For a long time in ancient China, industrial technology was not valued highly, and today's Dahua is no exception.
Not only Li Youlan, but everyone present did not think it was a serious matter that these Westerners did not teach them skills. They even thought that it was stupid for Westerners to take everything on themselves.
Xia Shang had no time to pay attention to such a situation. After all, he was just a layman. He did not have great ambitions, let alone fighting for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Moreover, the current Chinese dynasty was not the Chinese nation he was familiar with.
You know, besides, he can't protect himself now. There are so many things entangled with him, how can he be free to worry about things hundreds of years from now?
As this collision between the East and the West is a turning point for human civilization in this era, Xia Shang feels it is very meaningful to be a witness as a time traveler.
But what Xia Shang didn't understand was that according to the historical process of human development, the gap between Eastern technology and Western technology at this time was too big. If the West at this time could independently create machines using steam and heat as energy,
With semi-mechanized ships, wouldn’t it mean that the civilization process of this world is completely different from the civilization process of the previous world of Xia and Shang?
Only Xia Shang could have such doubts. Everyone present seemed to be shocked by the huge warship promised by the Westerners, especially the civil and military ministers. They were all flushed with excitement, as if they had seen the Great Chinese Navy.
Sweep across the world and cleanse the world.
The same is true for Li Xin. This product, which was far beyond the civilization of the time, was too tempting for a future emperor. He was in front, chatting happily with some princess beside him. I am afraid that this is the only one in the world.
A Western princess can now be on an equal footing with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the society of China.
After seeing the behemoth at their feet, those scholars and scholars who looked like ordinary foreigners in the past all seemed like puffed-up rubber balls and completely lost their previous appearance. Instead, they boasted that there are people outside the world, that there is a sky outside the sky, and that everything is beyond the sky.
Encourage each other, don't be ashamed to ask questions, and so on.
Looking at this noisy scene, Xia Shang felt a little bored and asked Li Youlan next to him: "Miss, what are we doing?"
"Um?"
"Are we just sitting here?"
"otherwise……"
"Hey..." Xia Shang sighed, regretting coming to a place like this.
This boat is quite impressive, but it always stops motionless on the shore, and doesn't mention lifting anchor and going out for a walk. What's the point?
Thinking of why the ship was not allowed to start, Xia Shang suddenly realized a problem. The cabin they were in was too stable.
Xia Shang had noticed before when he got on the boat that the waves in the Yellow River were very big today, and this is the entrance of a tributary. Ordinary boats would sway very badly. The flower boats that he had taken before could only ride on the middle of the Yellow River.
On the Liukou River, one dares not go to the main waterway of the Yellow River. No matter how big the ship is, it is impossible for it not to feel the demon king at all.
The more he thought about it, the weirder Xia Shang felt.
Thinking about it, Xia Shang glanced at the table on the side. There was tea on the table.
The tea in the cup does not remain still. It will vibrate slightly when the water waves hit the hull, but this is by no means a ripple of the hull swaying with the water waves.
"Hiss..." Xia Shang took a breath.
Li Youlan on the side noticed something strange about Xia Shang: "What's wrong?"
"Something's wrong." Xia Shang muttered, and then said to Sai Jiangnan on the other side, "Go and call Li Zijin over."
Jiang Nan didn't notice his husband's doubts, so he got up and went to the front.
Not long after, Li Zijin came: "Xia Hui, are you looking for me?"
Xia Shang stood up: "Your Highness, what are the Westerners and His Highness discussing in front of you?"
Li Zijin shrugged: "It's nothing, it's just those Westerners saying that they want to return to their own countries, and then they will send people to Dahua to help Dahua build warships. This is a good thing, right? What do you think?"
"I see? I see there is fraud in this." Xia Shang's eyes stern, "In order to build this battleship, Dahua spent a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, right?"
"Of course, I heard from my eldest brother that this warship alone cost tens of millions of taels of silver, which is equivalent to five years of rations for a million troops. Not to mention the gold and silver that my father and my eldest brother gave to these Westerners during this period.
Jewelry, there are countless of them anyway.”
"countless?"
"What? You don't think this business is profitable? But in my opinion, it's okay. The money has a price, but the goods are priceless. If our country can have such a huge thing, it will definitely pose a threat to the world. Foreigners don't dare to be too arrogant."
"The things haven't been built yet, but the money has already been given to them?"
"That's why you don't understand. Although the treasure was given to them, their every move in Dahua is monitored by the court. As long as they are in Dahua, it doesn't matter what tricks they play. If necessary, the treasure will be taken away.
Just take it back."
Xia Shang was silent for a while: "Can you use the guards here?"
"There is no problem in temporarily transferring thirty or fifty people."
"You don't need so many. You can find three or five people who are good at water and let them go underwater to see what's going on. Then order more than ten people to control the officials who were ordered to monitor these Westerners."
Looking at Xia Shang's expression, Li Zijin was a little confused: "Xia Shang, why are you doing this all of a sudden? Is there any problem in this?"
Xia Shang did not answer, but instead said: "I hope you can save some losses for Dahua."
Li Zijin was confused by Xia Shang's words, but Xia Shang's expression gave people an ominous premonition.
He thought for a moment and glared at Xia Shang: "I'll just trust you for now."
After saying that, the small child ran out of the cabin quite anxiously.
After Li Zijin left, Xia Shang's serious expression did not fade away. Even Mrs. Sai on the side noticed something was wrong with Xia Shang and came over to ask: "What is the problem?"
Xia Shang stepped on the ship's plank hard: "If you guessed correctly, there must be something fixed below. There must be something fishy underneath this ship."
"Weird?"
Xia Shang was completely silent in his own world, saying to himself: "I just said there is something wrong here. How can such advanced ships appear in this era? There must be something wrong here! There must be something wrong!"
At this moment, Xia Shang was a little angry. He thought he would become a witness to history, but he didn't expect that this was just a real scam. The surprise made him speak in a heavy voice.
When he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that everyone in the cabin was looking at him.
For a moment, the scene froze.
"Who is this person?"
"How can he be allowed to make noises at will in such an occasion?"
"Here comes someone, kick this person out quickly."
"Wait..." Peter, a Westerner, bluntly interrupted the discussion, "It seems that this friend still has doubts about our manufacturing process. It doesn't matter, I will answer his doubts." (To be continued)