Chapter 622: Set sail to the south, a song "Thousand Years"!
At the mouth of the Yangtze River, a catamaran research ship with a snow-white hull and red wave patterns painted on the bottom of the ship is like a Roselle walking on the water, lightly stepping on the waves.
It pressed the waves, swept across the water, and at a speed of 35 knots, it left behind all the other ships in the vicinity.
The speed of 35 knots has exceeded the speed announced by most warships, and among civilian ships, it is already a very high speed, which can be compared with many speedboats.
For an acoustic examination ship, the speed of 35 knots is actually completely unnecessary, and in daily life, the speed of 10-15 knots is enough.
Because of this speed, the noise can make all the equipment on board useless.
But at this moment, Tang Zhongmin and Jiang Hailong in the cockpit were dumbfounded.
Now they are testing the speed of the ship, after all, the ship has a modified power system.
Although it is only a simple modification and upgrade of the propulsion device and the hull, at this moment, there is no obvious noise in the cabin, as the speed gets faster and faster, the hull begins to float, but from the speed of more than 30 knots, the hull from the beginning of the upward drift to a slight sinking, the pontoon completely sinks under the water, but the hull is becoming more and more stable, there is almost no sense of shaking, and the wave resistance has not increased much, the ship ran to this speed, unexpectedly......
"It can also speed up!"
After Gu Xiaobai's transformation, the power released by this set of propulsion devices is like a monster!
How exactly is this done?
Could it be that weird-looking propeller?
"This kid ...... Really a genius in fluid mechanics!"
But the two of them really didn't dare to speed up.
No matter how fast you accelerate, the maritime surveillance ships won't be able to catch up!
It's time to get a ticket!
Sorry you overspeeded!
The Zhongjun slowly slowed down and sailed at a cruising speed of 15 knots, at this time the scenery on both sides of the strait was picturesque, the long and narrow estuary, the delta in the distance, and the other ships nearby, so beautiful and magnificent......
Gu Xiaobai stood on the deck, staring at the blue sea and the looming coast, his heart fluctuated.
Six hundred years ago, it was here that the 35-year-old Zheng He, with 62 treasure ships and more than 100 other large and small ships, set sail for the Western Ocean.
I don't know if there is another self on that boat, whether there is an old Tang Laojiang......
At this moment, Gu Xiaobai felt that he was not driving between the river and the sea, but driving in the long river of time.
In his heart, there was a silent melody flowing, as if there was something that wanted to erupt.
Gu Xiaobai closed his eyes, and the afternoon sun shone on his eyes, reflecting a patch of red.
He spread his arms and felt the wind that had been blowing for thousands of years, and his fingers swayed slightly, as if playing an inaudible melody.
In his memory palace, a simulated bell and drum harp is surging and exciting.
There was a "buzz", and the phone buzzed in his pants pocket, but he didn't feel it, at this moment, he was already immersed in the music he had just conceived.
If......
If someone can hear the music, it's good.
If......
It would be nice to be able to see that scene 600 years ago with your own eyes.
Six hundred years ago, the sea was blue.
On both sides of the strait, gongs and drums are noisy.
A heroic young man saluted to the northwest: "The ministers will live up to Your Majesty's trust and raise the prestige of the country in the West!"
Then he got up and walked to the water's edge, and poured a glass of wine into the surging river.
The crisp wine flows into the river and disappears in an instant.
Suddenly, the cannons on the treasure ship roared and the drums played in unison.
Zheng He stood on the treasure ship he was on and shouted: "Set sail!"
Nearby, the flag bearer waved his flag and passed his orders out.
Reflecting the sun and facing the north wind, thousands of snow-white canvases slowly rise, and then swelled by the wind, accumulating surging power.
Go for thousands of miles, and never stay!
Zheng He stared at this picture of thousands of sails, stretched out his hand, lightly pressed a small shoulder, and said, "This situation and this scene, but I don't know if he can see ......"
Hua Xiaobai, who was standing in front of him, raised his head blankly, he was a year older, he was already 11 years old at this time, but in front of the tall Zheng He, he still looked immature, at this time, in the face of the future that he didn't know how to develop, he was a little excited, and a little scared shrunk into Zheng He's arms, tightly grasping the corners of Zheng He's robe.
Seeing Hua Xiaobai's eyes, Zheng He sighed, but he didn't know whether he was right or wrong to do this, with such an 11-year-old child, he had experienced risks at sea.
But on the other hand, in this world, which 11-year-old child can travel all over the seven seas and oceans and see thousands of countries and states at this age.
During this time, he also got along with Hua Xiaobai day and night, and deep down, he seemed to regard this child as his junior.
And not just Zhong Jun's host.
He devoted himself to educating this child, teaching him the art of navigation and command, and Hua Xiaobai was also very intelligent, and he knew everything thoroughly.
Maybe a few years later, when he is dying of old age, this young man can command the Daming Naval Division, reach overseas, and reach the other side at the end of the ocean.
Patting Hua Xiaobai's shoulder with emotion, Zheng He took a deep breath and gave another order: "Go!"
His order, once again passed out with a banner, lift anchor, go!
