnan!"

"Ah!" Lu Zhi was pleasantly surprised when he heard the words, and hurriedly saluted again, "Meet the lord!" He only knew that the lord was much better than the Hou Ye, and as for where the lord was, that was out of his consideration.

Li Hao waved his hand and said: "There is no need to be polite, Lu Zhi, if this factory building encounters a strong wind, will it be dangerous?"

Lu Zhi smiled confidently when he heard the words, and said: "The prince will know it when he comes closer."

Li Hao nodded, and led by Lu Zhi, he entered the workshop area of ​​the shipyard. After he went in, he was stunned. , Naturally strong.

At this time, Lu Zhi introduced: "Look, my lord, these pillars are made of live fir trees. These fir trees have grown here for hundreds of years. They are deeply rooted and extremely stable. Using them as pillars is naturally safe, and The lord looked at the terrain within ten miles. It can be said that it is surrounded by mountains. This is the lowest point, so it can gather water to form a lake. It is surrounded by mountains. No matter how strong the wind is here, it will damage more than half of it, and it will not damage the shipyard. Moreover, my lord, the river channel from the lake to the ocean has been measured along the way, and the depth is enough for a boat. If the river bed is really too high, then the water flow can only be cut off and someone will dig the river, but that's all. It will take too much manpower and material resources, I hope it will not be the case.”

After listening to his introduction, Li Hao nodded and smiled with satisfaction: "As expected, he is a professional, and has taken all factors into account, so I can rest assured. Lu Zhi, where is the boat? Take me to see it."

Lu Zhi spread his hands and said: "My lord, please come with the villain." After he said that, he led Li Hao to walk along the edge of the lake. In the deepest part of the lake, he finally saw a boat under construction. It has already come out. Li Hao looked at it. It is more than 40 meters long and has four masts. It is a small Galen ship. It is estimated that the draft will not exceed 300 tons. However, even so, it is far more than the ships Li Hao and the others use now. .

Looking at the Galen sailing ship that is still under construction, Li Hao felt quite emotional. In fact, ancient Chinese navigation technology was very powerful, because according to historical records, Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures of the Ming Dynasty, used the largest treasure captain in his voyages to the West. 138 meters and a draft of 6.5 tons. What kind of concept is this? Li Hao couldn't imagine how such a large ship was built in the Ming Dynasty. You must know that China's second aircraft carrier only had a draft of [-] tons.

It's a pity that the officials of the corrupt Confucians of the Ming Dynasty burned all the materials and construction drawings of Zheng He's ships to the West in order to firmly enforce the policy of banning the sea.

Galen ship is the first step. Next, Li Hao will build a clipper ship. The clipper ship is known as the fastest sailing ship with wind power. The "Great Republic" clipper ship in history has a displacement of 3400 tons and a high mainmast. 61 meters, with a speed of 12 to 14 knots per hour (1 knot = 1.852 kilometers), it only takes 13 days to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Before the steam engine ship appeared, the clipper ship was definitely the fastest ship in the world.

Li Hao has a dream, that is to drive the fleet of Datang Invincible, and sail to other countries around the world to declare their prestige. If you have a good attitude, you can trade with them and exchange what you need. If you have a bad attitude, you can threaten them. , the more arrogant ones, just beat them up!Beat until you are scared!He wants to spread the language of the Tang Dynasty to every country in the world, so that people all over the world can speak Chinese. In this world, whoever has a big fist can speak hard, force!Always the best mic ever.

Just when Li Hao was looking forward to the future, Lu Zhi suddenly said beside him: "My lord, do you want to go to the boat and have a look?"

Li Hao came back to his senses and asked, "Can I go up?"

"Yes." Lu Zhi said, "The cabin has been repaired almost, but the boat is a bit high, you have to be careful when you get on and off the Hou Ye, ah, the villain is talking too much, naturally you don't need to worry about Hou Ye's skills."

Lu Yun scolded with a smile: "Old Lu, when did you learn how to flatter?"

Li Hao laughed and said: "He has been in contact with you a lot during this time, who do you think he learned from? Haha, come on, let's go up and have a look together."

The three of them climbed onto the Galen ship through the long ladder, and Li Hao walked around the side, deck, cabin, and bow of the ship, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, yes, Lu Zhi, you are really good, what I gave is nothing more than It’s roughly in the shape of a boat, and it’s just described in words, I didn’t expect you to be able to make it, you really are a master craftsman!”

Lu Zhi hurriedly said modestly: "My lord has won the award. The biggest wish of this villain in this life is to build something that no one else has ever built. Before, I helped the lord build a wind-powered waterwheel. This time, I built such a big boat. Let the villain achieve his wish, but the prince can't be too happy too early. The boat is more demanding. Only after it is launched can you know whether the boat can sail. Although the villain has built a boat before, this is the first time for this kind of boat Construction, the villain is not yet fully sure."

