"That's right. If you don't believe me, go and see. There's even the king's own handwriting on the boat."

Meng Yi said this with a helpless yet matter-of-fact look on his face.

Okay, Zhao Jun lowered her head and compromised.

"You guys don't look happy to see me. I worked so hard to get on this boat."

"I almost didn't get Fusu, but luckily, he was too busy managing two workshops to have the time."

Meng Yi said with a look of relief on his face.

"Where's the boat? It's docked at the shore. How did you get here from Xianyang?"

Xiao He ignored him and asked about the boat.

"Yes, yes, that's how the boat got here. It came faster than I thought."

Zhao Jun looked up again and asked curiously.

So Meng Yi slowly told the two of them about the thrills and excitement of the journey.

"In Xianyang, the prince and the king agreed to sail all the way here by land and water. We planned the route and places to stop along the way, and then we set off."

"You have no idea how dangerous this journey was. The currents in several rivers were extremely fast. The boat was shaking so much that I almost thought it was going to capsize. Fortunately, there was no danger."

"Then there's the place to dock. Juzi had planned the places for the boats to dock, but there were several places where it was impossible to dock. The boats couldn't even dock, so they had to walk and look for a place to stay. There were a few times when we almost ran out of coal. Fortunately, we were downstream and we still docked. Otherwise, you might not have seen me."

"Another time, the boatman didn't do a good job, and the boat stopped moving. Luckily, we had a young Mohist man on board who fixed it."

"In short, you can't imagine how difficult and dangerous our journey has been."

Meng Yi said this while covering his face as if to show his misery.

Zhao Junxiao He just looked at him quietly without saying anything.

"Okay, but the scenery along the way is something that ordinary people will never see in their lifetime."

Meng Yi sighed seriously.

"Okay, just be happy in your heart."

Zhao Jun had already seen that he was still happy on this trip.

Meng Yi pursed his lips to hide his smile.

"Then stop talking nonsense and take us to see the ship."

Zhao Jun urged Meng Yi to lead the way for them.

Along the way, Meng Yi kept chatting with Xiao He about what he saw and heard on the road.

Zhao Jun didn't want to listen, as he was only thinking about seeing the boat.

The upper reaches of the Changyuan River passed through the prefecture and county, and was some distance away from the county magistrate's office. It took them about half an hour to vaguely see the river.

Meng Yi walked in front and led them to the place where they could get off the boat.

A black boat was parked on the empty river bank.

The boat didn't look very big, but it was not on the same level as the small boat Zhao Jun had taken before.

The ship was made of iron in many places, with only a small area made of wood.

Even from such a long distance, Zhao Jun had already seen the words that Ying Zheng had written on the boat.

Then the three large characters in a flamboyant style were engraved on the side of the boat.

Zhao Jun's eyes lit up and he ran quickly to the riverside.

At this time, the people who stayed on the boat also ran down.

Xiao He also squeezed to the front and reached out to touch this "big guy" he had never seen before.

For people at that time, such a ship was indeed the largest he had ever seen.

He carefully touched the iron shell on the side and nodded continuously.

Meng Yi looked at the two of them proudly, then waved and took them aboard.

The cabin is quite large, with three separate rooms for people to rest.

At the bottom is the most critical power part of the entire ship, and next to it is a pile of coal waiting to be burned.

"Look, this is the engine room of a steam ship."

Meng Yi was extremely proud, as he was the first person to travel on this boat.

Zhao Jun looked around twice and found that most of them were similar to her previous drawings.

But I can make the things exactly as shown in the drawings.

Mr. Zhao was still full of admiration for Juzi.

"I don't understand the structure or the principle behind it at all."

Xiao He squatted beside him and muttered to himself.

He had never seen the internal schematic, and he couldn't understand the principle at all just by looking at the outer shell.

All that was left was a head full of doubts and amazement.

Afterwards, Meng Yi took them on a comprehensive tour of the entire ship.

"Isn't it quite exquisite? It's completely different from an ordinary wooden boat."

Even though he had already lived on the boat for half a month, Meng Yi still couldn't help but admire it when he walked around again.

Zhao Jun couldn't help but nodded.

It is indeed a world of difference from wooden boats, and it already has some traces of modern ships.

Although the size cannot be compared with those real ships, it is enough.

"Okay, I'll leave this boat here. What about you? When are you going to go back?"

After taking a detailed look around, they got off the boat and stood by the river.

"My Lord, when are you going back? Haven't you finished your work in Ba County?"

Meng Yi asked back.

"Things in Ba County are almost done, but there's still Shu County to deal with. It's still too early to go back to Ba and Shu."

Zhao Jun replied.

"Okay, but unfortunately I can only take a carriage back later."

Meng Yi sighed and said with some regret.

"However, since we're here, we must stay in Ba County for a while."

"Sir, what are you going to do next?"

Although it is an escort, we can't return as soon as we arrive. We have to at least have a look around.

"Okay, then you can come with us for two days. My work in Ba County is almost over. Then we will go to Shu County and you can go back to Xianyang."

Zhao Jun stared at the boat carefully for a few more seconds, then turned around and returned to the prefecture.

Xiao He also turned and left.

The three of them returned to the state and had a good night's rest. The next day, she directed the people on the boat to prepare to leave the state.

"Xiao He, please discuss the route with the boat operator. We'll probably have to stick to this route later on."

On the boat, Zhao Jun found a chair and sat on the deck, talking leisurely while enjoying the river breeze.

Xiao He had a map in his hand and had already planned the route.

Meng Yi, who got on the boat with him, was a little excited.

"Where are we going? Are we going to play in Bajun Mountain?"

"Where did you go before? I haven't heard much news from you in Xianyang."

The ship slowly moved downstream, and gradually smoke began to emerge from behind the ship.

There was also a flag on the boat fluttering in the wind, with the word "Qin" embroidered in gold thread on it.

Zhao Jun glanced at him and replied casually.

"You said you wanted to come and play, right? We'll take you to a nice place. You'll know when you get there."

This route is the waterway from Zhoujun to Jiangyuan County.

According to the map, this waterway runs between mountains and rivers, and can go directly from the prefecture to the source of the river.

This was also the delivery route for the winery that Zhao Jun had been optimistic about before.

"Okay, then I'd like to take a good look at this Bashu scenery that has been talked about so many times."

Meng Yi stood at the bow of the boat and watched the water gradually moving towards the mountains. Their boat also followed the water into Ba County.