Datang: Time travel in two months, wait online, hurry up!

First, what Li Ke said mobilized their blood and emotions.

They all wanted to work for Datang, and let Datang incorporate all those territories into its territory as soon as possible.

Let the Tang Dynasty become an empire on which the sun never sets, and the vast sea become the inner sea of ​​the Tang Dynasty!

The second is to think that this is a rare opportunity to make meritorious deeds!

Once he discovered the New World first, that would be a great achievement!

Especially since His Royal Highness Qin Wang personally said the next plan, everyone can naturally hear that in the future overseas will be the main battlefield for making contributions.

Everyone naturally wants to catch this good guy who has made great achievements!

Maybe, when you find a new continent, it is the moment to change your destiny!

Therefore, after Li Ke asked that question, almost everyone was very willing to complete this task.

"Next, the king will send two fleets, each with 5 people, and set off on 1 huge ship and 5 large ships!"

"A total of 1 person, this king will personally teach you for a period of time, so that you can better complete the task."

"This one person will be selected among everyone."

Seeing that everyone was very willing to go, Li Ke had a satisfied smile on his face.

Afterwards, Li Ke, Qu Wenkang and others came to the place where the general of the navy worked, and held a simple meeting.

"This person must be carefully selected, and must be selected from multiple aspects of ability and character."

Li Ke told Qu Wenkang and others in detail the criteria and requirements for selecting personnel.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about ability, let alone everyone, at least the person who takes the lead must be bold and careful, calm and calm, and have strong adaptability.

As for character, because it needs to wander in the vast sea for a long time, and even if you have a map, you may go in the wrong direction and so on.

Once you get lost, or go astray, you may spend more time wandering at sea.

In this case, the character factor is very important.

It is necessary to have the kind of person who can stay, who can endure loneliness, so that he is suitable for long-term drifting at sea.

For those who can't stand sailing on a ship for more than ten days, this is definitely not acceptable.

Once there is a commotion on board, it will not only affect the stability and unity of the fleet, but may also cause a series of bad things to happen.

After all, on the vast sea, there is no law to limit, and the evil side of human nature will be infinitely magnified.

Moreover, they are holding muskets in their hands. Once something happens, the entire fleet may not be able to return at all.

Second, choose someone with a strong will.

After all, after going to sea, many places are unexplored new continents, and even on the road, you can see gold mines out of the ground, and you can step on gold when you walk.

Once the temptation is strong, it is also possible to have internal fighting, and then cannibalism.

His purpose is to bring these people back with useful intelligence and seeds of various crops that Datang does not have.

If these people killed each other halfway by themselves, why would they bring back something ass?

Therefore, this person needs to be selected very seriously.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

"We will strictly follow your requirements for selection!"

After listening to Li Ke's words, Qu Wenkang also realized the importance of these factors, and immediately nodded solemnly.

"After all the selections are completed, they will be sent to the Shenji Battalion in Yangzhou City. This king will personally train them for a period of time."

Seeing that Qu Wenkang understood what he meant, Li Ke immediately nodded and gave some instructions.

He will personally train them at that time, including sailing at sea, and some things to pay attention to after discovering the new continent, etc.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Qu Wenkang and the others nodded respectfully.

After the explanation, Li Ke took the boat again and headed towards Yangzhou City from the Water Army Wharf.

While on the boat, Li Ke also discussed with Zheng how to deal with the water leakage.

"Use eucommia gum to make a rubber pad, and then apply grease to the rubber pad and the drive shaft to lubricate."

"This can reduce the speed of water leakage a lot, and then redesign a drainage system."

"Using the power of the steam engine to pump out the water leaking from the cabin, the speed of pumping water is greater than the speed of water leakage, and there will be no problem."

Li Ke explained his ideas to Zheng Tiancheng, and drew him a drawing of the pumping equipment.

With the steam engine as power, many machines can be manufactured.

"The officer understands!"

After hearing Li Ke's words, Zheng Tiancheng's eyes lit up, and the doubts in his eyes immediately dissipated a lot.

He went into a misunderstanding before, thinking that it must be done without any omissions.

But now I only realized it after hearing what Li Ke said. In fact, it doesn't have to be complete.

As Li Ke said, the drainage speed is greater than the leakage speed.

As for when the ship stops, the problem of water leakage is easily solved.

When the ship is stationary, he has a way of being completely leak-free.

But as soon as the transmission shaft turns, it will instantly burst the originally sealed gap.

Therefore, when the ship is stationary, the gap is completely blocked.

When the ship is moving forward, the power of the steam engine can drive the pumping equipment to pump out all the leaked water.

