Two hours later.
The gate of the Chang 'an Shipyard, which had always been mysterious and forbidden from approaching, slowly opened.
The Chang 'an Shipyard was located in the Longshou Canal between the Daming Palace and Jiacheng.
It went up to the Longshou Mountain and down to the Wei River.
At this moment.
The sound of firecrackers shook the sky.
All the people were shocked to discover a big thing.
The Chang 'an Shipyard, which had been closed for several months, was actually open!
After a moment of silence, everyone rushed towards the direction of the Chang 'an Shipyard. They wanted to see what would happen in the Chang' an Shipyard today. After all, such a thing had never happened before.
However, before the crowd could get close, they saw a black thing, which seemed to be a lump of iron, slowly sailing toward the outside of the shipyard with the wind.
"Oh my god! This is … a ship, an iron ship! "
Following a blacksmith's exclamation, everyone then realized that the pitch-black thing was actually covered with a layer of unknown thickness of iron!
This time, it was incredible.
Everyone was in an uproar.
It was not that they had not seen the ships of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the ships before, but this lump of iron really surprised them.
Some of the bolder people couldn't help but head towards the shipyard frantically. This time, the troops stationed at the shipyard didn't chase them away like they usually did. This time, everyone became even bolder.
In fact, some merchants even abandoned their own stalls and followed the crowd to watch the show.
This time, it was really lively.
The ship slowly sailed from the East Longshou Canal to Tonghuamen, and then to Chunming Gate, which was near the East Market. At this time, the crowd of onlookers increased.
Firecrackers were set off one after another on the ship as if they were free. The red cloth on the metal ship was also covered with layer after layer.
At this time, as the sound of the firecrackers spread farther and farther in the north wind, more than half of the people in Chang 'an City could hear the deafening sound.
More and more people gathered, to the point that there was already a dense crowd outside the Spring Bright Gate. Everyone was either at the city gate or outside the city gate, staring intently at the big ship in the river. Even the eyes of the city guards stationed on the city walls were about to pop out.
At this moment, the iron ship slowly came to a stop in the Dragon Head Canal of the Spring Bright Gate.
As the iron ship slowly came to a stop, a huge wave suddenly appeared on the originally calm water surface, smashing towards the onlookers.
Along with a burst of exclamations.
Only then did everyone recover from their shock.
Seeing no movement from the ship, everyone gathered their courage and stepped forward to take a closer look.
The Dragon Head Canal was originally used as a moat, and the river was at least ten feet wide. However, at this time, it could only fit one iron ship. Moreover, as the iron ship slowly approached the shore, the water level had already increased by a large amount.
The commoners also followed the boat to the shore. When they saw that the people on the boat did not move, they slowly went forward.
With this look, the crowd could not help but burst into another burst of exclamations.
The entire body of the ship was covered with thick pieces of iron, which were at least ten feet in size, riveted to the body of the ship with rivets. Moreover, in the gaps, no one knew what was stuffed.
At this moment, everyone looked up and could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
"The entire ship is made of iron?"
"Oh my god, how much iron will be wasted!"
"Is this going to start a war …"
Along with the doubts, a burst of horse hooves sounded behind the crowd. The crowd did not think much and hurriedly stepped forward, hurriedly opening a path.
A group of officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Personnel hurriedly appeared at the Spring Bright Gate. At this time, the crowd did not even sit in sedan chairs, but instead, rode on horses.
As the crowd approached, the crowd could not help but open their mouths wide.
Looking at the lump of iron in front of them, all the officials could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
On the ship, the Chang 'an Navy Commander Zhang Liang's armor was polished until it shone brightly. He even got a red cloak tied around his neck. As the north wind blew, it was very beautiful.
"Lord He, I have been ordered to supervise the construction of the iron ship. Today, I am here to report the completion of my task. Please come up and inspect it!" At this time, Zhang Liang's voice was also louder.
It was as if he wanted everyone present to hear about his great achievements.
And this voice was really effective.
Once again, it won waves of exclamations from the crowd.
He Zhongzheng and the others could not wait any longer. After exchanging pleasantries with Zhang Liang, they hurriedly boarded the iron ship.
Once they boarded the iron ship, He Zhongzheng and the others felt shocked. .
The entire ship was almost made of iron. Even the three incomparably huge masts on the ship, he dared to say that they were 100% pure iron!
He Zhongzheng had indeed heard that the people in this shipyard were building a new type of ship. Every month, they would directly transport iron ore from the Ministry of Works. The shipyard even had the authority to directly purchase iron ore from the outside.
With such a huge number, they made this?
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