Chapter 883: Rain

Li Ang sang while drenching in the rain, and also sang a very appropriate song, holding the little beauty who exudes body fragrance in his arms, which feels very good, and it is a relatively hot summer at this time, and it is not easy to catch a cold, unless it is the kind of medicine jar that is in particularly poor health.

The song is a very famous pop song in later generations, the kind that many people can sing, Ang Lee will sing it casually, and the singing is very good, even Li Xiaolu, who can't understand the song, said that it is good.

In addition, Ang Lee yelled, let the storm come more violently! It was also said by a later generation of a person named Gorky, this guy in an article called Haiyan, a good description of Haiyan's strength, the more when the storm is fierce, the more willing Haiyan is to fight in the sky, not at all intimidated by the storm.

Of course, this Gorky is writing about the petrel, but what he wants to express is the brave revolutionary, using the wind, the dark clouds, the thunder and lightning to symbolize the ugly and weak tsarist reactionary forces, and the brave seagull to symbolize the brave revolutionary, who are not afraid of the storm and finally usher in the sunshine in the struggle.

Of course, Ang Lee is not a revolutionary, but Ang Lee is at least a reformer, or a pioneer, and without Ang Lee's internal reform and external development, the Tang Empire would not have developed so rapidly in recent years.

Reform can sometimes be called a revolution, but this is an industrial revolution, not a political revolution, because the industrial revolution did not violate the interests of the royal family and the aristocracy, or rather, did not completely violate their interests, and some nobles even benefited from the industrial revolution, so naturally they will not oppose it.

Because it took care of the interests of the majority of nobles, Ang Lee's reform must have been incomplete, greatly limiting the normal expansion rate of industrialization, but compared with the rest of the backward small countries, it has been a great progress, so it doesn't matter if you are backward, you can't overthrow the imperial system and engage in a republic! In the era of the Tang Dynasty, how could there be such a thing as a republic, which infringed on the interests of too many people, and would inevitably suffer a huge failure.

Of course, the most important reason is that the Tang Empire has no opponents, so, even if the industrialization is slower and the results are smaller, there is no problem, and the braid dynasty of later generations is different, that era is the era of rapid development of global industry, Western powers are desperately developing industry, constantly improving their level, and the braid dynasty because of the political system, there is also a weak foundation, in short, the development is very unsatisfactory, and because their opponents are developing faster, so, In the end, because of the backwardness of industrial development, he was beaten by a small country, which became an eternal pain for the Chinese nation.

In other words, only a more advanced social system can better serve industrialization, while a backward feudal society has no way to support the rapid development of industrialization.

The advantage of the Tang Empire is that there is no opponent at all in the development of industrialization, and in addition, almost all important technologies are strictly kept secret, so that the small countries outside cannot learn, so that even if the Tang Dynasty uses a backward political system, it can easily control the surrounding small countries, without worrying that the development speed of the surrounding small countries exceeds its own, thus replacing its own great power status.

Because all advanced technologies and concepts exist in Ang Lee's mind, Ang Lee doesn't have to worry, there are other small countries that surpass the Tang Dynasty, and in this era, almost all countries are emperors, all of them are all in the world, and the political systems are exactly the same.

"Li Shilang, can you teach me to sing? I want to sing what you just sang. ”

Li Xiaolu felt that the tune of the song sung by Li An was very interesting, and asked.

Li An wiped the rain from his forehead and said loudly: "Of course there is no problem with this, I will teach you, if you can't learn, you will keep getting out in the rain until you learn." ”

After agreeing to the request, Ang Lee opened his mouth and offered some threats.

"Good! It's also good to have Li Shilang accompany me in the rain, haha! ”

Li Xiaolu dances all year round, her physical fitness is still very good, and the rainfall at this time is not very large, the rain is completely bearable by her, and the big deal is to take a hot shower and change her clothes later.

"On a rainy day, I really want to go out with you to get drenched in the rain......"

