Twelve of the largest tonnage ships representing the most advanced technology of the time and space sailed across the endless sea, and this fleet was the vehicle that traveled through the crowd to the city.

The huge hulls of the ships are 90 meters long, 16 meters wide and 9 meters deep. There are a total of five masts with a height of more than 50 meters, the main mast is 64 meters high, the displacement is 3200 tons, the whole sail area is 3650 square meters, the speed is 13~14 nautical miles per hour, and it only takes 19 days to cross the Pacific Ocean.

Each ship is a super-integrated ship with read-ability survivability, and the numerous trenches on the deck surface of the ship are a network of rainwater that collects rainwater into the freshwater storage tanks, which are the non-potable water used for deck washing, laundry and bathing throughout the ship. A warehouse kitchen stocked with food is an amazing luxury. A hundred times more fortunate than their European counterparts who ate rancid cured meats and maggot-grown bread, the crew members of the crossing group have been praying that they will not be driven away since they first boarded the ship, and the stir-fried vegetables and fresh fruits and vegetables that can catch up with the chefs of the subordinate restaurants are free every day, and chicken, duck, and fish are all available at all times (at least three meat dishes according to the standard of ten dishes). The kitchen helper who is responsible for cleaning the dishes every day is the most leisurely, and the dishes that are cleaner than the dog licking can be put on the cupboard at most by soaking them in clean water and wiping them at will.

The most amazing thing for the sailors is the ease of work, and the fifty crew members can easily steer the ship to any sea. Captains, first mates, second officers, third officers, boatswain, carpenters, sailors, helmsmen, chief mechanics, mechanics, stewards (chief clerks), chefs, waiters, and ship doctors are almost all of them in one position, and there are no part-time jobs, and there are no more than 60 technical personnel in charge of trade negotiations, such as commercial and combat artillerymen, and radio crews for communications. A large number of auxiliary machinery and technical equipment reduce the intensity of manual labor. The eight-hour shift system every day allows sailors to have a lot of free time, in order to improve the efficiency of pressing, the crossing has developed a strict assessment system, as long as you pass the corresponding level assessment, you can get the corresponding position, so learning and discussing technology has become the main activity in the spare time after the shift.

When the ship left Tamna Island and sailed in the waters between Tsushima Island and Tamna Island, a storm quickly hit from the south. The sun was blocked by inky cumulonimbus clouds on a bright spring afternoon, and the wet sea breeze mixed with the fishy smell blew the anemometer like a high-speed spinning top with no shadow visible.

"We are really lucky, the first time we went to sea and encountered a storm, fortunately it was not a typhoon, otherwise we would have enjoyed the treatment of the Mongolian kamikaze to send you to the Dragon Palace in advance." Li Ji stayed on the deck and felt the tranquility before the rainstorm, and said to Zhao Shouzhong, who was very worried.

"You can see it, but I don't know if the attitude of the upper echelons towards us will be very bad. It would not be nice to treat the Mongols like they did. ”

"Don't worry, I guarantee that as soon as we arrive on the shoreline, a large group of people will come to welcome us."

"How can you guarantee it?"

"I arranged in advance for some of the merchant ships in the trade, and they introduced a lot of poems and secular small speeches you wrote into the book, and now your name in the book has far surpassed Su Dongpo, the century master of literature and art."

"Can these literary works give us preferential treatment?"

"You have underestimated the influence of dozens of generations of mainland people on the Yueben Islands in the past, starting with Xu Fu and continuing to the last batch of Tang envoys, Yueben is the most inferior of China's neighbors, both ideologically and in fact. This inferiority complex can easily be transformed into a fanaticism for advanced culture. This kind of backward culture's admiration for advanced culture will not be transformed into an aggressive surname like the northern nomads when it is not facing an existential crisis, and the best attitude of the weak towards the strong is humility and obedience. Once the strong become weaker for whatever reason, the benefits of humility and obedience decline or even turn into disadvantages, and attitudes will naturally change. We have always meant to give a big gift to the local samurai first, showing wealth and civilization is only to show our strength far stronger than the Tang Dynasty, and the essence is to establish the image of the world hegemon that was formed with great difficulty in the past, and renew the status of the suzerainty of the past hundreds or thousands of years. ”

"The strength of the Chinese dynasties and dynasties cannot be directly felt, so they can only send Tang envoys to feel and steal the teacher. Hard power is very good, when our national strength is strong, all countries come to the court, and the underlying reality that the people are rich and the country is strong is enough to deter all neighboring countries. Hard power needs territory, population, resources, science and technology, industry and agriculture foundation, and they are not in a position to replicate the success of such a big country, so they can only take the road of saving the country from the curve and start with soft power. Culture, systems, classics, and even architectural forms, urban layouts must be copied from cottages. Bai Jia said affirmatively.

"Even if we don't bring anything with us and come to Kyoto empty-handed, as long as we can provide the latest fashion information, we will get courtesy and preferential treatment. If you can provide advanced technology, you can be treated as a guest by Ha Zhong himself. Li Ji brought so many good things this time, and he was not afraid that those turtles would not take the bait. ”

"It's going to rain, let's go into the cabin, I guess it's going to last a few hours. We can probably wait until the storm passes by playing ten rounds of mahjong in the cabin, and said mahjong, this is a treasure that we are tackling key problems. If those ministers who have a lot of leisure time and can't run out of it get involved in this, we won't have to worry about running out of stepping stones. Wang Neng said that he could transfer the position and lure the upper echelons of the book to change their entertainment methods to tackle key problems.

"This kind of storm is trivial, our 3,000-ton ship will not leak like those 200-ton boats, the key is to be afraid of a fire caused by lightning. After all, our ship is still a wooden mast. Qian Jin said worriedly.

"People can't stand still, the wind is too strong. Are the sails all set? Lee Ki asked the captain to arrive.

"It's all gone, please go back to the cabin first! We're all back in the cabin! The captain opened the hatch and motioned for the crowd to go in before speaking.

"Hell! How could such a storm appear in the calm early spring? Wang Xinyu, as a landlubber, basically spent the first day in seasickness, and it soon stopped being seasick after never taking a big boat, but he had never seen a storm in the sea did make him very faceless when he made a weather prediction.

"What kind of storm is this, is a southeast wind of 5 to 6 considered a big storm? The wave height is not 10 meters, are you embarrassed to say that it is in a storm? Sun Chang, who was born as a fisherman, despised Wang Xinyu, a landlubber.

"Okay, what are you doing? Although this kind of small storm will not cause us to be at risk, it will ruin the mood, and the journey at sea will cause people to be impetuous, so do not cause quarrels for no reason. When you arrive, you will be able to realize your dream of revenge, so let's vent your energy when the time comes! I'm here for a vacation, so why do you always discuss work? Gao Jing walked into the cabin first, and walked towards the bedroom without looking back.