"Lord Wang, you are here," After seeing Liu Huayun, Jiang Xingkai, the commander of the Bao Shipyard, hurriedly brought someone to greet him.

"Excuse me, everyone has worked hard in the past six months."

Liu Huayun looked at the behemoth in the center and the workers on the external scaffolding who were densely painted with anti-rust paint, and nodded with satisfaction.

This big guy, which is about 50 zhang long and about 78 zhang wide, is the result of several months of hard work by more than 2,000 craftsmen of the Jinling Shipyard and more than 100,000 soldiers of the engineering battalion who have continuously supplied various colored metals.

There are dozens of rooms on the ship, enough to carry 2,000 soldiers and a large number of supplies.

Of course, in order to have enough lethality, Liu Huayun designed a total of more than 80 telescopic cannons in front and on both wings of the battleship.

These have been done by craftsmen who are familiar with the new cannon technology, and the most important link is still missing, the power of about 1000T displacement, and the power system at the time of starting;

He came here this time to guide Liu Quankui and others to build and install machinery and storage batteries, and at the same time, he also had to review the power of the warship after entering the sea from the Yangtze River, and then hand it over to the sailors for training.

Fortunately, plastic has been used for several months, and Dafeng is not short of strong acid, so it is not too difficult to use it to make a storage battery.

"It's messy, it's messy, Brother Zhao, do you think this is still the imperial examination?"

"Who said it wasn't, Brother Li Xian, if I knew this, I would have practiced my calculations well......"

At the same time, in the spring in the capital, the triennial palace examination also began to be held as scheduled.

Scholars and talents from all over Dafeng gathered here, ready to compete for the opportunity to glorify their ancestors after the fish leaping into the dragon gate.

It's just that the exam questions given by the examiner Master Ji Yun made all the moves a little unexpected.

In the past, as long as the article was well written and hand-picked by the saint, he could become the champion, the list and the flower, but this year, Master Ji not only increased the abacus, but also had an unpredictable display of obscene and ingenious skills;

Moreover, the latter still accounts for most of the scores, isn't it, the two young talents who walked out of the examination room with books on their backs, talked to each other, and there was unconcealable regret and frustration on their faces......

Time is still flickering, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed in a hurry.

"Master, my uncle is really powerful, this machine for distilling perfume with electricity not only increases the utilization rate of flowers, but also makes the smell of perfume much stronger than that of the Lin family......"

Looking at the crystal clear perfumes in exquisite glass bottles, as well as the soaps in cartons printed with their own labels, Liu Qingfu and Qin Yushuang had comfortable smiles on their faces;

As he spoke, he picked up a bottle of his favorite rose perfume and sniffed it, Qin Yushuang's face was full of intoxication.

At the beginning, Liu Huayun handed over the formula to the Lin family, the Deng family, and the Li family...... At the same time, ambergris and musk, which cost ten taels of silver and a catty, were also sold to them in large quantities.

Therefore, now Jinling, Hangzhou, Suzhou ...... On the market in other places, it is no longer the Liu family's dominance, the Lin family's perfume, the Li family's perfume, and the Deng family's perfume...... etc., the number of brands increased to more than a dozen at once;

As the saying goes, there is a choice only if there is comparison, and it is also a bottle of forty-six taels of silver, but Liujia perfume still firmly occupies more than seventy percent of the market because of its exquisite packaging and long-lasting fragrance.

And Liujia perfume does not have the high cost of condensants, while the other party lowered the price, their husband and wife followed, from the beginning of eighty taels, to today's more than forty taels, no one can shake the status of Liujia Dafeng's first perfume brand.

In addition, although the profits of soap and soap in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are getting thinner and thinner, the lowest price is 50 wen a piece of soap and 10 wen a piece of soap;

However, the transformation of the high-end market of Liujia soap, although the output has decreased a lot, but it can still be sold for about two yuan, with exquisite packaging and a complete range of types, it still makes the ladies and wives of the noble families rush to buy.

Doodoo~~~

At the mouth of the Yangtze River, in front of the fleet of the Jiangsu Navy Division, with the loud sound of the horn, a huge steel ship came riding the wind and waves.

But seeing the dragon flag flying on the second mast of the giant ship, and the figures on the deck, Shi Yanlei and other more than 10,000 sailor soldiers in Jiangsu all widened their eyes in disbelief.

"Lord Wang, this Dragon King is really fast, rushing to Dongying from here, I think it will be able to arrive in two days at most."

Li Shengyuan, who was standing on the deck and holding the fence, felt the ship moving rapidly under him, and his face was full of heroic feelings that could not be concealed.

"That's right, Brother Li, wait a few more years, and we will take the fleet to directly level Dongying and completely wipe out the Tokugawa shogunate......"

It took half a year, spent hundreds of thousands of financial resources to build the giant ship, and finally lived up to expectations, in order to make a good omen, Liu Huayun named it the Dragon King;

Meaning like a dragon king, in charge of the sea area that dominates the entire world, listening to Li Shengyuan mentioning Dongying, thinking of the tragic death of innocent people in Zhoushan, the sacrifice of more than 10,000 sons in Ningbo Mansion, his eyes are also full of murder.

"What you said is very true, Lord Mo, I am also looking forward to the day when I will set foot in Dongying and avenge the loss of the people and my son......"

"Come on, fire!"

While speaking, the Dragon King quickly tried the fleet of the Jiangsu Navy Division and came to the rough East China Sea.

Liu Huayun gave an order, and hundreds of soldiers on the ship responded at the same time, and eighty-nine cannons quickly poked out from the two wings in front.

Boom boom boom ~~~

The shells exploded thousands of kilometers away, setting off a monstrous wave, as if venting Dafeng Erlang's unyielding fighting will.

It was not until three rounds later that Liu Huayun ordered the exercise to be stopped and ordered the ship to return to sail.

"Brother Li, I'll hand over the Dragon King to you, don't worry about the supply of fuel, try to let the sons and daughters take turns to become proficient in the operation of ships and batteries......."

Since Dafeng can build the first steel battleship, there will be a second and third in the future, so Liu Huayun said so when he handed over the Dragon King to Li Shengyuan.

"Don't worry, Lord Wang, it will only take one year at most, and my Jiangsu sailor will definitely be able to cultivate the talents you need."

Thinking of the scene yesterday when the so-called elite under his command turned off the giant ship that was pushed into the Yangtze River dozens of times, but could not move forward for a few miles, Li Shengyuan understood Liu Huayun's arrangement very well, and he patted his chest and reassured.

"That's good, Sister Magu, let's go."

Liu Huayun also knew that without years and a half of adaptation, it would be difficult for him to train a large number of sailors who would train mechanically powered ships, so he smiled coquettishly, and began to bid farewell to them after the battleship returned to the barracks.

Of course, although this is a warship, in peacetime when there is no threat overseas, after Li Shengyuan's deployment can be skillfully operated, it can also be engaged in shipping, such as transporting rubber to Hainan Island;

However, due to Liu Huayun's time of preparing for the Dafeng treasure banknote to replace the silver ticket, he would have to wait at least a few months later, when the second battleship was launched, and then go to Hainan.

"Alright, let's get out of the boat."

After arranging everything, boarding the small merchant ship, and waving goodbye to Li Shengyuan, Sun Yanlei and others, Liu Huayun commanded Xiao Yanwei and Wu Linghua.

"Yes," the two responded, activated the merchant ship, and quickly headed for Jinling.