The birth of Li Su's eldest son is a big event, and Li Su also has many things to do, such as he must report to Zongzheng Temple and write his name in the family tree. For these things, Li Su has long been prepared, the day after Wu Meiniang gave birth to the child, the official documents were sent to Chang'an by Pegasus, and there are also letters to Li Shimin and Concubine Yang, after all, such a big matter, of course Li Su had to write a letter in person, but when Li Shimin and Concubine Yang received the letter, they were puzzled by the name of Australia.

In fact, it's not just Li Shimin and Concubine Yang who can't figure it out, as long as they know the name of Li Su's eldest son, almost none of them can figure it out, and these people all have two same questions in their hearts, the first is why did Li Su give his son a place name? Second, where is Australia?

It's a pity that except for Li Su, there is probably no second person who can answer this question, and even the people in the Qi Palace's mansion don't understand, but some of the maids in the inner house suddenly discovered that since His Royal Highness gave the little prince that strange milk name, Yang Huanren seems to have become very happy, and his eyes are full of sweetness when he looks at His Highness, which makes people wonder what the reason is?

Li Qi is the eldest son of Li Su, although his birth is not yet celebrated by the whole world, but for the entire Dengzhou, it is a thing worth celebrating, after all, their current rich life is all thanks to Li Su, for this His Royal Highness the King of Qi, they are loved in their hearts. In the past, Li Su had been married for a few years and had no heirs, which made many people anxious for him, and now he is finally looking forward to the birth of the little prince, which makes many people breathe a sigh of relief. There are even some people who have leisure and money to organize and prepare to hold some celebrations spontaneously on the day of the full moon of the little prince.

For this case. Li Su didn't stop it, and even after all, the people in Dengzhou now don't have to worry about their material life. But there is still a lack of spiritual civilization, through the birth of a son. It's also a good thing to let the people of Dengzhou relax. He even ordered people to invite few singers, dancers, and jugglers to perform in the square in front of the palace, attracting many people to watch.

However, others can celebrate the birth of the little prince, but Li Su, the father, is not idle, mainly because Yifan's steamship can be put into practice, Li Su immediately sent someone to set up a shipping firm, which is half of the shares held by Yifan and Qi Wangfu, and the name is Yifan Shipping, and two steamships have now been built in the firm. One of them goes to Dengzhou, Shanghai, and Keelung, and the other is to Dengzhou, Sihyun, Jeju Island, and Ugang, and today is the day when the two steamships on this side and the north officially sail.

The easternmost section of the Dengzhou Civil Wharf, which had been bought by Yifan Shipping, and a simple building had been built and officially put on the list, and on the berth of this wharf, there were two strange boats parked empty, which not only did not have sails. Not even a long oar, but at the front and rear of the hull, a chimney-like cylinder stood respectively, and it was impossible to see what it was for?

News of the success of the research on steamships. It has long been spread through the local newspapers in Dengzhou, and because of the use of trains, not only the people of Dengzhou do not reject steamboats. Even out-of-town merchants were interested in the steamship. It was also this that today when these two steamships officially set sail for operation. A large number of merchants had already gathered outside the Yifan Shipping Company, and they had already bought tickets yesterday. Today, you will be the first passengers to travel across the sea on a steamboat to your destination.

It was about 8 a.m., and the ticket gates of the two steamships began, and passengers with tickets in their hands entered the aisle through the ticket gates and finally got on board. Both steamships are passenger ships, the hull is built very large, and it is divided into four floors, the lowest of which is where the crew live, the second to the top are the guest cabins, and the higher the decoration, the more luxurious, the more attentive the service, of course, the more expensive the ticket price.

On the roof of Yifan Haihai, Li Su and Yifan stood there with a few guards, looking down at the crowd below, and when they saw the people in the two passages lining up and slowly getting on the boat, the corners of Li Su and Yifan's mouths showed a little smile.

"Your Highness, in the various ports that the steamship passed along the way, is it really ready to prepare the charcoal now?" Yifan still asked a little uneasy.

"Don't worry, the palace has business in various port cities, and they have received news a month ago that they have bought a few berths in the port, and materials such as coal and fresh water have also been prepared, so you don't have to worry about this!" Li Su said with a smile, but there was a little helplessness in his eyes when he looked at the steam engine.

