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"You are simply amazing!"

"That's to tear you down and you're on an empty stomach!"

"Ha! Can you teach me?"

"Okay! You tie a 10-pound sandbag on each of your legs and then go and run a mile."

“…Okay, I still won’t learn.”

The sky was clear and the blue waves were rippling. A large ship spewing black smoke was slowly sailing on the sea. The wooden hull was carrying many exquisite carvings, which were either goddesses or crosses on it. A huge wheel was slapped at the sea surface. This was a steam boat.

Li Mengyang, wearing a suit, looked at the distance on the side of the boat. Next to her was Elena, who had caused him trouble before. Today she was wearing a beige dress.

"Stingy! Are you angry?" Elena is a very smart girl. She could tell that Clint Lee was a little angry. This is normal. No man wants to be regarded as a "shield". However, Elena really has no other way. She is grateful to Clint, but her personality does not allow her to say anything soft.

"I'm not angry." Well, there's no other answer at this time, "I just think that it seems I shouldn't interfere with some of your personal matters."

"Haha..." Elena glanced at her face, "You are still angry!"

"..." Li Mengyang had no idea and had to hold his forehead and ponder...

There is no way, Li Mengyang really can't figure out whether it's good or bad to provoke this straightforward woman. You know, it's really an accident. He had to go to Rhode Island this time, but he had to take this woman with him. It was a strong demand, and he was so angry that he was dying.

To be honest, Elena just caused trouble for Li Mengyang. Such a woman should stay away from her. Li Mengyang is not a lewd embryo. Even if she looks like Sophie Marceau, so what if it is? It is definitely not as important as the big career she is about to carry out.

However, there are two points that Li Mengyang agreed to follow her and travel far away. One is that this woman is quite interesting. Anyway, Li Mengyang is more relaxed when she is with her. She is not like other women from the upper-class families. She is the type to laugh whenever she wants to.

The second one is because this woman is a woman from the DuPont family, which is somewhat important...

Why are women in the DuPont family important?

...

"Wow!" Ilena expressed surprise at what she saw. It was a ship that was still under construction. It was not a big ship. Compared with many ships of this era, this guy's size is too average, but...

This is a metal shell ship!

"Look quickly! Look quickly!"

"I saw it." Li Mengyang was speechless about Ilena's performance at this time, because this lady from the upper class is now more like a countryman who has just entered the city, and is curious about everything.

Well, at this point in time, anyone will be surprised to see this ship.

In an inconspicuous dock on Rhode Island, the most amazing change of this era is taking place, that is, a fully metal surgical ship is under construction, although it has not yet been fully formed, although it looks so weird, although...

"Hey! Mr. Li! Welcome to Rhode Island!" The bald and more powerful John Erikson was holding a bottle of wine in his hand and waving to Li Mengyang.

"Hello, I'm here this time to see how our ship is going." Li Mengyang didn't mind the old guy's addiction to alcohol.

"Ha!" Elena suddenly checked in, "You actually helped him build a ship? Do you like such a monster? Hahaha..."

I have to say that being too straightforward can sometimes make people embarrassed.

But then again, this ship is really a monster. It is not a ship in the "modern meaning" at all, because its hull is under the waterline. The bow of the boat looks like a shovel. As for the chimney, it is indispensable, and everything else is very strange. Moreover, there are very few cannons, below the waterline, so there are naturally not many cannons installed on it.

This is John Erikson's design. In fact, this design was taken out 10 years ago, but everyone thinks he is crazy. Yes, it would be strange if people in this era don't think he is crazy if they don't think he is crazy if they see such a hull and such a design.

What's more, when this guy was developing cannons, he killed the then US Secretary of State and Secretary of War. Five senior officials were killed and 20 senior officials were seriously injured.

To be honest, it would be good if Erikson was not hanged. You should know that those who could serve as senior officials at that time had families and powerful ones. Well, even now, for example, Mr. Lincoln, a political celebrity in Illinois, is from a civilian, but now he earns 5,000 dollars a year.

In fact, Li Mengyang was not surprised by Erickson's design, because it was a bit like the later ddg-1000, but it was much smaller, and in terms of technological components... well, in this era, it is definitely a science fiction-level battleship.

Li Mengyang actually hoped to change the design, because the thing in front of him was really different from the ironclad ship he knew, but Eriksen was very persistent.

