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Some people even think that His Majesty let Concubine Yang take over the power of queen just to pave the way for Li Ke to become the prince.
This news spread to the surrounding state capitals at an extremely fast speed, especially the official newspaper of the Tang Dynasty, which spread to the state capitals of the Datang Dynasty through various official post stations.
When the news reached Yangzhou, Yangzhou and Suzhou had just finished planting the first season of grain.
After more than 20 days, the germinated seeds grew into strong and lush seedlings in the ground, and then began to transplant.
Chinese people in any era are industrious. After a few days of work, all the fields have been planted with seedlings.
Of course, not all fields are planted with high-yield seedlings, only a part of them are planted in a limited number, and the rest are the previous seedlings planted.
After finishing the grain planting, Li Ke also had a big event in mind.
As long as these crops grow and mature, the grain production after the Tang Dynasty will take off completely!
Li Ke, who was resting in the Governor's Mansion, received news from Chang'an.
"Old Li still misses feelings!"
After reading the news from Chang'an City, Li Ke couldn't help smiling.
He actually had some expectations in his heart this time, but the overall result was a pleasant surprise for him.
As for Li Shimin only bestowing the power of Empress Yang to Concubine Yang, he did not directly designate Concubine Yang as empress. Obviously, he still considered his relationship with Empress Changsun.
However, if Li Shimin really didn't even think about his relationship with Empress Changsun, Li Ke would be a little jealous of Li Shimin instead.
Li Shimin's love is still a good thing for Li Ke.
An emperor without emotion is the scariest thing.
Although it was impossible for the concubine mother to become the queen directly, she was already the actual master of the harem after all. With a little push in the future, becoming a queen was a certainty.
Li Shimin can do this with just one increase in cloth production.
He is looking forward to how Li Shimin will reward him after he tells Li Shimin about the harvest after the grain is mature and harvested this season.
"Let's leave this difficult problem for Lao Li to think about."
Li Ke shook his head and smiled, almost everything he was going to do next was due to great credit.
"Your Highness, Chief Zheng of the Yangzhou Shipyard sent a message that the first huge ship is about to be launched!"
At this time, Lu Shiqing entered his office and reported an important news to him.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Li Ke's eyes lit up immediately, and his whole body immediately became interested.
Is the first Galenic ship finally launching?
Li Ke couldn't sit still any longer, he got up and drove to the pier, and then took a boat to Yangzhou Shipyard.
After arriving at the Yangzhou Shipyard, seeing the tall and familiar Galen ship in the dock, Li Ke's eyes could not help but flash a bright light.
The ship in front of me can definitely be called the sea giant of the current era!
The tall hull, unique design, huge sails, and the black cannons on both sides of the giant ship.
Tell everyone that this is the invincible power of the sea in this era.
"¨See Your Highness!"
Zheng Tiancheng, the principal of the shipyard, also saluted Li Ke excitedly.
It took nearly a year, and with the collective efforts of a large number of high-level craftsmen, the construction of the first giant ship was finally completed.
The next step is to officially launch, and then start experiments and training.
"In the future, when the giant ship is launched into the water, we must prepare for the launching ceremony, prepare ribbons and salutes, and celebrate well!"
Seeing the completed Galen ship, Li Ke couldn't help showing a satisfied and happy smile on his face, and decided to have a grand launching ceremony.
The first Galen ship is launched, and then the dumplings will be dropped one by one.
This is his reliance on dominating the age of great voyages, so it shouldn't be more grand.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Hearing this, Zheng Tiancheng also nodded happily.
Next, preparations began, and Li Ke also decided to officially launch the Galen ship tomorrow.
Time soon came to the next day, and the shipyard was bustling with activity from early in the morning.
Yesterday's Galen ship was also covered with various red festive ribbons and a long banner.
Impressively written on it: Warmly celebrate the launch of Datang's first giant ship!
At a glance, it looks quite modern.
Li Ke, Zheng Tiancheng, and some key craftsmen of the shipyard cut the ribbon together.
Then someone nearby lit a salute, and the salute shot into the sky and exploded.
boom! boom! boom!
For a while, the atmosphere in the entire shipyard suddenly became lively.
All the craftsmen and apprentices waited for the giant ship to launch with excitement and anticipation.
After the ceremony, the dock began to divert water. When the seawater filled the dock, the giant ship could float up with the buoyancy of the seawater, and then enter the sea.
Several hours later, the first Galen ship was finally successfully launched into the sea.
From then on, the goal of this Galen ship is to conquer this vast sea!
"Go, go up and test the boat."
Li Ke was very interested, so he greeted Zheng Tiancheng directly and asked him to go on board together.
"Your Highness, after all, this boat has just been launched and has not been tested, so it may be dangerous!"
Hearing this, Zheng Tiancheng was startled immediately, and quickly dissuaded Li Ke.
