After a tiring day, Hou Yao could finally go back to his room to take a comfortable bath and rest.

But just when he closed his eyes, he suddenly felt a figure outside the screen.

For some reason, he subconsciously thought it was Yu Xiuer, and when he couldn't help but laugh, he said:

"Why, are you planning to take a bath with your husband today?"

There was no sound outside the screen. Hou Yao opened his eyes and took a look. He saw an unkempt old man standing in front of the tub and looking at him dreamily.

"ah--."

Hou Yao let out a scream like a slaughtering pig on the spot and hurriedly protected his vitals.

With a "clang" sound, Yu Xiuer and Chen Junnan broke through the door and entered.

Yu Xiuer protected Hou Yao:

"Ms. sir, are you okay?"

Chen Junnan, on the other hand, restrained the old man with a move that split the muscles and bones.

The old man did not resist and allowed Chen Junnan to restrain him.

After Hou Yao saw that the old man was restrained, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked:

"Who are you? What is the purpose of breaking into my mansion?"

The old man smiled bitterly:

"Sir, you are so noble and forgetful. You don't remember me so soon?"

Hou Yao suddenly woke up and said:

"Are you that old lunatic from Xiantou Village? I remember your name was Wei...what are you talking about?"

Wei Daxing nodded and said:

"My lord has a good memory, I am Wei Daxing."

Yu Xiuer also remembered who this person was:

"You are the old madman who snatched the duck. Are you pretending to be crazy?"

Hou Yao suddenly burst into laughter:

"I have long suspected that you have a problem, but I didn't expect you to show up at your door yourself.

You must be deliberately hiding yourself like this, you must have very compelling reasons, and you must be coming to me to redress your grievances?"

Wei Daxing nodded first and then shook his head and said:

"No, the adults guessed half of it right. The villain does have a grievance, but it doesn't matter whether he can redress or not. The main thing is that the villain has something he wants to give to the adults."

"Send me something?"

"Please, little brother, could you please relax a little? I don't mean any harm."

Chen Junnan let him go and stepped aside, but his eyes were still closely watching his every move.

Wei Daxing took out a book wrapped in sheepskin from his arms. Just as he was about to hand it over, he suddenly withdrew his hand.

"Sir, are you sure you want to see it this way?"

Both Yu Xiuer and Chen Junnan looked back at Hou Yao.

Yu Xiuer immediately turned away in panic.

Chen Junnan pouted and whistled, sneering:

"Your Majesty's bird doesn't seem very majestic."

Hou Yao also looked down at himself and then remembered that he was still naked.

His face suddenly turned red, he hurriedly got into the bed, put on his clothes in a hurry, and then glared at Chen Junnan hatefully:

"It's none of your business whether it happens or not."

Chen Junnan pursed his lips:

"Isn't this a matter of lifelong sexual happiness for Junior Sister? Let me remind you,

In addition, Senior Brother has a secret technique here, which can become a great weapon and can control ten women at night without falling down. For the price of friendship..."

Hou Yao glanced at Yu Xiuer with a displeased face, and immediately interrupted:

"Is this what I am?"

After saying that, he gave a look that made every man understand. Chen Junnan understood and stepped aside and stopped talking.

Hou Yao turned to look at Wei Daxing:

"Okay, let's take a look at your things first."

Wei Daxing handed the book over with both hands:

"This book is the life-long effort of Ambassador Wu and I. I hope you can pass this book on. I am very grateful."

Hou Yao opened the book and took a look twice, and found that it was actually a book about shipbuilding.

If it were limited to the current era, this would definitely be called a unique book.

The book records almost in detail today's most advanced shipbuilding concepts and experiences.

It's a pity that it can only be regarded as useless to Hou Yao.

Ships with all wooden structures will eventually be eliminated by the times.

He opened the book and read a few pages. The more he read, the more familiar he felt, so he took out the "Machine Summary" and compared it.

I found that many handwritings in the two books were actually the same, and I was feeling strange. When I looked up, I found Wei Daxing looking at the "Machine Summary" with excitement on his face:

"How come...this book is in your hands?"

Hou Yao was stunned by "Machine Summary":

"You're talking about this? It was snatched from a group of pirates, what? Do you know this book?"

Wei Daxing nodded affirmatively:

"This is Ambassador Wu's notes. When we were building ships in Humen, Ambassador Wu asked me to learn shipbuilding skills with him."

Hou Yao suddenly understood that Ambassador Wu should be the second in command who was killed by Bai Tao.

"Okay, since it is your teacher's relic, let it be returned to its original owner."

As he spoke, he handed the book over.

Wei Daxing was stunned for a moment, then he stretched out his hands in great excitement, but only slightly touched the book, and then retracted his hands as if he was electrocuted.

"Sir, this thing is so important, why would you give it...to this villain?"

"Important? What aspect are you referring to? If you mean that this book is Master Wu's hard work, then it counts.

If it’s a review of content, it might be valuable to you, but to me, it’s still not that interesting.”

Wei Daxing thought of Hou Yao's various performances, and then suddenly nodded in understanding:

"Yes, I heard that you are extremely smart and can fly into the sky. These ordinary machines have indeed caught your eye.

But this "Shipbuilding Notes" is..."

Hou Yao shook his head slightly and interrupted:

"You are wrong. These two books have no meaning to me. Their only function is to bear witness to history.

Other than that, it’s of no use.”

Wei Daxing looked unconvinced and said:

"Why do you say this, my lord? Do you know that the 'Kunpeng Flagship' was invincible in all seas at that time, and its ship type was the treasure ship recorded in this book.

As long as you have enough financial resources to build it, it will be easy for you to conquer the world."

"You think too much. No matter how big the treasure ship is, it is still a wooden ship. Wooden ships will always be eliminated by the times.

And what I want to build is a steel fleet, which will not be eliminated easily."

"Sir, are you talking about the kind of big ship covered with iron sheets? Sir, this kind of ship is flashy and unreal.

Although steel can increase the ship's wear resistance and impact resistance, it greatly increases the load and its power is worrying..."

"You are wrong again. What I want to build is a water monster made of pure steel.

As for the motivation problem you mentioned, I will gradually solve it, and the results will be available within three years at most.

Rather than talking about this, I would rather tell you your story, I am more interested in it."

Wei Daxing looked at Hou Yao in shock. If someone else had said such a thing, he would have regarded it as bragging.

But for a person who has achieved countless awesome things, he will inevitably worry about what will happen if he does.

So he was stunned for a long time before saying:

"Sir, you are saying that it will take at least three years to build a giant steel ship that can sail on the sea? I wonder if you can let the villain also participate in it?"
To be continued...