Great Tang Southern Emperor

So in the middle and middle stages of the sailing age, the [-]-ton ship was already the pinnacle of merchant shipping.

Among all the 13-ton wooden sailing merchant ships, the Ningyuan class is also the one with the largest number of manufactures. From the laying of the keel of the first Ningyuan in Zhenguan 100 years to the 12 years of Datang Dehua 2996 years later, because of the improved steam engine The development of steel freighters has completely replaced wooden sailboats. The last ship of this class, Lingyuan, was sailed into Yuezhou Shipyard for dismantling. A total of [-] merchant ships of this class were built, almost reaching [-] ships. .

This is a great honor, but also an affirmation.Even until the rubber was produced by Li Zhen and the era of steam came completely, the Ningyuan class was not replaced, but was installed with a steam engine and still sailed on the sea.

It was not until the popularity of steel freighters that they were eliminated by the times-from this we can know that the superiority of this kind of merchant ships, even steam engines cannot completely eliminate them, and finally ships are completely banned.

"It's really a good ship." Li Zhen sighed after observing the whole ship. Many meters, but that is because the aspect ratio of the Ningyuan is only 93:80 (the "Great Republic" is 4:1, almost 57:1), and the width is much wider than the "Great Republic". Coupled with the unique craftsmanship of later generations added by Li Zhentian, the speed is faster than the "Grand Republic" ("Grand Republic" has a speed of 6~1 knots per hour, which is between 12 kilometers and 14 kilometers. 22 days, the development of sailboats has reached its peak), and can reach a maximum speed of 25 knots, which is 13 kilometers per hour. You must know that the speed of conventional freighters is only between 17-3148 knots (15 kilometers-20 kilometers per hour between), Ningyuan, a full-sail powered ship, can actually reach the speed of a modern freighter, which is enough to show the strength of this kind of ship-of course, this speed can only be achieved when the species explodes. If you want to continue sailing at this speed, the merchant ship will basically have to be overhauled once it touches the shore. Unless it is in danger, basically no one will drive so fast.

But despite this, the normal speed of the Ningyuan can reach 15 knots. In this era, except for a limited number of species, most fish can't run on it, let alone those sailboats.

"Yes, it is indeed a good ship." It was Pei Xingjian who responded to Li Zhen. He was in a very unhappy mood. Thinking of him, Pei Xingjian had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he was proficient in all military arts and tactics. Originally, he planned to go to the battlefield to win Fame, but the emperor's edict made him run to Lingnan.

Lingnan is Lingnan, after all, he arranged himself under the command of His Royal Highness King Yue. It is said that King Yue fought fiercely in the south. There was no single enemy of him in the whole Nanyang, and the whole Nanyang was beaten into a dog by him.

Doing things under the command of such a person, relying on one's own ability, are you afraid that you won't have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds?

What's more, he has a good relationship with the King of Yue. They were considered friends when they were in Chang'an. When they come to him, the King of Yue has to take care of himself, right?

However, the ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny.

He originally thought that following Li Zhen would be able to fight wars, fight big battles, make great contributions, and honor his ancestors.

But a year has passed, and except for the elimination of a few waves of bandits at the beginning, no decent battle has been fought.

Now that the Cuan people have finally rebelled, and when Pei Xingjian is gearing up for a big fight, the order of the King of Yue pours cold water on him like a bucket of cold water, which completely cools his blood—His Royal Highness cannot travel without someone to accompany him , so Pei Xingjian was named by Li Zhen and boarded the boat.

But at the same time that he was unhappy, Pei Xingjian felt a little happy, because besides him, Cheng Huailiang, Yuchi Baoqing, and Luo Zhe were also dragged onto the boat by Li Zhen—these three people either had deeper backgrounds than him, or their talents were as good as his. He, originally in secret, the four of them fought so unwillingly. He thought he was on Li Zhen's boat. If he missed this opportunity to go to the battlefield, he would fall behind them. He didn't expect to wait until he got on the boat. I found out that these three people were still there, and their faces were not very good. This is really... great.

"Why? Being dragged aboard by Bengong, I feel that I missed this opportunity to go to the battlefield, and I feel unhappy?" Listening to Pei Xingjian's tone, how could Li Zhen not understand what he was thinking?Asked with a smile.

"No, my subordinates dare not." Pei Xingjian's heart tightened, and he quickly bowed his head and said.

