Chapter 358: Honeymoon at Sea
In his own opinion, Wang Chuan's wedding is no different from any other ceremony, except that everyone is more happy and smiling. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Wang Chuan's previous design for others to bow down to the world, high hall, and worship the simple wedding process, not suitable for the status of the king. So under the arrangement of his mother, Wang Chuan took Ke from the cave to start kneeling, walked around the river, went to the Shenlong Temple to kneel, prayed for the heaven and earth Shenlong, etc., from noon to night, and no one sent the two of them into the cave at the end.
Of course, in the eyes of others, the king's wedding was extremely grand. Whether it is the bronze sword of the mother, the steel sword newly built for Wang Chuan by the iron factory, the red pleated dress on Ke's body, the forty majestic cavalry behind the newcomer, and the terrifying sound of fifty drums, etc., all show the power of the king and the strength of the river tribe.
After that, the guests began to care about all kinds of meat, and Wang Chuan began to care about the lovely people he had guarded for more than a year.
Yiren's original marriage system allowed Yiren's women to undergo various personnel edification since childhood, although Ke did not go through personnel, but he felt that he still knew a lot. She even secretly thought that she would finally have the opportunity to boldly teach Wang Chuan, a junior brother who was always wandering in front of the door. After a night, Wang Chuan was refreshed, standing in the small courtyard to stretch his muscles, Ke became shy and almost afraid to see people. The dragon instructed even these teachings, which is really impressive...... It's a little embarrassing.
With his new daughter-in-law to meet his mother and Kuan and others, Wang Chuan held a meeting with the leaders of the bark, Zhuang Niu and other leaders, and then began to arrange and clean up. He was going to take Ke out on his honeymoon.
The newly built twenty-meter boat has been launched for a long time, and has been waiting for Wang Chuan to review, Wang Chuan was busy with various things before, and he couldn't take a break at all, and now he happened to take the queen to take a look.
It's less than October, and based on the current weather, it seems that it will take about a month for the snow to fall, and the river will freeze even later. Now the northwest wind is blowing. Wang Chuan is going to go directly to sea on this trip. The River Tribe has no experience in going to sea, and may not even be able to find the way. According to Winter Bear's description, the Taijiang River will meet Daze in the north, a few hundred kilometers away, where the river is criss-crossed, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find a waterway to continue eastward.
Wang Chuan's trip was also to lead a team to find a waterway. Because relatively speaking, he still knows the flow of the Taijiang River better than others.
Another meaning is to see how these sailboats will behave in the wind and waves of the sea, and what adjustments should be made.
The twenty-meter ship was also named the Dragon King, and the original herring class Dragon King was automatically downgraded. In addition to the Dragon King, there were five herring-class ships accompanying him, and two carp-class ships opened the way in front. There are also quite a few small windsurfing boards used for emergencies. It's a big deal.
The last time he left for a while on a boat, the baby elephant almost collapsed, this time the black back took this factor into account and thickened the deck of the big ship, and Wang Chuan also wanted to take the baby elephant around on the boat. The baby elephant is getting bigger and bigger, and if you don't bring it now, unless you build a tin boat in the future, you won't have a chance. And to build an iron boat, Wang Chuan estimated that it was unlikely that he would be able to do so in his lifetime.
In other words, Wang Chuan is now more and more inseparable from the baby elephant. As the baby elephant matures more and more, it may not be possible for Wang Chuan to get on the ship in the future. It's a shame to come to this world and not go to the unpolluted seaside.
Even so, the baby elephant stepped on the solid wooden gangplank, and the big ship swayed, and after it got on the deck, it also made the big boat squeak. Wang Chuan was afraid that it would trample on the new boat, so when he got on the boat, he let the baby elephant lie down.
The king of horses stepped briskly into the boat, and then kicked the iron hooves around the baby elephant and stepped on the deck. Now the big brother can't move around, it's not its world?
"Chirp-" An eagle's cry sounded in the sky, and the eaglet fell like a dark cloud on the crossbar of a mast, staring coldly at the king of horses. For more than a year, the eaglet has grown a little bigger, and according to Wang Chuan's estimates, it should now be considered an adult. It has become more ferocious, and now it is difficult for the king to escape from the talons of the eaglet, even if he is not wearing a bridle.
The king of horses glanced up and lay down beside the baby elephant with his tail between his legs. The eldest brother can provoke, but the second brother is not light or heavy. And this second brother has a bad temper recently, and it's even harder to run on this boat, so don't provoke it, you can't hide if you want to.
The tiger driver and the three tigers also followed the boat, and the tiger looked down from the side of the boat, then shrank back and lay down beside the baby elephant.
