Steel Dynasty - Chapter 35

[Chapter 35 Trip to Chang’an]

“Your Highness, I think you are drunk too.” Zi Yuan touched Luluo, “Let your Highness go back and rest.”

Luluo nodded and stepped forward to help Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming was not very drunk just now, but he never thought that the wine would be very powerful. After talking for a while, he really felt dizzy, so he had to go back to the dormitory with Lu Luo’s help.

Zi Yuan also went downstairs and saw Lu Luo helping Xiao Ming back. She called the servant who was responsible for transporting Zui Qingzhou wine and said, “The Zui Qingzhou distilled this time and sent to the Qin family last time, don’t let the Qin family go in a hurry.” Damn it, I need to bring up your highness’s poem now.”

“Yes, Miss Zi Wan,” the servant responded.

Zi Wan turned around and went to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone. It happened that Luluo came back at this time. She said: “The Qin family is going to Chang’an tomorrow, and His Highness is drunk again. It seems that only you and me can copy this poem.” , stick them on the wine jar one by one. “

“Hehe, in that case, my sister’s handwriting is so beautiful, you can just write it and I’ll just stick it on it,” Luluo said with a smile.

Zi Wan rolled her eyes at Luluo and said, “You are the most lazy.”

After that, she handed a piece of Chengxintang paper to Luluo and said: “This Chengxintang paper was brought from Chang’an by the empress. It is very valuable. You cut it.” Be more careful when you are there, His Highness said, this Chengxintang paper looks good with Zui Qingzhou.”

Lu Luo took it carefully. This Chengxintang paper is the most famous paper in the Chongqing Kingdom. It has a skin as soft as a membrane and is as strong as a membrane. It is as clean as jade, thin and smooth, and literati often leave their calligraphy on this kind of paper.

With a distressed look on her face, Luluo said, “Same for you, Your Highness. How can such precious paper be posted on a wine jar? It’s business to copy and frame poems on it, and what’s the style?” “

I don’t know either. , It’s probably his nonsense again, and I advised him not to waste it, but His Highness said there will be plenty of paper for us to use after a while.” Zi Wan shook her head.

“That’s right, Your Highness now has a lot of ideas.”

The two looked at each other and smiled, one person pasted on the colored paper, and the other copied it.

At noon, they would post all of Zui Qingzhou and ask Li San to send Zui Qingzhou to Qin’s house. At this time, Xiao Ming also woke up.

He wasn’t very drunk, he just took a nap to get over it.

After asking about Zui Qingzhou, he learned that everything had been sent to the Qin family. He felt relieved. Li San could leave for Chang’an tomorrow.

In the afternoon, he discussed with Ziyuanluo again and asked Li San to purchase some things from Chang’an.

Vegetable oil Xiao Ming was listed first. These days, he occasionally eats vegetable oil. Sometimes there are breaks due to shortage of supplies. Now he really can’t stand it. He can still cook vegetables after buying vegetable oil.

Then there are some snacks such as bacon, maltose, and pastries. This place is not as modern as it is in modern times. When winter comes, vegetables are not eaten at all. At this time, radish has not been introduced to the country of Chongqing.

Cabbage is a native domestic product. In this midwinter season, cabbage is also sold in Qingzhou. You can buy it in the East Market and West Market in Qingzhou.

Thinking of a modern winter home-cooked dish called cabbage and pork stewed with vermicelli, Xiao Ming’s saliva was as if the Yellow River was overflowing. However, when he thought of the vermicelli, he suddenly wilted again. The sweet potato used in the vermicelli seemed to be a foreign product and was not available in the country of Chongqing.

“It’s really a place where supplies are scarce.” Xiao Ming flicked his sleeves for the last time and stopped thinking about what to buy. Anyway, there were only a few items.

But for him, this is also an opportunity. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and other common things on modern dining tables are not available in Chongqing. If he can bring these things over and plant them in the fiefdom.

Just with the high yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes, does he still have to worry about the people in his fiefdom not having enough to eat?

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming thought of Zhang Liang. He left him behind just to build ships, and to build big ships.

Today’s Great Chongqing is like a complacent and arrogant frog locked in a well. It still knows nothing about the outside world. If the historical process of the West had not been interrupted, then now would be the glorious age of navigation. .

The country he loved before was lost to the era of sea power, and he couldn’t let this happen.

Of course, he also understands that the upper-class dignitaries of Dayu who are immersed in the dream of the beauty of heaven will not agree with him, but he does not need anyone’s approval. With his own fiefdom, he can completely use his own power to be a pioneer. .

Leaving Aster and Lulu to continue discussing the purchase excitedly, he went up to the third floor of the main hall alone.

Here, he could have a panoramic view of Qingzhou City, picked up a piece of paper again, and drew the Galen Ship, the most famous ocean-going sailing ship in the Age of Discovery.

This kind of ship is a three-rail sailing ship. Its life lasted for almost hundreds of years. It was modified several times until the emergence of steel giant ships and was eliminated from history.

The Black Pearl in Pirates of the Caribbean looks like Galen’s ship.

Of course, Xiao Ming also mastered the structure of the treasure ship and the fortune ship, but the treasure ship was too huge compared to the Galen ship and was not suitable for later warship modifications.

This kind of galenic ship, which has been popular for centuries, has a long and narrow hull, low sides, and square sails. Its seaworthiness has obvious advantages among all types of sailing ships at that time.

And the most important thing is that it is suitable for naval battles. The Galen ship with cannons on the left and right sides was also a model for later battleships.

The picture Xiao Ming draws now is of course not the original Galen ship, but a later improved model that has been optimized in terms of seaworthiness, construction speed, and material saving.

He also left gun ports on both sides of the ship, which could be converted into gunboats at any time in the future.

But of course his purpose in building Galen’s ship now is not for naval battles, but for potatoes.

Compared with the steel assembly line, the structure of the Galen ship is much more complicated. Xiao Ming only painted one-twentieth of it after spending an afternoon.

Because he had slept in the morning, he was not sleepy at night. Time waits for no one, and it was snowing anyway. He painted again all night, and completed another part early the next morning.

At this time, Li San came over to greet him and talked about his trip to Chang’an.

“When you go to Chang’an this time, you must be careful in your words and deeds, and don’t cause trouble. Do you understand?” Xiao Ming reminded sternly.

Li San’s mission was to get the money, and he didn’t want to make any mistakes.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Li San was startled and nodded quickly.

Taking Li San with him, Xiao Ming made another special trip to the dock. This time he paid more attention to the matter.

“Your Highness, this time I will go to Chang’an with Li San, so Your Highness can rest assured.” Qin Mu said to Xiao Ming while standing on the merchant ship.

Xiao Ming nodded. Qin Chuanyun was still a bit cunning. Qin Mu followed him, which made him feel a little relieved. “Then I’ll leave it to Brother Qin this time.”

Qin Mu nodded, ordered the boatman to row, and said to Xiao Ming Say goodbye with fists clasped.

Xiao Ming also clasped his fists and watched the gray merchant ship slowly leave.

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(End of chapter)