I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 735 Unexpected surprise
As soon as Sophia heard this, her whole body seemed to come back to life. She stepped forward suddenly, her arms hugged Li Tian's arms tightly, and she kept shaking like a girl acting like a baby!

"Is this true, Your Majesty the Emperor, are you really willing to send me home, and are you really willing to give me the formula?
Did I hear it wrong!

Wow, Sophia loves you, Your Majesty! "

The other people present saw Sophia, a foreign woman, who was so unreasonable, and all of them glared at her.

Jiang Bao was even gearing up, ready to step forward and slash this guy who doesn't know how to behave.

If Li Tian was an ordinary Ming Dynasty person, he would probably be quite frightened by Sophia's enthusiastic expression.

However, although he hadn't experienced it himself, he had seen too many foreign girls behave more unrestrainedly than this on the Internet and in TV dramas, and he couldn't bear to look directly at it, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with her like this.

He waved his hands slightly, telling them to be calm, and then said to Sophia,

"You are not only a princess, but also a merchant and navigator, so you should know a lot about navigation!"

Sophia might be a little more humble otherwise, but for sailing experience, she is full of confidence.

Patting the chest of a real European girl who is a little sorry, she said,

"It's not me and Your Majesty the Emperor bragging, in my hometown, and even in the entire Mediterranean Sea, there are very few who can surpass me and my men in terms of navigation...

I have been sailing with the fleet since I was seven or eight years old. For more than ten years, I have spent more than half of my time at sea. "

Even if she said she wasn't bragging, she was talking too much.

But Li Tian thought about it again, she was able to rely on her own ability to travel tens of thousands of miles to come to Daming, which is already very illustrative.

At this time, Li Tian's eyes became fascinated, as if thinking of something, and then continued to ask,

"Since this is the case, then you should also know the structure of the voyage ship very well!"

Sophia gently shook the empty milk tea cup in her hand, then glanced at the little eunuch who was holding a delicate kettle.

That seems to mean,
"I have no eyesight, don't you see that my glass is already empty!"

Li Tian waved his hand, and the little eunuch immediately helped Sophia refill a glass with interest.

While slowly tasting the rare delicacy in this world, she said,
"That's natural. Those ships of mine have all been modified by me. Otherwise, how could it be possible for ordinary ships to remain intact after sailing on the sea for more than a year."

Hearing this, the light in Li Tian's eyes shone even brighter.

Some time ago, the tidy ship has been launched and installed, and preliminary tests have been carried out.

There is basically no problem with the steam engine, let alone the power, far exceeding expectations.

However, after the installation was complete, a new problem appeared.

That is, the steam engine is installed in the middle of the cabin, so as to ensure that both sides of the hull can get the same power.

But the problem is that the very center of the hull is where the most important keel of a ship is located.

If you want to install such a behemoth as a steam engine in the center of the hull, your Majesty must make certain modifications to the keel.

After testing by the crew and craftsmen, it was found that the modified keel was far from meeting the requirements for long-distance voyages.

In other words, there is no problem traveling near the sea.

But if it goes deep into the sea and withstands greater wind and waves, such a keel cannot be specified.

In the Eastern shipbuilding technology, the keel is extremely important. The craftsmen were thinking about it and couldn't think of a way to make the two compatible.

They had no way to solve this problem, so they had to report the problem to Li Tian.

However, Li Tian didn't know much about the ships of this era. Even if he did, what he knew was about the same as what those craftsmen knew.

In fact, he was helpless in trying to come up with a way to improve it.

However, according to Li Tian's understanding, the navigation skills of the Romans were not inferior to Daming at all.

The Byzantine Empire has almost completely inherited the technology of the Romans. Princess Sophia, the princess and navigator of Constantinople, should have some understanding of the craft of shipbuilding.

The shipbuilding concepts of the East and the West are different. If I can't give better advice, it doesn't mean that Sophia can't.

After hearing that all three of her voyage ships were modified by her, Li Tian became even more interested in Sophia's shipbuilding technology.

So, with a big wave of his hand, Li Tian grabbed Sophia's hand and went straight to Beihai outside the palace wall.

"Come with me, if you can help me, I will not only send you home, but also send you a few boats, no problem at all!"

Sophia was a little confused for a moment, and exclaimed,

"Your Majesty, where are we going? Oh, my milk tea is about to be spilled..."

Li Tian really had no choice. If he couldn't get a solution, the dream of the Ming steam fleet would be stranded forever, which they could bear.

Now that he has finally come across Sophia as a life-saving straw, he will give it a try no matter what.

"Let's put the milk tea aside for now. As long as you help me this time, let alone milk tea, it's fine to make you a full banquet."

Although Sophia didn't understand what Man Han Banquet was, she felt that it should be a good thing, so she didn't struggle anymore.

The two opened the way in front, and Jiang Bao and others followed closely behind.

As they walked, they were still wondering,
"What is the Man-Han Banquet? The Han in it should be my Han people, but what is the man referring to!"

Wang Fu pondered thoughtfully for a while and said,

"Maybe His Majesty made a slip of the tongue and made a mistake. It should be the whole banquet of Meng Han!"

Beihai is just outside the palace wall, Shichahai is connected to the north, and Zhongnanhai is connected to the south. These three artificial lakes are actually part of Huangjiayuan.

The reason for experimenting with the newest steamship here is that there is no place near the capital where the steamship can fit except for these three places.

The second is that Li Tian did this on purpose in order to be able to see the progress of the steamship at any time.

Such a big ship, in fact, after the assembly is completed, it can't be driven out at all. Even if it passes the test in the future, it can only be left here as a decoration.

But this is also impossible.

Although Tianjin Wei is the most suitable place for testing, it is impossible for Li Tian to run to Tianjin every day.

Not long after, a few people came to Beihai.

At this time, many places on the lake were frozen.

But for the test, there are little eunuchs in small boats every day to break the ice, and this barely keeps the test environment.

(End of this chapter)