Chapter Twenty-Three: The Phantom of the Bilge

Mingyu continued, "So there are less than fifteen disciples who can really be counted as entering the room. www.biquge.info For example, the current head coach Hua Meng, deputy head coach Mao Yong, chief guard Feng Dan and so on. Even my martial arts were taught by Uncle Ling. ”

"You also know martial arts?" Song Qi blurted out, but he regretted it as soon as the words came out, but he couldn't take back the words he said, so he could only scratch his head embarrassedly and smile stupidly.

"yes." Mingyu didn't mind.

"In this way, we are brothers and sisters!" Song Qi disguised.

Mingyu swept her hair back and said with a smile: "But my martial arts are too bad to enter the house." So he can't be considered Uncle Ling's disciple. ”

Song Qi couldn't help but ask again, "Does Master still accept disciples now?" ”

Mingyu shook his head and said, "Uncle Ling stopped accepting disciples two years ago. In the past two years, the current head of the head of the sect, Hua Meng, has been accepting disciples. As he spoke, Xiu turned his eyes slightly, glanced at Song Qi, and said with a smile: "Therefore, the fact that you can be accepted as a disciple by Uncle Ling shows that you have special qualifications." ”

Song Qi rejoiced: "I just took the **** luck." If I were asked to participate in the martial arts promotion competition to apprentice, I am afraid that I would never be able to become a disciple of the master. Speaking of this, thinking of Master's tragic death, a few tears appeared in his eyes, and he turned his head to stare at the sea, and sighed softly.

Seeing that Song Qi bowed his head and didn't make a sound, Mingyu asked again, "Is there anything else you want to ask?" ”

Song Qi still has a lot of doubts in his heart, such as whether Ming Zhu Gong has a book of heaven, such as the relationship between the Ming Ling family, such as whether there is a relationship between Mingyu and Xia Fei, and so on, but at this time, he is a newcomer, and his friendship with Mingyu is still shallow, so it is inconvenient to ask deeply, so he smiled and shook his head: "It's gone." ”

Mingyu turned his face sideways, his bright eyes turned slightly, looked at Song Qi, smiled, and said, "When you think of something, just ask me, I will answer all questions." ”

"Okay." Song Qi smiled and readily agreed.

The next day, Ling Xue was still bedridden, sick and sleepy. I called the doctor to check the pulse, but he said that it was fine, and he only needed to rest for a few more days.

Mingyu comforted Ling Xue a few words, and then took Song Qi and the others to the southeast wharf to visit the big sea ship according to yesterday's words.

Dream Island has two piers, one in the northwest and one in the southeast. The northwest wharf is called Baibuwan Wharf, which is close to the mainland and is mainly used for small sea boats that berth people. The southeast wharf mainly berths large sea vessels transporting goods.

Walk through the central green boulevard of Dream Island, bypass the foot of Mengyu Mountain, and then go three and a half miles to the southeast wharf.

As soon as I entered the wharf area, I saw a tall archway standing in front of me, with five big characters on it "Peach Blossom Bay Wharf".

The Peach Blossom Bay Wharf is much larger than the Baibu Bay Wharf, and it is much more imposing.

A mile outside the pier, there are two small islands facing each other, forming a natural harbor. Every 100 meters, a stone embankment about 100 meters long was built, stretching straight to the sea, forming berths and mooring large sea ships. As far as the eye can see, there are always more than two dozen large ships.

The largest sea ship is about 100 meters long, the side of the ship is about 10 meters high, and the mast is as high as a cloud. The smallest is also more than 30 meters long.

Song Qi stuck out his tongue, he didn't expect that there would be such a big sea ship more than a thousand years ago.

As if he knew Song Qi's thoughts, Mingyu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Either go on the boat and take a look." ”

Song Qi nodded, and followed Mingyu to the boat.

The sea ship is a major secret of the Ming Zhu firm, and ordinary idle personnel are not allowed to trespass. However, at this time, Miss Mingzhu personally led, and no one dared to stop her. Besides, Jade will not come here easily, and now Fang is here, which is also their glory.

