"Lord Wang, the heavy ship is under construction right now, if these old craftsmen are withdrawn, I'm afraid those young boys won't be able to complete their work!"

Hearing Li Yuanba's order, Chang Sansheng's face suddenly appeared embarrassed.

"Oh? But this king is a little abrupt! Li Yuanba shook his head and said, "Otherwise, you go and call a few craftsmen who are in charge of the entire shipbuilding affairs over, this king has some things to explain!" ”

"That's easy!" Chang Sansheng and the brothers nodded, and quickly ran to the shipyard to call someone.

Zhao Ziqi and Tian Gang didn't know what Li Yuanba was going to do, so the two of them didn't have so many questions to ask Li Yuanba.

But Li Sanduo didn't have so many scruples, and just wanted to ask Li Li Yuanba, but Zhao Sanpao, who had just run out, ran back at this time.

With his ear attached to Li Yuanba's side, Zhao Sanpao whispered a few words softly, and Li Yuanba bowed slightly, indicating that he understood.

Li San opened his mouth more than once, and simply stopped talking.

After a half-pillar of incense was calm, several old men in their fifties and sixties wearing dark red robes came here, led by a young man in his thirties.

Behind them, there were also some black-clad Shenwu guards carrying several large boxes and following in unison, not knowing what the boxes contained.

These fifty or sixty-year-old men are the craftsmen of the Shenji Mansion brought by Li Yuanba from Chang'an. They were in charge of smelting, forging, and ship design, and of course there were some craftsmen who were skilled in other crafts, and they were not brought to the shipyard this time.

As for the young man who walked in the forefront, his name was Mo Chengfei, he was the proud protégé of the ink master Heijin, because he had not learned all the exquisite craftsmanship of Heijin, and Mo Chengfei was not qualified to be surnamed Hei.

"Lord Wang, I brought everything you wanted!" Mo Chengfei gave Li Yuanba a deep salute. Said.

In fact, for Mo Chengfei, respecting his master's life seems to be more in line with his character, according to his master's words, following Li Yuanba, there is meat to eat.

Well, this old thing does have some reality!

"Well, Cheng Fei, when the craftsmen of the shipyard come back, you and they will discuss with each other, if there are any difficulties. Let's put it up directly, although this king doesn't know much, but isn't there one more way to have one more person? ”

Li Yuanba nodded at Mo Chengfei and said.

……

After the time for tea, Chang Sansheng and the two brothers came over with the shipyard's craftsmen.

These people who were brought over were also old, and occasionally a few young people were all middle-aged people who had entered the age of not being confused.

In fact, when these people heard that His Royal Highness King Wu was coming, they were all frightened, and they were all a little flustered when they saluted Li Yuanba.

After all, although in Datang, craftsmen are very important. But the status of craftsmen is still not as good as that of Shinong, the so-called Shinong industry and commerce, as craftsmen, can see a prince as big as Li Yuanba. Naturally, the tension is inexplicable.

"Excuse me, everybody! Is this king so terrible? Why are you so nervous? Seeing the panicked performance of these world-famous craftsmen, Li Yuanba suddenly smiled.

It seems that whether it is in his previous life or in his later life, in the case of a great difference in status and status, people with low status will obviously have a fear of the superior person.

Li Yuanba shook his head. Simply going straight to the topic, he asked the two Shenwu guards to open the boxes, pointed to the contents and asked, "Everyone, look." What's going on here? ”

Hearing Li Yuanba's words, everyone present turned their eyes to the boxes.

In the box, I saw two strange things lying quietly that seemed to look like boats.

Although these two ships are very small, about three feet long, the workmanship is extremely fine, and the masts, sails, ropes, etc. on them are all complete, and they look like real big ships, and the shape of these two ships is very peculiar, and everyone present is a famous shipmaker, even they have never seen such a peculiar ship.

The most important thing is that the material of the two ships is not wood, which also makes everyone present feel like they have seen a ghost.

"What's going on with these two boats?"

"yes, this boat seems to be made of metal, right?"

"Can metal float on the water? Especially since they are so small! ”

Except for Li Yuanba, Zhao Ziqi, Tian Gang, Zhao Sanpao and a few outsiders, all the shipwrights, after seeing these two ships, their eyes were round, and after carefully looking at each other many times, they frowned at each other and looked at each other speechlessly.

"Lord Wang, can this thing enter the water?"

Eventually, someone asked, but it looked so small that it didn't seem to be able to enter the water at all.

"Absolutely!"

