One evening in mid-April, Jiang Xingchen sat in the courtyard fiddling with a round metal in his hand, with a happy smile on his face.

"Xingchen, what is this?" Tang Chuxue walked behind Jiang Xingchen, and her white palm was gently placed on his shoulder.

"Pocket watch! It's been researched by the university, look at it!" Jiang Xingchen turned around, put the round metal in his hand into Tang Chuxue's hand, and pressed it on a circular bump on the edge.

"Smack!" The round metal popped open, revealing the dial inside, and the ticking sound became very clear as the second hand moved.

"So exquisite!" Tang Chuxue couldn't help but admire, compared with the big grandfather clock, this pocket watch was too small and delicate.

"The craftsmanship of this pocket watch is already quite good, and the error is very small. Jiang Xingchen said with satisfaction. Now that almost all the main cities of the major territories of the Qiankun Empire are familiar with the new way of keeping time, clocks can be produced openly.

"This thing is quite delicate on the inside, and it can't be mass-produced at the moment. You can sell the table clock first, and then put it ......on after the pocket watch accumulates to a certain number" Jiang Xingchen immediately stood up, put his hands on Tang Chuxue's shoulders and said, "This is the first pocket watch, give it to you!"

"Good!" Tang Chuxue nodded, her heart was sweet, this was the first time Jiang Xingchen had given her a gift alone, and she seemed to cherish it extraordinarily. Usually don't look at her and don't say it, but every time she sees Mei'er's gifts from Jiang Xingchen over the years, she is a little surprised.

"It's cold at night, go back to your room and rest! I'll go to Grandpa Fu and tell him about the plan to sell clocks and watches!" Jiang Xingchen said that he was going to help Tang Chuxue into the house.

"Hey, how can I be so squeamish, and I need to help me when I walk?" Tang Chuxue shook her head helplessly. He is the number one master in the world, and now he can beat several like the old man.

Jiang Xingchen was just about to say a few words. Suddenly, there was a banging on the door of the Lord's Mansion, followed by Mo Hong's voice: "Brother Jiang." Overseas emergency, something happened!"

"Hmm!" Jiang Xingchen's expression instantly turned cold, if something happened overseas, the first thing he thought of was that Qingjiao attacked Mingque Island, and his heart suddenly plucked.

Although the little dragon grows super fast, the frog that has fully recovered is even more powerful. It was hit by a cannonball, and it was blasted by ten shells from the trap, and the pink three failed to leave it. You can imagine how fierce the uninjured frog is.

Gently patting Tang Chuxue's shoulder, Jiang Xingchen turned around and opened the courtyard door and walked out. He whispered, "Let's go, let's go to the city hall and talk!" He didn't want his two wives to hear the bad news at all.

"Hey!" Tang Chuxue watched Jiang Xingchen leave, sighed softly, and beckoned his subordinates to come over and close the courtyard door......

In the city hall, Jiang Xingchen's mood was both relaxed and heavy. There was an urgent report from overseas, but it was not sent from Mingque Island, and the frog did not attack, which made him really relieved.

However, the news from the emergency report is not optimistic. He was even surprised.

The letter was sent by the leader of the Black Waves, and it said that a large black ship had been found in the waters south of Sizhou Island, very similar to the one in the Cursed Lands, but much faster. At least it's faster than a fully loaded seven-story treasure ship. He felt strange, so he sent two armed ships to track him down to see if it was his own.

Unexpectedly, two seven-story treasure ships were raided. The opposing side also has artillery. In the evening, the two ships were caught off guard by a sudden attack. One of the seven-story treasure ships sank in the water, and the other escaped by luck. Due to the proximity of the distance. The incident happened suddenly, and it was too late to counterattack. Moreover, the artillery fire of the other side was quite fierce, and there was no time to save people. In this battle, Black Wave lost more than 100 pirates.

Now it is certain that the ship is definitely not its own. Although the Mu family in the Land of the Cursed has a grudge against the Black Waves, they are all under the jurisdiction of the Star Lord, and it is impossible for them to do such a thing. The only possibility is that the ship of some hidden force is not friendly with the Star Lord......

After reading the letter, Jiang Xingchen frowned and pondered. Just like the leader of the Black Wave said, even if the Mu family has a grudge against the Black Wave, they will not take it upon themselves.

"Where did the Black Wave Leader send the message?" Jiang Xingchen asked in a deep voice.

"Cursed Lands!" Mo Hongxian replied: "The Sea Eagle of the Black Wave can only reach the Land of the Damned, and this letter was forwarded by Han Xiaowu!" Mo Hongxian replied.

"What did Han Xiaowu say there?" Jiang Xingchen asked again.

"Han Xiaowu said, it is indeed not our ship, after returning from the deep ocean, the new ship has not gone out, and the young master of the Mu family has been studying the issue of speeding up. Mo Hongxian shook her head.

Jiang Xingchen was silent again, frowning and thinking. The big black ship was found at sea, it was in tatters, and it had potatoes and corn on it, as well as an unreadable notebook.

At that time, Jiang Xingchen was sure that the big black ship was not built by some force overseas, but should come from a farther place, or from the other side of the deep ocean...... And now that the other side still has cannons, it's even more incredible. I remember that when I found the ghost ship, there was no sign of a cannon on it.

Also, the speed of the other party's ship is actually faster than that of the seven-story treasure ship, how did he do it. The letter did not contain much information about the big black ship, but it was not clear whether it looked very similar to the shipyard's, whether there were sails or not, and where the differences were.

There are already great enemies overseas, such as Qingjiao and An Jiazi, and now such a strange ship suddenly appeared, which suddenly made overseas extremely treacherous, and Jiang Xingchen's mood gradually became solemn.

"Write to the leader of the black waves immediately, I want to see all the people who have seen the big black ship! In addition, inform Han Xiaowu and ask the young master of the Mu family to suspend the research, and wait for me to come over!" Jiang Xingchen fully felt the crisis at this moment. With the presence of frogs, most of the superiority in the air has been lost, and now there is an unfriendly force with artillery fire, and the advantage in weapons has also been narrowed, if the ship is lagging behind, then the star leader will have no fun overseas.

So now the design of the ship had to be improved, which meant that he couldn't care too much about it, even if he used charcoal, he had to use the steam engine on the ship. When the propeller is designed, the speed of the boat will increase dramatically.

After Mo Hongxian left, Jiang Xingchen called Grandpa Fu over. Tell him that the watch is ready for sale.

Grandpa Fu was very happy when he heard this, but before he could speak, Jiang Xingchen's last news shocked his head and made his head dizzy: "Send out the news in the monthly magazine, Xingchen Ling has started selling steam engines, unlimited quantities!"

"What?" Grandpa Fu was like being struck by lightning, and his body stiffened.

"That's right, it's selling steam engines!" Jiang Xingchen nodded. Since the other party has cannons, it means that the production process is not low, and it is very likely that there is a steam engine.

If the other party is here to sell weapons and machinery, then what's the point of pressing the steam engine yourself.

It took a long time for Grandpa Fu to slow down, and he nodded busily: "I'll do this right away, and I'll send a supplement tomorrow!" (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm going to have a parent-teacher conference for my children in the afternoon, I don't have time to write, this chapter is still two thousand, forgive me, brothers!