Chapter 1579 Iron-clad Ships and War Horses (1 / 2)
2545 words
1 month ago
Due to successive years of war, Dakang is now very short of population, especially young and middle-aged labor. If a group of slaves can be brought over from the grasslands, it can indeed alleviate the current predicament of Sichuan and Shu.
Moreover, there is no need to pay for using slaves, so Jin Feng can save a lot of money.
The only price is to tell Princess Lu Jie a piece of news.
But Jin Feng was not even willing to exploit slaves, so how could he possibly raise slaves?
So he shook his head and rejected Princess Lu Jie without hesitation.
Seeing this, Princess Lu Jie couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little disappointed in her heart.
After a recent visit, she got to know Jin Feng better.
If Jin Feng is willing, he can give the refugees a bite of porridge and let them work for free.
But Jin Feng did not do this. Not only did he provide the refugees with three meals a day for free, he also provided at least one meat dish every day, and there was no limit to the amount.
Not only that, Jin Feng actually paid wages to the refugees in accordance with Sichuan and Shu standards.
These actions all show that Jin Feng is an extremely kind-hearted person. Even if he sends his tribe members here, Jin Feng will most likely not treat them harshly.
The situation in the Eastern Barbarians is very bad now. Many tribesmen are hovering on the line between life and death. Sending them over may still be a way to survive.
It's a pity that Jin Feng didn't agree.
Princess Lu Jie wanted to talk to Jin Feng again, but Jin Feng didn't give her another chance. She got up and walked to the beach, holding on to the railing and looking at the sea.
Princess Lu Jie knew that Jin Feng didn't want to talk anymore, so even if she chased him shamelessly, there would be no results.
So Princess Lu Jie sat down helplessly.
Jin Feng looked at the sea and was thinking about the problem just now.
Although Princess Lu Jie has always refused to admit it, Jin Feng can now confirm that the situation in Dongman must be very bad.
However, the situation in the Central Plains and Jiangnan is equally bad. If he had the ability to rescue, Jin Feng would definitely give priority to rescuing the Central Plains and Jiangnan before considering the Eastern Barbarians.
The increasing number of extreme weather events in recent years indicates that the Little Ice Age has arrived. The Eastern Barbarians are located in the north, and the disasters will be more serious than those in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.
After Jin Feng has finished solving the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and then goes to recover and rectify the Eastern Barbarians, I wonder how many people there will be left in the Eastern Barbarians?
Jin Feng looked to the north and seemed to have seen a scene of thousands of miles of ice and corpses everywhere.
"I hope the armored ship can successfully find good seeds and bring them back as soon as possible!"
Jin Feng prayed silently in his heart.
This is the only solution he can think of now.
Perhaps sensing the heaviness in Jin Feng's heart, everyone stopped speaking casually.
The originally lively seaside atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
This silence lasted for more than half an hour, and was not broken until two smoke pillars appeared in the northern sky.
"Look, the armored ship is back!"
I don't know who shouted, and everyone turned to look north.
I saw two smoke pillars, one white and one black, faintly appearing on the sea to the north.
The black ones are the black smoke after burning coal, and the white ones are the mist emitted by the steam engines.
Picking up the telescope and looking over, there was indeed an armored ship under the smoke column.
At this time, the armored ship was fully powered, and it reached the sea in front of the dock in just ten minutes.
Everyone had guessed that the armored ship would be faster, but they didn't expect it to be so fast.
The slightly triangular iron bow cuts through the waves like a sharp sword and flies across the sea, leaving a white wave behind.
This wave extended all the way to the extreme north and could not subside for a long time.
Chapter 1579 Iron-clad Ships and War Horses (2 / 2)
2545 words
1 month ago
"This speed is too fast!"
Everyone couldn't help but sigh.
Even Jin Feng didn't expect that the armored ship would be so fast.
Although the first-hand data has not yet been obtained, judging from the current visual observation, the performance of the armored ship is better than Jin Feng's previous expectations.
"Iron Hammer, arrange for someone to ride a horse to compete!" Jin Feng turned around and said.
"okay!"
In order to test the speed, war horses have been prepared on the beach next to the trestle.
Iron Hammer agreed and waved his hand downwards.
The escort below was already eager to give it a try. When he saw the hammer gesture, he immediately jumped on the horse and gave the horse a heavy lift on the belly.
The war horses immediately sprang out and chased south along the beach.
Soon, the war horses and the armored ship disappeared from everyone's sight.
Half an hour later, the escort came back.
However, everyone discovered that the war horse under his butt was not the same one just now.
The war horse he rode away just now was gray, but the one he rode back now was maroon.
The escort came to the bottom of the trestle, tied the war horse to the wooden stake, and then quickly climbed onto the trestle.
"Where's the horse you were riding just now?" Tie Hammer stepped forward and asked.
"That horse was too tired. I was afraid that riding it back to report the news would tire it to death, so I passed by the No. 7 Supply and Marketing Cooperative and went to change a horse and come back." The escort explained.
Iron Hammer nodded, and then asked: "How about it, how about it, who is faster, war horse or armored ship?"
The ears of everyone around him also perked up.
Even Jin Feng turned around and looked at the escort.
"At the beginning, the war horses were very fast, and it only took them two miles to catch up with the armored ship. But after running seven or eight miles, the war horses got tired and couldn't run anymore, and the armored ship overtook me again.
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The escort said: "When we reached the east side of Xuejia Tai, the war horses couldn't run anymore, and I couldn't see the shadow of the armored ship, so I stopped chasing. I went to the No. 7 Supply and Marketing Cooperative to change horses and came back."
Hearing this, Jin Feng nodded secretly.
This situation was pretty much what he expected.
The explosive power of the war horse is strong, and the armored ship is huge. No matter how fast it is, it cannot be faster than the war horse that has just started running.
However, the ironclad ship uses a steam engine as the driving force. As long as there is no malfunction, it can run by adding coal to the boiler and will never get tired.
This is the difference between machinery and energy storage, and it is also the reason why Jin Feng spent so much money to build an armored ship.
"Sir, the armored ship is so powerful that it can't even outrun a war horse!"
Iron Hammer was even more excited than Jin Feng. He counted on his fingers and said: "According to the speed of the war horse just now, if it runs non-stop for a day and a night, it can run three hundred miles at least. Ten days and ten nights is three thousand miles..."
After calculating this, Iron Hammer glared: "If you calculate it this way, even if the New World is thousands of miles away, you can reach it in a month!"
Hearing what Iron Hammer said, Princess Lu Jie's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
Just now she only cared about looking at the armored ship and didn't think about anything else. Now that Iron Hammer has calculated this, it seems that this is really what happened.
You can travel thousands of miles away in a month...
Princess Lu Jie found it incredible just thinking about it, but the fact was right in front of her, and she had to believe it.
Looking at Jin Feng's back, he seems to be taller than before.
While he was still worried about the stomachs of the Eastern Barbarians, Jin Feng had already begun to conquer the new continent thousands of miles away.