The generals and soldiers were ready, and with the silver coins approved by the emperor himself, the first ship of the Liang Kingdom officially left the factory.
The dock was built on a beach on the edge of the South China Sea, but in order to be able to practice at the Imperial Palace, it was towed into the canal as soon as it was launched, and then transported from the canal along the Capital Avenue to the Imperial Palace.
This was the first time for the people in the capital to see such a huge ship. In addition, it was sailing on land, which made people feel unprecedented. So the people who came to watch surrounded the streets of the capital.
The leader of the escort kept beating the gongs and drums in his hands: "Everyone, make way, everyone, make way, the warship is about to enter the palace!"
It made the drummer's ears ring continuously.
After finally arriving at the palace, it was difficult to drive in because the palace gate was too low. Immediately, more than thirty strong men unloaded the boat and carried it on their shoulders.
After carrying it to the lake, the emperor had been waiting on the pavilion for a long time. Seeing this majestic warship, he was full of expectations.
The warship was placed on the slope by the lake. The emperor looked around and said to Huo Jingchen: "Get into the water!"
Huo Jingchen then led many warriors to push the warship down the lake.
The lake surface suddenly splashed with three-foot-high waves. The warship swayed on the lake surface for a few times and finally stabilized.
Dozens more sailors boarded the warship in small boats and sailed the warship to the pavilion.
"Long live the emperor, the Royal Navy has assembled, please give your instructions!" Huo Jingchen looked at the emperor respectfully, his eyes filled with pride.
The emperor looked at the behemoth in front of him, and his heart could be said to be full of passion. Suddenly he suddenly said on a whim: "Come here, I want to go to this warship and have a look!"
The people around him immediately shouted and moved a small boat to the pavilion. Immediately, Eunuch Xia, who was beside the Queen Mother, came up to stop him: "Wait a minute, the Emperor has a body of ten thousand gold. My Majesty..."
Before Eunuch Xia could finish speaking, he was kicked to the ground and fell upside down.
The emperor reprimanded: "What do eunuchs know? It's a good thing if you don't harm the country and the people."
The emperor boarded the warship and walked to the cab. He was even more excited when he saw the majestic spray of water outside.
Huo Jingchen diligently came over to introduce him to the bows, arrows and artillery on the ship. He also fired a few empty cannons in the lake.
"Well done. If the Japanese pirates meet, they will definitely go away and never come back!" So he also stepped forward and wanted to put a few coins.
The Queen Mother next to her was so frightened that her legs trembled when she saw it, as if she felt that the whole back garden was shaking.
"My ancestors, you can't do it, you can't do it!" She took the hand of the little eunuch beside her: "Then the emperor is also on the boat? If the boat capsizes, what will happen?"
From the moment he was born, the emperor has been cared for by the queen mother like a treasure. Wherever he goes in the palace, he is surrounded by thousands of people, with dozens of maids and eunuchs at his disposal.
Except when he was in the study room, they were watching from outside the door. No matter where he went, he was followed.
The late emperor's great achievements in opening up new territories and galloping into battlefields were always just illusions to him.
After finally getting on the boat, no one around the Queen Mother dared to get on, so he had to go for a ride here.
Huo Jingchen pointed to the artillery in the back and said to the emperor: "This is our magic weapon to defeat the enemy. Generally, the artillery is in the front, but we have a sudden artillery fire in the back!"
The emperor ran up to the plywood and touched the cannon, which was still hot. The white water marks behind it looked like clouds in the sky.
Looking at the scenery on the shore, you can't tell how fast it is, but looking at the water splash, you know that the boat must be moving forward with all its strength.
"If we go to the open sea and the wind is strong and the waves are strong, won't the ship be unstable?" the emperor asked worriedly.
Huo Jingchen nodded: "This is natural, but our sailors have undergone long-term training and can avoid wind and waves."
Huo Jingchen pointed to the high side of the ship: "The emperor sees such a high side of the ship. If we want to capsize the ship, I'm afraid it won't be that easy, right?"
The emperor laughed proudly.
After a circle on the lake, the entire warship remained calm. In the future, when there are more ships, we can fight on the lake. The emperor got off the ship with a happy face. The queen mother and other palace maids and eunuchs were waiting next to him. It can be said that his courage was about to be scared out of his mind.
Already.
"Oh my dear, you are finally back!" the Queen Mother said tremblingly.
"The queen mother does not need to dote on her son so much. He is already a seven-foot man and can command the three armies." The emperor seemed to be unappreciative and said decisively.
"My darling, you are the king of a country. If you are good or bad, what will you do to the civil and military officials of the court? How can I explain to them?" The Queen Mother looked at the emperor seriously.
"Humph, I live in seclusion and don't show my face. People who know about it say that I am busy with political affairs. People who don't know about it probably say that I am dead!" the emperor said angrily.
"You, you, how come you have only been emperor for a few years and you don't take me seriously anymore? What a misfortune our family has!" Seeing that her persuasion failed, the Queen Mother began to cry.
The emperor pointed to the warship in the distance and said to the queen mother: "Mother, please don't cry so hard. There are many people watching!"
Seeing that she had been defeated, the Queen Mother scolded him a few words and returned to Cining Palace.
When Prime Minister Zhang saw that the Queen Mother had gone away, he went up to meet the Emperor and said, "Long live Lord, the Queen Mother loves her son deeply. Long live Lord, you cannot blame her."
"Huh, I've been putting up with her for a long time. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have been so passive in these few battles!" The emperor was really furious.
"Your Majesty, calm down"! Prime Minister Zhang advised: "What you said is wrong. Although it is wrong for her to confine you like this, Your Majesty, your body is indeed a bit lacking. You can't even be a military advisor when you are on the front line. Why?
Maybe the imperial commander will go on a personal expedition?"
The emperor looked at Prime Minister Zhang: "I don't care, I still have to train my body well so that I can drive and conquer personally in the future."
Now, it was Prime Minister Zhang's turn to be shocked. If he could get rid of the Queen Mother's control, negotiations could still solve the problem.
But the more the Queen Mother doted on him, the more rebellious the emperor became. Now he no longer wanted to be free, he actually wanted to go to the frontier to conquer the country himself.
Even the former emperor risked his life during the war. Now this young boy also wants to perform meritorious service. When the time comes, he is really eager to perform meritorious service, so he is injured or even captured. I am afraid the whole country will be shocked.
Prime Minister Zhang shrugged and said that he didn't know what to say to save the current situation. But after all, the emperor was not in good health right now, and it would be difficult to leave the palace, let alone go on a personal expedition.
Or maybe after waiting for a while, he might not have such an idea.