Li Xuan didn't pay much attention to the fact that Li Xiaogong brought ten thousand stones of coarse salt to dry the dried fish.
Anyway, drying dried sea fish is extremely simple, and now there is a trend of drying dried sea fish in Laizhou, Dizhou and other states near Qingzhou.
Together, these soldiers from Zhechong Prefecture can dry all the 10,000 shi of fish into dried sea fish within a few days.
Of course, there is another extremely important thing. Li Xuan is also homesick.
Although Qingzhou lived in the courtyard, he had already asked his housekeeper Li Chang to buy it.
However, as a person who loves his family very much, in Li Xuan's heart, only Lijiazhuang in Chang'an City is his home.
Therefore, all his attention was placed on the steam engine.
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Qingzhou, shipyard.
In a house where the air was very hot, Le Tai and other painters were assembling a huge stove while looking at the crumpled blueprint in their hands. Several small gears were connected to the side of the stove.
Then, wait until everything is assembled.
Le Tai and others added the hot water that had been prepared to the stove and ignited the charcoal under the stove.
Half an hour later, there was a clanging sound.
The small gears connected by steel plates began to rotate rapidly.
As the coal under the stove continued to burn, the speed of those gears turned faster and faster.
"Success!"
Seeing this, the bandstand and the craftsmen on the side couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
"Li Xiaowei, please go and report to His Highness the King of Jin quickly!"
Li Lun, who had been stunned for a long time, turned around and ran out without saying a word.
Soon, Yiqi rushed out of the shipyard and headed straight for Li Xuan's courtyard.
Outside Li Xuan's courtyard, Xue Rengui did not dare to delay Li Lun's request and quickly went in to report it.
"Your Majesty, Captain Li Lun of the shipyard wants to see you!"
"Li Lun?"
Li Xuan looked stunned, and then said quickly: "Let him in quickly!"
"yes!"
Xue Rengui cupped his hands and walked out.
After a while, Li Lun followed Xue Rengui and walked in with a happy face.
Seeing this, Li Xuan trembled in his heart!
"At the end of the day, I will meet His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the Prince of Hejian County!"
Li Lun saluted directly.
"Get up!"
Li Xuan waved his hand and asked quickly: "You are in such a hurry, but Letai and others have made a steam engine?"
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Le Tai and other craftsmen have already made a steam engine!" Li Lun said.
"real?"
Li Xuan stood up directly, his face full of joy.
Li Chongyi, Li Chengqian and others on the side also had faces full of joy.
They didn't know what impact the steam engine would have on the Tang Dynasty, but they knew that Confucius had been staying in Qingzhou and not going back just to wait for the steam engine to be built.
Now, they finally see hope.
"Your Majesty, this is what I saw with my own eyes!"
Li Lun said hurriedly.
"Walk!"
After saying that, Li Xuan walked out.
Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others also quickly followed.
"Gui Zi, what is a steam engine?"
Behind him, Li Xiaogong grabbed Li Chongyi's neck and said with confusion on his face.
He rarely saw anything that could make Li Xuan so happy.
"Going back to Aye, the steam engine was an object made by the master to solve the power problem of the steel ship, and asked Le Tai and other painters to create it. But the specific thing, I have never seen it..."
Li Chongyi quickly explained.
Hearing this, Li Xiaogong couldn't help but be surprised, "A mere steam engine can drive a giant steel ship?"
"Master said it's okay!"
Li Chongyi replied in a low voice.
Li Xiaogong snorted coldly and ignored Li Chongyi.
Soon, the group arrived at the shipyard.
"I have met the king, the prince, and all the gentlemen!"
Seeing Li Xuan, Le Tai quickly greeted him.
"Get up!"
Li Xuan waved his hand casually, his eyes already staring straight at the steam engine aside.
"Your Majesty, this is the steam engine you want, we have already made it!"
Bandai quickly walked to the steam engine and began to add carbon into it.
After so many years in Lijiazhuang, he knew that Li Xuan didn't like to listen to nonsense at this time, so he just showed it.
As the carbon fire in the boiler becomes stronger again, the water in the entire boiler begins to boil.
At the same time, push the upper face gear to drive the iron wheel on one side to start rotating.
"this……"
Seeing this scene, Li Xiaogong's eyes widened, and he couldn't imagine that just by boiling water, he could drive several iron wheels on the side.
At the same time, there was a sound of steel hitting each other.
"This thing is indeed a steam engine!"
On the side, Li Xuan looked around one by one, his face full of joy.
"Bandai, if you install wheel blades on these iron wheels, how fast can they turn?"
"Back to the king, the villain hasn't started the experiment yet!"
Le Tai was startled and quickly replied.
"Are there any manufactured wheels?" Li Xuan asked.
"have!"
The bandstand shouted back and hurriedly ran to a corner.
"Please, Your Majesty, take me with you for a while, and I will install the wheel blades right now!"
Several painters on the side also ran over.
Soon, a huge steel wheel was carried over, but inside the steel wheel, there were three twisted steel pieces.
With Li Xiaogong's puzzled look on his face, Le Tai and others put on the steel drum.
Then, add pebbles to the boiler again.
As the steel wheel rotates, a whirlwind appears out of thin air.
Seeing this, Li Xiaogong, Li Chengqian and others couldn't help but widen their eyes again.
This is amazing too!
"Your Highness, Prince Jin, why is this like this?" Li Xiaogong asked with surprise on his face.
"Is it possible that this is the magic technique taught to you by the old god?"
"no!"
Li Xuan slowly shook his head and explained: "When water is boiled, a force is generated that can lift the lid of the pot, and this steam engine just transfers the power of the boiling water to this steel wheel!"
Hearing this, Li Xiaogong was still confused.
In response, Li Xuan chuckled and did not continue to explain.
"Your Majesty, if we install a few more steam engines like this in the cabin of the Iron Cang Ship, will it be possible to drive the Iron Cang Ship?"
"Of course you can!"
Li Xiaogong nodded repeatedly and said.
At the same time, he looked at these steam engines with a bright face and his eyes were filled with wonder.
"If such steam engines were installed on all those seagoing ships, wouldn't it directly save a lot of workers?"
A Gongshe is a sailor, usually a hundred people on a large ship, sixty or seventy on a medium ship, and thirty or forty people on a small ship. As for a giant ship like a blue ship, at least two hundred people are needed.
"No!"
Hearing this, Li Xuan quickly shook his head, "This steam engine is just a simple version that was first manufactured. Various improvements will be made in the future, and it will become larger and heavier. If placed in those wooden cabins, it will easily collapse.
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"As for labor unions, they are needed at all times!"
As he said this, Li Xuan thought of something, turned around again, and said to the bandstand and others on the side.
"If this kind of steam engine is damaged, the giant ship will be unable to move in the sea. Therefore, during construction, holes for the oars must be left, and each giant ship must always have two hundred oars.
Oar!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Yao Cheng, Le Tai and others quickly responded with their hands raised.
Although Li Xiaogong was surprised by this, he did not object.
When going to sea, it is always right to be prepared.
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On the way back, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others couldn't help but feel happy.
"Master, now that the steam engine has been manufactured, shall I go back soon?"
"Um!"
Li Xuan nodded lightly, "You will prepare when you go back, and we will set off the day after tomorrow!"