Walking around the State Council, which is located on the left side of the imperial city, everywhere is busy, and it is difficult to see people casually chatting about cigarettes. And Fang Xuanling is not surprisingly not in the office, this guy has the most things, and he runs around all day long, it is difficult to see him in the office.

I simply slipped to Du Ruhui's office, Du Ruhui saw me, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly got up to greet him: "Weichen see Your Majesty, Your Majesty's trip must have been fruitful, right?" ”

"That is, I tried my best to persuade Sun Zhenren, and in about four or five days, Qing will be able to see Sun Zhenren." I smirked.

"Your Majesty, there is also good news to present to Your Majesty." Seeing that I was in a good mood, Du Ruhui narrowed his eyes and told me a shocking news.

"What's the good news? What?! Ben Gongzi couldn't help but puff out his eyes and screamed in disbelief. They've already arrived in Hanseong? This, how is this possible? ”

"I said Du Qing, you shouldn't be fooling me, right?" This is also too, the last time I received the news, the ocean-going fleet had just left Cochin for less than half a month. And today, it's only been just a month.

I remember that they set off from Hancheng County to Jiaozhi, this way, but it took nearly three months of hard work, how did they come back so quickly, and then they returned like arrows, it couldn't be so good, right?

Seeing my behavior like this, Du Ruhui walked back to the desk, picked up a piece of paper, respectfully handed it to my hand and said: "When the minister received this news, he was as surprised as His Majesty, I really don't understand how they can rush back to Hancheng at such a fast speed, but this is indeed the case, if Your Majesty does not believe it, please look at this letter that has just been delivered less than two hours ago." ”

I took it in my hand and spread it out to take a closer look, and then I understood what was going on.

It turned out that when they went, because they didn't know the route and didn't know the water situation, they asked them to go all the way, all the way to draw the chart, in order to draw the chart, after they left the mouth of the Yellow River, they kept moving slowly along the coast, so they walked for nearly three months to arrive at Jiaozhi.

But the return journey was different, because they did not need to draw any more charts, so they did not need to walk slowly along the coast, and with those excellent ships designed by Ben Gongzi and modified by those skilled old craftsmen, it took only twelve days to travel north from Jiaozhi to the mouth of the Yellow River.

After all, the Yellow River is no better than the sea, and the wind is difficult to fully maneuver, so the speed of the boat is much slower when driving in the Yellow River, and it took 18 days to return to Hancheng County.

Moreover, the letter also explained that if it were not for the fact that it was necessary to take care of the speed of other types of ships, if it were only to go in a group of flying clippers, I am afraid that it would only take seven or eight days at most to rush from Jiaozhi to the mouth of the Yellow River.

In other words, the speed of the clipper, a fast sailing ship invented at the end of the sailing age, was staggering, almost twice as fast as the speed of the various ships.

It is no wonder that later generations of such ships only took thirteen days to cross the Atlantic, while even the latest Galen ships took more than a month and nearly forty days to cross the Atlantic, which shows the terrible speed of this clipping ship.

Moreover, its tonnage is not small, the Grand Republic built by the Citi State in 1853 is 93 meters long, 16.2 meters wide, 9 meters deep, and its displacement has reached 3,400 tons, which is even larger than many Galen ships, but it only takes less than half a month to be able to transport thousands of tons of cargo to the other side of the ocean.

After reading this letter, Ben Gongzi couldn't help but let out a long breath, his grandmother's, fortunately, great, how could there be five or six thousand miles of sea route from Jiaozhi to the mouth of the Yellow River, but it only took such a short time.

If it was really an ocean-going fleet composed entirely of clippers, starting from Quanzhou and heading east, one month, at most, would be enough time to cross the Pacific Ocean and reach the New World. As soon as the cake seller thought of this, his heart and liver began to become fiery, and he was eager to make an order now, form a large clippers ocean-going fleet, and go to the end of the Pacific Ocean to find those rich products and minerals.

However, now I can only think about it, after all, the clippers under the hands of this son are all built inland, and the largest one is only one with a displacement of 500 tons.

As for now, it is still the primary task to conquer Shudi, and when the land transportation of Jiaozhi is opened, then the ocean shipping industry will be vigorously developed in the Jiaozhi area, so as to promote the development of the shipbuilding industry.

