When the shipyard was established, Xiong Jing was only the crown prince, and now he is already the king. Before he became the crown prince, he felt that he was a later generation of Chinese, calm about the Qin state's domination of the world, like a bored spectator looking through history books, thinking that 'you should not cry for the ancients', and the most thought in his mind was to build a sailing ship and then travel around the ancient world.

But now, he has integrated into this era, he is only, just a Chu person, and he is also the king of Chu. The blood of his ancestors, the will of his father, the hopes of his courtiers and subjects, and more importantly, he has seen the cruelty of war - killing people everywhere, corpses are everywhere, regardless of men and women, and those who are more than five feet tall are all soldiers who can fight and can be killed-he swore in his heart that he would continue the society of Chu and keep every Chu person.

As a result, the dream of traveling the world has gradually become the discovery of new species and overseas trade. Otherwise, after retreating to Jiangdong, relying on those barren lands could not support the longer and more brutal war. Xiong Jing has more and more a premonition: the state of Chu will continue to hold on after the fall of the other five kingdoms, and the state of Qin will levy people from all over the world to conquer Chu again and again, and at the same time use the whole world's material resources to attack Chu again and again, and the war at that time will not be three consecutive years, but more than ten consecutive years.

There is no room for compromise, and this is an obstacle that Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, must overcome to become Zhao Zheng, the first emperor of Qin. Otherwise, the Qin state of the county system would not be able to gain a foothold in the Kanto region, because there was still a heresy in the world that was different from the Qin state; Otherwise, the nobles of the countries would not surrender from their hearts, and every victory of the Chu State would make them cheer up from the bones.

"What is three years?" When he got off the boat, Xiong Jing breathed a sigh of relief and whispered in his heart.

"The villain meets the king." Under the red tree next to the wharf, a group of craftsmen bowed their heads on the wharf.

"No courtesy." Xiong Jing did not answer, but waved his sleeves. He had become accustomed to the prostrations of the common people, and only when the soldiers and honorable men in the army bowed down would he feel unaccustomed, although they were happy to submit.

"Hongqing and Ou Qing are also there?" The generals of the boat division, Hongmu and Ou Tuo, are all there, and there is also Hongmu's son next to him, who seems to be called Hongmu, in addition, there are a large number of young people, these are the children of the Gong clan who were singled out to learn Haizhou at the request of Xiong Jing.

"The minister has seen the king." Hongmu and the others saluted again, and in addition to them, the new Taibu Guanyu also saluted.

"Guanqing is also ...... "The sea boat is a novelty, and the children of the princess in the boat master hope that the king will personally teach the skills of the sea boat, and then go to the sea boat to serve, to see the six continents (East Continent, Central Continent, West Continent, South Continent, Waste Continent, Ice Continent) and the four oceans (blue ocean, green ocean, red ocean and ice ocean, which is the name of Xiong Jing named after the color of the sea, that is, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Arctic Ocean in later generations).

"The stern tower is going to be decorated with a shrine, and the doctor invited me to come here." With a smile in his words, the little witch boy was still standing beside him. Seeing Xiong Jing's gaze, Guan Yu hurriedly said, "Xuan Qing hasn't seen the king yet. ”

"Ju Qing greets the king." The year before last in the library, Xiong Jing saw this girl, this is the spirit girl adopted by Taibu Mansion - according to the customs of this era, May is the month of poison, poisonous insects, ghosts are all displayed, and the baby born on the fifth day of this month is even more poisonous, their end, especially the girl's end is drowning, otherwise it will harm the family and neighbors when they grow up.

Ordinary people are afraid, but Taibu likes it, because they are more easily attracted than ordinary people, and these girls will be trained to become spirit girls or wizards after adoption. The person in front of her is a spirit girl who was born on May 5 and adopted by Taibu Mansion.

"No courtesy." I haven't seen her for more than two years, and Xiong Jing is still a little unnatural when she sees Ju Qing.

"Please take a look at the king." It was getting late, and the public was afraid that it would affect Xiong Jing's return to Ying, so he hurriedly asked Xiong Jing to see the sea boat.

"Okay." Xiong Jing didn't look at Xuan Qing anymore, and walked to the dock under the guidance of Gong Yijian.

Seeing a boat from a distance is a different feeling than seeing a boat up close. Although the 20-year-long boat is a few meters shorter than the large-wing warboat, the large-wing warship is not as tall as the sea boat. Although it is only a small boat of more than 100 tons, counting the stern, the whole ship has four decks: the second lower deck, the lower deck, the upper deck (main deck), and the stern deck. Because the second lower deck is laid less than one meter away from the inner keel, and each floor is set between 1.6 and 1.7 meters based on the average height of the Chu people, the height of the upper deck is close to four meters, and the height of four meters plus the freeboard is already five meters and five, and if you count the stern, the height of the whole ship is more than six meters.

The large-wing warship has only one deck, and the height is no more than three meters, and the large-wing warship is long, but it is not as heavy and towering as the sea boat.

"Left a crossbow door?" The dock was two meters deep, because the main hull had only three decks, and the gun doors reserved for future modifications had to be opened above the waterline 1.2-1.6 meters (the draft of the minor commander was about 1.8 meters, and the lower deck was just below the waterline), so the gun doors could only be placed on the main deck. Xiong Jing looked up at the square hole left on the freeboard and asked.

