As Su Mo'er said, Empress Changsun summoned Li Yan the next day and told Li Yan that she was planning to return to Chang'an. The next day she left Yizhou City under the escort of the imperial guards. She is worthy of being the mother of a country and is just doing things neatly and neatly.

At the gate of the city, Li Yan showed a very reluctant expression, and said he was reluctant to leave in his words, but was exposed directly by Queen Changsun, "Stop acting, I know you want me to go back to Chang'an. Without restraint, you can do whatever you want."

"The queen of mother misunderstood her son." Li Yan was ashamed of shame as a thief who was exposed in broad daylight.

Empress Changsun didn't plan to continue to worry about this problem. When her children grew up, no one liked the elders to look at her. She was also a veteran, so she said, "I really didn't expect that such a big change would happen in Yizhou. Women's college is a good idea. You have to pay attention to it. After a few years, when Yizi grows up, I will let her come to Yizhou to study. At that time, your brother must remember to take good care of his sister."

"Ah?" Li Yan was stunned. Empress Changsun's words today were really more thrilling than the other, but he couldn't say anything, so he said, "That's natural."

Then Empress Changsun held Cui Yingying's hand, as if looking at her children, and said in a doting tone: "Thanks to Yingying's care during this period, I just need to tell my mother that she will definitely help you if you have any difficulties in the future."

Cui Yingying smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother." She looked very well-behaved.

The two women talked and started chatting again. Li Yan, who was standing on the side, was anxious and more than ten minutes passed. Queen Changsun finally finished the explanation and got on the carriage.

"My son respectfully sends his mother to you!" Li Yan said respectfully with a group of officials.

As soon as he finished speaking, Empress Changsun's carriage started and headed north along the cement avenue in North City, Yizhou. Li Yan looked at the convoy away and finally finished his mind. His mission was finally completed.

The convoy gradually disappeared from sight, and Li Yan's spirit suddenly became high. The reason why he was in a hurry to see Queen Changsun away just now was because there was something very important today, after nearly a year of construction. The first batch of twenty steam treasure ships were finally launched and officially tried the voyage today. Li Yan waited for too long for this day.

Cui Yingying left with her maid, and the officials of the government affairs system also returned to their posts. Li Yan, Zhu Youzhi and Cheng Huailiang looked at each other and smiled. The three of them got on the horse and galloped all the way from the north gate of Yizhou to the south gate of Yizhou, and then headed to the shipyard in Nanhe.

At this time, many people had gathered in the shipyard, including ship workers and Taoyuan technicians, as well as professional sailors from the Navy Department of the Military Academy. This time they were responsible for the trial sailing of the treasure ship.

"Your Highness!" Li Yan came down from the river bank. Everyone saluted Li Yan one after another, and Yun Shou and Du Zhiping were all among them.

The Nanhe Shipyard was constructed with ten treasure ships. Now all ten treasure ships are docked at the port of Nanhe, and the huge iron anchors are sunk into the water. The huge hull of 120 meters covers the sky and the sun, which is very spectacular. At this time, many crew members on the treasure ship are doing preparations, and these people are seamen who have been trained since the beginning of shipbuilding.

Looking from bottom to top, there are many square holes on one side of the treasure ship, with a lid on it, and black gun barrels extend out of these holes. Each treasure ship has all been turned in 240 artillery.

"Let's go up and take a look!" Li Yan was excited and shocked when he looked at the treasure ship anchored in the water, and also felt a deep sense of pride. The history of the weak ocean country will not repeat itself in his era, and the Yizhou Navy will be the only overlord on the ocean.

Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu were already stunned. Li Yan called out several times before he came to his senses and followed Li Yan onto the treasure ship.

When he arrived at the deck of the treasure ship, Li Yan realized the hugeness of the treasure ship. In addition to the normal three masts more than ten meters high, four huge chimneys stood in the center of the treasure ship, each chimney was enough to be surrounded by one person. At this time, smoke was coming out. Many people were busy on one end of the ship, and there were even people riding horses to run around, which showed the wide area of ​​the deck.

"Your Highness, can you test the voyage now?" Yun Shou said proudly. This treasure ship was built by him personally. How could he not be proud?

Li Yan and his friends just looked at everything on the boat for a long time and heard this, Li Yan said, "Let's start." After that, he was about to get off the boat.

Qin Huaiyu said in confusion: "What are you doing when you go down?"

Li Yan remembers that many steamships sank during trial voyages in history, so he thought it was better to be cautious, especially since there were more than 200 artillery guns on the ship.

"We will take the ride when the trial voyage is over, and you will come down too." Li Yan said.

Qin Huaiyu didn't understand why, but obeyed Li Yan's orders and came down from the boat along the wooden boards set up.

After seeing Li Yan and his group walking down, Yun Shou said, "Start sail!" He understood what Li Yan was worried about, but he couldn't go down because he wanted to prove like everyone that the ship he built could stand the test.

