After a tiring day, Hou Yao could finally go back to his room to take a comfortable bath and rest.
But just when he closed his eyes, he suddenly felt a figure outside the screen.
For some reason, he subconsciously thought it was Yu Xiuer, and when he couldn't help but laugh, he said:
"Why, are you planning to take a bath with your husband today?"
There was no sound outside the screen. Hou Yao opened his eyes and took a look. He saw an unkempt old man standing in front of the tub and looking at him dreamily.
"ah--."
Hou Yao let out a scream like a slaughtering pig on the spot and hurriedly protected his vitals.
With a "clang" sound, Yu Xiuer and Chen Junnan broke through the door and entered.
Yu Xiuer protected Hou Yao:
"Ms. sir, are you okay?"
Chen Junnan, on the other hand, restrained the old man with a move that split the muscles and bones.
The old man did not resist and allowed Chen Junnan to restrain him.
After Hou Yao saw that the old man was restrained, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked:
"Who are you? What is the purpose of breaking into my mansion?"
The old man smiled bitterly:
"Sir, you are so noble and forgetful. You don't remember me so soon?"
Hou Yao suddenly woke up and said:
"Are you that old lunatic from Xiantou Village? I remember your name was Wei...what are you talking about?"
Wei Daxing nodded and said:
"My lord has a good memory, I am Wei Daxing."
Yu Xiuer also remembered who this person was:
"You are the old madman who snatched the duck. Are you pretending to be crazy?"
Hou Yao suddenly burst into laughter:
"I have long suspected that you have a problem, but I didn't expect you to show up at your door yourself.
You must be deliberately hiding yourself like this, you must have very compelling reasons, and you must be coming to me to redress your grievances?"
Wei Daxing nodded first and then shook his head and said:
"No, the adults guessed half of it right. The villain does have a grievance, but it doesn't matter whether he can redress or not. The main thing is that the villain has something he wants to give to the adults."
"Send me something?"
"Please, little brother, could you please relax a little? I don't mean any harm."
Chen Junnan let him go and stepped aside, but his eyes were still closely watching his every move.
Wei Daxing took out a book wrapped in sheepskin from his arms. Just as he was about to hand it over, he suddenly withdrew his hand.
"Sir, are you sure you want to see it this way?"
Both Yu Xiuer and Chen Junnan looked back at Hou Yao.
Yu Xiuer immediately turned away in panic.
Chen Junnan pouted and whistled, sneering:
"Your Majesty's bird doesn't seem very majestic."
Hou Yao also looked down at himself and then remembered that he was still naked.
His face suddenly turned red, he hurriedly got into the bed, put on his clothes in a hurry, and then glared at Chen Junnan hatefully:
"It's none of your business whether it happens or not."
Chen Junnan pursed his lips:
"Isn't this a matter of lifelong sexual happiness for Junior Sister? Let me remind you,
In addition, Senior Brother has a secret technique here, which can become a great weapon and can control ten women at night without falling down. For the price of friendship..."
Hou Yao glanced at Yu Xiuer with a displeased face, and immediately interrupted:
"Is this what I am?"
After saying that, he gave a look that made every man understand. Chen Junnan understood and stepped aside and stopped talking.
Hou Yao turned to look at Wei Daxing:
"Okay, let's take a look at your things first."
Wei Daxing handed the book over with both hands:
"This book is the life-long effort of Ambassador Wu and I. I hope you can pass this book on. I am very grateful."
Hou Yao opened the book and took a look twice, and found that it was actually a book about shipbuilding.
If it were limited to the current era, this would definitely be called a unique book.
The book records almost in detail today's most advanced shipbuilding concepts and experiences.
It's a pity that it can only be regarded as useless to Hou Yao.
Ships with all wooden structures will eventually be eliminated by the times.
He opened the book and read a few pages. The more he read, the more familiar he felt, so he took out the "Machine Summary" and compared it.
I found that many handwritings in the two books were actually the same, and I was feeling strange. When I looked up, I found Wei Daxing looking at the "Machine Summary" with excitement on his face:
"How come...this book is in your hands?"
Hou Yao was stunned by "Machine Summary":
"You're talking about this? It was snatched from a group of pirates, what? Do you know this book?"
Wei Daxing nodded affirmatively:
"This is Ambassador Wu's notes. When we were building ships in Humen, Ambassador Wu asked me to learn shipbuilding skills with him."
Hou Yao suddenly understood that Ambassador Wu should be the second in command who was killed by Bai Tao.
"Okay, since it is your teacher's relic, let it be returned to its original owner."
As he spoke, he handed the book over.
Wei Daxing was stunned for a moment, then he stretched out his hands in great excitement, but only slightly touched the book, and then retracted his hands as if he was electrocuted.
"Sir, this thing is so important, why would you give it...to this villain?"
"Important? What aspect are you referring to? If you mean that this book is Master Wu's hard work, then it counts.
If it’s a review of content, it might be valuable to you, but to me, it’s still not that interesting.”
Wei Daxing thought of Hou Yao's various performances, and then suddenly nodded in understanding:
"Yes, I heard that you are extremely smart and can fly into the sky. These ordinary machines have indeed caught your eye.
But this "Shipbuilding Notes" is..."
