Seeing that Wei Guangdong looked unwilling, Lin Yu tidied up his shirt and looked like he was thinking about you.

Said slowly: "This ironclad car weighs 120,000 catties, and it is difficult to control, and the lower officials have practiced for many days before they can barely control it." Crossing the river is by no means an easy task, even if the subordinate personally pilots it, he has to be careful in case he accidentally falls into the river......"

In Lin Yu's plan, sending Merkava to Nanjing this time is only for Zhu Youxiang to keep temporarily, and he will take it back when the time is right in the future, after all, it is an S-level weapon worth tens of millions of gold coins, even if he has a mine at home, he can't afford to send it!

According to literature, the population of the Ming Dynasty peaked during the Wanli period and is said to be close to 200 million.

So far, Lin Yu has not seen the official archives, and he may also have been burned by the postman's brother Li Zicheng in Beijing.

But even if this figure is accurate, after the peasant uprisings of the Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties, the invasion of foreign enemies, and the plague and natural disasters, the population has dropped sharply by at least about 40 million in the past ten years.

It is also thanks to the fact that hot weapons have not yet been popularized in this era, otherwise after so many years of war, coupled with the Xiaoice River period, the number of people who are afraid of death will have to double on the basis of 40 million.

The Han people are calculated according to 150 million, and the Manchurian and Mongolian people are negligible, and the total is estimated to be a population of several million.

And the Manchus only had a pitiful hundreds of thousands of people during the Chongzhen period, such a population ratio, the Ming Dynasty was stunned that the Manchus took the country, and Zhu Yuanzhang could dream of this group of unscrupulous descendants!

In this era when the news was blocked, just by word of mouth, even if Lin Yu eliminated the Manchu Qing, even if Lin Yu became the emperor, granted amnesty to the world, and exempted from taxes, it would be an exaggeration to be grateful to Lin Yu for half of the population.

After all, there are countless indigenous illiterate people living in Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan, who live in the poor and remote mountains, and these people don't care who is the emperor, and even wish that the Ming Dynasty would die soon.

The only thing that makes Lin Yu feel gratified is that as long as others have emotions towards him, he will have gold coin income, whether it is gratitude or hatred, or envy or jealousy, in short, as long as others know him, it is possible to contribute income to himself.

This Merkava main battle tank is worth 10 million gold coins, and it is possible to obtain it by lottery from many S-class weapons by luck, that is to say, if Lin Yu is given 50 million gold coins, he may not be able to draw this kind of tank known as the "King of the Land" again.

As far as Lin Yu's current status is concerned, it is far away to regain one, if it were not for the situation, Lin Yu would not have sent it to Nanjing, and naturally Wei Guangdong would not have learned to control it.

Listening to Lin Yu's words, Wei Guangdong's face turned blue and red.

As a fierce general who has galloped on the battlefield for many years, Wei Guangdong once followed Sun Chuanting to defeat Li Zicheng, and also followed Man Gui to fight the Tartars, he is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that if he drives the ironclad car into the river, he will become a laughing stock for the ages!

"Huh...... Ben is just talking casually! ”

Wei Guangdong said "haha" and found a step by himself, "This ironclad car weighs more than 100,000 catties, and it is not a matter of day and night to control him!" I have already informed Ruan Shilang and asked him to report the news of General Lin's entry into the ironclad car to the emperor, let's try to transport it across the Yangtze River as soon as possible to calm the monarch's heart, right? ”

The shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty was quite advanced, and the carrying capacity of Zheng Hebao's ship in the Yongli period reached an astonishing 20,000 tons, and the large ship used by Wei Guangdong to transport the ironclad car also had a carrying capacity of 4,000 tons, so it was naturally not difficult to transport a 60-ton ironclad car to the opposite bank.

The Wumadu was a military ferry, and after being excavated, the river bank could be aligned with the deck, and the huge Merkava could be driven directly onto the warship, and then transported to the opposite side and then to the shore.

