Datang Daily, Chang'an Daily. A notice appeared in both newspapers at the same time.

The new wharf in Jinghe was officially put into use, and the warehouses, inns, restaurants, restaurants, and grocery stores around the wharf were officially put on sale. Not by the high price, but by the good quality.

The Ministry of Rites of Datang officially invited envoys from various countries to observe the ceremony.

In the early morning of the second day when the newspaper appeared, before dawn, there were already tens of thousands of onlookers, and the envoys came to the bank of the Jing River.

Li Yuanxing sat on the second floor of a restaurant that had not yet opened, and looked at the pier in the distance with a telescope.

"Your Highness, nothing goes wrong!" Cui Dunli appeared next to Li Yuanxing.

"Can't afford to lose, is Li Chang ready over there?" Li Yuanxing put down the binoculars and asked.

Cui Dunli nodded: "Your Highness, rest assured, everything is ready." I checked it a few more times last night, and there will be absolutely no problem. It's just that the Goguryeo people will definitely take the bait? ”

"If you don't take the bait this time, you will do more things until he takes the bait!"

Cui Dunli nodded helplessly, he also hoped that he could succeed at one time, otherwise it would be a troublesome thing to work hard and hard work. In Cui Dunli's eyes, there are immortals in the war. But King Qin is doing things that don't let people die in wars, and it's very tiring.

Still, things have to go on.

It's just that a new wharf in Jinghe has begun to be used, and as the King of Qin, he will not appear in person.

Cui Dunli would not go, but called a small official from the Qin Wangfu to appear and say a few words.

It was dawning, and the envoys were brought to this pier. To their surprise, this wharf was several zhang high above the water, and the highest unloading dock was ten zhang high. The width is also more than five zhang.

Li Er quietly walked into the room where Li Yuanxing was.

"Gorou, what are you going to show again?" Li Er asked with a smile.

"The three sharp weapons of the younger brothers, I still don't believe that the Goguryeo people are not moved." Li Yuanxing smiled and handed the telescope to Li Er. Then he said: "The first sharp weapon, a thousand material ships." The actual load is 1,381 materials, and the ship has not yet been completed, and it will take almost a month to complete it. ”

One material, in Datang, is the volume of ten cubic feet.

Calculated by modern volumes. Almost three ingredients is a cubic meter. The load weight of a material is about 0.35 tons. It can be understood as the calculation method of one ton of three materials.

Li Yuanxing's ship has a load of 400 tons.

This is a small cargo ship of the river class in modern times, and it is placed in Datang. It's a big boat.

There are no sails on board. There is only one huge chimney. White gas was spewing out of the chimney, and there was no boatman pulling the boat, and there were no ropes. The ship was speeding from afar.

"Brother Huang, the ship is all empty, there is nothing in the cabin, there is no tower on it, and there is no ship control room. But the younger brother can't wait, and wants them to take a look at the ship. A ship powered by a pure steam engine is not a problem for fifty miles per hour. Full load......"

Li Yuanxing spoke, but Li Er didn't listen to half a word.

Because he was being attracted by the great ship that broke the waves.

Li Yuanxing's is not a flat-bottomed boat, but a sharp-bottomed boat, which is prepared for the operation of the sea, and the posture of the point-bottomed boat when it breaks the waves, separating the water from both sides, coupled with the high speed that the Tang people can't imagine at all, the water splashes everywhere, but it makes people crazy.

The length of the ship is ten zhang and the width is two zhang, which is really different from the ships that were far away from the river in the former Sui period.

Knock knock knock......

Three cannon shots rang out in succession, and three huge iron balls were shot out, and a column of water ten feet high splashed in the river.

Everyone's eyes shifted to the location where the loud noise came from, where there stood three cannons, Li Yuanxing's high-pressure steam cannon. What is surprising is not that four people are struggling to carry a huge iron ball and are loading, but that six of the cannon operators are Goguryeo, and among the workers next to them, there are also more than a dozen people wearing Goguryeo costumes.

The shrill whistle of the steam engine was blowing.

"Put!" The sergeant commanding the sergeant gave the order, and two of the three cannons were controlled by people wearing Goguryeo costumes.

After three consecutive shots, a total of nine cannons, the sergeant gave the order again: "Collect the cannons!" ”

Many of the men who had been standing behind rushed forward, pushed the cannon behind a carriage, and covered it with cloth.

"Gorou's heart for Goguryeo is really ruthless!" Li Er said with emotion.

Li Yuanxing poured himself a cup of tea: "Is it ruthless, this is just the beginning, and the next thing is the real interesting thing." ”

Li Er moved the telescope in one direction and found the location of the Goguryeo envoy, and he clearly saw the surprised expression of the Goguryeo envoy, or the reaction of Na Yuan Gai Suwen clenching his teeth and clenching his fists.

The first reaction in Yuangai Suwen's heart was that the cannon was used to siege the city, so the current city wall of Goguryeo was the same as paper, and after the Jian'an city was broken, some people who fled back reported it, only to hear the loud noise of the city gate, and then the city was broken. It is very likely that it is this kind of sharp weapon, Datang's new weapon.

