She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

She thought about going out to sea, what if she encountered a strong enemy?

She thought of the ancient artillery forts she had visited many times. She listened carefully to the tour guide's explanation of its working principle. Then she drew a sketch, explained its power, and gave it to the old prince to study.

I didn’t expect that it would be done in less than two years.

"Of course I have seen it. He is more interested in it than I am. But that thing consumes too much iron." The old prince said with some regret.

Only two have been made so far, and they consume a lot of gunpowder.

But that thing is really good. It can be fired from a cannon and is equivalent to a bomb, and it can be thrown so far.

It is very suitable for meeting the enemy at a long distance at sea and directly destroying and sinking the enemy's ships.

"Father, we can consider going out to sea." Yu Yuanzheng felt that the time was ripe.

Her dream can come true.

"Yes, father, we can get ready now." Shangguan Ziqi had promised his wife that he would make all the wealth in the world.

Now that they have ships and weapons, they are fully confident in sailing far away.

"Well, the Emperor has been waiting for this day for a long time. He said that he must visit Esteria before he dies."

"Husband, let's prepare more goods unique to our Great Wei. Let me think about what foreigners like most about us, such as ceramics, embroidery, silk, tea, medicine, wine..." Yu Yuanzheng listed more than a dozen commodities.

The next day, the old prince and his son went to the palace to discuss the matter with the emperor.

The current emperor, who was the eldest prince back then, has been on the throne for three years. During these three years, he has worked hard to govern the Wei Dynasty in an orderly manner.

He gave himself the reign title Emperor Kaiyuan.

Now the queen is pregnant again, this is her third child.

But he was the emperor after all, and it was impossible for the palace to have only the queen. The emperor still selected a few women to enter the palace, but he treated the queen as he did before and did not treat her badly in the slightest.

The eldest prince and the second prince were both born to the queen, and no one could shake their status.

"Uncle Rong, I heard from my father yesterday that your operation went very smoothly. It's truly a cause for celebration."

"Your Majesty, you are joking. They are just a few petty thieves. We are using them to sharpen our knives." The old prince did not take this action seriously at all.

"Haha, Uncle Rong has done a great job training the navy these past few years. Father can't wait any longer and wants to go out to sea. What do you think about this?"

"Your Majesty, my father and I came to the palace today to discuss this matter with you.

Now that the conditions are in place, I would like to go out with the Supreme Emperor to explore and broaden my horizons.

Of course, the first time, we won’t walk too far. After going out a few more times, we can slowly walk further.

What does the Emperor think?

"Yes, that's what I think. Go ahead, I'm waiting for you to bring back good things from other countries, as well as their production technology." Emperor Kaiyuan was also greatly influenced by Yu Yuanzheng.

He is still young, and he also wants to see the Wei Dynasty become more and more advanced and prosperous during his lifetime.

The matter was settled.

Then we started to prepare for the big event.

Shangguan Ziqi began to buy things he wanted to take on board.

The old prince began to select the people to take on board.

Since Emperor Qiming was going with us, safety was paramount, so the arrangement of manpower was very important.

Yu Yuanzheng made a few more requests.

Put more gourds on the boat as a life-saving measure in case someone falls into the water, or have each crew member tie two gourds to their body.

Every ship should have several lifeboats on board. In case of strong winds and waves, if the ship cannot withstand the storm, the lifeboats can still be used to escape.

Yu Yuanzheng wrote down everything she could think of and asked Shangguan Ziqi to prepare.

And this time when he went out to sea, Emperor Qiming specifically asked her to go with him.

Now the question is what to do with the three children.

How could she bear to leave her child at home and not see him for a year or two?

That day, Shangguan Ziqi returned home after finishing his business.

Yu Yuanzheng's worried look made him confused.

"Ma'am, what's wrong?"

"Husband, we plan to go out to sea this time, and we may not be able to come back for a year. What should we do with the children?" Yu Yuanzheng was distressed and entangled.

"Ma'am, let's take the children with us. They can also go out with us to broaden their horizons."

"But they are too young. If we don't take good care of them and something happens to them, I can't bear it."

Yu Yuanzheng was of course aware of the risks at sea. If they encountered extremely strong winds and waves, it was very likely that none of them would be able to return.

Although the probability is small, there is always a chance.

“Madam, we went out to sea for a trial voyage before, sailing back and forth for more than a month, experiencing strong winds and waves, and our crew members are all fine.

And it’s not like we only have one ship.

Even if we encounter irresistible strong winds and waves, it is impossible for all ships to capsize.

Then we will connect all the boats together to form a large ship that can withstand any storm."

Shangguan Ziqi was very confident in the ship he supervised the construction of.

He was confident that the Wei ships were stronger and more resistant to wind and waves than the foreigners' ships of the past.

If foreigners’ ships can sail so far, theirs can certainly do it.

Seeing that he was so confident, Yu Yuanzheng felt a little relieved.

She had never seen the sea ships built by the Wei Dynasty in recent years, so she was unsure.

She was so busy with her own affairs that she had no time to ask her husband about the shipbuilding business, and she didn't understand anything about it either.

"Is it really okay?"

“We’ve been preparing for so many years, nothing will happen.

And even though these three kids are under ten years old, you know their abilities. They've learned martial arts very well.

My daughter is so agile that she can sometimes dodge my attacks," Shangguan Ziqi assured.

He was also reluctant to leave the children behind.

"Then leave mother and younger sister in the house?" Yu Yuanzheng felt it was not fair.

"Mother and my younger sister have different personalities from our three treasures. They are more quiet, so it's better for them to stay in the mansion.

Besides, the mansion cannot be without its master. It won’t be too late to take them out after we have explored the route to the sea.

This is our first time, and we're not familiar with the family, so we're afraid we won't be able to take care of so many things."

"You're right." Yu Yuanzheng felt relieved.

It would be best if you bring your children along.

The children have been studying with Master Jin for several years. It doesn't matter if they take a break for a while, as they don't have to take the imperial examinations.

Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books. Maybe you can learn more by going out.

Preparations are proceeding in full swing.

The old prince has also selected his personnel.

Ten ships are planned to be dispatched on this voyage, each with a crew of forty people.

They are all soldiers in the navy that he has trained in recent years.

These officers and men were both sailors and soldiers.

Take them out to sea, and if you encounter a strong enemy, you can be ready to fight at any time.

The scheduled departure time soon arrived.

Yu Yuanzheng's medical classes were suspended, and the dozen or so foreign language students she taught were also suspended.

After arranging matters at home, Yu Yuanzheng and Shangguan Ziqi boarded a carriage to Hongchang County.

This is the place where I met the foreigners.

The Shipbuilding Department is located there.

In the past few years, Shangguan Ziqi has traveled back and forth countless times.

The three children were particularly excited.

As soon as they heard that their parents were going to take them out to sea, they were waiting for a long time.

As for foreigners, they had only seen the dozen or so who came to Wei in the past, and no foreigners came since then.

But they were too young at that time and I can't remember what they looked like. I just know that they looked very strange.

"Mother, is there really someone on the other side of the sea?" Dabao Shangguan Changyu was very curious.

At the age of nine, he was no longer willing to ride in the carriage with Yu Yuanzheng, but instead rode a pony and followed beside the carriage.

Even though it was July, he didn't feel hot.