lazy tang

Chapter 765
Today is a happy day, in the history of Datang.In other words, the largest ship in the history of the world is about to launch, and there are people standing on both sides of the river bank waiting to see this amazing event.

Lao Gao was dressed in a scarlet brocade robe, embroidered with gold thread, shimmering in the rising sun, looking like a shrine.Xiao Gao next to him is also wearing a bright red robe, but it is slightly different from his father.There was no gold thread on his robe, and someone had powdered his black face.It was as thick as a finger, and its snow-white face looked a little scary.Coupled with a pair of red lips, it is not much different from the goblin who just ate a child.

Yun Hao calmly took a step to the side, it would be bad if this guy suddenly jumped up and bit someone.

Xiong Kuohai stood behind him, this guy must have come out without a lucky suit.He insisted on wearing out the armor he wore on the battlefield, and tied a red cloth belt on his head to express his joy.However, according to Yunhao, this guy is more like an executioner.

Still, Li Wenzhong next to him is more decent, wearing the fourth-rank military uniform on his body, he can have as much style as he wants.I didn't see it in the long gown yesterday. I haven't seen him for two years and he already has a big belly.Wearing a robe is a bit revealing, um...!At least five months.

Yun Hao lamented that there were soldiers and generals around him.The fuck is here to embarrass himself!

Time is urgent, and there is no way to get a good-looking guard of honor.That's all I can do!
"Master! Should we start now, the auspicious time has come!" Li Wenzhong looked at the sundial and reminded in a low voice.

Yun Hao put away all the complaints about not having a guard of honor, nodded and said nothing.

"Start!" Li Wenzhong gave an order, and the signal soldiers around him began to wave the red flag in their hands like crazy.

"Moo...!" Ten 500-jin old scalpers roared loudly, and started to turn the winch driven by the whip.The sluice gates were opened, and the muddy river water began to pour into the dock.Soon the dock was filled, and the Datang began to move slowly.It's like a prehistoric monster that has been sleeping for many years, slowly starting to wake up.

The river was filled with more and more water, and finally reached the level of the river.The two water ghosts jumped into the water with two "plops".Not long after he surfaced the muddy water in his mouth, he began to shout loudly: "Float up! Float up!"

At first it was two people shouting, and then a hundred workers shouting by the side of the dock.In the end, people all over the mountains and plains were shouting that these people were either workers in the shipyard or their families.They have poured their heart and soul into this boat, and now that the boat can float, everyone is jumping for joy.

Old Gao and Xiao Gao had disappeared, and they were crawling around the bottom of the boat like mice.Followed by dozens of workers holding mallets, always ready to plug the leak.For such a large ship, it is very difficult to prevent water leakage.That's why, only fill the dock with water.The reason for not dragging Datang Hao into the Yangtze River!

From morning to noon, the sun was a little slanted.Lao Gao and Xiao Gao just finished their busy work, and sure enough there were a few water seepages, but none of them were serious problems.After repairs, there has been no leakage. With the shipbuilding technology of Datang today, it is very rare to be able to do this.

"Master! See if you can enter the river!"

"Yeah!" Yun Hao nodded!

"Boom", "Boom" and "Boom" sounded three drums, and immediately a big man with a sharp knife began to chop the cables tied to the Datang.

Not long after, the three thick cables were all cut off.The gate of the dock was completely opened, and under the traction of two motor sailboats, the Datang finally drove into the Yangtze River with its huge body twisting.When Kankan reached the center of the river, the huge iron anchor fell into the water, causing huge splashes.

Even if the channel of the Yangtze River is completely sealed, the deep water area can only be used by fishing boats.Datang's huge body turned sideways, as if it wanted to intercept the entire Yangtze River.Yun Hao didn't calculate the displacement of this ship, but the Liaoning seems to be not much different from the Datang in front of him.

It was another inspection, and it was not confirmed that it was successful until the sun slanted westward.

The airship can land directly on the deck. In fact, this is probably the first flat-deck ship in the world.With the upturned bow, it is very similar to the Liaoning.

However, because the airship is too large, only two such airships can be docked on the deck at the same time.Two is enough, the airship is too slow to inflate, and it is more about releasing hot air balloons than airships during naval battles.

