"How is this possible?"

"Could it be a fairy trick?"

"It's amazing, who can believe it's true unless they see it with their own eyes!"

A voice full of shock and incredulity sounded, accompanied by faces of horror and disbelief, such expressions were naturally revealed on the faces of Liu Xie and others.

So, what did Liu Xie see that they were so shocked?

In front of Yuan Chang and his entourage is a small lake dug out by hand, about 30 acres in size, at this moment, on the surface of this small lake, an iron boat made of steel is more than three zhang long, more than one zhang wide, and about eight feet high is slowly advancing on the lake. It was precisely because they saw this iron boat made of steel moving on the surface of the lake that Liu Xie and the others were shocked. In their cognition, iron products should not sink immediately when placed on the water, and the iron boat in front of them not only did not sink, but could still move normally, if it wasn't for the blue sky and white day, they were afraid that they would think they had seen a ghost.

"Yuan... Chairman Yuan, this... What the hell is going on?"

Seeing the scene in front of him, Yang Biao's calm expression couldn't be maintained, and he asked Yuan Chang on the side with a trembling mouth. Not only Yang Biao had such an expression, but Liu Xie and others were all like this. Of course, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and other officials from Youzhou are naturally accustomed to it, and they will definitely not tell Liu Xie and the others, when they first saw them, they also had such expressions.

"Huh!"

Yuan Chang chuckled lightly and explained unhurriedly: "Actually, this is just some simple technical means. If you are interested, you may wish to go to the library to see the knowledge of physics, and you will understand it after reading it. ”

"Physics again?"

Yang Biao raised his eyebrows in disbelief, the previous weapons and armor were also made by physical means, and the iron ship in front of him could walk on the water or by physical means, could it be that Yuan Chang was perfunctory to them? However, after taking a closer look at Yuan Chang, he found that his expression was serious and serious, obviously not like he was joking. Therefore, a strong curiosity rose in Yang Biao's heart, is physics really so powerful and can solve so many problems?

"That's right, it's physics. Physics is vast and profound, and if you dig deeper, you will find that this land can no longer satisfy you, but you have to pursue the distant sea of stars. ”

Yuan Chang said something unusually pretended, and Liu Xie and the others looked at each other when they heard it.

"Chairman Yuan said so much, if he has spare time, the old man must see it. Yang Biao didn't refute, but after listening to Yuan Chang's words, he said with great expectation.

At this time, Dong Cheng jumped out and poured a basin of cold water and said: "Chairman Yuan, although this warship made of steel is magical, whether it is in Youzhou or in the north and other places, it seems that it is not of much use, and it is afraid that it will be a waste of manpower and financial resources to develop such a warship." ”

"Minister Dong is too worried!"

Yuan Chang said lightly, and Bigge said fullly: "There is no useless thing in this world, even a piece of toilet paper has its role." I have established a shipyard and a wharf in Tianjin, south of Yuyang County, so that these warships can transport soldiers, horses, grain, and grass from the Bohai Sea, reducing the requisition of the people and the wear and tear on the way. Moreover, the speed of this warship is at sea, not slower than the speed of warhorses, and there is no need to worry about tiredness, it is feasible day and night, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou and Jingzhou and other places have coastlines, as long as the warships open the way, my Youzhou soldiers and horses can land and fight, Minister Dong still thinks that this warship is useless?"

Dong Cheng's face was blue and white at Yuan Chang's words, and he jumped out to pour cold water just now, but he subconsciously wanted to hit Yuan Chang, who knew that Yuan Chang's words seemed to show his ignorance.

"But it was a lonely and unheard of it, and after listening to Chairman Yuan's words, he knew that this warship had such a wonderful use. ”

Now that Yuan Chang is in the limelight, and he is still on other people's territory, Dong Cheng is very decisive in admitting it, at least, there is no conflict with Yuan Chang at present, and it is better to live in peace.

