Chapter 560: Are the family members also building sea-going ships?
"Duke Protector, I have some important matters and need to return to Beijing urgently, so I won't bother you."
"These prisoners, and the others are still on the way, are temporarily under the care of the Protector!"
Su Chen frowned: "Did you find any other problems?"
Liu Qingshan nodded.
"My place in Guanzhou is already chaotic enough, and you throw away so many prisoners. What are the identities of these people?"
Liu Qingshan cupped his hands and said: "I really need to return to Beijing urgently to face the Holy Spirit. It is not convenient to bring these prisoners with me. Please forgive me, Lord Protector."
"I have sent a message to Beijing, and I think someone will come to take over in a few days.
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Seeing that Liu Qingshan was very anxious, he probably discovered some important information.
Su Chen had no choice but to agree to take care of these prisoners for him first.
Speaking of which, these are the masterminds behind the destruction of the workshop. Of course, Su Chen will not treat them preferentially.
After interrogating him again, Su Chen probably knew why Liu Qingshan was so anxious to return to Beijing to see Li Er.
It turns out that the entire Tang Dynasty has united and made concerted efforts to oppose Li Er and Su Chen.
Destroying Su Chen's railway and trains is only a small plan, and there are many other plans being implemented at the same time.
Su Chen immediately thought of the blockage of the canal and Du Ruhui's attack.
"A group of remnants of aristocratic families who are working hard for their own glory and wealth, and they will not hesitate to drag the whole world with them!"
Su Chen murmured in a low voice: "But you think too highly of yourself, and you want to stop the general trend of the world with some conspiracies and tricks?
You are thinking too much”
"Even without me, Su Chen, clan politics is coming to an end. When the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao's uprising, and the Baimayi Disaster, all the clans and clans will be wiped out!"
Fortunately, after this commotion, Guanzhou temporarily calmed down.
Li Er can worry about other things, and Su Chen thinks it's better to take care of his own land first.
After the two steam engines passed various tests, Su Chen used them as power to build two crushers.
But how to transport these two bulky things became a problem.
From the south gate of Guanzhou City to the quarry, there is no official road at all, just field roads and several steep slopes.
It was impossible to pull it with a horse-drawn carriage.
Su Chen had no choice but to tear down a hole in the east wall of Guanzhou City and lay the track between the workshop and the railway first.
It has to be laid sooner or later anyway, otherwise how would the locomotive get out of the workshop?
This is also the troublesome part of placing the workshop in the city.
It just so happens that the steel factory also needs to transport train wheels and various accessories to the workshop.
So Su Chen connected the steel plant and the workshop with rails.
Then a strange sight appeared: a small cargo box made of train wheels contained a heavy crusher, pulled by eight cows in front, slowly crawling forward on the railway!
Su Chen thought it was neither fish nor fowl, but the people in Guanzhou were shocked. Many people watched along the way.
Although the crusher is a little difficult to transport, it is very efficient.
Seeing the stones entering from the feed port, uniformly sized gravels are continuously transported from the discharge port conveyor belt.
Xu Jingzong and other officials were all stunned.
"It's just that the sound was too loud and too harsh."
Far away, Xu Jingzong covered his ears and said.
Su Chen also picked his ears: "Well, make sure to provide earplugs to the workers who operate the crusher."
Now that he had gone out, Su Chen was not in a hurry to go back and asked Xu Jingzong to report on the progress of the project.
"Duke Protector, wait for the next batch of civilians to arrive, and the speed will be much faster."
Seeing that Su Chen was not satisfied, Xu Jingzong said hurriedly.
"Well, pay attention to training workers' skills."
"When the civilians from the imperial court and the prisoners of war from Weizhou arrive, they will only be responsible for the roadbed. After the laying of the rails, specialized skilled workers will be required to do it."
After Su Chen explained some specific matters to Xu Jingzong, he rode back to the city.
The eight cows pulling the cargo box lying on the railway track were left behind.
Xu Jingzong believes that in the future, using this kind of thing to transport gravel will be many times more efficient than civilians pushing it with a small cart.
The railway was slowly being laid, Guanzhou was temporarily calm, and Su Chen decided to devote himself entirely to the development of trains.
As long as we get the train out, everything else will be easy.
The railway can be built as long as it can be built, and it doesn't matter if it can't be built in Chang'an for the time being.
As long as the train runs once,
Li Er and those pragmatic officials will definitely find ways to design and overcome difficulties to build the railway in all directions.
Just when Su Chen was immersed in his work, Li Er suddenly sent a letter asking Su Chen a strange question.
"Brother Su Chen, why is dad suddenly interested in shipbuilding?"
Chang Le took Li Er's letter and asked in confusion.
"Your Majesty has always thought that he could build a large ship, but the officials from the Ministry of Industry, General Supervisor, and Shaofu Supervisor all said that they had no choice and were unwilling to build a large ship, so he gave up."
"This time I wrote again asking whether those noble families have the ability to build sea-going ships like ours. Did your Majesty find out that the noble families are also building sea-going ships?"
Changle asked curiously: "So, do those aristocratic families have this ability?"
Su Chen thought for a while: "It's really hard to say. There are many skilled craftsmen in the aristocratic family. If we can go on board the ship to visit and study it, it is still very possible."
"Besides, the Yangzhou Shipyard is right there. After such a long time, it's hard to say whether the craftsmen there have leaked their skills. After all, they can get the gunpowder formula.
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Changle said: "Does that mean it's very possible?"
Su Chen nodded, it was probably close to the matter.
"Damn, I finally understand why Xiao Yu was so bold and dared to block the canal."
Su Chen slapped his thigh and said, "I guess this old guy has a fleet that can compete with ours, and it's very possible that it's a pirate fleet?"
"pirate?"
Changle's eyes widened: "He is a majestic Duke..."
"Hmph! Whose family do you think the water bandits on the canal belong to?
And where did the bandits in Guanzhou come from some time ago?"
Su Chen said: "How beautiful it is on the surface, but how dirty it is behind the scenes. That's them!"
"But our fleet has been floating on the sea and we haven't encountered any powerful pirates?"
Su Chen shook his head: "Either their shipbuilding technology is not perfect yet, or they are hiding in the dark waiting for a fatal blow."
"Think about it, if we promised His Majesty last time to start transporting food by sea and land, and those pirates suddenly appeared, what consequences would it cause!"
Changle was frightened by Su Chen's hypothesis and asked nervously: "But dad will still transport food by sea in the future. If they dare to block the canal the first time, they will block it the second time!"
Su Chen smiled: "Don't be afraid, have you forgotten that the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty is training in the East China Sea?"
"A family of aristocratic families may be able to build ships like ours that travel to and from Japan, but the navy's warships are much more advanced than that."