It was still in the dock when the sun set yesterday, and it was already in the middle of the Yangtze River when the sun set today.The sound of the river beating against the side of the ship sounds refreshing.Finally succeeded, Datang's sea giant will completely open the history of the Datang Empire's ocean conquest.Yunhao wants to prove to Li Er, a native turtle in the yellow land, how important maritime trade is to an empire.

In the last twilight of the sun, Datang began to usher in the most dangerous part of today's launching experiment, and the boiler started to ignite.There are four boilers on the huge Datang, which are ignited one by one.Boosting the pressure one by one, Yun Hao sat on the slipway and waited.Although I didn't go to light the fire myself, I was still apprehensive.The boiler is considered a new product, and it is definitely high-tech these days.If it can't be blown up, it's a big joke.Those officials in the imperial court will spray themselves into sieves.Li Wenzhong next to him will definitely not get better.Anyway, General Yun Hui of the fourth rank has nothing to do.

All the people looked nervous, and Yun Hao and Li Wenzhong didn't even have the slightest intention to eat after dinner.

In the end, Li Wenzhong was afraid that Yunhao would be hungry, so he ordered a pot of noodles.Everyone was depressed, and Siri started to eat noodles with a snort.No one spoke, not even the talking dog.The atmosphere was extremely depressing, Xiong Kuohai even wanted to draw a knife to kill someone, no matter who! ,

Four boilers were ignited and boosted one by one, and then tested.Lao Gao and the others worked all night, and Yunhao and Li Wenzhong also waited on the slipway.

When the sun rose again, Lao Gao ran to the slipway.There was still dust on his face: "Master! It worked, the boiler is fine. It's fine! We're done!" After speaking, tears flowed down the dusty cheeks, rushing out of two gullies.

"Horn the horn! Report the victory! Leave the on-duty personnel to continue to observe, and everyone to go to rest. Tonight's dinner, Shangzuo Your Majesty's Datang was successfully launched. From now on, the ocean belongs to our Datang." Yun Hao stood up excitedly, stood up Get up too fast.Head dizzy for a while, and sat down again.After recovering, he was busy giving orders immediately.

Gou Zi helped Yun Hao back to the cabin, where the two skinny horses were still there.But today Yunhao didn't have any physical exertion, and fell asleep with his head on the pillow.So fucking tired, though not directly involved in the work.But his mother was worried all day and all night, and now his heart is relieved.Tiredness is like a tide, rushing up.There seemed to be two lumps of lead on the eyelids, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't open them.

This time I slept in darkness, maybe because I was too tired, I didn't have any dreams.This seems very unusual on this big day.

When I woke up, it was his mother's evening again.I don't know why, Yunhao has a particularly deep impression of dawn and dusk these two days.Maybe it's like people who always remember birthdays and...!
"Bah, bah, bah...!!" Yun Hao bawled a few times fiercely, thinking of such an unlucky thing on such a happy day.Dreaming is a bad habit that must be broken immediately.

The banquet was placed in the huge warehouse of the Datang, such a huge war machine.It doesn't eat grass or eat, this thing eats coal.Without coal, Datang would lose all power.Therefore, there are several huge coal bunkers on the Datang.The coal stored in it can be used for three months of voyage.Of course, more coal can be loaded if some weapons reserves are sacrificed.However, Yunhao felt that it was much more reliable to bring two coal carriers with motor sails than to sacrifice the weapon reserves.

The two coal carriers specially equipped for Datang have been built.This thing is a mixture of a sailboat and a steam engine boat, and sails can be used when sailing.If necessary, use a steam engine.The coal loaded on a ship is more than double that loaded on the Datang.In the future, the Datang will haunt the distant seas, Yunhao thinks it is better to be prepared.

Yunhao did not make a statement speech, he felt in front of the workers.Wine, meat and rewards are more inspiring than the leader's speech.The big guy has worked hard for more than five years, waiting for this day.

Sure enough, when Li Wenzhong announced the reward.Immediately, the crowd became angry, and the noise almost lifted the deck.

