Chapter 229: Childbirth

At this time, Song Changqing began to introduce how he chartered the boat.

"Brother, this time we are really lucky, this bird ship was originally running by sea, it happens that there is also an estuary, because before transporting goods from Hangzhou to the sea to transfer goods, the result is naturally an empty ship, in this Huai'an supply was encountered by me, as long as you go to sea at least three masts, if you sail the canal, not the official ship can not exceed three including three masts, I think this is to facilitate the government to inspect it on the water, there were often civilian ships engaged in smuggling goods, Otherwise, the hull of the government is heavy and huge, and it will not be able to catch up with these small ships, and it will be even worse if their civilian ships have more sails. ”

After hearing this, Wan Qiyang also agreed with Song Changqing's statement, and he also had an understanding of this, the bird boat, also known as the green eyebrow, is a type of ship in ancient China, one of China's "four ancient ships", and a famous type of sea ship in ancient China.

The bird boat is a sea ship in the coastal area of Zhejiang, its characteristic is that the bow of the ship resembles a bird's beak, so it is called the bird boat, the ancient Zhejiang people believe that it is the bird to the rice seeds, so it creates the land of fish and rice in Zhejiang, so the bow is made into a bird's beak shape. Because of the green eyebrows above the bow eyes of the bird boat, it is also named green eyebrows.

According to the research of shipbuilding history researchers, there is an ancient ship type such as bird ship in Zheng He's fleet. In later generations, Zhejiang built a new bird ship "Green Eyebrows", with a length of 31 meters, a width of 68 meters, a draft of 22 meters, and a displacement of 230 tons; The old wooden rudder is used, the rudder is 11 meters long and 23 meters wide; There are three masts and five sails, of which the mainmast is 245 meters high, the mainsail is three-sided, and the speed can reach up to 9 knots per hour using wind power.

A few people got on the ship, there were still several cabin rooms below the deck, and when Wan Qiyang went down to the cabin, he still found that there was a fishy smell, and it seemed that the ship was mostly pulling seafood products. Song Changqing also found out about this problem, and he also regretted that he didn't get on the boat to take a look at it at that time.

But at this time, Irene came over, he was holding something in his hand, which was wrapped in straw paper, "I knew that this would happen, you didn't talk about it, it's good that I have an extra heart," Sister Irene counted Song Changqing at this time, everyone didn't know what was going on, I saw Irene open the straw paper outside the package, revealing that it was actually an incense burner inside, and then took out a few boxes of sandalwood.

Wan Qiyang finally understood that this can drive away the odor, this method is really good, took the incense burner and sandalwood and thanked Sister Irene.

Although the cabin room is small, it still has small windows, and since it is impossible to have flat transparent glass in this era, the windows can only be opened with a slightly wider slit, or pushed left and right only for the purpose of ventilation.

Since there was also a cabin for the sailors' rest room, and there were already many of them, most of them were crammed into one room, so it caused a situation where four or five people were squeezed into one room. Wan Qiyang only had the four of them in one room, while Song Changqing and Yilin had two rooms, and the rest of them were squeezed into two rooms. There were only four cabins left for their group, but fortunately there were only five stations left, and there were not days to go.

"Xing'er and Qian'er don't have Xiaocui, so I've wronged you for a few days, you forget it, and it's useless to ask." Wan Qiyang originally wanted to ask them who would get seasick, but if they asked, they would still get seasick. It's impossible to find any seasickness medicine, but when they saw that Wan Qiyang wanted to speak, Xiao Qian asked, "Husband, what do you want to ask?" ”

"I wanted to ask if you would get seasick, but I can't help it!?" After Wan Qiyang found out, he really couldn't think of anything and only asked half of it, otherwise he would have to repeat it.

"Oh, I also took a boat with my father when I was a child, and I don't feel anything, what about you, Sister Xing'er?" Xiao Qian immediately replied.

"I don't know, where is Cui?" Xing'er also takes good care of Xiaocui.

