What he thought in his heart was: Back then, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times before inviting Zhuge Liang. If there is really a great talent here, what if I, Yan Hao, visit the thatched cottage all the time?The longer you wait, the more rewarding you will be!

With this in mind, Yan Hao happily left.

Two days later, everyone came to the villa again, and this time the boy simply told Yan Hao directly: "Your Majesty, I have gone out to visit relatives because of the master, and I will not be back until tomorrow."

Feng Xiaolian was so angry that she wanted to burn down the villa on the spot, but Yan Hao dragged her back after he said something.

During the fourth visit to the villa, Ren Yingying, who has always been calm, put her hand on the hilt of her sword and said: "Your Majesty, if I don't see this Kui Nianyun again this time, I will cut off his head with my own hands!"

Yan Hao was sweating in his heart. In fact, he didn't mind waiting a few more times. Didn't Zhuge Liang capture Meng Huo seven times? It's never too late for a good meal!But this time Ren Yingying said so, he couldn't help praying for Kai Nianyun in his heart: I can bear you, but sister Yingying can't bear it anymore, don't regret it if you die under her sword.

This time, the boy happily said to Yan Hao: "Your Majesty, the master is at home today, and is ready to welcome the holy driver!"

Yan Hao said: "It's very good, let's lead the way."

The boy led the crowd all the way to the atrium, only to see a handsome young man sitting in the courtyard with a square table in front of him.

Yan Hao said happily: "This is Mr. Minghu?"

The man gave a slight salute: "I'm right here."

Yan Hao was about to speak, but Kui Nianyun said: "Your Majesty, the Shanren know what you are talking about. It's just that the Shanren have the rules of the Shanren. If you can solve this mystery, I would like to offer advice to Your Majesty. If you can't solve it Come out, even if you kill me, you won't say a word for His Majesty."

Kui Nianyun pointed at the table and Yan Hao looked at it, there was indeed a blank piece of paper with a riddle written on it: "Up is on the bottom, down is on the top, not on the top, born on the bottom."

Chapter 400 Puzzle Solving

"Up is below, below is above, not above, born below." Yan Hao read the riddle again, and suddenly felt a pain in the egg.

What kind of riddle is this!This Kui Nianyun is too weird. If you want to invite him out of the mountain, you have to guess riddles!

But it has come to this point, it is impossible to go back like this.Yan Hao had no choice but to bite the bullet and think about it for a long time, but he still had no idea.

Kui Nianyun sat there with his eyes slightly closed, looking calm and relaxed.

Two hours passed, seeing that the sky was getting late, Yan Hao guessed several wrong answers, Kui Nianyun got up and said: "Your Majesty, if you can't solve this riddle, you have to go back."

Yan Hao took a deep breath, looking a little annoyed.

The servant He Guang at the side scolded: "Kai Nianyun, don't toast and refuse to eat fine wine, the emperor condescends to invite you in person, it has already given you enough face, why are you putting on airs.

At this time, Ren Yingying, who had been frowning and thinking beside Yan Hao, suddenly had a bright eyes, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this concubine has thought of it!"

Everyone was shocked and looked at Ren Yingying.

"Yingying, what do you think is the answer?" Yan Hao asked eagerly.

Ren Yingying's big pearly eyes sparkled with wisdom: "The answer is the word 'one'!"

"One?" Yan Hao was puzzled, "How could it be one?"

Ren Yingying analyzed methodically: "Your Majesty, look, among the characters for 'up', one is horizontally below, for 'down', one is horizontally above, for 'no', one is horizontally above, for 'sheng' In the character ', there is a horizontal line at the bottom. Isn't this horizontal line the character 'one'!"

Yan Hao and the others were stunned. Ren Yingying turned to Kui Nianyun and asked confidently, "Sir, is what I said right?"

Kui Nianyun bowed and smiled and said, "Your Majesty is extremely intelligent, she hits the nail on the head!"

Yan Hao was so happy immediately, he wished he could report Ren Yingying to kiss him on the spot.This former 'Holy Lady' of the Devil's Cult is indeed an out-and-out treasure girl, not only with extraordinary martial arts, but also with superhuman intelligence.

Yan Hao said to Kai Nianyun: "Sir, since I guessed the riddle correctly, can you come out to help me now?"

Kui Nianyun bowed and said: "I would like to serve Your Majesty, please follow me to the study to discuss."

He brought Yan Hao to an exquisite small building by the lake, made a pot of tea, and the two sat facing each other.

Yan Hao asked: "Mr. set up this riddle, do you have any profound intentions?"

Kui Nianyun didn't answer, but just pointed his fingers towards the sky.Yan Hao pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized: "I understand! All things are born in one, and the word 'one' in the answer of this riddle means that my identity is heaven and earth, and one person is the only one. The sir set this answer to predict the future. Become a generation of enlightened masters, and the four seas will return to one!"

Kui Nianyun shook his head and smiled, "No, it's just that when my late father was alive, I couldn't figure out the answer to this riddle. Now that His Majesty can solve this riddle, it is tantamount to comforting my late father's spirit in heaven. The grassroots are grateful and willing to do the same. !"

Yan Hao suddenly had black lines all over his head.It's all about where, it's simply not next to each other!He was sure that Kui Nianyun's real intention would never be such a nonsense.But people moved out the dead father, so he couldn't keep asking.

