However, it can be said that Gautama and his party lived in the open all the way. They hurried all the way from the east and traveled more than 100,000 kilometers in just over 20 days. The hardship involved is unimaginable. Even for cultivators, such a

Traveling is also very tiring.

After arriving in the west of the Fertile Continent, they did not immediately come to the Dayang Group. Instead, they first observed the confrontation between the Xuanzhen Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect, and then observed the development of many Western countries before finally coming to Qixia.

country, and hired local guides from Qixia Country.

Finally, we took the train and arrived at Changshan Town. I didn’t expect to see the scene of the hydrogen balloon falling just after I arrived here.

The fifty-meter-high hydrogen balloon was still very shocking, higher than the surrounding hills. Especially when this huge thing floated down from the sky; then, it finally stopped landing at a height of only half a meter above the ground, and was suspended in mid-air.

Two figures jumped out from the hanging basket below, talking and laughing as they walked towards the building next to them.

"It's a hot air balloon!" the tour guide said, his tone filled with a hint of disapproval: "This is the most useless thing studied by the Ocean Group. It is said that the people who are in charge of this research are two dowry maids. The Ocean Group does not have any

It’s kept confidential at all, and anyone can see it.”

Although Gautama is smart, after listening to the tour guide, it seems that there are not many people around the hot air balloon, and even the security forces are very sparse. This seems to further prove that the hot air balloon is of no use and Dayang Group itself does not pay attention to it!

It's a pity that sometimes people tend to ignore a very important issue, which is not necessarily unimportant at the moment. Hydrogen, hydrogen balloons, capturing spiritual energy at high altitude, etc., any one of them is enough to cause shock in the world. Unfortunately, these things

Just looking at it like this, no one noticed it.

Gautama observed for a while before moving on. He did not directly visit Zhang Hao or Dayang Group, but first found out the location of the Li family and paid a visit.

When Li Yousheng heard that the visitor had brought a letter from Li Yuanyuan, he brushed it and sat up, his eyes a little bright. It had been two years, there had been no news for two years, so it was a lie to say that he was not worried.

Li Yousheng almost took three steps and two at the same time... No, his feet were suspended on the ground, and he floated out in a whoosh.

Outside the gate, Goddess Shang looked at Li Yousheng's hurried expression and smiled proudly: This is what I want from you!

When Li Yousheng came to the door, he stopped, straightened his clothes, and slowly walked towards God Shang with the brightest smile on his face. "I wonder what you call me?"

"Gaota Shang." Gaota Shang smiled lightly, his smile looked friendly, but there was an indescribable arrogance, "Yuanyuan still wants to call me uncle."

In other words, we are equals. And since I am Li Yuanyuan's uncle, do you want me to take care of her? Give me some benefits! God Shang's words are very insightful, and a simple sentence contains too much content.

When Li Yousheng heard this, the smile on his face suddenly became more enthusiastic: "That's it. Please come in!"

Then he told the people around him to hurry up and prepare for the dinner. It was already dusk, so it was a good time for the dinner.

When Gao Shang entered the living room and sat down, he immediately took out Li Yuanyuan's family letter from his storage ring: "Brother Li, this is Yuanyuan's letter."

After just a few words, they were already calling each other brothers and sisters, but Li Yousheng accepted it happily.

He excitedly took the letter with both hands, opened it and read it. Li Yousheng showed a kind smile on his face.

Li Yuanyuan explained her gains along the way and her happy little things in a concise style. Finally, she said that although she missed her parents, she also wanted to be an outstanding daughter. After the Nascent Soul stage, she would return to glory! She also told her parents not to worry.

; He also told his younger brothers to work hard because the world outside is huge.

Li Yousheng read the letter repeatedly and slowly twice for a full moment.

Godard Shang didn't care, and slowly sipped the tea, but he was also looking at Li Yousheng's performance at this time. Godard Shang was completely noticed, and he already had a rough response framework in his mind.

When Li Yousheng finally read the letter and apologized sheepishly, Gao Da still didn't say anything, but he talked about the meeting and subsequent exchanges with Li Yuanyuan. Of course, he only talked about interesting things.

Finally, Master Gao said: "Her master Tang Chenying and I are old acquaintances. Yuanyuan is the most serious girl I have ever seen in her spiritual practice."

Practicing seriously...does not mean practicing fast. But what Shang Gaoshang said was so beautiful. It made Li Yousheng very excited again, and the distance between the two became closer.

When the dinner started, the two of them called each other Brother Li and Brother Xian. The excited Li Yousheng didn't even think about it. He was just at the early stage of Yuanying cultivation, while Gao Shang was already at the peak of Yuanying. He was only one chance away from reaching it.

You are already in the stage of becoming a god, why should people call you brothers?!

Speaking of which, Li Yousheng was able to achieve the Nascent Soul stage thanks to the opportunity that Dayang Group obtained from the Xuanzhen Sect, and Li Yousheng was one of the first people to achieve Nascent Soul stage.

