Chapter 290: Sea Trials
With a quick flip of Liang's hand, the gate opened, and the surging sea water rushed into the preset river channel of the boat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Then the boat was loosened and slowly slid down the river from the wooden frame.
The ship was surrounded by Liang's shipwrights, Li Chen's hired sailors, and a cadre of people, all of whom were staring at the boat, and when the sea rose higher and higher with the rising tide, the boat slowly slid closer to the river, and many people prayed When the stern of the boat touched the water, the boat slowly floated, making a creaking sound of wood rubbing.
That's a good sound. After Liang quickly pulled down the gate, he walked quickly to Li Chen's side, "What's good?" ''That's how new ships are launched, it's normal, congratulations, at least the first step has passed.'' ''Rejoice and rejoice. Liang quickly congratulated, and Li Chen also smiled in return.
The launching of the ship is a step for the new ship to be tested, after all, the ship stands on the frame, which is different from the actual launching force. If you don't build it, it may fall apart.
As the crunching of wood grinded, the boat was finally fully submerged, and it was ready. When the ship was off the shelf and completely afloat, he and a few sailors threw the ropes from the ship, and the ship had to be slowly pulled out by manpower like a slender man, before the trial could begin.
Li Chen also took one, followed Liang Kuai's instructions, followed the crowd, ate the pit food, and slowly pulled the boat to the small river to the sea, where there is a small wharf, and led to the wharf.
Then the sailors began their work, although it was only a few days of sea trials, but they still had to prepare water, food, and so on, and also prepare ballast, and hundreds of sailors lined up to carry the same supplies onto the ship.
Li Chen was waiting on the shore, and a group of children were squeaking, full of joy, looking like they were going out for a hike. It really looks like they are going to go out for a hike, each of them has a small bag, which puts a lot of things, textbooks, paper and pens, and Li Chen also knows that they put a lot of snacks in it...
Don't blame them for not being nervous, this trial voyage is only a few days old, mainly to let them adapt to life at sea, whether they will get seasick, food, and accommodation. Because they have no purpose, they go out to sea and return it after a circle, so it's no wonder they regard this as a trip.
Li Chen and Suleiman were gossiping, and Suleiman couldn't talk about Li Chen's ship, but he didn't mention that he also wanted to book a ship. But even if he mentioned it, Li Chen didn't plan to sell it, and planned to keep it secret for a few years. He also signed a contract with Liang Kuai, agreeing that Liang Kuai would not build this kind of ship for others for several years.
Li Chen hopes to retain his technological leadership for a few more years. Because in these years, the shipbuilding technology of the big cannibals still lagged behind the Tang people, and it was recorded in history that many Hu merchants loved to use Tang ships. Retaining the technology for a few more years will help the Tang maritime merchants to gain benefits in maritime trade, and the carrying capacity is both large and fast, and if it is retained for a few more years, it may be possible to squeeze all those Hu merchants into the sea. Of course, this is just a delusion, Li Chen just hopes that he can grab some more shares when the time comes.
'Got on board. After waiting for a while, seeing that the loading was almost over, Li Chen waved his hand, and the children were very well-organized, Li Chen took the lead, hung down the rope ladder from the side of the boat, and climbed up one by one.
While they boarded the boat, the bow of the Xin boat let people set sail, and the Chinese hard sail was this trouble, and the sail speed was relatively slow. However, of course, Li Chen will not sit idly by, he designed a few simple landing gears, so that the speed of the sail is much faster.
When they all got on the boat, the sails were also opened, the anchor was raised, and the boat started slowly, Li Chen stood by the boat, waved goodbye to the Su family father and daughter on the dock, and slowly spread the sails of the boat, breaking through the waves, and heading towards the distant ocean.
A fully open-sailed ship is incredibly fast. The seven sails were full of the south wind, and they moved forward with the ship like a fly.
'Yikes. ''Yay, Chong'a.' When the boat started, the children shouted excitedly, and some were still jumping in place, indicating that they were excited. At this time, the sun in the sky broke through the dark clouds, and the slightest piece of sunlight was sprinkled on them, sprinkled on the sea, sparkling, and not dazzling, and the people who saw it were refreshed and happy.
Li Chen nodded with satisfaction, the children were very excited, but they didn't run around, he warned them in advance, the boat was very dangerous, and if you were careful, you would have an accident, and you were not allowed to run and jump. They all comply.
The rays of sunlight above his head shone on his body, Li Chen squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, his face felt the violent sea breeze, the tip of his nose smelled the salty smell, and there was a group of children's shouts in his ears, Li Chen enjoyed it.
What a group of good boys, Li Chen thought. What is their future? Li Chen suddenly became worried. Thinking of their future, he thought about whether to be emperor...
Whether to be an emperor or not, when he was on the edge of the cliff, he thought about it a lot. He has to be, he has to be. He wants to turn the world around and China's destiny. Getting China now is an inflection point, maybe there will be many opportunities to change in the future, but he doesn't have a time machine, how can he go to that dynasty if he wants to! He can only grasp the moment.
