Chapter 1019 The demeanor of the Tang people

When going to sea in winter, the wind is not smooth. This season is the time when Japanese ships sail to China. Zhao Xing and they went to sea against the wind, in order to take advantage of the wind, the ship did not take the usual route, it walked in a zigzag in the sea under the command of Zhao Xing, in order to take advantage of the crosswind. Due to the change of direction, the boat boss was a little dizzy, and he was worried about the temporary course, so he asked Zhao Xing to return to the ship.

He really couldn't be sure where he was now, otherwise he would have forced the crew to return. Because these days, Zhao Xing has always shown confidence, so he decided to coerce Zhao Xing to change course. Now it is confirmed that although Zhao Xing has not come up with any means to discern the direction, the other party has not lost his sense of direction, and looking at the means, it is simple and clear, so he has a heart of retreat, and at this time his tone of voice has softened.

"Our direction is not wrong - now, you and I have confirmed it together", Zhao Xing grinned: "Actually, if your needle is in a box and suspended in the air, we can also improve this pointing system."

For example, if you make a box in a circle, draw a scale around the disc, and then you try to follow the scale, such as north to east, a few scales, faster......

I have come this time to look for the fastest course, and lo and behold, you do not dare to sail at night now, for fear of losing your way, if we improve your pointing system, and have one person at the helm, then we can sail day and night, and the speed can be doubled. ”

Zhao Xing still maintained a grinning demeanor, and continued: "Running to Japan in the summer and Nanyang in the winter, this kind of business method leaves the familiar businessmen behind half of the time every year. ”

The boat boss hesitated: "Then we have to wait until this trip is over...... The sea is vast, and Da Lang is sure that you really didn't get lost. ”

Without waiting for Zhao Xing to answer, the lookout on the mast had already answered the boat boss.

"I see land, port side, there is land on the port side."

The ship's boss was ecstatic: "Turn the rudder, turn to land." ”

Behind him, Zhao Xing quietly shook his head and shook a bead of sweat off his forehead.

Zhao Xing is actually not sure, but he knows some of the nautical knowledge of future generations - all of them are the knowledge of watching movies. For example, the ship turned to sail, and each time he turned to it, he made a record on paper, and although the ship turned back and forth, the general direction was north.

The speed of the ship in the Song Dynasty was not high, after sailing through the tip of the Shandong Peninsula, if it was really lost, then simply sailed westward, because the speed of the ship was not high, the ship was actually not far from the shore, and it would not take long to go, and the land must be seen - not the island chain of the Bohai Sea, or North Korea and Shandong.

In this day and age, most people don't have the concept of a map in their minds. Collecting maps is a great crime, and it is an attempt to rebel. The captain of the ship sailed according to experience, and he didn't actually have a complete concept of the Yellow Sea topography in his mind, so he felt at a loss. Zhao Xing is different, the first picture of the daily news broadcast is the map, and he has a strong sense of direction, so he is not afraid of getting lost in the sea.

Tamna Island ahead, indicating that Zhao Xing's direction was not miscalculated.

In ancient times, Tamna Island was a country of its own, sometimes to Silla and sometimes to Japan. Now is its last days, or it will not be long before it will be completely subjugated to Goryeo and become the Tamna County of Goryeo (later deposed by the king and renamed "Jeju Island").

Tamna was a colonial state established by Japanese immigrants during the Three Kingdoms period of China, and the king was appointed by the Japanese Wa King as the "Star Lord", which means equivalent to "colonial governor" - at that time, the Japanese did not have writing, and tattoos were used as clothes.

The Song Dynasty was the pinnacle of Tamna's prosperity, and then the Mongols came, killed most of the men on the island, and made Tamna Island their direct jurisdiction - because it was so convenient to go to Japan, you could swim to Japan with a gourd on your waist, and it could be used as a base for attacking Japan.

The prosperity of Tamna Island began after Song Shenzong made the "Floating Sea Shenzhou" to visit Goryeo, because it is independent of Goryeo and Japan, it is extremely convenient to go to these two countries, and Tamna has two sides, one will consider itself a subject country of the Japanese State, and the other time will recognize itself as a subject country of Goryeo. This made it cheaper for the merchants on the island, who could get a certificate of Goryeo or Japanese envoy provided by the lord of Tamna as needed, and posed as envoys of the two countries to do business in various countries.

As a result, Goryeo Japanese merchants, including Chinese merchants, quickly gathered on the island, and Tamna collected taxes from them and quickly prospered.

After Zhao Xing's ship was replenished with fresh water and food in Tamna, the sailors rested for a day, and Zhao Xing also went to the dock to visit these merchants who also had the status of "envoys" of the Three Kingdoms, and then set anchor the next day and went to sea.

In this year (1084), the Song Dynasty purchased 500,000 catties of Liuhuang from Japan at a time, and when Zhao Xing bypassed Iki Island, the Song ship loaded with sulfur had just left the port.

When Zhao Xing first saw this fleet, he was stunned by the size of this fleet - how many ships it had, the masts on the ships covered the sky and the sun, the first ships had disappeared from the horizon, and the subsequent ships were still popping out of the horizon in front of them.

Is there a second fleet of this magnitude on the seas in this era?

Not only Zhao Xing was shocked, but everyone in the area through which the ship passed. On the shore, Tang Dynasty immigrants dressed in Tang Dynasty clothes chased the flotilla, chanting psalms incessantly, while those dressed as indigenous Japanese knelt down and burned incense to the flotilla.

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