"The deputy sail is normal!"

"The helmsman is ready..."

At this moment, the busiest one was Kim Young. He didn't even care about the emperor and devoted himself to the ship.

Finally, all equipment was inspected and all personnel were ready.

Jin Ying came to Zhu Qizhen and saluted solemnly: "Master, the preparations have been completed. Have you set sail?"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Tell me my will and set sail!"

"Abide by the order!"

Kim Young took two steps back and turned around.

"The Emperor has an order to set sail!"

In front of him, the messenger immediately shouted: "Qi-Hang-"

Soon, the anchor was pulled up and the sail fell.

Immediately afterwards, a rumbling sound came from everyone's feet, and the entire ship was shaking.

Cao Yi and others were shocked. Before they could start, they trembled?

Even Fan Zhong, Yuan Bin and others showed nervous expressions on their faces.

The only calm thing is Belin, a steam engine, such a huge steam engine, wouldn't it be strange if it didn't make any noise!

The steam engine had started, and the huge chimney began to emit thick smoke.

The entire hull vibrated again, and then the hull tilted slightly to one side.

Cao Yi was immediately frightened and his face looked like earth, and Zhang Chun even wailed.

Belin glanced at them and said calmly: "Don't panic, everyone, it should be the hull turning."

The iron-clad ship is different from the treasure ship. It uses a pointed bottom, and the heavy hull slowly moves, causing huge waves.

In the boiler cabin, there are a large number of people constantly replenishing coal.

These coals will be converted into heat energy and then converted into power, driving the propeller to rotate and push the giant ship forward.

Although people in this era do not know the principle of energy conversion, they know that as long as coal is burned, the boat can leave.

With the rumbling sound, the hull began to move.

At the beginning, the movement was so slow that Zhu Qizhen felt a little disappointed.

The hull is too heavy and the power is not enough.

This was made of 30 million taels of silver. In the end, it should not be just an embroidered pillow, which is not useful.

Looking up, Ningbo Port is gradually moving away.

Gradually, you can see the entire view of the shipyard. From this perspective, it is very spectacular.

The hull is still very stable, but the speed... is really not enough to see.

Zhu Qizhen called Jin Ying and asked, "Is it the biggest motivation now?"

But Jin Ying said: "If you go back to the emperor, there are four boilers in the power cabin, and now only one is started."

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but ask: "Why only one unit is enabled?"

Jin Ying hurriedly explained: "The original idea was to enable two units and two units aside. At critical moment, three units or even four units could be enabled. However, today it was just a trial flight. I thought that one was enough."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he immediately became interested: "How can you? Now you can use two units, so I'll see the effect."

Kim Young had to do it, and soon the hull began to accelerate.

The shipyards in the port are getting farther and farther away, and the speed is obviously increasing.

This is just steam power, and the effect is already very good without matching the sails.

However, some of the officials accompanying him began to react, dizzy, nausea, and it seemed that they were seasick.

Zhu Qizhen ordered people to send the seasick people to the lounge or medical room, and then issue another order to start the third boiler!

Jin Ying's face looked a little ugly, because no one could guarantee whether these boilers could operate normally, or how far could they go?

In case of a failure in the middle, there are some backups.

The reason is obvious. The more boilers are enabled, the greater the chance of failure.

However, whoever dares to disobey the emperor's will has to do so.

The entire ship made a rumbling sound, and Zhu Qizhen felt that the speed increased again.

Looking behind him, the escort Clippers were unable to keep up.

At this time, he became even more interested and ordered again: "Four units are fully opened!"

Jin Ying's face turned black. If it was broken, she wouldn't be able to go back!

He hesitated for a moment, and was about to dissuade him, Zhu Qizhen was already impatiently and said, "Go quickly, what are you waiting for?"

Kim Young was helpless and sighed silently, conveying the order.

The hull accelerated again, and even if the sails were bulging, the escorts of the Clippers behind them still became smaller and smaller, and eventually became vague black spots.

At this point, everyone took a breath.

The body of steel, with a capacity of tens of tons, is so fast!

It can be used to go to the wind.

However, in most people, they still have some concerns.

Because I am used to living on land on weekdays, I have a solid earth under my feet, and now I am a ship floating on the vast ocean, and I will inevitably feel uneasy in my heart.

Jin Ying jogged all the way and said, "Master, the fuel has been consumed nearly 30% of it. Will you return to the flight?"

Zhu Qizhen frowned and asked, "After just a little time, I have consumed 30%?"

Jin Ying laughed and said, "The emperor doesn't know anything. Since today is just a trial voyage, I am worried that too much coal will affect the navigation speed, so I made a fuss to make a decision... The fuel silo is only loaded with 20% of the amount."

Zhu Qizhen said dissatisfiedly: "I just want to see the most realistic speed of this ship. If you load less coal today, do you load less when you really sail in the future?"

Jin Ying hurriedly knelt down and said, "I... I know I'm wrong..."

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said impatiently: "Okay, let's not talk about it for now, let's go back to the flight!"
Chapter completed!