Datang Longya

Chapter 719 Chengke and Chengtai

Zhou Jiao looked at the Pioneer going out to sea, and couldn't help but feel his legs go weak.

He was used to seeing fishing boats, but when he first came into contact with ships in the East China Sea, he was already completely shattered by shock.Now that the iron-clad warships, both in size and material, are far surpassing the ships in the East China Sea, he doesn't even know how to express his shock.

just sit on the ground
Sun Xiaoquan, the head craftsman, walked up to Li Tai and knelt down on his knees: "King Wei, I don't know the bastard Sun Xiaoquan, can I ask you to reward me with the drawings?"

Li Tai asked suspiciously: "What do you want the blueprint for?"

The blueprints of ironclad ships are important, but the core points are steam engines, steel smelting and craftsmen's craftsmanship.Even if the drawings are circulated, no country can make them.

Sun Xiaoquan sighed: "Your Highness, the old man is a shipwright passed down from his ancestors, and his greatest desire in his life is to be able to build a ship, a warship that can look down on the world, and use it to pay homage to his ancestors.

Now that the Pioneer has been launched, the rest of the ships can be built according to experience.The old man asked the king of Wei to reward me with the drawings, and I wanted to take them back to Suzhou to pay homage to my ancestors. "

Li Tai supported Sun Xiaoquan: "You craftsmen deserve great credit for the successful production of the iron-clad ship, and as the director, your credit is even greater, how can I refuse your request?

However, although there is no big problem with leaking the blueprints, the king still wants to send guards to follow you, you have no objection. "

Sun Xiaoquan nodded, he was already satisfied with getting the blueprint.

The iron-clad ship sailing on the sea, the hull is covered with ferocious iron thorns.

Although this would cause additional wind resistance to the hull, after consulting the opinions of the officers and men, even Leng Feng had to compromise.

Compared with practicality, soldiers pay more attention to the momentum on the battlefield.Momentum is something that can often reverse the strength of the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield.This can be seen from Datang's few defeats.

The helpless Leng Feng could only agree to everyone's request and asked the craftsmen to install iron spikes.When he saw that the underwater hull was also spiked, he couldn't help sweating profusely
This is if one of your own people falls off the boat.
Without waiting for Leng Feng to think about remedial measures, Li Ke said: "Master, look, the Pioneer is so powerful, after going south, those big cannibals will have to run away!"

Leng Feng patted Li Ke on the shoulder, and at the same time he was relieved: "Yes, such a ship is enough to make the enemy fearful!"

The Pioneer is powerful enough to tolerate the petty willfulness of Datang soldiers.fall down?

How many heartless people can fall down?
The Pioneer left the coast and headed for the target ship that had been prepared at sea.

Less than two hundred steps away, the ranging arrow shot into the water not far in front of the target ship.After three or four breaths, a lightning arrow of the eight-ox crossbow version was shot out, and it was nailed hard to the target ship.

boom!
The thunderbolt exploded, and the small target ship was instantly blown into two pieces.

Immediately afterwards, there were two more gasoline arrows, which exploded after hitting the target ship.

Unlike the thunder arrow, the power of the gasoline arrow is mainly reflected in the flame.

It was a painless explosion, but it exploded gasoline, cotton, icing sugar and other additives.

It really caught fire wherever it fell, even if some fell on the water, they still kept burning tenaciously.

"It's terrifying! In the face of such weapons, any wooden boat is vulnerable!"

Zhou Jiao, who had been a spectator all along, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Li Tai said proudly: "That's natural. The crossbows on the ship are all protected and form an assembly-line attack. The eight-ox crossbow that originally required more than ten breaths to launch can be successfully launched in just three or four breaths. With such a design, It’s already overkill!”

Leng Feng smiled and said: "Li Tai is right, it is overkill. After this incident, Datang is the top overlord in the sea, bar none!"

Everyone present couldn't help but feel proud.

A strong country is not only reflected in a strong army, but equipment is also a manifestation of national strength.

The Pioneer returned and got into the dock perfectly under the control of the old fisherman.The boatmen who were shocked enough started to board the boat to check the hull.

After sailing, the most important thing is to check, not to let the details lead to defeat, which is the biggest prohibition of Dengzhou Shipyard.

Everything on the Pioneer was in good condition. After reading the report, Leng Feng handed over the documents to Sima Wuli of the shipyard: "The Pioneer is considered complete, and its safety will be left to you."

Wuli Sima Zhang Jingguo took the document and said with a smile: "It's my job to protect the Duke, I will call someone to change defense immediately!"

With the existence of Wuli Sima, it is best to hand over the military power to them.

Although to Leng Feng, this Wuli Sima is not worth mentioning, he does not delegate power, this kid dare not snatch it at all.

However, delegating power is not only to give Li Shimin a little face, but also to throw out a hot potato.After all, many veteran generals like to blame Sima Wuli.

Those who can blame Sima Wuli are all close ministers of the emperor.

After Zhang Jingguo took over the Pioneer, he immediately ordered his subordinates to change defenses, and even asked his subordinates to check again according to the guidelines in the document.

The emperor generally didn't cut off the Wuli Sima, but if such an artifact of the sea as the Pioneer was lost, his family's heads would not be enough to chop off.

After handing over the Pioneer, Leng Feng called the craftsmen and began to discuss the construction of the next two ships.

The construction of the Pioneer is a game.Since the Vanguard was the largest flagship ship in the fleet, the waste of materials alone would have been unbearable if its construction had failed.

But fortunately, Pioneer lived up to expectations and went to sea perfectly.

Li Tai took out his second drawing and said with a smile: "This is the design drawing of the second ship. The Pioneer is named after Master, so the second ship must be named after me anyway!"

Li Ke, who was acting as Leng Feng's guard, curled his lips: "It's not big or small, I'm bigger than you, anyway, the second ship should be named after me!"

Li Tai held the notebook, pointed at Li Ke and said, "I am the one who contributes the most in shipbuilding, do you want to compare with me?"

Li Ke: "."

Seeing the two princes arguing, no one dared to open their mouths easily.

When gods fight, mortals suffer!

But Leng Feng didn't care about these things, he slapped each of them, and the two quarreling brothers immediately covered their necks and jumped.

"You two, have you forgotten who? From my point of view, the first ship is called Cheng Ke, and the second ship is called Cheng Tai. The names of the three of you are used in both ships."

Li Tai and Li Ke nodded quickly.

Recently, for some reason, Master has picked up the hobby of patting people's necks again.

The point is, you can't avoid it.

Li Ke was full of confidence in his skills, but he still couldn't escape the clutches of his master.

After finalizing the name, Sun Xiaoquan said: "Mr. Huguo, shipbuilding is not a problem. The key is that we don't have enough iron!"

(End of this chapter)