"Although the acquaintance between Miss and King Qi is not very pleasant, but after that, Miss slowly likes King Qi, and she is also willing to marry His Royal Highness King Qi, and Mrs. is also very satisfied with His Royal Highness, and even me and Sister Tiger are very optimistic about the marriage between Miss and His Royal Highness." Lu Hong said slowly.

Lu Hong and Aunt Hu have no children, and they have watched Wen Xin grow up since she was a child, so they have always regarded her as their own daughter, so they naturally worry more about Wen Xin's marriage than anyone else, until they got to know Li Su in many ways, and saw that Li Su and Wen Xin had a happy married life, so they were relieved.

After listening to Lu Hong's words, Lu Qing, including Evil Tiger and Zhou Long, all fell silent, the three of them were either civil or martial, and they thought they were all heroes of the moment, but it was only because of the lord of the year that he had been wandering in this sea, although he had won a lot of prestige, but in their opinion, he was just a reckless person. The eldest husband stands in the world, not to mention the admiration of the people to expand the territory, but at least he must fight for a prince and general, and leave a foundation for himself and future generations.

The three of them thought for a long time, and finally glanced at each other, and stepped forward to Lu Hong together: "Big brother, the three of us will definitely not live up to Madame's hard work, what should we do in the future, please ask the eldest brother to command!" ”

"Good!" Lu Hong was also very happy, the three people in front of him were all loyal to the lord, he was really worried that the other party was drilling, but fortunately he finally convinced himself, "This time you took advantage of the trial voyage to catch the palace, it is indeed a wonderful move, don't do the rest first, and don't show deliberate closeness to His Royal Highness, and after you finish the trial voyage, we will find an opportunity to find out with His Royal Highness the King of Qi." ”

As soon as I heard it, I wanted to reveal the secrets of these people to Li Su. Lu Qing and the three of them were all anxious, and Lu Qing hurriedly said: "Big brother, if King Qi knows our identity, will he turn against us, after all, our identity is too sensitive?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Lu, if only we were exposed. It's nothing, but if His Royal Highness King Qi knows the identity of the young lady, will it bring trouble to both the young lady and the lady? Zhou Long, who has always been taciturn, also spoke. He and Wenxin's mother are of the same race, and they are still Wenxin's uncle according to their generation, so they are most concerned about the safety of their mother and daughter.

"Huh. You can rest assured that with my understanding of King Qi, he will definitely not be upset because of the identity of the young lady, and as for the matter of confessing his identity to King Qi, it is also agreed by Madame. Speaking of this, Lu Hong suddenly showed a wry smile on his face, "What's more, do you think His Royal Highness King Qi is really so easy to fool?" Although he may not know the true identity of the young lady, he already has some information about the identity of the young lady, and after my observation during this time. King Qi should have a very secret intelligence organization in his hands. ”

Hearing Lu Hong's words, Lu Qing and the three of them couldn't help but be taken aback, thinking about Li Su, who was still laughing with them this afternoon, they really couldn't see that the other party still had such a scheming?

"It seems that this descendant of the Li family is really powerful. It is worthy of the family that won the world from the hands of the heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty! Lu Qing finally said with a wry smile, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng's brothers back then were the dragon and phoenix among people, and now look at Li Shimin's son, they don't know about the others, at least the King of Qi in front of him is not under Li Shimin back then.

It's not too early, and Lu Hong has almost explained the matter. So he got up and left, still coming out of the corner gate in the small alley, and then returned to the side gate of the Qi Wang's Mansion, took back the things he bought from the vendor, and said hello to the others, and then returned to the mansion, everything seemed to be as usual.

A few days later, in the port outside Dengzhou City, among the many ships of various colors, two galleons with very peculiar shapes stopped there, one of which looked somewhat similar to the building ship, the ship was divided into many layers, but the bottom of this kind of ship was pointed and wide, the head and tail were raised high, and the draft was very deep, it seemed to be at least three or four meters, and the most distinctive thing was that the ship was actually three masts.

The other one is even more strange, it seems to be a sharp-bottomed ship, this ship has four masts, and the masts are much higher than the average ship. The sails of this ship were not traditional hard sails, but soft sails made of cloth, which were also placed horizontally, with the front two masts of trapezoidal sails and the back two masts of strange triangular sails. In addition, because the mast is high and the cloth is light, there are more sails on the ship.

These two strange ships are more than ten zhang long, and in the entire port, these two ships are the largest in size, almost on par with the building ships in the Datang Navy next to them. As soon as such a huge ship appeared, it naturally attracted countless onlookers, who discussed which new ship was built by a merchant on the sea? It wasn't until Li Su's palace guards arrived that these people finally realized that it was a sea ship built by the Qi Palace, so there was nothing strange about it.

After the guards cleared the venue, Li Su and Lu Qing and others walked in together, looking at the two big ships moored on the sea, Lu Qing and the others were also excited, they only knew that they were going to test a new ship, but they still didn't know anything about the performance of this kind of ship, and they finally saw the real thing today.

