That night, Yang Yuhua and others clapped their hands to celebrate.
Even if it just makes Du He shut up and think about it for half a month, it is still a great victory!
Early the next morning, the boat competition between Datang and Japan began.
For this boat competition, the Ministry of Rites worked hard. First, Yang Yuhua and others stayed up all night, went to the Ministry of Works to watch in person, and asked the Ministry of Works to take out the top boats in the Tang Dynasty. Then they sent people to post notices to inform them.
The people of Chang'an city competed with each other.
The place for the boat competition is on the Bahe River in the north of Chang'an City.
Early in the morning, there were huge crowds of people on both sides of the Bahe River. Everyone came to cheer for the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time they also wanted to see what the Japanese captain was like.
When Li Er and others arrived at the scene and took a look, they were immediately shocked.
Chen Shuda explained: "Your Majesty, now the country is at peace and the people are at peace. The common people have come to see the great ships of our Tang Dynasty. They are here to cheer and let the common people see that under your majesty's wise governance, the Tang Dynasty is flourishing and all nations are coming."
North Korea, the world will be at peace!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Within the sea of Weijia, there are no borders in the world!"
Suddenly, there was a burst of praise.
When people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait saw Li Er, they also shouted: "Long live our emperor!"
"Long live!"
Li Er was in a good mood after seeing him.
He waved his hand and said, "Let the Ministry of Industry pull out our Datang ship to take a look!"
Chen Shuda hurriedly sent someone to inform him.
After a while, a large boat slowly floated down from the upstream.
This boat doesn't look like anything special.
Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, stepped forward and explained: "Your Majesty, this is a new type of ship built by the shipbuilding craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry last year. It can be said to be the pinnacle of shipbuilding in the Tang Dynasty. It can raise a total of twelve sails and can sail faster than ordinary ships.
The six-gallon and eight-gallon boats are much faster. The most important thing is that the sides of the boat can accommodate twenty people paddling, which can also increase the speed of the boat..."
After everyone heard this, they looked carefully and were amazed.
In this era, the pinnacle of shipbuilding was eight sails. Any more would be difficult to build. The Ministry of Industry actually built a ship with twelve sails. It was really not easy.
Moreover, there are twenty oars on both sides of the boat, which can be rowed by twenty men at the same time.
As a result, the speed of this ship cannot be matched by ordinary ships.
Officials praised him one after another.
When the people saw it, they also clapped their hands and cheered.
"Our Tang Dynasty is vast and boundless, with a vast land and abundant resources. How can it be compared to that of small Japan?"
"The prince of Japan is overestimating his own abilities. I'm afraid he no longer dares to compete!"
"I would like to see how the Japanese were defeated!"
Just as everyone was talking about it, the Japanese ship also appeared.
"Huh?"
When everyone saw the Japanese ship, their eyes widened.
I saw that the boat was smaller than the Tang Dynasty's boat.
No sail!
No paddle either!
Looks naked.
On both sides of the ship, there were four round wooden covers, as if they were covering something, and no one could see clearly what was inside.
Chen Shuda was surprised and said: "Prince Su Wo Ya Zi, is this your Japanese treasure ship?"
Su Woyazi said proudly: "Mr. Chen, yes, this is the Japanese treasure ship. Japanese craftsmen spent ten years building it. It is the best treasure ship in the world and the fastest!"
"Pfft..."
The Tang Dynasty officials nearby couldn't help laughing.
Changsun Wuji: "You call this piece of junk a treasure ship?"
Hou Junji: "This broken boat floats faster than my bathing barrel!"
Dai Zhou: “I think the Japanese people’s spirit is commendable!”
Li Er also couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, since it is a competition between Su and Wazi, you can just arrange the competition properly."
Only then did everyone stop smiling.
The Japanese people still have to give their face.
Chen Shuda said: "Prince Su Yazi, according to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, how about three contests, two wins in three games, how about?"
Su Wo Yazi said: "It's not impossible!"
"Okay, let's win two out of three matches, and Mr. Situ Wang will preside over it." Chen Shuda said.
Everyone also recommended Wang Gui to host the competition.
Wang Gui took a small boat and came to the middle of the Bahe River. On the left was the Tang Dynasty's Shenlong treasure ship, and on the right was the Dongying treasure ship.
Wang Gui held a small flag in his hand, thought for a while, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Start!"
Suddenly, all twelve sails of the Tang Dynasty Shenlong treasure ship were hung up, and twenty men rowed the oars neatly, shouting: "Hey, hey..."
The dragon treasure ship rushed forward quickly.
The end point is just upstream visible to the naked eye.
"Hahaha, look, the Japanese treasure ship is motionless!"
"There's not even a single person on the Japanese treasure ship. How could it move? It's a good thing if it doesn't go downstream!"
"Hahaha……"
Everyone laughed at him.
Even the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China are still laughing.
Chen Shuda said: "Prince, why don't you think about it like this? Should we cancel this competition and go back to repair the ship..."
Chen Shuda wanted to ask Su Wa Yazi to take the boat back for inspection, but before he could finish his words, he was suddenly shocked.
I saw the Japanese treasure ship parked in the middle of the Bahe River, and water suddenly began to pop up on both sides.
Then, everyone saw the Japanese treasure ship rushing out like an arrow from its string.
Puff puff.
Countless water splashes appeared on both sides of the Japanese treasure ship, and the river surface was stirred up.
The treasure ship sailed quickly past the small boat that Wang Gui and others were riding on, causing the boat to sway back and forth.
The most important thing is that a large amount of water splashed out, all hitting Wang Gui and others.
In the blink of an eye, Wang Gui became a drowned rat.
Fortunately, he got up at the fourth watch to take a bath and change clothes, and put on his best clothes, but now everything was in the bath.
"Ah...the Japanese treasure ship has arrived at its destination!"
Someone suddenly shouted in surprise.
Only then did everyone react.
The Japanese treasure ship has reached the end, but the Tang Shenlong treasure ship has only traveled more than half the distance.
The people were shocked!
The civil and military ministers were so surprised that they were speechless.
Li Ershou was trembling slightly, unable to believe this scene.
That Japanese treasure ship, which looks so ugly and doesn't even have a boatman, is so fast?
It doesn’t make sense!
Chen Shuda and others looked at each other in confusion.
At this time, the Shenlong Treasure Ship also arrived at its destination.
The two boats returned to the crowd one after another, and the Japanese treasure boat was driving slowly along the river bank, as if in a demonstration.
Li Er frowned and asked: "Duan Lun, why are Japanese ships so fast? I have never seen such a fast speed! What does your Ministry of Industry do for food?"
Duan Lun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Your Majesty, it is really weird... This ship is so weird! Your Majesty, please punish me for your incompetence!"
Duan Lun felt so aggrieved!
I thought I could show off the twelve sailboats that the Ministry of Industry had worked so hard to build, but I didn't know it would fail so miserably.
At this time, Prince Su Woyazi of Japan said proudly: "Your Majesty, you have lost. I don't think we should mention the treasure presentation anymore!"
Chen Shuda hurriedly shouted: "Prince, wait a minute, we just agreed to win two out of three matches, and now is the first match!"
"Humph, if I give you ten more chances, you will lose!" Su Wa Yazi said calmly.
…
Not far away, among the dense crowd.
Duhe is also among them.
In addition to Du He's guards, there are also Yuan Tiangang, Mo Yifei and Yuan Qingfeng beside him.
Du He asked: "Did you see it clearly?"
Yuan Tiangang and others shook their heads helplessly.