Chapter 201: Kelongli

The food in the palace is actually very simple. When receiving foreign ministers, it is mainly about talking.

During the dinner, Zhao Zhen discovered another peculiarity: "How come this lamp only shows light and fragrance, but no smoke?"

The internal official explained: "With this lamp, there is also a booklet with a weird name called "Operating Instructions for the Wanshou Lamp". The book mentions that the fuel for the Wanshou Lamp is obtained by dissolving borneol in alcohol, which is different from ordinary fuels.

Not to mention the fragrant smell, after lighting it there is only water vapor and no smoke."

Zhao Zhen nodded and suddenly remembered something: "Meishan? Alcohol? How much does this alcohol cost? How much does it cost to light this lamp for one night?"

The internal officer looked at the empress and did not dare to speak.

Zhao Zhen put down his chopsticks and stopped eating.

The official was so frightened that he knelt down: "Don't be angry, I am telling you the truth. I would like to inform the officials that every time this lamp is lit, it costs money... twenty-five guan..."

Zhao Zhen even suspected that there was something wrong with his ears: "How many?!"

The internal official said: "One bottle of this thing is equivalent to two bottles of Yongchun Dew. Yongchun Dew is in Bianjing. One bottle has twelve strings, plus borneol..."

The queen consoled her: "Guan family, this is also the sincerity of the officials and people of Meishan. I have also read the manual, and it says that alcohol is something. If you don't use it, over time, it will... evaporate. That's why I am bold.

Take the initiative and light up the lamp. Let the officials see the elegance of our country in the Song Dynasty and the peace and happiness of the people. This is also the result of the official's clothes and food, and the spread of benevolence and virtue. Even if you can't leave the palace, you can see it.

Look, it’s also comforting, isn’t it?”

Zhao Zhen was still a little uneasy: "In the end, we have spent too much. Let's forget it this time. Let us pass on the decree. From now on, every May and October of the Wanshou Festival, Meishan can donate borneol alcohol, and this lamp can only be lit on major festivals."

, the rest of the time, it’s better to skip it.”

Everyone in the hall bowed together: "The benevolence of officials!"

…

Also in May, Mr. Xiao Gao returned to Dali, passed through his house without entering, and went straight to Jianchang Mansion. Together with Adunlie of the Erlin Department, he launched a campaign to suppress the bandits on the trade routes along the way from the north and south.

In June, under strong pressure from the two armies, some bandits fled into the Shama tribe and killed three shamans who were spreading Protestantism in the Shama tribe, as well as members of several small tribes. The methods were very cruel.

The temple management team rushed to the scene and after analysis, determined that they used a cruel human sacrifice ritual.

This move aroused collective condemnation from the Erlin Tribe, Dali, and surrounding small tribes. For some unknown reason, the small tribes who were injured suddenly claimed that those gangs were actually troops sent by the Shama Tribe to attack the Erlin Tribe.

In view of the fact that the Shama tribe harbored the murderer and undermined the stability of the region, they decided to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, and took refuge in the arms of the Erlin tribe.

Samapizhi was furious after hearing the news and sent troops to suppress it, causing casualties to a small tribe.

The situation gradually escalated. The Erlin tribe, the governor of Yazhou, the governor of Meizhou, and finally Zhang Fangping, a scholar, went to the court to accuse the Shama tribe of being rebellious and barbaric.

Do not report to bed.

In July, Atun Chizun received a petition from the great witch Su Mingrun to punish thieves. The article listed ten major crimes such as human sacrifice, robbing friends and neighbors, killing wizards, blocking trade routes, stupid people, heavy slaughter, and greed for pleasure.

Call on all tribes to resist together.

As soon as the proclamation arrived, various tribes immediately caught wind of the situation and joined the ranks of grabbing big households.

In August, the Shama tribe was annexed by the Erlin tribe, and a large tribal alliance was formed covering an area equivalent to Jianchang Prefecture. Adunlie stood out in this battle and became the best military leader between the Song Dynasty and Dali.

With the addition of high manganese steel, the battle progressed and ended so quickly that everyone around them saw the true strength of the Erlin Department.

After Atunlie beheaded Shama Pizhi on the battlefield, he took out the second decree of the great witch and only killed the guilty ones. The people of Shama tribe were innocent and were fooled by the upper-class nobles. Soon the two

The Forestry Department will count the assets of the nobles of the Shama tribe, provide relief to the common people, and distribute supplies. Each of the Shama tribes, large and small, will settle down and wait for the wizards to move in.

