From the state of Qi to the three counties of Dongping, it was at least a month on land, and no one ever tried it at sea, only a few fishermen saw the outline of the Dongping Peninsula from a distance when they went out to sea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Out of the Qi country Jimo port to the east of 200 miles, turn to the northeast direction, you can see Dongping within ten days.

The fifty ships were divided into three teams, relying on the stargazer on the flagship in the middle to show the way, and since there were no distance measuring tools, everyone went as fast as they could.

"Crossing the river by feeling the stones"

Zhao Zheng commented on this, he didn't expect that no one in Zhuxia had landed in Dongping by sea, and the strength of Zhou Qi and the two countries was just to find a few fishermen he had seen in the past.

God forbid.

Sima Zhi sat on the flagship and looked out of the window from time to time, the sky was clear and cloudless, and the fleet had not encountered a single storm in the three days since it went to sea.

The value of the sea route continued to grow in this calm weather, and in the future, the nations would have the sea route as their capital, either as a merchant to transport goods or as a soldier to board the ship to fight.

The Great Zhou Dynasty did not have an outlet to the sea, and Sima Zhi had the most painful thorn in his heart, but the sky was endless, and the Great Zhou craftsmen invented a method of measuring the distance.

The speed of the Jiaolong warship has been measured in the Yongjiang River, and how fast the wind speed can run is a fixed value. Therefore, it is only necessary to judge how strong the wind speed is, and then according to the walking time, you can roughly get the sea distance from Jimo to Dongping in Qi Kingdom.

There must be errors, after all, the speed of the Yongjiang River is different from the ocean current, but the error of tens of miles or even hundreds of miles can be accepted, at least there is a measurement method.

"Mr. Ban Zhou, how far have we come now?"

Zhao Zheng's car is a strange thing in the fleet, with a few masts erected on a fishing boat that is half the size, like an imperfect graft. However, there are pros and cons in everything, the master of Songhai Dockyard has been obsessed with the production of sea boats for many years, although he has only done fishing boats and sightseeing boats, but he has his own set of measurement methods.

The dark skin made Ban Zhou look older than his peers, and his eyes were shining brightly, staring at a wheel at the stern of the boat in a daze.

This was not the ship's power system, and in the days without the steam engine, the sail was the only power to support the voyage.

The wheels are connected to the shafts, which are connected to the stern by countless idlers, and the measuring mark slides to the other end of the measuring scale every time it travels a distance, and this can be repeated to accurately determine the distance traveled.

"If we hadn't encountered a countercurrent, we would have walked more than 500 miles in three days, and according to the old fishermen who went out to sea, we would have to go north one day, and then with the help of the current, the speed would be even faster."

"Slow down, be clumsy when turning, and don't overtake other boats."

Ban Zhou was puzzled, why Zhao Zheng wanted to hide clumsy, it was time to show the power of the sail, let those warships see, the speed of the fishing boats was no worse than them.

On the five converted fishing boats where Gushan is located, the sailors and helmsmen are all disciples of Ban Zhou, and some fishermen who often go out to sea to fish.

From the sea, the other warships all despised the Gushan fleet, the ships were not authentic, and the sailors were not authentic, all of them were temporary and full of goods.

But in less than a day, the Gushan fleet surprised them, because they did not lag behind in speed, and even had the intention of catching up.

As everyone knows, the small boat also has small advantages, the draft is shallow and the weight is light, and the large sails of the later transformation are equivalent to installing a tank engine on the car, and the power is insufficient.

More than ten years ago, Ban Zhou wrote a book to build a sailor to consolidate the benefits of the ocean, but he was helpless and said lightly, and there was no ship that could be used, and the upper magnates did not pay attention to it at all.

Now, with the help of the Northern Expedition to the sea, and with the advanced technology of Gushan, the boat has built ships with a speed of nearly five knots, and all the sails have been opened, and the Gushan fleet can quickly go to the lead.

Craftsmen like to show off their skills and strengths, but politicians have to keep hiding and playing stupid. The previous time that they did not fall behind had already surprised everyone, and this time they surpassed again, their sense of threat would increase, especially the Great Zhou Water Master, Zhao Zheng even suspected that Sima Zhi would sigh and sink himself.

"The times are pressing, Mr. Ban Zhou has to be patient first, and this gentleman promises that he will return to Songhai in the future and fund you to build a faster and larger giant ship that can accommodate 10,000 people."

"A giant ship of 10,000 people?"

Ban Zhou couldn't help but think that such a fleet would accommodate the population of a small country, and where this is a huge ship, it is simply a man-made land.

"Thank you to the villain, if you can build the giant ship that the king said with your own hands, the villain will die, and he will laugh."

