Chapter 56: Preparations Before the Voyage

Han Yanxuan took out his dark blue silk silk to wipe his sword again, and Changsun Chong and Changsun Yang, who were watching the battle from a distance, were still surprised by the battle just now, an imperial general like Lao Niu could not walk a stick of incense under the hands of this dark blue knight, the martial arts of this blue-clothed young man were so high that it was simply rare.

The two of them surrounded him very ungracefully, and Han Yanxuan stammered while serving tea and water, Xu Yang was very unaccustomed to the admiring and flattering behavior of the two eldest grandsons, and hummed: "No matter how high the martial arts are, after the invention of muskets and artillery, a qiΔ“ martial arts will not have the slightest power to fight back in front of them." ”

The two brothers, Changsun Chong and Changsun Yang, were immediately attracted by these words, "What is the musket and artillery that Brother Xu is talking about?" The eldest grandson Chong craned his neck and asked curiously.

Xu Yang smiled mysteriously and said: "The musket is the highest weapon for killing people in Guigu, it can kill people thousands of kilometers away, no matter how high the martial arts are, no matter how high the martial arts are, they can't beat a bullet, as for the artillery, hehe, I plan to load it on our long-distance ship, and you will know when the time comes." ”

Everyone had never heard of Xu Yang's musket artillery, but after hearing the sentence of taking people's lives thousands of kilometers away, Changsun Yang said in disbelief: "Could it be the legendary flying sword?" Take the head of the general among the armies? ”

Xu Yang almost fell, what was this, and he felt that he couldn't communicate with these ancient people, so he was silent. When a few people saw that Xu Yang didn't speak, they thought that there was some taboo, and they didn't dare to ask more.

Niu Jinda sat on the chair and rested for a while, and praised Xu Yang's Hu chair a few times, Xu Yang was very complimented and ordered the craftsman to build a few pieces of modern furniture and send it to Lao Niu's house.

Lao Niu is very well prepared for navigation this time, the monsoon current comes as soon as he opens his mouth, and he has a great interest and understanding of the earth that Xu Yang said, of course, his subordinates who are proficient in navigation have some understanding of various situations at sea, this time Lao Niu brought so many people to ask Xu Yang if he could set off.

Xu Yang actually doesn't know much about sailing, he has never sailed in his previous life, he has only done a few cruises, but Xu Yang has a secret weapon, this killer feature can ensure that the whole process of sailing is the right route, that is, his mobile phone, the network speed is now usually around 4M, GPS positioning and world map positioning can be used, and all kinds of terrain on the road can be seen, so Xu Yang is full of confidence in this voyage.

After inspecting the many subordinates of Lao Niu He Navigation Research Institute, Xu Yang has more confidence in this voyage to obtain high-yield and improved breeds, these subordinates transferred from the sea used to be on the beach all year round, and even a small half of them are officers in the Lingnan Naval Division, and now they are all on duty under Niu Jinda, Li Er is very attentive to looking for crops overseas, and arranged many officers in the Naval Division to enter the Navigation Research Institute, God knows if he has arranged one or two henchmen to seek overseas Changsheng Island by the way, However, Xu Yang guessed that he should be 100% sure that Li Er arranged for his henchmen to go in, because with his concern for this matter, Cheng DΓΉ far exceeded his concern for the steam engine and the coal quarry.

After inspecting for half a morning, Xu Yang felt that the personnel had been allocated, so the next step was the construction of the fleet, which required to choose a shipbuilding along the Yangtze River, after all, Chang'an is not a good place for shipbuilding, and if you want to build a ship, you also need to go downstream along the Yangtze River to find a good anchorage port.

The steam engine is now more and more proficient in manufacturing, the drawings of later generations are supplied, many problems are solved, the setbacks and failures experienced by the predecessors have not happened once in Xu Yang's industrial room, because everyone knows the most correct path, the scale is more and more accurate, vernier calipers came into being, Zheng Wen has now invented artillery and the first generation of turbine steam engines according to the shipbuilding drawings given by Xu Yang.

Xu Yang told him that he would soon be able to realize the iron turbine, because the iron smelting industry of the Tang Dynasty had already intervened in itself, frying steel method, filling steel method, these things were printed out and handed over to Changsun Wuji, and now the ironmaking department of Changsun family has new ironware manufactured every day, and I heard that stainless steel has also been successfully made.

Xu Yang looked forward to driving the Chinese warship he participated in the design, the silver-white stainless steel inlaid on the wooden battleship, splitting the wind and waves, and sailing the ocean, and he wanted to experience the life of fighting the wind and waves.

There is no shortage of key technologies, everything is in place, only the east wind is needed, and now as long as you find a port, you can start large-scale shipbuilding activities.

Xu Yang pointed and drew on the map, and in the selection of ports, Xu Yang felt that the place he chose would definitely become a fairly large port city in the future, after all, the fleet he wanted to build was definitely not small.

When Xu Yang was still carefully observing the map, Niu Jinda had already taken a toothpick and started to pick his teeth, and said to Xu Yang, who was looking at the map carefully: "Boy, find the dock again?" ”

Xu Yang raised his head and stared at Niu Jinda with some surprise.

"If you wait for you to find a dock and start building ships, the old man must have already suffocated to death in Chang'an." Niu Jinda took the brush, drew a circle on the map of Chang'an, and said disdainfully: "Well, this is Taicang Wharf, the old man ordered someone to prepare for shipbuilding two months ago, and now it is full of wood and shipbuilding tools, and the keels of some big ships have also been erected, and they can start building when they are waiting for an order." ”

I have to say that Lao Niu's mind is meticulous, although he looks like a muscular and simple-minded guy, but if his mind is delicate, he is even more feminine than a woman, "Since this is the case, it would be better, but the drawings of this new ship require that they come down again, and do not use my traditional shipbuilding technology in Datang." Xu Yang arched his hand.

"Oh? Adopt new drawings? What new ships are you going to build? "The old cow is very curious.

"Ghost Valley Sea Boat!"

After saying goodbye to Lao Niu, Xu Yang planned to say hello to the Liu family, after all, he was about to set off, Liu Mengli was only sixteen years old, and it was not an age to get married at all.

Liu Dongliang is playing chess with Mr. Liu, this kind of thing invented by Xu Yang is also very interesting, the two of them are inseparable, so I heard that someone came to report, and Xu Yang came to ask for peace.

Stopping the fight in their hands, the two old men were smiling and waiting for Xu Yang to enter the house.

"Meet my father-in-law, Lord Tai, ten thousand blessings." Xu Yang bowed his hand.

"Hehe, why did the virtuous son-in-law visit suddenly, the old man heard that you have been very busy lately." Liu Dongliang touched his beard and smiled.

"The boy came today to show his father-in-law and grandfather that once the shipyard's sea ships are built, the boy may be able to find high-yield crops overseas with the fleet, and after he gets married, he may have to follow the fleet to the sea."

When Liu Dongliang heard this, his face was a little indescribable, but the old lady Liu looked very open, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, if you want your ministers to do it, the courtiers must do it, you are doing it right, you have to remember that no matter what, the Liu family will support you." ”

"Master Xie." Xu Yang was a little moved.

"Since you are about to go to sea, let's go to see Mengli this child more in the next few days, you are a disciple of Guigu, and there is no need to see such worldly gifts before marriage." Old lady Liu said slowly.

"No."