Amidst Chunxiu's worries and Yan Xiwen's panic, they arrived at Yao County Wharf at noon.
What appeared before them was a huge ship!
When Yan Xiwen saw the finished product, his heart trembled, and his brows furrowed.
It is fifteen meters long and more than five stories high!
Especially those three tall masts, and the pitch-black cannons already mounted on the fore and aft decks. If this thing fired at the towns along the river... Yan Xiwen imagined such a scene in his mind. Who the hell could stand that?
Three huge white words were printed on its side: Dreadnought!
Fu Xiaoguan said that this is just a test ship, and the real ship will be built with steel... What on earth does this guy want to do?
At this moment, there were many craftsmen standing outside the shipyard, and Tan Laogen was directing the boatmen from Wu Dynasty to board the ship.
His face was full of excitement. Such a huge warship was completed as scheduled and it would be sea trialed today. If there were no problems with the sea trial, the second-floor cabin would be equipped with naval guns and shells sent from the Xishan Firearms Bureau.
"Everyone, be careful. The boatmen are also on board..."
Everyone stepped onto the ladder with great excitement. For these sailors who had been to sea before, they had never driven such a huge ship.
The way to drive this ship is different from any other ship they have encountered. Tan Lao Gen said that the oarsmen must cooperate with the sailors, and the helmsman must especially pay attention to the orders of the lookout, saying that this thing will run very fast... Although the Yangtze River is wide, this ship is too big. What if it accidentally hits a reef or even crashes into the shore? How can we explain this to His Highness?
The captain of this ship is named Peng Ze, who is nearly fifty years old. He has rich sailing experience in the Wuchao section of the Yangtze River and the near sea, but he dare not be careless at all.
As early as ten days ago, he had taken these sailors to familiarize themselves with the ship. The more they learned about the ship, the more cautious he became.
So precious!
He was extremely excited to be able to personally drive such a huge ship in his lifetime.
"Helmsman, take your positions!"
"Sailors in position!"
"Oarsmen, get ready!"
“…”
Peng Ze stood on the deck on the third floor and shouted at the top of his lungs, and the boatmen quickly took their positions.
The other shipbuilders also boarded the ship one after another and all went to the second floor, leaving only Tan Laogen standing on the second-floor deck.
"Open the floodgates!"
He roared, and the craftsmen who remained in the dock opened the gates, and the river water poured in.
Chunxiu watched nervously, not understanding how this big guy could get out of the space that bound it.
Yan Xiwen walked over to them. He bowed to Old Qin and said with great emotion, "When Fu Xiaoguan asked me to build a dock here, I thought since we were going to have a dock here, we should also build a dock to facilitate future shipbuilding."
"He paid for the dock himself. He said he wanted to hire someone to build a ship... How did I know what a ship was? Now that I know, I'm a little scared. This thing is a magical weapon for naval warfare! Lord Qin, do you think he would use a ship like this to conquer both sides of the Yangtze River?"
This was the first time Qin Bingzhong had seen such a thing in his life. How could he know its power?
So he shook his head. "It's so huge, so clumsy, I wonder how powerful it is... As for whether it will conquer both sides of the Yangtze River, Master Yan, do you think it's better to conquer it or not?"
Yan Xiwen choked and was unable to answer Qin Bingzhong's question.
Good or bad?
According to my grandfather's current arrangements and Gu Wen's analysis on the road, it is obvious that Yu Chao will be in trouble.
The size of this trouble depends on the future development speed of the Yu Dynasty.
If Fu Xiaoguan went to the Wu Dynasty, the Wu Dynasty would surely develop by leaps and bounds. If the Yu Dynasty could not keep up with the development pace of the Wu Dynasty, and if it fell far behind the Wu Dynasty in economy and military, then bombarding both sides of the Yangtze River would become very likely.
He originally thought that the Yu Dynasty had the Wofeng Dao as a blueprint, and after the other thirteen Daos were implemented, the economy of the Yu Dynasty would definitely keep up with the speed of the Wu Dynasty. But now he has lost this confidence. Fu Xiaoguan has endless tricks, and who knows how many cards he has in his hand!
Everything he did in Wofengdao could be easily achieved in Wu Dynasty.
But what about the backup plan he left behind?
The Wofeng Dao was never obtained, but the Wu Dynasty was able to implement it.
Take military affairs for example. Yu Wendao has indeed mastered the training methods of the Divine Sword Army. In time, the Yu Dynasty will also have the same combat power as the Divine Sword Army. But now he has come up with such a warship -
These shipbuilders are all from the Wu Dynasty!
They will follow Fu Xiaoguan!
What did they leave behind here?
Even if the blueprints were left behind, and even if the Yu Dynasty sent shipbuilders to replicate such a warship, this thing was just an experimental product!
When the second generation of real warships came out in the Wu Dynasty, the warships built by the Yu Dynasty were no match for the Wu Dynasty warships.
Why……!
Yan Xiwen let out a long sigh.
Fu Xiaoguan, it would be great if you really died on the battlefield of the Desolate Country!
Just as Yan Xiwen was becoming increasingly uneasy, the dock was filled with water, and the huge ship floated up. Then he saw many people pulling the huge ship slowly backwards.
Chunxiu opened her mouth in shock, only then did she realize how this big guy got out.
Master...you are amazing!
Chunxiu was filled with admiration, and the image of the young master became clearer.
As expected, my young master is omnipotent. A man like him should be the emperor!
The HMS Dreadnought withdrew from the dock. Whistles sounded on the ship, people were running up and down, and oars were stretched out from the water. As the oars moved, the giant ship gradually turned its bow.
Then she saw a sail rising, and there was a little person under the sail adjusting the direction of the sail. The huge ship began to move forward, a little clumsily, but looking very stable.
When the three sails were raised, the ship was getting farther and farther away from them, and its speed was getting faster and faster.
Then... it disappeared from the sight of Chunxiu and others.
It will definitely be a successful sea trial!
Chunxiu clenched her fists tightly. It was invented by the young master. Nothing invented by the young master has ever failed.
Yan Xiwen still stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the Yangtze River. The wind from the river blew, making his clothes flutter.
The two countries were said to be neighbors, could it be possible that they are about to be blown in half by the roar of those naval guns?
At this moment, he suddenly felt that fate was a very strange thing.
In the autumn of the eighth year of the Xuanli reign, Fu Xiaoguan, a small landlord from Linjiang, entered Nanjing.
In the autumn of the eleventh year of the Xuanli period, where would the small official Fu of the Yu Dynasty be?
What about in his so-called Chi Lechuan Autonomous Prefecture?
Or is he standing in the golden palace of Guanyun City, looking down at the important officials and listening to them shouting "Your Majesty"?
He is like that giant ship that has sailed away, and I’m afraid we’ll never see him again...!
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