Chapter 536: Retreat

Ship? Hey, mentioning this, Huang Yannian, who had just been beaten to pieces by Gu Qingcheng, straightened his back instantly! Every profession has its own specialty! Yes, your Gu family is a thousand-year-old family, the top family in the Southern Dynasty.

But, when it comes to shipbuilding, your Gu family cannot compare to our Huang family.

The Huang family has been in Lingnan for more than a hundred years. They have integrated with the local people and have become accustomed to making a living at sea.

For a large family like the Huang family that lives by the sea, a ship is not just a means of transportation, but also an important means of making wealth.

All ships are not the same.

The Southern Dynasties had many lakes and swamps, and had far more and more advanced ships than the Northern Dynasties.

However, most of those ships can only cruise in rivers, lakes and ponds, but not in the sea.

Without going to the seaside, people will never be able to imagine how big the world is and how deep the sea is.

The key point is that the sea is not like rivers, and even less like land.

In addition to a ship with a deep draft and heavy load, it also requires a nautical chart, as well as an experienced helmsman and crew.

Otherwise, if you rashly enter the sea, you will be seeking death.

Huang also spent nearly two hundred years in Lingnan and more than one hundred years exploring the sea before achieving today's results.

Gu family?

Well, it is noble indeed, but the sea does not recognize aristocrats.

Tornadoes, house-sized sea fish, small boats that can’t handle ocean voyages, and all the diseases that can occur during ocean voyages…

The sea is indeed full of inexhaustible wealth, but getting it is not easy! Well, having said so much, let’s go back to the starting point - the ship!

Those small sampans and wooden boats that can sail freely in rivers are not allowed to go to the sea at all!

Gu, you wouldn't take the boat on the river bank and treat it as a treasure ship, would you?

When Huang Yannian thought of this, a mocking arc appeared on the corner of his mouth.

That’s great, the Wujun Gu family can also be so shallow and ignorant at times.

Li Mingzhu: ...What is this man with the nose thinking about? He is not imagining that he wants to see Ah Qing make a fool of himself! Tsk, it's ridiculous.

Who is Aqing?

She is not just a girl from an aristocratic family, nor is she just a thirteen-year-old girl, but she possesses wisdom and talents that are beyond the reach of adult men.

Li Mingzhu and Gu Qingcheng have known each other for three years, which is neither long nor short.

Li Mingzhu witnessed Gu Qingcheng's enchantment with her own eyes, and also experienced firsthand what a genius is.

Compared with someone who is so well-planned and looks ahead, you will only make yourself uncomfortable! Boat? Yes, the Huang family seems to be better at this.

But Li Mingzhu had a mysterious confidence in Gu Qingcheng - since Aqing mentioned it, she must be completely sure.

"Yes, I found the blueprint of the treasure ship built by Xu Fu when he sailed eastward in an ancient book!"

Gu Qingcheng is such a smart and perceptive person.

Li Mingzhu could see Huang Yannian's arrogance and complacency, so how could she not see it?

However, she did not get angry, but started to make up stories to Huang Yannian.

Huoshui: ...Haha, you are really good at making up stories! Xu Fu! Why don't you talk about Zheng He's treasure ship? Oh, that's not right!

The time doesn't match! So, we can only use the story that only exists in unofficial history or legend.

"Xu Fu's voyage to the East?"

Huang Yannian was half-believing and half-doubting.

Of course he knew the story of Xu Fu going to Penglai Island to seek immortality for the First Emperor.

But this, this story is obviously mythical.

Penglai Fairy Island?

That is the legendary residence of gods.

Even if it really exists, you don't have to take a boat to go there.

If someone else told this story and used it as an example, Huang Yannian's first reaction would be to spit on it! However, the person who said this was the daughter of the Wujun Gu family.

A noble family, besides its long history of glory, what attracts the world the most is its rich collection of books.

Ancient books from the Pre-Qin period, various rare and precious books that exist in legends, as well as essays and letters written by ancestors from past generations, are the foundation of family inheritance and also the greatest wealth of the family!

Perhaps, if there is such a book in the Gu family's collection? Not only does it record the story of Xu Fu's voyage, but it also draws the blueprint of the treasure ship!

Tsk, that’s a ship that can go to Penglai Island. It can even go to the place of gods. Can’t it roam freely on the sea?

Huang Yannian was actually frightened.

Troublemaker:...So easy to cheat!

Gu Qingcheng: ...What do you know? This is a noble family! The golden signboard built over thousands of years is mysterious and fantastic. Even if Gu Qingcheng says something outrageous, there will be people who believe it! Of course, if Gu Qingcheng wants to achieve cooperation with Huang's, he will not rely on deception alone.

She had to come up with some bait!

"How about this? I have ordered the craftsmen to start making the model. Mr. Huang will come back in half a month, and we will discuss the cooperation in detail!"

Gu Qingcheng said lightly.

Huang Yannian: "Are there any models?"

It seems that the girl from the Gu family really did not lie to me.

Could it be that they really have the blueprints of the treasure ship? Huoshui scratched his nose, "Your Majesty, where did you get a model of the treasure ship?"

Are we going to copy Zheng He’s treasure ship?

However, the system has imposed various restrictions on Gu Qingcheng.

