'Eat slowly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info', Fat Ball is about to wipe out his share of food in two bites, looking at Li Chen frowning, Fat Ball eats a few cold cakes, just like him, such cold and hard food, and eating it so quickly, it is easy to have indigestion. Li Chen could only scold in a low voice and let the fat ball eat slowly.

However, it didn't work, the fat ball wiped out the food twice, and then ran off the table, "Don't make a mess of others." Looking at the direction in which the fat ball was running, Li Chen shouted.

'Little fat man, I don't have anything to eat, everyone has a portion. Fat Ball ran to the kitchen and stared at a fat chef who was preparing food, and because there were many people, he had to eat at different times, so he had to be busy for a while.

'Master, why don't you raise the fire?' Fat Ball asked, 'Raise the fire.' The fat chef slapped his fat palm on the table, bluffing the other two helpers, and the fat chef waved his hand and drove the two of them to work. Both men were sailors and only came to help at mealtimes, and he was the only official cook.

'Raise the fire, are you afraid that the ship will not burn?' The fat chef replied angrily, 'Go, go, don't run around, really, what are you doing with a bunch of half-grown children on board?' I can't do anything, and I'm still very good at eating. ’

It's not easy to get a hot meal on board. The sea was turbulent, and the ship was made of wood, so it was easy to burn the ship if it caught fire. Only when the wind and waves are not too strong, you can light the fire and make a hot meal. Unfortunately, after nightfall, as we entered the open sea, the wind and waves became stronger, so everyone had to eat cold food.

'Oh. Fat Ball doesn't speak, just staring at the fat chef to do things, seeing that the fat chef is hot for a while, and it's not good to drive people away, so I have to don't dump him, continue to do things, and then from time to time I have to pick up some food, which is called a tasting, and I see that Fat Ball's eyes are hot for a while, and it's really good to be a chef, and you can eat it justifiably. However, in addition to envy, he continued to stare at the chef's work.

The next day, Li Chen got up early in the morning, the hammock was very comfortable, and he stood up down-to-earth, Li Chen felt that his seasickness had eased a lot today. In fact, he also got seasick, but it was relatively mild. When I slept today, I felt much better.

After breakfast, the originally lifeless ship came to life, and the sailors got up, and more than 40 sailors on this ship began to perform various actions under the bow of the ship, test the performance of the ship, and run in the cooperation between the sailors.

Bow Sheen was constantly training his sailors, and the children were not idle. A few children gathered around the mast and watched the sailors sail, occasionally writing and drawing with a pen on a hardwood block with paper in tow, and constantly discussing in low voices.

Two children stood next to the side of the boat and threw down the head of the program, which was connected by a rope, to test the speed of the boat and how far it would take to advance. The reason why the speed of the ship is calculated by how many knots is because of this.

Some children still don't give up the kitchen, and the fat ball seems to be competing with the kitchen. A few of the children got into the bilge of the ship, and they were constantly observing, calculating something.

Of course, not everything has something to do, there are a few children, the seasickness is so bad that they still sleep in the hammock and can't get out of bed. Yixin and Huang Tiansheng were also sleeping, not seasickness, but because the two of them stargazed at night last night, and they observed it very late, and now they are making up for sleep.

Li Chen was also idle, he was observing his ship. The total length of this ship is about 19 zhang, which is converted to meters, and the total length is probably close to 70 meters. It is a little longer than the average Tang ship, because he made Liang Kuai add a hollow bow, so it is a little longer than the average Tang ship.

The whole ship had four masts, one diagonally in front and three upright in the back. In this way, four sails could be hung, three of which were pulled between the upright masts, two spinnakers, and finally, another sail, from the last mast to the stern.

Seven sails, fully open. The ship moved forward at full speed with a special sense of beauty. At this time, the bow of the ship Xin ordered that the sail in the middle should be opened to the left, and the front had to be opened to the right, which was the advantage of the hard sail, and now the two sails were spread left and right, like butterfly wings.

If you have God's perspective, you can see a butterfly on the blue sea, with its wings spread left and right, and it is swimming and dancing on the sea.

Li Chen admired it for a while, and after a while, the butterfly wings disappeared, and the sailor changed the angle of the sail under the command of the sailman. He didn't speak, just watched him direct the sailors.

'The owner, the name of the ship. After commanding for a while, the bow of the Xin ship no longer folded the vine crew, let them rest for a while, turned their heads, and said a few words concisely. Because Li Chen hadn't named the ship yet, Captain Xin was so worried that he didn't ask at all.

In his opinion, this kind of ship should not have been launched, and he didn't care about the name of his ship. But now, the ship's trial is doing well, so he asked.

'It's called Flying Fish. Li Chen thought for a while and said, "Flying fish? Xin Chuanshou read a sentence, not thinking, flying fish will fly fish.