Originally, according to Li Zhuo's original idea, as long as the steam engine was developed, it would no longer be difficult to find a new continent, but it was not until the steam ship was manufactured that he suddenly found that his original idea was too naïve, because although the speed of the steam ship is faster than most of the current ships, but subject to technology, design, etc., the power of the steam engine cannot reach the maximum, so compared with the passenger ships of later generations, the speed of the steam ship still has great room for improvement. For example, it generally takes about ten days for a passenger ship to cross the Pacific Ocean in later generations, but if it is a steamship in Li Su's hands, it is estimated that it will take at least one and a half months.

Of course, a month and a half may not seem like a long time, but there must be a prerequisite, and this precondition is that there must be ports to replenish coal and fresh water along the way, after all, although the steamship also carries a lot of coal and fresh water, but there is always a limit, if the coal and fresh water on the ship are exhausted, then the steamship is almost like a rotten log.

It was precisely because of this condition that Li Su reluctantly found that it was not wise to use a steam ship to open up outward, especially when he had not even figured out the route. However, the steamship is not useless, at least it can be used for transportation between known routes, and the speed of the steamship is fast, and the crew used is much less than that of a sailboat of the same volume, so that the time cost and labor cost are more advantageous than the sailboat, so Li Su and Yifan only remembered the idea of establishing a shipping firm, and planned to apply the steamship on the known route. It is believed that with the maturity of technology and the discovery of new routes, steamships will go further and further, and may even completely replace the current sailboats.

Thinking of the restrictions on steamships, Li Su had no choice but to wait for the slow development. At this moment, Li Su looked back at Yifan beside him, and found that the other party's wonderful eyes also showed a helpless look, which made Li Su smile dumbly: "Yifan, isn't your premature death gone, anyway, there is still more time in the future, there is no need to rush at this time, and even if our generation cannot achieve steaming, but by the generation of our children and grandchildren, this goal will definitely be achieved!" ”

When Li Su said this, he suddenly thought of another thing, and immediately smiled and said: "Speaking of which, you are also an eighteen-year-old girl, and now you are not bothered by dying young, is it time to find someone, your father has said more than once in front of me, so I have time to urge you!" ”

Yifan was originally a premature fate, destined to live no more than eighteen years old, which was personally broken by her teacher Yuan Tiangang, but because of the arrival of Li Su, a traverser, not only changed the course of history, but also changed the fate of countless people, especially the closer to him, the greater the change in fate, Yifan is one of them, some time ago she just passed her eighteenth birthday, and Yuan Tiangang met her again on the same day, and found that Yifan's fate has completely changed, becoming a kind of noble appearance of Fushoulu Sanquan, This surprised Yifan and her father Zhao Fu.

However, Yifan's untimely death is gone, but it brings a problem, Zhao Fu used to think that his daughter would not live to be eighteen years old, and if she got married, it would hurt others, so she never wanted to marry her daughter, but now her daughter is no longer short-lived, Zhao Fu's thoughts about marrying her daughter suddenly became eager, and she couldn't wait to kiss Yifan a few times, but unfortunately they were all vetoed by Yifan. Zhao Fu has always been used to pampering his daughter, and he can't control Yifan at all, so he has no choice but to ask Li Su for help, hoping that he can find time to persuade the other party.

Unexpectedly, Yifan heard Li Su's words, but he glared at him, then turned his eyes to the sea, and said after a while: "What's the good thing about marrying, if I get married, everything has to listen to my mother-in-law's family, if the other party is a reasonable person, it may be better, but if it's an unreasonable person, then I can't go to the Academy of Sciences again, let alone help you design various instruments!" ”

Belch! Li was stunned, he hadn't thought about this problem, the development of the wind in the Tang Dynasty, especially under his own guidance, many women came out to work, but these women came out from poor families, and there was no shortage of food and clothing in the family, and no one would let the women of their families show up.

Thinking of this, Li Su is also a little entangled, although from a rational analysis, it is most beneficial for him not to marry, but emotionally speaking, someone is a girl, and she has done so much for herself, if she doesn't let the other party marry because of her own selfishness, it will be a little too selfish.

Just when Li Su was in a dilemma, two sharp whistles suddenly sounded one after another, and then two huge steamships slowly started, these two ships had already gone through several sea trials, so Li Su and Yifan were not worried that they would have problems at all.

As black smoke billowed out of the large chimneys on the two ships, the two steamers began to slowly accelerate. Li Su on the roof of the building looked at the two steamships slowly leaving the port, and an indescribable excitement surged in his heart, perhaps future generations will always remember this day, because the departure of these two steamships has symbolized the arrival of a new era at sea.

Just as Li Su was seeing off two epoch-making steam passenger ships in Dengzhou, a fleet of extraordinary significance was also preparing to set sail in the port of Keelung, Taiwan, thousands of miles away. (To be continued.) )