As a navigator's intuition, when Lu Qing saw these two sea ships, he immediately vaguely felt that the performance of these two ships was definitely much stronger than the ships he had piloted before. No wonder the Yan Changshi before made them pay a huge deposit of 10,000 yuan, and the two ships in front of them were definitely worth that price.

With the arrival of Li Su, the fireworks and firecrackers that have been prepared around are ringing in unison, and the new ship will be delivered to the owner for use, which will naturally be more lively, and in the sound of firecrackers, Li Su turned around and took a palm-sized round box from the hand of the attendant next to him, and then handed it to Lu Qing and said: "Mr. Lu, today is the day of the delivery of the new ship, this king has prepared a small gift, which is a congratulatory gift for you, and I wish you to complete the opening of the new route as soon as possible, and the deposit will be returned in full." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!" Lu Qing took the box and prepared to put it in his arms without looking at it, after all, according to Chinese etiquette, except for a few occasions, gifts are generally not opened in front of the giver.

"Wait! Mr. Lu still opened it to take a look, so although this thing is simple to use, there are some things to pay attention to first. Li Su hurriedly stopped, although this thing is small, but it is extremely useful, and it is even related to the success or failure of their sea trial, so Li Su is so solemn.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Lu Qing was also a little curious, and took a closer look at the round box in his hand, which looked like the kind of rouge box used by women, but the workmanship was not so fine, the wood was good wood, and it looked very strong.

Lu Qing opened the lid of the round box and found that it was a transparent glass inside, and under the glass was a disc engraved with a scale, and in the middle of the disc, there was a pointer painted red and black.

"Mr. Lu, this thing is called a nautical compass, which is used to identify the direction, you look at this pointer inside, the red end of it always points to the north......" Li Su pointed to the compass and explained.

The use of magnets to indicate the direction has long been discovered by the Chinese, such as the legendary Yellow Emperor's guide car, and Sinan and so on. But it wasn't until the Song Dynasty that it began to be used for navigation, Li Su, as a traverser, naturally wouldn't put this thing in vain, so he let people study and make it, the principle and materials are ready-made, the problem is just how to make it smaller, which is difficult for the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, so it was made in a few days.

Lu Qing is more and more excited the more he listened, and even his hands trembled slightly in the end, as a person who takes the sea as his home, he naturally knows what this compass represents, in the past, they wanted to distinguish the direction on the sea, and they could only use the sun, moon and stars as a reference, but these are not very accurate, if you want to prepare, you can only use the astrological technique handed down during the Warring States period, but there are not many people who understand this thing, and you can't use it in rainy weather, but with this compass it's different, you can know the direction of your navigation almost anytime and anywhere, As a result, the chances of getting lost at sea will plummet.

However, before Lu Qing finished his excitement, Li Su explained several situations in which the compass was affected, such as when there were magnetic mines or iron mines around, or more unlucky when encountering a solar storm, which affected the earth's magnetic field, etc., but these don't have to worry too much, in most cases, the compass is still very accurate.

Although he heard that the compass was also not working, Lu Qing was still very excited, and as soon as Li Su finished introducing it, he immediately knelt down on one knee, held the compass above his head with both hands and bowed: "Grass people Lu Qing, thank Your Highness for the treasure!" ”

In addition to the prince of heaven and earth, Datang usually doesn't need to kneel and worship at all, for example, Lu Qing is just a grass people, and when he sees Li Su, the prince, he only needs to bow down and salute, unless it is a house slave who sees his master, he needs to kneel on the ground from time to time. Now that Lu Qing knelt down on one knee to Li Su, it was obviously an extremely grand etiquette.

"Mr. Lu, please get up!" Li Su hurriedly helped the person up, and then said solemnly, "Mr. Lu, this compass is just the beginning, in the future, this king will let people study more tools and technologies for navigation, and you just need to rest assured and boldly to open up, everything has this king behind you to support you!" ”

Li Su's last few words were said in a loud voice, deliberately letting the people around him hear them, although they still don't understand the meaning of this sentence, but I believe that as long as Lu Qing and their matter spread, more people will definitely be able to understand their determination as the king of Qi.

After sending Lu Qing and a group of crew members to the two ships, they will conduct a half-month assault training on the two ships under the guidance of the shipbuilder, and only after mastering the performance of the two ships will they really start sea trials and open up a new route to Silla, Baekje and Wakoku.

Two days later, as soon as Li Su publicized the matter of Lu Qing and the others, the whole Dengzhou was talking about this matter, and from time to time some people even went to the dock to carefully observe the performance of the two ships being trained, and even some bold businessmen had begun to consult the shipyard about the cost of the two new ships.

At this moment, Li Su was stunned by the news from Wang Zihao from Chang'an, and locked himself in the study for three or four hours, and then walked out of the door with a tired face, but his face was full of heaviness. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )