Today is a happy day in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
In other words, the largest ship in the world's history is about to be launched.
People are standing on both sides of the river bank waiting to see this shocking event.
Lao Gao was wearing a bright red brocade robe, embroidered with gold threads.
It shone brightly under the rising sun, like a shrine.
Xiao Gao next to him is also wearing a bright red robe, but it is slightly different from his father.
There was no gold thread on his robe, and someone had powdered his dark face.
It was as thick as a finger, and the snow-white face looked a bit scary.
Paired with a pair of red lips, she looks like a goblin who just ate a child.
Yunhao calmly took a step to the side.
It would be terrible if this guy suddenly jumped up and bit someone.
Behind him stood Xiong Kuohai.
This guy must have come out without his costume.
He just wore the armor he wore on the battlefield and tied a red cloth belt around his head to express happiness.
But according to Yunhao's opinion, this guy looks more like an executioner.
Li Wenzhong next to him is more presentable.
Wearing a fourth-grade military attaché uniform, he looks as grand as he wants.
I didn't notice it when I was wearing a long coat yesterday.
I haven't seen him in two years and he already has a big belly.
Wearing a robe is a bit revealing, so it must be at least five months.
Yunhao lamented that he was surrounded by these little soldiers and generals.
He's here specifically to embarrass himself Time is tight and there is no way to get a good-looking honor guard.
That's all I can do "Commander, should we start now?
The auspicious time has come," Li Wenzhong looked at the sundial and reminded in a low voice.
Yunhao put aside his resentment that there was no honor guard, nodded and said nothing.
"Start" Li Wenzhong gave the order, and the signal soldiers around him began to wave the red flag in their hands like crazy.
"Moo!"
Ten 500-pound old scalpers roared loudly, and began to turn the winch driven by whips.
The sluice gate opened, and the turbid river water began to flow into the dock.
Soon the dock was filled, and the Datang began to move slowly.
It was like a giant beast that had been sleeping for many years and slowly began to wake up.
The river filled more and more water, and finally it was level with the river surface.
The two water ghosts jumped into the water with two "plop" sounds.
After a while, he came out of the water.
Before he could spit out the muddy water in his mouth, he started shouting loudly: "Float, float, float!"
First two people shouted, then hundreds of workers at the dockside.
Finally, people all over the mountains and plains were shouting.
These people were either shipyard workers or their families.
Everyone has put their heart and soul into this ship, and now that the ship can float everyone is jumping with joy.
Lao Gao and Xiao Gao had disappeared, and the two of them were crawling around the bottom of the boat like mice.
Behind him were dozens of workers armed with mallets, always ready to plug the leak.
It's very difficult to keep a ship this big without water leaks.
This is why only water is filled in the dock.
The reason why the Tang Dynasty was not dragged into the Yangtze River From morning to noon, the sun was a little tilted.
Lao Gao and Xiao Gao just finished their work.
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Sure enough, there were a few leaks, but they were not serious problems.
After repairs, there has been no leakage.
With today's Tang Dynasty's shipbuilding technology, it is extremely rare to be able to do this.
"Commander, please see if we can enter the river."
"Yeah" Yunhao nodded.
"Dong", "Dong" and "Dong" were heard three times, and immediately a big man with a sharp knife began to chop the cables tied to the Datang.
Not long after, all three thick cables were cut off.
The dock's gate was completely opened, and under the tug of the two sailboats, the Datang finally twisted its huge body and sailed into the Yangtze River.
When the survey reached the middle of the river, the huge iron anchor fell into the water, causing a huge splash.
The waterway of the Yangtze River is now completely blocked, and only fishing boats can travel in deep water areas.
The Tang Dynasty's huge body moved sideways, as if it wanted to intercept the entire Yangtze River.
Yunhao did not calculate the displacement of this ship, but in later generations it seems that the Liaoning was not much different from the Datang in front of him.
Another inspection was carried out, and it was not until the sun set that it was considered a success.
The airship can land directly on the deck.
In fact, this is estimated to be the world's first flat-deck ship.
Coupled with the upturned bow, it looks very much like the Liaoning.
However, because the airship is too large, only two such airships can be parked on the deck at the same time.
But two are enough.
Airships inflate too slowly.
During naval battles, hot air balloons are released more often than airships.
