Chapter 935 - Going to sea to test the ship
Half an hour ago, he had just read the secret report of the bad person, and the two secret reports were corrected to each other, so that Li Shimin could get the most accurate information.
Today, the bad guys and the factory guards have become the two major intelligence agencies under Li Shimin's command side by side, and they have a sense of left and right eyes. The development speed of the factory guard is beyond everyone's imagination. In the past, it was the bad people who took the lead in sending secret reports, but now, there have been back and forth, and there are front and back.
Yuan Tiangang is like a great enemy, but Gao Gonggong is always the same smiling look.
He is different from Yuan Tiangang, Yuan Tiangang can go wherever he needs to go, and Gonggong Gao will always serve by Li Shimin's side, he can not leave the palace, but he can develop the factory guard so quickly, many people speculate that there must be a master to help.
But no matter who asked, Gao Gonggong never responded. Of course, Li Shimin asked, he wanted to say, but the strange thing is that Li Shimin never asked.
In fact, the answer is not difficult to guess, the factory is developing so rapidly, of course, there are people to help, and this person who helps is not someone else, it is Li Mu. To be precise, it is not Li Mu, but the heir hall.
After Mrs. Lu changed the development plan of Jihetang and planned to completely go underground, some intelligence agencies on the surface of Jihetang were at risk of being eradicated by the imperial court. Since she couldn't keep it, after discussing with Li Mu, Mrs. Lu decided to send these intelligence officers to the factory guards and make them the sons of the East Factory.
Its purpose is also very simple, to eat away the weight of bad people in Li Shimin's heart. Increase the prestige of Gao Gonggong, although Gao Gonggong will definitely not betray Li Shimin, but everyone has affection, and at the critical moment, even if Gao Gonggong gives a little news, he may save his life. This investment, no loss!
And Li Shimin also knows this. But there is a good saying, if you are not deaf or blind, you can't be a family. Li Shimin can be the emperor, his mind is like the sea, he sees the overall situation, and on the whole, the increase in intelligence personnel is beneficial to him. Moreover, he may not fully trust Yuan Tiangang, his eyes are still good, and if the one-eyed dragon is blind, he will not be able to see anything.
Moreover, after Gao Gonggong took over these personnel, it was not without screening, and in general, it can still be used.
Seeing that Li Shimin had finished reading the secret report, Gao Gonggong brought a brazier, and Li Shimin threw the secret report into it, which quickly burned into ashes.
These things are all secret, if they are seen by the living room and written on the living notes, the historians of later generations do not know how to arrange it.
"Your Majesty, Lord Hou is in Yangzhou, and he doesn't seem to have encountered any obstacles...... "Gonggong Gao brought a cup of tea, which was already cold, and Li Shimin liked to drink this kind of cold tea, and he didn't know what the taste was.
Li Shimin took a sip, slightly bitter and astringent: "Li Mu, this kid, he really didn't hide his work, what do you think he is doing?" He was telling me that he had left his way back at sea, and if I doubted him one day, he would sail out to sea and never come back! ”
"Uh......" At this time, Grandpa Gao usually doesn't speak, but this time it was an exception, Grandpa Gao hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, this is not a good thing, at least it shows that Master Hou has no intention of usurping!" ”
"He doesn't have the heart to usurp anymore, but he thinks of me as someone else, I am just as he thinks-" Li Shimin wanted to say something, but the words stopped when he came to his lips, he really had no way to say that he would not attack Li Mu, because such thoughts had lingered in his heart many times.
"That's fine, it's okay......" Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, and said angrily: "According to the intention of Zhongshu Province, Yangzhou will be crowned as the fief of the King of Chu." ”
"King Chu's fiefdom ......" Gao Gonggong seemed to be choked, and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the King of Chu is still in infancy, this, this is not in accordance with the rules." ”
"Didn't you say that the whole world is not the king's land? I will seal it to whomever I want. Li Mu felt that I was narrow-minded, and I would never bear such a reputation. His title is low, and it is already the emperor's grace to receive a Luoyang, so it is not appropriate to give him Yangzhou. But his son is a prince, and it is more than enough to lead a Yangzhou, so give it to him, give it to him! ”
Let those who don't know what is going on hear, this is a grace, but it seems to have a grudge.