Everyone was waiting below, looking at the treasure ship where Yun Shou was. In the expectation of everyone, with the loud sound of "Woo...", the huge gray body of the treasure ship began to move.

These ten treasure ships are arranged in parallel in a row. Yunshou is the first treasure ship. After leaving the port, the treasure ship is getting faster and faster. It will soon sail into the middle of the river and then start to sail south. It will disappear from everyone's sight, and it will be very fast.

Du Zhiping was holding a timer in his hand at this time. This trial sail not only tested the strength of the hull, but also tested the speed of the steamship.

As the steamship left, many naval students still discussed it, with excited smiles on their faces. They will be the first navy to ship steam ships. Judging from their reactions, they are obviously very satisfied with the performance of this treasure ship.

"With this sharp weapon, Your Highness can run rampant on the water, and there will be no enemy in one place." Zhu Youzhi sighed, "But since the treasure ship has been put into the army, what is your highness's goal next? These steam treasure ships cannot be put on hold here, it is too wasteful."

Qin Huaiyu was familiar with the land, but knew nothing about the sea. He said, "What Yuzhi said is, what is the next step to do?"

Li Yan smiled and said, "Of course, it is to conquer the sea and sell Yizhou's goods to every corner of the world in exchange for gold, raw materials and various treasures."

Zhu Youzhi thought, "Is it the colonization that Your Highness mentioned?"

"That's right, the next step is to colonize and turn the ocean into our inland river." Li Yan was filled with heart and was full of fighting spirit.

Qin Huaiyu and Zhu Youzhi both showed a fascination when they heard this and began to talk to Li Yan about the specific significance of colonization.

As they were chatting, many people began to cheer. Li Yan turned around and found that the treasure ship was back, and the speed of returning was faster than the speed of leaving just now.

After successfully docking at the shore, Yun Shou got off the treasure ship with excitement on his face, "Your Highness, the steam treasure ship has returned successfully."

Li Yan patted his shoulder heavily and said to Yun Shou and Du Zhiping: "You are all great heroes in Yizhou, and your names will surely be recorded in history."

Yun Shou and Du Zhiping looked at each other and were extremely happy.

Du Pingzhi said: "Without His Highness's support, we will not be able to get to where we are today. These are what we should do." Then he said: "Your Highness, I estimate that the speed of the steamship has come out."

"How much?" Li Yan asked anxiously.

"Sixty miles per hour." Du Zhiping said excitedly.

Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu looked confused when they heard this number, but Li Yan understood that this was an amazing number, because the fastest container ship in the world is only at a speed of twenty-four knots, which is about ninety miles per hour.

Li Yan nodded and praised, "Yes, I am very satisfied. Now let's hand over the treasure ship to the Navy and the Chamber of Commerce for use!" These treasure ships have reached the standards of marine warships in the 18th century from anywhere. Li Yan cannot force it too much, because this can be said to be a miracle.

After Li Yan finished speaking, Zhu Youzhi shouted to a group of naval cadets: "Sun Dongxu, Xia Guangyi, Shi Zhen!"

"In!" The three students immediately trotted over when they heard the order. These were the best students in the Navy Department. Their ancestors were all seeking life at sea and were responsible for marine transportation. When they were young, they often set off from Yizhou with their elders to Guangzhou, and then arrived in Persia by sea from Guangzhou. Later, the Military Academy recruited students. They heard that there were naval specializing in sailings and signed up.

His eyes swept over the three of them, and Li Yan said, "You are responsible for the handover ceremony with the shipyard. After the ceremony, you will gather at the Military Academy. I have a task to hand over to you."

"Yes!" The three of them saluted Li Yan.

Li Yan didn't want to participate in the remaining trivial matters because he was already planning something new and summoned the crew of the shipyard to praise them. Li Yan went to other shipyards because the treasure ship was built in three shipyards. In addition to the largest shipyard, there were two other shipyards responsible for the construction of the remaining ten treasure ships. They were also completed at the same time. Sun Dongxu and his men were assigned by Li Yan to take over the treasure ships.

After the trial ceremony, Li Yan, Zhu Youzhi and others returned to the Military Academy. Several people went directly to the combat command room of the academy. There were various maps bought by Li Yan from Hyundai, as well as some Yizhou sand table models.

Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu sat down in the combat command room and looked at Li Yan in confusion. They didn't understand what Li Yan was going to do. In fact, what Li Yan thought was very simple. Yizhou was suitable for land defense, but it was definitely not suitable for establishing a naval base here. Then the emerging Yizhou Navy needed to open a real deep-water port.

Putting a map on the table, Li Yan called both of them over and said, "Aren't you asking what the navy will do next? Let me tell you now that we will build a naval deepwater port here next."

Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu looked at the place where Li Yan pointed his fingers. It was a small sea island adjacent to the Tang Dynasty. There were two words below Li Yan's fingers - Ryukyu.
Chapter completed!