"Wow, look, what a big ship!"

An exclamation came from behind Chen Xu, and he saw Yu Ji poking her head out of the bumpy carriage and shouting happily.

"Where, I want to see the big ship~" A small head quickly squeezed out of the window.

Immediately after Chen Xi, Meng Wan, Ying Shiyan, and Shui Qingrou also came out of the window, and sure enough, they saw a group of big ships lining up on the vast blue sea ahead, and there was a faint sound of horns.

"Sister Shui, is this the kind of big sea boat you were on at the beginning?" Meng Wan asked in surprise.

"Hmm!" The water hummed softly and retreated to the car and sat down, his body swaying gently with the bumpy carriage, and a faint sadness appeared on his beautiful cheeks, and then slowly turned into tranquility.

That experience can be said to be the biggest turning point in her life.

It was because of her willfulness that Chen Xu, who was almost killed, was buried in the sea.

Now that I have come to the beach again, I have seen these sea ships again, the past has dissipated like a cloud of smoke, Huang Shigong has become an ancient man, and that experience has become an unforgettable memory, but these sea ships are getting bigger and bigger, more and more, and these sea ships carry the husband's biggest dream, and even in his dreams, he occasionally has to talk about the West...... Chili pepper...... Tomato...... Potato......

And she is also fortunate to accompany and witness her husband step by step towards his dream.

These new galleons, which are very different from the beginning, are the starting point for the husband to realize his great dream, this is a new journey, just like the two words he wrote on his clothes, although the T-shirt has long been tattered, and those two words have faded to the point that they are almost unreadable, but she has been keeping them for him.

The starting point represents hope.

"Lord Hou......"

A few miles away in a flash, and hundreds of zhang away from the docked sea ships, Cao Shen and Han Xin had already rushed up with a group of people dancing.

"Yu~"

As soon as Chen Xu put away the reins of the horse, Wu Hu stopped honestly.

"Haha, Master Hou, my subordinates are finally looking forward to you!" I haven't seen him for a few years, and Cao Shen, who was still honest and steady in the past, is like a left-behind child who hasn't seen his mother for a few years, and his eyes are red and he runs to Chen Xu to pay respects.

"Haha, okay, okay, I've heard what Brother Yu said, you've done a good job, you've all worked hard!" Chen Xu personally helped Cao Shen and a group of subordinates who had been arranged to go to Langya to be responsible for shipbuilding and training seafarers.

"It's not hard, it's not hard, my subordinates love sailing very much now, and they feel uncomfortable as soon as they go ashore!" Cao Shen's face was about to bloom with a smile.

"You can go to the whole world as long as you like, but for the time being, you still have to prepare for the Maritime Academy......"

"I've seen my brother!" After Cao Shen and the others finished greeting Chen Xu, Han Xin stepped forward and bowed.

When a group of people were talking, a large group of family members such as the carriage in the back were on the water softly, Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan got off the car, Han Xin, Cao Shen and others hurriedly saluted next to each other, and after shouting for more than ten minutes, Cao Shen led everyone to the dock, standing under this huge sea ship, under the visual impact of several stories high, except for Chen Xuyu Wuya Xia Zijin and Shui Qing, Meng Wan Ying Shiyan and other accompanying family members and servants were all shocked by this huge sea ship and covered their mouths and exclaimed.

"Husband, why is there a number and a name on every ship? And what does this 001 Liaoning mean? Ying Shiyan curiously pointed to the number and name of the ship on the side of the ship and asked.

"001 is the number, in order to distinguish all the ships, each ship that has completed the successful trial will be marked with a number in the Ministry of Industry for the record, and then only need to check the number to find the corresponding shipyard and construction date, as well as designers, builders, craftsmen involved in the manufacture of major components, etc., Liaoning is the name of the ship, just like everyone, take a name for easy to call and identify, Liaoning, take the meaning of vast and quiet, this ship means that the sea can always be vast and quiet, without storms and waves...... Chen Xu explained carefully.

"Indeed, the name given by Hou Ye at the beginning is full of meaning, and since the Liaoning was launched, it has never encountered strong winds and waves, which can be called a Zhenhai artifact!" Next to him, Cao Shen hurriedly patted his ass.

"The Liaoning has just been launched, and the wind and waves must be small in autumn, so don't pick up the good ones, but the peace of the sea is indeed the hope of all sailors, just take a good prize!" Chen Xu pointed at Cao Shen and said with a smile.

"Hehe, but it is true that the Liaoning has been calm after the launch, this time from Langya is his maiden voyage, not only smooth driving, but also easy to operate and fast, full sail can sail seventy miles in an hour, much faster than the three-masted sea ship, we went from Langya to Hangzhou Bay, it only took five days before and after, during which it also docked for a day!" Cao Shen explained with a smile.

"That's good, but it's not fast enough, the route from Langya to Hangzhou Bay is only about two thousand miles, and the offshore wind and waves are small, and now it's the northwest wind direction, five days is already very slow, okay!"

Chen Xu couldn't help but slap it.

