The moment was very short, but for the three people on the shore, it felt very long, Li Chengqian wiped the sweat on his head and said, "Will something happen to my cousin?" We should have stopped them just now. "If something happens to the eldest cousin, not only will it be difficult to explain to my uncle, but it will also be difficult to explain it to my father and mother.

Li Ke smiled bitterly: "Can we stop it?" "No one can stop the eldest cousin from doing anything, this is their experience that has been verified countless times.

"Also, the eldest grandson brother really won't change his mind easily. However, the eldest grandson brother has always done things in a measured manner, and if he is not sure, he will never act arbitrarily. Li Yexu followed behind Changsun Chong's buttocks, and knew Changsun Chong better, so he began to persuade the nervous two brothers.

After a while, Da Zhu, Huo Qiang, and Changsun Chong came up together, leaked out three good-looking corals, and swam to the side.

"Big brother, look, cousin!" Li Ke pointed to the distance and exclaimed, the eldest cousin came back safely, and he fished out something beautiful from the bottom of the sea.

Li Chengqian raised his eyes, became excited, and said, "Cousin, you are so powerful, you can swim underwater for so long, and you can still get such a good thing." ”

When Changsun Yiniang and Princess Changle heard that Changsun Chong and others were here, they came over to take a look, and just happened to see Changsun Chong coming up with a big coral.

"Big brother, you're amazing!" The eldest grandson Yiniang was excited, surrounded by big corals, turned around, and slightly sorted out and pruned, which could be made into good gifts, no worse than those shops in Chang'an City.

"yes, but my cousin is dressed strangely, don't you notice?" Princess Changle paid more attention to Changsun Chong's dress, which she had never seen before, with a long cylindrical thing on her back and strange shoes on her feet.

Yiniang noticed the clothes of the eldest grandson Chong this time. Pulling Princess Changle forward, he said, "Oh, big brother is like a duck. ”

Princess Changle didn't dare to raise her eyes when she saw the clothes on her body, she only glanced at them a few times from the corner of her eyes, and said, "It's really embarrassing, Yiniang, I'll go back first." ”

Princess Changle was embarrassed, gave the eldest grandson Chong and the others luggage, and was about to leave.

The eldest grandson Yiniang pulled Yiniang. said: "This is not Chang'an, and everyone is so familiar with it, there is no need to hide." Come on, you see that Big Brother didn't just get coral, there should be other things. Yikes. Brother Dazhu, what's in your waist. Hurry up and show me. ”

Dazhu smiled obediently and handed over the net bag. "This is the pearl we just dug up underneath, and they're all huge," he said. "There were several pearls in a big mussel shell, and they cut the big ones and left the small ones.

The eldest grandson Yiniang opened it and exclaimed: "Yiniang, it's really the first time I've seen a freshly picked pearl." It's so big! It must look good when made into jewelry. She was reluctant to return it to Dazhu.

"Miss, if you like it, take it." Dazhu grinned, thinking of being at the bottom of the sea just now. Seeing the brilliant underwater world is an eye-opener!

Although the eldest grandson Yiniang likes these things, she thinks that Dazhu seems to be going to marry Mei Li, the maid next to her mother, at the end of the year.

"No need, Brother Dazhu, you better leave it to Mei Li." The eldest grandson Yiniang refused, even if she wanted it, she asked the eldest brother for it.

Li Yexu saw that the eldest grandson Yiniang liked it so much, and stepped forward and said, "Yiniang, if you like it, I will also give you a fishing in the sea." ”

The eldest grandson Yiniang shook her head again and again, and said, "Although I want those pearls, your safety is the most important thing, and I don't want you to be in danger." ”

It was the first time for Li Yexu to hear that the eldest grandson Chong Yiniang was so good to him in front of so many people, and he made up his mind to pick pearls for Yiniang. Dazhu, Huo Qiang can, then he can too.

"Yiniang, give you the pearls here!" The eldest grandson said with a smile, Yiniang is very sensible, and she naturally wants to be rewarded as an elder brother.

"No, give the pearls that my brother got to the princess. Big brother, how did you dive to such a deep place? The eldest grandson Yiniang asked, "Is it because you brought this, you can breathe underwater?" ”

Changsun Chong nodded and said, "Yes, this jar is filled with oxygen, which can be ventilated under the seabed." Since you don't want it, I'll give it to Changle, and next time my brother will pick it for you. "Changsun Chong is going to dive deeper tomorrow to collect more pearls, and the pearls in the shallow places will be left for the pearl divers by the sea.

"Big brother, don't go down either, it's too unsafe." The eldest grandson Yiniang stopped, "I heard from people on the beach that people often go to the sea and never come back." Although I love pearls, I care about the safety of my big brother. ”

"Hehe, it's okay, don't worry, I have the means to protect myself." Eldest Sun Chong didn't care, and turned his head to see Li Yexu, Li Chengqian, and Li Ke beside him.

"Big cousin, we also want to see the underwater world!" Li Yexu hurriedly said, not only to pick pearls for the eldest grandson Yiniang, but also to see what is going on at the bottom of the sea.