Li Hao patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Just do your best, don't have too much psychological burden, even if you fail, it's okay, just rebuild, anyway, this king has money, haha..."

After leaving the shipyard, Li Hao was very happy. On the way back to the city, Li Hao talked to Lu Yun about the aborigines. When talking about aborigines, he naturally mentioned the leader of the aborigines - Huang Shang.

From here, Li Hao got a piece of bad news, that is, Huang Shang seemed to regret it a bit. At the beginning, Huang Shang warmly welcomed Lu Yun and the others to come here for development because Lu Yun and the others could bring a lot of materials, but gradually Indeed, he found that some of his people began to forget their origins after the Tang people spread their culture, and they didn't want to go back to their previous tribal life. Naturally, they no longer trusted him as the leader. This made Huang Shang very upset. If things go on like this, His status is definitely not guaranteed, so when Lu Yun went to Huang Shang to ask him to send some more indigenous people to work, Huang Shang refused.

Li Hao thought for a while after hearing the words, and said with a light smile: "His reaction is reasonable, don't worry, I will meet him tomorrow, and I promise to make him obedient."

Lu Yun laughed happily when he heard the words. Li Hao has always said that he can do it, and never do things that he is not sure of. Since Li Hao said so, he will definitely make Huang Shang obedient tomorrow.

Soon, Li Hao and Lu Yun came to a small city on horseback. Li Hao looked at the five-meter-high city wall and praised with a smile: "Your city is very good. Although the city is not big, the walls are very high."

Lu Yun smiled and said, "It's important to be on guard against others. This is the territory of the indigenous people after all, so we still have to be on guard."

"Well, not bad!" Li Hao said, "This city can still be developed in the future. It can be expanded outside the city wall, and another city wall can be built to divide the inner city and the outer city."

Lu Yun thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's a good idea."

Li Hao pointed to the city and asked, "Why is there no city name on the city gate?"

Lu Yundao: "Isn't this waiting for you to name it?"

Li Hao smiled when he heard the words, nodded his head and thought about it, and said, "This city is ten miles away from the harbor. Standing here, you can just see the harbor. Let's call it Wanggang City."

Lu Yun said happily: "It's a good name, but what about the seaport? Let's give it a name too."

Li Hao thought about it again, and said, "It's called Pearl Harbor. I believe that this harbor will become a bright pearl on Liuqiu Island in the future."

While talking, the two entered the city, and Lu Yun delivered an order. From then on, the seaport was called Mingzhu Harbor, and the city was called Wanggang City. Seeing so many residents in the city, Li Hao turned his head and asked Lu Yun, "There are so many people here, they shouldn't be natives."

Lu Yun smiled and nodded: "That's right, there are [-] people in the city now, all sent by Jin Li."

Li Hao nodded. He knew about this matter. Feiying had reported it to him, and it was he who ordered Jinli to send these people to Liuqiu. These people were originally from Yizhou and Xizhou. Western Turks captured Yizhou, and Tubo captured Xizhou, causing many people in these two states to flee.

Jin Li took the opportunity to gather these people and raised them in the base camp first, but the more people he collected, the number was nearly 2. He couldn't support him anymore, so he asked Li Hao, who originally planned to ask Jin Li to send these people back. I went to Xizhou, but thought that this might expose the base of Jinli and Feiying, so I asked them to send these people to Liuqiu all the way.

There is no governor's mansion in Wanggang City, only the city guard's mansion. Currently, Lu Yun is temporarily serving as the city guard, but the deputy city guards Lin Dingkun and Chen Haijin are actually in charge.

Li Hao and Xue Rengui's family members were arranged in the Chengshou Mansion, and when they entered the Chengshou Mansion, all they saw were familiar faces, and Li Hao felt like returning to the Lantian Marquis Mansion.

It was getting late, everyone sat down around the big table and had a happy dinner together. After dinner, Li Hao was about to ask Lu Yun where his room was, when Li Ping suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Li Hao's belt Just dragging it to her room, Li Hao immediately understood what she meant, and she wanted to plow the fields by herself again.

However, Li Hao knew that there was something wrong with Li Ping's field. After sowing so many varieties, they hadn't germinated yet. He didn't mind continuing to sow them, but Li Ping was so obsessed with it that he repeated it many times every night. Well, Li Hao is really a bit overwhelmed. Fortunately, he has internal skills. If it were someone else, he would have withered long ago.

Li Hao stood still and refused to move, Li Ping couldn't move him naturally, it was okay, Li Ping raised his hand, grabbed Li Hao's ear and dragged him back, Li Hao immediately followed her in pain, and at the same time winked at Lu Yun, Only the mouth moved without making a sound: "Help me! Help me!"

"Oh, the moonlight tonight is so beautiful..." Lu Yun looked up at the sky, talking nonsense to the dark clouds all over the sky.

(End of this chapter)