Chapter 1975 You are old and don't build ships, why did the minister tell you this?
Li Shimin stared blankly at Cheng Chubi in front of him and Li Ke, who was also full of pride.
"Can the ships of the Han and Tang Dynasties continue to sail after the hole is broken?" Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice.
Li Ke nodded and proudly showed off what he knew about the watertight compartment technology of the Han and Tang Dynasty trading houses.
"This is natural, because this is the method that Brother Chu Bi came up with, which is to use watertight compartment technology on the hull structure."
"It means taking the hull, which was originally a whole space, and using suitable wooden boards to divide the hull into multiple cabins."
“This makes the hull stronger, and even if some cabins are flooded due to damage to the hull.
Other watertight compartments that have not been affected can still provide buoyancy to the ship and reduce the risk of immediate sinking.
This allows the ship to sail to the nearest port or to be repaired after docking, thus avoiding the accident of destroying the ship and killing people once the hull is damaged."
"Furthermore, a guide compass is used so that ships can tell the direction even at night when there are no stars and moon."
When Li Ke finished speaking, Gal Dongzan looked at Cheng Sanlang with more and more complex eyes. The more he understood, the more he felt.
This Cheng Sanlang is simply an all-rounder who knows everything about astronomy and geography, and can be both literary and military.
The expressions of Li Shimin and Li Yuan, father and son, were even more shocked, especially Li Yuan, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
I couldn't help but raise my fingers and point at Cheng Sanlang and Li Ke. I didn't know what to say for a long time.
I saw the obviously frustrated expression of this unruly emperor, and Uncle Li's face with extremely complex expressions.
Cheng Chubi and Li Keya looked at each other in confusion, what's going on?
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
"You have the nerve to ask us what's wrong? Cheng Laosan, since the Han and Tang Dynasty trading houses have such shipbuilding technology, why didn't you tell us earlier?"
Hearing what Li Yuan said, Cheng Chubi immediately became unhappy. "Where did the Emperor start from talking about this? This is the business secret of our Han and Tang Dynasty trading houses."
"Besides, you don't know how to build ships. Why are you telling me this?"
At this time, Li Shimin, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but rub his forehead with a headache, raised his fingers, and gestured towards Cheng Sanlang and Li Kezhi like his own father.
"Just because the emperor doesn't build warships, it doesn't mean that the Tang Dynasty military doesn't build warships. You guys..."
Seeing Li Shimin's obviously angry and defeated look, Cheng Sanlang was unhappy.
"...Your Highness, King Wu, do you think this is a dereliction of duty on your part?"
"Me?" Li Ke looked at Cheng Sanlang in confusion, and saw the eyes of his father and grandfather at the same time. In an instant, his whole body felt bad...
What did I do? What the hell does dereliction of duty mean?
"Brother Chu Bi, what do you mean? My little brother, I am working hard with you every day..."
Before Li Ke finished his boastful words, Cheng Sanlang looked like he hated iron and steel, and raised his fingers to point at Li Ke, who looked confused.
"You are His Majesty's biological son. You don't know what His Majesty lacks. How can you be his son?"
"!!!" Li Ke immediately became furious, his eyes bulging with black lines on his face, and his lips almost turned purple with anger.
"..." Li Yuan and Li Shimin, father and son, looked at Cheng Sanlang's expression, and Li Ke's expression that was so angry that he didn't dare to show up.
I really have the urge to pick up weapons and drive this bastard Cheng Sanlang out of the palace of Wan Guo Yuan.
"Shut up, I!" Li Shimin glared at Cheng Sanlang unhappily. I'm teaching my son that it's none of your business.
Li Yuan also had great evil in his heart and glared fiercely at this little brat who took advantage of his good grandson's words.
Seeing the fierce looks in the Li family's eyes, Cheng Chubi felt that even if he could defeat four with two fists, he might not be able to defeat six.
Even if you can do it well, you don't see a bunch of fat and strong Ouchi guards squatting behind you. Forget it, I can always hide if I can't afford to offend him.
Cheng Chubi could only nod, bow and smile, and then sit upright as quietly as a chicken, without squinting, as if it was someone else who said those words.
Li Mingda on the side was huddled behind his father, with both hands covering his mouth and nose, for fear that he would laugh out loud.
Third brother Cheng is so funny. He speaks like an elder lecturing a younger brother. No wonder dad and grandpa are so angry.
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For a long time, Li Shimin, who had controlled his emotions, looked at Cheng Sanlang and Li Ke. After all, Cheng Sanlang was really right.
I asked Ke'er to squat with Cheng Sanlang. Naturally, I didn't ask him to follow Chengri to play bamboo cards or make trouble with monsters, but he asked him to remember to report important matters.
It seems that this kid is really flying, whether it's the watertight compartment technology or the compass.
If the Datang Navy had these good treasures, the combat power of the Datang Navy would be greatly increased.
Li Shimin had a dream to surpass the previous dynasty, that is, he wanted to make his achievements surpass those of Yang Guang and Yang Jian's father and son.
Then, Goguryeo, which made the former Sui Dynasty use the entire country's strength to conquer three unyielding battles, was a hurdle that Li Shimin had to face.
Over the years, Goguryeo has been making frequent small moves in the northern territory of the Tang Dynasty. Isn't it because they feel that they can even withstand the might of the powerful former Sui Dynasty?
In the Tang Dynasty, they felt that they were still very good, so they had many conflicts with the Tang Dynasty in the north, and even took the initiative to provoke them many times.
This made Li Shimin so angry that he couldn't deal with it for a while.
After all, the disintegration of the previous dynasty had a lot to do with the rise of a national army to attack Goguryeo.
Therefore, Li Shimin's expedition to Goguryeo is still just a plan. What he hopes is to first pacify the surrounding areas of Datang.
When the country's national strength becomes stronger, let Goguryeo, who has been making small moves in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty all day long, understand how serious the consequences of provoking the Tang Dynasty will be.
If you want to conquer Goguryeo, the navy is very important. Over the years, the development of the navy has been very low-key. After all, warships can be slowly built.
Li Shimin did not want to repeat the past events of the previous dynasty, which caused a lot of resentment among the people in Shandong just to build warships.
Today, the ships used by the Tang Dynasty navy are still built in the old-fashioned way. As long as there is an accident at sea and holes appear in the hull, the whole ship can only say goodbye.
But if the watertight compartment technology developed by Cheng Sanlang can be used, it will be equivalent to making the ship's survivability at sea stronger.
And there is also the guide compass. With that thing, at least in an emergency, the navy of the Tang Dynasty can find the right direction despite heavy fog or dark clouds at night.
"Next time, whenever you come up with something new, you'd better let me know."