There was a good harvest, and as soon as the grain was harvested, the original area under the jurisdiction of the Shama tribe was quickly settled.

Xiao Gao Xianggong returned to Dali with a full collection of cultural and martial arts, including the Song Dynasty's reward edict and hundreds of gangster heads that the Erlin tribe did not need.

The ruler of Dali and below went to the city gate to greet him in the suburbs.

In September, the Dali branch of Sitong Company was established in Shanchan Prefecture and Jianchang Prefecture.

Engineering teams and surveying teams began to be dispatched to search for mineral deposits in the Anning Valley.

…

On the Glass River, since April, there have been many strange little things.

It is said that that thing is called a windsurfing board.

A hollow fish-shaped wooden board with a fin in the middle of the bottom and a socket on the top where a triangular sail can be inserted.

The children of Tutu Temple are very skilled in water. With this toy, they vent their excessive energy on it after finishing work and school every day.

In the middle of the small sailboard, there is often a white boat. There are two sails on the boat, a small triangular sail in the front, a tall mast in the back, and a longitudinal sail under the mast.

Later Su You was from the mainland and had never sailed, but he had never eaten pork and had always seen pigs running away.

After drawing a specious drawing of a small sailboat, he called the wealthy merchant Wu on the dock and the captain of the Erlin warship to ponder the structure of the small sailboat.

The design of the keel and watertight compartment was unanimously approved by wealthy merchants and ship owners.

Then the ship shape design has also been praised by wealthy merchants. It is said that Zhongtu sailing ships have been built to imitate the shape of water birds since ancient times. The underwater part of this ship has the same round bottom as the Dawu ship, and the widest part is behind the center, which is very reasonable.

However, the mast is a bit high, and the boat's small sail is large, which tests the control skills and risks capsizing. The weight of the ballast must be properly designed.

The boss of the Erlin Department pointed out that in order for this boat to operate well, the rudder must be very flexible to cut the wind easily. At present, it seems that this boat is not easy to operate and requires at least four or five people to operate it. However, the hull is so small and the four

Even five people couldn't use it.

Su You is very happy, both of you are experts, you just need to consider the ship type, cabin configuration, mast height, ballast weight, etc. As for the operational issues, leave it to me and we will try our best to use machinery to solve it.

Soon a one-meter-long hull model was designed, and the fluid test was conducted in the Kelongli Canal, and the performance was quite stable.

In order to obtain better steering performance, Su You designed a large rudder, but found that it was difficult to control.

Su Xiaomei was very jealous of the boys who were busy experimenting and couldn't even come up with any ideas, because girls couldn't swim in the river, and the sailboat was not designed for them to play with.

Seeing that Brother Xiaoyou had been distressed for several days, he felt really distressed, so he told Su You that a second rudder could be designed on the belly of the ship. In addition to controlling the direction, the auxiliary rudder can also serve as a stabilizing fin under the sailboard.

, greatly increasing the lateral resistance of the hull.

Then, the steering problem is solved.

A group of boys, you look at me and I look at you, how about letting girls also participate in the design?

Su Xiaomei held the scroll and raised her beautiful chin, hum, not rare, so stupid!

The rest is simple, there are ready-made patterns on large sailing ships.

The sail is made of linen and beams.

In order to resist wind, reinforcement strips and reinforced cloth blocks are added to the canvas.

The rest is the mast, main halyard, fore halyard, rear halyard, halyard, halyard, cable puller, winch, rope clamp, brass horn and other accessories.

The sailboat was named Kelongli, measured using Meishan weights, and was three and a half meters long. It began its first trial voyage at the end of May.

Su You will be the sailor, and Zhang San will be the helmsman.

The Meishan Pier was crowded with people, all watching the launch of this strange boat.

Then, when we actually entered the water, the sailboat was knocked over by the strong wind within fifty meters of the sail.

Cheng Wenying was accustomed to Su You's words being true to his word and his actions being perfect. He never thought that there was an accident. He asked Shi Dongxiu: "Old Shi, what kind of sailing method is this?"

Shi Dongxiu also found it strange: "This is too strange. Can the boat sail even if the sail is close to the water? Is it using water power? I have never heard of it..."

However, a foreign boatman watching the excitement said: "I'm afraid the boat has capsized!"

"Oh, the boat must have capsized!" Cheng Wenying jumped to his feet anxiously: "Quick, quick, let's go into the water and fish people out!"

In fact, there was no need to save him. Su You and Zhang San were both good swimmers and quickly swam to the shore, and the sailboat was towed back by the big boat that had been prepared long ago.
Chapter completed!