Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

In the secret room, Xia Ren slowly collected his strength, exhaled a breath of turbidity, looked at himself, and found that he had broken through to the innate threefold.

"This speed is really fast, I really have the posture of a great emperor. ”

After some encouragement, Xia Ren left the secret room.

As soon as I walked around Fang Xuanling, someone reported that Zhou Tai was here.

Xia Ren had no choice but to go back to the backyard and wait for Zhou Tai.

Fang Xuanling's affairs were also dealt with, and he had nothing to do, so he followed Xia Ren to the backyard to join in the fun.

"The last general, Zhou Tai, has seen the lord. ”

As soon as he arrived in the backyard, Zhou Tai saluted Xia Ren.

Then he looked at Fang Xuanling on the side, and also greeted: "Good city master." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled and nodded, "General Zhou, don't come unharmed." ”

At this time, Xia Ren asked Zhou Tai with some doubts: "Youping, you are not training in the north camp of the city at this time, what are you looking for me?"

Zhou Tai said calmly: "Lord, the family of the last general has arrived in Haiyuan City, has settled down, and they are all in the Zhou Mansion, do you need to see the lord?"

Xia Ren suddenly became interested, and said with a smile: "Of course I want to meet, so let's do it, Youping, you will lead a few stewards of the Zhou family in the evening, come to the City Lord's Mansion together, just hold a dinner, and celebrate the arrival of the Zhou family, after all, it is the first family to take refuge in me." ”

After speaking, he smiled at Fang Xuanling next to him: "Mr. Fang is also here, and later you will send someone to call Yuanfu too, and we will go to the banquet together in the evening." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled and nodded.

Zhou Tai said without a smile: "Since the lord has made a decision, then the general will go to the north camp of the city to train first, and at the end of the evening, a few elders of the Zhou family will be invited to the banquet." ”

Looking at Zhou Cang's departing figure, Xia Ren sighed with emotion: "General Zhou Tai is really serious, with such a general here, why should this king worry about big things." ”

Fang Xuanling also said with a smile: "It is all the lord's leadership, and we will definitely smear our livers and brains and create a foundation for the lord for all generations." ”

......

At night, the city lord's reception hall is brightly lit.

Xia Rengao sat on the seat, and the people below sat on both sides of the hall in turn, and the banquet was staggered, the words were cheerful, and they were happy.

This time, three people from the Zhou family came, namely Zhou Tai's father Zhou Yeping, and Zhou Tai's two uncles Zhou Yehong and Zhou Yezhi.

At this time, Zhou Yeping stood up, toasted a glass of wine to Xia Ren, bowed down and said: "Thanks to His Highness's refusal to give up, the old man on behalf of the Zhou family is here to salute His Highness, and he will definitely do his best to make a better warship for His Highness in the future." ”

Xia Ren said with a smile: "Old Zhou doesn't need to be polite, as long as the Zhou family works hard, this king will definitely not treat the Zhou family badly." ”

Then he asked, "I don't know how long it will take for the craftsmen of the Zhou family to build a warship?"

Zhou Yeping pondered for a moment and replied: "Back to Your Highness, our Zhou family has thirty-three shipbuilders, all of whom are first-class in craftsmanship, and when the time comes, each person only needs to lead a group of apprentices, and they can build a warship in a month." ”

Xia Ren nodded and asked, "Then I wonder if General Zhou Tai told you about the warship we need to build?"

Zhou Yeping glanced at Zhou Tai, who was sitting in danger, in surprise, shook his head and said, "The dog didn't tell me what kind of warship he wanted to build. ”

At this time, Zhou Tai got up and said solemnly: "The last general did not inform the Zhou family of the specific situation in advance, in case the news leaks, the Zhou family will be informed of the specific requirements at the end of tonight." ”

Xia Ren supports his forehead!

Zhou Tai is really meticulous in his work, but this is also very reassuring.

Zhou Yeping was also a little speechless, even you Lao Tzu doubted that you were not a son of man.

Xia Ren said with a smile: "Then General Zhou, you will tell Elder Zhou in detail about the warships we need to build in the evening, and see what requirements are needed, as for the material problem?"

glanced at Zhou Yeping and said with a smile.

"This king hopes to buy it in the name of the Zhou family. ”

Zhou Yeping bowed and said: "The Zhou family is duty-bound. ”

.....

A banquet for the guests.

In the study of the Zhou family, at this time, Zhou Taizheng and the three brothers Zhou Yeping were sitting in the study and talking.

Zhou Tai opened his mouth and said: "Don't blame my father, this matter is very important, so I have to hide it, and I hope that my father and the two uncles will understand." ”

Zhou Yeping said with a smile: "Tai'er has done a good job, and he is loyal to the king." ”

Then he looked at the two younger brothers next to him and warned, "Don't talk to anyone about tonight's incident, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Zhou Yehong and Zhou Yezhi nodded and said, "Big brother, don't worry, we are not people who don't know the importance." ”

At this time, Zhou Tai took out a book, which was the forging method of the Sea King warship, but the part of the formation was put away by Zhou Tai, not that Zhou Tai didn't believe them, but there was no need to tell them, sometimes it was a sin to know too much.