The sound of the water, the huge anchor of thousands of catties, was slowly lifted, the rudder sank into the water, and thousands of sails flowed!
Let's go!
Seven seas and four oceans, thousands of countries and thousands of states, I am here!
At this moment, in the sky, a bell suddenly rang.
βDuangβββ
The low, melodious, and loud bell that has been heard for hundreds of miles, like an invisible curtain, hangs down from the nine heavens and floats in everyone's ears.
Zheng He's eyes widened suddenly.
How can there be a bell?
Could it be......
In the next second, the surging is like the river and the sea upside down, the excitement is like the rising of the red sun, and the sound of bells and drums is majestic like the sound of the mountains and thousands of people, rushing to the face, and surrounding everyone's side.
Countless soldiers and shipwrights raised their heads in astonishment and looked into the sky.
In the sky, the sky is vast, the white clouds are long, and the red sun is hanging high, but where is the shadow of half an hour?
In the midst of the bell, Zheng He suddenly burst out laughing.
"Hahaha...... Zhong Jun blesses, we will win this trip!"
Zhong Jun, here!
On both sides of the strait, countless onlookers bowed in the direction of the fleet.
More than a hundred large ships, at the sound of the bell, sailed out of the bay and into the wide waters.
"Change formation!" Zheng He shouted.
The ships began to change in different directions, with Zheng He's handsome ship as the center, the warship was at the outpost, the grain ship and horse ship followed closely behind the warship, and the left sentinel and the right sentinel warship spread out like the wings of a flying swallow, protecting the Chinese army handsome ship in the center......
In the midst of the change of the ship formation, a thick fog suddenly hit, Zheng He did not panic, and ordered someone to send a message with gongs and drums, and continued to direct the ship to change the formation.
And at this moment, in the thick fog, a little white and red shadow drilled in front of Zheng He's handsome ship like a ghost.
Six hundred years later, on the Zhongjun, Tang Zhongmin was suddenly stunned: "Where did the fog come from? I'll go up to the deck to take a look!"
Just now, the sky was clear, and all of a sudden, the fog was out of sight.
Tang Zhongmin and Jiang Hailong came to the deck, and when they saw the deck, their eyes were closed, like Gu Xiaobai who couldn't see the instrument when he was playing.
And......
Left and right, there were countless wooden warships that suddenly appeared.
The big one is bigger than the Zhongjun, the small one is about the same length as the Zhongjun, and the smaller one is much smaller than the Zhongjun.
The two of them were a little puzzled for a moment.
At such a time, how can there still be so many wooden warships?
Is this a group trip for ancient ship lovers?
Suddenly, Tang Zhongmin felt a shadow approaching, he turned around suddenly, and behind them, a huge wooden warship ten times larger than the Zhong Jun was crushing the waves, tearing through the thick fog, and coming with the wind.
The moment they saw the bow of the ship, Tang Zhongmin and Jiang Hailong were dumbfounded.
This ship, they are all too familiar!
It was the two of them who worked hard to improve the process and made the largest treasure ship!
Cast in a process made 600 years ago, 135 meters long, with a deck comparable to a football field and a displacement of up to 20,000 tons, a terrifying wooden warship!
This may be the most majestic wooden warship in ancient times, and it may also be the most emotional fleet in ancient times.
Even the Netherlands, a coachman at sea, had been defeated by such a fleet.
And at this moment, this ship appeared in front of them, like a dream.
"Lao Jiang, Lao Jiang......" he patted Jiang Hailong's shoulder incoherently, "Am I dreaming!"
"I was dreaming when you were dreaming, how do I know!" Jiang Hailong didn't know if he was dreaming!
They turned their heads to look, in all directions, with a thousand white sails and a hundred warships.
The ships are so familiar!
"It's ...... This is...... How is this possible...... This ......"
The two of them were about to burst into tears in an instant, and they were incoherent.
When they looked up, they saw two familiar faces poking their heads out of the ship's side.
They were 600 years ago!
They waved their hands, and they waved their hands on the other side.
It's like looking in the mirror, but it's not looking in the mirror.
The self of 600 years ago and 600 years later converge in this moment.
At this moment, they don't know if it's real, if it's a dream, or what.
It's just two people, all four faces, all with tears streaming down their faces.
Suddenly, two more figures appeared on the side of the ship.
Gu Xiaobai suddenly felt a sense of urgency, he raised his head and looked at the side of the treasure ship.
On the treasure boat, Zheng He stretched out his hand to support Hua Xiaobai's shoulder, staring at the familiar and unfamiliar young man below.
On the Zhongjun, Gu Xiaobai also raised his head and looked at the familiar face.
In the next second, his hands suddenly changed, and the bell turned from excitement to joy.
It is like the reunion of old friends through thousands of years, like seeing the land on the vast sea, like the earth that has been dry for a long time and finally raining nectar from the sky.
When the bell finally fell slowly and the dense fog gradually dissipated, Zheng He on the treasure ship pressed Hua Xiaobai's shoulder with one hand, and with the other hand, stretched out his hand to point to the south.
Gu Xiaobai nodded and raised his right hand.
To the south!
To the south!
The fog cleared, the sun set westward, and a white catamaran, like Roselle treading on the sea, was lonely to the south.