Hou Yao shook his head slightly and interrupted:
"You are wrong. These two books have no meaning to me. Their only function is to bear witness to history.
Other than that, it’s of no use.”
Wei Daxing looked unconvinced and said:
"Why do you say this, my lord? Do you know that the 'Kunpeng Flagship' was invincible in all seas at that time, and its ship type was the treasure ship recorded in this book.
As long as you have enough financial resources to build it, it will be easy for you to conquer the world."
"You think too much. No matter how big the treasure ship is, it is still a wooden ship. Wooden ships will always be eliminated by the times.
And what I want to build is a steel fleet, which will not be eliminated easily."
"Sir, are you talking about the kind of big ship covered with iron sheets? Sir, this kind of ship is flashy and unreal.
Although steel can increase the ship's wear resistance and impact resistance, it greatly increases the load and its power is worrying..."
"You are wrong again. What I want to build is a water monster made of pure steel.
As for the motivation problem you mentioned, I will gradually solve it, and the results will be available within three years at most.
Rather than talking about this, I would rather tell you your story, I am more interested in it."
Wei Daxing looked at Hou Yao in shock. If someone else had said such a thing, he would have regarded it as bragging.
But for a person who has achieved countless awesome things, he will inevitably worry about what will happen if he does.
So he was stunned for a long time before saying:
"Sir, you are saying that it will take at least three years to build a giant steel ship that can sail on the sea? I wonder if you can let the villain also participate in it?"
"Of course you can, but the premise is that you have to explain your origin and story clearly. You have been pretending to be crazy for so many years, is there no reason?"
"Back to my lord, the villain is pretending to be crazy just to protect his family. In fact, the villain doesn't know why those people came to kill the villain's family.
At that time, Ambassador Wu was taken away, and the villain was suppressed by his colleagues at the Humen Shipyard, so the villain moved his family back to his hometown.
But I didn’t expect that someone would chase him back to his hometown, but those killers didn’t know that the villain could use martial arts...".
Hearing Wei Daxing say that he knew martial arts, the three of them were so shocked that they all took a step back. Hou Yao even hid himself behind Yu Xiuer.
Wei Daxing was completely unaware and still said seriously:
"...So after the villain killed the killers, he burned their bodies together with the house in his hometown, and then lied that all his family members were killed.
And my family also fled to Hong Kong Island overnight.
The villain stayed here firstly to wait for Ambassador Wu to come back, and secondly to find some clues about what happened back then.
It's a pity that after so many years, the villain didn't find any clues, so he later focused on writing this "Shipbuilding Minutes".
After the villain knew that the elder was a good official, he wanted to dedicate the book to the elder.
I hope adults can have the opportunity to realize the shape of the boat in the book, but I didn’t expect that adults would look down upon it.”
As he spoke, Wei Daxing glanced at "Shipbuilding Minutes" with regret, which was the work he had devoted half his life to.
After hearing what Wei Daxing said, Hou Yao didn't feel anything was wrong. The only thing he was curious about was how good Wei Daxing was in martial arts.
Why didn't even Chen Junnan and Yu Xiuer find out that he knew martial arts?
"You actually know how to use martial arts? How much strength do you have?"
"Sir, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, but I have never fought with anyone, and I don't know what the level of martial arts is."
Chen Junnan suddenly grinned:
“I don’t know how many products there are? You’ll know after you try them.”
After saying that, he slashed at Wei Daxing with his sword.
Wei Daxing did not dodge, but just stared at Hou Yao blankly.
"Sir, your fists and feet have no eyesight. I will hurt your subordinate if you look at me."
Chen Junnan frowned:
"Are you looking down on me?"
Wei Daxing raised his fist towards Chen Junnan and said:
"Little brother, although I don't know how far you have reached, judging from the speed and strength of your attack just now, there is still some gap between you and me."
As he spoke, he punched the air, only to hear a sonic boom that broke through the air. Then he saw an extremely clear punch mark on the pillar three meters away in front of him, which was more than two inches deep.
Yu Xiuer and Chen Junnan exclaimed together:
"Return to the original state of true master."
A first-grade grandmaster, the pinnacle of martial arts, it was unbelievable that Wei Daxing had reached such a state.
Hou Yao was extremely excited. What he feared most was that a super master would assassinate him.
Now that he can take in Wei Daxing, plus Yu Xiuer and Chen Junnan, he undoubtedly has three insurances for his own safety. He immediately laughed and said:
"Okay, Wei Daxing, since you like shipbuilding and I happen to want to build a shipyard, why don't you take charge of it.
I will also teach you new shipbuilding theories, but in order to build a giant steel ship, you must first have two prerequisites.
The first is to increase steel production and technology, and the second is to build the steam engine first, otherwise there will be no power and everything will be out of the question."
Wei Daxing seemed to understand:
"Although I don't understand what the adults say, I can't quite understand it, but as long as the adults allow the villain to see with his own eyes the giant steel ship that the adults talk about in his lifetime, the villain is willing to do his best for the adults."
Hou Yao waved his hand:
"No, I'm not letting you see it with your own eyes, but I'm letting you build a giant steel ship that can traverse the four seas with your own hands. How about it? Are you interested?"
Wei Daxing looked at Hou Yao in disbelief, then trembled with excitement and said:
"My lord...my lord, I am willing to serve you to the death...".