Those shattered Heavenly Star Gemstones were still in his spatial storage. There were quite a few of them, roughly a quarter of the original amount. They were enough to support a super-large ship carrying ten or twenty thousand people.
"Yu Shu, have someone bring paper and brushes."
No sooner had he thought of it than Jiang Hao gave the order to Yu Shu beside him.
Yu Shu hurriedly had someone bring paper and brushes. The others looked at Jiang Hao curiously. Spreading out a huge sheet of rice paper, Jiang Hao thought for a moment before beginning to draw. Since it did not need to travel underwater, the airship's design differed from ordinary vessels. It would be wider, larger, and able to carry more cargo, though it could still dock and travel on the sea.
Its length would be about the same as a cruise ship's, and it would be mostly enclosed. As for propulsion, Jiang Hao planned to use a Steam Engine and propellers.
A Steam Engine was no challenge for Jiang Hao. Even the Qin Dynasty could build one. The main components of early steam engines were made from cast iron and brass. Besides, among the people Jiang Hao had brought were members of the Lu and Mo clans. Constructing mechanisms was their specialty.
Scratch, scratch, scratch!
A blueprint for an airship soon took shape on the paper.
He had the shipyard manager, Lu Zhou, brought over and explained his design. Lu Xin was stunned after hearing it. "Your Majesty, building such a massive ship would be extremely difficult, though not impossible. But making it fly... how could that be possible?"
Lu Zhi, Yu Shu, and Susu stood nearby. Hearing Jiang Hao's plan to build a ship that could fly through the sky, they naturally did not believe