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At this time, a boat boss stepped down from a paddle steamer, saluted the white staff and the king who were surrounded by a group of family members, and asked: "Two owners, is it okay to sail the boat!" ”

"The little one is just sent the steam engine to assemble it on the order of my family's officials, how to do it!" Listening to Bai Yuanwai and Wang Yuanwai asking themselves questions together, Shakuchi was flattered and hurriedly saluted the two.

"Wang also thinks so!" Wang Zuo also said with a smile.

Seeing the three of them, the person who came to report hurriedly said: "The two owners, the seven stewards, and the three of them will pass the auspicious time, but they can't be delayed!" ”

As the words fell, more than 10,000 firecrackers rang out, and the air was filled with cyan smoke after the firecracker explosion, and the smell of sulfur wafted everywhere.

The sound of firecrackers just stopped, with a long series of deflating sounds, white steam came out of the boiler, and then the reciprocating movement of the cylinder, the connecting rod began to move, driving the paddle wheels on both sides of the ship to rotate, hitting the sea water on the surface of the sea rattling, at the same time the sea ship parked in the port also slowly swam.

"No manpower, no animal power, no sails, only need to burn coal to sail automatically, it is really a change that has not been seen in China for 4,000 years since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors!"

The white officer next to him also exclaimed: "Hou Ye's talent, not only to lead the troops to fight, but also to know the mechanical skills of the door Dunjia, is the reincarnation of Zhuge Wuhou, and he also sighs to himself......"

Take the Bianhe River from Biandu to the southeast to the Huai River, and then enter the canal from the Huai River, from the canal all the way south to Hangzhou, go to the night without boating, only walk less than 20 days, if it is not for the narrow channel of the Jiangnan Canal, you can reach Hangzhou within half a month,

When the three-cylinder steam engine was fully developed, the first batch of two paddle steamers of 3,000 materials built in Hangzhou was also nearing the end, so Lotte sent ruler seven small paddle steamers with hundreds of materials to carry two three-cylinder steam engines, and a group of craftsmen went to Hangzhou in late March, and after arriving in Hangzhou, after a month of installation and commissioning, they chose a good day and auspicious day for sea trial.

Looking at the paddle steamer that gradually drifted away from Hangzhou Bay, and finally only turned into two black spots, Bai Yuanwai sighed: "This paddle steamer can travel more than 40 miles in an hour, and driving on the sea is not like driving on the river to abide by the rules of day and night, so it only takes three to four days from Hangzhou to Dongying, and at most seven to nine days to Luzon." ”

In the amazement between Bai Yuanwai and Wang Yuanwai, Shakuchi said: "Two masters, my Hou Ye also asked Xiaoshi to pass the word to the two before the little one left!" ”

Shakuchi gave a salute and said: "It is a foregone conclusion that the Hou Ye will let the little master and the two masters replace the sailing ships traveling in the open sea with automatic steam engine ships, so my Hou Ye asked the two masters to open a maritime academy in Hangzhou......"

"What is this Maritime Academy?" Wang Yuanwai's younger brother next to him, Wang You, who used to be a director in Qiantang County, also asked.

Seeing that there were no idle people beside him, Shakuchi explained to a few people: "The paddle steamer is different from the sailing ship that went to sea in the past, the construction and driving of the paddle steamer, and the maintenance of the steam engine are more difficult to control, so it is necessary to train a group of professional personnel, and the navigation of the sea, as well as the contact with the south, east and west, all require a considerable number of interpreters, and the establishment of the academy is to train a large number of professional and technical personnel." ”

After speaking, Shakuchi took out a booklet from his arms, presented it to the other party with both hands, and said: "The two grandfathers, what Fang Cai said was also according to the instructions of the Hou Ye, as for how to open this maritime academy, I also asked the two grandfathers to read this booklet and then make plans." ”

The two-thousand-mile steamer had just been launched, and the construction of three new thousand-mile ships had already begun on the slipway, and shakuseven said that it would not be long before a second batch of three steam engines would arrive, and it was obvious that the elimination of sailing ships was a foregone conclusion.

Wang Zhe, the eldest son of Wang Yuanwai, was responsible for taking care of Luzon's affairs, and said busily: "Please call back to Hou Ye with the seventh housekeeper, please rest assured that the two of us are doing things according to Hou Ye's instructions, and Luzon has opened up two footholds in the south and north, and so far there have been more than 15,000 immigrants, and 150,000 acres of wasteland have been opened. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yuanwai's eyes flickered, and there was a little hesitation in his expression.

has been by Lotte's side for a long time, and he has been a white man, and Shakuchi has learned to read his face and color early, how can he not see the abnormality of Wang Yuanwai.

Wang Yuanwai just said it lightly, and did not mention that Wang Zhe and Liao Shixian bought native prisoners of war as slaves, for fear that Lotte would be blamed for this.

Shakuchi didn't know how to reply, so he had to say: "This matter is small and will be with the Hou Ye." ”

Shakuchi hurriedly excused himself: "Master Wang, you ......"

Although he is Lotte's father-in-law, Wang Zuo knows Lotte's methods, even though Lotte is now annoyed by the Son of Heaven, and he has lost his official position and has been robbed of his title, but he believes that Lotte will definitely make a comeback, and his heart has a deep fear of Lotte.

To Wang Yuanwai's relief, Lotte is his son-in-law, forming a huge company that integrates sea trade to mine gold and silver and open up overseas land, which has brought a lot of benefits to himself every year, and even his own dividends in the past few years are more than his struggle in the previous decades.