"The head of the family, I have already taken my words." Fan Jian came back to report.

Gu Qing stood up and left with Fan Jian. Li Xiang digested Gu Qing's words and returned to her senses to continue writing her studies.

Li Zhi took the money borrowed from the bank and gave it to Zhang Jie reluctantly and said, "I borrowed this money from the bank."

Zhang Jie smiled and took the money and said, "Don't worry, your highness, King Jin, and leave it to your highness, if the engines can be used, they must be intact and intact."

Li Zhi asked curiously, "You said why Gu Qing pressed the engine and refused to give it to me. The engines are all well operated. I can see you and I."

"Your Highness King Jin doesn't know anything." Zhang Jie whispered: "This is not soap, perfume and other consumables. In fact, when I was making a car, I said that if the problem is not found now, there will be a lot of trouble in the future, so it's fine. If something happens to the ship at sea, the loss will not be a small part."

"But those engines are good!" Li Zhi said again: "The ships on the other end of the East China Sea are waiting to go into the sea. Now they have built a second large iron ship. Just wait for your engine. If you don't launch it now, it will take a long time to go back and forth from Chang'an to the East China Sea."

"I'll tell you the truth. This is actually the first time that the workers in our factory have made this thing. They have made it with the drawings given by Mr. Gu. Even the blacksmiths don't dare to grasp how long this thing can last. This is something that everyone has never done before. It is inevitable that they can't grasp it for the first time to make such things." Zhang Jie said patiently to Li Zhi: "Your Highness King Jin knows the load."

"load?"

"It's the load. The load of an engine is limited. The amount of it can rotate depends on how long it can last. At the beginning, the most difficult thing we can overcome when we made this engine was this bearing. This bearing academy was designed for a long time. At that time, it was still in the academy. Many blacksmiths' hands were worn out to make this bearing. The bearing was broken when it was rotating too fast. We had to make this bearing rotate for a long time and make it efficiently. During this period, we had to waste a lot of effort."

After listening to Zhang Jie's words, Li Zhi had a rough idea in his mind, "According to your opinion, your factory does not know whether the engines are good or bad?"

"These large engines do seem to be fine now, so we take turns to guard them." Zhang Jie continued: "We will start the test in a few days. Please ask Your Highness King Jin to bring the drawings of the sea ship together and let us test them together."

"Wait, what do you want the sea boat drawings to do?"

"Test." Zhang Jie said, "The engine is driven with purified oil. If water enters the engine oil tank, the engine will not be able to rotate, and the iron will rust when it encounters water."

Li Zhi picked up a branch and drew a simple sea boat model on the ground and said: "In my design, the engine is installed at the bottom of the sea boat, which is the rear of the ship, and the engine is used to roll the water flow to generate thrust that will make the ship move forward."

"Then the engine will definitely encounter water, right?" Zhang Jie also said.

Li Zhi drew a compartment in the hull and continued: "The iron ship is not very large in size. It can fire six cannons and can accommodate 100 people. I also thought that the engine cannot be placed at the bottom of the ship. The original design was also in the cabin. Several wheels that convey rotation are used to bring the engine out of the cabin, thereby rolling the water flow."

Zhang Jie looked at the drawings drawn by Li Zhi and said thoughtfully: "If it is transmission, the consumption of power will be too high. At that time, the power of the rolling water flow will be lost a lot during the transmission process."

"It's really a headache." Li Zhi stood up in distress.

"Let's talk about it when we experiment," Zhang Jie also said.

Chang'an

Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao families have now almost left Chang'an, and there are a few who are left behind. Wang, Yuan and Xiao families have heard the noise these days. In addition to the Xie family, three families of the four families are gathered together and discussing. This time Gu Qing's actions seem not to only deal with the Xie family.

"I feel like Gu Qing is killing a chicken and Jinghou." said the Wang family.

"It was the Xie family who provoked Gu Qing first." The Xiao family also said: "But this time Gu Qing didn't come to greet us, and I was still worried."

"Do you think Gu Qing dares to attack Jiangnan?" Wang family continued: "Recently, the Li family in Zhaojun has been out of stock in Jiangnan. Gu Qing has a great influence in the Central Plains, and most merchants have contacts with the Gu family's business. If Gu Qing restricts Jiangnan in business, our Jiangnan is single and weak, we are afraid that we will not be Gu Qing's opponent."

"It's not easy to deal with." The Yuan family said: "But I admire Gu Qing for gathering a plate of loose sand together. The Chang'an Chamber of Commerce a few years ago now has backed to the Ministry of Revenue, which has allowed the Gu family's merchants to take advantage of many business channels. The merchants have gone down one after another. After a few years of operation, Gu Qing's interests have gone down one after another. The Gu family has now almost become the core of all merchants in the Central Plains, spreading from Chang'an to the entire Central Plains."

"It's like getting a good man. Some businessmen usually do their own business. Now they seem to be under control. The general trend is very good to businessmen. Ordinary people have extra money. There is a regent in the court, which allows many merchants to know the prices in various places and can easily find places where they can sell their own things."

"We are not good at eating and sleeping these days. Don't talk about business, just talk about how the five surnames fell back then. I'm afraid that Gu Qing is standing behind the royal family." The Yuan family said: "Even if we didn't see the things we had with our own eyes, wouldn't we hear too little? If Li Shimin hadn't acquiesced, would Gu Qing dare to kill like this?"

"The four great masters of Jiangnan cannot be the second fifth surname." said the Xiao family.

While the few people were talking, several servants came over and said respectfully: "Several young masters, Mr. Gu asked someone to bring a message, saying that he would invite several young masters to the Gu family in Gu Village to attend the banquet in three days."

Hearing this, the scene immediately became quiet, and everyone was silent. As soon as Gu Qing was talking about Gu Qing, Gu Qing immediately sent the news. Now it can be concluded that Gu Qing is not just for the Xie family, but for the entire Jiangnan clan.

The children of the Yuan family stood up first and said to the servant: "Take a message over and say that my Yuan family will definitely go to the banquet in three days."

"My Xiao family is also going." The children of the Xiao family also said.

"Since you all go, our Wang family will naturally not be able to leave."
Chapter completed!