Chapter 150: The English Sailboats

"Show me!"

Wang Weidong, who was not very interested, heard that there was a boat, and immediately perked up, grabbed a telescope and looked at it, and his head was about to stick to the window.

Others also looked at the binoculars curiously, including the third girl, who was also very interested, standing aside and watching with bright eyes.

"The owner looks a lot like a European sailboat, but I can't determine what age or country it is. Sun Liancheng put down the binoculars and said.

"From the nineteenth century, I saw the steam engine chimney in the middle of the sail, this kind of ship was only used in the early nineteenth century, and it was popularized at the end of the century, it must be the nineteenth century, and it was estimated that in the nineteenth century it was in the west coast of Australia, it would definitely not be able to run England, maybe it was a treasure ship, how about we go and see?" Wang Weidong put down the binoculars, his eyes shining brightly and said excitedly.

Then after he finished speaking, he felt that there was silence all around, and everyone stared at him directly, as if they were looking at a fool again, which made him uncomfortable.

"Brother-in-law, do you want to feed the dinosaurs or the crocodiles?" Zhang Feifei reminded in a whisper from behind.

"Ah...... I suddenly forgot, but what if it was really a treasure ship? What if the dinosaurs are resting now, the boat is on the seashore, if there is a treasure on it, don't we miss the opportunity? Do you say Yang Yi?" Wang Weidong still didn't give up, and wanted to pull Yang Yi as a comrade-in-arms.

"Weidong, no matter how many treasures there are, you have to have a life flower, it's too dangerous here!" Sun Liancheng opened his mouth to persuade.

"Yes, Weidong, it's better for us to come out this time. Wu Bo was beside him to help.

"Yes, it's too dangerous, that crocodile swallowing people is probably not enough to stuff between the teeth. ”

"Don't go......"

"There's no fog, it's only right to go!"

Everyone expressed their opinions in a gossipy, but no one supported him, and Wang Weidong's face was a little ugly.

"Brother Yi......" Wang Weidong looked at Yang Yi as if asking for help.

"Weidong, I can't help it, I have to respect everyone's opinions, if you can convince them, I have no opinion!" Yang Yi spread his hands and said.

"I understand! I agree to go to the neighborhood to have a look, I will pay 20,000 yuan each, you don't need to get off the boat, let's go over and have a look!"

Sure enough, as Yang Yi expected, Wang Weidong directly used money to attack, which can be regarded as a bloody investment, more than 30 people on board, 20,000 per person is more than 600,000.

"It's really too dangerous...... Sun Liancheng still wanted to persuade him.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with going and seeing, as long as you don't get out of the cabin, what do you say?" said one of the crew members.

"I think it's okay, I've never seen an old sailboat like this!"

"I agree, just to see if it's okay......"

"Yes!"

Wang Weidong couldn't help laughing, in his world, there is nothing that money can't solve, if there is, it's because the money is not enough!

"I think it's better for everyone to think about it again......"

Sun Liancheng wanted to persuade again, but seeing that everyone was basically eager to try, he couldn't help but swallow the second half of the words again, and looked at Yang Yi in embarrassment, after all, he was the boss.

"Lao Sun, then go and have a look, my intuition tells me that the dinosaurs have gone, but it should be fine on the shore, just go!" Yang Yi said with a smile.

After all, this ship was deliberately left behind by him, and if he didn't go, he wouldn't be busy in vain, it wouldn't be in line with his purpose.

"Okay then, but everyone must pay attention to safety, Wu Bo, you go and arrange for someone to take out the spearguns, harpoons, and shotguns!"

Sun Liancheng finally agreed, he arranged for Wu Bo to organize people to get weapons, and the shotgun was still obtained through a relationship, in order to prevent danger.

There are thousands of guns of all kinds stored in Yang Yi's Dragon Ball space, all of which are Citigroup's active equipment, from pistols to rifles, machine guns, and rocket artillery, but these things can't be seen and can't be used.

After arranging everything, the Zhushan started the ship, and the four people holding spearguns and harpoons on their backs escorted Qian Bin back to the Pearl, intending to observe the Zhushan in front, and the Pearl was on guard nearby.

