After ordering the goods, Xiao Xiangui invited a craftsman to repair the ship. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Crescent was damaged during the battle, and the terrace was blown to pieces by bombs and needed to be repaired. Even if the Zaixing has been open for a year, the wood everywhere is damp and moldy, and the wood has to be replaced for repair.

Xiao Xiangui found a master craftsman in Zhangpu County, that is, the leader of the craftsmen, and the craftsmen went to each village to gather more than 20 craftsmen to buy timber in the mountains and gather in Meiwan to repair ships. Craftsmen brought all kinds of tools, ropes, and timber, and dragged the two boats to shore, turning the small bay where the two ships were hiding into a shipyard.

Li Tu was fine, so he found the master of the command and chatted with him.

"Craftsman, how much silver does it cost to repair a ship?"

The craftsman glanced at Li Tu and asked, "Who are you on the ship?" ”

Li Tu replied lightly: "I am Li Tu, the ship's captain of the Crescent. ”

When the craftsman heard this, he immediately put on a smiling face and said loudly: "It turned out to be the official of the ship, forgive the little one. After a pause, the craftsman said, "It depends on the damage of the ship and the amount of material used in the end." This Zaixing has been open for a year, and it will cost six or seven hundred taels to repair it. And a lot of the wood on the terrace of the crescent moon had to be replaced, and it cost more than nine hundred taels of silver. ”

Looking at Li Tu, the craftsman said, "This is to repair the ship." If the ship is about to build a ship, you can also come to me. ”

Unexpectedly, these craftsmen could also build ships, Li Tu asked curiously: "How much silver does it cost to build a lucky ship as big as the Zaixing?" ”

Feng You replied loudly: "It depends on what kind of ship the ship is trying to build!" To build a ship as large as Zaixing, it takes about 2,000 pieces of wood, which are good and bad, and they also need to be dried in the shade, and the price is different for different years of drying. If the ship is about to be built, and it needs to be repaired and repaired to be able to use six or seven years of good fortune, it will require two thousand taels of silver, six hundred and two cedar wood, two hundred and ninety-eight miscellaneous trees, forty trees, four elm rudders, four chestnut wood, and seventy-six oars. If it is worse, only two or three years of inferior ships, the wood used is very different, and the joint does not need to be soaked in snakeskin and plaster, just nail it with iron nails, and the cost of 1,000 taels is enough! ”

Li Tu asked again, "What if I want to build a big ship of 4,000 materials?" ”

The craftsman looked at Li Tu and said, "Then there is a lot of labor needed, if you want to build a big ship of 4,000 materials that can last six or seven years, it will cost about 6,000 taels of silver." ”

Li Tu asked, "If I am a shipbuilder, how can I find you?" ”

The craftsman smiled and said: "If the ship is a shipbuilding, go to Diaoluo Village, Maping Town, to find me Feng You." When you arrive at Diaoluo Village, you will find me as soon as you say you want to build a ship. ”

Li Tu knew the market, nodded, and said a few words to the craftsman before leaving.

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During the period of ship repair, Xiao Xiangui took the time to go home again. When he returned to Meiwan, Xiao Xiangui was even more preoccupied, with a tired horse love on his face and a feeling of reluctance to travel far.

Encountering pirates twice last year, Xiao Xiangui was very unconfident about sailing in the new year, and always felt that he would encounter pirates again. He was afraid of losing his life at the hands of the pirates, and the closer he got to the day of sailing, the worse his mood became. Every day, I paced back and forth in the camp tent under the boat, and I couldn't sleep well at night, and I lost a lot of weight in a month.

Xiao Xiangui worries day and night, but the days pass quickly. By June, the ship had been repaired, and the goods had been delivered one by one. The southeast wind is getting more and more stable, and we are about to sail to Japan.

On this day, the sea was windy and sunny, Xiao Xiangui was sincerely afraid, and held a sacrifice of the Virgin Mary on the ship Zaixing. The boatman Lin Chao'er put a burst of cannon on the ship, the boatman who played the music played the suona, Xiao Xiangui took the crew to take their places, knelt three times and kowtowed, and walked in front of the statue of Our Lady in the sky to "first offer", "sub-offering", and "final offering".

This sacrifice, but something went wrong again.

I don't know if it's because I'm nervous, or if it's really a clear spirit, when the incense is applied, Xiao Xiangui is trembling and inserting incense into the incense burner, but his hand shakes inexplicably, and he actually knocks over the entire incense burner and knocks it off the divine case. The censer fell to the ground, splashing ashes on the ground.

Seeing the downed incense burner, the two boatloads let out an exclamation. Fujian people worship Mazu Niangniang the most, especially the boatmen and sailors who run the sea, and they all regard Mazu Niangniang as a life-saving deity. At this time, seeing Xiao Xiangui knocking over the incense burner, everyone was shocked and uneasy.

Xiao Xiangui's face was also frightened, his face turned from white to red, from red to white, and finally to iron and blue again.

What an ominous sign!

Xiao Xiangui remembered that when he was sacrificing to the Virgin Mary last year, he accidentally burned his hand with incense and dropped the incense on his hand, but when he went to sea, he met Chen Shengning's three boats. Luckily defeated these people, and when he returned to the voyage, he encountered two big ships led by Chen Shengning himself. If it weren't for Li Tu's efforts to promote firearms, Xiao Xiangui would have become a ghost under the knife of a pirate.

Last year, the incense fell on the ground, which is already the case, and this year the incense burner is overturned, what kind of accident will this encounter?

Xiao Xiangui stood on the deck of the ship with a pale face, not knowing what he was thinking. In the middle of the ring, he suddenly ignored the incense burner on the ground, turned around and walked into the tail building.

In front of everyone's eyes, Xiao Xiangui left everyone on the boat. He rolled up his sleeves and walked away as the chief priest, how could the sacrifice of the Virgin be carried out. Everyone looked at each other, stopped beating gongs and drums, and were stunned on the boat one by one, not knowing how to advance or retreat.

Seeing that everyone was confused, after a pillar of incense, the chief manager Xue Yiming walked into the tail building. After talking a few words to Xiao Xiangui, he walked out and called Li Tu in.

Li Tu walked into the tail tower and saw Xiao Xiangui sitting on his bed, his face pale.

Seeing Li Tu walking in, Xiao Xiangui sneered and said, "Chuanzheng, did you see what you looked like just now?" ”

Li Tu nodded and said, "I saw it." ”

Looking at Li Tu, Xiao Xiangui said loudly: "The sacrifice knocked down the incense burner, which is very ominous. If we meet Li Dan's disciples, our two boats will be difficult to deal with. Let's go to Yang Degong, he has Li Dan's flag. When you were in the Wa Kingdom, you told him that we would sail with him! ”