Chapter 628: Marka City

"I don't want your head, I just want twenty-four battleships to be launched." Zhao Xu smiled helplessly, then took a thick stack of drawings from Xu Lie and handed it to Chen Shou.

The icy sea breeze blew up a page from the blueprint, revealing the structural diagram of the ship.

When Chen Shou caught a glimpse of it, he immediately became excited and quickly turned over the pages.

Looking at the ships that were completely different from the sail warships, his mouth opened wide and he could hardly close it.

Then he said: "Your Highness, you really wanted to go with me. During this time, I have been thinking about how to apply steam engines to warships. I also drew some drawings, but they are inferior to your Highness's drawings." "

This time it was Zhao Xu's turn to be surprised. He took a deep look at Chen Shou.

In order to improve the shipbuilding efficiency of the Ship Division, soon after the steam engine was developed, he asked Tsui Hark to give several to the Ship Division to make steam-powered electric saws for cutting wood.

Unexpectedly, Chen Shou was inspired by these steam engines and came up with the idea of ​​building a steam ship.

"Hahaha..." Zhao Xu laughed, which once again proved the wisdom of the ancient craftsmen.

As long as they have the right guidance, they will burst out with extraordinary power

"Not bad, but right now I still follow these drawings." Zhao Xu nodded.

If it weren't for the current bad situation, he would definitely let Chen Shou continue his research.

It's just that reality doesn't allow him to be willful, so he can only let Chen Shou build a new type of ship according to the drawings.

Chen Shou nodded. With the ready-made drawings, he naturally would not waste time continuing with his scrawled designs.

In his opinion, it would only take him three to five years to successfully design a steamship.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Shou kept his eyes on the drawing without raising his head.

Zhao Xu is already used to it. Like Wang Ying and his son, Chen Shou is also a technology fan.

After a while, Chen Shou gradually came to his senses and felt excited.

As if to confirm, he asked: "After your Highness launches these ships, will it be possible to build this kind of steamship?"

Zhao Xu gave Chen Shou an affirmative look.

Chen Shou suddenly felt ecstatic.

…

Leting County.

While Zhao Xu was inspecting the Ship Division in Jinghai, Dong An was at the dock in Laoting County.

After giving King Yan's order to Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi dispatched two warships and three merchant ships to go south together.

These three merchant ships temporarily acted as supply ships.

The activity area of ​​their black shark pirates has always been limited to the waters near Yanzhou, and has only recently expanded to the waters of Qizhou.

King Yan restricted their scope of action, in addition to avoiding unnecessary disputes.

Another factor is that from Yanzhou to the south, they do not have any supply points, and the coast is full of powerful tribes that are hostile to Yanzhou.

Since there were at least 500 crew members on each warship, the daily cost was huge.

If they wanted to go further, they would have to carry more and more supplies.

But the capacity of warships is limited, and they cannot carry unlimited amounts of food and water.

Therefore, unless they robbed along the way, they could only bring three merchant ships with them.

"This mission is really an adventure." Zhou Yi said to Dong An as the warship was about to set off, feeling guilty for a while.

If he didn't know King Yan well, he would really think that King Yan was deliberately trying to trouble Dong An.

In the past, he and Liu Fu were actually full of contempt for the children of the Dong family, Yang family, Lu family and other wealthy families who had taken refuge in King Yan.

However, as they got along with Lu Chang and Yang He, their attitudes towards the three families gradually changed.

Because they truly fulfilled their promise and removed the traces of the wealthy family from themselves.

Now, Dong An even risked his life to go to Yizhou, and he secretly admired Dong An in his heart.

After all, in his opinion, this was a narrow escape.

Not to mention the possible dangers at sea, even if Dong An meets the Franji people, the Sterdam people and other Western natives, it is still uncertain how they will treat Dong An?

It is not impossible to catch Dong An and kill him on the spot.

"Wealth can be obtained through danger. I, Dong An, love to obtain chestnuts from fire." Dong An smiled casually.

Zhou Yi smiled, shook his head, and said only two words: "Take care."

Dong An nodded, "When I come back, I'll treat you to the most beautiful wine and order the most beautiful girl."

After that, he climbed up the battleship along the rope ladder, leaving Zhou Yi dumbfounded.

Not long after, the sails were raised, and two warships led three merchant ships slowly southward.

After ten days of sailing, using telescopes, the fleet avoided many ships and appeared in the waters near Marka City.

At this time, Dong An ordered the flag of King Yan to be raised.

After all, this is an official mission.

Their appearance immediately aroused the vigilance of the Franji people.

As two of Franji's four warships are performing the task of escorting merchant ships, one is patrolling the eastern waters.

Currently, there is only one French warship docked at the Marka City harbor.

As soon as the warship flying the flag of King Yan appeared, they immediately reported to Governor Fei Wen.

"We came at the right time. We were about to kill them and bleed them into a river, but they came to our door. Governor Feiwen asked me to lead the battleships to sink them."

Steven requested as Steven and Feiwen came to the harbor and they looked through the telescope for a while.

Fei Wen frowned. He knew that Steven was very belligerent, but this time he was too aggressive when facing King Yan.

In fact, he had always had some doubts about the attack on the merchant ship, but because there were witnesses and evidence, he could only make actions that were in line with the current situation.

But now, the flags hoisted on the two warships were not those of the Black Shark Pirates, but those of the King of Yan.

This means that the two warships no longer represent the Black Shark Pirates, but the King of Yan.

Although the Black Shark Pirates are the fleet under the command of the King of Yan.

But openly hanging the flag of the King of Yan means something different, which means that they came in an official capacity.

"I would like to know the purpose of their coming here." Fei Wen ignored Steven and sent a small boat to the warship of the King of Yan.

Seeing this, Steven's face suddenly turned red, but Fei Wen was the governor after all, his immediate superior, so he couldn't get angry.

Not long after, the boat came back with news from the Yanzhou warship.

"Governor, a man on the boat claimed to be the envoy of the Honglu Temple of Yanzhou, and came to explain to the governor the attack on the merchant ship on the orders of the King of Yan." said the Portuguese soldier.

Steven's heart skipped a beat, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes when he looked at the Yanzhou warship.

Feiwen showed a thoughtful expression.

Nodding, he asked the Portuguese soldiers to go to the Yanzhou warship again and ordered one of the warships to retreat three miles.

He will board the Portuguese warship and meet with the rest of Yanzhou for negotiation.

The reason why he did not meet the Yanwang envoy in Marka City was, on the one hand, to show the majesty of the Portuguese warship.

Secondly, it was because he was worried that Steven would take reckless actions against the Yanwang envoy.

Most importantly, the Yanwang envoy traveled thousands of miles to Yizhou to explain the attack on the merchant ship.

If this was not done by the Yanwang, then it is worth suspecting that someone blamed the Yanwang and provoked the conflict between the Portuguese and the Yanwang.

Among them, whoever benefits, whoever has the greatest possibility.

There is no doubt that Japan has benefited the most, and Japan has also been extremely active.

In addition, if it was not the Black Shark Pirates, what happened to the crew member who survived by chance?

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly sank, and his thoughts were all over the place.

At this moment, he would rather it was the Black Shark Pirates who did it.