The idea of an ironclad ship has been spinning in Li Chengqian's mind for more than a day or two, and he has been thinking about this problem since someone figured out the way of blasting and crimping, and it was not until the steam turbine was made that he finally decided to build the first ironclad battleship in history.

Fantasizing about thousands of steel giants roaring across the sea and the image of the Tang Dragon Flag fluttering above the blue waves, Li Chengqian, who was lying in a rocking chair, was unconsciously stupid, his shiny saliva hung down at the corners of his mouth, looking indescribably funny.

"Teacher, teacher!" Di Renjie pulled Li Chengqian's sleeve a little helplessly, pulling him back to reality from YY.

For Li Chengqian, the master, in addition to thinking too out-of-the-box, Di Renjie really has nothing to find fault with.

But it was in too out-of-the-box thinking that Di Renjie hated it deeply, obviously he was still explaining arithmetic just now, but somehow he talked about the Three Kingdoms, and when you wanted to hear his specific evaluation of the characters of the Three Kingdoms, he began to talk about metaphysics again, what Pangu opened the sky, created the jade disc, and finally you smoothed out your thinking, and the topic became the celestial universe again.

If it weren't for Di Renjie's strong comprehension and analytical skills, under Li Chengqian's education method, he would have to be made into schizophrenia.

"Oh, where did you just go?" Finally returning to reality, Li Chengqian wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and asked suddenly.

"Teacher, the disciple just said that he wants to personally preside over the construction of the ironclad ship." Seeing that Li Chengqian had finally returned to his soul, Di Renjie mustered up the courage to say what he thought in his heart.

Li Chengqian looked at Di Renjie with a straight face, was silent for a moment and asked, "Why do you have such an idea?" Do you know what happens if you preside over this yourself? ”

There is also a reason why Li Chengqian would ask such a question, just imagine that the work of building ships generally belongs to the berthing department, and considering the particularity of ironclad ships, there is no problem for the research department to participate.

But if Di Renjie goes in and intervenes, there will be no problem with Li Chengqian's disciple, but this will have a sense of merit.

In other words, Di Renjie has already offended some officials before he enters the officialdom, and even leaves the impression of being a fox and a tiger and bullying those who have nothing to do with this matter, which is very unfavorable to him.

Di Renjie is still too young in the end, although he is smart in his teens, he still has some insufficient understanding of things in officialdom, in order to prevent him from suffering a big loss in this regard, Li Chengqian had to discuss some officialdom rules with him in advance.

But at the moment, this future pillar of the Tang Dynasty is too young, and his thirst for knowledge and competitiveness completely outweigh everything, Li Chengqian's question he didn't understand at all and nodded, and said with great certainty: "Teacher, the disciple knows!" ”

"Yes!" Li Chengqian was silent for a while: "Okay, since you are so confident, then go ahead, I will give you a handwritten letter when I go back, but you can only be Xiao Tang's deputy, and you don't have any position." ”

"What, what?" Di Renjie was very happy to see the teacher nodding, but when he heard it, he found that it seemed to be a little different from what he thought, and when he wanted to refute it, he found that Li Chengqian didn't seem to give him any chance to explain.

"Go ahead, Xiao Tang is there when there is a shortage of people, talk less and do more things over there, remember?"

Di Renjie pursed his lips, he didn't know why Li Chengqian would have such an arrangement for him, but he knew that the teacher would definitely not harm him, so he bowed slightly when he thought of this and said, "Yes, the disciple remembers." ”

"Well, take the twin brothers with you, the two of them have lively temperaments, and they can talk to you." After Li Chengqian finished explaining the matter, he waved his hand and signaled that Di Renjie could leave.

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Tang Shanzhi never thought about it anyway, Di Renjie's kid only left for one night, and the next day he came back with two twin brothers, and asked with some schadenfreude under curiosity: "What's wrong?" Could it be that your master is not satisfied with your data? ”

"Underestimate people." Di Renjie glared at Xiao Tang childishly, and then said with some pride: "The ironclad ship has been put on the agenda, and it is estimated that my teacher will give the order in a while." ”

"What? It's true? Tang Shanzhi looked at the little doll in front of him in surprise, a little unable to believe his ears.

"Uncle Shanzhi, quickly put away your saliva, shame!" As a reward for Xiao Tang's disdain for looking down on him just now, Di Renjie looked at Xiao Tang with disdain and said.

This kid has been learning badly with Li Chengqian for several years, and his revenge is better than day by day, plus Li Chengqian is now restored to the position of prince, and his power is rising day by day, which makes Di Renjie a little forgetful.

However, Tang Shanzhi no longer cares about pursuing this issue, and the three words 'ironclad' have occupied all his thinking.

At present, Datang's sea ships can already be invincible across thousands of miles of sea territory, and if an ironclad ship is created again, this is simply a nightmare for all enemies of Datang.

Thinking of the countless steel behemoths galloping across the sea in the billowing smoke, and the sailors of the surrounding countries fleeing in despair, Xiao Tang felt that all this seemed a little dreamy.

All this is developing too fast, I remember that ten years ago, Datang's sea ships were still flat-bottomed, and they had to sail on the surface of the water by relying on the lever, and if they went to sea, they only dared to walk in the near sea, and they didn't even think about the far sea.

However, with the advent of the pointed bottom sea boat, Datang's shipbuilding technology began to improve rapidly, the appearance of the sail slowly eliminated the original flap rod, and the propeller driven by manpower provided another power for the warship.

These changes allowed the warships of the Tang Dynasty to sail far to the open sea, and those enemies fought in the South Seas and in the Wa Kingdom fled from the wind.

But it's only been a few years, and the battleship is about to be replaced again, not to mention the power system of the new generation of warships, the word 'iron armor' alone is enough to crush everything.

Of course, this needs to be seen in real life, and the ironclad ship must be just a legend, and for now, it is just an idea casually said by a little doll.

Thinking of this, Tang Shanzhi subconsciously stretched out his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth, but found that he seemed to have fallen for Di Renjie's kid, and immediately flicked a finger on his little head, and said with a strange smile after someone ate the consequences: "Boy, for the sake of you running to deliver the news, your Uncle Shanzhi gave you a chance to make conditions, say, what do you want to do here." ”

"You will be your deputy and preside over the development of the ironclad ship." Di Renjie, who was not very old, stiffened his neck, rubbed his aching forehead that was played by Tang Shanzhi, and said angrily.

"Hehe, I can't see it, your kid's heart is still full, you want to eat a fat man in one bite!" After listening to Di Renjie's answer, Tang Shanzhi suddenly smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said: "But although you are smart and know a lot of knowledge that even your uncle and I don't know, my uncle has to tell you that the matter of shipbuilding is by no means as simple as you think, if you don't believe it, you can try." ”

(End of chapter)