Li An opened his mouth to teach the common way.

"On a rainy day, I really want to go out with you to get drenched in the rain......"

Li Xiaolu sang in an out-of-tune voice, and it can even be said that there is no tune at all.

Li An was naturally not satisfied, and continued to teach.

After studying for a long time, Li Xiaolu gradually found the tune, but she still didn't sing as well as Ang Lee, after all, Li Xiaolu's level can only be like this, she is a Europa race, and it is already very good to be able to learn like this, do you still expect her to be a singer?

As time goes by, the storm becomes bigger and bigger, the raindrops fall like stones on people's bodies, and even a trace of pain can be felt, and what is worse is that the wind is still relatively strong, and the wind blows the torrential rain to people's faces, making it difficult to open people's eyes.

However, this will be more exciting, when you are young, you are not crazy, you are a little sorry for yourself, sorry for being young.

The storm has a tendency to move closer to the fleet, and fortunately there is a nearby port of Benghazi, otherwise, the fleet would be really dangerous.

After all, all the ships in the fleet are wooden ships provided by the Ottomans, and although Datang technical personnel have rationalized them, there is no way to change the strength and size of the ships themselves, and there is indeed a certain risk when encountering a big storm.

If the fleet designed and built by Ang Lee himself sails in the Mediterranean, then even if he encounters such a storm, Ang Lee will not take a second look, and it is not a problem to pass through the storm directly, and there is no need to worry about the fleet being swept away by the storm, and the wooden ship provided by the Ottoman will not work, once it passes through the storm area, there is a great possibility of disintegration, in this way, it will be completely finished, Ang Lee does not want to be buried at the bottom of the sea, so it is better to go to the port of Benghazi to take shelter.

When the huge fleet appeared, a small army stationed in Benghazi discovered it early, they saw the flag of the Tang Dynasty, and the ships were all their shapes, so they quickly understood that this fleet was the Tang fleet led by Li An, and the storm was also in their eyes, so they immediately began to prepare to meet it, clean up the small fishing boats in the port, and vacate the best and largest berths.

The storm was getting bigger and bigger, and the initial novelty had passed, and Ang Lee and Li Xiaolu didn't want to continue to be in the rain, so they ran into the cabin together.

"Didn't you say that if you don't learn this song well, you have to stay in the rain?"

Li Xiaolu shuddered and said with a smile.

Li An reprimanded: "Just your stupidity, even if you can't learn well in another year, it's better to learn slowly in the future!" Take a shower and change your clothes first. ”

After speaking, I walked to the bathroom where I took a bath, and the hot water in the bathroom was available 24 hours a day, and there was hot water whenever I wanted to take a bath.

Li An ran to the bathroom where he was taking a bath as fast as he could, took off all the wet clothes on his body, and then began to put water in the bath, which was hot and cold water together.

The reason why Ang Lee's boat has always had hot water is because Ang Lee installed a thermos bucket that can be kept warm on the boat, and when the person in charge of logistics boils out the boiling water, it can be poured into the thermos bucket, and there is more than one of these large thermos buckets, when the last thermos bucket is filled with hot water, the water in the first thermos bucket is not too hot, if Ang Lee uses it, if it is not used, they will pour out these cold water that is not hot and replace it with new hot water.

Of course, under normal circumstances, because the thermal insulation effect of the thermal insulation bucket designed by Li An is still very good, it takes a long time to replace it, and the amount of water used by Li Ang for washing is also relatively large, and the hot water in the front thermal insulation bucket is also difficult not to be used up before the temperature is lowered.

If you take a shower, it is not easy to use too much water, but if you take a bath, the amount of water consumed is very large, and Li An likes to take a bath, so the amount of water used every time is not small.

A thermos bucket is enough to have 200 liters of water, ten thermos buckets are 2,000 liters, according to the standards of later generations, this is a full two tons of water, and all of them are hot water, if you mix some room temperature water, it is not a problem to make a ten tons of bath water.

