- And not long after the giant sail of the "Crane Chasing the Sun" was unfurled, the thunder on the altar of the festival stopped. The loud noise suddenly disappeared, and Mo Ye felt that his ears had been shaken to a slight buzzing feeling.

At this time, the crowd didn't know who suddenly shouted: "Anchor!" It's time to anchor! ”

Mo Ye couldn't help but wonder when he heard this: Anchoring? Why is it so exciting? As soon as this thought arose, she heard the sound of "thunder" on the altar finally rising, and she was defenseless, and she couldn't help but be shocked and her shoulders trembled.

But she has understood that the meaning of anchoring must be no less than sailing. At the same time, she saw that all the people in the stands were no longer blindly talking excitedly on the iron fence, or shouting at the giant ship with great excitement, but all reaching out to take something into their arms.

Just when Mo Ye didn't know what to do, while the big guys were all looking down to dig out things, and didn't squeeze around anymore, Ye Nuonuo, who was standing a few people away, finally found Mo Ye who was squeezed into the corner of the fence. While everyone had something at hand, they were still relatively peaceful, Ye Nuonuo turned left and right, and finally stood with Mo Ye again.

Seeing that she was finally no longer alone, Mo Ye felt a trace of joy in her heart, and the first thing she wanted to say after meeting was to ask Ye Nuonuo, what were you digging for. She remembered that when she bought the ticket, Ye Nuonuo didn't say what else she had to prepare?

However, because the sound of "thunder" came from the sky overhead, all her words were drowned out.

But Ye Nuono seemed to be able to speak, and when she saw Mo Ye move her mouth, she immediately turned around. grabbed a handful of things that Xiaoyu, the maid next to him, had just taken out of his sleeve and pressed it into Mo Ye's hand.

Mo Ye was slightly stunned, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face, thinking that Ye Nuonuo had misunderstood what he meant.

But a thought soon came to her mind, and her eyes lit up, and she reached out and pointed first at her mouth, and then at her ear.

Ye Nuonuo quickly understood, and immediately leaned closer to Mo Ye's ear, but still raised his voice and explained: "'Push the boat' game! Wait a little while the boat leaves. Cast the North Night Star. If you fall on the ship, you can get a reward when the ship returns! ”

Yenono spoke quickly and explained briefly. Mo Ye listened to it and didn't understand it. Ye Nono couldn't go on. Because everyone in the stands had already taken out the "Northern Night Star" mentioned by Yenono in his arms or sleeves, and was ready to throw, noisy and pushing. It's more intense than before.

Moreover, this round of congestion has a more obvious bias than before.

At first, everyone just squeezed as much as possible to the iron fence, in order to find a better viewing angle, but some people couldn't squeeze other people, so they were relieved, so they stood in the back and no longer participated in the push game.

However, at the beginning of the third wave of "thunder", on the viewing platform, even those who were sweating and didn't want to squeeze anymore actually gathered their strength again to "sprint" to the front!

It turned out that there was not enough place to put your feet on the viewing platform, and behind the audience, there was actually a vacant space as narrow as a path!

But as long as Mo Ye hears one keyword, it is not difficult to understand why the people in the stands suddenly become more active and enthusiastic. When everyone was in a hurry to dig out the "Northern Night Star" just now, the silence of that moment was just like a moment of tranquility before the storm, and then thinking about this causal relationship, Mo Ye couldn't help but smack his tongue.

Mo Ye looked down at the thing that Ye Nuonuo had just stuffed into his palm, and saw that it was a stack of origami paper. It doesn't need to be disassembled, but it can be seen that it is very simple, made of three long strips of paper strung together, presenting a triangular dimple, and each section of the triangle has a long wing extending out.

Mo Ye was silently puzzled: Could it be that this thing made of paper is the "Northern Night Star"?

Ye Nuonuo saw the confusion in Mo Ye's eyes. In her opinion, it was the first time for Mo Ye to participate in this kind of event, and there were many things she didn't understand, which was normal, and she would not hesitate to introduce it. But the platform was so noisy that I wanted to explain something, and I was afraid that the sound would be dispersed by the noise around me before it could be heard.

After a little pondering, Ye Nuonuo tugged at Mo Ye's sleeve, and when her attention was shifted, Ye Nuonuo took a "Northern Night Star" from her hand, shook it in front of her eyes, and then threw it into the sea volley.