The boat moved slowly, and it took half an hour to turn to the end of the island, where the ship ran aground on the coast, with the Pearl Mountain approaching and the Pearl patrolling a kilometer away.

This is a typical European sailing ship, it should be the style of a warship, about 70 meters long, and the displacement should be between 4,000 and 5,000 tons. The bow was sharp and warped, and on the deck stood four sets of gigantic masts, densely covered with ropes that looked like spider webs, and on which hung scattered fragments of sails.

The strange thing about this ship was that there was a huge chimney in the middle, between the two sets of sails in front and the two sets of sails in the back, and the chimney was somewhat tilted in the direction of the island, but it looked relatively sturdy. According to Prime Minister Turtle, it has only been more than a hundred years, and the damage is not too bad.

"You see, this ship was built exactly like the sail warships of the time, which was also the norm at that time, merchant ships were also warships, and warships were also merchant ships, which could not only go up to fight, but also transport the plundered treasures back. This ship was supposed to have been built before the sixties of the nineteenth century, using this new type of dual power, and by the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, it was basically the end of the sail battleship. Wang Weidong stood in front of the window and did science popularization for a group of crew members.

"The nineteenth century is a few years or so, shouldn't it be all steam engine ships?" asked one of the crew members.

"You don't know this, although England has completed the first industrial revolution in the 19th century and used the steam engine in various fields, but the sails are still mainly used on ocean-going warships, one reason is that it is fast! The other reason is that it is cheap! The sailboat can run to 17 or even 18 knots at sea, which is not worse than the fishing boat we are sitting on now, but the steam engine ship can only run to seven or eight knots, and it can be said that unless it is purely against the wind, the sail ship can completely abuse the steamship. In addition, the steam engine burns coal, and it has to burn a lot of coal, so how much coal does it have to run from Europe at that speed? The sail ship is simple, as long as the wind does, and the wind does not cost money, and everyone can calculate this account, let alone the capitalists who are proficient in this way. ”

Wang Weidong seemed to find the pleasure of being a teacher, and worked tirelessly to explain, so that everyone could understand the difference between a sailboat and a steamship.

"You know this ship well enough!" Yang Yi said with a smile.

"That is, if I didn't agree with it, I would definitely apply for archaeology or history, in fact, when I was in college, I also took this course, and my favorite is the Age of Discovery, how many treasures are sunk at the bottom of the sea, if they are all fished out, they will be richer than Citigroup!" Wang Weidong had an intoxicated expression.

"Then why make a big chimney, and just use the sail?" asked the water monkey from behind.

"Stupid to you, I said, the times are developing, steam engines instead of sails is an inevitable trend, with the improvement of technology and the need to cope with bad weather, steam ships and even later internal combustion engine ships, are destined to replace sailboats. Of course, there was an important reason in the nineteenth century, that is, the Suez Canal, the sail warships could not pass, but the steam ships were no problem, and taking the canal was better than detouring the Cape of Good Hope, which could save several days, so there were ships in this transitional period, with sails and steam engines, which could not only use sails in the sea, but also use steam engines to open the way when crossing the canal. Wang Weidong explained with a smile.

"Brother Sun, can you get closer, I want to take a closer look!" Wang Weidong asked with a smile on his face as he leaned over to the bridge.

"Ask the owner!" Sun Liancheng said angrily.

"Old Sun, come closer, I also want to see this old ship, it should be England, you see there is still painted with the symbol of the rice flag. Yang Yi arranged with a smile.

"Really, I just don't know if there's anything?" Wang Weidong said nervously as he licked his tongue.

"Just look at it!"

Sun Liancheng skillfully drove the Zhushan to the sailboat, the two were almost kept at about thirty meters, and if they got closer, there would be danger, this distance was enough for people to see the details clearly with the naked eye, of course, short-sightedness must be another matter.

There was a big hole on the side of the side of the ship, about one person high, and it happened that the location of the gold warehouse was inside, Yang Yi naturally processed it, and some gold fell out of the water, and everyone could also see the gold pile inside from the hole, so as not to really miss it.

"Stop, stop, Brother Sun stops the boat! Brother Yi, look, what is that? Is it gold? Slap me in the face!"

"Smack!"

"Ahh