Although it was used as a salute at this time, it was a real weapon, a weapon to kill.

No one looked at Yuan Gai Suwen, and everyone's eyes returned to the giant ship.

The huge ship slowed down, but instead of entering the largest pier, it entered the third pier.

This does not need to be explained, but it means that the largest pier ten feet high is for larger ships, and this ship is just a small boat.

"Loading begins, grain, four thousand stones!" Someone on the dock shouted.

A small train on the rails, pulled by a small steam locomotive, with fifteen carriages in a row, slowly drove to the edge of the dock, but at this time, there was not half of the coolies on the dock. There were just five men in overalls, one of whom was holding a loudspeaker made of tin sheets.

Higher, the huge beam, which was five feet high, moved to the front of the first carriage, and a long rope came down, and the bottom was divided into four.

"Rope No. 1 is tied......

"Number two......

When all four of them said that they were ready, the man with the tin horn shouted upwards: "The goods are loaded." Rise! ”

There are 200 sacks piled on top of a carriage, one sack is 60 catties, and two sacks are a stone. This is to make it easy for coolies to carry it, and it takes a lot of physical strength to carry a sack and still climb onto the boat.

But this rope easily lifted the weight of a hundred stones.

Four thousand stones, all loaded on the ship in only half an hour, the huge ship moved slowly and exited the dock. Then he turned his head and left at full speed again.

"Four thousand stones. This boat is good! Li Er praised.

Li Yuanxing smiled and pointed out the window, signaling Li Er to continue looking.

The officials of the Qin Wangfu stood up at this time: "The matter of the dock shop, everyone should register at the dock management office. This ship is a cargo ship of the gold master type. It is equipped with two 260 hp steam engines. The net deadweight of the vessel is 1,381 materials. Dual power. It's a double insurance, in case that one breaks down, the other runs slowly. At least there will be a chance to repair it on the shore! ”

Before the little official finished his introduction, a merchant shouted: "Shangguan, you don't need to be so detailed, can I buy this boat?" ”

"I say this, and I tell you. This ship can be ordered, and it can be obtained in two months at the earliest, and the larger one is 4,000 yuan, and the big ship will have to wait for a year! ”

4,000 materials, but it's really scary.

"How much!" Someone asked.

"Four thousand six hundred, if you need to add other things, you will be counted as money. These 4,600 are a ship. If someone wants to change it to pull people, you can change it yourself, let Yaozhou Workshop change it, and someone will calculate the price for you. After the little official finished speaking, he knocked the table beside him: "Quiet, all quiet." If you want to buy a boat, go to the Yaozhou Commercial Hall in the left lane of Admiral Tiance Mansion to inquire! ”

Four thousand six hundred!

For ordinary people, this is a lot of money. An ordinary wooden boat is about 200 stones, which is almost 200 yuan in labor costs, dozens of pieces of wood, and 300 yuan in calculations. And the speed is slow, the goods are less, and the money earned less once you run.

4,600 yuan, converted into modern currency, is tens of millions of yuan.

But before Datang, Yang Guang's ship in Yangzhou was far less huge than this one, not to mention high-speed. The cost of that year was 38,000 quintals, and it was not considered an interior decoration.

Doubling the size of the ship is not a simple algorithm as doubling the wood and doubling the labor.

4,600 guan, to the ears of the merchants, this is simply the loss of money in the Qin Palace, such a large ship, placed in the most haode shipyard in Yangzhou, just labor needs more than 3,000 workers. Even more, if you want to buy that steam engine, there is nowhere to buy it, and how much that thing is worth is a mystery in the hearts of the people.

"I'm going to Sukeng Cao Games, and I'm going to set ten. Order another 4,000 material ship, let alone a year, even three or five years. ”

The ship of 4,000 materials is a myth, who has thought about it, who has heard it.

"That Cao Games was originally the Cao Gang of Suzhou and Hangzhou. It's a nice name, and if I've been obedient, I'll not care about the mess they had before. It's Goro, you lose money and sell the boat, after the development of this river transportation, Chang'an will be more prosperous. Li Er said unhurriedly.

"You should be a fool and lose money. The younger brother was willing to lose money, but the girl was not willing either, originally the younger brother wanted to sell it for 3,500 yuan. But the girl said that 4,600 guan is cheap, because our cousin's broken ship costs 370,000 guan, so 4,600 guan is too cheap! ”

"How much does it cost?"

Li Er heard the key, this ship is definitely not expensive.

"This ship has three major shortcomings, one is that the steam engine is too large, which naturally takes up some space on the ship. The two steam engines, together with the water tank and the coal depot, took up more than 200 materials. In this way, from Chang'an to Hangzhou, if you keep the speed and walk slowly, there is enough coal, otherwise you need to add coal once on the way. ”

"Gorou is talking nonsense, how much does this ship cost?"

"It's not expensive!" The smile on Li Yuanxing's face made Li Er feel the urge to hit someone. (To be continued......)

PS: I was originally going to prepare jihua three watches.

I'm going to my father-in-law's house tomorrow and I'm not coming back until Sunday. Leave some manuscripts and add more from Monday.

Thank you all for your support.