It took a full month, and the people in the head of the house and the shipyard knew in their hearts that if the Ming Emperor did not wander around the shipyard, then this construction period could be at least ten days earlier. It's not that the emperor commanded indiscriminately, it was just a small errand, which would affect the construction period for a day or two at most. However, this is the emperor, and his preservation zài makes the craftsmen too nervous, and the efficiency of work is strictly reduced.

Reward! Each person was given a red envelope.

This kind of red paper bag, containing a silver ticket, is more pleasing than a real plate of silver, and new things are always easy to popularize.

The ship was newly painted, pale yellow, and standing in the dock looking at this color, the white crane frowned.

"White Crane, aren't you dissatisfied with the color I chose?" Zhu Qiyu was a little nervous after the oolong incident that he commanded indiscriminately, and he was always afraid that he would come out again.

"Don't dare!" The white crane quickly bent his waist deeply.

Zhu Qiyu motioned to the people on both sides to step back, lowered his voice beside Bai Minghe and said, "If it is placed in the people, what do you call me?" Bai Minghe was stunned for a moment, but still replied: "According to the name in Guanzhong, Ya is called brother." It's a bit of a folk custom, it's called uncle, it's simple to call it brother directly! ”

"Okay, just in this capacity of the people, what did you mean by frowning just now, to be honest? In folk parlance, I'm interested in hearing it. ”

Bai Minghe scratched his scalp, and suddenly smiled evilly: "I will say, you have fish in your head, I don't know if this color attracts insects in spring." ”

Seeing that Zhu Qiyu didn't understand, Bai Minghe explained: "The same wooden boards are painted, white, black, red, blue, and yellow. In the spring, when you put it outside, there is nothing on the rest of the colored boards, but the bright yellow will drop many, many small black bugs. It's a headache to watch. ”

Zhu Qiyu thought about it, it seems that there is really such a thing, when he is in the imperial garden in spring, small insects will always fall on the imperial robe, and the eunuchs always say that this is long live loving the people, and the world will return to the heart. Even butterflies and other flying insects are happy to live it. But now that I think about it, it seems that there are more small black bugs.

It's obviously too late to change the color now, and it's about to be auspicious.

"It seems that I am still ......" Zhu Qiyu was very emotional.

"Long live, the ancients also said that reading ten thousand books is not a journey of ten thousand miles. Of course, it's certainly good to read a lot of books, but consider a different way of life. If you say something disrespectful to your younger brother, the palace compound is like a prison! Besides, Brother Huang, do you think a mere wall can hold off heavy artillery, or an air overlord? The real protection is the people of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Qiyu's face was ugly. But if you think about it, what Bai Minghe said is not unreasonable.

The two chatted quietly, the auspicious time had arrived, and after a cannon rang out, the dressed Huaiyu was incense and sacrificed to the dragon king. This is a necessary ceremony for the launching of new ships in ancient China, presided over by the owner of the ship himself, and the big ship has a big ceremony, and the small boat also has a small ceremony. At worst, there should be incense and some snacks to be placed on the table as offerings.

Huaiyu is a princess. Three animals are naturally indispensable, and three long tables are placed for melon and fruit offerings.

The dock is filled with water, and the boat is slowly slid backwards into the waterway, and then pulled into position by the tugboat. According to the ancient rites, this also requires a sail-raising ceremony, but Huaiyu's boat has no sails.

The boiler had already begun to heat up when the dragon king was sacrificed. A whistle startled many people on the shore.

"Full speed!" Huaiyu had so much to say, and as soon as he got on the boat, he shouted.

The shipwrights in the ship didn't know anything else, they just knew how to accelerate, open the valve here, and desperately add coal to the boiler there. But the Ming Emperor and others haven't gotten on the ship yet. But I saw that the ship was already moving slowly.

"This ......" Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty pointed to the boat, and said in his heart that I hadn't gotten on the boat yet.

The huge wheel began to spin, faster and faster, and there was an instantaneous sight on the waterway.

The bow of the boat was slightly out of the water, and even if it was only for a second, it shocked the white crane.

The bow of the boat is out of the water, and the wheels are burning, which means that the power is far greater than the current speed, this is not a small speedboat, this is a large wooden boat of 1,300 materials, and the oars are not in the tail, but about three-quarters of the back of the hull, in such a position, there is a movement of the head, which is amazing.

Empty, not even a single guest except for the necessary crew.

All the boats on this waterway to the Yangtze River hurriedly avoided the side, and Huaiyu stood at the bow of the boat, just shouting: "Full speed, full speed!" ”

In an instant, the ship had disappeared at the outlet of the waterway and rushed into the Yangtze River.

"Immediately call the gossip mouth and Qixialing Wharf to stop me." The white crane shouted, and several guards hurried away.

On the river, there are still many cargo ships loaded with goods at the Nanjing wharf, and some of them go directly to the sea to Little Luzon. Some are offshore ships heading to Suzhou and Hangzhou. The speed of these ships is only about seven or eight knots on the surface of the Yangtze River, after all, the wind here is not as strong as at sea.