Erxing Qianli's mother was worried, although Wang Chuan was well prepared for this trip and accompanied many people, his mother and others were still sent to the edge of the dock, and gave Wang Chuan thousands of instructions, and at the same time ordered the accompanying Niu Fan, Wubei and others to protect Wang Chuan.
The boat rowed out of the dock to the sound of drums and trumpets, and as the slogan of raising the sails sounded, one sail was raised, the wind blew the sails, and the speed of the ship also increased. The baby elephant raised its nose on the deck and chirped, and suddenly the horse neighed and the tiger roared, and the beast roared like a whistle. The eaglet spreads its wings and flies into the sky, gliding back and forth over the fleet, as if reviewing the fleet.
The fleet sailed smoothly, and it didn't take long to travel more than ten kilometers to the vicinity of the village of the Ransom Clan.
As the largest merchant in the vicinity, the Ransom Salt Clan is indeed good at making money and is good at accumulating. There were more than 1,000 of them, and the number of wheelbarrows owned was no less than 400, and the number of iron tools was almost thousands. The rest of the tents, animal skins, wood, pottery and other materials can basically catch up with the level of the river tribe. After Wang Chuan set aside a place for them here, he only sent a dozen people to guide them, and they quickly built the outline of the village. The houses in the village have not yet been built, and they live in tents without the cold. Now they have begun to cut down trees in the surrounding area and clear the farmland.
The fleet came in, and the Winter Bear led the men to chase after them on a raft. Wang Chuan asked people to hook the raft and pull the winter bear onto the boat, and the winter bear began to perform mournfully: "King, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this winter with more than 1,600 people of the Ransom Salt Clan......"
Wang Chuan asked knowingly, "What's the matter?" Do you have an infectious disease? ”
Winter Bear said: "After the snow, I'm afraid everyone will freeze to death......"
Wang Chuan said: "How come? You have already started to build houses, even if the number of houses is insufficient, you have enough iron, you can cut a lot of firewood to keep warm, where will you freeze to death in winter? ”
Winter Bear seemed to remember that his various methods were invincible in front of outsiders, but when facing Wang Chuan, he never seemed to have any chance of winning. He sighed in his heart and said the right thing: "King, two bricks are too expensive to sell for a pound of meat." We don't have brick ondols, and even if we don't freeze to death in winter, we will be suffocated to death as you say. ”
Wang Chuan said: "People who burn bricks also have to eat, and this price is already very favorable." ”
Winter Bear cried, "But our meat can't even survive this winter." ”
Like all the merchants in later generations, the Ransom Salt clan had a high vision to hoard all kinds of valuable things, but they had little stock of meat that could not be stored for a long time. As soon as they cut off their salt supply, they fell into a food crisis. The little bit of meat now, or the ruthless ironware and the nest man in exchange.
Wang Chuan had the intention of maximizing the role of the Ransom Salt Clan, so he did not directly help them, but used the talents of these people through equivalent exchange. For example, the map that the king asked for from them was also exchanged for the land where they lived. If you train such a large number of good businessmen into farmers who can only farm the land, you will die.
Wang Chuan said: "I owe the meat first, and it's okay to pay it back next year." And I've also given you the plan to earn meat. You see, your people do things for me, five catties of grain a day, and there are rewards for doing a good job, what a good deal is this? Like this time in the north, one percent of the profit is your reward, which is really not low. I reckon that if you do this for me for ten years, you will become the largest clan in my dynasty. If you are not satisfied, I said, if you come to be my Minister of Commerce, not only will you be paid 5,000 catties of meat a year, but our method of making bricks and tiles can also be passed on to you directly. ”
Winter Bear hesitated for a while, then nodded: "Then listen to the king, Winter Bear did it." ”
Burning bricks and tiles and other techniques, the River tribe did not keep it too secretive. The gang of children who just graduated were led by Da Hei and others to goblins and goblins, and they had already learned these things. There are also children who have graduated from here, but they have learned how to boil salt, not how to burn bricks. Winter Bear has tried to use this method to cook sea salt, which can cook sea salt more finely. But this method they are most concerned about is chicken ribs. The salt mine was firmly controlled by the River tribe in their own hands, and they only mastered the method of boiling salt.
Wang Chuan generously taught the method of burning bricks and tiles to the Yan clan, which not only brought the refuge of the winter bear, but also allowed more skilled workers to burn bricks when the city was built, which was not a loss. But Winter Bear's promise was so happy that it still made Wang Chuan a little suspicious.
