Meanwhile, in the South Sea of Great Zhou...
This summer, something significant enough to be recorded in the annals of Great Zhou's history was taking place!
"Wuu—"
Their Great Zhou's first Steam Ironclad Ship was emitting a deep hum within the territorial waters of the South Sea.
Accompanied by billowing smoke, this steel monster that lived upon the sea was cleaving through wave after wave as it approached them.
Unfortunately, ordinary civilians could not reach this location, while Zhou Xu himself had not come in person either, owing to the long journey.
At this moment, the only people who could witness this historic scene at the South Sea port were the South Sea garrison led by Soros and the shipyard workers responsible for building this Steam Ironclad Ship.
The atmosphere at the scene was still incredibly heated. Watching the Steam Ironclad Ship successfully complete its maiden cruise, the shipyard workers and South Sea garrison soldiers were all so excited they could barely contain themselves.
At that moment, the Steam Ironclad Ship was slowly sailing toward their South Sea port.
According to the original plan, it would next dock for inspection and maintenance.
As the distance continued to close, the steel monster grew larger and larger in everyone's eyes. The invisible pressure it created left every one of them flushed with excitement.
Once the power problem had been solved, the vessel could naturally be built on a larger scale as well.
However, under normal circumstances, this was still the first Steam Ironclad Ship. Thus, when designing it, Qin Fen had played it safe and had not gone too overboard right from the start. He planned to build a small ship first and test the waters.
This Steam Ironclad Ship was ninety-three meters long and eighteen meters wide, with a current top