Since Zhou Tai is a member of the Zhou family in this life, on the premise of not disobeying Xia Ren's order, of course he must think about it for the Zhou family.

Zhou Yeping's doubts turned out to be the book in Zhou Tai's hand.

How to build a Neptune-type warship? Is it a new type of warship?

With a puzzled attitude, Zhou Yeping opened the book.

Then, everyone in the study fell silent.

Only Zhou Yeping's flushed face and the sound of panting and breathing.

Zhou Yehong and Zhou Yezhi scratched their ears and cheeks while watching from the side, and their hearts were itching, what kind of warship could make the always stable Zhou Yeping so out of shape.

"Whew...."

Zhou Yeping breathed a long sigh of relief, returned the book to Zhou Tai, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that there is such a powerful way to manufacture warships in the world. ”

Then he said solemnly to Zhou Tai: "Tai'er, no wonder you were so cautious before, if this warship is built, it will definitely be able to dominate the East China Sea." ”

Zhou Yehong and Zhou Yezhi were very anxious at this time, both of them were top shipbuilders, hearing Zhou Yeping's gaffe, they couldn't bear it anymore, and hurriedly asked: "Big brother, what kind of warship are you talking about, can you show us too?"

Zhou Yeping shook his head and was silent.

At this time, Zhou Tai spoke, "It's okay, since the two uncles want to see it, then look at it, since His Royal Highness Nioh handed over this method to our Zhou family, it is to believe in our Zhou family, and the two uncles are also shipbuilding masters, so it is indispensable to participate in it when the time comes." ”

Zhou Yeping warned: "After reading it, it will rot in the stomach, except for those who can be trusted, no one else should reveal a word, and when the time comes, it will be made separately when building a ship, and everyone is responsible for different links, so don't let people know the specific process." ”

The two nodded one after another, hurriedly took the book in Zhou Tai's hand, and read it fascinated.

At this time, Zhou Tai and Zhou Yeping were also discussing on the side.

Zhou Pingsheng opened his mouth and said: "Tai'er, this ship is indeed extremely powerful, but there are also a lot of materials needed to make it, mainly the black iron wood, which is not easy to get, and it takes effort to buy it, does His Royal Highness Nioh have any instructions over there?"

Zhou Tai pondered and said: "Your Highness's meaning is to go and buy it in the name of the Zhou family, and the money required for the purchase will be paid by Your Highness, and Your Highness is not suitable to show up at present." ”

"But our Zhou family doesn't have so many channels, this warship must be built more than one, and our Zhou family can't buy so much black ironwood. ”

Zhou Tai said calmly: "This is okay, Your Highness will solve the channel problem for you, we only need to go and get the goods in the name of the Zhou family." ”

"That's good,"

Zhou Pingsheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Then I don't know where His Highness's shipyard is?"

Zhou Tai said lightly: "The address of the shipyard, His Highness is still choosing, His Highness's idea is to build the shipyard on the sea, everything is carried out secretly, although there is pressure to transport materials, but it is very stable." ”

"As for the personnel issue, His Highness means that it will be arranged by the Zhou family, and His Highness will only need to collect the ship. ”

"Well, these materials won't be available for a while anyway, and we'll have to work through this method of shipbuilding. ”

Zhou Pingsheng sighed and said.

Indeed, such a powerful warship is also a great pressure on the Zhou family, not only to beware of the problem of confidentiality, but also to take into account the speed and quality of manufacturing.

At this time, Zhou Pinghong and Zhou Pingzhi both finished reading the book, and looked at Zhou Pingsheng with a flushed face, eager to build this kind of ship now.

Zhou Pingsheng frowned when he saw the two of them.

"You two are a little promising, you still need to build this warship in the future, how can I rest assured that you are the way you look now?"

Zhou Pingsheng completely forgot that his performance just now was no worse than these two people.

Zhou Pinghong and Zhou Pingzhi smiled awkwardly, calmed down a bit, and said: "Isn't it too exciting, we have never seen such a powerful warship, we couldn't hold back for a while, and we lost a bit of a gaffe." ”

Then Zhou Pinghong asked a little puzzled: "But the formations on the hull depicted above are true?"

Zhou Tai nodded and said: "The formation is very important, and it needs to be portrayed by specialists, so our Zhou family only needs to build warships, and don't ask too much about the rest." ”

Zhou Pingsheng also echoed: "Tai'er is right, if the formation is really as powerful as the book says, it is indeed not suitable for our Zhou family to handle it, just this warship alone is enough for our Zhou family to spend our time." ”

Zhou Pinghong and Zhou Pingzhi nodded, indeed, even if there is no formation, this Sea King warship is also a giant, and it is much more powerful than the current warship, and they are already very content.