The sea breeze continued, and the origami of the "Northern Night Star" with three paper wings floated diagonally out of the viewing platform, and naturally spun rapidly. The three paper wings thus create a cycle of alternating phantoms, turning the origami into a triangular whole.

And although it is a dead thing, it cannot actively flap its wings and fly like a bird, but it does not fall downward, but slowly floats higher and higher with the rhythm of the wind for a while and for a while. Until it floated far away, it was knocked out by a sharp whirlpool of wind, and finally stabbed diagonally into the sea, and disappeared.

Mo Ye finally understood, and a novel look appeared in his eyes.

But Xiao Yu, who was standing nearby, shouted at this time, and her voice was so high that people could hear the words clearly in such a noisy environment.

"Not much! Miss...... Not much! ”

Ye Nuonuo raised his hand sideways, stretched out his little finger to Xiao Yu, and hooked it slightly. Although Mo Ye couldn't see the expression on Ye Nuonuo's face at this time, he could still see from her gesture that she showed contempt for Xiao Yu.

Then Ye Nuonuo turned his head again and said five words silently to Mo Ye with an exaggerated mouth: "Throw on the boat and get a reward!" ”

Although Sister Nuo is weak, she is still very good at talking to the point!

Mo Ye smiled slightly, then his eyes opened slightly, showing a serious and strict expression, and he stretched out his hand to Ye Nuonuo and raised his thumb - a "good" word, double meaning.

A total of 22 huge anchors weighing more than 1,000 gold sank to the seabed, and the upper ends were implicated in the ship by thick iron chains. At this time, everyone saw that the nine anchor cones on the side of the huge ship near the coast, as well as the two anchor cones on the stern of the ship, were slowly pulled up from the bottom of the water by extremely thick iron chains, but the two anchor cones on the bow side did not move.

Because one side of the hull has lost its grip, and the sails on the boat have been saturated with strong winds, there is this thrust from above. Fighting against the two grips of the bow without anchoring, the whole ship began to tilt slightly.

Everyone watched this scene intently, and the cheers and cheers on the observation deck were a little weaker as the giant ship tilted. Mo Ye could hear that there was a slight sigh coming from the part of the crowd closest to him, which was a sound that was not high-pitched, but could be perceived sensitively.

And after a while, the overall position of the giant ship in front of them shifted, so that everyone finally understood a problem, and the sound of speculation and confusion that had arisen before naturally disappeared. Again to bursts of applause.

Giant ship. Start turning around.

The roaring "thunder" on the altar stopped.

And everyone on the viewing platform started the "boat pushing game".

The meaning of the word "pushing the boat" in this game cannot be understood from the perspective of strength, but from the perspective of spirit.

Such a huge ship. It's not something that can be driven by human power. In fact. Including the slight adjustment of the mast, the direction of the rudder twist, the vortex arrangement of the combination of propellers...... A qiē requires a great deal of force to start. And during the voyage, the power source that often required constant force to maintain the speed of the ship was supplied by the huge gears embedded in the hull pulled by the first few batches of horses that boarded the ship.

Although there are more than 100 full-time crew members on each giant ship, for brute force jobs, manpower does not cover all of them.

However, the "Northern Night Star", which can be sent far away by the sea breeze, can bring the desire of everyone present at this time to contribute to the sailing of the merchant ship.

- After the event, Mo Ye had the opportunity to ask Ye Nuonuo carefully, and learned that the meaning of this origami represents a kind of star.

These stars appear in the northern sky every day at nightfall. It doesn't seem to twinkle like other stars; It is almost the brightest star in the night sky except for the moon; It never moves the slightest position, and is able to give direction to many people who walk at night; It is also the auspicious fortune of the maritime fleet, and on the sea, without any directional reference, it is like a loyal companion, always on the left side of the fleet and on the right side of the fleet when it returns.

Mo Ye watched the colorful "Northern Night Star" float out from the viewing platform, all flying towards the sky. She wanted to imagine it as falling flowers, but these pieces of paper, which carried the blessings of ordinary people, although the color reflected was almost the beauty of petals, did not have the slightest decline of falling flowers, because they did not fall off their hands, but rode straight up with the wind, like a living soul.