When the eldest grandson saw these people looking at him, he had no choice but to say, "Forget it today, let's do it tomorrow!" Tomorrow you will change your clothes, and I will teach you to dive, but you must remember my words and do what I say, or I will be unlucky if there is danger at the bottom of the sea. ”

"What the eldest cousin says, we listen to." Li Ke responded, very excited.

The eldest grandson Chong gave a bag of pearls to Princess Changle and said, "Changle, these pearls are for you, whether you want to make them into chains or make pearl powder to cover your face, it's up to you." ”

Princess Changle didn't dare to raise her head, the close-fitting clothes just made her eyes freeze on the bulging crotch of Changsun Chong, and immediately turned her face away, took the net bag handed over by Changsun Chong, and said, "Thank you, cousin, I will keep it forever." "How can it be made into pearl powder, the pearl powder is gone when it runs out, this is the eldest cousin himself picked at the bottom of the sea, she treasures it very well.

Changsun Chong had a lot of fun today, took his brothers back, took a shower, ate, and then remembered that he was going to the shipyard to see the progress of the shipyard.

Responsible for the progress of the shipyard is the Ministry of Industry Wang Jinliang Wang, this person is good at shipbuilding, when the eldest Sun Chong gave the shipbuilding information to Li Er, Li Er did not understand, directly found the trustworthy Wang Jinliang, let him bring the shipbuilding craftsmen recruited from all over the country to Dengzhou.

Wang Jinliang is a native of Quanzhou, his grandfather studied as a carpenter, and his father worked as a foreman in a shipyard in Quanzhou. The conditions of the family were good, for him to study, obtained fame, and was arranged to the Ministry of Industry to engage in shipbuilding. With the craftsmanship of the family, he soon gradually became an authority in the shipbuilding of the Ministry of Industry.

Wang Jinliang, who is busy with the craftsman, is about thirty years old, and his perennial work makes Wang Jinliang look very strong.

"Lord Wang, Lord Eldest Sun is here!" The next person came to report.

If someone else Wang Jinliang was ordered to build a ship, no one in the shipyard could surpass him, but the person who came was Changsun Chong, then he had to pay attention to it, when he got the shipbuilding information, His Majesty said that Changsun Chong designed it, he didn't think so, after taking it back, the more he looked at it, the more he felt exquisite. The big ships built in the past, compared with the big ships on the drawings, are equivalent to playing home. When I thought of asking Changsun Chong about the situation, I learned that Changsun Chong went to Hebei, Shandong and other places together.

Wang Jinliang also received His Majesty's decree and took the team to Dengzhou, from the plant to the selection of materials, he was completely prepared.

"Please!" Wang Jinliang didn't wash his hands, so he hurriedly came out to greet Changsun Chong, he was a petty official on weekdays, and he had no chance to get along with Chang'an's exploits, and he was so talented that he was deeply favored by His Majesty.

The eldest grandson Chong saw that it was a gray-faced official who greeted him, and glanced at this Wang Jin Lianggao in his heart, it seemed that he was a practical person, and said: "Lord Wang has worked hard, what progress has you reached now?" ”

Wang Jinliangjin Changsun Chong went straight to the topic, and the many flattering words prepared were useless, and he also determined the principle that Changsun Chong did not like to go around the bend, and said directly: "Lord Changsun, now that the shipyard has been put on track, the materials have been prepared, some small parts are being made, and the large parts are being carved according to the size of the drawings. ”

"Well, okay, when will this ship be built?" Changsun Chong is really not good at shipbuilding, and those materials are bought from the model space, so he has to care about the progress of shipbuilding.

Wang Jinliang listened, thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to it, the materials are very rich, if you add another hundred craftsmen, after three months, you can complete such a big ship." ”

Changsun Chong thought, when he went back, he was going to take a boat, but thinking about the current technology, it was not necessarily impossible, in case of an accident at sea, he didn't care, but the people around him were in danger.

"Well, okay, the big ship we built this time is two and a half times the size of the previous ship, so we must pay attention to all kinds of materials, when installing, we must be careful, and after completion, we must carefully inspect." Changsun Chong confessed that this ship costs nearly 200,000 taels of silver, and if you add the installation of artillery in the future, the cost will be even more expensive. Maybe in the future, the cost will drop in mass production, but for the first time, in line with the principle that you can only succeed and not fail, so the budget is calculated more.

Wang Jinliang hurriedly responded: "Lord Eldest Sun, rest assured, the lower officials will definitely be able to do their best to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

"Lord Wang, if this ship is built, I will recommend you in the future as the chief of naval equipment." Changsun Chong knew that Datang would one day go abroad and enter the ocean.

Wang Jinliang's eyes lit up, now Datang only has a navy, and there is no navy at all. The ocean is so vast that inland rivers can't match. This naval equipment director, that must be a good errand.

"Thank you, Lord Changsun!" Wang Jinliang thanked and said, his heart was hot and excited, now he is just a fifth-grade officer, this naval equipment chief, at least a third-grade officer, jumped four levels in a row. (To be continued......)