As long as she leaves the novel world, the skills and knowledge she has learned in each mission world will be sealed.

Gu Qingcheng replied calmly, "Starship + 'common sense'!"

The system does deliberately restrict her, but there are loopholes that can be exploited.

For example, the skills extracted in each world can be brought back to this world.

For another example, Gu Qingcheng discovered that as her character value, merit value and other values ​​increased, the system's "seal" on her seemed to loosen.

The amount of "common sense" she could think of was increasing.

This time, the treasure ship was an attempt by Gu Qingcheng.

She vaguely discovered some truth about the system, and she wanted to verify it further.

Huoshui didn't know Gu Qingcheng's true purpose, but he was still shocked by her answer: "Star, starship?"

Are you kidding me? Starships are a black technology that may not be realized in the future.

It is only in novels that fantasy comes true thanks to the plot.

As for Gu Qingcheng, she was living in an imaginary dynasty more than a thousand years ago, a feudal era without even a steam engine. She, she actually wanted to borrow a starship——

Well, it seems to work! She only needs to borrow the outer shell and basic frame of the starship, and does not need to completely restore the plate, power and other black technologies. Just "having the form" is enough to dominate the sea in this time and space! "So, when you were in the system space, you already thought of building a treasure ship in this world?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Although Huoshui has been completely convinced, every time he sees Gu Qingcheng's "plans", he can't help but want to crawl on the ground and cheer for the boss crazily.

Gu Qingcheng didn't say anything. Her silence was her answer - of course! In fact, Gu Qingcheng had been planning to build the ship earlier than Huoshui had guessed.

She traveled through time more than a dozen times, witnessed the vastness of the world, and knew the immensity of the universe.

The Celestial Empire is just a small corner of the earth.

The ground is only a small part of the blue planet.

More areas are oceans.

If you want to conquer the world, you can't avoid long-distance sailing.

Not to mention, Gu Qingcheng also has to give the Gu family a way out.

What she was about to do was not earth-shattering, but it was a major event that would cost the lives of her entire family and even her entire clan.

If you succeed, you will be able to rule the world; if you fail, your entire clan will be overthrown.

Gu Qingcheng is ambitious, and her relatives and clansmen also support her ambition.

Since her family treated him like this, she naturally had to consider her family more.

If she loses and can no longer stay in the Celestial Empire, she can still go out to sea.

There are many islands in the southeast and South China Sea nearby, and there are larger and more vast lands in the distance.

As long as there are ships and people, the Gu family can leave the East and still create a world of their own!

Of course, all of this needs to be done step by step.

Gu Qingcheng already had a plan.

She could try it out on the surrounding islands first.

For example, Taiwan’s treasure island and Fuso!

Yes, that's right! Although Fusang is a little poor and disaster-prone, it has one great advantage -

"Silver mine?"

Gu Heng sat cross-legged on the cushion, fanning himself with his hands.

Alas, everything about Lingnan is good except the climate, which is hot and humid. Even if you sit still, water can be wrung out of your clothes.

Although there was an ice basin in the room, the heat could not be blocked.

However, at this moment, Gu Heng didn't care about the heat, but stared at his little granddaughter with burning eyes.

"Yes! This is the largest silver mine in the world!"

After Gu Qingcheng sent Huang Yannian away, she returned to Luozhou.

On the way back to Luozhou, Gu Qingcheng drew a simple sea chart based on "common sense".

She specially drew several small islands in Fuso and marked several important points.

After returning to Luozhou, Gu Qingcheng went straight to his grandfather's study.

Gu Heng: ...I am very pleased! Alas, his daughter Aqing is so hardworking and hardworking.

At the age of thirteen, I am busy all day long.

She was already a demon, yet she was still so hardworking. If she didn't succeed, who would succeed? Not to mention the other miserable granddaughter of the Northern Dynasty, even many outstanding men in the world could not compare to my own Ah Qing.

"I have found the blueprints for the treasure ship and plan to work with Huang to build it together."

"With the treasure ship, we can go straight to Fuso. Fuso already has a so-called emperor, but he is still no more than a savage."

Gu Qingcheng had mixed emotions when she mentioned Fusang.

Logically, she is a true ancient native, and the idea of ​​great unification and the concept of the Chinese nation are not very strong.

Unfortunately, she has traveled through time too many times and has experienced the Republic of China, modern times and other worlds.

Therefore, she was very clear about how ambitious the people on that small island were.

Those who are not of my race shall be killed! Besides, she didn't really want to do anything now, she just wanted to mine some silver first. Gu Qingcheng felt that she was still quite merciful.

Gu Heng looked at his granddaughter, who had a self-righteous and murderous look on her face, and then looked at the series of small islands on the map.

Regardless of whether it is a silver mine or not, this place, isolated overseas, can serve as a base for the Gu family.

Gu Heng is indeed an old fox, and he knows the principle of "a cunning rabbit has three burrows".

Since his granddaughter has great ambitions, Gu Heng has already decided to lead the clansmen to fully support her, but he also needs to make more preparations.

Gu Heng originally wanted to go to places further south from Lingnan.

However, the living environment there is even worse.

Going out to sea seems to be a good choice...

(End of this chapter)