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- Taifu Yang rested in Qinzhou for three days, then returned to the capital by boat and by sea.
But one day later, a merchant ship from the south of the Yangtze River rescued several of Yang Yi's guards.
According to them, the ship Yang Taifu was on left Qinzhou and sailed for a day. It suddenly ran aground in the middle of the night and the ship sank with a large amount of water. At that time, Yang Fu and several others hurriedly boarded a lifeboat, and the surviving guards came to the rescue boat. The scattered planks of the sunken ship drifted to a reef a few miles away, and were rescued by a passing merchant ship the next day.
After several guards were rescued on the merchant ship, they ordered the merchant ship to search the nearby waters, but could not find the whereabouts of Yang Taifu, so they had to return to Qinzhou to ask for help. The governor of the state, Ma Yingfang, did not dare to neglect and organized a large number of ships to go to sea to search;
According to the guards, although it was drizzling on the sea when they hit the rocks in the middle of the night, the wind and waves were not too big. They watched Mr. Yang get on the lifeboat with their own eyes. There should not have been anything wrong, but many ships searched the nearby sea area. The whereabouts of Bu Yang Taifu were found.
Ma Yingfang was so frightened that she asked people to expand the search scope and reported the matter to Tokyo.
It will take about a month for Tokyo to receive the report from Qinzhou.
At this time, Taifu Yang had already boarded the giant ship on the sea. The huge hull was four stories high and looked as towering as a mountain.
Seeing such a huge ship for the first time, the eyes of Qing Niang and the three girls almost fell out of their eyes. After boarding the ship, they looked around excitedly regardless of the dizziness caused by riding in the small boat.
The deck of the ship is as big as a football field, with a huge rotatable mast reaching into the sky. The sail needs to be raised by several people working together to turn the winch. The whole ship has nine masts and twelve sails; the wooden grid at the front of the deck is paved with soil for growing vegetables. The anchor at the front weighs two thousand kilograms, and it also needs a winch to retract and release it.
The cabin was divided into twenty-eight cabins. It is precisely because of the design of this watertight compartment that such a large ship can be built. Because it is impossible to have a hundred meters of wood that can be used as a keel;
The design of this water-proof cabin is equivalent to firmly combining the cubes together. There are also diagonal stayed plates longitudinally, transversely, and on the side, which are layered to reinforce the hull, allowing the ship to develop into a larger size. It is also conducive to dividing the compartments and classifying cargo to meet the requirements of different functions.
The cabin was now filled with cargo, and the bottom layer was filled with porcelain. The porcelain alone was not heavy enough, and many stones and iron blocks were used to hold down the bilge, so that the ship would be more stable when sailing on the sea. Can withstand greater storms.
On the next floor are tea, silk, cotton, lacquerware, and all kinds of merchandise, which are really countless.
In addition to this giant ship, there are also ten kinds of two thousand and thirty thousand ships sailing in formation on the sea. Looking around, the sails are like clouds, covering the sky and the sun, and there are giant ships one after another. Cutting through the waves, facing the wind and heading south, whitecaps rolled up the stern of the boat. The sea is like a field plowed by a giant plow. Seagulls fly in the sky with a clear sound, and white clouds are carried far away by the wind. It makes everyone's thoughts fly straight to the clouds.
Looking at this huge and unparalleled fleet, Yang Yi stood on the bow and couldn't help but roared to the sky a few times. To vent the surging passion in my heart, such a fleet. It is no less inferior to Zheng He's invincible fleet when he sailed to the West, teaching him how not to be high-spirited. The excitement was overwhelming.
Today¡¯s achievements are not too surprising. Historically, most of the Ming Dynasty¡¯s shipbuilding technology was inherited from the Song Dynasty. This can be inferred from some historical context;
The Yuan Dynasty did not develop much in shipbuilding technology. The Hongwu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty implemented a sea ban. However, the Yongle Dynasty was able to quickly build huge treasure ships. If it had not inherited the shipbuilding technology of the Song Dynasty, it would have been difficult for the Yongle Dynasty to do this.
Some people say that the Yongle Dynasty¡¯s shipbuilding and Zheng He¡¯s seven voyages to the West impoverished the country. Yang Yi laughed it off.
Anyway, the current situation of the Song Dynasty is different from that of the Yongle Dynasty. The Yongle Dynasty's annual income was only 30 million taels of silver, but now the annual income of the Song Dynasty has exceeded 300 million taels of silver.
Nowadays, the shipbuilding industry in the Song Dynasty is booming. Not only does it not cause any burden to the court, on the contrary, the shipbuilding industry also contributes more than 10 million yuan in revenue to the court every year. This is completely different from the Yongle Dynasty using money from the treasury to build ships.
??According to detailed calculation, the amount of money invested by the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company in shipbuilding alone was no less than that of the Yongle Dynasty. The invincible fleet in front of me was made with silver, but it was made with private money, money from wealthy businessmen, not money from the national treasury.
And this fleet is only one-third of the ships owned by the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company. There are also hundreds of large ships with two thousand materials and one thousand materials plying the sea, frequently trading with various countries, and not all of them have joined. No need, Yang Yi believed that the fleet of forty-one ships in front of him was enough to travel across the world.
"O sea! We crawl on your chest, your chest is soSo soft, just like the chest of an oiran lady! "
"Kings and chiefs of the seaside! Here we come! We are waving beautiful silks in one hand and holding a flintlock gun in the other. Which one are you willing to accept?"