Gonggong Gao still wanted to persuade him, but was interrupted by Li Shimin, so he had to answer, turned around and went to Zhongshu Province to pass the decree.
In Luoyang City, Xiao Li Bai, who was crying, didn't know that he was already a feudal person.
Li Mu didn't know that Yangzhou was thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and when the news reached his ears, it was already more than a month later. In this more than a month, the prototype of the Wanshi ship has come out, and only the internal structure and 'shipboard weapons' need to be installed before they can be launched on a later day.
Li Mu named the first 10,000-stone ship Chang'an. In addition to the fact that Chang'an is the name of the national capital, it also takes the literal meaning to ask for peace and blessings.
The construction of the main ship has been completed, and the supporting frigate is also being built. These escort ships, built to be familiar with the road, Wuzhong Zhu family has ready-made products, but it is only a 'concept ship', there are some technical problems that have not been solved, Li Mu has seen the drawings, combined with the drawings provided by the system to transform, and finally completed.
This kind of escort ship is named 'car boat'. The vehicle and ship are a pure warship, and its role is to fight at sea. There are two wooden paddles, one is not measured, one wheel is called a car, and the wheel is trampled on by manpower, driving the wheel slurry to rotate, and the boat will move.
This was the earliest steamship, and theoretically speaking, the faster you pedaled, the faster the boat went, and the more wheels there were, the more power it generated. The vehicles and ships built this time were all 24-wheeled, and the 24-wheeled vehicles and ships were not convenient for navigation, but they were sufficient for inland river transportation.
The birth of cars and boats is enough to deter water thieves in Taihu Lake and Poyang Lake. To ensure the smooth flow of the Grand Canal, and before the completion of the Wanshi ship, Li Mu's first batch of orders for the thousand-stone ship should also be completed, and after this part is equipped with the crossbow he personally designed, it will become a frigate when the Wanshi ship crisscrosses the ocean.
Of course, a crossbow alone is not enough. It's okay at sea, how can it be done without artillery? The range of the crossbow is limited, and the lethality is not enough, if it is a cannonball, it will directly sink the ship, which can be described as a shot into the soul.
With the help of the system, the cannon is very easy to design. But Li Mu still didn't get it out, the reason is that now the surrounding coasts can't use artillery at all.
To put it mildly, with the current level of shipping technology and shipbuilding in the world. As soon as the Wanshi boat comes out, there is no need to fight, and it can scare people to death by directly scaring them. If someone wants to die, to challenge this behemoth at sea, it is pure death.
The waves of the Wanshi boat can knock over their small sampans, which is not an order of magnitude at all, and there is no comparison at all.
But the cannon still has to be prepared. It's just that Li Mu arranged the design and processing of the cannonballs overseas, and he didn't plan to take them out and use them immediately, and when these small countries around them were catching up about the same, let them mistakenly think that they could compare, and then take out the cannons and crush them, which is the correct use of cannons.
Ships are being built, and the cement plant in Wu County is also in full swing. This incident made Li Mu see how strong the power of the famous clan was in the local area. Thinking about the time when he was 'occupying' in Lantian County, Li Mu brought the aura of 'Luoyang Hou Hao's unreasonableness' to deterrence, and barely suppressed the scene. In Wu County, when the people were asked to withdraw their fields to build a cement factory for development, there was no hindrance, and even many farmers helped with the construction without the slightest complaint.
What the imperial court can't do, these famous families only need one sentence to do. I have to say that it is ironic, Li Mu secretly decided in his heart that at least where he stayed, this situation must end.
While opening an iron mine, while opening a cement plant, because the manpower and material resources are ready-made, and the construction experience of the cement plant and iron mine, there are also Lantian and Taiyuan can be referred to, and some backbone talents are transferred from there to drive the newcomers here, and the newcomers will drive the newcomers, and the progress is not very slow.
But Li Mu has already done the same thing once, so naturally he is not much interested. All his thoughts are still on the 10,000-stone ship. Every time he came to the No. 2 cement plant and the iron mine to inspect, it was a kind of torment for Li Mu.
After two more months of suffering, finally, the Wanshi ship was completed and launched, and Li Mu immediately left the matter at hand and came to the deck of the Chang'an.
Shopkeeper Xiao is taking people to do the final inspection. A total of one hundred and seven inspections, according to the established standards of inspection, there was no omission, Xiao shopkeeper seemed to collapse, fell under the mast.
