All the way west!

The road conforms to the weather environment, and if you can walk, you can walk, and if you can't, you will stop.

When encountering windy or windless weather, the big ship will naturally not move.

Not only can you not walk, but you have to be sent back by the river!

At this time, it is natural to dock the ship and wait for the plane to depart again.

In case of heavy rain, it is not easy to walk, so it is necessary to stop the boat to avoid the rain.

Especially in the flood season, the river is full of yellow waves, galloping and rolling, and I dare not hang up the sails to travel, so I have to obediently hide on the river bank to rest the boat.

And at this time, you have to hide for several days, until the flood recedes, and then you can continue to set off.

However, these people don't care, taking advantage of the time when the ship is off and can't sail, they go to the land to find more food resources and bring them on the boat to stockpile.

Then when the weather is good, walk as much as you can.

In good weather, we often set off at dawn and then stop at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, when it is completely dark.

In this way, a day can go on thirteen or fourteen hours. When it is fast, it can walk more than 30 kilometers.

Anyway, eating, drinking, and Lazar were all on the ship, and during the voyage, these life problems were dealt with. Except for resting at night, there is no need to dock more at all.

Fortunately, it was in the summer season, and I was able to take advantage of a southeast wind, and at the same time, I was in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, so I could borrow the sail power to hurry.

These two conditions are indispensable and must be met.

Think about it, if there is no tailwind, of course, the big ship will not be able to swim against the current.

And if it is not in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, it is located in the middle reaches of the river above Hanyang City, with the kind of turbulent and steep river, even if there is a strong wind, it will not be able to walk.

The big boat connected several provincial river basins, passed through Anqing, crossed Poyang Lake, and walked for more than two months.

At this time, three-quarters of the way has been walked, and it will not take many days to reach the Hanyang City area in central China.

However, the big ship is given here!

Certainly not stranded.

A vehicle like a bamboo raft, which is barely considered to be a water level, can be crossed no matter how shallow the river is, and there is no such thing as a stranding.

The main reason why the boat can't go is because this section of the river is relatively narrow, and the natural flow rate of the same water flow through the narrow river channel will become faster.

Because of this, the three-sided fixed wings do not provide enough driving force.

The two forces cancel each other out, so they stop here and can't move at all.

More than a dozen people paddled for a while with bamboo poles and wooden oars, but of course the little manpower had no effect.

The women hung their heads one by one: "What should we do, if the big ship can't cross this hurdle, then we can't move on, is it possible that we have to go ashore and walk from now on?"

Yu Le smiled: "Don't worry, I still have a trick!"

So saying, he went back to the hold and took out the large bundle of twine.

"In ancient times, people traveled back to the river, and when they encountered this situation, there were no modern high-power mechanical ships, do you know how people solved it?"

"How to solve it, do you use a rope to pull it?"

"That's right! The people who pull the boat are called slender men!"

Yu Le explained to these ignorant women, and then immediately took action.

First, he sailed the boat back to the shore and walked against the shore.

Facilitate the next boat pulling operation.

And then it's arranged.

"Brother Li, you just stay on the ship! ”

Li Zhi asked: "Is it so cheap for me, don't you need me to do manual work?"

Yu Le replied: "No. You'd better stay on the boat safely, otherwise if something unexpected happens, such as a broken hemp rope or something, you can still preside over the situation here. With those women, the big boat can float back to the mouth of the Yangtze River!"

"Sister, Wu Yun, you two go back to the cabin, take good care of the children, remember to put on life jackets! ”

"Sister Sun, Su Wu, Qiu'er, Huiyun, Feifei, a few of you, are responsible for operating the sail direction on the boat and maintaining power. as well as being responsible for the safety of large ships. It's close to the shore, so don't let the beasts on the shore get close. ”

"Kexin, you have a heavy responsibility, that is, now the big boat is tied to the shore, and when I start pulling on it, you will row a small boat and go back to the shore to untie the cable. Remember, your dinghy must be connected to the big boat with a rope, otherwise you may be careful to float back to the mouth of the Yangtze River alone. ”

"Xia Xia, Biyan, Sister Shen, you have more strength, just follow me. ”

Yu Le arranged their respective tasks.

Then he took the bundle of big/hemp rope more than 150 meters long.

Together with Tian Xiaxia, Jiang Biyan, and Shen Juan, the three women rowed a lifeboat and went up first.

The four of them worked together, and in this turbulent river, the lifeboat could still row.

One end of the hemp rope is first tied to the bow of the big ship.

And then go all the way and put it all the way.

When it's almost over, it's time to land.

Tie the rope to the wood behind you first, and take care of the safety insurance.

Then the four of them, standing on the shore together, tied up their horses, and began to pull the boat!

Yu Le stood at the forefront, and the other three women also stood on their own posts.

And then it's like a tug-of-war, all together at the same time.

On the side of the big ship, after receiving instructions from the upstream, Kexin first went to untie the cable of the ship, and then quickly returned to the big ship.

Then Li Zhi, who was in charge of the helm, began to correct the direction of the big ship.

Because Yu Le and others are working the shore, it is unlikely that the force will be vertical.

If you let the big boat go along the way, there is a good chance that it will crash into the shore.

So at this time, someone must use a bamboo pole to support the shore, so that the direction of the boat is parallel to the river bank, so that the boat can go.

This is also a job that shares skills and strength, except for the two men Yu Le and Li Zhi, those women are not very competent!

Driven by the original sail power, coupled with the pull of Yu Le and others, the two forces were combined, and the giant ship weighing more than ten tons slowly went up as expected.

This speed, although it is several times slower, can only use this soil method for this special terrain.

Let's get through this rapids first.

More than 100 meters a trip, more than 100 meters a trip, so repeatedly replaced!

After pulling a few times, everyone is proficient, and then it is a step-by-step, mechanical repetition.

The hardest part, of course, is the work of a slender man.

Yu Le has a wide body and thick shoulders, although most of his strength comes from his body, he can also stand it.

A few women, naturally, couldn't compare with a thick-skinned man like him, and when they were tired, they were transferred to the ship and rearranged a batch to come over.

After pulling like this, it took four or five days to finally cross this rapids that is more than ten kilometers long!

After that, the front was flat, and I was able to continue to rely on the driving force of three fixed wings and moved forward.

After a long voyage of more than three months, at the beginning of July, we finally arrived at our destination:

Hanyang area!

(End of chapter)