The drizzle moistened the plants and the bluestone road, and the slight ticks seemed to be the slight chanting of the earth.

Feeling this quiet feeling, Xiao Ming's heart suddenly felt quiet.

He has been busy with government affairs for five or six years, but he rarely has such relaxed moments. Now he is in a state of interest but cannot stop him. So he said, "This is simple, I will give you a game that four of you can play, so that you can also relieve boredom in your spare time."

Aster likes the most lively, and now she applauds, she said, "What is the emperor going to teach us?"

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said, "If there is no such thing yet, I can just send someone to the ceramic workshop."

After saying that, he called Qian Dafu, found paper and pen to draw a lot of patterns, and then asked Qian Dafu to take this to the ceramic workshop and ask them to send it over.

The next day, the ceramic workshop delivered the things. They were small squares with various patterns printed on them. They were not other than modern mahjong.

After breakfast, Luluo, Ziyuan and Cui Xueer came to the bedroom as promised. At this time, Xiao Ming had already explained the way to play mahjong with Fei Yueer.

When the three of them arrived, Xiao Ming introduced the rules to them again. This time Xiao Ming used the technology crystal, so the four of them remembered the rules very quickly.

"This thing is fun." Aster shined in two ways. She always liked to play the most, and when she got involved in this thing, she was immediately trapped in it.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "Come on, I will play with you a few games today. If you have nothing to do in the future, you can also bring the Empress Dowager with you to save the empress dowager from being bored."

"What the emperor said is that this person must always find some fun, otherwise he will always have random thoughts."

Fei Yue'er, Cui Xue'er and Zi Wan sat down at the table, and Luluo stood obediently behind Xiao Ming and pinched his shoulders.

Ziyuan smiled wickedly, "What are you thinking about every night?"

Luluo immediately blushed, "Sister Ziyuan, you bullied me again!"

Fei Yue'er smiled with her lips pursed. She looked at Cui Xue'er. The imperial concubine was most unfamiliar with them, so she said, "Xue'er, this Aster is a hot household. The two are used to playing. If you accidentally say the wrong thing, don't worry."

Cui Xueer nodded slightly, and she felt a little envious of Fei Yueer and the other two for their laughter and scolding. She also wanted to integrate into it at this moment, so she said, "Don't worry, Empress, everyone is sister, I won't be upset because of this moment."

What a man is most afraid of is a fire in the backyard. Although some palace scheming in modern times find it interesting, he doesn't want some messy things to happen in his palace.

But now seeing Fei Yueer's big sister look, he feels at ease. As long as Fei Yueer can take care of the overall situation, the harem will not be in chaos.

When he started mahjong, Xiao Ming and the four of them forgot the time they played. It was not until noon that Qian Dafu reminded the five of them to come back from the fun of playing mahjong during lunch.

Because they had just come into contact with mahjong, the four of them were a little addicted. After lunch, they siege the city and fight. After all, Xiao Ming was a veteran, so he was not very sad about this.

Four people were left to play in the bedroom, and he and Qian Dafu went to Qingzhou Shipbuilding Shop. Now he has begun to expand his power overseas, which is very important to maintain the hegemony at sea.

Without more advanced warships, his rights and interests at sea are likely to be challenged by European countries, so it is necessary for him to develop more advanced warships.

After leaving Qingzhou City, Xiao Ming followed the Xiaoqing River to Qingzhou Shipbuilding House. At this time, a ship blazing black smoke in the river attracted Xiao Ming's attention.

This is a fifth-class Garen warship. At this time, a towering pillar extended from the center of the battleship. It was this pillar that kept emitting black smoke.

Zhang Liang and Lin Wentao were both on Garen's ship, and they were talking about something.

Seeing Xiao Ming coming, the two of them got off the boat and came to Xiao Ming.

"emperor."

Zhang Liang and Lin Wentao said at the same time.

Nodding, Xiao Ming asked, "Isn't this warship the earliest batch of Galen ships?"

"Yes, Master." Zhang Liang responded, and he said: "After seeing this steam engine, the Xiaguan felt that the former Galen ship could be converted into a warship with sailing and steam engine power, otherwise it would cost a lot of money to rebuild it."

Xiao Ming nodded, Zhang Liang's words were spoken to his heart.

In fact, Xiao Ming has been troubled by the renewal of the weapon during this period. In just six years, Qingzhou's firearms have gone from flintlock rifle to rifled rifle, and are about to be upgraded to fire hat firing guns.

The treasury was a little overwhelmed by such constant dressing, but it would be fine to replace the musket, but the warship was a big problem.

A Garen ship costs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and he can't afford such an update.

"Yes, I came to the shipbuilding workshop a few days ago to do this. Now I feel relieved that you can transform the Garen ship into a steamer." Xiao Ming said.

After being praised by Xiao Ming, Zhang Liang laughed and said, "This is the duty of the subordinates."

Nodding, Xiao Ming continued to ask: "Now this Garen ship does not rely on wind, how fast can it go in the water."

"About the eleventh chapter." Zhang Liang said.

Lin Wentao said: "Master, the speed of this ship has exceeded that of a warship that relies solely on wind power."

"Well, this is pretty good. In this way, the time from Dengzhou to Goryeo will be greatly reduced, and you can also gain an advantage in naval warfare."

Xiao Ming said that the navigation speed of this ship is represented by knots, one knot represents 1.852 kilometers, and the eleven knots is 20.372 kilometers, and the speed is basically 20 kilometers per hour.

Compared with steam ships, sail warships rely heavily on wind speed. Three or four knots are the norm when the wind is low, and eleven or two knots can also run out of eleven or two knots when the wind is heavy.

But overall, there is no stable steamer, which is why the sailing warship was quickly eliminated after the steamer came out.

After all, if you encounter a calm day, if this kind of warship meets at sea, the sailing warship will be completely abused.

Showing an excited look, he continued: "If this warship is transformed successfully, you will focus on transforming the warship this year."

"Yes, the emperor." Zhang Liang responded, and then said, "But this requires Lin Wentao to provide sufficient steam engines."

Lin Wentao immediately showed a bitter face, "Now everyone who sees me asks me for a steam engine. Emperor, the lower official is very bitter now."
Chapter completed!