"I don't think I will, I lived by the river when I was a child." Xiaocui's answer reassured everyone, if anyone is likely to be seasick, it depends on Xing'er, but she alone can take care of it.

There are a total of 6 people on board, one of whom should be the owner of the boat, but this boat should not be private, according to Wan Qianyang's observation, such a large boat is not a fishing boat, it should be specially used by the Chamber of Commerce for transportation, but they were lucky to meet the returning empty boat.

Originally, the Governor also mentioned whether he wanted to escort them, but Wan Qiyang still refused, he thought that if someone escorted them, he really saw them and thought that they either had important property or important people, but would be noticed by others, and it would be self-defeating if they didn't do well, so Wan Qiyang politely refused the Governor's kindness.

"Okay, I'll let them buy some candy, and they'll bring it over later, and eat some if they feel uncomfortable." Wan Qiyang felt the hull of the ship shake at this time, and he should have left the dock and officially set sail.

"Okay, husband, you don't have to pay special attention to me, I'm not so delicate yet!" Apricot said.

"You are delicate in my eyes, in the capital, I was once saved by a heroine, in order to repay the heroine's life-saving grace, I can only promise to myself! Hahaha," Wan Qiyang laughed when he said it himself.

"Hehehe, my husband doesn't look at whether there are outsiders when he tells jokes." Apricot deliberately said that he was joking regardless of the occasion.

"What outsiders, except for the people of this boat, the rest are our own people, and besides, what I told just now is not all jokes, I was really rescued by a Jianghu woman, although I didn't promise to each other, but I can't run away, she is a sister before you, Xing'er and Xiaoqian, do you care?" Wan Qiyang naturally wanted to tell them about him slowly.

"Oh, how can we interfere in my husband's previous affairs, and then we will come later" Speaking of this, they still have some uncomfortable feelings in their hearts, after all, women's rights in this society are really a little difficult to say, even if the social atmosphere has changed somewhat, but especially women from educated families, in addition to having a stronger personality, but etiquette still has to be observed.

"Don't think so much, in my eyes, you are all equal, I don't have a little eccentricity, and I am ready to place you in Sichuan, which is my hometown, and the capital can only be regarded as my second hometown, if the world is peaceful, we will live together and enjoy the joy of family." Tell me how many children you are going to have for me in the future. Wan Qiyang deliberately diverted the topic, and after his attention was diverted, people would not care about other feelings.

"Husband"

"Brother, Miss She"

"Xiao Cui!" Xing'er heard Xiao Cui's words, and her unprecedentedly stern tone stopped what Xiao Cui was about to say.

Wan Qiyang obviously heard something, it should have something to do with what he just said.

"Xiao Qian, you and Xiao Cui went to Sister Irene to ask where the snacks were placed!" Wan Qiyang broke up with the two of them, so naturally he had something to ask Xing'er.

The two also left the room in a funny way, but Xiao Qian didn't know what was going on, so she asked Xiao Cui directly when she went out: "Xiao Cui, what did you want to say just now?" Why doesn't Sister Xing'er allow you to talk about it? ”

"Huh?! Miss, did I say something wrong just now? Xiao Cui obviously looked a little panicked.

"Didn't you get drunk by Sister Xing'er without speaking, what are you going to say?" Xiao Qian was also a little curious, what made Sister Xing'er so shocked.

"No, I want to tell the young lady that she doesn't want children in the future." Xiao Cui recalled that Miss Xing'er had said this.

"Oh, maybe Sister Xing'er has changed her mind now that she is with her husband, she doesn't want her husband to be unhappy, so she won't let you say it, okay, it's okay, my husband will ask clearly in a while, and there will be no business with you, I won't blame you." Xiao Qian also comforted Xiao Cui.

But Xiaocui understood that Miss Xing'er was afraid that she would tell that matter, but how could she say it in front of Xiaoqian. So Xiaocui was still a little apologetic in her heart, afraid that she would make her son too careful.