Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Well, this crab is really big, and this crab paste is really fragrant."

"This sea cucumber soup is delicious, nourishing and beautifying."

"Try this kelp soup, it's very fresh."

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"Your Highness, this is the master master of the shipyard, and the supervisor who ranks second only to his subordinates in the shipyard, Master Wu Changguang Wu." Li Zhen was eating delicious food, and Liu Rengui brought an old man with white beard and hair and a red face to Li Zhen. Beside Zhen, he introduced: "Didn't you always say that you want to see the chief builder of the warship? This Master Wu is the supervisor of 97% of the ships in our shipyard including warships. Master Wu is [-] years old this year. He studied under his master, and he is the most senior shipbuilder in the entire Tang Dynasty, so it can be said that as long as he is a shipbuilder, he must respect him as a senior."

"Oh, I've met Master Wu. Master Wu is old and strong. Please accept Li Zhen's respect." Li Zhen quickly stood up and saluted. Li Zhen always respected such technical talents.What's more, Li Zhen also understood Liu Rengui's hidden meaning--Wu Changguang is a senior in the shipbuilding industry of Datang, and his disciples and grandchildren are all over the Tang Dynasty. There is a Yuezhou shipyard, even if Li Zhen plans to open the shipyard all over the coast of the Tang Dynasty, there will be no shortage of talents.

"Young old man can't be a great gift from His Highness." Wu Changguang waved his hand quickly. Although he is old and has a high seniority among shipwrights, he is still a member of the third class (workers among scholars, farmers, businessmen), and he is far behind Li Zhenbi. How dare you be Li Zhen's big gift?

"Where is Master Wu talking? You are an elder, and I salute the elder, who dares to say anything?" After Li Zhen finished speaking, she pretended to be displeased and said, "Regular you are, didn't I say it before, I have to personally You went to visit Master Wu, why did you bring Master Wu here? It's too negligent."

"Yes, it was my mistake, please forgive me, Your Highness."

"Your Highness doesn't have to be like this. This old man insisted on coming." Wu Changguang quickly pleaded for Liu Rengui: "After all, Your Highness is the prince of the Tang Dynasty. It is already disrespectful for this old man to come to see you. How can His Highness condescend?"

"Don't say these words. Since Master Wu has come, please take a seat and let Li Zhen offer you a glass of wine." Li Zhen helped Wu Changguang to the main seat, raised his glass and said.

"This is so rude." Wu Changguang deliberately refused, but Li Zhen insisted on doing so, so he could only sit in the main seat tremblingly in the end.

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Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, Li Zhen immediately stared at him, looked around and said, "Don't even look at it, Master Wu is an elder, so it's only natural that he sits in the main seat."

"Yes, it should be, Master Wu, Du He toasts you." Du He was the first to wake up and said hastily.

"It should be so. Xue Li also offers you a glass." Xue Rengui also understood, and immediately raised his glass.

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Li Zhen did not limit drinking today, so this meal can be described as full of wine and food. Not only has the relationship between Li Zhen and the soldiers been shortened, but Li Zhen has also established feelings with the masters of the shipyard. The primary goal is finally is reached.

Chapter 244 Embarkation

Chapter 20 Boarding

The next day, after waiting for a whole day, Dengzhou officials were finally received by Li Zhen.It's just that these officials saw that Li Zhen was either flattering, giving gifts, or showing loyalty. There was nothing important at all. In the end, Li Zhen gave them a hasty reception and drove them away—here There are a lot of things, how can I have time to argue with them?

"Your Highness, the battleship is ready. Would you like to go and see it now?" Liu Rengui came in just as the officials were sent away.

"Really? Are you ready?" Li Zhen was delighted and said, "Have all the naval guns been installed?"

"It's all done. I have arranged several projects today, and I guarantee that you will be satisfied with your Highness." Liu Ren orbited: "The first one is to sail at high speed."

"Speaking of fast sailing, what is the speed of our warship?" Li Zhen interrupted and asked, he was quite curious about this, although he knew the design speed, but the design speed is ideal after all, the sea situation is complex and ever-changing, The actual speed may be far from the design speed.

Liu Rengui replied: "It can reach 22 knots with a tailwind, but it's hard to say with a headwind."

"22 knots, this speed is a bit slow compared to Tier [-] battleships." Li Zhen frowned a little dissatisfied. Li Zhen's design of Tier [-] battleships was designed using scientific methods, and previous mistakes were made. Errors that can be avoided are avoided, and there are all necessary designs, and the speed should not be too slow.

Li Zhen classified warships according to the British warship classification method. The standard for a fifth-tier warship should be a single-layer gun deck, 32-44 artillery pieces, a crew of about 250, and a displacement of 700-900 tons.The speed of such a small boat must be at least 25 knots.You must know that large western warships in the early 18th century could reach a speed of 25 knots. It should not be a problem for a small ship like a fifth-tier warship to run at 22 knots. Now it is only [-] knots, which is a bit slow (I don’t know much about sail warships. Many, this is purely speculation, please do not spray).

Although a little dissatisfied, seeing Liu Rengui's face of shame, Li Zhen had no choice but to comfort him: "But it's not bad, at least I can run on the sea, and the speed can be corrected as much as possible in the future. Let's go and see my boat now." .”

"Yes, my subordinates must try their best to urge them when they go back, and must build a warship that His Highness is satisfied with."

"Actually, there is no need to improve it. There is no point in improving it. I just let you practice the fifth-tier battleship. It is not very useful. The fourth-tier battleship is the capital ship." Li Zhen said indifferently, where is the displacement of the fifth-tier battleship? , is only suitable for offshore patrols, and ocean voyages are not acceptable.

