Chapter 592: Wind and Waves
Ang Lee mixed the knowledge of astronomy and classical mythology, as well as the knowledge he made up temporarily, and began to talk nonsense in a serious way, saying that the Cowherd Star was himself, and the two sons next to him were Yun'er and the beautiful woman, and told the two of them that the reason why they would serve them was completely predestined by God, so they must cherish such a meeting, do their best, and serve themselves well, otherwise, God will be unhappy.
Saying that, Ang Lee felt that he had the talent of a cult, and it was indeed a very good idea to use the cult to control people's minds and make people more active in serving themselves.
At least, Ang Lee has tasted some sweetness now, Yun'er and Beauty, the silly little girl, actually believed in their words, and leaned tightly to their side, like two little birds, snuggled up to Ang Lee's side.
"If one day, the star in the middle falls, the two little stars on both sides will fall with it, so you two should pray that the star in the middle will not fall."
Li An hugged left and right and said happily.
"Ah Lang, what will happen if the star in the middle falls?"
Yuna asked timidly.
Li An threatened: "Didn't Ah Lang say just now, the stars in the sky correspond to all the people in the world, if the star in the middle falls, it means that I am dead, as long as I die, the star will fall, and as long as I die, the stars of the two of you will lose their support, and they will fall soon, and your little life will be over, do you understand?" ”
"Well, I understand, it's scary!"
When Yun'er heard that she was going to die, she was very scared, and hugged Ang Lee tighter, and the beauty also hugged Ang Lee tightly.
In a few days, he will arrive in the country of Bolu, and whether he can successfully get the king of the country of Bolu, Li Ang is completely uncertain, so before arriving in the country of Bolu, he must relax and let every cell in his body completely relax.
Fortunately, Yun'er and the beauty are very well served, and these two are very obedient, which can make Li An relax comfortably.
The bath is crackling, the shower is crackling, the rocking chair is crackling, these days are completely relaxation time, and Ang Lee can crackle with Yuna and the beauty anytime and anywhere, and enjoy the pleasure of relaxation.
Starting from the country of Heling, I passed through many islands along the way, some are larger, some are smaller, however, these islands are generally barren islands, and there are no people living on the islands, so they can be regarded as borderless land!
That is to say, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, there are many borderlands in the world, and even, the area of borderlands is much larger than that of ownerlands, such as America and Australia, what a large area! It can be regarded as a borderland, and now it has been colonized by the Tang Empire, except for the Americas and Australia, the huge southern half of Africa is basically a small-scale tribe, mixed with a large number of borderlands.
Not to mention the islands in the ocean, many small islands are uninhabited, and many of the larger islands are idle, and these lands may become part of the Tang Empire in the future.
If you stay in a place like Chang'an City, you will never feel the vastness of the sky, and only when you enter the ocean and sail on the chopping sea for some time, you can truly appreciate the vastness of the world and the vastness of the ocean.
Since departing from the port of Heling Kingdom, the Datang fleet has passed through too many places, encountered too many islands, and seen a lot of things that have never been seen before, just the strange fish in the sea, I have seen a lot.
It is said that reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles means that a person, if you want to be knowledgeable, you must read more, reading 10,000 books is not much, and in addition to reading to increase knowledge, people also have to go out a lot to see the outside world, so that they can inspire a person and make people become talented, thoughtful and insightful.
At least, after Li An left Chang'an City and arrived in Nanyang, he gained a lot of knowledge, and many customs and customs of Nanyang countries, only when he actually came here to take a look, can he really understand, completely relying on books and other people's introductions, the information that can be obtained is inevitably a little distorted, and sometimes, there is even a huge gap between the real situation.
This sentence is a summary of the wisdom of the ancients, in the consciousness of the ancients, if a person wants to be successful, he must read more, the more books he reads, the better, and at the same time, he must go out and walk around more, see this world of flowers, so that a person can see a wide range of knowledge and become an insightful person.
Ang Lee agrees with this sentence very much, and has always taken this sentence as his motto, so no matter in his past or present life, Ang Lee reads a lot and goes out to see the outside world.
Reading more and going out more is very common in later generations, so Ang Lee's talent has not been well reflected, because there are too many talented people, and after coming to Datang, Ang Li knows some knowledge that others don't know, so Ang Li was able to rise quickly and become an outstanding talent in the Tang Empire.
However, talents also need to be constantly recharged, and only by constantly recharging and acquiring more knowledge and insight can they make themselves more talented.
Li Ang doesn't need to read a lot of books, because he read too much in his previous life, and he knows a lot of knowledge in this era of Datang, so it is enough to read some books that he doesn't understand.
But going out to see more of this item requires Ang Lee to experience it personally, because Datang does not have an Internet, what others say may not necessarily be true, and there is also the problem of unclear expression, only when you go to see it yourself can you know what is going on.
The purpose of Ang Lee's trip was to help the Tang Empire open up the Maritime Silk Road and find markets and raw materials for the industrialization of the Tang Empire, but at the same time, Ang Lee could also improve his knowledge, increase his knowledge, and make himself more knowledgeable through this trip.
Of course, due to his relatively high status and status, Ang Lee will not be wronged along the way, he will be entertained wherever he goes, and he will be comfortable along the way, so Ang Lee really wants to come a few more trips.
This is similar to the business trip of later officials, the most favorite thing for officials to do, that is naturally a business trip, because a business trip can not only increase knowledge, at the same time, it can also be a good tour, all expenses are reimbursed by the imperial court, so, why not?