Promising a splendid future, Zhao Zheng returned to the cabin, and after going to sea, his strange illness suddenly disappeared, and his mood was not ordinary for three days, which made him more attached to the sea.

In his previous life, there was a Three Treasure Eunuch, who went to the Western Ocean seven times, and the largest treasure ship had a larger displacement than the early British aircraft carriers.

As soon as the Northern Expedition was over, a dock was built in Dongping to build huge ships, and even part of the people who were camped were brought to Dongping, where the first sea fleet was equipped to explore the world.

There was no wind and three feet of waves at sea, and the wind and rain were unpredictable, and on the fifth day of the fleet, a storm suddenly came when the speed of the voyage became noticeably faster.

As in the poem, the wind swept the dark clouds, and the waves kept crashing on the side of the ship, representing the roar of the sea and swaying the boat left and right.

"The god of the sea spares his life, the god of the sea spares his life, we don't mean to offend you, we are the Northern Expedition to Huyi, the king... Ah~~, help. ”

The timid soldier was already frightened and went crazy, knelt on the deck and folded his hands and prayed to the god of the sea to stop the storm, but before he could finish his words, he was slapped into the sea by the waves and disappeared.

Sima Zhi also wondered how the weather that had been fine a few days ago had suddenly changed, the wind and the sun had turned into a violent storm, and the whole ship was filled with the cries and begs of soldiers and begging for mercy.

"We are waiting for the ether prison to sacrifice, and the Son of Heaven is fasting and praying in the Luoyi Taiji Palace, it can be said that he is so respectful to God, why do you want to destroy my soldiers so much."

Sima Zhi pulled the stargazer and asked angrily, the stargazer not only has the responsibility of guiding the direction, but also is the medium of worshipping the sea and communicating with the gods.

It is estimated that the deception on land in the past was smooth, and the luck was good and sunny a few days ago, and the stargazer was ashamed to say that it was all the credit of his communication with the sea god, and Sima Zhi wrote down a great contribution to him.

Maybe the sea god really exists, and the stargazer used his name to deceive him, which made him very unhappy, and Sima Zhi's flagship was constantly increasing by the waves, and he was about to capsize.

"Bastard, let's sacrifice you to the god of the sea."

Sima Zhi's hand rose and fell, and the stargazing official's head fell to the ground, and then he respectfully threw him into the sea and bowed three times.

"All kinds of sins are inflicted on the old man, don't hurt one of my soldiers."

After hearing this, the generals immediately knelt beside Sima Zhi, whining and crying, and said the same thing, willing to sacrifice to the sky as a nobleman to protect those panicked civilian soldiers.

This is the embodiment of the spirit of the aristocracy, although there are many people who have been misplaced, but there are still some nobles who burst out with the demeanor and courage that the commoners do not have in times of crisis.

The crying and prayers on the flagship, even piercing the waves, were echoed from another ship after a while, and the same sound resounded from all the ships after a while.

Running around, the panicked soldier is infected, stop the panic, or kneel respectfully on the deck or in the cabin and pray.

The power of the collective is strong, and when ten people remain calm in a panic, a hundred people will follow, and then everyone will stop panicking.

Sima Zhi is worthy of being a famous general, and in front of Tianwei, he can put aside life and death and suppress the soldiers.

The boat still swayed in the wind and waves, some ships capsized, and soldiers fell into the sea, but no one panicked, and everyone prayed quietly.

After a long time, a soldier felt warmth on his face, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the sun was piercing through the dark clouds, and the sea was calm again.

"The wind has stopped, it's all right."

For a while, the cheers suddenly rose, and Sima Zhi was covered in a cold sweat, collapsed on the deck, and finally survived.

"Count the casualties and treat the soldiers who fell into the water." He quickly gave the order, and the momentum of the soldiers gradually returned to the crowd.

"My Great Zhou Jiaolong warship capsized three times, and more than 3,000 people were killed or wounded."

"Chu Guoweiyuan's warship capsized twice, killing and wounding 5,000 people, most of them were Qi troops"

Sima Zhi nodded, and inadvertently, the Chu State Sailor had already caught up with the Great Zhou Sailor, so Tianwei could overturn two ships.

"Report, two of the five ships in Gushan were sunk, Ji Daliu, the right general of Gushan, and nearly a thousand soldiers were rescued, and the remaining three ships were missing, and Gushan Jun was also among them."

"Zhao Zheng is dead, this is a good thing I heard today." Zhang Zilin said with a smile.

Sima Zhi frowned and scolded: "Nonsense, it's a blessing that my comrades are missing, I ordered the left-wing warships to search and rescue them closely, and I want to see people in life and corpses in death." ”