This ensures that even if there is a water leak, the normal navigation of the ship will not be affected.

"It has to be His Royal Highness King Qin!"

Zheng Tiancheng couldn't help sighing in his heart.

The problem that had troubled him for so many days before was solved by Li Ke with a single sentence.

Moreover, he had fallen into a misunderstanding before. If Li Ke's words hadn't awakened him, I'm afraid he didn't know how long it would take him to understand this truth.

He had previously felt that perhaps only Li Ke in the entire Tang Dynasty could solve his doubts.

As expected, in the end it was really a matter of Li Ke's words.

"Continue to expand the scale of the shipyard to ensure that multiple Galen ships can be built at the same time, and build a steam Galen ship to experiment."

Before Li Ke returned to Yangzhou, he also gave Zheng Tiancheng instructions on the next shipyard plan.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zheng Tiancheng immediately nodded respectfully.

The speed of the steamship is indeed faster, which is the reason why the power of this steam engine is not large enough, otherwise the speed will be faster!

Moreover, after the previous ships entered the Yangtze River, their speed slowed down.

Because the wind in the inland river is much weaker than the sea breeze.

But after the steamship entered the Yangtze River, its speed remained unabated, it was still so fast!

Even people on both sides of the Yangtze River were surprised to see this scene, because the boat had no sails and no one was rowing.

Can run so fast!

Moreover, the stern of the ship kept emitting thick white smoke, which made many people wonder if the stern of the ship was on fire.

After returning to Yangzhou City, Li Ke stayed in the Governor's Mansion to accompany his family.

Today, the weather is fine.

Li Ke took his family to a slightly deserted place outside the city in a carriage.

Li Ke got out of the carriage with his family, and everyone knew where this place was.

Because there are four big characters written on the tall archway in front of you.

Mausoleum of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty!

Obviously, seeing these four words, Zhao Nanyan and the others understood where Li Ke had brought them.

Regarding this, they did not make a sound, and just quietly stayed by Li Ke's side.

Because they are naturally very clear about Li Ke's identity.

Li Ke's mother, Empress Yang, was the daughter of Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang, so Li Ke was Yang Guang's grandson.

Generally speaking, it is very normal for grandchildren to come to worship their grandfathers.

However, the identity of this grandfather is very special, and the identity of this grandson is also very special!

One is the former emperor, the other is the current Qin king, and the next emperor.

Logically speaking, this is actually a very sensitive matter, and most people would stay away from it.

In order not to be gossiped, saying that he still misses the previous court in his heart.

But since Li Ke still came, and brought his family with him, he came to the Mausoleum of Emperor Yang of Sui to worship without any concealment.

This shows that Li Ke must have his own considerations in mind, so they naturally don't have to think about it.

Li Ke looked at the deserted and shabby imperial mausoleum in front of him, but he didn't have any thoughts in his mind.

After all, it is a very good result for the king of subjugation to be buried in the ground.

He didn't have any special feelings for Yang Guang, and it was more of a discussion about Yang Guang in later generations.

However, for him, whether it is good or bad, or mixed, it doesn't mean much.

He came here only because he completely destroyed Goguryeo and came to pay homage.

When he was in Chang'an City before, he also went to see Empress Xiao, and said that he would come to worship in person when he returned to Yangzhou.

Other than that, it was just to pay respects on behalf of his mother, Empress Yang.

As for whether his behavior will cause some people to gossip, or use this incident to refer to him?

He wasn't worried at all.

Now it is not more than a year ago, when he just traveled here.

At that time, my foundation was still shallow, and I was cautious and considerate in many things.

But now he has become the next emperor appointed by Li Shimin, and his foundation is completely solid.

Even if he worshiped Emperor Sui Yang here, no one would say anything.

Even if you go to Li Shimin to read his book, it doesn't make much sense.

After all, who left the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty inappropriate and ran to miss the former Sui Dynasty?

Brain sick, right?

When he came to the tombstone of the emperor's mausoleum, Li Ke asked people to take out the incense for worship that he had prepared earlier.

"I have led the army to completely destroy Goguryeo, and the former Sui soldiers who are still alive have also been brought back to the Central Plains."

"I hope this news can untie your knot."

Li Ke burned something for him, and said a few words softly.

After speaking and burning the incense, Li Ke left with his family.

Within a few days, Li Ke received the news.

The shipyards where the Yangzhou shipyards transferred their technology have gone through such a long period of expansion and construction.

A large number of large ships have been launched recently!

Upon receiving this news, a smile of anticipation appeared on Li Ke's face.

Because when the ship is in place, the foreign trade business can start!

The great voyage is finally about to begin!

PS: The third update! .