Capital Datang

The birth of Li Yin's eldest son was a major event, and Li Yin also had many things to do, for example, he had to report to Zongzheng Temple to write his name in the family tree.For these matters, Li Yin had already made preparations. The day after Wu Meiniang gave birth, the official documents were sent to Chang'an by Pegasus. In addition, there were letters to Li Shimin and Concubine Yang. After all, such a big Of course, Li Yin had to write a letter to report it in person, but when Li Shimin and Concubine Yang received the letter, they were puzzled by the "milk" name of Australia.

In fact, it’s not just Li Shimin and Concubine Yang who can’t figure it out, as long as anyone who knows the name of Li Yin’s eldest son’s “breast” name, almost no one can figure it out. These people have two identical questions in their hearts. The first is why Li Yin Want to name your son a place?Second, where is Australia?

It's a pity that apart from Li Yin, there is probably no one else who can answer this question, even the people in Prince Qi's mansion don't understand. It's just that some maids in the inner house suddenly discovered that since His Highness told the little prince that weird " After giving birth, Yang Yanren seemed to be very happy, and his eyes were full of sweetness when he looked at His Highness, making people wonder why?

Li Qi is the eldest son of Li Yin. Although his birth is not a universal celebration, it is a matter of celebration for the whole Dengzhou. After all, their current affluent life is all thanks to Li Yin. His Royal Highness King Qi, they love him from the bottom of their hearts.In the past, Li Yin had been married for several years without any heirs, which made many people anxious for him, but now they are finally looking forward to the birth of the little prince, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief.There are even some leisure and rich people organized to hold some celebration activities spontaneously on the day of the little prince's full moon.

In this case.Li Yin didn't stop him, and even said that after all, the people in Dengzhou now don't have to worry about material life.But there is still something lacking in spiritual civilization, through the birth of a son.It is also a good thing for the people of Dengzhou to relax.He even ordered people to invite entertainers with few singing, dancing and juggling to perform in the square in front of the palace, attracting many people to watch.Capital Datang 413

However, others can celebrate the birth of the little prince, but Li Yin, the father, can't take it easy. This is mainly because Yifan's steamboat has been put into practical use, so Li Yin immediately sent people to set up a shipping company. , Yifan and Qi Wangfu each hold half of the shares, and the name is Yifan Shipping, and two steamships have been built in the firm.One of them goes along the line of Dengzhou, Shanghai, and Keelung, and the other goes along the line of Dengzhou, Sibi, Jeju Island, and Wogang. Today is the day when the two steamships on this side and the north are officially sailing.

The easternmost section of Dengzhou Civil Wharf has been bought by Yifan Shipping, and a simple building has been built and officially listed for operation. However, the berths in this section of the wharf are empty. There are two strange ships parked beside them. Not only do they have no sails on this kind of ship.There is not even a long oar, but a chimney-like cylinder stands at the front and back of the hull, and it is unclear what it is used for?

News of the success of the steamship research.It had already been spread through the local newspapers in Dengzhou, and because of the use of trains, not only the people of Dengzhou did not reject the steamboat.Even businessmen from other places are very interested in this steamship.It is also true, when the two steamships officially set sail today.Many merchants had already gathered outside Yifan Shipping Company, and they had already bought the ferry tickets yesterday.Today you will be the first passengers on a steamboat, crossing the sea to your destination.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, the ticket gates of the two steamships began to check tickets. Passengers holding tickets entered the channel through the ticket gates and finally boarded the ship.These two steamships are both passenger ships. The hulls are very large and divided into four floors. The lowest floor is where the crew lives, and the second to the top floors are guest cabins. The more luxurious, the more thoughtful the service, of course, the more expensive the ticket price.

On the roof of Yifan Shipping, Li Yin and Yifan stood there with a few guards, looking down at the crowd below. When they saw the people in the two passages lined up slowly boarding the boat, Li Yin and Yifan There was a slight smile on the corner of Yifan's mouth.

"Your Highness, is the charcoal really prepared in the various ports that the steamship passed along the way?" Yifan still asked a little uneasy.

"Don't worry, the Wangfu has business in various port cities. They have received news a month ago that they have bought a few berths at the port, and the materials such as coal and fresh water have been prepared, so you don't have to worry about this!" Li Yin said with a smile, but he looked at the steam engine with a bit of helplessness.

Originally, according to Li Yin's original idea, as long as the steam engine was developed, it would not be difficult to find the New World. However, it was not until the steam ship was manufactured that he suddenly realized that his original idea was too naive, because this Although the speed of steamships is faster than most of the current ships, the power of steam engines cannot reach the maximum due to limitations in craftsmanship and design. Therefore, compared with passenger ships of later generations, the speed of steamships is still huge There is room for improvement. For example, it usually takes about ten days for the passenger ships of later generations to cross the Pacific Ocean, but if it is the steamship in Li Yin's hands, it is estimated that it will take at least one and a half months.

