Just when Yelofe was scratching his head and feeling at a loss, someone pulled the corner of his clothes, and saw his young assistant Vasily Gurievich push a piece of paper in front of him, with a word written in big words on it.
——Iron ship.
Suddenly Yeluofei's eyes lit up, how could he have forgotten this bad point? Well, just attack this point directly. Isn't that someone a strong supporter of iron ships? I will beat you to death from here.
Yelofe immediately cleared his throat and said loudly: "The reliability of steam ships may have been improved, but as far as I know, His Excellency the Grand Duke, you do not support ordinary steam ships. You are quite supportive of steam iron ships, right?"
Li Xiao calmly replied: "Yes. Do you have any questions?"
"Is there a problem?" Yelofei immediately said in an extremely exaggerated tone, as if he saw an alien and an idiot: "Is this just a problem? Your Excellency, I really doubt whether you have any
A little common sense? Use iron to build ships? Haha, this is the funniest joke of the century!"
Ha ha ha ha!
Yeluofei deliberately laughed exaggeratedly, as if he wanted to arouse the emotions of the audience, but the audience did not particularly buy it. Except for the apprentices and accomplices brought by Yeluofei who laughed a few times and cheered, most people remained calm.
Watch.
Li Xiao curled his lips and asked speechlessly: "What's so funny?"
Yeluofei's eyes widened and he mocked with exaggerated body language: "Are you really stupid or are you just pretending to be confused? Don't you know that iron is heavier than water and cannot float at all?"
As he spoke, he turned to the audience and said sarcastically: "Gentlemen, you see, this is the bad influence I mentioned before. It ignores reality and blatantly goes against common sense. If it continues like this, I don't know if it will happen again."
How can you say so many crazy things, how can this be allowed, how can you let it go!"
The audience murmured a little and seemed to agree with this, but they still maintained restraint because Li Xiao's mood was so calm that it was almost scary.
Can Li Xiao not be calm? Previously, he thought that Yelofei could have some novel and clever arguments in attacking iron-made ships. Who would have thought that it would be so disappointing? He would even use the old medieval argument that iron cannot float. This guy came from the grave.
Did you dig it out?
Ye Luofei laughed wildly for a while, feeling that he was already sure of victory, and it was time to whip the corpse next. He thought that Li Xiao would show his clumsiness, be in a hurry, and be at a loss, but who would have thought that the other party would be like a normal person.
【As expected of a royal family, you are so thick-skinned!】
Just as Ye Luofei was about to continue laughing, Li Xiao suddenly spoke: "Do you understand the most basic principles of physics? Or to put it simply, do you understand buoyancy?"
Yeluofei was stunned and was about to say that he understood very well, but Li Xiao didn't give him a chance to speak: "What you just said is a joke. Steel will definitely sink to the bottom of the water? Are you still living in the Middle Ages? Don't you?
Did you know that Britain built iron-hulled ships in 1815? Don’t you know that the number of iron-hulled ships has been increasing day by day in recent years?”
Li Xiao snorted disdainfully, pointed at Yelofei's nose and lectured: "In my opinion, you are an incompetent designer at all. You don't understand the most basic physical principles, and you don't understand the world's shipbuilding technology.
The biggest joke is that we are stuck in our own development and progress and are self-righteous. Although this is not funny at all, it is very sad!"
Li Xiao scolded him face to face: "If the designers of our navy were like you, I can't even imagine how big the gap between us and Britain is. If this continues, our navy will be completely ruined!"
Yelofey's mind was buzzing. What did he hear just now? An iron-hulled ship was built? It was built in 1815? How is this possible?
Ye Luofei wanted to say that Li Xiao was lying, but the other person's confident look would not make him lie. I'm afraid it was true! But how could that be possible?
For a moment, Yeluofe felt that his world view had collapsed, and he was completely shaken. Li Xiao, on the other hand, would not let go of the opportunity to beat up the lost dog. He walked up to Leonid, took the information handed to him, and then
Walk to the audience and distribute them one by one:
"Gentlemen, this is the relevant information on foreign iron-hulled ships. You can see that the iron-hulled ship Impton was built in Liverpool in 1815, and then in 1820, the French built the iron-hulled seagoing ship Aaron Manby.
In 1830 the iron paddle steamer Gary Owen also entered service."
Li Xiao sneered at Yeluofe and ridiculed: "However, today, at the end of 1847, there are still people in our country who doubt whether iron-hulled ships can float. How stupid is this! And such people are actually our navy.
Shipbuilding designer? How ridiculous and pathetic!”
Yeluofe was already sweating profusely and his mind was full of: [Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?]
This poor old man was completely useless. He just stood there and couldn't say a word. It was ridiculous and pitiful. However, Li Xiao had no sympathy for him at all. Poor people must be hateful. Although this old man is not the culprit
, but he is also an accomplice. Li Xiao will not be polite to his enemies.
But just when Li Xiao was about to whip the corpse, little Rumyantsev, who had said nothing and done nothing when Yeluofei was making a big speech, suddenly spoke.
"Your Excellency, I once again warn you to pay attention to your wording. What you just said seems to me to be an extremely irresponsible attack and slander. It will never be tolerated. If you are so presumptuous again, I can only ask you to get out!"
Call!
The boos suddenly started, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Rumyantsev was going too far. When Yeluofe satirized and attacked Li Xiao before, Rumyantsev pretended to be deaf and dumb, and Li Xiao was slightly
If you fight back and tell the truth, you won't be tolerated. What kind of bullshit is this!
Young Rumyantsev banged the table heavily and shouted: "Quiet! Silence immediately! Anyone who makes any noise will be kicked out!"
It took a lot of effort for young Rumyantsev to control the situation, but even so, the situation was extremely unfavorable for Yelofey and others. They were attacked head-on continuously and were almost defeated. If
If I still can't make any improvement next time, I really have lost my pants.
"How to do how to do?"
Yeluofe was covered in cold sweat. He just took the time to glance at Grand Duke Constantine. His eyes almost burst into flames. You can imagine how angry he was. But the question is, how to make a comeback? He has no clue at all.
ah!
"Teacher, I think there is still work to be done on iron ships..."
Before Vasily Gurievich could finish speaking, Yelofe sprayed him in the face: "That shitty article was all a bad idea you just came up with. Otherwise, I would be in such a mess! You idiot, you've made me miserable!"