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After testing the water for these four ships with Li Jun and the others, everyone was shocked by the speed of these four ships - the slowest of these four ships could reach nearly eleven knots when downwind, and the fastest one even exceeded twelve knots!

Li Yan, who put forward the concept of three-masted sailing ships, did not think that the speed of these four ships would be very fast, because the appearance of three-masted sailing ships made it possible for Columbus to discover the Americas in 1492, which completely changed the history of the West lagging behind the East in shipbuilding technology, and also made the West gradually occupy a major position in world trade, and even the subsequent "geographical discoveries" are inseparable from the emergence of this kind of sailing ships and the use of new navigation technologies, but even so, Li Yan did not expect the speed of these four ships to be so fast, You must know that the fastest speed of the ships at this time is only six knots, which means that they are twice as fast as the fastest ships at this time!

And!

Please note!

Moreover, there is still room for the speed of this ship to rise!

In the days of the Great Colonies, the speed of this three-masted galleon could exceed 20 knots per hour!

In addition to the gratifying speed, Li Yan was also very satisfied with other aspects of these four ships, its rudder length is eight zhang, can carry 500 people, the maximum load is 50,000 stones, and has an excellent watertight cabin structure, even from the perspective of later generations and from the perspective of later generations of ship design theory, its performance and craftsmanship level are impeccable.

As for its quality, Li Yan is not worried at all.

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, in order to transport a large amount of grain from the south of the Yangtze River to Kaifeng through the canal, the imperial court has built a large number of cao boats (grain ships), so wherever the waterway is convenient and timber is abundant, official shipbuilding workshops will be set up.

For example, in the third year of Zhidao, the official shipbuilding reached more than 3,000 ships in one year, such as the three shipyards in Hongzhou, Jizhou and Ganzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, each of which could build a large ship every day.

Meng Kang and Ye Chun took more than 60 shipwrights and countless small workers to build four ships for Li Yan in nearly a hundred days, if there were still quality problems, Li Yan would have to cut off their heads!

After testing the waters, everyone returned to the Justice Hall.

After all the leaders arrived, Li Yancai said aloud: "There is one thing, because the conditions have not been mature, I have not told my brothers, I once dreamed of the Nine Heavens Xuannu Niangniang in a dream, she told me that along the junction of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea all the way to the east, there is a mythical island, the island is millions of acres large, the environment is beautiful, the climate is mild, the population can live nearly one million, and it is not far from Goryeo and Japan, I am ready to take a battalion of infantry troops, a battalion of water troops, and two capital horse armies to find the mythical island through the Yellow River. Find a back road and two financial roads for me Liangshanbo. ”

The leaders looked at each other, and finally Wen Huanzhang got up and said, "Brother, how can this dream be true?" ”

Li Yan said: "When I was out of nowhere, I relied on the Nine Heavens Xuannu Niangniang Niang Niang to find an activity in the desperate road, and Qilang, Zhu Jing, and Master Lu can all testify to this. ”

Ruan Xiaoqi and the others knew that what Li Yan said was an authentic matter.

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "I know this matter, that time there was really no way to enter the heavens and no way to enter the earth, if it wasn't for the Nine Heavens Xuannu Niangniang who dreamed of her brother and found a way for me and others to survive, we would have confessed that time." ”

Lu Zhishen said: "Yes, the Sprinkle family still remembers it vividly. ”

Zhu Jing also nodded and said: "The Nine Heavens Fairy Niangniang is the patron saint of my brother and the patron saint of our Liangshanbo. ”

Seeing that Ruan Xiaoqi, Lu Zhishen, and Zhu Jing were all swearing, Wen Huanzhang was also a little uncertain.