Of course, one and a half months does not seem to be a long time, but there is a prerequisite. This prerequisite is that there must be a port for replenishing coal and fresh water along the way. After all, although the steamship also carries a lot of coal and fresh water, But there is always a limit. If the charcoal and fresh water on board are exhausted, the steamship is almost like a rotten log.

It was also limited by this condition that Li Yin found helplessly that it was not a wise thing to use a steamship to develop outwards, especially when the route was not clear yet.However, the steamship is not useless, at least it can be used for transportation between known routes, and the speed of the steamship is fast, and the crew used is much smaller than that of a sailboat of the same size. The cost and labor cost are superior to sailing ships, so Li Yin and Yifan came up with the idea of ​​establishing a shipping company, intending to use steam ships on known routes.It is believed that with the maturity of technology and the discovery of new routes, steamships will go further and further, and may even completely replace the current sailboats.

Thinking of the restrictions on the steamship, Li Yin had no choice but to wait for the slow development.At this moment, Li Yin turned his head to look at Yifan beside him, and found that the other party's beautiful eyes also showed a look of helplessness, which made Li Yin laugh dumbfoundedly: "Yifan, you Hasn’t the premature death of the human body disappeared, anyway, there is still more time in the future, so there is no need to rush at this moment, and even if our generation cannot achieve steaming, but in the generation of our children and grandchildren, we can definitely achieve this goal!”

When Li Yin said this, he suddenly thought of another thing, and immediately said with a smile: "Speaking of which, you are also a big girl, and now you don't have the trouble of dying, shouldn't it be time to find someone else?" , your father mentioned it in front of me more than once, let me have time to urge you!"

Yifan was originally destined to die young and was doomed not to survive. It was her teacher Yuan Tiangang who personally cut it off. However, the arrival of Li Yin, a traveler, not only changed the course of history, but also changed the fate of countless people, especially those with The closer his relationship is, the greater the fate changes. Yifan is one of them. She just passed her birthday some time ago, and Yuan Tiangang met her again on the same day, and found that Yifan's fate has completely changed. Changed into a noble appearance with good fortune, longevity and wealth, which made Yifan and her father Zhao Fu overjoyed.

However, Yifan's premature death is gone, but it has brought about a problem. Before, Zhao Fu thought that his daughter would not survive, and if she married off, it would be a harm to others, so he never thought about marrying his daughter, but now her daughter is no longer short-lived. After the meeting, Zhao Fu's desire to marry his daughter suddenly became eager, and he impatiently made several kisses for Yifan, but unfortunately they were all rejected by Yifan.Zhao Fu was used to doting on his daughter and couldn't control Yifan at all, so he had nothing to do with him, so he had to ask Li Yin for help, hoping that he could find time to persuade him.

Unexpectedly, when Yifan heard Li Yin's words, he glared at him, then turned his eyes to the sea, and said after a while: "What's so good about being married, if I marry, I have to listen to my husband's family in everything, if the other party If I am a reasonable person, it may be better, but if I am an unreasonable person, then I will never be able to go to the Academy of Sciences, let alone help you design various equipment!"

Well!Li Yin was taken aback for a moment, but he hadn't thought about this problem. With the development of the Tang Dynasty, especially under his guidance, many women came out to work, but these women came from poor families, and generally there was no shortage of food and clothing at home. People, no one is willing to let their own women show their heads. If Yifan marries someone, then the other party must be either rich or expensive. The noble lady.

Thinking of this, Li Yin was also a little entangled. Although from a rational analysis, it would be in his best interest for Yifan not to marry, but from an emotional point of view, she is a girl and she has done so much for herself. It would be a bit too selfish if he refused to let the other party marry because of his own selfishness.

Just when Li Yin was in a dilemma, two sharp sirens suddenly sounded one after another, and then two huge steamships started slowly. These two ships have already passed several sea trials, so Li Yin and Yifan Don't worry about them going wrong at all.

As billowing black smoke billowed from the large chimneys on the two ships, the two steamships began to accelerate slowly.Li Yin on the top of the building looked at the two steamships slowly leaving the port, and felt an unspeakable excitement in his heart. Maybe people in future generations will remember this day forever, because the departure of the two steamships , has symbolized the arrival of a new era at sea.Capital Datang 413

Just as Li Yin was seeing off two epoch-making steam passenger ships in Dengzhou, there was also an extraordinary fleet preparing to set sail in Keelung Port, Taiwan thousands of miles away. (To be continued.)