Chapter 108: Ship Survey
Sending people to the Tiangong workshop is just Zhu Youxiao's precursor action, and after the first batch of Yulin troops are sent away, he is also ready to set off and rush back to Beijing, Wanli has been sick for almost a month, and he can't say if he doesn't go back
When he came back, the carriage loaded with supplies was empty, of course, Zhu Youxiao would not waste it like this, the empty carriage was filled with people by him, like goods, and pulled back to the palace.
It's just that when the whole Yulin Army was reorganized and was about to set off for Beijing under the guidance of Zhu Youxiao, news suddenly came from the shipyard, saying that the clipper ship had been successfully manufactured, and the owner was invited to watch it.
"Built so quickly?" Zhu Youxiao asked in amazement.
"I don't know about the small one, it's just that the shipyard elder sent someone to deliver the message, please go and watch it." Liu Bin, who came to report the news, replied a little nervously, the situation in front of him made him almost weak, what the hell is the noble man doing, how can so many soldiers and horses gather here.
Wang Wenyan is going back with Zhu Youxiao, Liu Bin and Ding Mian have already brought him out, and he can't be used, so he naturally wants to go back with his grandson and continue his road to fame and wealth.
"In that case." Zhu Youxiao groaned, "Li Tu, pass on my order, the army will be repaired in place, and then set off in an hour." "I definitely won't be able to get to Jingshi today, there is no difference between an hour earlier and an hour later.
"Whoa!" Li Tu clenched his fists and accepted the order, and then went to deliver the order. The whole army of fifteen hundred men suddenly became neatly shortened under this order, and all their legs were the same, and they did so, like an immobile iron man in the early morning sun.
"Let's go, let's see." Zhu Youxiao waved a whip and led everyone to the shipyard.
After coming to the shipyard, Zhu Youxiao left most of the cavalry company outside, only taking Wang Wenyan, Li Tu and ten knights inside, of course, he was still fully armed and did not take off the armor on his body.
The shipyard master craftsman headed by Gao Lao came to greet him, bustling, no less than 20 people at a glance, it is the essence of the entire shipyard, all of them are skilled and proficient in shipbuilding technology, most of them can independently preside over the construction of a big ship.
"The owner?" After Elder Gao came to the front, he asked with some hesitation. At the same time, when his gaze fell on the seemingly ordinary stainless steel armor on Zhu Youxiao's body, his pupils shrank suddenly, as if he had seen something extremely incredible.
"What, you don't know me anymore?" Zhu Youxiao took off the mask on his helmet with a smile and asked with a smile.
"Haha, the owner's dress is so heroic that the old man can't recognize it." Elder Gao snorted and covered up his gaffe just now.
Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao's mind was full of flying clippers at the moment, and he didn't notice Elder Gao's unnaturalness, "Elder Gao, where is the clippers?" He asked with some urgency.
"Boss, please come with me." As soon as the old man led him, he led a few people out of the shipyard and came to the port, where there was a very graceful and slender ship resting on the blue and somewhat blackened water, which was about the same size as the four-hundred-material Galen ship next to it, but it was almost a third longer and narrower in width.
At this time, all the masts had been erected on the flying clipper, but the masts were bare, and the huge soft sails had not yet been raised, and judging from the paint on the hull, the ship had just been built, and the lacquer had only just dried up. The ship was full of people, and Tarun was roaring loudly, urging his crew to inspect the ship and prepare to set sail.
"Let's go, go up and have a look." After Zhu Youxiao squinted his eyes and looked at it, he suddenly raised his legs and walked over there.
"Your Highness, don't ......" Before Wang Wenyan finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao directly swept over with a cold look, and immediately stuffed back the rest of his words. Wang Wenyan's heart was cold, his lips were furrowed, and he couldn't say anything to dissuade him.
"Your Highness?!" Elder Gao finally chewed on these two words, his eyes lit up, this accident made him confirm the guess in his heart.
After Zhu Youxiao forced Wang Wenyan back with a look, seeing that no one dissuaded him, he raised his legs and walked towards the flying clippers, his steps were still very regular, step by step was very solid, and the steps were moving, giving people a sense of calm and firmness.
The whole body armor on Zhu Youxiao's body is very heavy, although he has a lot of strength and doesn't care about this weight, but this weight does exist objectively, it can be seen from the very bent plank, Li Tu, who was also walking behind him, only bent the plank a little.
"I've seen adults." Seeing that his employer came up, Tarun came up to salute diligently, and his salute was still to bow down, looking at his skillfully bent legs and feet, he must have not practiced less in private.
"Hmm." Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly, and looked around at the layout of the ship. The whole ship was not the same as the Western ships he had seen in the movies before, with a large number of cables, large and small masts, narrow decks, and busy crews.
