Chapter 474 You can travel thousands of miles a day!
"Back to the Supreme Emperor, Prince of Hejian County, it's not water, but the steam engine of the steel ship is burning coal, and the thick smoke is coming out!"
Li Baoliang replied quickly.
At the same time, Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong and others also felt that the entire giant steel ship was slowly sailing out.
The speed is getting faster and faster.
He could no longer think about the steam engine and looked at the sea ahead expectantly.
Soon, the giant steel ship sailed out of the dock and entered the sea.
Li Baoliang shouted again: "Hang up all sails and side sails, and the steel ship will move forward at full speed!"
"yes!"
All the sub-bans quickly hoisted all the sails.
The speed of the entire steel giant ship was much faster again.
At the same time, the hundreds of workers also put away their oars.
The sea breeze rushed towards them, causing the hair and clothes of Li Yuan and others to sway.
Looking at the fish in the sea being overtaken by the giant ship, Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong and others couldn't help but feel shocked.
"How could it be so fast? Moreover, the working society has also taken away the oars?"
"That's a steam engine pushing the giant steel ship!"
Li Xuan explained.
"Is it the machine that you asked Bandai and others to make that can rotate by burning a fire?"
Li Yuan then remembered that the machine that could rotate iron sheets was shown to them by the Mohist Bandai in the shipyard last year.
"Exactly!"
Li Xuan nodded slowly, "Install a few steam engines of that kind in the cabin, burn the coal, and then turn the iron sheets. It can travel much faster than a group of workers rowing oars!"
"Not only is it fast, it can travel thousands of miles in a day!"
Li Yuan said with emotion on his face.
Li Xiaogong, Li Chengqian and others also nodded repeatedly.
With such skill, the coastline of the shipyard has become a thin line in their eyes.
On both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Dengzhou and Baekje, the land of Goguryeo!
"Only with such giant steel ships, our Datang navy can travel across all major oceans, cross thousands of miles of ocean, and turn those unoccupied continents into the territory of our Datang!" Li Xuan looked confident.
"If we in the Tang Dynasty had hundreds of these giant steel ships, we would only need to give me a hundred thousand troops to conquer small countries like Goguryeo and Baekje!"
On the side, Li Xiaogong also looked at Baekje and Goguryeo opposite with a look of anticipation.
"Two small countries the size of a palm, why need one hundred thousand!"
Li Xuan sneered and said with confidence, "Fifty thousand heavily armored elite soldiers can sail across the sea directly from Qingzhou Port, land at Baekje, and push all the way across, we will definitely destroy their country!"
Hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but tremble, and turned his head to stare at the clearly visible Baekje shore to the left, his face full of excitement.
"In this way, we, the Tang Dynasty, finally have hope for revenge!"
Although Goguryeo occupied a small area, it was an eternal pain for the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, using millions of laborers. However, due to the huge losses in the transportation of grain and grass, coupled with the command of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, millions of soldiers were directly injured and the entire Sui Dynasty treasury was brought down, making Goguryeo even more arrogant.
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"The cement road from Chang'an to Qingzhou transports grain and grass baggage, which is not only fast, but also has very little loss. Then it is transported by sea from Qingzhou, the soldiers wear cotton clothes and cotton gloves, the grain and grass baggage is abundant, and the weapons are sophisticated. As long as your Majesty wants to conquer Baekje or Goguryeo, he can conquer Baekje or Goguryeo in an instant
It can be destroyed!"
Li Xuan looked confident.
"Hahaha, if this is the case, if Goguryeo and Baekje dare to be arrogant again, they will destroy their cities and destroy their countries..."
Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong and others also had faces full of joy.
Afterwards, the rampage continued for half an hour.
The field of view in front of Li Yuan and others widened again, and the deep blue sea and the blue sky were directly connected.
Li Yuan, Li Chengqian and others couldn't help but become excited again and looked at it quietly.
After a while, Li Yuan came back to his senses.
"Xuanba, does this place really enter the ocean?"
"That's almost it!"
Li Xuan nodded slowly.
This was the first time in his life that he took a boat into the ocean.
"Where is the Japanese country?" Li Yuan continued to ask.
"Behind Baekje and Silla!"
Li Xuan picked it up thousands of miles away and looked for a long time, but couldn't find it.
"After Baekje and Silla?"
Hearing this, Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong and others picked up their clairvoyance and searched for a long time. All they saw was the coastline of Baekje, so they stopped looking.
However, it was their first time to go to sea by boat and they had traveled so far. Li Yuan, Li Chengqian and others once again used their clairvoyance to look around.
After wandering for an hour again, we still didn't see the Japanese country.
So, in order to return to Qingzhou before dark.
After getting off the boat, Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong and others were still unsatisfied.
For several days, Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others all took a steel boat and went out for a lap.
It is as far as the southern section of Baekjin and as close as Beishacheng (Dalian) in Goguryeo.
However, they were all watched from a distance and did not reach the shore.
"Um?"
On the huge ship, he was watching Cheng Chusi of Beisha City with his clairvoyance, when he suddenly stared at one spot and exclaimed.
"Master, look at that small mound!"
"What little mound?"
A trace of doubt flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, and he slowly raised his clairvoyance and looked in the direction pointed by Cheng Chusi.
"Master, it's that mound about three to four feet high under Bisha City!" Cheng Chusi said with an anxious look.
"I saw it, what's so strange..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Xuan stopped talking and quickly turned the clairvoyance in his hand.
On the side, Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong and others also looked towards that place with curious faces.
"Prince Hejian, is that Jingguan?"
Li Xuan gritted his teeth tightly and spoke word by word.
"What Jingguan?"
Li Chengqian asked curiously.
However, at this moment, Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong and others were all focused on the small mound of soil and could not pay attention to Li Chengqian at all.
"Back to the King of Jin, it must be Jingguan!"
Li Xiaogong said bitterly, looking at the hill in the distance, gnashing his teeth and spitting fire from his eyes!
When Li Tang was conquering the world, he was defeated once and his soldiers were piled up in the capital.
Therefore, Li Xiaogong was extremely impressed by Jingguan!
"Li Baoliang!"
Li Xuan turned around and shouted.
Soon, Li Baoliang, the chief officer of the steel ship, ran over quickly.
"Follow that harbor and get closer!"
Li Xuan pointed at the pile of earth mounds and said angrily.
"Your Majesty, that is Beisha City in Goguryeo. There are 3,000 horsemen stationed all year round and more than 10,000 residents. We only have 600 soldiers. You, the Supreme Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the princes of Hejian County are so respected.
Don’t take risks!”
Li Baoding's face was filled with embarrassment.
"The Emperor and the Crown Prince stay on the ship. I can go down with my four hundred personal guards. If I lose to the Goguryeo soldiers and go ashore directly in a small boat, what can they do to me?"
Li Xuan shouted loudly.
Hearing this, Li Baoliang quickly subconsciously looked at Li Yuan aside.
On this steel ship, there were four of the most respected people in Datang. Whenever any of them were injured, Datang would be shocked.
Originally, he was already very frightened by walking wildly in the sea every day.
Now, His Highness the King of Jin is going to Bisha City again?
Seeing this, Li Yuan also reacted.
There were three thousand Goguryeo troops stationed in Bisha City.
And on the ship, there are only four hundred personal guards on board!
"Xuan Ba, it's not a good time to take risks. Besides, it's already getting late. Why don't we order Qingzhou and Dengzhou naval forces to come here tomorrow? With two thousand soldiers, even if the Goguryeo army surrounds us, we can retreat unscathed!"