Yesterday when the sun set, we were still in the dock.
Today, when the sun sets, we have reached the center of the Yangtze River.
The sound of the river water lapping against the side of the boat sounds so refreshing.
Finally succeeded, Datang's maritime giant will completely open up the history of maritime conquest of the Tang Empire.
Yunhao wanted to prove to Li Er, a bumpkin who grew up in the yellow soil, how important maritime trade was to an empire.
In the last twilight of the sun, the Datang began to face the most dangerous part of today's launch experiment, the boiler began to ignite.
There are four boilers on the huge Datang, which are fired one by one.
Stepping up the pressure one by one, Yunhao sat on the slipway and waited.
Although I didn't light the fire myself, I was still worried.
Boilers are considered a new product and are definitely high-tech these days.
If it fails and explodes, it will be a big joke.
Those officials in the court will spray themselves into sieves.
Li Wenzhong next to him is definitely not getting better.
Anyway, General Yunhui, who is in the fourth rank, has nothing to do anymore.
Everyone looked nervous.
Even after dinner time, Yunhao and Li Wenzhong had no intention of eating.
Finally, Li Wenzhong was afraid that Yunhao was hungry, so he ordered a pot of noodles.
Everyone was in a dull mood, and Xili began to eat slimming while snoring.
No one spoke, not even the dog who liked to talk.
The atmosphere was so depressing that Xiong Kuohai even wanted to stab someone with a knife, no matter who he was stabbing.
Four boilers, one is ignited to increase pressure, and then tested.
Lao Gao and the others were busy all night, and Yunhao and Li Wenzhong also waited on the slipway all night.
When the sun rose again, Lao Gao ran to the slipway.
There was still dust on his face: "Commander succeeded, the boiler is fine.
Everything is fine, we are done."
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After saying that, tears flowed down his dusty cheeks and broke out of two ravines.
"Blow the whistle to announce the victory and leave the people on duty to continue to observe.
Everyone goes to rest.
Tonight's dinner will be held and the report will be given that His Majesty's Datang has been successfully launched.
From now on, the ocean will belong to our Datang."
Yunhao stood up excitedly.
Too fierce.
My head felt dizzy and I sat down again.
After recovering, he was busy giving orders as soon as possible.
Gouzi helped Yunhao back to the cabin, where the two skinny horses were still there.
But Yunhao didn't have any physical exertion today, so he fell asleep with his head on the pillow.
So damn tired, even though I wasn't directly involved in the work.
But I've been worried all day and all night, but now I feel relieved.
Tiredness surged up like a tide.
My eyelids seemed to have two lumps of lead on them, and I couldn't open them no matter how hard I tried.
The sky was dark and the earth was dark.
Maybe it was because I was too tired, but I didn't have any dreams.
This seems very abnormal on this big day.
When I woke up, it was fucking dusk again.
For some reason, Yunhao had a particularly deep impression of morning and dusk these past two days.
Maybe it's like people who always remember their birthdays and "Bah, bah, bah," Yunhao said loudly.
He actually thought of such an unlucky thing on his big day.
Dreaming is a bad habit and must be broken quickly.
The banquet was held in the huge warehouse of the Datang, such a huge war machine.
It doesn't eat grass or eat, this thing eats coal.
Without coal, the Datang would completely lose power.
Therefore, there are several huge coal bunkers on the Datang.
The coal stored inside can supply navigation for three months.
Of course, more coal can be loaded if some weapons reserves are sacrificed.
However, Yunhao felt that bringing two sail coal ships was much more reliable than sacrificing weapons reserves.
The two coal ships specially equipped for the Datang have been built.
This thing is a mixture of a sailboat and a steam engine ship.
You can use sails when sailing.
If necessary, you can use a steam engine.
The coal carried on one ship was more than double that carried on the Datang.
From now on, the Tang Dynasty will go out into the open sea, so Yunhao thinks it's better to be prepared.
Yunhao did not make a statement, he felt that in front of the workers.
Food, wine and rewards are more inspiring than the leader’s speech.
Everyone has been working hard for more than five years and has been waiting for this day.
Sure enough, when Li Wenzhong announced the reward.
Immediately the crowd became furious, and the clamor almost lifted the deck.
In fact, in Yunhao's opinion, the reward is a bit thin.