Anyway, it's good to achieve the goal.Yan Hao comforted himself in this way.

He was about to open his mouth to tell Kui Nianyun his intention of coming, but Kui Nianyun got up and said: "Your Majesty, I have not known the purpose of your visit this time, please wait a moment."

Chapter 401 Sail Design

Kui Nianyun walked to the side of the bookshelf, and took out a stack of scripture paper, on which were densely drawn with complex patterns.

"Your Majesty, this is a new type of warship designed later, and you are here for it."

"Mr. is really good at predicting things like a god!" Yan Hao was overjoyed.

Kui Nianyun smiled and said: "How can you be so predictable? The news of Master Li Peizhen's promotion to the Admiral of the South China Sea Navy has already spread all over the world. I had a brief friendship with him back then. Now that he is promoted, His Majesty will use his talents. The reason for this can be guessed.”

"Please take a look, Your Majesty." Kui Nianyun took out one of the blueprints, "This is the most powerful main battleship designed for the Great Wei Navy -- the Great Wing Treasure Ship!"

Yan Hao looked at the drawing, and felt the magnificence and shocking power of this warship just by glancing at it!

Kui Nianyun said: "The size of this kind of big-winged treasure ship is more than four times the volume of the largest building ship in the Great Wei Navy. A big-winged treasure ship can accommodate more than a thousand sailors, and the treasure ship gathers a variety of powerful attacks. The equipment and solid defense measures are as unshakable as Mount Tai when fighting at sea, and deal a devastating blow to the enemy!"

Yan Hao's eyes lit up as soon as he heard it: due to technical reasons, ancient warships, if they are built too large, it will be difficult to maintain mobility and stability, and they may become heavy and heavy targets at sea.But this Kai Nianyun purposely made the ship bigger. According to his description, this big-winged treasure ship looks like a modern aircraft carrier, and it may become a truly invincible sea giant.

Hearing this, Yan Hao also questioned: "Sir, this ship is so huge, will it lose its flexibility and mobility?"

"Your Majesty's point of view is indeed sharp, but I have already considered this issue. The skeleton of the big-winged treasure ship adopts a special structure, which I call the keel structure. As the name suggests, the ship has a skeleton that runs through the entire hull and looks like a dragon. The structure of the ship. In addition, the treasure ship also added a lighter balance rudder, which can be said to be as light as weight."

"In this way, although the ship is made bigger, it is more stable than the empty and boneless building and fighting ship, and it can survive the tossing in the wind and waves at sea!"

"As for the moving speed of the ship, the Big Wing Treasure Ship uses an unprecedented eleven-masted giant sail, which can withstand extremely strong winds, so it can ride the wind and break the waves when the wind is down, and the speed is extremely amazing!"

After listening to Kui Nianyun's explanation, Yan Hao looked at the typical Chinese hard sails on the treasure ships, which were exactly the same as the ancient Chinese warships he had seen in museums in his previous life. I couldn't help asking: "Sir, I have read from the classics that warships in foreign lands often have fewer masts and soft sails. I wonder if this design can be applied to Wei's warships?"

Kui Nianyun looked at Yan Hao in astonishment, obviously he did not expect that the emperor would ask such a professional question.He thought for a moment and explained: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to manufacture the soft sail structure, but in my humble opinion, the hard sails of our Great Wei are not necessarily inferior to the soft sails of foreigners!"

"Hard sails have high wind-receiving efficiency, can be rotated around the mast, are lighter in weight, and sail faster than soft sails. Moreover, the sailing time is shorter and the operation is easier. For a giant warship like a big-winged treasure ship This is especially important.”

"The disadvantage of hard sails is that the traditional wooden frame is relatively fragile and limits the area of ​​the sail. But after the Great Wei made Kunwu Steel, this problem was solved. If the big-winged treasure ship uses the metal frame made of Kunwu Steel, By increasing the number of masts, the sail area can be greatly increased!"

Yan Hao nodded, and he just asked casually, but he didn't expect there to be so many ways.He always felt that the ancient Chinese navy was weak, and Westerners were experts in navigation, so they always tended to learn from the West.

It's just that he didn't know that China was still a powerful country at sea until the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and the Chinese schooner and Chinese hard sail were also classic designs in the history of navigation.In the late Qing Dynasty, the Qiying ship completed the transatlantic feat in only 21 days, a speed that was no less than that of regular cruise ships in the United States.The sailing competitions in the modern Olympic Games are all designed with hard sails, which shows its superiority.

Kui Nianyun changed the topic and said: "Of course, we also need to learn more about the benefits of foreign technology. The advantage of soft sails is that they can adjust the number of sail knots, which is suitable for adjusting the speed of warships during naval battles, so as to display flexible and changeable tactics. Emergencies. In addition, soft sails also have advantages in terms of load, and can carry more weapons, personnel and supplies than hard sails.”

"It's just that these advantages of soft sails are not obvious on the giant big-winged treasure ship. The big-winged treasure ship is indomitable when it is dispatched. Only other warships cooperate with it, and there is no need for him to cooperate with other warships. Therefore, it is not necessary to adjust the sail power. The load-carrying capacity of the treasure ship itself is already extremely strong, and there is no need to increase the capacity through sail design.”

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