Lin Yu is also afraid of extraneous branches, and it is safest to hand it over to Zhu Youxiang, so that whoever wants to move this tank must be approved by the emperor, which also reduces the chance of being deliberately damaged.

"Cross the river saint!"

Lin Yu was about to get into the cockpit, when he saw a white horse galloping from the north, and immediately a boy wearing a straight shirt raised his arms and shouted, "Mr. Lin is waiting for me, Brother Lin is waiting for me, cross the river together!" ”

Lin Yu stared at it and found that it was Shi Kefa's staff Hou Fangyu, so he asked Wei Guangdong's men to let him go.

Lin Yu also thought that Hou Fangyu had been ordered by Shi Kefa to pass the word, and it was inconvenient to say more in front of Wei Guangdong and others, so he stretched out his hand and motioned for Hou Fangyu to follow him to the cockpit.

"Get on board!"

Wei Guangdong waved his big hand, and the soldiers behind him retreated to both sides, dodging a path to the deck.

Lin Yu started the ignition, grasped the steering wheel with both hands, stepped on the accelerator lightly, and slowly sailed onto the deck of the big ship.

Although the planks of this big ship are made of solid wood with iron plates, supplemented by rivets, when encountering such a heavy main battle tank, there is still a "click" sound, and many wooden planks have faintly cracked, which makes Wei Guangdong, Xu Gongji and others sweat, for fear that this ironclad car will crush the big ship.

"It's time to sail!"

Li Wei stretched out a head as shiny as a pumpkin head from the cockpit and shouted, which was particularly conspicuous in the sun.

"Anchor!"

Seeing that the ironclad car was completely on the boat, Wei Guangdong's hanging heart finally landed, as long as it was transported to the other side, even if Lin Yu and Shi Kefa wanted to regret it, it would be too late.

He is the commander of Ying Tianwei and the first military general to defend the capital, and in the future, will this ironclad car be controlled by himself? With such a divine weapon in hand, why can't you make earth-shattering achievements?

Lin Yu was also afraid that the tank would crush the deck, in case the ship crashed into the river, the cockpit could not be opened, and he would suffocate to the bottom of the river, afraid that he would not be the first person to cross the river?

It wasn't until Merkava came to a complete stop on the deck that Lin Yu relieved himself and was about to ask Hou Fangyu about his intentions, but found that he had already raised his head when he picked up the porcelain bottle containing diesel fuel.

"Oops...... Hou Gongzi, Brother Hou, this is not boiling water, this is diesel, this can't be drunk! ”

Rao is Lin Yu stopped fast enough, but after galloping in the middle of the night, Hou Gongzi, whose throat was almost smoking, had already poured two sips in a row, and only stopped the urge to continue drinking when he realized that the taste was wrong.

"Firewood...... What is Diesel? Hou Fangyu looked confused, licked his lips, and looked like he had an endless aftertaste.

Lin Yu's eyes were a little straight: "Hou ...... Hou Gongzi, are you alright? ”

Hou Fangyu shook his head, as if he was drunk: "It's okay...... It's just a little dizzy and a little nauseous, but it feels like it tastes pretty good, and it's even better than the wine in the Thirteen Distilleries. ”

Lin Yu couldn't help but be speechless.

This ancient man is really pitiful, to what extent is the lack of food, and he thinks that the taste of diesel is not bad? If he takes out a few bottles of Coke and Sprite from the warehouse, this Hou Gongzi can't be regarded as a good wine in the world?

Seeing that Hou Fangyu did not have an adverse reaction, and did not ask what diesel was, Lin Yu motioned to Li Wei to bring a kettle to Hou Fangyu to rinse his mouth, and asked at the same time: "Brother Hou came in such a hurry, why did he come in such a hurry?" Could it be that the Inspector has changed his mind and does not plan to put Tan ...... The ironclad car was dedicated to the imperial court? ”