Li Yan said: "I have made up my mind on this matter, and now I announce who will go with me." ”

As soon as Li Yan's voice fell, Ruan Xiaoqi jumped up and said, "I am my brother's personal follower, I will go wherever my brother goes!" ”

As soon as Ruan Xiaoqi's voice fell, Ma Ling and Wang Dingliu also stood up and said in unison: "I'll go with my brother!" ”

Lu Zhishen said with a smile: "The Sprinkle family has not been to the sea to play, if Senior Brother Guanghui does not fight with the Sprinkle family, the Sprinkle family is willing to go with my brother this time." ”

Guanghui smiled and said, "If the junior brother is willing to go, let the junior brother go." ”

Li Yan smiled and said, "Okay, then the second battalion will accompany me here." ”

After taking a look at Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaoqi, and Zhang Shun, Li Yan said, "Wulang, you will go back to the camp and prepare for it later." - Zhang Shun's water camp was newly built, and Ruan Xiaoer's water camp has always guarded the pass of Shuibo Liangshan, and only Ruan Xiaowu's water camp is the most suitable.

Ruan Xiaowu said: "Yes! ”

Li Yan glanced at Lin Chong, Bian Xiang, Shan Shiqi, Shi Bao, and Xu Ning again, and said, "Brother Shan Shiqi, Brother Shi Bao, you go back and prepare." ”

When Shan Shiqi heard this, he said happily: "Yes, brother!" ”

Shi Bao said steadily: "Okay, brother." ”

Bian Xiang opened his mouth.

Seeing this, Li Yan said: "Although this trip is important, but the safety of our Liangshanbo is more important, our trip to Tokyo has hurt that Gao Yu, if he finds out that the son of his moth is injured by me, he will definitely send a large army to encircle and suppress us, so we must leave a stable person at home." ”

Hearing Li Yan say this, Bian Xiang could only shut his mouth stupidly!

Li Yan turned his head to Wang Lun again and said, "Brother Wang Lun, go back and hand over the matter in your hand to Master Wen, and you will also go with me this time." ”

Wang Lun flashed a trace of reluctance!

How did Wang Lun not know that Li Yan's move was to weaken his influence in Shuibo Liangshan?

It's not that Wang Lun can't understand Li Yan, after all, now he is in charge of the operation of Shuibo Liangshan, this power is too great, and as time goes by, his power will become greater and greater, and there was no suitable person before, now that there is such a person, how can Li Yan not move him?

can be understood, but Wang Lun is inevitably a little uncomfortable - although because his age is not as good as Wen Huanzhang, Sun Hou, Huangfuduan and others, he did not sit in front of the seat, but in terms of specific responsibilities, he is definitely the second-in-command of Shuibo Liangshan, if Li Yan is engaged in the row of seats in the future, he is indispensable to the second position, if Li Yan can win the world, then he is the prime minister!

Pity!

Li Yan weakened his identity!

The near death flashed in his mind, Wang Lun sighed secretly, and then saluted Li Yan and said, "I will hand over to Master Wen in a while...... I wonder when my brother is going to leave? ”

Li Yan said: "...... in three days"

At this moment, an extremely nice voice sounded: "Not in three days, the officials will take concubines in three days." ”

Everyone looked at it and saw Liu Huiniang entering the Juyi Hall with the support of Chen Liqing and Master Li.

Liu Huiniang said: "Accept my cousin and Wang Nan's sister, the officials have delayed again and again, and it has dragged on for a hundred days, if the officials find the mythical island and return, I don't know how many days it will take, my cousin and Wang Nan's sister can't follow the officials so unclearly, the officials still accept them first and then set off." ”

Li Yan was a little embarrassed when he heard this!

The leaders laughed and said:

"Sister-in-law's words are good, my brother should give Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Wang a name."

"No matter how anxious it is, it's not bad for these two days, my brother still accepted Chen Xiaoniang and Wang Xiaoniang first, I'll wait for a bowl of wine, and then it's not too late to set off."

"With Chen Xiaoniang and Wang Xiaoniang and my brother Chongxi, my brother's trip will be smooth and smooth!"

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