Wu Heng knew this commander. The princess was also very good to them and had become close friends with him. Therefore, Wu Heng had met this commander several times.
The other party did not have time to talk nonsense with him.
"Wu Heng! I'm here on the Princess's orders. The Princess said that she wanted thousands of people to tow the ship and asked us to look for you. You have to give us an explanation. "
Wu Heng was puzzled. "Didn't she say that she had to wait until winter?"
Commander Zhou was even more puzzled. "Why wait until winter?"
Wu Heng looked him up and down before he smiled and said, "Originally, the princess had prepared a huge ship and wanted to present it to Your Majesty during Your Majesty's birthday in winter …"
He could not help but frown. It was not that he had not heard of the turmoil during this period, but as the ship's steward, he could not interfere. He could only worry helplessly …
"A huge ship?"
Zhou Qi repeated. "What kind of ship can be called a huge ship?" Then, he slapped the back of his head. "That ship must be very big. The Princess must be talking about this ship. Quick, take me to see it!"
Wu Heng was a little confused. "Where is the Princess going with the ship now?"
As he spoke, he hurriedly put on his clothes.
Zhou Qi said in a muffled voice, "Back to the capital of course!" As he spoke, he looked back at him suspiciously. "Since it's a huge ship, how many people can it hold?"
He calculated in his heart. It would be great if it could hold three hundred people. Other than the important people, some of the imperial guards would be able to protect them. The rest would take the small boats.
Wu Heng followed him out and asked in a daze, "Didn't they say that they were leaving the capital? Including the imperial guards, there should only be about two thousand people, right? "
"What do you mean by two thousand people?"
At this moment, Wu Heng snapped out of his daze. He straightened his clothes and raised his head proudly. "If there are only two thousand people, one ship is enough!"
This sentence caused Zhou Qi to freeze on the spot, unable to regain his senses for a long time.
One ship? Two thousand people? Is this Wu Heng lying to me?!
When Zhou Qi saw the unbelievably huge ship, he was completely stunned.
As if possessed, he wanted to touch the shining armor of the ship. However, because of the lake, he could only look and sigh.
"This is the princess's ship?" Zhou Qi quickly denied himself. "How is that possible? The princess had only been building the canal for a year and a half. It was impossible for her to build such a boat! Could it be that he can predict the future? "
Although he had seen it countless times, Wu Heng was the same as Zhou Qi. Every time, he would exclaim from the bottom of his heart …
"It would be impossible to build such a ship with the current technology, but the Princess has proposed a method that not only increases the safety of the ship, but also increases its balance and capacity. But the craftsmanship is only two-thirds of what it used to be … "
"How is this possible? Princess … How did she do it?! "
"Watertight compartment!"
Wu Heng pointed at the hull of the ship and smiled. "This ship can hold more than two thousand people! Because not only can it carry people on board, it also has cabins below the ship! "
The watertight compartment, if one had to put it simply, was to separate the originally solid cabin section by section. This way, not only would it reduce the weight and increase the buoyancy, it would also greatly increase the safety. For example … if one or two cabins were damaged, the ship would not sink.
He explained it to Zhou Qi and Zhou Qi said, "Amazing! It's amazing! If this method is used in the navy, no one in Dai Yu state's warships will be able to defeat them! "
However, the most important thing now was for the Princess and the Crown Prince to survive this disaster. Zhou Qi thought of GongYimo's pale face in a coma and couldn't help but sigh. He then told Wu Heng about the current situation.
When Wu Heng heard this, he was so angry that he screamed!
"Preposterous! How preposterous! "
He wasn't tall, so he jumped on the spot and cursed! "Is the Princess's contribution not enough? How dare they use His Highness to threaten the Princess to hand over something?! This is the biggest joke in the world! "
Zhou Qi sighed. "You can't blame His Majesty for this. His Majesty must be very upset that the bronze cauldron was dug out. In addition, there were people fanning the flames, so His Majesty is like this. When Eunuch Chang Xi saw that the Crown Prince was in danger, he was very shocked. It seems that His Majesty doesn't know about this. If he knew, he wouldn't be like this … As for what the Princess has, it must be very important …"
But no matter how important it was, he shouldn't force a child like this! He couldn't explain further.
He didn't read the secret report, so he simply thought that the Princess vomited blood in anger because His Highness was threatened and the Emperor temporarily took back the Crown Prince's authority. But things weren't that simple …
When Lou Ye came to invade, Gong Cheng also wanted to get the thing in GongYimo's hands to give Lou Ye a crushing lesson! But GongYimo made it clear that she wasn't willing to give it to him. In addition to the bronze cauldron incident and the people around him fanning the flames, Gong Cheng was so anxious to get the treasure.
He thought that the more GongYimo refused to give it to him, the more suspicious it was. It confirmed the guesses of the people around him that she was plotting rebellion! That was why he was so anxious. And all of this led to the current situation.
The person behind the scenes must be very proud of himself. He took advantage of the Emperor's suspicion. The Crown Prince worked hard for more than a year for the people, but now he was assassinated to seize power.
The Princess was also so angry that she vomited blood. The Ninth Prince's life was unknown, and the Grand Canal was put aside. Who knew who would benefit in the future?
How shrewd! What a good plan! With such a brain, why use it to harm people and seize other people's political achievements?
The more Wu Heng thought about it, the angrier he became!
"You said that the Princess wants thousands of people to pull the ship?"
"Yes." This was also what Zhou Qi couldn't figure out. His Majesty suspected that the Crown Prince was disloyal, so why did the Princess want to be so high-profile?
Wu Heng touched his chin. "Every 'scale' on this giant ship can be turned over. There are small holes on it, specially designed for pulling the ship. But back then, the Princess designed it so that during His Majesty's birthday, tens of thousands of people would pull the ship back to the capital and present it to the Emperor. Now that the plan has been brought forward, I don't know why …"
Zhou Qi also couldn't figure it out. "It's probably because the ship is more stable and beneficial for the Crown Prince's recovery?"
Wu Heng felt that this reason was definitely not the whole reason, but since he couldn't figure it out, he decided not to think about it!
He clapped his hands and said, "Don't worry about it!
"We can't care about that anymore. You said that Eunuch Chang Xi will be arriving with his men this afternoon. Then, we have to make our move now! Find the people to pull the ship! "
Zhou Qi looked at the giant ship and sighed. "Is it because the ship doesn't have enough power, so you need people to pull the ship?"
Wu Heng smiled slyly. "It's the opposite. This ship is originally very light, and the ship has a very labor-saving propeller design. The two sides of the ship have also been modified. To drive such a ship, only 40 people are enough … but the lack of power can be the reason why we need people to pull the ship."
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