I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

My grandfather and several uncles were arguing over who was the most shameless.

Li Hui couldn't even figure out what their brains were made of.

This is not a good thing!

And I can't let myself eat two dishes from Tongfu Restaurant for nothing.

What are you fighting for?

Just when several little old men were discussing which of them was the most shameless person, good news finally came from Fengchao.

Steam-powered ships seem to be getting better.

Li Shimin has always known about Yin Xuan's shipbuilding, and even...the Ministry of Industry has provided a lot of drawings and materials, and the purpose is very simple.

Since... things like carriages can be transformed into trains.

So, can ships be transformed into steam power?
Chaotang wanted to figure this out by himself, but...they had no ideas, and they knew nothing about physics and engineering.

Even if the Ministry of Industry has these talents, the railway is the focus now, and they don't have extra energy and time to study these things, so they leave it to Yin Xuan.

Steam ships sound simple enough.

Install a steam engine on board and use steam as power.

Actually...it's not an easy task, at least it's more difficult than building a train.

Years ago, under the urging of Xue Rengui, Fengchao also felt that they had some confidence, so they built an iron boat and fell into the water in the Bahe River. Wu Jue even named it "Fish Walking Dragon".

The so-called "Fish Walking Dragon" refers to the name of the dragon that was transformed into a carp that crossed the Dragon Gate in legend.

Wu Jue pinned on steam-powered ships, a beautiful vision that can be transformed into a dragon like a carp.

then……

The steamboat started, and after sailing for less than three miles, it broke off at the waist and lay dead on the Bahe River. Fortunately, Fengchao was only doing experiments at that time, and no one was invited to watch.

The people on board also took life-saving measures, and there was no casualty.

This made the group of scholars in Fengchao feel ashamed and indignant. Things that they thought were easy to grab and had no problems turned out to be useless.

Fortunately, they have calculated so much data!

The shipwrights sent by the imperial court sighed again and again, they had already said that such a boat could not run, but the group of scholars in Fengchao didn't believe it.

If there is no problem with the result we calculated, then there must be no problem!
Ok…

It can also be said that there is no problem.

The problem itself has sunk, so what else is there to solve?
After such an incident, the scholars became humble, and they would ask the shipbuilder for advice if they had any problems—of course, they would not think that calculations and data could not solve the problem of the ship.

I just think that my group of people don't know enough about ships, and the model is not right.

Until this year, nearly half a year has passed.

The scholars of Fengchao felt that they had some confidence, and put the second launch into the water on the agenda.

Yin Xuan deliberately shut down for a long time, and went to watch the fun, no, he went to inspect.

The last time the boat fell into the water was so much fun, um... such a regrettable thing that I have never witnessed with my own eyes, so I must not let it go this time.

In the shipyard by the Bahe River, iron boats are slowly launched into the water - this kind of iron boat is an idea proposed by Fengchao.

Simply casting ships with steel will not work.

Iron is now Datang's most important resource, and it is still not enough to build railways, so it has to be allocated part of it to make guns and ammunition.

It is really too extravagant to build a ship made of steel.

So Fengchao came up with this... quite a compromise method. The exterior is almost all covered with iron sheets, only some key components are made of pure steel.

On the bank of the Bahe River, many people watched.

When Yin Xuan came, the little old men from Li Yuan felt that they should also take a walk, exercised their bones, and followed.Yin Lulu also came, riding Rolling.

As the younger brother, Li Zhi naturally had to follow behind the eldest sister.

As one of the people in charge of Fengchao, Wu Jue was also at the scene. Whether the steamboat can be launched or started, this determines whether the business in her hands can be made bigger.

Most of the scholars in the restaurant also ran out.

Still holding a pen and a notebook in his hand, he waited for the steamship to be launched, and wrote a parallel essay—the last one who wrote about trains had already become a celebrity in the academy.

Don't seize the opportunity, write an article about the boat, maybe it will be famous in history.

The researchers of Fengchao were very nervous.

The first launch failed, and the hull was broken. Although half a year passed in the middle, no one can say for sure. This is only the second launch that will succeed.

Originally thought it was just a mediocre experiment, who would have thought that so many people would come.

Lord Zhengyang is here!

This is going to fail, and I will lose face to Yizhou.

But at the critical moment, you can't retreat. The leading scholar took a deep breath, issued an order, and the steamboat was launched, setting off monstrous waves.

Yin Xuan knew it, he was far away from the shore from the beginning.

Wu Jue also knew, she had an experience.

But most of the scholars don't know that in order to write good articles, they stand very close to each other, and they are chilled. The spring cold has not completely dissipated, but it is hard for them.

fun!

Yin Xuan's eyes lit up.

These scholars got wet, but they didn't lose their enthusiasm for praising ships, and they were even happy to see this kind of scene—it was just a little spring water, maybe it was the blessing brought by the ships.

The boiler fires up.

The oars move.

With the sound of the whistle, the ship started and sailed towards the distance, leaving layers of ripples on the water surface. Seeing that it sailed for a distance of five or six miles, the scholars breathed a sigh of relief.

No falling apart!

This is already a success.

Almost sailing out of the range of Chang'an City, the whistle sounded again, and the ship turned back and slowly docked at the port that had been prepared half a year ago.

People from Fengchao hurried up to check.

Although it is clear that it has not disintegrated, who knows if there is any problem inside, how long and how far has it sailed?It can only be said that the general framework is no problem.

The onlookers on the shore don't understand this, they just feel that the launch of the big ship is majestic.

It's a feeling those little boats can't match.

Originally, they planned to go back to the city to change into clean clothes, but now inspiration came out like a spring, which made them reluctant to part with their current state. They all squatted on the shore and started writing.

Yin Xuan also boarded the boat.

In his previous life, he didn't sit on many boats, and it was difficult to find something familiar to him when he stepped on the wooden floor—also, how could Datang's boat be the same as the boat after 800 years.

Feng Chao checked.

The results came out quickly.

The leading scholar walked over quickly, with a serious expression on his face.