If he is not the emperor, he is powerless to reverse the fate of ********. If we want to change China's future, we must do two things, and these two things are not impossible for the emperor to do. Compared with these two things, some of the Tang Dynasty customs he wants to correct are actually nothing.
Two things, the first is to get rid of the feudal town. The festival makes this strange system no longer possible. Now that the emperor is strong, he can use righteousness to suppress those festival envoys, but what about the future?
The name of righteousness requires strength to establish and strength to maintain. If the imperial court continues to decay like this, when one day it loses its strength, righteousness will be useless. There are already signs of it. Nominally, the imperial court owns the world, but in fact, it is completely supported by the Jiangnan region.
Taxes are completely pressed on a few state capitals, and in other places, they cannot be collected at all. The Jiangnan region is already facing a crisis, and there has not been a large-scale civil uprising, but those fire thieves are already very arrogant. The imperial court has to be re-gathered, coupled with artificial breeding, and now the entire Jiangnan region seems to be sitting on top of a volcanic crater. As long as there is a case, Datang will be finished.
Even if there are no such problems, when the Jiedu envoy is no longer in awe of the imperial court and does not need this righteous name, even if there is no problem in the Jiangnan region, the imperial court will be finished.
Therefore, we must eliminate the system of festival degree, as long as there is no system of festival degree, even if there is a situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, natural disasters in the north, people. Disasters continue, as long as it is not a frieze, like the Ming Dynasty, natural disasters, internal troubles and external enemies, the Tang Dynasty may be able to maintain.
China's biggest external troubles all come from the north, Li Chen's history is not much, but he knows one thing, in the next tens of hundreds of years, except for Yelu Abaoji's Liao, there will not be much external trouble.
Liaoguo, his impression is not too terrible. Without the aggressiveness of the Houjin or Mongolians, there should be no problem.
However, even if there is a problem, clean up the feudal town, and see that the loser and traitor will cede the northern territories. As long as the northern border is intact, even if the infantry is against the cavalry, China will not be completely defeated. Therefore, the feudal towns must be eliminated.
The second thing is to get rid of the eunuchs. Get rid of the eunuchs, and the Tang Dynasty has a future to speak of. If you don't get rid of the eunuchs, the Tang Dynasty will be finished, and then it will be a change of dynasty and a scuffle. At that time, if someone thinks of ceding the northern lands in exchange for the support of the nomads, it will be like everything is back to square one.
Can one person change the course of history? OK. Shi Jingtang and An Lushan..., thinking of this, Li Chen gritted his teeth again. Once the heroes are in a scuffle, there will definitely be no shortage of people like Shi Jingtang. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Turks were very arrogant, and it was lucky that there was no one who sold their land for glory.
He didn't dare to gamble, betting that after he got rid of the position of Jiedu envoy, when the dynasty changed, his luck would be better than that of the five generations. Therefore, this eunuch must be removed.
To accomplish the above two points, think about it, what else can you do besides being an emperor? The eunuch is easy to get rid of, he is very good at getting explosives, blowing up the gate of Daming Palace, and then training a few thousands of people, killing them, and directly killing all the eunuchs. Don't say that this method is not insured, just say, even if this is the case, except for the eunuchs, what should I do with this feudal town?
It's time, Li Chen no longer squints, his gaze is resolute, this is the talent and his destiny. If he didn't have the chance, he wouldn't think about it, he wouldn't rebel or do anything to get on that supreme throne, he would have formed a fleet, sailed overseas, and discovered America hundreds of years earlier.
As long as he transports tens of thousands of people over, when that group of foreigners discovers Meizhou, I'm afraid that every inch of land will be crowded with Tang people. If it really comes to this moment, my Datang culture will not be cut off.
It's just that now, he has a better chance, or rather, he becomes emperor, and this plan can also be carried out at the same time, without conflict.
'The owner. At this time, a sailor found Li Chen, pulling Li Chen back to reality from his thinking, "The bow of the ship asked the owner to go to the steering wheel." Li Chen nodded and followed him, on this ship, the captain is the biggest, no matter who it is, even if it is him, the boss, he must obey the order.
'Bow of Sin, how does it feel. Li Chen saw the bow of the ship at the slightly raised steering wheel, and at this moment his face was full of joy, and he couldn't put it down and touched the east and west near the ship, looking rare.
'Yes, soon. 'The bow said, 'This ship is fast and stable, not bad.' ''Very high performance, you have to compliment. Li Chen said with a smile, and it could be seen that Captain Xin was very happy, because he had to say a lot for the first time.
Li Chen could understand why he was happy, originally he was very skeptical of his own approach, but he had no choice but to get on the thief ship. But now I found out that what I thought was a thief ship was actually a treasure ship. It's like driving a car on the road and hitting someone, thinking that this is a big trouble, but I didn't expect to be hit by a fugitive, but I was praised for my bravery. No wonder he was happy.
'Owner, in which direction are you going to go for this sea trial?' Please also advise. (To be continued.) )