In such a small splendor, the giant ship gradually turned its head and tail completely. When it "turned around", for a moment, one end of the tall end of the ship was relatively close to the coast, and while the hull of the ship was turning, the part of the hull that was submerged under the water stirred up huge waves, and some of them slapped on the shore, and shot down some of the Northern Nightstar that flew a little lower, but there was still a little Northern Nightstar with a body made of light paper, brushing the top of the water and floating to the boat.

In the stands, some people cheered!

It was impossible to tell who threw the Northern Night Star as it flew through the waves, but as soon as one person began to cheer, it would soon be echoed by the voices of many others.

Mo Ye finally got really excited.

The people on the observation platform only threw out such a small piece of paper, but in an instant, they formed a sea of 'stars'. Everyone gathered together today to form such a sea of people, each of them let out a roar, that is, the sound of the waves crashing on the shore, and even the roaring "thunder" on the roof of the festival seemed to be forced to be inferior - such mass actions all came from the country of Nanzhao.

At least at this moment, the people of Nanzhao have forgotten their identity, family background, mental troubles, and pressure in life...... All of them are just a citizen who wears the Order of Nanzhao, and they become equal members of this big group!

And he is also a national of Nanzhao!

No need for words to guide, no need to be driven by interests, this feeling of resonance from the heart can make people's blood flow accelerate, and they want to sweat and shout!

As soon as Mo Ye was excited, his hands became tighter and tighter, and when all the ships turned around one after another, leaving the harbor where they had docked at the beginning, and slowly and steadily sailing towards the far boundary of the sea, Mo Ye realized that the "Northern Night Star" in his hand was not thrown out!

However, just as she was about to raise her hand to make up for a few, she suddenly felt that the passionate atmosphere in the crowd around her had declined for some reason.

Mo Ye calmed down a little, and saw that most people's eyes were fixed on one direction. Puzzled, she looked in this direction, and saw a huge ship parked in the harbor, which was exceptionally empty because all the merchant ships had left. Looking at its sail flag, it should belong to the same group of ships as the first step.

Mo Ye couldn't help but be stunned.

On the observation deck, the cheers that were similar to cheers before gradually subsided, and the sound of whispering gradually diffused. The voices of different arguments are mixed together, and no one dares to raise their voices alone, so this kind of speech composed of deep whispers is like a swarm of flies buzzing, although it is not clear but it can be deafening.

Since he couldn't hear what others were discussing and analyzing, Mo Ye could only look at it with his own eyes, trying to see the cause of the problem.

Her eyes were fixed, and when she looked at the merchant ship, she saw that the bow of the ship was standing upright, and more than a dozen people had gathered, and judging by their clothes, they should all be crew members. There were a dozen people at the bow of the boat, and several other crew members had already slid down a ropeway and dived underwater, not knowing what to do.

"Looks like something is wrong."

Ye Nuonuo's voice came from his side, Mo Ye turned his head to look at Ye Nuonuo, who was standing next to him and was also looking intently at the merchant ship, and hesitated: "What do you see?" ”

Ye Nuonuo hesitated: "This harbor was built a few years ago, and it has been in use for many years, and the bathymetric survey has gone back and forth several times, and there has never been a reef collision. In addition, there should be no leakage of the hull. Although several of these dozen or so large merchant ships were newly added last year, they have been successfully sailed twice, and the annual maintenance time is several times the time of use. Under this premise, if something goes wrong, not only will the emperor be punished, but the people responsible for building these ships should be ashamed and kill themselves. ”

Mo Ye gasped when she heard this, still having doubts in her heart, but she didn't ask anything more. She thinks that this is all Yenuo can understand, and that's probably all she can do.

After a few moments, the crew members who had dived into the water came out of the water one after another, climbing the ropeway back to the ship. The drenched diver had a quick conversation with the waiting crew on board, and then one of the crew strode up to the mast, stood still under it, and gestured to the crew member who was guarding the observation deck at the top of the mast.

The crew on the observation platform had already seen the diving behavior of the crew on the splint, realized that something was wrong, and became vigilant in advance.

After receiving the command from below, the crew member above also made a gesture back, and then he shortened, and when he stood up again, he already had a small triangular black flag in his hand...... (To be continued......)