Chen Xu remembered most clearly that there was a sailing ship invented by the Americans called the flying scissor sailboat, which crossed the Atlantic Ocean in half a month, and the straight-line distance from the United States to Europe was more than 5,000 kilometers, that is to say, the speed of this flying scissor sailing ship can reach more than 20 kilometers per hour, and the same sailing ship, the current sea ship built by Daqin has a maximum speed of about 13 kilometers per hour. When calculated, it is only seven or eight knots of speed, which can be called turtle speed compared with the steamships and warships that are speeding all over the sea in later generations.

But even this kind of turtle speed ship in Chen Xu's view, it is already a new milestone in Daqin's shipbuilding industry, the previous paddle type of sea ship can reach a maximum speed of about ten kilometers per hour, but it all depends on manpower to spell out, and the advantage of sailing ships is that there is no need for an oarsman, which greatly saves labor costs, before the invention of the steam turbine, this kind of sea ship is the beginning and the end in Chen Xu's view, and the significance of continuing to develop and innovate is not too great, just like a carriage. There will be no qualitative improvement in the continuation of various technologies, at most there will be improvements in flexibility, comfort, practicality and safety, but there will be no substantial changes.

"Daddy, Xi'er wants to take a big boat!" Chen Xi pulled Chen Xu's sleeve with his hand and said softly.

"Okay, Daddy takes Xi'er on a big boat, let's go to the opposite island today to eat delicious seafood, okay?" Chen Xu smiled and bent down to pick up his daughter.

"Okay, Xi'er is going to the island to eat kelp!" Chen Xi happily pulled the beard on Chen Xu's chin and shouted.

"Haha!" There was a burst of laughter on the dock.

"Put the gangplank and escort the Hou Ye and Hou Concubine on the boat!" Cao Shen yelled.

"Woo~~" A crew member on the deck of the big ship blew the horn, and in an instant, he saw a team of sailors wearing uniform blue short-sleeved shorts and seafarers' uniforms appear on the high deck, and quickly put down the long retractable gangplank and set it up on the dock.

"Team A goes up first!" With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen guards rushed up along the gangplank, and quickly occupied the deck on the side of the ship to protect it, Cao Shen and the others didn't care at all, and after all the guards were in place, they smiled and said: "Master Hou, three concubines, please!" ”

"Good!" Chen Xu nodded slightly, strode up the gangway with his daughter, tried to step on it with his feet, and found that he trembled slightly but was still strong and stable, so he walked up step by step along the long gangplank with an indifferent face, because it was not a pier for professional docking of large sea ships, so the gangplank was very steep, Chen Xu carefully spent two minutes before climbing onto the deck, put down his daughter and looked back, and felt that the people below instantly became a big circle.

"Meet Master Hou!"

The two hundred musketeers standing on the deck lined up like javelins to greet them, and after the salute, the commander Chen Xia ran up excitedly and saluted.

"No need to be polite, take a break, stand upright, disband~"

Chen Xu smiled and nodded before giving the order, and the two hundred musketeers dispersed in an instant, and all of them rushed to the side of the ship to watch the group of people under the ship.

"Sister Zijin is holding the princess, and I am protecting Wanniang!"

Seeing that Chen Xu had already gone to the deck, Shui Roucai and Xia Zijin led Meng Wan and Ying Shiyan along the gangplank step by step and carefully moved to the deck step by step, which took a full five minutes, and after coming up, Meng Wan and Ying Shiyan were pale, sweating on their foreheads, and their bodies were trembling slightly.

"Don't be afraid, this is a temporary wharf, so it is more difficult to go up and down, and it will be much easier and safer to go up and down after the harbor and wharf are repaired!" Chen Xu held Meng Wan and Ying Shiyan's hands to comfort her.

"Brother Xiaoxu, I'm coming up!" Following Ying Shiyan and the others, Yu Ji happily ran onto the deck with her skirt.

Later, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter and a group of maids and maids, under the loud encouragement of Chen Xu and Yu Wuya and all the shipwrights and sailors, holding hands with each other and pulling the cables, they all moved onto the big ship step by step, and when all the people who were going to follow the island and the goods they needed to carry were on board, nearly an hour had passed.

"You wait to return to Wuzhong Wuhu Park with the carriage and horses, and we will return in two days!" Chen Xu stood on the deck and ordered.

"Yes, Lord Hou take care, the three concubines take care!" The accompanying servant steward and some guards clenched their fists, turned around and left the bay with the accompanying chariots and horses and headed for the county seat of Juzhang.

"Set sail, go to the opposite island first!"

"Yes, Master Hou!"

"Raise the flag, set sail, and sail to the East Island!"

With Cao Shen's order, the big ship unmoored and lowered its anchor and set sail, drawing a huge arc in the bay and then turning the bow to the nine big ships, and when the flagship passed, the sea ships lined up on both sides blew the horn at the same time, whining low and melodious sound, the giant sails rose one after another, the flagship was in front, and the nine big ships were behind, and soon lined up in a wedge shape like a sharp arrow to chop the waves and go to the island several miles away.