The waves in the deep sea are not comparable to the waves in the offshore. When a big wave hits, the ship may capsize.If you want to set foot in the ocean, you must have a larger and stronger giant warship, such as a first-class warship with a displacement of more than 5826 tons or even a super battleship with a displacement of more than 1000 tons (Valmy, the largest wooden sailing battleship in history, with a displacement of [-] tons , carrying more than [-] people, and the Duke of Wellington, which is even more abnormal, with a displacement of more than [-] tons, but that is steam-powered, so I won’t talk about it), and at worst it must exceed [-] tons ( Tier [-] battleships), otherwise they are not qualified to travel in the deep sea.

"Yes, my subordinates will definitely build a Tier [-] warship as soon as possible." Liu Rengui assured.

"Let's go." Li Zhen put on her cloak and walked out first.

When they arrived at the pier, Li Zhen realized that there was someone who came earlier than him: "Yi Ai, do you like boats so much?"

Fang Yiai moved her obsessed eyes away from the battleship, and sighed: "Your Highness, I claim to be well-informed, but I have never seen such a huge battleship, such a big ship, it must Very majestic."

"That's for sure." Liu Rengui said, "Our shipyard also accepts civilian orders, but most of those civilian ships are for inland waterway transportation, and the largest they order is a small cargo ship with a displacement of less than [-] tons (Li Zhen already Teach them these concepts, so don’t worry about it), these are probably the biggest ones General Fang has ever seen, but how can inland river boats compare with this warship?

More importantly, this battleship has cannons, a total of sixteen cannons (this is different from western battleships, Li Zhen knows that the unification of naval guns is the future of battleships, and with Datang's artillery technology, there is no need Use dense firepower to replace the defect of insufficient shooting accuracy, rather than increase the number, it is better to increase the power), the salvo is overwhelming, and can tear anything in front of you. "

"Okay, stop bragging, you see that you are envious of Yiai." Li Zhen looked at Fang Yiai who was almost drooling, and said with a smile: "Look at your useless appearance, you are just a fifth-class warship. Are you drooling? If you see a first-class battleship or even a super battleship, you won’t go crazy, will you?”

"What? There are bigger warships?" Fang Yi's eyes turned red immediately: "Your Highness, you must leave one for me, you must give me one."

"It's okay to give you one, but you have to learn naval warfare." The reason why Li Zhen brought so many generals was to cultivate his own naval warfare talents. With the length of the Tang Dynasty's coastline, he would not be able to defend Liu Rengui even if he was exhausted, let alone attack. out.

"It's natural." Fang Yiai said impatiently, "Then Your Highness, shall we go up and have a look now?"

"What are you in a hurry for? Let's talk when everyone arrives."

"Yes."

Soon, everyone had arrived, and under the guidance of Liu Rengui, Li Zhen first stepped on the sailing warship named Dengzhou.

"Not bad, not bad, very good." After visiting the boat, Li Zhen nodded with satisfaction. Although he was a little dissatisfied with the speed, he had to say that Liu Rengui made it with his heart. It is made of high-quality old Chinese fir, and the naval guns are also well-equipped, with basically no shooting dead ends.There is a row of auxiliary navigation paddles on both sides of the hull, which are used to start the ship in a calm or headwind state. They are usually stored in the belly of the ship and can be protruded from the windows on both sides (large warships have many sails) , start to adjust the sail to sail with the wind, but the fifth-level ship is too small and can only be assisted by oars).

In addition to cannons, in order to make up for the lethality of medium and long distances, there are also crossbows as auxiliary means of attack, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

"Your Highness, is it possible to sail?" Liu Rengui came over to ask for instructions.

"Let's sail."

"Yes, sail."

"Crash!" The iron anchor sunk in the bottom of the sea was lifted, and then I felt a shock under my feet, and the battleship that was originally floating on the water slowly left the spot and moved forward.

Liu Rengui: "Your Highness, I have arranged three events for you today. The first is the fast sailing that I said before, the second is artillery salvo, and the last one is a leisure event called deep-sea hunting. I don't know what your highness thinks. ?”

"Deep-sea hunting? What is that?" Li Zhen asked strangely. Could it be whale hunting?Didn't it mean that at this time whales were called gods in the sea, and hunting whales would be cursed by the sea god?Does this Liu Rengui still have the guts to hunt and kill whales?If that's the case, then you have to give him a high look.

"It's actually fishing." Liu Rengui laughed, fearing that Li Zhen would misunderstand, he quickly explained: "Your Highness, don't think that fishing is no big deal. Fishing in the sea and fishing on land are two completely different concepts. There are many giant beasts in the sea. Some fish can be three or four times longer than Chen's height, and their strength is boundless, so it is much more difficult to catch them than fishing in the river."

"Isn't it fishing after all?" Fang Yiai muttered, "This is so boring."

Li Zhen immediately lost interest. As a young rich second generation, he had done sea fishing a lot in his previous life, and he was tired of it long ago.If you don't think about it, it has been more than ten years since I came to Datang. I really haven't fished in the sea, so I just think of it as learning from the past and seeing if the technology has regressed.

Chapter 245 The real emperor patrols and welcomes thousands of dragons

Chapter 21 The True Emperor's Hunting Tour, Welcomed by Thousands of Dragons

"Zhengzheng is right. Sea fishing is really unique. You can try it later." Li Zhen explained to Liu Rengui with a smile: "However, let me tell you in advance that my Highness's skills are quite good, so don't give it a try later." Your Highness is inferior."

"Are you kidding? I won't be able to compare with Your Highness?" Fang Yiai immediately jumped up: "Isn't it because the fish in the sea are a little stronger? Compared with strength, I have never been afraid of anyone, let alone a small fish. Even if it's a whale, I can catch it."