The passionate Taifu Yang stood on the bow, looking at his invincible fleet, howling arrogantly.
The sailors around looked at each other, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh. They were all holding it in very hard.
"Alas, Brother Yang is crazy!" Qing Niang sighed and reluctantly handed over a medical certificate.
"He's not crazy, he's crazy. Look at him, he looks like he wants to hold the sea into his arms. The sea is so big!" Adela had a different opinion. When she saw the sea for the first time, she said, Looking at the boundless sea, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion at the end.
"It doesn't matter whether he is crazy or not. If he is crazy, I will accompany him to be crazy. If he is crazy, I will accompany him to be crazy." The eldest princess of the Qin Kingdom remembered that she followed Yang Yi with two hundred horses and was forced into the Hetao Desert by a hundred thousand troops. The scene, his eyes were a little hazy, but his tone was firm.
"Qing Niang, Adela, Yinger, come here quickly, I will take you to fly!" Taifu Yang shouted again.
The three women looked at each other, unwilling to disappoint him, and walked to the bow of the ship together. The bow of the ship was raised high on the sea, and the splitting waves were rolled up by the sea wind, forming beautiful mist. The sunlight shone down, making it colorful.
The wind was strong, fluttering the clothes of Qing Niang and the others, making a sound, making people feel as if they were about to fly away on the wind.
"Qing Niang, you come first, come. Stand on the bow of the boat, eyes on eyes," Yang Yi said earnestly.
"Brother Yang. What are you going to do? It's so scary standing here."
"Good girl Qing, don't be afraid, I'm here. Come on, be obedient, close your eyes, open your arms, yes. That's it, close your eyes, relax your body, put aside all distracting thoughts, and imagine yourself flying in the wind."
Qingniang did as he asked, took a few deep breaths, exhaled, then closed her eyes, relaxed her whole body, and felt the sea breeze blowing in her face. As he imagined the white clouds passing by him briskly, he heard Brother Yang humming softly in his ears.
¡°Everynightinmydreams,iseeyouifeelyou,thatishowiknowyougoon.faracrossthedistance,andspacesbetweenus,youhaveetoshowyougoon¡±
"Brother Yang. I'm flying. I really feel like I'm flying."
"Ruth. Stop talking and fly a little longer."
"Ruth? Brother Yang. What is Ruth?"
"No, you should call me Jack now."
"Jack?"
"Yes, I am Captain Jack! How did I become a Pirates of the Caribbean? Hahaha, yes, remember, you will all call me Jack from now on, I am Captain Jack, hahaha"
"Oh my god, Brother Yang is really crazy!"
"No, no, no, Brother Yang is not crazy." Taifu Yang leaned into Qing Niang's ear and whispered, "Qing Niang, our trip to sea needs to be kept secret this time, so Brother Yang can't use his real name. After thinking about it, I still think Jack is more suitable for me. As for you, you are also a talented woman who is famous all over the world, so you can¡¯t use your real name, so you are called Ruth. Does Qing Niang understand?¡±
"Oh, I understand, okay then, from now on you will be Jack Yang and I will be Ruth Li, hehe"
"No, no, no, no Yang, no Lee, just Jack and Ruth."
"Okay, Jack."
"That's right, my dear Ruth."
Captain Kejie did not favor one against the other this time, and asked Zhao Qian and Adela to experience the feeling of flying. As a result, Zhao Qian was okay, but Adela did not dare to try. The bow of the ship was very high from the sea, and although the hull was large, There is still a slight sense of ups and downs;
Adela has never even been on a boat in Gaochang. Although it was suitable to go to the south of the Yangtze River this time, sailing on the inland river was different from sailing on the sea. She had been seasick when she came here in a small boat before, and she didn't dare to try it now.
Captain Jack didn¡¯t force her, let her get used to it slowly.
A few people stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the vast and vast sea in the past. It was majestic and vast, leaving the narrowness, crowding, and noise of the city behind. The refreshing, moist sea breeze with the fishy smell of the sea blows on people's hair, cheeks, and every part of the body, giving people the feeling of floating away from the dust.
When they returned to the cabin, Liu'er and Wan'er had already prepared a sumptuous lunch. This was the cabin on the top floor, which was spacious and comfortable, with gorgeous decorations. There are even some potted flowers and plants embellished with them. The living room and bedrooms are no smaller than those on the shore, and there is no sense of narrowness like an ordinary small boat.
Lunch includes chicken, bacon, whitebait, lobster, eggs, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, and vegetables.?, the supply is very abundant. There are ships dedicated to raising chickens, and vegetables are also grown on ships. During sailing, there are also ships dedicated to trawling nets. There is no pollution these days, and seafood is extremely abundant. A single net can haul up several thousand kilograms of seafood. There is almost enough food for the entire fleet.
At the same time, there is an icehouse on the ship, which was specially designed by Yang Yi. This is definitely an amazing initiative. It is used to store all kinds of fresh fruits, and the effect is very good.
In addition, the fleet also has large reserves of fruits and vegetables that can be kept fresh for a long time, such as coconuts and cabbage, to meet the daily needs of the crew.
Whether it's lobster or whitebait, Qing Niang and the others didn't give a damn. On the contrary, they were surprised to find bamboo shoots, vegetables and other fruits and vegetables on the boat. Maybe, at sea, vegetables are definitely rarer than lobsters. Qing Niang and the other three didn't care. People really know how to choose good food.
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