Business trips can be regarded as the favorite thing for officials to do, and Ang Lee is naturally no exception.
However, it is impossible to say that there is no pressure at all, after all, along the way, what kind of people will be met, Li Ang is not sure, if you meet people who are easy to talk to, then it is easier to do, if you meet more difficult people, it will be more troublesome.
So far, Li An has not met a difficult guy, after showing the strong strength of the Tang Dynasty, the kings of the small countries are all silent, in addition to admiration for the Tang Dynasty, they are afraid, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses have also helped them, so, under the combination of grace and power, the kings of the small countries have successfully succumbed to the Tang Dynasty.
This is the first step of the Long March, because there are still more countries to be done one by one, and the further west you go, the weaker the influence of the Tang Empire will be, and the difficulties it will encounter will gradually increase.
Because of this, Li Ang needs to relax and rest enough, so that he can have more energy to devote to the work in the future.
Huge steam ships are like a flat boat on the sea, and when encountering a larger wind and waves, the ship will appear very bumpy, and if it is the first time to take the boat, it will definitely be frightened.
Ang Lee encountered a lot of strong winds and waves along the way, and on the way to the country of Boru, when less than half a day's journey from the port of the country of Boru, the fleet encountered a huge typhoon.
However, before the typhoon fully arrived, the Tang soldiers discovered the signs and immediately reported to Li An.
"Li Shilang, there is a strong wind dozens of miles on the left, it will blow to us soon, it's too late to dodge, and there is nowhere to hide, what should we do?"
The subordinate reported anxiously.
Li An was also shocked when he heard that there were strong winds and waves coming, and it was too late to dodge, although most of the Datang fleet were huge steam ships, there were also many backward small ships, if a few were blown over by the waves, it would definitely not be good news for the entire fleet.
Moreover, the backward small ships are all supply ships responsible for consigning logistics supplies, and if the supplies all sink to the bottom of the sea, it will definitely be a huge loss for the entire fleet.
"Immediately give the order to go down and let all the ships come as close together as possible, and tie them up with ropes to withstand the wind and waves."
Li An immediately ordered.
In the face of strong winds and waves, a small boat can easily be overturned by the waves, and if there are many small boats tied together with ropes, it is another situation, when the small boats are combined, they can play the role of a large boat, that is, when the sea conditions are bad, the safety of the boat can be realized.
At that time, Cao Cao's navy ordered the ships to be locked together in order to allow the soldiers to walk on the boat, and the advantages of this were obvious, of course, the ships at that time were all wooden, and as soon as the other party set fire, everything was burned.
And on the vast sea, no enemy will set fire, and the method of leaning together will completely fight the waves and will minimize losses.
The officers and men of the Tang Army had long been trained in this area and were very proficient in connecting ships, so when Li An gave the order, they immediately began to work, and soon there were ships close together, and there were ten ships at most.
On the left and right sides of Ang Lee's boat, two steam gunboats were also fixed to increase the ship's ability to resist wind and waves.
After the soldiers were ready to respond, the sea breeze began to blow, and the waves several meters high also rolled in after them, giving people a very strong sense of impact.
"Bang ......"
Huge waves crashed into the Datang fleet one after another, which meant that all the Datang flotilla was swept into the bottom of the sea to feed the fish, but all the ships of the Datang flotilla were strengthened, and a large number of ships gathered together to obtain a great defense bonus, even if it was a big wave, it could not succeed.
The huge waves came from the side, but Li An was covered by two steam gunboats on the side of the ship, and the huge impact of the waves hit the steam gunboat, and the steam boat that Li Ang was on was not affected much, but because the waves were too big, a lot of seawater fell on Li An's boat, and the vegetables that Li Ang worked hard to take care of were wet a lot.
Since the sea water still has a lot of salt, all vegetables that are wet by the waves must be washed with clean fresh water as soon as possible, otherwise, they will definitely be pickled to death.
It's just that at this moment, the waves are still coming, constantly wetting Li An's vegetables, so it is useless to deal with it temporarily, and I can only pray to leave the storm area as soon as possible, so that I can calmly save the vegetables in danger.
The wind on the deck is very strong, if it weren't for the strict reinforcement of these vegetable shelves, they would have been blown away by the strong wind, which shows that Li Ang is still very prescient, and when making vegetable shelves, he fully took into account all kinds of unexpected situations that may be encountered at sea, including windy weather.
The soldiers on the deck were still holding on, but they looked miserable, they needed to hold on to the fixed object with both hands to fully stand firm, and if they spread all their hands, they would definitely fall, which shows how strong the wind is.
Of course, Ang Lee would not appear on the deck in such weather, this is simply to find guilt, there is a glass room at the highest point of the deck, standing in the glass room and watching such a spectacular and beautiful scenery is what Ang Lee should do.
Although there were too many winds and waves along the way, any wind and waves were not as violent as this one, and the warning time was also the shortest, which made people a little scared.
Seeing that the ships behind him were steadily moving forward, Li An was a lot more relieved, as long as he walked for another half an hour, the fleet would be able to leave this dangerous sea area.
The waves are exciting, of course, only if you can be safe, and only when you are safe can you be in the mood to enjoy the magnificent scenery.
For example, when a person is thinly clothed, and you ask him to stand in the snow and enjoy the beautiful snow scene, he does not have any intention to appreciate it, because he is cold, and he needs warmth instead of snow, but if he is wearing a very thick cotton coat, he can be in a good mood to enjoy the beautiful snow scene.