"Yes, yes." Gong Yi Jian didn't understand that the current crossbow door was the future gun door. According to the design, the young division will be equipped with 26 crossbows, 10 on the left and right freeboards, 2 in the bow and 4 in the stern.

"Go up and have a look." When he got closer, Xiong Jing could smell the smell of coal tar, the smell of wood, and the sound of the twister knocking the hemp rope into the crack.

"Your Majesty, please." Gong Yijian hurriedly took Xiong Jing up the ladder.

The upper deck was almost finished, and the deck was planed and greased, leaving only a few hatches and mast holes for entry and exit. Looking at the empty mast hole, Xiong Jing couldn't help asking, "How to lift the mast in?" ”

The mast of the sea boat is no larger than the short mast newly added to the large-wing warship, and its length is more than fifteen meters. I really didn't think of a good way to hang it in at such a length. The squirrel cage crane generally lifts the heavy object vertically, and cannot move three meters traverse to lift the mast to the center of the ship.

The mast ......is not only heavy, but also long, and it needs to be put into a hole vertically, which is indeed difficult.

"Yes." Xiong Jing had already gone down from the hatch to the lower deck while talking, which was the crew cabin. There is no obstacle to his height here, and the others are a little depressed, especially the beam that supports the upper deck is more than ten centimeters thick, and they have to bow their heads every time they touch the beam.

There is also a deck below the lower deck, the second lower deck, which is the cargo hold and storage compartment; The second deck and then down is the keel of the entire ship. This position will be loaded with some ballast, about 30 tons of pig iron or other heavy loads.

The cargo hold has been fully completed, and there are some craftsmen painting the crew cabin, and there are also some craftsmen painting and decorating the captain's room and the witch's room in the stern. Gong Yi Jian said: "The king said that there are also countries overseas, and the sea boat goes to other countries, not too simple. ”

"Overseas are all barbarians, you decorate it like this, how can they have bad intentions when they see it?" Xiong Jing smiled in his mouth. After nailing the copper skin and hoisting it into the mast, the boat is ready to be launched, but it will take some time to install the tedious and dizzying rigging of the sails.

"This ......" Gong Yijian was a little incredulous.

"Nothing." Xiong Jing just said it casually. "As long as it is not an enemy of the Great Wing Warship, the Sea Boat will be fine."

"King, the barbarians also have a large-winged warship?" Red Mo couldn't believe it.

"There are barbarians and civilizations." Xiong Jing is not good at explaining the current world. "There are also large-winged warships in the Mediterranean. However, the Big-Winged Warship cannot enter the deep sea, and most of the countries with the Big-Winged Warship are civilized countries, so there is no need to worry too much. ”

"There is a canal to the Mediterranean Sea in the Red Sea, and legend has it that there was a state called Egypt, whose king was called Pharaoh, who built this canal called Suez, but the canal may be deserted now. If the Red Sea had no canal to the Mediterranean, it would have to be accessed through the narrow strait that connects the Green Ocean at the other end of the Mediterranean, bypassing the whole of Nanzhou. ”

Thinking of the Cape of Good Hope, Xiong Jing had to remind, "To get around Nanzhou, you need to go back and forth through that roaring sea before entering the green ocean." Fortunately, the boat was sturdy enough, with only a few bumps. The southernmost part of Nanzhou is a land of ointment, gold and stone are available everywhere, suitable for animal husbandry and agriculture, but the four seasons are the opposite of my Chu country, Chu country is spring, and the other place is autumn; The state of Chu is winter, and the other place is summer. ”

"Dare to ask the king, how many miles away from my Chu country?" The young children of the Gong clan stood behind the ministers of the Red Clan, and when they heard that the anointed land was full of gold and stones, they were itching one by one. It's not that he's greedy, but that he's going to hunt for treasures for the king.

"Nine thousand nautical miles, about forty thousand chu miles." Xiong Jing can only estimate one number.

"Forty thousand-Chuli" Forty thousand Chuli exceeded everyone's imagination, and everyone was too restful for a while.

"If God blesses, it will come in a hundred days." Xiong Jing was a little displeased when he heard this. "The people of our Chu country are all over the world, and you will only complain that they are too close, that the continents are too narrow, and that your fiefdom is too small. Remember! It was our Chu State that was the first to connect the continents, and whoever controls the ocean controls the world. ”

This was already the king's instruction, and everyone immediately bowed solemnly to accept it. It's just that in the past, a Chu State with a radius of 5,000 miles was already very large, and it is unimaginable to face a Chu State with a radius of 100,000 miles in the future.

The old man was amazed and then indifferent, they probably couldn't see that day, and the young man was shocked and then snickered with joy. They who have not yet experienced life at sea are curious about the whole world.

"How's the tinplate can?" Xiong Jing understood perfectly well the hardships of the voyage, so he asked about tinplate cans again. With tinplate canned food, planting bean sprouts to ensure vitamin C intake may not be so bitter.

"Your lord, the minister tried to produce a few last year, and the iron sheets have been tinned." Gong Yin Daodao.

"Can it be tinned?" There was no pickling, and Xiong was very skeptical about the effect of tin plating.

"Yes." Gong Yin Daodao. "The rust makes people polish, and they can be plated."

"Good." There is no way to do it manually, Xiong Jing said with interest: "I will send it to the main bed tomorrow, don't try it." ”