When we arrived at the shipyard, Amur gave various opinions and explained the key structure of their Western merchant ships in detail.

As a result, when I saw the Tang Dynasty's tower ships and warships, I wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into it.

The grandeur of the tower ship warship is completely beyond Amur's imagination.

There are many seas in the West, and it is common to fight at sea, but even the Byzantine Empire, which claims to have an invincible navy, did not see such tall warships?

Is it too extravagant to use this kind of warship to modify a merchant ship?

This kind of bulky building boat can really adapt to the wind and waves of the sea?

Amur insisted on finding faults, and then bamboo keels, watertight cabin concepts, and balanced inclined sails were all super advanced technologies, which they did not have in the West.

While Amur was amazed, he also laughed at himself as he watched the sky while watching the sky without any face.

Li Yuanai saw it very clearly and said, "You just see the bright side. This tower ship is indeed amazing. But which merchant built such a ship? How many people do such a ship need to sail on the sea? How many years do you have to do such a ship to make a profit? What I need is the normalization of maritime trade, not only the court can support it, and show muscles at sea with political purposes. Of course, this kind of thing must be done, but there is no need to do it often."

"You don't have to favor one over the other. Western navigation is indeed developed. This is an indisputable fact. Many places are worth learning from. Letting you supervise it is to make up for our shortcomings with the advantages of Western sea ships. Since you realize that the advanced shipbuilding industry in our country is the only way to do this."

Li Yuanai's words made Amur feel much more comfortable.

Amur did not dare to look down on him anymore, but treated every ship craftsman with respect and said humbly everything he knew.

As Li Yuanai said, the development of the Western navigation industry is not without its merits.

Take balanced inclined sails for example. Chinese ships use hard sails, while Western ships use soft sails.

These two kinds of sails have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Chinese hard sails are made of bamboo and other skeletons, which have both horizontal sails and vertical sails. They are easy to operate, have high wind utilization, excellent wind effect, and are also stronger than Western soft sails under breezes. They are strong and durable, and are used as if they are often broken. The sail is simple and the sail is fast. At critical moment, you can cut the rope with one knife to retract the sail. However, the disadvantage is that it is heavy, high cost, and cannot be equipped with a support cable. The mast height is limited and requires multiple people to control it.

Because of its lightness, soft sails in the West can be made very high and can generate great kinetic energy. It does not require too much manpower to allow cargo ships loaded with heavy objects to walk on the sea safely and quickly. The disadvantage is that they are very difficult to operate and require strict training sailors to control them.

In contrast, hard sails are more suitable for war, while soft sails are the first choice for merchant ships.

The Tang Dynasty's heart of embracing all rivers was integrated into its bone marrow, and the ship craftsman naturally absorbed the advantage of soft sails.

The West is also very experienced in how to prevent the corrosion problems caused to the bottom of the ship when sailing for a long time.

This is also far inferior to that of Oriental ship craftsmen.

The solution that Li Yuanai thought of was petroleum asphalt, which could prevent corrosion from the bottom of the ship to the maximum extent and greatly enhance the safety of long-term navigation of sea boats.

The West uses dense ribs and thickened hull plates to deal with this corrosion problem.

Because their soft sails are light, they can add ribs and thicken the hull plate without causing excessive weight in merchant ships.

Li Yuanai is now working on two-pronged approach, adding boat ribs and thickening hull plates while applying two layers of oil asphalt on the bottom of the ship to increase the safety of the sea ship.

At Quanzhou Port, when sea ship production is moving forward step by step.

Li Yuanai once again received news from the Southeast Asian prince asking for a meeting.

This time it was not a country I had never heard of, but a prince of the Gangali king in Sumatra, Xiubaman.

Li Yuanai was stunned. This was a lesson from the past. His first reaction was the question of whether it was true or not. Thinking that Amur had been eating and drinking in the country of Oli for a while as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty. He asked someone to call him from the shipyard and also asked Xiubaman to come into the palace to meet him.

"Greetings to His Highness the King of Wu, and asking His Highness the King of Wu to send troops to save my father and save me from being the people of the Kingdom of Khali."

Looking at Xiu Baman kneeling in front of him, Li Yuanai could not tell the authenticity this time.

Xiu Baman spoke a fluent Chinese language, and his clothes and appearance were no different from those of Asians, except that he was a little darker.

This Ganyang Country is located near the equator of Sumatra. It is humid and hot, so it is natural to be a little darker.

"The prince gets up and talks!"

Li Yuanai muttered in her heart, if this is fake, it would be much more professional than Amur.

Xiubaman stood up with tears in his face.

This acting is a little worse than Amurbi. Li Yuanai thought, Amur cried so miserably...

Li Yuanai asked Xiu Baman to speak slowly without hesitation.

"Your Highness, my father, Erdeman, was a wise king, and he was kind to the world and his virtues were in harmony with the heart of heaven, but he was rebelled by his subordinates and generals. The capital was besieged. I don't know the life and death of my father. I hope your highness will send troops to rescue him."

Li Yuanai raised his eyebrows, why is this statement so familiar?

It seems that Amur said the same thing when he pretended to be the Prince of Moro, but Amur said that his father was dead and Xiubaman was just surrounded.

No wonder it is not as miserable as crying.

Li Yuanai was thinking randomly.

Amur received Li Yuan's urgent trick and rushed over. Looking at Xiu Baman beside him, he said in surprise: "Prince Xiu Baman?"

The Tang Dynasty was in the world, and Amur received warm hospitality from the Gangali Kingdom by pretending to be a messenger of the Tang Dynasty. The person responsible for greeting him was Xiubaman.

Li Yuanai suddenly moved and said, "Prince, tell me the details!"

It turns out that the Gangai country has been affected by two cultures due to its special geographical environment.

One is the Central Plains culture, and the other is the Buddhist culture of India.

The Gangali Kingdom was founded for a long time. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, due to the fall of the Central Plains, the Jin Dynasty in a corner had to open the sea and had exchanges with many Southeast Asian countries. The Gangali Kingdom was influenced by Han culture at that time.

Until the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were still deep exchanges.

But since the unification of the Sui Dynasty, the southerners returned to the north.

China's economic and cultural center has once again returned to Guanzhong, and the Central Plains and Jiangnan have declined, and there have been fewer trade and trade with other countries.

Even though they belong to one of the many countries to congratulate, they are not close because of the sea.

At this time, the Buddhist culture of India swept across the territory of Gangali.

Some people in Gangali State felt that they should have good contacts with the Buddha's country, Tianzhu, rather than the pagan Tang Dynasty.

The two forces were in a turmoil.

It eventually triggered a mutiny. The loyal Buddhist believer Zoe Jing uprising in Palembang and founded Sriva Death, abbreviated as the Three Buddhas, and established Mahayana Buddhism as the state religion, and sent troops to attack the pagan Kankoli Kingdom.

Zoejing received support from a large number of Buddhist believers and used his crushing strength to directly attack the capital of the Lori State.
Chapter completed!