Chapter 818 Arrival in Yangzhou

Cheng Yaojin thought for a while and said: "What you said makes sense. I have sent a total of twenty ships, ten built by you and ten built by others. Do you think it is enough?"

Li Feng said: "There is no saying about whether it is enough or not. If you think it is enough, it is enough. If you think it is not enough, it is not enough."

"I think it's enough. There are too many and I can't send anyone out."

Li Feng nodded and said: "Indeed, we don't have the deep foundation of those aristocratic families, and thousands of people will be sent out at any time.

I recruited more than half a year and finally gathered 5,000 people, of which 4,000 went to Fusang and 1,000 went south with me."

"I only have two thousand people, and each of the twenty ships has fifty people."

"You also sent twenty ships to Fuso?"

"Of course."

…

The two chatted for a long time about one thing or another before Li Feng went home.

When I got home, it was already evening.

When Han Wu saw Li Feng coming, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Sir, all the muskets have been handed over to the Fuso people. Our fleet will set off with them."

Li Feng frowned slightly and said: "Isn't our fleet setting off tomorrow? Why is it setting off today?"

Han Wu explained: "It was Mrs. Li Wan's eldest brother and mother who decided. Mrs. Li asked the villain to tell the master that since the master has prepared in advance, we will set off with Fusang.

Having Fuso Envoy as a guide is much better than going alone."

Li Feng nodded and said: "Whether it's better to divide the fleet into two groups, one is the army, and the other is the merchants.

The army's warships followed Fuso, and the merchant ships followed them. Han Wu, you go and inform all the aristocratic families and tell them that the fleet only needs to silently follow Fuso's fleet."

"yes."

Although the plan changed due to Hongfu Nu and Li Derjian, it did not affect the overall situation and Li Feng did not care too much.

However, this also left a shadow in Li Feng's heart. Due to his status, Li Feng hid the matter in his heart and did not tell anyone, not even Li Wan.

Li Feng also asked Han Wu not to tell anyone about this matter, not even Zhao Shuixian.

The next day, hundreds of ships left the pier and entered the East China Sea from the Yangtze River Estuary to Fusang.

However, no one knew that among the people traveling the next day, there was a group of people who took a different route from them. They were Li Feng's group of people going south.

Li Er didn't want people to know that he was going to sea, so he led Li Feng, Cheng Yaojin and Li Xiaogong and left.

There were actually not many people in the group. Including the guards, maids and others, there were only fifty people.

A large number of troops are waiting in Yangzhou, and Li Feng's sailing battleship, which he spent a huge amount of money to build, is currently the most advanced warship. Just such a battleship can defeat all current navies and naval forces.

Even the navy of the Tang Dynasty was the same.

The sailing battleship built by Li Feng was greatly changed from the battleships of the seventeenth century.

Although it is still a warship with a wooden structure, it is also equipped with sails and is powered by wind, but Li Feng installed a wind turbine, which means that there are electric lights and searchlights on the ship to open the way at night.

As for weapons, they all use the latest muskets and artillery.

After three days of sailing, Li Feng and others arrived in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou Pier was full of ships for a while. At this time, the pier had been requisitioned by the government. A group of people dressed in official attire were waiting at the pier.

Li Er stood on the bow and saw the officials at the dock. He frowned slightly and said, "Didn't I say that my trip should be kept secret? Why are the officials waiting here?"

Li Feng thought for a while and said: "Someone must have guessed that my father-in-law left Chang'an, so the prince, Lao Fang, or even my mother-in-law meant it."

"Avalokitesvara?" Li Er frowned slightly and said, "What she said is very possible. Forget it, since everyone already knows, let's know.

Li Feng told Chang'an that since he knows it, he really wants everyone to know that I am going to sea."

"It's Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, the ship has docked. Let's get off the ship."

Li Er nodded.

"Your Majesty, look, what is that?" Cheng Yaojin pointed to a huge ship a hundred meters away. Compared with that ship, the warship he was on was simply rubbish.

Everyone followed Cheng Yaojin's finger and looked over.

Li Xiaogong was the first to exclaim: "What a big boat."

Li Er was also surprised by the big ship. He said: "What kind of ship is this and why is it here?"

Li Feng said: "Father-in-law, that is a sailing battleship. It is the only battleship that my mentor can build at present."

"The only one at the moment? Do you mean you can build better warships?" Li Er asked.

Li Feng nodded and said: "There are blueprints, but the current technology is not up to par. My mentor's strongest battleship uses gasoline to convert it into power. It can sail against the current. It can truly sail against the current."

But I’m not technically good at it, so I can’t do it at the moment.”

"Then when will it be successful?" Li Er asked.

"After my disciples make a breakthrough, there is no other way. They can only keep accumulating and experimenting. There is no rush." ​​Li Feng said.

Li Er also knew that this matter could not be done urgently, and it could not be accomplished overnight, so he was not in a hurry.

"I want to see that battleship." Li Er said impatiently.

Li Feng said: "Don't worry, that battleship is still carrying supplies. No one can get close to it while standing there. Anyone who gets close without permission will be killed without mercy.

The day after tomorrow, when all the cargo ships in Yangzhou are loaded with supplies and the dock is vacated, the battleships will approach the dock and we can land."

Cheng Yaojin asked: "Why is it so troublesome?"

"The technology of the Tang Dynasty is used to prevent others from spying on us. Some civilian technologies, such as the curved shaft plow, long tables, square stools, abacus formulas and other technologies, are widely used by the common people, so there is no way to keep them secret.

But military technologies such as muskets, gunpowder, and artillery can be kept secret for a day. Sometimes, when we need to upgrade, we can sell the old ones.

For other countries, the old stuff from the Tang Dynasty is their latest technology. In this way, we can make money again.

Just like muskets, they think the muskets we sell are the muskets we use, but they don't know that our muskets have been updated and are not as powerful as the old muskets.

As long as we firmly grasp the latest technology, we, the Tang Dynasty, will always be the strongest country in the world, and we, the Tang Dynasty, will make all the rules."

"That's right. I, the Tang Dynasty, make all the rules. I won't watch us disembark." Li Er said excitedly.

Yang Tong, the prefect of Yangzhou, who was under the boat, saw Li Er getting off his clothes and immediately knelt down to greet him: "Welcoming minister Yang Tong, the prefect of Yangzhou, is here to see your majesty."
Chapter completed!