After the dinner was over, Goddess Shang finally revealed his true purpose. The steel battleship technology of the Ocean Group has been spread to the East. Our Majesty is very curious and wants to buy a few battleships. I wonder if Brother Li can help introduce Zhang Hao.

?

Obviously he has a letter of recommendation from Li Yuanyuan in his hand, but Gaoshang still wants Li Yousheng to help introduce him!

After all, Li Yuanyuan is a junior, and she only has a dry letter of recommendation, which is really of little use. If Li Yousheng can introduce it in person... tsk tsk...

As for Li Yousheng, as soon as he heard such a small request, he immediately said: "No problem! It's not too late now, let's go and visit right now."

"Wouldn't it be appropriate?" Gautama was secretly happy, but on the surface he started to act pretentious.

"No, no! If we were to visit tomorrow, Zhang Hao wouldn't know where to go. There are a lot of things going on in Dayang Group recently, so the sooner we visit, the better."

So Li Yousheng asked his men to notify Zhang Hao as soon as possible, and he waited for a while before setting off with Gaoshang.

When I saw Zhang Hao, it was already around 20 o'clock in the evening; Zhang Hao had just come out of the secret laboratory. Recently, the fairy energy studied by Huang Mingshan and others has made great progress, and is only one step away from its final shape.

However, Li Yousheng personally sent someone to inform him that a distinguished guest was visiting, and Zhang Hao had to leave the research base.

In the living room, Gautama met Zhang Hao, the young president of Dayang Group who had already held up a whole sky. This year, Zhang Hao was 20 years old.

After meeting, Gao DaShang moved Li Yuanyuan out again and said that before leaving, Li Yuanyuan wrote a letter of recommendation to him.

Zhang Hao read the letter, and Juanxiu's handwriting seemed to reveal a touch of nostalgia. Li Yuanyuan spoke very implicitly, but emphasized that Gundam was pretty good.

Since the Li family's father and daughter introduced him, Zhang Hao was certainly very enthusiastic; but relationships are relationships, and business is business.

When Lord Godshang proposed to purchase a steel battleship, Zhang Hao denied it.

"Why?!" Gautama was stunned.

Zhang Hao pointed to the nautical chart on the wall. It was developed from the map of Kuodi, but the west coast of Fertile Continent and the west coast of Taotu Continent have been improved a lot. There are also routes on it.

This chart is not used internally by Dayang Group. It is a low-precision map specifically for external display. However, it is enough for illustration.

Zhang Hao pointed to the navigation chart and said: "Currently, our warships mainly use fuel. The maximum range of a fuel-fired warship, including the return journey, is 20,000 kilometers.

The sea route from our place to the east is tortuous and is estimated to be no less than 110,000 kilometers! A warship cannot reach it at all."

Gaoshang showed a confident smile: "I have also inquired about this. I heard that Dayang Group also has a technology driven by spiritual stones?"

Zhang Hao nodded: "There is indeed such a technology, but because we have been developing fuel technology, the spirit stone drive technology is immature, the power is weak, and the spirit stone consumption is high. Its energy consumption is five hundred times that of fuel!

Five hundred times, do you know what this is?

This means that using spiritual stones as power, ocean trade is not profitable at all, and may even result in loss of money."

In fact, Dayang Group's spirit stone driving technology is of course mature. Now Dayang Group's own battleships have spirit stone driven steam turbines as backup and auxiliary power. But it's better to know this thing yourself, so that you can charge sky-high prices.

!

Also, the cost of spiritual stones is indeed high, but it is only more than two hundred times, not as exaggerated as more than five hundred times. The reason why Zhang Hao said this is because he is not prepared to provide excellent technology.

Godard pondered for a long time. This information was obviously not accessible to the outside world. After a while, he said: "How long will it take to build a steel battleship driven by spiritual stones?"

Zhang Hao did not answer directly: "It will take at least a month and a half for us to build an Iron Duke-class battleship now. As for a battleship powered entirely by spirit stones, we have only tested it on the Zhiyuan, and the Zhiyuan has sunk. Later we will

It has not been tested. Moreover, the displacement of the Zhiyuan is only 4,000 tons.

If we want to produce a 10,000-ton battleship driven by spiritual stones now, we need certain technical research. I think it will take at least two months!"

Gundam frowned: "Then can I buy your current finished warship? Then modify it?"

Zhang Hao thought for a while and said: "In principle, it is possible. But in this case, the price will be very high. You need to buy our finished warships first, and then we will modify them.

If it is completely converted to Lingshi power, many internal structures of the battleship need to be changed. Moreover, Lingshi-driven steam turbines are very expensive. A steam turbine with an output power equivalent to that of a Nascent Soul stage costs up to 3 million high-grade Lingshi.

Our current best spiritual stone-driven steam turbine has an output power that can reach 2.4 Nascent Soul stages. But the price is... 10 million high-grade spiritual stones!"

Gaoshang gasped. These quotations from Dayang Group are simply astronomical figures!
Chapter completed!