Li Yuanba nodded, motioned to Mo Chengfei to take out the two golden boats, and continued: "This thing is called a ship model, and the structure inside it is the same as a real ship!" Although the material appears to be made of steel, there is something inside it that can be driven by the power of this thing, and the speed of the ship in the water is much faster than that of ordinary boats. ”

"Then can the prince let the little one see it?" Chang Sansheng's heart now is like there are thousands of kittens scratching on it.

Metal, especially iron, is almost a well-known thing to sink when it enters the water, and now that Li Yuanba has said such a thing, how can everyone not be surprised?

"Not yet!" Li Yuanba shook his head and said, "The most important power unit in this ship model has not yet been developed, it is just an empty surface!" However, it only takes a few months for this king to solve the power problem, and then the iron ship can go to sea! ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuanba paused, and after a long while, he continued: "What you have to do now is to make these external things according to the shape of the ship model!" ”

"But the prince!" Chang Sansheng hesitated for a moment, but still said: "All ships are designed inside and outside, and the simulation is assembled before they can be put into manufacturing, which is only external...... Please forgive the officials for not being able to start! ”

Professional people say professional, Li Yuanba is not a shipbuilder, so he can't make a judgment on Chang Sansheng's words.

"Lord Wang, this large amount of stainless steel also needs us to build for a while, since Master Chang said that he can't start it, he will search for one of these two ship models and study it carefully!" Mo Chengfei knew Li Yuanba's difficulties, so he simply interjected and diverted the conversation.

"That's it!" Li Yuanba nodded, he also knew that things couldn't be rushed, everything was not done overnight, and it would take a long time.

However, this steel steamer cannot be built, and another ship that has not yet appeared in Datang can be made to see.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanba raised his head and said to Chang Sansheng: "Chang Supervisor, do you have any pen and paper?" This king suddenly remembered another kind of ship, which can still be made with the current ability of our shipyard! ”

"Yes, the lower official will go and get it for you!" Chang Sansheng, who was originally frowning because of Mo Chengfei's words, hurriedly responded after hearing Li Yuanba's words, and hurriedly walked towards the outer hall.

……

Holding the pen and paper in his hand, Li Yuanba frowned and thought for a while, and the mouse whisker pen in his hand was stained with ink, and finally fell.

Everyone stretched out their heads to look over, and slowly, a strange-looking sailboat leaped onto the page.

"This, what kind of ship is this? Why is the shape so weird? ”

"And what is the sail on it for?"

Seeing the ship that became clearer and clearer in Li Yuanba's pen, a group of craftsmen once again began to discuss.

Li Yuanba didn't bother with them, but immersed all his energy in memory.

After about half a pillar of incense, when Li Yuanba raised his head, he was already surrounded by people.

"See, do you know?" Li Yuanba smiled and pushed the rice paper full of things on the table forward.

Everyone has been watching it for a long time, and they don't see the reason, and now it's natural to ask.

"Lord Wang, this kind of ship, I have never seen a small one, so can you introduce it?" It was an old man who looked almost old, and his eyes were filled with doubt, and it was clear that he really didn't know what kind of ship it was.

Li Yuanba smiled and said, "This ship is called a sailing ship, and it was recorded in the Han Dynasty's "Nanzhou Foreign Object Chronicle". However, in the "Nanzhou Foreign Objects Chronicle", the sailing ship recorded has four sails, which do not face the wind directly, but face the windward side horizontally and slightly obliquely. This allows the boat to move at high speeds even in headwind conditions without having to lower the sails. ”

"About sailing ships, Xia Guan has also heard a little!" Chang Baisheng suddenly patted his head at this time, and interjected: "It is also recorded in our family's secret vault, but compared to the two sailing ships that the prince just drawn, there is a big difference!" ”

"Yes, I remember that the material of the sail is also a 'hard canopy' reinforced with bamboo poles. At that time, the largest ship was eight feet long and three feet wide, which could accommodate about 700 people! ”

Li Yuanba followed Chang Baisheng's words and continued: "Compared with the sailing ships hundreds of years ago, the boat drawn by the king is a kind of soft sailing ship, this kind of ship has a large wind and many support points, so the area can be larger, and the speed and load have great advantages. ”

The sailboat that Li Yuanba just painted is the most classic type of sailboat, and it is also the pinnacle of European shipbuilding.

He relied on the memory of his previous life, so he painted this kind of sailboat, in his words, anyway, it is a doctrine, since he can make it himself to improve the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, there is no need to use it in vain. (To be continued......)