'Well, try out nothing. Li Chen asked. Captain Xin nodded, thought about it, and probably thought it would be better to explain two sentences, "First, there are a bit too many sailors. ’。

Li Chen nodded, it was indeed a bit much, and it was originally about forty-five sailors who had been prepared according to the needs of ordinary ships. However, Li Chen has improved a lot of things in the initial design, such as the pulley device that is easy to lift the sail. As a result, sailors were in demand less than hard work expected.

'Thirty percent of the ship's speed. In other words, the speed of this ship is 30% faster than that of ordinary sea vessels. ''There are also two percent. Diligent and prudent replied, 'Good ship.' Without the excitement of yesterday, the hard speech replied briefly.

It's good to have a contribution, Li Chen nodded with satisfaction, Li Chen knew what hard work meant, and the speed was two percent faster, which meant that the voyage was shortened. As mentioned earlier, the Tang people went to Tianfang, not a direct voyage, but a constant port on the way, stopping at a port within a few days, not doing business, but also replenishing water.

There are many reasons for this, one is that I can't see the coast for a long time, and I don't know where I am panicking. Second, merchant ships carry as much cargo as possible. Short stops like this allow for constant replenishment, so that you can load as much cargo as possible.

Finally, long-term navigation can lead to sepsis, although the ancients did not know the cause, but they knew that supplementing with vegetables and fruits could be avoided. Docking is an opportunity to replenish the sailors.

Short-distance voyages, in addition to avoiding sepsis, there is also the problem of clear water, which will be bad if it is left for too long. Two percent of the speed, you can't see anything in a short period of time, but after the whole voyage, there is a difference.

Well, bring it on board? Bring all the vegetables and fruits on the boat, and you won't be afraid. Please, there was no refrigeration technology in ancient times, shouldn't you put those things away?

After resting for a while and continuing to train the sailors, Li Chen continued to think about what else could be improved on this ship. The problem of the general navigation of the ship is left to Xinxin, and he has to think about more things, and he has to consider problems that Xinli can't imagine.

For example, he wondered if he should consider changing to a Western-style soft sail. Or how to improve the hardsail area. Also, how to build a larger sea ship, the current Tang ship has already used a bamboo shoot structure and iron nails. The Arabs were never able to solve this problem, so they had to use coconut ropes to sew and tie the hull.

This technology cannot but be said to be very progressive, but Li Chen wants to do better. And these are not things that hard work can think of.

Actually, seriously speaking, he probably wouldn't have thought of it alone. However, he has sent all the children to various places, hoping that these children, after his education, can help him solve problems with a super contemporary vision. At the very least, let the flame of improvement be passed on. He didn't believe it, hard sails are really worse than soft sails, and hard sails just can't be bigger.

The Chinese are just ill-fated in modern times, and the Chinese hard sail is also one of the unfortunate ones. If it is developed in the long run, it may not be impossible to solve the problem.

'Host, isn't it time to go back?' Suddenly, the bow of the ship asked, 'Are you going to sail back?' How's the test going? Li Chen raised his eyes and looked at the sky, this time unconsciously reached noon, and it was a full day when he came out.

'No problem with sea trials. Diligent nodded, "Do you know where we are?" ''This.'' This question really knocked down the hard work, this route is no longer the route he usually takes, "Forget it, I'll ask." Li Chen shook his head, please, how can you compete with other Westerners.

If you really want to enter the Age of Discovery, it is absolutely the norm to cross the ocean without landing for a long time. It's only a day out like this, and I can't even figure out where I am, how I'm going to cross the ocean.

Li Chen found Yixin and Huang Tiansheng, who were trying to measure it, and after the two of them measured, if the map provided by Li Chen was correct, they only needed to maintain the direction and walk for another day to reach the Wa Kingdom.

'How much food and water are left?' Enough to last for a few days. ''Three or four days. After thinking about it diligently, he continued, "If you fish along the road, you can fish for five or six days." ’

'Okay, then we're not going back. Li Chen high-fived, "Maintain the direction and walk for another day." ''Goal?'' ''Wa Kingdom. ’

'No, I can't. ', diligent object, 'What? Li Chen was stunned, "That's not how you go to the Wa Kingdom." ', hard and fierce opposition.

Ri, how to go if you don't go like this, Li Chen was unhappy, but he immediately calmed down again, and explained, "Okay, don't go to the Japanese country." How about walking for a day like this. ’

'Maintain the course, walk for a day, and then turn back to the west, how. Diligent for his rare consent. Seeing that Xin Xin agreed, Li Chen breathed a sigh of relief, he understood very well that Xin Xin was opposed, and he had already made a plan to return if Xin Xin objected, but it seems that it is not necessary at present.

'Land, land, see land. After a day's sailing, the next day, just after breakfast, and before the time for lunch, the lookout called out and saw the land.

Suddenly, there was thunder of joy on the ship, and Li Chen was also relieved, Japan arrived, thinking of the profits from Tang Wei's trade, Li Chen smiled and became even happier. (To be continued.) )