After arranging the others, Zhu Zhanqi also got into the carriage, and Mu Sheng also walked towards the carriage that Zhu Zhanqi called separately.

However, when he walked in front of the carriage, he was stopped.

"Gong Qianguo, offended." Zhu Kang bowed slightly, and presented a black cotton towel to both hands.

Mu Sheng frowned and looked at Zhu Kang in front of him, and then looked at the two carriages in front of him.

He was not angry because of Zhu Kang's actions, but his heart was full of jealousy.

From the time when Zhu Zhanqi first asked Zhu Zhanqi to send unrelated people away, and now even he has to bring a black cotton towel to set off, Mu Sheng has a strong curiosity about the place he is going to, and it is also accompanied by a strong fear.

Because he knows that the more this is the case, the more difficult it is for him to go to the place.

Either something unsightly, such as the orthodox emperor, the empress dowager, or even the empress dowager who is under house arrest after arriving in the place.

There is also a possibility that King Wu has some great weapons to protect the country, either with higher yields of grain, or with more lethal weapons or the like.

Of course, this is just Mu Sheng's conjecture, a direction, what are the specific facts......

Thinking of this, Mu Sheng shook his head slightly, then closed his eyes and motioned for Zhu Kang to tie the black cotton towel for himself.

On the surface, he was very respectful, but Zhu Kang didn't spare his hand at all when he tied the cotton towel, not only did he have great strength, but he also almost covered Mu Sheng's face, and only after confirming it again and again did he help Mu Sheng get into the carriage.

With a black cotton towel wrapped around his face, and Zhu Kang was also very careful, Mu Sheng couldn't see anything, and could only confirm what kind of road he was passing through by feeling.

However, he is not familiar with the Xiangzhou Mansion, only when he attacked Siam, plus the years that King Wu has taken over, the changes here can be described as earth-shaking.

Therefore, Mu Sheng didn't get any effective information, only knew that the carriage he was riding was walking on a very flat road, and it should be an official road to see the degree of stability, but then it suddenly bumped.

This bump is not the kind of bump on the road, but the bump in which the whole carriage is shaking, as if the road surface has turned into water.

Although he doesn't take a boat all year round, Mu Sheng has taken a lot of boats, and he immediately understood that the carriage was on the boat.

It took almost an hour for the carriage to settle down again, and it took another half an hour for the carriage to stop.

"Gong Qianguo, offended." Zhu Kang opened the curtain of the carriage and said softly.

"When you get to the place, please get out of the car."

When Mu Sheng heard this, he got up, adjusted his legs, which were sitting a little numb, and got out of the carriage with Zhu Kang's support.

As Zhu Kang untied the black cotton towel on his face, Mu Sheng first squinted, his eyes confused, but soon turned into shock.

What greeted him was a huge building, he didn't know how big it was, because he was in the middle of it, but the height of the roof made him know that it was beyond the size of all the buildings in the world.

Even if it's the imperial palace, even if it's the Fengtian Hall of Shuntian Mansion.

But soon, Mu Sheng didn't have time to be shocked by this building, because he saw Zhu Zhanyan.

With Zhu Zhanyan's satisfied gaze, Mu Sheng saw the most unbelievable thing in his life.

A ship, a huge ship.

At this moment, Mu Sheng remembered to take a look at the whole interior of this building.

There were all kinds of scaffolding, all kinds of stoves, and the gate not far away was bigger than the gate of the Suncheonfu Imperial Palace, and this gate only had a narrow road on both sides, and the middle was all water.

Obviously, this is a shipyard, and according to this era, this is the dock of the treasure shipyard under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Shipping Division.

"His Royal Highness, this ......" Mu Sheng walked in front of Zhu Zhanyan, his tone trembling a little.

The ship in front of them was huge, but compared to the ships Mu Sheng had seen, this ship was not the largest.

In the treasure fleet of the Ming Dynasty, the largest is the handsome ship, which can reach more than 44 zhang in length and 18 zhang in width.

The second is the horse boat, which is about 37 zhang long and 15 zhang wide.

Then there were the grain ships, about twenty-eight zhang long and twelve zhang wide.

Then there is the boat, which is about 24 zhang long and 9 zhang 4 feet wide.

Finally, there was a small warship, about 18 zhang long and 6 zhang 8 feet wide.

The ship in front of Mu Sheng, he didn't know the specific data, but judging from the visual situation, the size should be about the same size as a boat, at most no more than the size of a grain ship.

Therefore, in Mu Sheng's vision, the size of this ship was not enough to shock him so much, what really shocked him was the material of this ship.

Brownish-black, but it was not the color of the hull itself, but the lacquer slowly darkened after being exposed to the air, but it was still clear that the hull of the ship was not wooden, because there were no obvious gaps to be seen.

"How? Surprised, right? Zhu Zhanyan's expression was very satisfied.

"This ship, although not all of its body is made of steel, is all of its appearance, and the important parts of its interior are also made of steel."

"You know, it took a lot of time to build this ship."

Saying that, Zhu Zhanqi called his younger brother: "Zhanqi, how long has this ship been built?" ”

"Back to the eldest brother, it's been five years." Zhu Zhanqi stepped forward and said.

"It's been five years......" Zhu Zhanyan was also very emotional when he heard this.

Steam ships and steam trains, these are the two things he has always attached great importance to, but he doesn't have enough time to implement, so he can only take the time to write down as much as possible in his head, and then give it to his younger brother to implement.

However, it was different from what Zhu Zhanyan thought, he originally thought that the steam train would come out first, but he didn't expect it to be a steam ship.

In fact, it is not correct to say this, the steam train actually came out last year, but there are still many problems, mainly the service life and fixed stability of the tracks, which can not be put into use.

This gave the steamship a chance to overtake.

However, Mu Sheng didn't care about this, but looked at the steel ship in front of him with a blank expression.

At this time, he had only one thought in his heart: why didn't the ship made of steel sink?

Is there enough wood in it? But how much wood does it take to hold up the steel hull? Wouldn't there be no space inside the hull?

Zhu Zhanyan didn't know Mu Sheng's thoughts, and even if he knew, he wouldn't laugh at it, because this is not Mu Sheng's problem, but a problem of this era, and a problem of the level of scientific and technological development in this era.

"Give it a try."

Just when Mu Sheng was still sluggish, Zhu Zhanqi opened his mouth to Zhu Zhanqi.

At this time, Mu Sheng came to his senses, but before he could concentrate, another question drifted through his mind.

How can this ship sail without masts and sails?

(End of chapter)