[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-can-control-my-ancestors":3,"chapter-i-can-control-my-ancestors-i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-501":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Can Control My Ancestors",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1035299,1347,"Chapter 501 - 39: Father and Son, Suining in the Western Regions","i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-501",501,"\u003Cp>Gu Zi also came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time it’s to introduce the achievements of the Gu Clan to Li Shimin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, a craftsman from the Gu Clan followed an inner official and slowly walked in, spreading out the ship’s design blueprint in front of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying it was a design blueprint, in fact, it was just a picture of the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everyone still immediately noticed the wonder of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely different from current ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of everyone almost instantly fell on the hull of the ship on that drawing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a sharp bottom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely different from the commonly rounded and flat-bottomed sea ships of the present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the most obvious, something you could see at a glance, and then there were the triangular sails different from ordinary ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the ministers were practically dumbfounded seeing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, these technologies had emerged long ago in some coastal regions, although quite inferior to this ship, they were also pioneering technologies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wisdom of mankind is boundless, just unacknowledged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not for the Gu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In recent years, the Gu Clan had never stopped learning, and the wisdom of those earning their living through these technologies was unmatched by them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, improving upon these technologies, they finally produced the blueprint for this ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yi watched everything, his eyes instantly lighting up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appearance of the Gu Clan had already advanced everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to original history, the perfection and popularization of sharp-bottomed ship technology, including the emergence of the Sea Falcon Ship, should have been in the mid to late Tang dynasty, only until the Song did it become fully developed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it had already advanced to the early Tang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yi certainly did not understand navigation, but as a modern person, he knew the difference between flat-bottomed, rounded-bottomed, and sharp-bottomed ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this ship was not so simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the craftsman began to explain the differences, Gu Yi became even more amazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ship would even surpass the Sea Falcon Ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was due to the advancement of mathematics; even if craftsmen couldn’t calculate the perfect ratio precisely, it far exceeded the original history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire hall was incredibly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of all the people revealed clear astonishment, and even Li Shimin was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly stood up, walked to the blueprint, and said complexly, \"Can this ship indeed withstand the dangers of the Black Water?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The craftsman did not answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could give a definite promise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the Black Water, even now, navigating near the sea was a very risky endeavor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—Let’s try it, no matter what, this step has to be taken.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shimin was never a hesitant person; understanding the craftsman’s difficulty, he didn’t say more and turned to the ministers: \"What do you all think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty.\" Wei Zheng immediately spoke up, \"Even if we really try, we must be cautious and cannot overdo it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the ministers nodded one after another, all unwilling for Li Shimin to take too big a step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yi originally manipulating Gu Ye’s ideas was indeed too far-reaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maritime trade—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though a simple feat for the modern world, the risk required for such development at this time was unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shimin also nodded, firmly deciding on this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wheels of history finally began to move forward again, although it was just the beginning and wouldn’t grow too big, it was nonetheless extraordinary for the whole of Kyushu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a brand new path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And judging by Li Shimin’s bold vision, even if it were not smooth, he would also achieve something on this path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the first step could be successfully taken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Kyushu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Future generations would also carry forward this ambition and pioneer a new Chapter in the entire world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Ps: Begging for monthly votes at the beginning of the month to stabilize the rankings, I ask brothers for more support, thanks from Yu.)\u003C\u002Fp>",661,"2026-06-03T09:29:44.104Z","2026-06-03T09:29:56.234Z",1,"novelbin.me","0696d277535dca0d14a1ddeadc9d7d21bc8c19e0e62ed451d2ef93f18ead823d","i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-502","i-can-control-my-ancestors-chapter-350",517,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-can-control-my-ancestors-cover.jpg"]