There is no way, in the concept of the Tang Dynasty people.
It would be good if the workers who will serve as supervisors are paid their wages.
I haven't seen that when the Sui Dynasty and Li Yuan were in power, the generals and supervisors were never paid.
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The food given out is rice, so if you want to eat some food, you have to grow it yourself.
If you want to eat meat, you have to secretly exchange it for grain.
Life is miserable The workers at the grassroots level can only earn ten guan each, which is the result that Yunhao has striven for.
For this reason, the old bastard Changsun Wuji stole several carts of watermelons from the Yun family.
Even though they only had ten thousand dollars, the workers were very happy.
Everyone was as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year, queuing up to collect money from the accounting office, with smiles on their faces.
I was wondering stupidly whether to buy some things for my home or buy two feet of cloth for my child to make a new set of clothes.
Some people are shameless and plan to buy a Silla maid or a Korean maid to enjoy the happiness of everyone.
After making money, Yunhao doesn't care how he spends it.
Ten accountants helped distribute the money, and soon everyone had money in their hands.
Ten shining silver guangyang, a Silla maid these days only has five guangyang.
Li Wenzhong asked Yunhao to speak in a very stupid way, and he also learned to mobilize the masses without any teacher.
When everyone applauded, Yunhao was invited to the stage to speak.
Yunhao had to stand up and walked to the stage to speak.
"Cough" looked at the dark crowd below, and there were pairs of happy eyes.
Yunhao coughed, and suddenly there was no sound in the crowd of more than two thousand people.
"Everyone has worked hard for five years, and the Datang is finally completed and launched."
As soon as Yunhao finished his first sentence, Li Wenzhong took the lead and a tsunami-like applause sounded below.
After a while, the applause fell and Yun Hao continued: "It's not the end of the ship just because it is built and launched.
We still have to go to sea with the ship to see if it can withstand the wind and waves at sea, and if there is anything that needs improvement."
So, everyone will follow me to the South China Sea.
This trip will take about a year.
I will give you three days off to arrange your family affairs, and we will leave in three days."
Yunhao's words suddenly dimmed the joyful eyes.
After five years of hard work, I was only allowed three days of rest.
Those who wanted to buy Silla maids immediately lost interest.
Someone bought a big girl with yellow flowers and kept it.
What if someone stole the suckling pig and ate it?
Those who live in Chang'an were even more surprised.
I thought I could go home with the money, but I didn't expect that I would have to float on the sea for a year.
It is said that the sea is not as good as the Yangtze River, and there are three-foot waves even when there is no wind.
A man who grew up on a loess soil will suffer a lot when he goes to sea.
Seeing the expression of the person below, Yunhao coughed again.
The "buzz" and "buzz" sounds suddenly stopped
"I know this is a bit unkind, so I have asked for permission from Your Majesty.
This year, everyone will have three times the salary.
If we fight at sea and capture something, we can also share some of it.
If we achieve military merit, the court will discuss the merits.
I will never force you to go to sea, which means that only one of the twenty of you can go to sea.
Those who are willing to get rich can go to General Li to sign up later.
You can disembark with the silver dollars.”
As soon as Yunhao finished speaking, there was another "buzz" and "buzz" sound in the cabin.
Three times the salary per year means that one year's salary is equal to the five years' reward.
If you capture something, you can still share some of it.
Oh my god, how fat are those people in the Liaodong Navy?
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Who doesn't know that these people are no different from pirates at sea.
Not to mention, there is still a chance to make military exploits.
Establishing military exploits.
Generations of craftsmen, who has accomplished military exploits?
The director of the shipyard, Zhao, is not qualified to be the director only because of his military exploits.
The head catchers in the yamen in Jiangling City are all fat men with military merit.
Many able-bodied young men have already begun to wonder whether to sign up.
Wealth and honor are sought in danger.
The Duke has given you this opportunity, so you must seize it.
But what can I do with the green flowers at home and my mother?
"Don't worry, everyone.
You have to go home and discuss such a big matter with your family.
Anyway, you can sign up tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
Yunhao smiled and pressed his hands, and the tension in the crowd suddenly eased a lot.
"at last" After hearing Yunhao's last words, everyone raised their heads and looked at the young Duke.
I don’t know what other tangled and good things are waiting for me.
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