Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

This was not the first time that Xiao Mo wanted to give up his position as emperor. Ye Jintang, who was standing by, looked at his aggrieved appearance and didn't know what to say.

Countless people had fought to the death or even lost their lives for the dragon throne, yet they were still despised by Xiao Mo.

Ye Jintang thought that if Xiao Yi was a good person, with Xiao Mo's temper he would definitely not compete with him for the throne. He might even want to be a free and easy prince, which was quite similar to her.

The two of them only spent one day with the children, and soon Zhou Cong brought Luo Chunxin into the palace.

Ye Jintang set up a separate government office and recruited skilled shipbuilders from across the country. Since she wanted to build warships and ocean-going cargo ships, she had to build the best ones.

One after another, different shipbuilding drawings appeared on Ye Jintang's desk.

The load capacity is 100 tons, 200 tons, and the largest one can reach 300 tons.

In the past, the largest warships of the Tianqin Kingdom were only 200 tons. This time, with the addition of the five elements of wood, the buoyancy is better and the carrying capacity has finally exceeded 300 tons.

But for Ye Jintang, a 300-ton warship was still too small.

Without the weight of the hull, there is much less space for weapons.

And those ocean-going cargo ships, after a lot of effort, take nearly a year to go out and back, and they only carry a small amount of cargo, which is not enough to justify the hassle.

Whether it is a warship or a cargo ship, Ye Jintang wants one that is more than 500 tons, and it would be even better if it could be bigger.

Ye Jintang told Luo Chunxin his thoughts.

"Empress, if you want to build a big ship, you need better wood and more powerful technology. We can research the technology, but this kind of wood is hard to come by."

"Master Luo, just tell me what kind of wood you want."

Ye Jintang couldn't guarantee anything else, but she could give as much wood as she wanted. With the growth rate of trees in her space, she could prepare all the wood in a month at most.

"There is a kind of teak called Black Iron Teak. It has a honey-colored texture and is more corrosion-resistant than the five-element wood. It is one of the most suitable woods for shipbuilding. However, Black Iron Teak grows very slowly, so it may not be easy to find mature wood for shipbuilding."

"The other is pine wood. Pine wood has a high oil content and is relatively common. If we can find a hundred-year-old pine wood, we can try to make a dragon boat that can carry 400 to 500 tons."

"Okay, I'll have someone send over the black iron pomelo and century-old pine wood soon. Master Luo, just design the dragon boat boldly."

Luo Chunxin didn't expect Ye Jintang to agree so readily. Although he was very nervous, he was still prepared to bite the bullet and design the dragon boat first. If she could really find precious wood and let him make a dragon boat that could carry 500 people, his life would not have been lived in vain.

"Master Luo, we need to install a large number of weapons on our warships. Have you thought about how to install them?"

"Our artillery is too heavy. I am now planning to install eight cannons and then install heavy arrows with thunderbolts around the warship."

As he spoke, Luo Chunxin pointed to the circle of heavy arrow holes left on the drawing.

"Heavy arrows combined with thunder bombs can be effective, but I don't know if Master Luo's heavy arrows can break through the enemy's ship."

"I will find a way and will not let you down."

Luo Chunxin is a master of mechanical engineering, so the mechanisms he designed are naturally unique. With the same heavy arrow, other people can shoot it 100 meters, but he can shoot it 200 meters.

Since he said that he would not let Ye Jintang down, he should be at least 8% sure of being able to destroy the enemy warship.

As soon as Luo Chunxin left, Ye Jintang entered the space and searched for a long time before finally finding the black iron teak and pine.

The pine trees in her space were just ordinary varieties, and she didn't know whether they would meet Luo Chunxin's requirements after they were grown.

Two saplings were planted in the black soil, stretching their branches and growing slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Looking at the young saplings with vigorous vitality, Ye Jintang thought that his space had been running non-stop for almost 12 hours a day in recent times, constantly planting various crops, but why had it not been upgraded despite planting so many crops?

The farmland in the space has been expanding continuously, but the area is still a little small for her as there are so many things she wants to grow.

Apart from food and trees, she hadn't grown medicinal herbs for a long time.

Since learning medicine from Master Mu, Ye Jintang's medical skills have made a qualitative leap compared to before, and she is eager to personally verify all the prescriptions she learned from Master Mu.

But now her farmland is not used to grow crops, but is full of trees. For at least a month, she will have no time to grow medicinal herbs.

Because of the need to plant various trees, the number of mulberry trees planted in the space has decreased a lot, and the daily output of giant silk cocoons is only 1/10 of the usual amount. It seems that the construction of warships and cargo ships has a very big impact on her.

Time always slips away from our fingertips inadvertently. From early summer, it has entered the dog days of summer in a blink of an eye. Ye Jintang can't stand the heat anymore, so he prepares to take the children to a summer palace in the suburbs to stay for a while.

Before leaving, he asked Zhou Cong to tell Luo Chunxin to take his time designing the warship and not to rush.

Ever since she handed over the black iron teak and century-old pine to Luo Chunxin some time ago, there has been no news from him. Zhou Cong said that he only sleeps for two hours a day and the rest of the time is used to design warships. Even if he has not drawn 100 drawings during this period, it is not much.

"Your Majesty, Master Luo asked me to ask you, if he finishes drawing the blueprint, can he go to the palace to show it to you?"

"Of course, building a warship is a very important matter. Even if I go to escape the summer heat, I will miss the opportunity to look at the blueprints."

"Yes, I'll go tell Master Luo right away."

Zhou Cong left in a hurry. Ye Jintang felt amused. Luo Chunxin was really careful in doing things. He was afraid that she would go out to escape the summer heat and delay the construction period.

The emperor and empress went to the temporary palace to escape the summer heat, but the ministers in the court did not dare to relax at all. All their attention was now focused on attacking the Western Rong. As for shipbuilding, they did not care too much about it. After all, the money for shipbuilding did not go into the national treasury, and Ye Jintang could build whatever he wanted.

The summer palace on the outskirts of Beijing is nestled against the mountains and faces the water. Even on hot summer days, you can still feel a hint of coolness here.

Ye Jintang changed into a thin silk shirt and spent the whole day boating on the lake, reading books, and taking the two children for a stroll. At night, he even took them to the surrounding woods to catch cicada monkeys and fireflies.

These carefree days allow people to forget all worries and even the passage of time.

I don’t know how many days had passed, but early one morning, Ye Jintang was woken up by Nanny Zhang.

"Your Majesty, Master Luo has come to see you with the warship model he made."

"Oh?"

Ye Jintang sat up from a drowsy sleep, only to see that it was still grey outside the window and it was not yet dawn.

She thought, is Luo Chunxin going to rush towards her as soon as the city gate opens?

"Well, arrange for Master Luo to have breakfast first, I'll be there in a minute."

"Yes."