"Don't you dare? It's not that you can't?" Li Zhen asked deliberately.

"This..." Pei Xingjian was dumb, of course he didn't dare, but did he dare to say this?

Li Zhen also put on a tiger face on purpose, making him more nervous.

Chapter 825 'Tearing' (Two in One)

Chapter 187 'Tearing' ([-] in [-])

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore." Seeing that the three of them looked loveless, Li Zhen waved his hand: "Let me tell you the truth, since I have brought you here, there is a reason for me to bring you, otherwise you Why do you think other people in this palace don’t choose, but only the four of you who are the best?”

"This... subordinates don't know."

"Of course there is a reason for me to do this." Li Zhen said inscrutably. He was planning to commit a big death this time, so of course he couldn't tell them right now, otherwise Pei Xingjian would absolutely ignore his status as the crown prince and tie him up. Get up and take him back to Yuezhou.

"Could it be that Your Highness wants to..." Pei Xingjian was overjoyed. Could it be that Li Zhen was planning to do something big?If this is the case, maybe it can really make a great contribution.

Hu Ge's joy didn't last long, just for a moment, his heart tightened again - if His Highness really wants to make a big move, it must be very dangerous, if His Highness suffers or gets injured, then Don't you have to be skinned alive by His Majesty the Emperor?

"Your Highness can't." Pei Xingjian, who figured out the joint, said immediately: "Didn't Your Highness agree? This time I went to sea just to wander around. Your Highness can't put yourself in danger."

Although I really want to make meritorious deeds with Li Zhen, Li Zhen's safety is more important than making meritorious deeds, and credit can be made at any time, but if something happens to Li Zhen, the furious Li Shimin will go crazy, and no one knows what will happen. What happened, but there is one thing - none of the four of us and the entire fleet can survive, and there may not even be a whole body left.

"Don't worry, don't worry, there will be no danger." Li Zhen waved his hand indifferently, but Pei Xingjian didn't know what he was really thinking, but just based on his tone, Pei Xingjian felt frightened, and always felt that Something bad is going to happen next.

"Let's go, follow me to the Emperor's ship to take a good look, and discuss some things along the way." Pei Xingjian remained silent, and Li Zhen didn't care, just patted him on the shoulder.

"Yes." Pei Xingjian had no choice but to follow Li Zhen and leave Ningyuan.

At this time, the fleet has already gone to sea, because of the Bernoulli effect (between two parallel ships at a close distance, the flow rate of water will be accelerated due to the shape of the ship. The principle of fluid mechanics, fast fluid (water or air) The pressure in the vertical direction will decrease. For this reason, when the pressure of the water on the outside of the two ships remains the same, the pressure on the adjacent inside becomes smaller, causing the two ships to move closer together and eventually collide.) , The distance between the ships is generally more than 500 meters.

However, the overall layout is still five Zonghai-class ships in charge of guarding the periphery, and the three Ningyuan-class ships form a triangle to surround the Emperor tightly in the middle, ensuring that there will be no dead ends. If the enemy wants to assassinate Li Zhen, they must break through the five peripheral ships. The defense of the three battleships and the pursuit and interception of thousands of soldiers on the three merchant ships in the middle, they can finally board the Emperor, and then they have to kill countless expert guards around Li Zhen, so that there is a slight possibility of getting close to Li Zhen—but It is only a possibility, because at this level, it is impossible for Li Zhen not to run away.

Although the distance between the ships was far, it didn't bother Li Zhen.

Although the big ships brought nine ships, this does not mean that Li Zhen only brought such a small number of ships—you must know that no matter how powerful the fleet is, lifeboats and contact boats are indispensable.

With the help of the lifeboat, Li Zhen came to the Emperor's ship smoothly.

As soon as Li Zhen got on the boat, Cheng Chuliang greeted him excitedly: "Your Highness, this Emperor is really a good ship. I just checked it up and down. This ship can be used as a battleship. It's a real shame that it made a merchant ship."

"What's the pity? Didn't you notice it?" Luo Zhe, who has always been known for his taciturnity, asked back. Li Zhen noticed it. Although his tone was quite calm, it could be seen from his flickering eyes His heart at this time is definitely not as peaceful as it looks on the surface.

"There is still room for processing on this ship, especially on the deck. It is absolutely possible to add another deck to the top, and the portholes on this ship are a bit too many, which are clearly reserved for cannons. A ship can be converted into a battleship at a certain time."