Winter Bear agreed to Wang Chuan's conditions, and was about to get off the boat, Wang Chuan's heart moved, and he pulled Winter Bear and said: "These little things, just let the people behind go back and talk about them." You don't have to go and ask for it yourself. Now you should accompany me to the sea to see how this salt is produced. Along the way, we will also have a good discussion about the composition and operation of this Ministry of Commerce. ”
"King, this is a long way to go, and the waterway is difficult to find, our village still needs to be built, and I also have to communicate with the bark leader and others, or let me go back first." Winter Bear said that he was about to jump off the boat when he broke free. He deliberately came to Wang Chuan at this time to ask for the Minister of Commerce, and when Wang Chuan left, he could pretend to pass on the holy decree, go back to the bark and others to ask for a few more techniques. Many of the techniques of the River tribe are said to have been passed on, and presumably the bark and the like will not be suspicious. Afterwards, Wang Chuan knew that at most, he would just beat and scold him. In this way, he, the Minister of Commerce, can be regarded as having enough capital to take office.
Wang Chuan saw him and knew that he had a ghost in his heart, so without saying a word, he asked the people behind him to explain and put the raft away. The sailboat was so fast that the raft paused in the river before moving away from the sailboat. Seeing that the raft was far away, Winter Bear said in his heart that it was really difficult for him to escape the eyes of the king, and he couldn't help but beg for mercy with a bitter face: "O king, the people who ransom the salt clan have a hard time......
With such a living treasure as the winter bear by his side, the whole journey was much happier.
The boat went forward, the tiger on the boat, Ke, the baby elephant, the horse king, the tiger, etc. have not been on the boat, except for a little seasickness during the journey, the way is quite happy. Baby elephants can't lie on their stomachs for a long time, and when they encounter a suitable place to park a boat during the day, they will always stop to let the baby elephant go ashore to move their muscles. In addition, the crew takes turns in two shifts, full sail during the day and half sail at night, and the speed is not slow.
On the way, Wang Chuan organized everyone to practice simple drums, flags, night lights and other communication methods. He also carried out several combat exercises such as long-range attacks with bows and arrows, gang jumps at close range, and sudden stops and landings, and the journey was quite exciting.
After walking like this for six or seven days, many meadows suddenly appeared in the wide Taijiang River in front of me, the water surface became mighty, and the water flow seemed to stop. Some people thought it was to the sea. Winter Bear told everyone with a bitter face that this was entering the water. When you get here, it is difficult for people who have not passed for more than ten years to pass, and some people go in or never come out. It is said that when the people who entered the salt clan arrived here, they would let the most experienced old man sit on the bow of the boat and command, so that they could find the river that continued eastward after a few more days. Almost no one in the River Tribe has ever been here, as long as they don't get lost in it, they are blessed by the dragon.
Wang Chuan studied the map of Daze in the north drawn by Wang Jiao and others, and found that the Taijiang River flowing into this Daze should have flowed in from the southernmost part. The River tribe fought in the north of Daze for more than a year, because they did not build ships, but they did not reach the southernmost part of the country with more water and less land.
With these judgments, Wang Chuan said to everyone: "There is water here, and it is the territory of our divine dragon." We didn't have any problems in the past. ”
After speaking, he ordered the fleet to turn to the right, let the two carps explore the way in front, stick to the right bank and move slowly, and when they encounter a place with current, they will observe the direction of the current and adjust it appropriately. After walking like this for two days, Mizusawa felt that he would have to walk for at least ten days was left behind by the fleet, and everyone entered the flowing Taijiang River again.
In the ghostly eyes of the winter bear, Wang Chuan just told everyone that this was the use of the law of the divine dragon, and this content would be talked about in the next geography class.
Removing superstitions, Wang Chuan uses two principles here. One is the principle of walking on the right and not getting lost. The other is the deflection force of the floor tiles.
The principle of keeping right and not getting lost is that if you are afraid of getting lost when walking in a strange city, as long as you choose the rightmost intersection at each intersection, you will not get lost and can walk back to the original point. In terms of the scope of one point, Mizusawa has a boundary, and the Taijiang River only cuts past its far right. As long as Wang Chuan walked along its boundary, even if he didn't go to the opposite river, he could return to the original point. Moreover, this water is not the sea, it must have an outlet. So Wang Chuan went.
In the Northern Hemisphere, currents can damage the right bank more severely. This also indicates that it is more likely that the water outlet of Osawa is on the right.
According to these two principles, Wang Chuan may have taken many detours, but because the sailboat is faster than the raft, it is faster than the people who enter the Yan clan.
Walking past this supposedly difficult Mizusawa to pass through, the sea is right in front of you.