One evening in mid-April, Jiang Xingchen sat in the yard fiddling with a round metal in his hand, with a happy smile on his face.
"Xingchen, what is this?" Tang Chuxue walked behind Jiang Xingchen and gently placed her white palm on his shoulder.
"Pocket watch! It was researched from the university, take a look!" Jiang Xingchen turned around, put the circular metal in his hand into Tang Chuxue's hand, and pressed a circular protrusion on the edge.
"Bang!" The circular metal bounced open, revealing the dial inside, and the ticking sound became very clear as the seconds hand moved.
"So exquisite!" Tang Chuxue couldn't help but admire. Compared with the big clock, this pocket watch was too small and delicate.
"The craftsmanship of this pocket watch is already quite good, and the error is very small." Jiang Xingchen said with satisfaction. Now almost all the main cities of the major territories of the Qiankun Empire are familiar with the new timing methods, and the clocks can be produced openly.
"This thing is very delicate inside and cannot be mass-produced on a large scale for the time being. You can sell the clock first, and then place the pocket watch after it has accumulated to a certain amount..." Jiang Xingchen immediately stood up, holding Tang Chuxue's shoulder with both hands and said: "This is
The first pocket watch is for you!”
"Okay!" Tang Chuxue nodded, feeling sweet. This was the first time Jiang Xingchen gave her a gift alone, and she seemed particularly cherished. Although she didn't say anything, she always saw Mei'er's gifts given by Jiang Xingchen over the years.
She tasted a little bit of a gift.
"It's cold tonight, let's have a rest in the room! I'll go find Grandpa Fu and tell him the plan to sell the watch!" Jiang Xingchen said, and was about to help Tang Chuxue into the house.
"Hey! I'm not that cute, I can help you walk." Tang Chuxue shook his head helplessly. He is the best master in the world, and now he can beat several like the old man.
Jiang Xingchen was about to make a few words, but suddenly the gate of the lord's mansion was knocked by a bang, and then Mo Hong's voice came: "Brother Jiang, urgently reported overseas that something happened!"
"Yeah!" Jiang Xingchen's expression became cold in an instant, and something happened overseas. The first thing he thought of was that Qing Jiao attacked Mingque Island, and his heart suddenly became thrust.
Although the little dragon grew up quickly, the Qing Jiao who had fully recovered was even more powerful. He was hit by a shell and then exploded and exploded by ten shells in the trap. The three pinks could not keep it. It is conceivable that the Qing Jiao who was not injured was so fierce.
Gently patted Tang Chuxue on the shoulder, Jiang Xingchen opened the yard door and walked out, whispering: "Let's go, let's go to the city hall to talk!" He was not willing to let his two wives listen to the news.
arrive.
"Hey!" Tang Chuxue watched Jiang Xingchen leave and sighed softly. He called his servants to come and close the yard...
In the city hall, Jiang Xingchen was feeling relaxed and heavy. There were urgent reports overseas, but it was not from Mingque Island and Qingjiao did not attack him, which really made him feel relieved.
However, the news from the emergency report was not optimistic, and even surprised him.
The letter was brought by Heilang, which said that a large black ship appeared in the waters south of Sizhou Island. It was very similar to the one in the Curse Land, but it was much faster. At least compared to the seventh floor full load
The treasure ship was going to be fast. He felt something was strange, so he sent two armed ships to track them to see if they were his own people.
Unexpectedly, two seven-story treasure ships were raided, and the other party also had cannons. At night, the two ships suddenly attacked, and the two ships caught off guard. One of the seven-story treasure ships sank in the cabin, and the other escaped by chance. Because the distance was very high
Recently, things happened suddenly, and it was too late to counterattack. Moreover, the opponent's artillery fire was quite fierce, and there was no time to save people. Heilang lost more than 100 pirates in this battle.
What is certain now is that this ship is definitely not a person. Although the Mu family in the Cursed Land has a grudge against Heilang, they are all under the jurisdiction of Xingchen, and it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing. The only possibility is that
A ship of a certain hidden force is not friendly to the Star Corps...
After reading the letter, Jiang Xingchen frowned and pondered. Just as Heilangling said, even if the Mu family had a grudge against Heilang, they would not take action without authorization.
"Where did the Black Wave Collar come from?" Jiang Xingchen asked in a deep voice.
"The Cursed Land!" Mo Hongxian replied: "The Black Wave Sea Eagle can only reach the Cursed Land. This letter was transferred by Han Xiaowu!" Mo Hongxian replied.
"What did Han Xiaowu say?" Jiang Xingchen asked again.
"Han Xiaowu said that it is indeed not our ship. After coming from the deep ocean, the new ship has not gone out. The young master of the Mu family has been studying the problems raised." Mo Hongxian shook his head.
Jiang Xingchen fell silent again, frowned and thought. The black ship appeared on the sea and was already in ruins, with potatoes, corn and incomprehensible notebooks on it.
At that time, Jiang Xingchen confirmed that the black ship was not built by a certain overseas force, but should come from a further place, or on the other side of the deep ocean... and now the other party actually has cannons, which is even more incredible. Remember to see a ghost.
When the boat was on, there were no traces of cannons on it.
Also, the other party's ship was almost over the seventh-story treasure ship. How did it do it? There was no excessive information about the big black ship in the letter, it just said that the appearance was very similar to that of the shipyard, whether there are sails or different places.
I don't know where it is.
There are already enemies of Qingjiao and the An family prince overseas. Now such a strange ship suddenly emerges, which makes overseas extremely strange, and Jiang Xingchen's mood gradually becomes solemn.
"I'm writing a letter to the Heilangling Collar. I want to meet everyone who has seen the black ship! In addition, I inform Han Xiaowu to suspend the research on the young master of the Mu family and wait for me to come over!" Jiang Xingchen fully felt the crisis at this moment.
.With Qing Jiao, most of the advantages in the air are lost. Now an unfriendly force with artillery fire emerges, and the advantages in weapons are also brought closer. If the ship falls behind, the Star Leader will be completely out of overseas.
It's time to play.
So now the design of the ship must be improved, which means that he doesn't care too much. Even if he uses charcoal, he must use the steam engine on the ship. Then the propeller is designed and the ship will be greatly improved.
After Mo Hongxian left, Jiang Xingchen called Grandpa Fu over and told him that the clock could be sold.
Grandpa Fu was very happy when he heard this, but before he could speak, Jiang Xingchen's next news shocked him: "The news came out in the monthly magazine that Xingchenling began to sell steam engines, with no limit on the quantity!"
"What" Grandpa Fu was as if he was struck by lightning, and his body was stiff.
"That's right, it's just selling steam engines!" Jiang Xingchen nodded. The attack on Black Wave was not simple. Since the other party had cannons, it means that the production process is not low and it is very likely that there is a steam engine.
If the other party is here to sell weapons and machinery, what's the point of pressing the steam engine?
It took a long time for Grandpa Fu to recover and nodded quickly: "I'll do this immediately, and I'll publish a supplement tomorrow!" (To be continued.)
ps: I will hold a parent-teacher meeting for my children in the afternoon. I don’t have time to write it anymore. This chapter is still two thousand. Please forgive me, brothers!
You can get the view after getting off the clouds.