Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

"The literati say that a scholar dies for a confidant, although I am not a scholar, but I understand this reason. Craftsman Wu Jixuan's eyes were full of starlight, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and he whispered. He made an oath for the king whom he had never met.

"Master Wu, you said that the third ship is not more stable. A craftsman muttered, at this moment the steam engine rumbled loudly, and the speed of the ship went up, the bow of the ship was slightly upturned, and the stern of the ship brought out three long traces of white foam on the surface of the river.

"Oh. Craftsman Wu Jixuan came back to his senses after being reminded, he raised his foot and stood on one leg, and he was as steady as walking on the ground, and couldn't help but ask: "What is the improvement of No. 3, but it is equipped with a ball bow." "

According to Wang Pu's drawings, although the shape of this steam-powered ship resembles a ship, the bottom of the ship is a strange three ridges, one in the middle and two in the back, Wang Pu called it a trimaran. Three months ago, the No. 1 ship was launched for sea trials, and the conclusion was that the new shape of the ship was quite worthless, the construction was too complicated, the materials were too luxurious, the hull bearing was limited, and during the journey, after the middle ridge of the front end was divided, the waves were hitting the ridges on both sides, and the ship was like a pendulum.

In addition to the disappointment, they were even more afraid to die, but the peak did not anger the craftsman, and then Wang Pu's letter was sent, but it was agreed to make a lot of ship models with different ridge lengths, pull them with fiber ropes on the water, select the model with the best sailing state, and then build it in the same way. This letter is credited with a lot of words, but the gist of it is not difficult to figure out, and the No. 2 ship built by this method is very useful.

Wang Pu's letters kept coming, and the craftsmen did not dare to slack off, so they added a very coquettish bow at the front end of the middle ridge of the No. 3 ship.

"I can't imagine that such a strange copper bump can be so beneficial. Craftsman Wu Jixuan walked quickly to the bow of the ship, leaned down to look, only to see the bow of the ball under the boat lying under the water, only faintly reflecting some outlines, and said angrily: "I have been doing this for decades, and my predecessors have not been so particular about it for generations. "

"Hehe, I built this bow with my own hands, I learned this craft to pass it on to my family, and I don't lose a lot of hardship. Behind him, a craftsman was pulling a pair of black and bloodshot palms and cried with joy, there is a proverb among the craftsmen, a thousand gold does not change a family heirloom, it can be seen how rare and valuable this peerless craftsmanship is.

The people on the bank of the river saw the sailless boat, holding a long smoke and gradually moving away, and the farmers by the river saw the strange scene here, although they were still stunned for the first time, and the children were especially happy, calling friends to watch.

Jin merchant Fan Yongdou was entrusted by Wang Pu to pick up the wind for Qian Qianyi, from half a month ago, he came to Pinglu County early, during the busy Zhang Luo Song Girl, wine and pavilions, unexpectedly Qian Qianyi's ship entered the port the day before yesterday, and he didn't pay attention to him, only said that he didn't dare to forget the country, and the voice of the dog was resting, and he went to the county government to find the county order Chen Shiliang, Chen Shiliang did not dare not welcome, but he knew that Qian Qianyi had a lot of ties with the princes of the dynasty. The officials in the county don't have too many taboos, as the saying goes, when the gods fight, they will hurt the fish in the pond, they are not even shrimp, just seaweed, but they can relax and accompany Qian Qianyi.

"Wang Pu, you are a turtle grandson, isn't this deliberately making things difficult for me, the big turban dislikes my businessman background, and he doesn't even talk about it at all, damn it, my Fan family is a wealthy family in Jinyang, a wealthy family. Fan Yongdou secretly hated in his heart, and scolded these big people, sweating tightly in his palms. But thinking that the situation is stronger than people, I can't help but be discouraged, a military leader like Wang Pu can not afford to offend in this war-torn year, Qian Qianyi is the leader of Confucianism in the south, such a person said a word in the Ming Dynasty, comparable to the holy decree, no, sometimes it is more effective than the holy decree.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly straightened his mind, took a few steps forward, squeezed away the rest of the crowd, and said with a sneer: "Wang Jiezhi ordered the small people to entertain the distinguished guests well, if the distinguished guests do not give up, you might as well go and see another artifact of our Shenjia Battalion." "

"Oh, where is the artifact. Seeing that this cheap businessman stepped forward shamelessly, Qian Qianyi frowned slightly, but his mental cultivation was to the perfection realm, and then he only smiled indifferently and asked.

"A flying artifact, haha, two have been sold so far, and a third is arriving here, ready to be transferred to King Lu's Mansion. Fan Yongdou said with his eyebrows flying.

"Feitian, could it be, is it Luban's wooden kite. Qian Qianyi's expression changed greatly, and he turned out to be on the spot, and asked in shock.

"No, uh, it's more like a Kong Ming lantern. Fan Yongdou didn't know what the magic of Lu Ban's wooden kite was, but the hot air balloon was obviously not like a paper kite, so he shook his head and said.

"Oops, oops, it's a tick, Kong Ming lantern. Qian Qianyi lifted his forehead and said with annoyance: "I won't look at that thing." He turned his head and ignored it.

"That Kong Ming lantern

can carry people, not an ordinary Kong Ming lantern. "

"Hey, what are you talking about?Ah, I understand, Kong Ming lantern manned can be used to detect the enemy, no wonder the book is falsely said that Kong Ming lantern is used for fire attack, I have always been able to disagree, sure enough, there is a fallacy in the book, it turns out that carrying people is the true use of Kong Ming lantern, hahaha, wonderful, wonderful. Qian Qianyi suddenly smiled and couldn't help but feel like a child was happy.