I let out a sigh of relief: "I really want to see those sailors." ”

"Your Majesty has just returned from Taibai Mountain, and you can't leave Beijing anymore, these days, but you have accumulated a lot of important tasks, and you need to make a decision." Hearing this, Du Ruhui frowned and hurriedly dissuaded.

"Well, I know the way, but it's just a thought, alas, as soon as you enter the palace gate, the sea is deep, and from now on freedom is a passerby...... "Ben Gongzi sighed with feeling. Hearing this, Du Ruyan was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and he didn't know whether he was angry or funny, anyway, his expression was like hitting a dumb hole, and he couldn't hold back a fart when he grinned.

I looked at the letter, and after a little silence, I instructed Du Ruhui: "Send someone over to comfort these warriors who have sailed thousands of miles, award all personnel with bronze Huaxia medals, and give these warriors money and silk rewards according to the rewards of bronze Huaxia medals......"

"Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers obey the order." Du Ruhui nodded and respectfully accepted the order.

After slipping around, he returned to his office, and saw the stack of documents more than two feet thick next to the desk, and his son began to feel a headache, dizzy, and weak legs.

Come on, work hard for your own bright future and for the peace of the world. Fortunately, one or two of the members of the secretariat under Ben Gongzi are elite soldiers and strong generals, and their business is profound.

I have memorized these unresolved issues, and every time I hand over a notebook, I will tell me in an orderly manner who submitted it, what it is about, and what I need to do.

In this way, Ben Gongzi saved at least nearly one-third of his time, from early morning until twilight, and finally cleared all the affairs.

Well, after disposing of official business at the speed of Chaoying catching up with the United States, my son was about to slap his ass and go back to the house to meet his mother. Unexpectedly, just after rushing out of the office, I happened to see the gray-faced old Wu Wuyi and Murong Changfeng walking towards the outside of the palace while bragging and farting.

"Old Five, Murong Qing, why are you two still in the palace?" I walked up and said hello.

"I've seen Your Majesty's ......," the two of them saluted as soon as they saw me.

"Okay, okay, give me no courtesy, what are you doing here, call brother, next time you scream, believe it or not, I'll whip you." After this son waved his hand at Murong Changfeng, he glared at Lao Wu Wuyi, and was frightened by the young man who had grown into a beautiful young man, and quickly stammered and smiled: "Fourth brother, didn't you say that you have to do business outside?" ”

"I just let you do business, and I didn't let you change the law to bury your brother, do I know what to do?" Ben Gongzi rubbed this guy's head and smiled, this guy, how do you know how Lu Dao was educated, Ben Gongzi and the sister's temperament belong to the kind of more free and easy, but the fifth child seems to be much more rigorous, whether it is doing things or doing, he is always so meticulous, it is really wonderful, this is still under the education of this son and my sister, it has been reversed a lot, otherwise, this little guy will definitely be an old old-fashioned in the future.

"Oh, fourth brother...... "This guy is very good, at least in front of me I don't dare to be stubborn, otherwise, this son has the means to clean him up, although this guy seems to be a little old-fashioned, but he is very good at the wind and rudder, at least he has gradually had the demeanor of the grass on the wall, very good, and the words to describe it in praise are from the goodness of the stream.

"Murong Qing, this is going to be the beginning of the lantern, why did you come out?" I turned around and asked Murong Changfeng.

"Your Majesty, Weichen and His Royal Highness the Prince are checking the progress of the project in the back garden...... "Murong Changfeng replied respectfully." By the way, I took a look at the growth of grass everywhere. ”

"How's it going, how is it being built now?" I couldn't help but ask with curiosity.

"Fourth brother, now that the underground facilities have been completed, they have been capped, and now they are ready to build the buildings on the ground." Lao Wu Wuyi replied on the side.

"That's fast enough, by the way, are you getting enough building materials?" I asked, touching my chin.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, all the materials are ready, however, there are only a few boxes of samples for ceramic tiles, and after your Majesty confirms yourself, the porcelain kiln will be fired in large quantities."

"Well, okay, let them come to my office tomorrow...... Forget it, I'll pick a time tomorrow to go over and see for myself and then I'll be sure. "You can't make my office look like a construction site, we are also the emperor anyway, and we are also the lord of a country again, so we can't be too wanton.

Early in the morning of the next day, he came to the construction site behind the palace with Murong Changfeng, who had made an appointment yesterday.

The large open area on the east shore of the lake has become a huge construction site, where hundreds of workers and more than a dozen construction machines work together, and the smoke and dust on the construction site are noisy.