"My lord, if you want to experience the speed of this ship, please be sure to take off the armor on your body, wearing such heavy armor, if you fall into the water, no one can save you." Tarun spoke in a strange tone of Chinese, dutifully persuading.
If it is a professional, Zhu Youxiao will still adopt it, and under the service of Li Tu and others, he took off this whole body armor. What Tarun said does make sense, wearing such armor, if you accidentally fall into the water, it will quickly sink to the bottom, and it will be too late for others to rescue.
Taking off Zhu Youxiao's armor, referring to the silk lining inside, Wang Wenyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, he wanted to dissuade him just now, but he was frightened by His Highness's glance, and he couldn't open his mouth when he arrived on the boat.
After about a quarter of an hour of busy work, under the command of Talen, the slender clipper ship set sail, and then the sea breeze, like an arrow from the Xuan, quickly rushed out, which was almost twice as fast as the Galen ship, making Talon, who was the captain, scream.
"Baby, this is a baby, Daddy loves you, my baby." Tarun shouted loudly in French, tears welling up in his eyes, no one could understand the feelings of the Western crew for the ship at this time, this was all they had.
The strong wind blew Zhu Youxiao's long hair and floated violently, and the wind hit his face, making him almost unable to open his eyes, but Rao was so strong that he couldn't shake his body in the slightest, and his feet were as if they had taken root on the deck, and he couldn't move.
It's just that the constantly shaking hull made his stomach churn a little, as if something wanted to gush out, and the smell of millet porridge he had eaten in the morning also refilled his mouth.
"Gross!" The sound of vomiting sounded one after another, and Zhu Youxiao looked back, but it was the person he brought with him who was holding on to the mast and pouring things out.
Especially Li Tu, the violent wind couldn't shake him either, but he couldn't stand the turbulence of the flying clipper boat up and down, and in just a minute or two, he vomited a lot.
But the young sailors, who were constantly controlling the sails, were now very athletic, constantly flying between the deck and the mast, experimenting with the performance of the ship.
This test lasted for half an hour, and all kinds of strange instructions and more things were made under the command of Tarun, and the maneuvering movements of these ships made Zhu Youxiao look very strange, and he stopped and walked for a while, making his whole person dizzy, and he couldn't distinguish the direction at all.
It wasn't until half an hour later, when Zhu Youxiao was almost tired of looking at the sea, that the test was completed, and then the clipper ship returned under Talon's order.
As soon as the ship entered the port and had not yet stopped, Gao Lao couldn't wait to put up a board and hurriedly walked over.
"Tarron, how's it going, what's the test result?" Elder Gao's tone was hurried, and he seemed to attach great importance to this maiden voyage.
"There is no problem with the boat, the speed of the ship is higher than expected, reaching fifteen knots, but there are still some areas to improve, in the test, there is a tilt on the right side of the ship, and the stern, some ......." pulled Gao Lao, Tarun gushed in his own strange Chinese to keep talking about the results of the test.
The boat docked, Li Tu's gang rushed down one after another, and they didn't know what was going on with these people, they looked impotent when they were on the boat, but they had the energy to rush off the boat at this moment. After getting off the boat, they were glad that they still felt good on land.
"These landlubbers." Zhu Youxiao shook his head and beckoned the crew who didn't have anything to do with it to help him take off the armor. In his previous life, he was a child of the south, although he crossed the sea for the first time, and he was a little uncomfortable, but he did not vomit until his hands and feet were weak as soon as he got on the boat, and he was still able to walk down by himself at this moment.
After Li Tu and the others recovered, Bian quickly picked up the armor placed on the ground and put it on for Zhu Youxiao, "I have not fulfilled my duty as a guard, please punish Your Highness." While dressing, he pleaded guilty.
"It's okay, you are already a land general, it's normal not to practice, don't blame yourself." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, signaling that they didn't have to mind.
When his armor was finished, Elder Gao also got off the flying clipper boat and looked at the large stack of papers with strange characters written on them in his hand.
"Elder Gao, how is the performance of the clipper?" Colonel Zhu You hurriedly stepped forward and asked, this is related to his future navy, so he can't help but care.
"Which one is not ......" The old man who was disturbed thinking opened his mouth and scolded, and after seeing clearly that it was the owner who was asking in front of him, he hurriedly swallowed the second half.
"Huh!" Swallowing the words that were about to be exported made Gao Lao hiccup, and after he evened out his breath, he hurriedly replied, "Owner, you gave you very detailed technical information on the clipping boat, and it didn't take long for us to eat it through, just because we haven't built such a ship before, and the technology is still a little immature, so this ship still has some flaws, and I will discuss the improvement method with those old immortals when I go back." ”
"It's fine." After getting the answer he wanted, Zhu Youxiao's heart was much relieved, and then he asked the doubts in his heart, "I heard that shipbuilding is not a matter of many years, why is it only built in just one month this time?" ”