"Although the acquaintance between the young lady and the King of Qi was not pleasant, the young lady gradually fell in love with the King of Qi and was willing to marry His Highness. The Madam was also very satisfied with His Highness. Even Tiger Girl and I were

I am very optimistic about the marriage between the young lady and His Highness." Lu Hong said slowly.

Lu Hong and Aunt Hu had no children, and they had watched Wen Xin grow up, so they had always regarded her as their own daughter. Therefore, they were naturally more worried about Wen Xin's marriage than anyone else, until they made arrangements for Li Min.

After getting to know each other, and seeing that Li Min and Wen Xin lived happily after marriage, I felt relieved.

After listening to Lu Hong's words, Lu Qing, Wu Hu, and Zhou Long all fell silent. The three of them were either literary or military and considered themselves to be outstanding men of the moment. It was only because of their lord that they kept wandering on the sea. Although

He has won a lot of prestige, but in their eyes, he is just a reckless person. When a real man stands in the world, he does not say that he opens up new territories and is admired by all the people, but at least he must win over a prince, general, and minister for his own sake and for his future generations.

A person leaves behind an inheritance.

The three of them thought for a long time, finally looked at each other, and stepped forward together to say to Lu Hong: "Brother, the three of us will definitely live up to Madam's hard work. Please give me your instructions on what to do in the future!"

"Okay!" Lu Hong was also overjoyed. The three people in front of him were all loyal to the lord. He was really worried that the other party would take advantage of others. Fortunately, he finally convinced himself, "This time you used the trial voyage to get into the palace. It's true.

It's a wonderful move. Don't do anything else now, and don't show any deliberate closeness to His Highness. After you complete the trial voyage, we will find an opportunity to clarify it with His Highness King Qi."

When they heard that they were going to reveal their secrets to Li Min, the three of them, Lu Qing, were all anxious. Among them, Lu Qing hurriedly said: "Brother, if King Qi knows our identities, will he fall out with us? After all, our

Is your identity too sensitive?"

"Yes, Mr. Lu, it would be okay if we were exposed, but if His Highness King Qi knows the identity of the young lady, will it bring trouble to both the young lady and the madam?" Zhou Long, who has always been taciturn, also said. He

He is of the same race as Wen Xin's mother, and is Wen Xin's uncle according to seniority, so he is most concerned about the safety of their mother and daughter.

"Haha. Don't worry about this. From what I know about King Qi, he will never have any grudge against the young lady's identity. As for confessing her identity to King Qi, it was also with Madam's consent." At this point,

A wry smile suddenly appeared on Lu Hong's face, "What's more,

, do you think His Highness King Qi is really that easy to fool? Although he may not know the true identity of the lady, he already has some information about the identity of the lady, and after my observation during this period, King Qi should have some information in his hands.

A very secretive intelligence organization."

Hearing Lu Hong's words, Lu Qing and the other three couldn't help but be shocked. Thinking about Li Min who was joking with them this afternoon, they really couldn't tell that the other party had such scheming intentions?

"It seems that the descendants of the Li family are really powerful. They are worthy of being the family that conquered the world from the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty!" Lu Qing finally said with a wry smile. Back then, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng brothers were the best among people. Now let's look at Li Shimin's sons. Others

They don't know clearly, at least the King of Qi in front of them is not inferior to Li Shimin back then.

It was getting late, and Lu Hong had almost finished explaining the matter. So he got up and left, coming out of the corner door in the alley, then returned to the side door of Prince Qi's Mansion, took back the things he bought from the vendors, and shared them with others

They said hello and then returned to the house. Everything seemed to be the same as usual.

A few days later, in the port outside Dengzhou City, among the many ships of various colors, two large sailing ships with very unique shapes were parked there. One of them looked somewhat similar to a building ship. The ships were divided into many layers, but this

The bottom of the boat is wide at the tip, with the bow and stern raised high, and the draft is very deep. It looks like it is at least three or four meters. The most distinctive thing is that it has three masts on the boat.

The other one is even more strange. It looks like a pointed-bottomed ship. There are actually four masts on this ship, and the masts are much higher than those of ordinary ships. The sails of this ship are not traditional hard sails either.

It is a soft sail made of cloth. The canvas is also placed horizontally. The sails of the front two masts are trapezoidal, and the two rear masts are strange triangular sails. In addition, because the masts are taller and the cloth is light,

Therefore, there are more sails on the ship.

Both of these two strange ships are more than ten feet in length. They are the largest in the entire port, almost as big as the tall ships in the Tang Dynasty Navy next to them. The appearance of such a huge ship naturally attracted countless people.

People gathered around and talked about which new ship was built by a large merchant. It was not until Li Min's royal guards arrived that they finally realized that it was a sea ship built by Prince Qi. There was nothing surprising about it.

After the guards cleared the place, Li Min, Lu Qing and others walked in together. Looking at the two large ships parked on the sea, Lu Qing and others were also very excited. They only knew that they wanted to trial a new ship, but for this

I still don’t know anything about the performance of this kind of boat. Today I finally saw the real thing.

