I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1011 Candidates for the new captain

Only Sophia, a European, was rather confused. No matter how Li Tian explained, she was always at a loss.

It's not that her IQ is not good enough, her brain is not enough.

It's that Sophia has a little understanding of many terms and key words Li Tian said, and it's normal to not understand them.

After all, it has only been a month or two since he started learning Chinese and he can do basic daily communication.

Even with her clever mind, it would take at least two or three years to fully understand the complex and profound Chinese.

However, although she didn't quite understand it, she also became happy when she saw Zheng He and Li Zhi kept nodding, praising Li Tian's design for turning decay into magic.

Li Zhi is indeed a master craftsman with superb skills, even Zheng He trusts him very much.

He couldn't solve the thermometer because it involved glass crafting problems.

But the barometer, a thing that can be made with only metal, he understood the principle, as long as he was given a certain amount of time, he could tinker with it by himself.

So Li Zhi took the order himself and took over the work of making the barometer.

After Li Tian agreed, he happily left with the drawings.

Li Tian actually blamed himself for failing to think of this problem from the beginning.

But he can't be blamed for this, after all, he is only one person, no matter how smart he is, it is impossible to think of everything, every detail.

This made him have to sigh again,
"Scientific research is really not something that one person can do.

When I was reading novels, there were some awesome protagonists who made Iron Man's battle armor with their hands alone.

Now, in his opinion, that was complete nonsense.

Now he and hundreds of people from Tiangong Institute are just studying a steam engine that can be called an antique among antiques. After several months of steaming, it is still not guaranteed to be perfect.

The technological level of Iron Man's battle armor is unknown how many dimensions higher than the steam engine, how could one person build it. "

Although these two small things are small in size, they still play an extremely important role in the large-scale universal application of steam engines in the future.

With them, only an ordinary person is needed to monitor the running status of the steam engine well, and there is no need for a very professional craftsman to take care of it anytime and anywhere.

Invisibly, I don't know how much labor cost has been saved.

You must know that in today's Ming Dynasty, any talent is extremely precious, and wasting one is considered a reckless waste.

Of course Zheng He didn't know what Li Tian was thinking at this time.

Seeing Li Tian staring into the distance in a daze, they all took a step back silently, not wanting to disturb him.

I don't know how long it took before Li Tiancai woke up from his daze.

It seemed that he had no time to wait until the test ship came back.

Li Tian told the two of his real plans for coming here this time.

"Uncle Bao, the new army has been training for more than half a year, and now the equipment has been assembled, and I plan to take part of it to Nanjing to perform missions after a while.

There is a high probability that there will be a battle. I can't believe other people, so you should lead these people. "

Zheng He didn't know that Li Tian planned to downgrade Nanjing to an ordinary city.

Hearing that there might be a battle in Nanjing, his face became solemn at that time.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the new army was trained by our family and Duke Cheng.

Our family will never disappoint Your Majesty's expectations, so you can safely hand them over to our family! "

With that said, he hesitated a little and then continued,
"But our family is going to lead the new army, who should lead this steamship!"

After hearing the conversation between the two, Sophia suddenly felt that her chance had come, and raised her hands frantically aside.

"Choose me, choose me, I can, I really can!"

In fact, Li Tian had already planned for this point.

Because the new army is an army, and steam ships can't bring them all, so the two of them are destined to go separately.

On the ship side, apart from Zheng He, Sophia is really the most suitable.

After all, this ship was designed by him and Li Tian together, and Sophia not only has more than ten years of sailing experience, but also participated in many water battles in person, and even took a European merchant ship by herself. I traveled thousands of miles to Daming.

Whether it is from the perspective of sailing experience or from the perspective of combat experience.

Sophia is a top navigator not inferior to Zheng He.

This time there was only one boat. If Zheng He, a man who commanded thousands of troops, were to be the captain of a small boat, it would be a bit of a shame to be honest.

From this point of view, Sophia is indeed the best candidate.

It's just that Sophia is currently in the capital by herself.

She is a blond foreign girl, no matter how outstanding her ability is, she may not be able to control Zheng He's subordinates.

So it's okay to make Sophia the captain, but she must be equipped with a deputy who can control the overall situation.

Seeing Sophia's excitement, Li Tian couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, stop jumping, I saw you.

It is not impossible for you to be the captain of this ship, but can you guarantee that you can command everyone on the ship. "

Sophia was a little scared when she heard this.

Indeed, as one of the designers of this ship, and she is currently Li Tian's guest, everyone maintains a respectful attitude towards her.

But if she becomes the captain, she becomes an officer, with responsibilities.

It turned out that those special identities were of no use in the real military camp.

Whether she will still be respected by everyone is unknown.

In the past, her crew listened to her, whether it was because she was a princess, or because she was a really capable captain, a person who had the ability to lead everyone across thousands of miles to the mysterious Eastern Kingdom.

But the officers and soldiers on the new ship are not his former subordinates. Even if she is capable, she may not be respected by everyone without a certain period of time.

Sophia is still a little self-aware, although she really wants to be the captain of the world's first steam ship.

But if I didn't do it well, but ruined Li Tian's major event, wouldn't I be causing trouble for myself and Li Tian?

She hesitated a little and fell silent.

At this time, Li Tian smiled and said to her,

"What? I just said a word, and you flinched? This is not like you.

In fact, I have already planned it a long time ago. I originally wanted you to be the captain of this ship. "

As soon as these words came out, Sophia was stunned immediately,
"Your Majesty, what you said is true, did you really plan to do so very early on?"

(End of this chapter)