Huaiyu's ship, the steam engine weighed almost twenty tons, which was big enough.

In modern terms, the Audi A8 engine is installed in the Otto car, not to mention that Huaiyu's steam engine still belongs to the type of high-speed steam engine, for the steam engine that does not need too much weight and only considers the speed, the strong power makes the entire hull a little creaky, but the speed is also mentioned again and again.

If there is a speedometer on the ship, it will be close to the speed of 20 knots when it enters the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Going down the river, the speed on the wide river surface increased again, and it was almost close to the speed of twenty-five knots, and it seemed that there was still some margin, and it was very likely to reach the speed of twenty-seven knots.

Fifty kilometers per hour, put on the highway of later generations, this will be punished for too low speed.

It can be placed in the Ming Dynasty more than 600 years ago, and the speed of the ship is as fast as a turtle on the surface of the Yangtze River, which has shocked countless merchant ships. Huaiyu's bright yellow hull with red dark dragon patterns, coupled with the Daming dragon flag flying on the bow of the ship, made all the ships start to avoid from afar.

Occupying the central waterway of the Yangtze River, which is not available for non-emergency official duties, Huaiyu's ship roars past like a swordfish.

The waves alone shook several approaching boats.

The two fast boats of the Bagua Prefecture Waterway Guard Camp entered the Yangtze River waterway, and just saw the boat, just in the blink of an eye, the boat sped past their boat, not to mention shouting, even the flag language made a gesture.

"Report, the Bagua Prefecture Waterway Protector called, and the boat shook in front of me and passed."

"Report, Qixia Wharf didn't stop, the boat was too fast, they couldn't catch up at all." After the guard reported, he added: "Unless the river is crossing!" ”

"No, what if I do? Inform them in turn, starting from Zhenjiang Mansion and then all the way to the sea, the sailors must stop on the river no matter what, and they must not let her go to sea. At the mouth of the sea, even if it hits, the ship will be stopped, and if necessary, the river will be allowed to be sealed! ”

Bai Minghe is also in a hurry, this Huaiyu is too nonsense, she and Angela are all lawless on this boat. Bai Minghe had no doubt that they really dared to go to sea. ”

"White Crane, how fast do you expect that ship to be?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

As soon as Bai Minghe reminded him, Bai Minghe reacted: "Long live, the minister will answer you later." After replying to Zhu Qiyu, Bai Minghe said to the guards again: "Add another telegram, the speed of the ship is about two hundred miles per hour, let them be careful to block it, and if the speed hits head-on, even the White Shark can be sunk." ”

"Yes!" The guard replied loudly and trotted off.

"Hooray, the minister's prediction may reach two hundred miles. It could even be higher, judging from the moment the boat exited the waterway, it was obvious that the power was too strong and the boat was too small. To put it another way, if sixteen horses are used to pull a small carriage, the weight of the cart can be ignored for the horses. ”

"What a boat!" Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with the ship.

He is different from what Shirana Crane is worried about, he is not worried about the damage to the ship, he will build it again anyway. If you hurt someone, as long as Huaiyu has nothing to say, the rest of the people can be comforted. And the white crane is really worried, once the speed of this ship happens, it will be a big deal.

If it hits a boat on the river, the boat will inevitably be wrecked.

With anxiety, Bai Minghe followed Zhu Qiyu out of the shipyard, and they clearly knew that waiting here would be fruitless.

About an hour later, the white crane, who was resting in Xuanwu Lake, finally received a telegram.

"My lord, the boat stopped three miles away from the Shuishi Wharf of Zhenjiang Prefecture, and the people of Zhenjiang Mansion said that the hull of the ship was leaking. The craftsman also sent a telegram saying that the ship was too light and not strong enough, and that the bearing of the oar was broken, and then the shaft turned directly on the hull, tearing a hole in the hull. ”

"Good, good, good sentence The boat is too light!" Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty slapped the table violently.

"Yes, long live what you said, obviously this machine is very strong." Wang Cheng echoed beside him.

"White Crane!" Zhu Qiyu turned his gaze to Bai Minghe.

Bai Minghe shook his head vigorously: "Long live, the minister begs ......"

"Okay, let's bring a Daifuku boat over. I don't need your White Shark anymore! "Zhu Qiyu wants to see what happens when a real big ship is in use. The white name crane said in his heart, as long as he can spare the White Shark. A few steps in front of Wang Cheng: "Wang Cheng, you go and do it yourself, you have to pick a boat well, pick it well!" ”

"The subordinates understood, so they personally went to pick up the ship, and then sent it to the Nanjing shipyard to start refitting."

Wang Cheng told the white crane with his eyes, he understood, and he would definitely pick one well.

There are still some old ones, but they are still intact. It can't go out to the ocean, because the design can't withstand the wind and waves, and it can only be used offshore. But you must not pick those lucky ships that can go to the ocean and are responsible for important transportation tasks, you can make toys, but you must not waste too much. (To be continued......)