"Actually, what I said earlier is just an ordinary function, and there are more important uses for this warship. ”

"I don't know what else to use, can Chairman Yuan help us and others. ”

After listening to Yuan Chang's words, Yang Biao asked puzzled. Such a warship, transporting soldiers, horses, grain and grass, landing from the sea to fight, and attacking it unprepared, the role is already very huge, but Yuan Chang said that it is just a general role, but it makes people curious, what is more important than attacking the city?

Yuan Chang looked up at the sky and said quietly: "I don't think you know that the land where we live only accounts for thirty percent, and the other seventy percent is the sea. ”

"This..."

Yuan Chang's words are impossible to believe easily, after all, the limitation of knowledge makes them unable to understand at all, if this land is thirty percent land and seventy percent sea, then they would have been submerged a long time ago? However, Yuan Chang's serious appearance does not seem to be a joke, and his rebuttal may be evil to Yuan Chang, so it is better to deal with it in silence.

Yuan Chang was not angry, and said with a calm face: "Let me tell you a story first, there was once a frog who lived in a dry well for many years. It is very satisfied with the little world in which it lives, and it will brag about it in public whenever it has the opportunity. One day, when it was full of food, it was squatting on the well fence and was bored, when suddenly it saw a turtle walking not far away. The frog quickly opened his voice and shouted: "Hey, Brother Turtle, please come here, please come here!" The turtle crawled to the side of the dry well. The frog immediately opened the conversation: "Count yourself lucky today, I'll let you open your eyes and visit my room." It was a paradise. You've probably never seen such a spacious dwelling, have you?" the turtle probed into the well, only to see a pool of green mossy muddy water at the bottom of the shallow well, and a pungent stench. The turtle frowned and quickly retracted its head. The frog didn't pay attention to the turtle's expression at all, and continued to boast with a big belly: "I am very comfortable living here! I can jump on the well fence in the evening to cool off; I can sleep in the hole in the wall of the well late at night; I can soak in the water, let the water soak my armpits, support my cheeks, and swim; jump into the mud, let the mud cover my feet, bury my feet, and roll around." Those little bugs, crabs, tadpoles, etc., which one can compare to me!" The frog spat and splattered, and the more he spoke, the more proud he became: "Look, this pit of water, this well, all belong to me alone, and I can do whatever I like." It's the ultimate fun. Brother turtle, don't you want to go in for sightseeing?" The turtle felt embarrassed, so he crawled to the mouth of the well, but before his left leg could reach all of it, his right leg was stuck in the well railing. The turtle could only retreat, and the frog shook its head. The turtle said: "The sea is vast and boundless. Its vastness cannot be described by thousands of miles, and its depth cannot be indicated by thousands of feet. Legend has it that more than 4,000 years ago, when Dayu was the monarch, there were nine floods in ten years, and the sea water did not deepen; more than 3,000 years ago, in the era of Shang Tang's rule, there were seven droughts in eight years, and the sea water did not decrease. The sea is so large that the length of time and the changes in drought and flood cannot cause a significant change in the amount of water. Brother Frog, I live in the sea. You see, which world is more open and which is more fun than your dry well and a pit of shallow water?" ”

After a pause, Yuan Chang ignored the people with different faces, and continued: "You are like the frog at the bottom of the well, you can't see the vast sky outside, thinking that the scope of your life is the whole world, and in the end you can only rest on your laurels, standing still, and sooner or later being replaced by others. ”

Dong Cheng's face sank, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Chairman Yuan, you said that our courtiers are frogs at the bottom of the well, and we also admit it, but you include the head of state, is it too much?" ”

"Minister Dong doesn't need to be like this, what Chairman Yuan said is good!"

Liu Xie stopped Dong Cheng with a calm face, looked at Yuan Chang and said: "If there were no predecessors to open the way, how would we know that there were Kushan Empire, Rest Empire, and Roman Empire in the extreme west? In this case, what is the situation in the extreme west? What about the extreme east, the extreme south, and the extreme north? Dare to ask Chairman Yuan, are there any relevant books in the library that can be studied?"

