After explaining to her the working principle of the steam engine from beginning to end, she handed over the task of upgrading the steam engine and the research and development of tractors and locomotives to her, and the students of mechanical manufacturing were also taught by her.

The affairs of the college were arranged, Gao Buer came to the shipyard again, and yesterday Lu Carpenter arranged for someone to report to Gao Buer, saying that the voyage ship specially made for the college had been fully outfitted, and Gao Buer was invited to review.

Gao Buer came to Yangzhou and has been preparing for another voyage, for this reason, he asked the imperial court and Wang Yuanbao to search for nautical charts for him, according to the collected nautical charts, combined with the last expedition to Luzon and some of his memories, basically he determined the route to the American continent.

This time he is going to bring potatoes, peppers and rubber trees back to Datang, the most important thing is the rubber tree, which is the key to directly determining whether the steam engine can be practical, which is also his guarantee to Gongyi Shiyue, otherwise Gongyi Shiyue will not agree to him and waste time in front of a big teapot that leaks everywhere.

When he came to the shipyard, Gao Buer looked at the rich carpenter Lu standing in front of him, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for two years, Boss Lu is even richer." ”

"It's all through the proprietor, you get the light, the reputation of the sea ships we built in the past two years has been out, and it has been in short supply, and the orders have been scheduled for five years, which has already paid the deposit, and there are many intentions, the business is good, according to your instructions, everyone's treatment has also improved."

Gao Buer nodded and said with a smile: "Business has to be done, but the tasks assigned by the imperial court must also be completed on time, it is best to separate them, and the advantage of the imperial court is not easy to take advantage of." ”

"Lord Wang, rest assured, the shipbuilding task issued by the imperial court, I built a dock on the other side of the mountain, two production lines, the officials and craftsmen are sent by the imperial court, nominally a family, in fact, it is irrelevant, we will occasionally provide technical support, after all, warships and merchant ships are different, there are too many secrets, it is better to know less."

"I'm relieved that you know this."

The two of them said that they had boarded three ships of the same type moored at the dock, and they had inspected them five or six times from inside and outside, and had communicated with the sailors equipped on the ship, including the children of official families and students of navigation and mechanical studies of the college, who were stepping up their training, but when the people sent by the imperial court arrived, they were preparing for a long voyage.

Of the three ships that sailed away, the academy only occupied one, and the other two were handed over to the imperial court, which was when Gao Buer reported to Li Er, Li Er personally decided, he was ready to use navigation to get the major factions in the DPRK and China together, as soon as they dared to dump each other, delaying the arrival of the Tang Dynasty, Li Er was ready to hold high the butcher's knife and clean them up one by one.

These are all agreed upon by Li Er to Gao Buer in advance, he needs Gao Buer's support, and of course Gao Buer agreed. The tail is not off, it has always been the pain that the dynasty can't shake off, and it is the descendants of the founding feats, with the reproduction from generation to generation, some continue the glory of the older generation, and more have become the moths of the dynasty.

Because this voyage is mainly to bring back grain and rubber tree species from outside, and take out to find out the economic situation of the countries along the way, so the loading list listed by Gao Fuji for his ship is a large amount of water, food and fresh vegetables, and the most is all kinds of dried vegetables, as well as Datang specialty porcelain, silk and tea, these things do not take up space and are suitable for carrying in large quantities.

In addition to water, food, fresh vegetables and dried vegetables, the official shipping list was a large amount of gunpowder, and each ship was equipped with 30 artillery pieces in addition to trebuchets and crossbows, and the artillery had been continuously improved by the imperial court, and had a good moisture-proof effect, and could fire cannonballs in heavy rain, with a firing range of more than 3,000 steps. Takafuji own ship

Of course, these cannons have not yet been loaded on the ship, which needs to be done at the royal shipyard on the other side of the mountain, and only after the arrival of the imperial court, for which the voyage will have to be delayed for more than a month.

This time, the route demarcated by Gao Fuji was to sail from Yangzhou along the Yangtze River, and then all the way north, through the Bering Sea and Alaska, and then south, to the west coast of what would become Chile.

Considering the monsoon problem, Gao Fuji required that all the men and horses of the imperial court must be in place by March, and all preparations for the voyage should be completed by April, and the sea should be carried out with the monsoon blowing northward in April, and if it was missed, it would have to be postponed for another year.

Li Er heard the seriousness of what Gao Buer said, and immediately said that he could, just kidding, he must realize the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in his own hands, and if anyone dares to stop it, he will be torn to pieces by Li Er, the dragon.

After inspecting the shipyard, Gao Buji returned to the palace, and carefully looked at the navigation chart several times, and finally determined that as long as he did not encounter a hurricane and walked along the coastline, he would definitely be able to reach the west coast of Chile.