The strongest son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty

To be honest, Du He is not too clear, so I can only give a rough idea.

"By the way, Boyan, is our imitation merchant ship powered by sails or steam engines?"

Doo Ho said.

"All use steam engines as power, but the original 48 merchant ships are a bit difficult to handle. If you want to change them to steam engines,

The cost is huge, it is better to directly build a new merchant ship.Therefore, we did not transform it, but sailed and manually driven merchant ships. "

Lu Xun explained.

"Sail ships will gradually be phased out in the future. We don't need to produce any more sails and artificially driven ships, but directly produce steam engine warships."

Doo Ho said.

"Master, I got it. In addition, there is a lot of salt produced. There are three small islands specializing in the production of salt, and the output is huge.

Because there is no market, they have been piled up on the island.

After the young master returns to Chang'an, he must coordinate with His Majesty as soon as possible, otherwise, there will be no place to store the salt produced. "

Lawson Road.

Du He nodded.

To be honest, Du He really forgot about it.

Too many things at hand, busy and forget.

Salt is also a big issue, which is related to thousands of households.

Li Er must agree, otherwise, it will be very difficult to operate.Moreover, the interests of many big families are involved.

Du He believes that once the sea salt is released, the big families in various places will definitely make trouble.

No way, the cost of sea salt is too low and too competitive.

No matter in terms of quality and price, it is a few blocks away from those salt merchants in the market.

In fact, the cost of salt merchants is not too high. They are just profit-seeking, selling at higher prices, and reaping huge profits.

The imperial court was also helpless.

After all, the salt merchants colluded with many officials and wealthy families.

In order to make table salt truly popular, the monopoly of salt merchants must be broken.

The only way is to have a large supply of salt at a low price, so that the salt merchants have to lower the price, otherwise, they have to wait for death.

"Bo Yan, don't worry! When I return to Chang'an, I will discuss with Li Er as soon as possible about how to proceed."

Doo Ho said.

"Young Master, this time I will go directly to Hulukou, and then return to Liaoxi City by land. Is there any arrangement?"

Ha ha!

"First go to Hulukou to have a look, then to Liaoxi City, and next, I'm going to Shandong to see my elder brother."

Doo Ho said.

Du Gou, Du He's elder brother, heard that he was a governor.

But what?

It seems that his leg was injured and he has been sitting in a wheelchair.

"Master, if that's the case, going to Shandong by boat is closer than going by land. I suggest, Master, to go on a steam engine warship under my flag."

Lawson Road.

"Bo Yan, I think so too, just follow your arrangement!"

Doo Ho said.

"As ordered!"

Du He, Li Deqiu, Dian Wei and dozens of personal guards boarded the steam engine warship and sailed towards the calabash mouth.

Enter the cabin.

The host, there is still a second lottery draw that has not been drawn, and the second system reward has not been claimed. May I ask the host, do you want to receive and draw a lottery?

Take it!

With the two free attribute points, Du He added to the IQ, and the IQ increased from the original 101 points to 103 points all of a sudden.

Hey!

Lao Tzu has also entered the super-class high IQ crowd.

What a good thing!

The IQ was blessed, which made my mind much clearer. The content of the book that I couldn't understand before was instantly understood.

babble!

The command value has increased, from the original 110 points to 113 points.

Check the two files in the release space, one is the manufacturing technical data of the bronze artillery, and the other is the manufacturing technical data of the merchant ship with a displacement of 1500 tons.

Not bad!

The system is too powerful.

Let's draw!

The roulette wheel in my mind started spinning.

stop!

day!

Get the flintlock production technology!

It's really timeless information.

With this information, the empire will soon enter the heat/weapon era, eliminating the role of cold weapons in warfare.

But what?

If you want to eliminate cold weapons, you can't solve it in a day or two, you need to move forward slowly.

Host, there is another lucky draw.

Oh!

Smoke it!

The wheel spun again.

stop!

Damn it!

Pure steel warship production technology.

Very good!

With this information, the empire can produce pure steel warships, and the keel is also made of steel.

A smile appeared on Du He's face.

Open the shop panel.

Ha ha!

It turns out that a lot of dark materials have already lit up, that is to say, they can be exchanged.

exhort!

Host, the experience value has exceeded 50 points, and the system can be upgraded. Excuse me, do you want to upgrade?

Let's go up!

Host, this upgrade will take 72 hours, during this period, the host cannot be helped.

know.

On the way, Du He took Li Deqiu, Dian Wei and others with Lu Xun to a small island to inspect the salt production.

Hey!

Although it is not considered modern production, it is much more advanced than the Tang Empire's production technology at this time, and the output is also much higher.

In fact, sea salt production is mainly solar salt.

As long as the place is large enough and a large number of salt pools are made, the sun will shine and the seawater will evaporate, and table salt will appear.

Damn!

In the salt warehouse, a lot of produced salt is piled up in bags, and there is really no place to stack them.

Back in Chang'an, we must discuss salt sales with Li Er. ??

Chapter 314 Investigating the Shipyard

wow!

The mouth of the gourd has changed drastically.

In the huge pier, dozens of ships are docked, including warships and merchant ships.

Next to the pier is a large shipyard.

It can produce ships with a displacement of more than 5000 tons.

But what?

At this time, the largest ships on this planet are only tens of tons, and there are basically no ships of hundreds of tons.

Except that the empire can produce hundreds or thousands of tons of ships, Western countries cannot produce them.

The sea coachman has not yet risen, and Spain has not yet developed. The former overlord of the sea is Niu Niu.

At this time, Niu Niu had not invented the steam engine.

Only the invention of the steam engine made Niu Niu the world leader.

Now, the steam engine was invented by the Tang Empire, let the empire enjoy the dividends of the first industrial revolution!

Hey!

At that time, we will also knock on the door of Western countries with strong ships and guns.

If you dare not listen, send warships to bombard a few shots.

Shock and intimidate!

Correct!

It's just threats and lures. I don't believe that Western countries are made of iron.

Damn!

Lao Tzu also went to Niu Niu's house to rent a piece of land.

Niu Niu has rented Hong Kong and Hong Kong for more than a hundred years, and I have rented the land of Niu Niu's family for hundreds of years.

"Master, we have reached the gourd mouth."

Lu Xun came to report.

"Okay, let's go ashore!"

Doo Ho said.

Following Lu Xun ashore, he entered the barracks.

"Du Er, this place is developing very fast! The last time I accompanied you to this place, it was still in ruins, desolate and crowded.

It has only been less than two years, and it looks like a small town.

The population should be in the tens of thousands! "

Li Deqiu said in surprise.