"As the Führer said, there is a book in the library called Geography, which is about the land in which we live. Yuan Chang was a little surprised that Liu Xie would have such a reaction. Just now Yuan Chang said that they are frogs at the bottom of the well, and in the worst case, Liu Xie will also be furious and scold, and the better situation is that his face is not safe, but who knows that at this moment he is calm, and he also has an open-minded and studious attitude. Either Liu Xie's character is really like this, or he has learned to forbear. Obviously, Liu Xie is the latter.

However, Yuan Chang was not worried about the forbearant Liu Xie.

Knowing that there were indeed relevant books in the library, Liu Xie nodded and said no more. Liu Xie had already figured out that the gap between him and Yuan Chang was not the difference between strength. If you talk about strength, the original Yuan Chang is not as good as him, Yuan Chang is just a concubine of the Yuan family, and although he is a puppet emperor who was pushed to power by Dong Zhuo, at least he is also an emperor. However, after ascending to the throne, he did nothing, although because of the reason that Dong Zhuo sent people to monitor, but his inaction is also real; on the other hand, Yuan Chang, a concubine, relying on his own efforts, from a county order, to a county guard, and then to a state boss, it can be said that Yuan Chang's starting point is much lower than him, but now his achievements are far more than him. Therefore, he understands that the gap between the two is not strength, but insight and ability in other aspects. And if he wants to shorten the distance between him and Yuan Chang, he needs to enrich his knowledge and talents, and the library is obviously a good place to go.

Liu Xie agreed with Yuan Chang's words, and Dong Cheng naturally could only retreat with a depressed face.

Continuing the topic just now, Yuan Chang continued: "As I said just now, being used for conquest is not the main purpose of warships. Its main purpose is to explore overseas and unknown territories. As mentioned earlier, 30 percent of this land is land and 70 percent is sea, and the Central Plains occupies less than 10 percent of this 30 percent of the land, so who knows what kind of situation is the situation of more than 90 percent of the land? Therefore, there are still many unknown areas waiting for us to explore, so why stick to the Central Plains. ”

The oceans, which account for three-quarters of the earth, have not been fully explored by people until later generations, or in other words, less than one-ten-thousandth of them, even on land, not fully explored, let alone the wider sea. Moreover, there is no clear understanding of what the situation is like in the depths of the land and the sea, so the exploration of the earth is still only in the stage of ignorance in later generations, let alone the current era.

In fact, Yuan Chang's words did not have much impact on Liu Xie, no matter how big this world is, what hindrance will it have for them? Not everyone can become an explorer like Columbus and Marco Polo, and some people are destined to be content with a peaceful life.

Still, it seems good to be able to stimulate an explorer to come out.

Seeing that Liu Xie was not interested, Yuan Chang did not force it, so he immediately said: "Today's warship technology is not very perfect, after the technology is perfected in the future, you can take the warship to the sea to enjoy the customs, and you can understand how vast this world is." ”

Chairman Cheng Yuan said that he hoped that the old man would be able to appreciate the customs of the sea in his lifetime. ”

Yang Biao smiled and agreed, Zhao Wen didn't speak, although he had already expressed his attitude of serving Yuan Chang, but he didn't have to be superficial, everything still had to be spoken with action.

"Next, I will take you to see the fruits of the grain, and the visit of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will be over, and we will move on to the next destination. ”

The purpose of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is to solve the problems in people's lives, which is simply to solve the problems of clothing, food, housing and transportation. Cotton clothes are the representative of clothing, and the line is made of steel warships as representatives, the car Yuan Chang also has ideas, but today's traffic is still a little inconvenient, if you want to get the material for making tires - rubber trees, you have to run to South Vietnam and other countries, before the technology of the warship is not perfect enough, it is estimated that there is no hope; needless to say, the villa made of cement and red bricks has been experienced by everyone, and it is not good-looking.

Now, there's just the question of food.

Food can be said to be the most important problem in all dynasties, after all, the feudal dynasty is not the next generation, and it has become commonplace for all kinds of science and technology to create food so extravagantly and wasted. In this day and age, a random disaster or war is enough to make people lose what they have to eat, eat grass roots, tree bark, and soil. Therefore, when it comes to the food issue, not only Yang Biao is concerned, but Liu Xie and others are also concerned.