In fact, in Yunhao's opinion, the reward is a bit thin.No way, in the concept of Datang people.For the workers who will be supervisors, it would be nice to pay them wages.I didn't see that when the former Sui Dynasty and Li Yuan were in power, the generals never paid wages.The distribution is rice grain, and if you want to eat a la carte, you have to grow it yourself.If you want to eat meat, you have to sneakily exchange it for grain.The days are miserable!
The workers at the grassroots level don't pay more than ten pennies each, which is the result of Yunhao's hard work.For this reason, the old bastard Changsun Wuji messed with the Yun family for several carts of watermelons.

Even though there were only ten pennies, the workers were very happy.Everyone was beaming like Chinese New Year, queuing up to receive money from the cashier, all with smiles on their faces.Silly pondering whether to add some things to the family, or to buy two feet of cloth for the child to make a new set of clothes.A few shameless people plan to buy a Silla maidservant or a Korean maidservant to live the addiction of being equal to others.

Once the money is earned, Yunhao doesn't care how to spend it.Ten accountants helped distribute the money, and soon everyone received the money.Ten silver guangyangs, these days, a Silla maidservant only has five guangyangs.

Li Wenzhong asked Yunhao to speak very stupidly, and he also learned to agitate the masses without a teacher.When everyone clapped their hands and asked Yun Hao to speak on the stage.Yun Hao had no choice but to stand up and walk to the stage to speak.

"Cough...!" Looking at the dark crowd below, there were pairs of joyful eyes.Yun Hao coughed, and the scene of more than 2000 people suddenly became silent.

"Everyone has worked hard for five years, and the Datang ship has finally been completed and launched." Just as Yunhao finished his first sentence, Li Wenzhong took the lead and there was a tsunami-like applause from below.

After a while, the applause fell to Yunhao and he continued: "The completion and launch of this ship is not the end. We still have to go out to sea with this ship to see if the ship can withstand the wind and waves at sea, and whether there is any room for improvement. So, next, everyone will follow me to the South China Sea. This trip will take about a year, and I will give you three days off to make arrangements for family affairs. After three days, we will leave."

Yun Hao's words dimmed the joyful eyes in an instant.

After five years of hard work, I was only allowed to rest for three days.Those who wanted to buy Silla maids immediately lost interest.Who bought the big girl with yellow flowers and put it away, what should I do if someone steals and eats the little suckling pig?
Those who live in Chang'an are even more surprised.I thought I could go home with the money, but I didn't expect to spend another year floating on the sea.It is said that the sea is not as good as the Yangtze River, and there are three feet of waves in the absence of wind.A man who grew up on the yellow land will suffer when he reaches the sea.

Seeing the expressions of the people below, Yun Hao coughed again. The sound of "嗡" and "嗡" suddenly stopped!
"I know this is a bit unreasonable, so my country's Duke and His Majesty have asked for orders. This year, everyone has three times the wages. If you fight at sea, you can share some of the captures. If you make military achievements, the court will judge the meritorious deeds." Rewards. Our country never insists, only 100 people are needed to go to sea, that is to say, only one person out of twenty of you can go to sea. If you are willing to win this fortune, you can go to General Li to sign up. If you don’t want to, you can do it tomorrow morning You can disembark with silver dollars."

As soon as Yun Hao finished speaking, the cabin was filled with "buzz" and "buzz" again!
Three times the salary a year, that is to say, one year's salary is worth the reward of these five years.You can share some with the seizure, my God!How fat are those people in the Liaodong Navy? Who doesn't know that these people are no different from pirates at sea.Not to mention, there is still a chance to make military exploits.

Make military achievements!Who has made military exploits for generations of craftsmen.Zhao's anecdote in the shipyard is not qualified to be an anecdote because of his military exploits.The headhunters in the yamen in Jiangling City are all fat jobs with military merits.Many young men with strong bodies have already begun to think about whether to sign up.Wealth and wealth are in danger, and the Duke of the country has given this opportunity, so he must grasp it.But what about Cuihua and the old lady at home?
"Don't worry, everyone. You have to go home and discuss with your family about such a big matter. Anyway, you can sign up tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Yun Hao smiled and pressed his hand, and the tense atmosphere in the crowd eased a lot.

"at last……!"

Hearing Yun Hao's final words, everyone raised their heads to look at the young Duke.I don't know what other troubles are waiting for me!

"Everyone, eat well! Drink well!"

(End of this chapter)