Seeing Li Mu coming over, he struggled to get up again, bowed down and said, "Fortunately, Master Hou, the Wanshi boat has been built!" ”
After saying this, Shopkeeper Xiao was already in tears.
As the person who has dealt with Wanshi Ship for the longest time, no one knows better than him how difficult it is to build this ship, and no one knows better than him what it means for Datang to own this ship.
Before he had time to sigh, he saw Li Mu wave his hand, and the sailors who were transferred at some point were already standing on the deck.
Shopkeeper Xiao exclaimed, "Master Hou, what are you doing here?" ”
"Test the boat, what are you doing!" Li Mu pressed his straw hat on his head and yelled at the sailors on the deck: "You have been practicing for many months, today, let me see your skills, everyone is in place, and enter the sea in half an hour to practice!" ”
"No!"
Hundreds of sailors agreed to their promises and rushed to their respective posts according to their usual training. Shopkeeper Xiao was a little panicked, and hurriedly came to Li Mu, and said: "Master Hou, this is the first day to go to sea, it is inevitable that you are in a bit of a hurry, it is better to observe for a few days, and there will be no problems......
"Didn't you check? One hundred and seven links, all of them are fine, that is, there is no problem, or are you just perfunctory and deceived Benhou? ”
"The villain doesn't dare!" Shopkeeper Xiao was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "One hundred and seven projects, they are definitely qualified, it's just ......."
It's only been a long time, and I can't say why, my face is red!
Li Mu looked at the appearance of the shopkeeper Xiao and knew what he meant. This feeling is roughly similar to that of a student from a not very good family, who has been working for more than half a year, finally bought a pair of Jordans, and was reluctant to take them out and wear them, for fear of scratching them, touching them, and I can't wait to wrap a film as a tribute.
This kind of psychology, although it is not ridiculous, is actually a bit wrong.
Any thing is valuable only when it is used.
Li Mu didn't bother to pay attention to what Shopkeeper Xiao thought. "Test the boat, what are you doing!" Li Mu pressed his straw hat on his head and yelled at the sailors on the deck: "You have been practicing for many months, today, let me see your skills, everyone is in place, and enter the sea in half an hour to practice!" ”
"No!"
Hundreds of sailors agreed to their promises and rushed to their respective posts according to their usual training. Shopkeeper Xiao was a little panicked, and hurriedly came to Li Mu, and said: "Master Hou, this is the first day to go to sea, it is inevitable that you are in a bit of a hurry, it is better to observe for a few days, and there will be no problems......
"Didn't you check? One hundred and seven links, all of them are fine, that is, there is no problem, or are you just perfunctory and deceived Benhou? ”
"The villain doesn't dare!" Shopkeeper Xiao was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "One hundred and seven projects, they are definitely qualified, it's just ......."
It's only been a long time, and I can't say why, my face is red!
Li Mu looked at the appearance of the shopkeeper Xiao and knew what he meant. This feeling is roughly similar to that of a student from a not very good family, who has been working for more than half a year, finally bought a pair of Jordans, and was reluctant to take them out and wear them, for fear of scratching them, touching them, and I can't wait to wrap a film as a tribute.
This kind of psychology, although it is not ridiculous, is actually a bit wrong.
Any thing is valuable only when it is used.
Li Mu didn't bother to pay attention to what Shopkeeper Xiao thought. "Test the boat, what are you doing!" Li Mu pressed his straw hat on his head and yelled at the sailors on the deck: "You have been practicing for many months, today, let me see your skills, everyone is in place, and enter the sea in half an hour to practice!" ”
"No!"
Hundreds of sailors agreed to their promises and rushed to their respective posts according to their usual training. Shopkeeper Xiao was a little panicked, and hurriedly came to Li Mu, and said: "Master Hou, this is the first day to go to sea, it is inevitable that you are in a bit of a hurry, it is better to observe for a few days, and there will be no problems......
"Didn't you check? One hundred and seven links, all of them are fine, that is, there is no problem, or are you just perfunctory and deceived Benhou? ”
"The villain doesn't dare!" Shopkeeper Xiao was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "One hundred and seven projects, they are definitely qualified, it's just ......."
It's only been a long time, and I can't say why, my face is red!
Li Mu looked