Not only him, but other craftsmen in the shipyard also panicked.
Although they are very confident in their craftsmanship, they have checked repeatedly before launching into the water, and they are sure that there should be no problem.
But that was all checked on the shore. Who knows what problems will arise after the actual launch?
Once something goes wrong and Li Ke is in danger on the ship, they will not be able to bear the responsibility if they die ten thousand times!
"What are you afraid of? Isn't the boat equipped with a small boat? If something goes wrong, just take the small boat."
"Besides, this king still trusts your craftsmanship."
Li Ke didn't care much about it. Even if there was a leak in such a big boat, it would take a long time before it sank.
At that time, I had already left in the boat above, and basically there would be no problems.
The reason why he must go on board is not to test the performance of the ship.
But to witness the power of the artillery on the giant ship!
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Chapter 270 Cannon Test at Sea!Shoot the target with precision!
As for the performance of the ship, he is not very interested.
After all, this ship was designed by him, and he learned the detailed information before crossing.
This ship has no secrets in front of him, and there is no need to try it.
Seeing that Li Ke had already decided to board the ship, Zheng Tiancheng and the others couldn't say anything more.
And they also felt that what Li Ke said was very reasonable, even if something happened, they could still leave in the small boat equipped on the ship.
Besides, they are very confident in their craftsmanship and this giant ship, and the chance of accidents is not high.
So, a group of people surrounded Li Ke and came to the side of the giant ship in a small boat.
A wooden frame that can stand two people is put down on the boat, and it is very safe for people to stand inside.
Then someone on the giant ship pulled a strong hemp rope, and used the pulley block on the giant ship to pull the wooden frame and the people inside to the deck of the big ship.
This is a bit similar to the take-off and landing equipment on modern ships, or elevators.
After arriving on the deck, Li Ke looked down at the sea surface again, and immediately fully felt the height of the Galen ship's hull!
In his eyes, the boat he just rode over suddenly became small.
With everyone on board, the crew also began to set sail and prepare to set sail.
After all, it is only the first time to go into the water, and a trial voyage is still needed, so I won't run very far, just sail in the surrounding waters.
During the voyage, many craftsmen are observing and checking everywhere to see if there is any water leakage, whether the water leakage is large or not, and so on.
Leakage is normal, and even the current ships are hard to say that they are absolutely leak-free.
The capacity of drainage greater than the capacity of water leakage is enough to ensure the normal navigation of the ship.
Moreover, the new boat will definitely leak when it is launched into the water, because it is all wooden structure, and there will inevitably be gaps.
However, as long as the wooden boards of the ship are soaked in water and swell, the gap will be filled naturally, so as to achieve good waterproof performance.
"Your Highness, there are a few small problems on the ship, but they are not major. There are no major problems on the ship as a whole!"
After a while, Zheng Tiancheng came over to report to Li Kehui with an excited face.
A few small problems can be solved soon after returning, and these small details will be paid attention to when building 177 ships later.
As long as there are no major problems, it means that this giant ship has been successful!
"good."
Li Ke nodded in satisfaction, not surprised in his heart.
After all, the blueprint he gave was tested by a large number of Galen ships in later generations, and it is a fully mature ship.
As long as it is built according to the drawings, there will be absolutely no major problems.
"Your Highness, although this ship is big, it sails extremely fast and is extremely stable!"
"According to my opinion, even if encountering relatively large waves, this ship can survive safely."
Standing on the deck, Zheng Tiancheng said to Li Ke in great surprise and surprise.
He has been on so many boats, small boats and big boats, but only this boat gave him the best riding experience!
You must know that this is at sea. Although today's wind and waves are not too big, there are still wind and waves.
If you change to the previous big ship, it will definitely not be as stable as it is now!
It is still so stable in the face of this kind of wind and waves, which shows that the ship's ability to resist wind and waves is much stronger than other large ships.
In this way, even if the ship is not so stable in the face of greater wind and waves, at least it can sail normally.
No matter how bad it is, the safety of the ship and all people on board can be guaranteed.
This advantage is undoubtedly very suitable for long-distance voyages.
Hearing this, Li Ke just smiled and didn't say much.
These were all within his expectations, nothing surprising.
"Try the artillery."
Li Ke said to Qu Wenkang who came with him.
There is a specialization in the art industry, and the Galen ship will naturally be delivered to the navy for use.
So Li Ke asked Su Dingfang to arrange for someone to select a group of people from the navy to train them and train them to be qualified artillerymen.
Now these artillerymen followed Qu Wenkang to the giant ship, and they were already in position at the artillery position in advance.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Qu Wenkang immediately sent someone down to order.
"How many guns are on this ship?"
Li Ke asked Zheng Tiancheng a question.
"Your Highness, because this is the first ship, we were a little conservative when we built it. We only reserved 32 cannons, so there are only 32 cannons."