The next day, Li Tu handed over the family's money and title deeds to his mother, packed up a change of clothes, and left home to get on the boat. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

With a stomach full of worries, Zheng kept sending his son out of town. It wasn't until Li Tu strongly asked Zheng to stay that Zheng stopped and said goodbye to his son in tears.

Li Tu was also a little worried about Li Tong, who was a hostage on the ship, and walked all the way. When I arrived at the ship, I saw my younger brother Li Tong playing chess with a few young sailors.

Seeing his brother coming, Li Tongcai put down his chess pieces, reluctantly gave up his position to others, and greeted him.

"Brother, you're here! Did you return the silver to Huang Kaichou? ”

Nodding, Li Tu asked:

"How are you doing on board?"

"Well done with white rice and fish to eat! There were people playing with me. ”

That Li Tong is still a teenager, eating, drinking, and playing, so he is elated all day long, where do you remember the resentment of being a hostage? Li Tu was still worried that he was unhappy, but now it seems that he is too worried.

"Then you can go back!"

Li Tong looked at Li Tu and asked slowly:

"Brother, are you really going to sail with them?"

"Of course I'm going to go to sea. Wait for your brother to have a future at sea, so that you can also live a good life. ”

Li Tu replied indifferently.

Li Tong was a teenager, and opened his mouth to say: "Then I don't want to farm, I also want to go to sea to make money!" ”

Li Tu frowned and scolded:

"How are you unreasonable. I have a martial art to go to sea, what will you do? Do you go out to sea to feed the fish? You take care of the fields at home, take care of your mother, and wait for me to come back. ”

Li Tong lowered his head when he heard this, and he was a little unhappy.

Li Tu Zhengse said: "My father is not here, my brother is my father, don't you know?" Take your brother's words to heart and take care of your mother at home. ”

Seeing that Li Tu came up with a big reason, Li Tong agreed.

Seeing off Li Tong, Li Tu went to meet the owner of the ship in the stern building. That Xiao Xiangui was very happy to see Li Tuyi coming.

"You're new to the city, so start with your eyes. The so-called 'eye' is the warrior on the ship. On weekdays, they patrol the ship in shifts to prevent accidents. If there is a war, you must raise your sword and defend the ship in a dogfight. ”

"You live in the third cabin, you go to the cabin first, put down your luggage, and get familiar with the environment."

"Lin Chao'er, you come, you take Li Tu to the third cabin!"

After Xiao Xiangui finished explaining, he patted Li Tu on the shoulder and said:

"If there is a war, it will depend on you!"

Hearing Xiao Xiangui's call, a boatman in short clothes walked over, it was Lin Chao'er. That Lin Chao'er was easy to get along with, introduced the situation all the way, and took Li Tu to the third cabin.

Listening to Lin Chao'er's introduction, Li Tu knew that this was a lucky ship that ran away from the Japanese country, called Zaixing. The so-called lucky ship is a building ship made according to the local tradition in Fujian.

There are two types of boats, depending on the destination, the smaller ships that run the Tokai Japan are called port ships, and the larger ships that run the South Sea route are called Okubunes. This Zaixing is a mouth ship.

This fortune ship goes south from Japan in February and March with the north wind, and from Zhangzhou to Japan with the southeast wind in June, once a year. After all, I spent eight or nine months in Japan a year, and only two or three months returned to Zhangzhou.

When Li Tu heard this, he understood why so many boatmen were dressed in Japanese style. I live in Japan for eight or nine months every year, and of course I have to dress up in Japanese style. is always a Confucian crown belt, which is inevitably too eye-catching.

Lin Chao'er told Li Tu that counting the new Li Tu, there were thirty-seven shipwrights on the Zaixing, and there were various divisions of labor, each of which was responsible for a part of the ship. In addition to ordinary shipwrights, there are also chief stewards, general shops, helmsmen, guides, generals, financial deputies, abans, and so on.

Lin Chaoer introduced to Li Tu again, saying that the interior of the Zaixing is divided into four layers, and the bottom layer is filled with ballast stones and cargo. The so-called ballast stone is a large stone that prevents the ship from being too light and drifting with the waves. The second floor is where the boatmen and sailors rest. Except for the owner who lives in the tail building, everyone else sleeps here; On the third floor, there are water doors on the left and right, and a water tank for storing fresh water is placed in the middle, which is a place for cooking. The top floor is the open-air main deck, also known as the terrace.

The ship was built with watertight cabin technology, and the ship was divided into ten sections from bow to stern with bulkheads. Each section is called a cabin, which is the first to the tenth cabin. The cabins are completely enclosed with bulkheads, so they cannot be connected, and can only be accessed from the top by ladders.

Those compartments are composed of several layers of wooden planks, connected by bamboo nails, the gaps are filled with white flax wadding, and then coated with oyster ash and tung oil produced by calcining oyster shells, so that no water leaks. If the ship encounters wind and waves or attacks a certain cabin and is damaged and leaking, the water will only seep into this cabin, and the other cabins will not be affected, and the ship can sail normally.

Lin Chao'er took Li Tu to climb down from the third hatch on the main deck and down the ladder to the second floor.

"This is where the boatmen rest!"

Hearing Lin Chao'er's introduction, Li Tu looked around and nodded.

It is a space that is one zhang long, one zhang five feet wide, and one person high. According to later weights and measures, the chamber was about fifteen square meters. Probably because of the hot weather, there are no windows in it, the air is not circulated, and there is a strong smell of sweat in the cabin. There are three pairs of straw mats and bamboo pillows on the ground, which means that there are already three people living here.

Lin Chao'er pointed to a place where no one was around, and said with a smile:

"You can shop there."

Seeing that Li Tu put down the package and sat on the deck, Lin Chao'er held on to the ladder and said with a smile:

"Little brother, you are so capable of fighting, you actually defeated Wang Zongpu, you are too capable of fighting! Where did you learn boxing and knife skills? ”

Li Tu looked at Lin Chao'er and replied indifferently,

"Family heirloom."

Hearing Li Tu's reply, Lin Chao'er sighed, and said with a smile,

"Little brother will teach me a few tricks another day, so that I can show off with others!"

Li Tu said casually,

"Well said! Say. ”

Seeing that Li Tu agreed, Lin Chao'er happily climbed back to the terrace.