As a navigator's intuition, when Lu Qing saw these two ships, he immediately vaguely felt that the performance of these two ships was definitely much better than the ships he had driven before. No wonder the Yan before

Chang Shi asked them to pay a huge deposit of ten thousand yuan. The two ships in front of them were definitely worth that price.

With the arrival of Li Min, the fireworks and firecrackers that had been prepared all around were going off. The new ship was to be delivered to the owner, so it was naturally more lively. Amidst the sound of firecrackers, Li Min turned around and took a palm from the attendant next to him.

big and small round boxes,

Then he handed it to Lu Qing and said: "Mr. Lu, today is the day when the new ship is delivered. I have prepared a small gift, which can be regarded as a congratulatory gift to you. I also wish you to complete the opening of the new route as soon as possible, and then the deposit will be

I will pay you back in full."

"Thank you for the gift, Your Highness!" Lu Qing took the box and prepared to put it in his arms without looking at it. After all, according to Chinese etiquette, except for a few occasions, gifts are generally not opened in front of the giver.

"Wait a minute! Mr. Lu had better open it and take a look. Therefore, although this thing is simple to use, there are some points that need to be paid attention to." Li Min hurriedly stopped him. Although this thing is small, it is of great use.

, and even related to the success or failure of their trial voyage, so Li Min was so solemn.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Lu Qing was also a little curious and took a closer look at the round box in his hand. It looked like the kind of rouge box used by women, but the workmanship was not that fine. The wood was actually good wood and looked very strong.

Lu Qing opened the lid of the round box and found that it was a piece of transparent glass. Under the glass was a disc with scales. In the middle of the disc, there was a pointer painted in red and black.

He is so knowledgeable that he has never seen this thing before, let alone how to use it.

"Mr. Lu, this thing is called a navigation compass. It is used to identify directions. Look at the pointer inside. The red end always points to the north..." Li Min pointed at the compass and explained.

The Chinese have long discovered the use of magnets to indicate directions, such as the legendary Yellow Emperor's compass, Sinan, etc. However, it was not until the Song Dynasty that it began to be used for navigation. As a time traveler, Li Min

Naturally, I would not let this thing go to waste, so I asked people to study it and make it. The principles and materials are all ready. The only problem is how to make it smaller. This is not difficult for the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, so

It was made within a few days.

Lu Qing became more and more excited as he listened, and even his hands were trembling slightly in the end. As a person whose home is the sea, he naturally knew what this compass represented. In the past, when they wanted to identify the direction at sea, they could only use the sun to tell the direction.

The moon and stars are used as reference, but these are not very accurate. To prepare, just

You can use the star-finding technique passed down from the Warring States Period, but not many people know how to do it, and it cannot be used in rainy weather. But with this compass, it is different. You can know the direction of your navigation almost anytime and anywhere.

As a result, the probability of getting lost at sea will plummet.

But before Lu Qing could finish his excitement, Li Min explained several situations in which the compass would be affected, such as when there are magnetite or iron mines around, or even more unlucky situations such as solar storms that affect the earth's magnetic field.

But don’t worry too much about this. In most cases, the compass is still very accurate.

Although he heard that the compass sometimes didn't work, Lu Qing was still very excited. As soon as Li Min finished the introduction, he immediately knelt down on one knee, raised the compass above his head with both hands and knelt down and said, "Lu Qing, a common man, thank you for the treasure given by His Highness!"

In the Tang Dynasty, except for the kings and masters of heaven and earth, there was no need to kneel down at all. For example, Lu Qing was just a commoner. When he saw the prince Li Min, he only had to bow and salute. Unless the slave saw his master, he only had to kneel down.

Kneel down on the ground. Now Lu Qing kneels down on one knee to Li Min, which is obviously an extremely solemn etiquette.

"Mr. Lu, please get up quickly!" Li Min hurriedly helped him up, and then said solemnly, "Mr. Lu, this compass is just the beginning. In the future, I will have people develop more instruments for navigation.

and technology, and you just need to feel free to explore boldly, I will support you in everything!"

Li Min said the last few words loudly, deliberately letting everyone around him hear them. Although they still don't understand the meaning of these words, I believe that as long as this matter spreads with Lu Qing and others, more people will definitely be able to hear it.

Many people understand the determination of the King of Qi.

After sending Lu Qing and a group of crew members to the two ships, they will conduct a half-month assault training on the two ships under the guidance of the shipbuilder. Only after they have mastered the performance of the two ships will they

The real sea trials began and a new route to Silla, Baekje and Wa was opened.

Two days later, just when Li Ming had publicized Lu Qing's story, the entire Dengzhou was talking about it. From time to time, some people even ran to the dock to carefully observe the performance of the two ships being trained, and even some were interested.

The enterprising businessman has already begun to inquire with the shipyard about the cost of two new ships.

But at this moment, Li Min was stunned by the news from Wang Zihao from Chang'an. He locked himself in the study for three or four hours, and then walked out of the room with a tired look on his face, but his face was full of

It’s so heavy. (To be continued)!~!
Chapter completed!