Le Wugan, the head of the dock, and Fan Yinao, the captain of the sea ship, got the news from nowhere, and suddenly came out of the ground, and hurriedly asked Mingyu for peace.

"Why didn't the young lady say hello in advance when she came to the dock?" The dock manager Le Wulu, who was about fifty years old, his face was full of wrinkles, rubbing his calloused black hands, and his face was full of spring breeze.

"Don't bother, I'll just take my friends to take a look." Mingyu waved his hand to Le Wugan and said with a smile, "You're still busy with your own work." ”

Le Wugan and Fan Yinao were willing to follow, and insisted on leading Mingyu and Song Qi to visit. Mingyu didn't want to push hard, so she had to smile and nod in agreement.

Under the guidance of Le Wugan Fan Yinao, everyone stepped on the gangway and boarded the deck of the longest and largest sea ship, and suddenly a fresh air with a strange smell came to their noses.

"This ship is called 'Wan Jiu'. I am the captain of the 'Wan Jiu' sea vessel, and my name is Fan Yinao. Everybody calls me annoyance. As soon as Fan Yinao came up, he made a hearty self-introduction, which caused everyone to laugh. Then he raised his finger and pointed to the bow and then the stern, and proudly explained: "The 'Wan Jiu' is 35 zhang long, 15 zhang wide, 12 zhang high, and has a draft of 10 zhang, and can carry 2,000 tons of cargo when fully loaded. Unique in the present day. ”

Song Qi listened to the introduction and was quite interested, and couldn't help but look back at Fan Yinao a few more times, and saw that he was less than forty years old, with a dark face and strong spirits. While listening attentively, he nodded in appreciation. He leaned on the railing on the deck and looked down at the cabin, looking around with curiosity, and saw that it was very large underneath, the size of a small football field.

Suddenly, my eyes flickered, and it seemed that there was a figure in the bilge that shook for a moment and disappeared again. Looking down again, the cabin was empty. Only the shadow of oneself on the deck is cast by the sun on the bilge. Then he turned around and asked, "Captain Fan, is this sea boat usually empty, or is there someone living in it?" ”

Fan Yinao shook his head and said: "This 'Wan Jiu' is dedicated to high-sea transportation. I only go to sea once in almost half a year. When it is not out of the sea, it is left here for renovation. ”

"Oh, I see!" Song Qi couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

"Brother Fan, can you please take us to the bilge and the paddling room for a visit?" Mingyu smiled and asked Fan Yinao.

"No problem!" Fan Yinao heartily agreed, and led everyone down the stairs to the bilge mezzanine, while reminding loudly, "This staircase is very steep, you should be careful and slow down!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Everyone smiled and agreed.

After going down a few flights of stairs and turning a few corners, I entered the mezzanine. The light dimmed.

Song Qi rubbed his eyes, looked around, and browsed intently. It's empty.

In the middle of the partitions on both sides of the cabin and in the middle of the ship's plank, there is a narrow dark room, and a small window is opened every other zhang, and beams of light penetrate from the outside, illuminating the window around it exceptionally brightly. In each window was a bowl-thick oar that had been sharpened and polished, reaching out into the sea outside the window.

Song Qi casually asked, "How many miles can this ship reach?" ”

Fan Yinao shook his hand in the air and raised it, and said, "Let's see how much manpower is used to row the pulp." If one hundred and sixty people were to row at the same time, the speed of the full load would be thirty miles in an hour. Up to fifty miles when unloaded. ”

At this time, Song Qicai noticed that there were four reclining seats placed next to each oar, which should be the position of the sailors when paddling. The compartment on one side had twenty oars, requiring eighty people to row at the same time, and the compartment on the other side should have the same number.

Song Qi couldn't help but stick out his tongue again.

He didn't know why he was so prone to gaffes today, it stands to reason that he had seen tens of thousands of tons of nuclear-powered ships with his own eyes, and there was no reason to be surprised by this small manpower ship...