"As long as you know a lot, don't I know?" Cheng Chu gave him a bright look, and continued to say to Li Zhen excitedly: "Your Highness, my subordinates have already decided that I must become a navy, and the ship will be the emperor class. Yes, anyway, I don’t have any chance to show my skills in the army, so it’s better to let me drive a battleship and rule the sea at sea. Your Highness, you must promise me and let me transfer to the navy.”

"you sure?"

Li Zhen smiled lightly, how could he not see it?On the surface, Cheng Chuliang was asking to join the navy, but he was actually expressing his dissatisfaction with Di's cold storage.

"Absolutely sincere, of course, I will follow His Highness's arrangement." Cheng Chuliang didn't care, the complaint just now was just a complaint, because he wanted to be reused by Li Zhen, and he also wanted to join the navy, so no matter whether Li Zhen planned to reuse him next He, or transferred him to the navy, he made money.

"I think it's better to forget it." A leisurely voice sounded from behind Li Zhen, which shocked everyone.

Seeing the person coming, everyone was even more surprised.

Pei Xingjian turned pale with shock, and hurriedly said: "Zhang Jianzhi? Why are you here? Could it be that you were also called by His Highness? Why didn't I see you just now? That's not right, you were transferred to the Youth Army and sent Did you go to deal with Cuan people? Why are you here? Also, what is going on with your outfit?"

"I hid in the box and followed me secretly." Zhang Jianzhi only had a white bath towel wrapped around his body, and the rest was naked: "As for my outfit, didn't you see it? I was on the boat by the way." I took a bath——Your Highness, the treatment of this emperor is really good, there is even a hot bath, no wonder it is called the emperor, it is really an emperor's enjoyment."

"Hot bath? No." Li Zhen didn't ask why Zhang Jianzhi followed the boat, and said in surprise: "The emperor's decoration is a bit gorgeous, but there is no hot bath to wash, even Ben There is no such treatment in the residence of the palace, where did you wash it?"

It's impossible to think about it. On a boat powered only by sails, a hot bath is almost an unimaginable luxury.It's not that I can't take a hot bath. With Li Zhen's status, it's fine to take a hot bath at sea, and no one will say anything.

The problem is the lack of fresh water and firewood resources at sea, especially fresh water (you can’t take a bath in sea water, even if you wash it, you must rinse it with fresh water after washing, otherwise you will feel tight skin and purple hair. This is mainly because the salt in sea water is too high. Due to the high height), the firewood can be dismantled and replaced by ship boards, but every drop of fresh water is used less, so every drop of water is very precious at sea, and if it can be saved, it will not be wasted.

Unless in the age of steam, steam boilers can heat seawater to distill pure water, the water source problem can be partially solved, but even so, taking a hot bath on board is still a very luxurious thing.Because fresh water is never enough, no one knows how long you will stay on board, in case something goes wrong halfway, these distilled water is a life-saving thing, no one will waste it.

What's more, it is only the early days of the age of sails, and a gap has just opened in the age of steam, so Li Zhen will not waste water resources.He is not the kind of person who is greedy for vanity. What he always pays attention to is that the superior and his subordinates share the joys and sorrows, and of course he will not engage in special treatment.

"It's in a room over there. By the way, that room is so big, there are pots and pans in it, but there is no one there, and there is a big bucket of hot water in there. I just use the water there to take a bath... ah... "

The more Li Zhen heard it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and his face became darker and darker. When he heard about the pots and pans, why didn't he understand what Zhang Jianzhi was talking about?

At that time, one couldn't bear it anymore, and punched him: "You idiot, what you entered was the kitchen, what you call bath water is the water used for dinner prepared by the chefs, idiot, idiot..."

Anxious Li Zhen called three idiots in succession, and even gave him several old punches in succession to vent her anger.

"Ah?" Zhang Jianzhi just felt wronged by being beaten, but what Li Zhen said next made him dumbfounded.

"What? That means we don't have anything to eat tonight, right?" Cheng Chuliang was taken aback for a moment, then became furious, and rushed up after Li Zhen, punching and kicking Zhang Jianzhi.

"Yes, I can't spare him." Pei Xingjian was also angry, saying that the food in the navy is good, and he is planning to taste it today, which can be regarded as a way to suppress the depression in his heart. Being destroyed by Zhang Jianzhi, can he bear it?Immediately afterwards, he also rushed forward.