There is no way. Li Mengyang is really an amateur in terms of machinery, so he can only agree with Eriksen's plan.

But why build a warship?

This warship is related to Li Mengyang's big plan, which is a huge plan, and it has a great relationship with him asking Matthew to deal with Victoria.

But does Li Mengyang have this strength? No matter what, it is still a warship!

Erikson's cannon accident killed so many important officials, so he naturally took the blame. It was okay. He didn't go to the military court and was just removed from the list. Later, for his invention, it was this monster warship, so he had to keep contacting the upper-class people in New York.

You know, New York is a world-famous port. When the Dutch discovered her, they called her New Amsterdam. Therefore, there are naturally many shipping tycoons here, and they should be interested in their warships.

Maritime trade is not so safe these days. If you don’t make a fuss, you can’t do business without dying. But unfortunately, more people think that Erikson is crazy. This ship is too nonsense.

Of course, the main reason is that the cost is relatively high, which is simply a money-burning thing.

But Li Mengyang accepted this cost. The New York Evening News, which he led, had already exceeded 150,000 yuan at this time, which is currently the highest-circulated newspaper in the United States. None of them compares with it. So he put this newspaper...

Ipoured it!

Don't doubt it's really listed, because there are stocks in New York now... Well, it's still called the "New York Securities and Exchange Commission". The canal built in New York before was the Erie Canal, which was once funded by this committee. Now, the Securities Commission's favorite project is the railway.

Simple, a ticket costs at least $50, and the return on this investment is quite good.

Now, the largest newspaper in the United States is about to be listed, which seems to be a good deal, right?

So Li Mengyang got the funds, and he had accumulated a certain amount of accumulation before. In the legend of the thief Clint Eastwood, there is one of his treasures. It is said that the mountain is buried in. You can go find it! Of course, this is definitely not what Mr. Thieves said when he was on the gallows, but it comes from the mouth of the minstrel (singing).

Our world's first ironclad ship can finally start construction, and its completion time... I don't know yet, but fortunately, some basics have been designed for more than ten years after all.

"Crazy guy!" Although it was a monster, the ship was still very attractive to Irena, and she felt that the trip was worth it.

"Hey, Mr. Lee." Erikson took another sip of wine.

"Call me Clint." Li Mengyang really doesn't like others calling him "Mr. Li" because he is in the United States now, and this term always makes him feel like selling California beef noodles.

"Okay, old man."

"..." Li Mengyang was speechless.

"This woman is not ordinary."

"Hmm?" Li Mengyang didn't expect that Erikson actually understood women.

"Believe me." The old bald man took another mouthful, "I am so familiar with the fanaticism in this woman's eyes!"

"Hmm?" Fanatic? Li Mengyang seems to be a little difficult to understand.

Forget it, let's not worry about her affairs for now, Li Mengyang took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Eriksen, "Look at can this thing be made?"

"Is this?" Erikson's sealed drunken eyes immediately shone!

The painting on this piece of paper is indeed the thing that is drawn. Although it is difficult to identify and is really bad, but this is from the perspective of painting skills, it is really bad...

But the thing on this painting has a round head in front, a propeller behind, and a word below, torpedo!

Yes, it's torpedo!

Li Mengyang had no idea about the internal structure of the torpedo, and his painting level was definitely the level of the "chicken pecking rice picture", but he still couldn't draw the torpedo? How simple it was, he even drew with wings.

Our ship is a hull below the waterline, and it is a perfect match with torpedo!

"How to provide power? Now there are torpedoes, we can learn from the way it triggers! But, what can I do with this power?...What should I do?..."

Just such an object that looks like a "chicken pecking rice map" directly caused Erikson to have a magical disease!

It is still the steam era, and the so-called "engines" are all burning coal, so how can they be loaded in?

"You think about it yourself, I believe you can understand..." Li Mengyang said something very pretending to be x. In fact, he didn't know anything at all, just knew what the torpedo looked like.

In fact, Li Mengyang ignored one thing, that is what Erikson mentioned, "torpedo". Nowadays, there are really "torpedoes", but the torpedoes are mines from later generations. However, Li Mengyang, who doesn't know any technology at all, doesn't care about this.

He came by boat and brought a beautiful woman. Li Mengyang naturally not only brought a picture to the bald inventor...
Chapter completed!