After all, it is summer at this time, the temperature of the water at room temperature is also relatively high, one ton of hot water can be exchanged for four or five tons of cold water can be bathed, in addition, next to the boiler, you can continue to boil water at any time, as many as you want, Li An's boat ride is not much, food and drinking water are not used up, along the way, every stop has to be replenished, so it is even more inexhaustible.

Seeing Li An naked and releasing water, Li Xiaolu naturally understood that Li An was going to take a bath, and she, as a maid, naturally had to serve beside her, and her body was also soaked, so it was a good choice to wash together.

If multiple faucets were put together to release water, the speed was still considerable, and soon half a knee-high warm water appeared in the pool.

"The water temperature has been adjusted, bring the towel quickly."

Li An said.

Li Xiaolu quickly brought towels, and brought a lot of towels, some for bathing, some for rubbing, and some spread on the platform and left for people to lie on it, a whole set of equipment, which can be described as extremely complete.

"Lie down and soak and recover your body temperature."

Li An soaked his whole body in the water, leaving only his head outside to ensure breathing, and Li Xiaolu did the same, burying his body that had been frozen for a long time in the water, and clinging to Li An's side tightly, using his own body to relax Li An.

After all, the area of this pool is not large, and it can accommodate up to three people lying flat, no matter how much it can't lie down, and the platform next to it is also one person wide, if it is hot, lie on it to rest, of course, you can't forget to lay a wet towel on it, otherwise, it will be harder to lie down, and it is soft enough to be comfortable.

When it was raining just now, Li An and Li Xiaolu both felt very cold, and at this moment, because of the soaking in warm water, both of them were no longer cold, and they felt that their bodies were very warm, and after the body was warm, people would have other ideas, after all, Li An and Li Xiaolu were both lying naked together, if something didn't happen, it would seem very abnormal.

Li An gently stroked Li Xiaolu's delicate body, and after hearing the wheezing sound, he immediately picked up Li Xiaolu, and then gently placed it on the table next to the bath.

This was originally a place to lie down and rest after being tired from taking a bath, but at this moment, Li An was deeply desired, and if he didn't vent well, he would be uneasy in this bath.

Li Xiaolu has long been accustomed to being pampered by Ang Lee, seeing Ang Lee's stout body pressed up, the corners of her mouth smiled, and she happily accompanied Ang Lee over the clouds.

It's a pity that the area of the platform is not large enough, so that the two can't play too many tricks, and they can only use a few postures back and forth.

The storm had been intensifying, and so had the waves it caused, and the ships provided by the Ottoman for Ang Lee had very limited resistance to the wind and waves, so that the whole ship began to shake gradually and violently, but the shaking was not terrifying, at least, it would not cause the ship to capsize and sink.

It was not a good thing for the boat to be swaying, but at this moment, the swaying boat became a helper for Ang Lee and Li Xiaolu, making the two of them even happier.

Li An was having fun in the cabin, while his soldiers were busy preparing for the port, and the port also sent a small boat to guide the Tang fleet into the harbor.

After all, this harbor is still too simple, the water area of the port is large enough, but the deep-water wharf is very few, most of them are small wharves for fishing boats with a very shallow draft, and it is okay to dock fishing boats, while slightly larger, deeper fishing boats cannot enter.

Fortunately, the big ship that Li An is taking now is a not very large sea ship provided by the Ottomans, as long as the port gives up the best berths, it is okay for the fleet to save some use, and if Li An's real Tang fleet comes, it will really not be able to dock, unless the port is remodeled, the dock is extended to the sea farther distance, or the silt in the port is dug away with a dredge, so as to meet the requirements of ships with a deep draft to be able to dock.

After some intense preparations, the Datang fleet led by Li An smoothly entered the port, and after entering the port, the shaking of all the ships was significantly reduced, after all, the port will not be affected by the wind and waves outside, with the protection of the embankment, the waves in the port are very small.