It was another morning, the weather was bright, and after Li Chen, who had stayed up until midnight, washed up, he ran to the beam shipyard again. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info When he arrived at the shipyard, Liang Dutou was already supervising the work. When he turned his head and saw Li Chen coming, he beckoned a middle-aged man to lean over.

'Liang Dutou, morning. ''Li Dongjia, let me introduce you, this is the head of Ship Xin. The bow of Ship Xin is the captain hired by Li Chen, Li Chen made a greeting gift in a decent manner, and it is not wrong to be decent. He didn't know what kind of person this Xin bow was, and the news he heard was that he was a captain with a good reputation and was more rigid, so Li Chen didn't show too much enthusiasm when he met for the first time, and treated him politely.

The bow of the Xin boat said hello briefly, and after a salute, he didn't say a word, Li Chen looked at him slightly, only to see that this Xin bow was of medium stature, because of the sea breeze and sun, his whole body was dark, his skin looked rough, and he was about fifty years old, but he knew that this was just the appearance, it was very hard to run the sea, even if he was the bow of the ship, it was inevitable that he would be exposed to the wind and rain.

What impressed Li Chen was that he was barefoot, his feet looked thick, and he looked floating when he walked, but every step was very steady.

'Captain Sin, have you seen my ship?' How it feels. Li Chen asked the captain to come to see the ship because the ship he built was different from the ordinary Tang ship. On one side, the front of the Tang ship is very wide, like a Chinese-style sea ship, and there is no narrow one in front.

And he also pulled the ship very straight, and the general Tang boat, except for the superstructure, even the tail is very warped, as if it is a concave character.

'Is this Hu Chuan?' Imitate the style of the Hu boat? Captain Xin asked, 'Hu Chuan? Got a Hu boat? 'Li Chen really hasn't heard of it, has he heard of Hu Gua, Hu Qin, Hu Chair, Hu Chuan? Is it the Western kind of sailing ship? At this time, Westerners are probably still rowing canoes, how can they drive a big boat to Datang.

I've heard of the kind of boats of the Persian merchants, their boats are small, but they are very straight. Liang Dutou next to him hurriedly explained, and Li Chen showed a clear expression, no wonder, it was obviously said that it was a strange ship, but you still took the order.

Then Li Chen also became interested, the Persian ship should actually refer to the modern Arabs. Li Chen suddenly wanted to see what their captain looked like.

'Is this how the Persian ships are straight? Li Chen asked curiously, "Are you running fast?" Li Chen has played the Age of Discovery, and one of the several ships that he is very impressed by is the Arabian sailing ship, which is also known as small, medium, and big flying in the game. Because of this kind of ship, although the loading volume is average. But the thief who runs fast, generally speaking, is the one who takes the lead in the game, and follows after forming a team, so that no matter how fast you run, the team members will automatically follow.

'Sit inside, right?' Liang Dutou wanted to take the two of them to his study, where he could receive visiting customers, which could be regarded as a reception room.

'No, I don't. Seeing this, Li Chen also said that he didn't have to, so he continued to ask, "Hurry up?" Pretty fast, very fast, but... Liang Dutou recalled, and then shook his head, "It doesn't matter if it's fast or not, it's not big anyway." It seems to be only 2,500 stones. ’

'You haven't seen it and you know it?' ''That man is also the old bow of the ship, and it is estimated that he should be eight or nine or ten. 'Two thousand five hundred stones? It's only one hundred and fifty tons, it's really small, is it a small fly? Li Chen complained, no wonder the Arabs wanted to order the Tang ship, the smallest sea ship of the Tang ship also has 20,000 stones, which is equivalent to 1,200 tons in modern times.

And he built this ship, according to Liang Dutou's professional assessment, the maximum can be loaded with 40,000 stones, that is, 2,400 tons.

Speaking of which, it's ironic that the biggest forces in maritime merchants are not Tang people. There is Silla in the north and Arabs in the south. Then the shipbuilding level of these two countries is not very good, in order to run business, they are all Tang ships, but the Tang people have little power at sea.

For the Chinese, China has a vast land and resources, and it has long existed. The result of not paying attention to the sea is indifference to the power of the sea. Anyway, even if there are no overseas supplies, there is land transportation, and there is no reliance on the sea at all, and the sea is not taken seriously.

Like now, the imperial court has not issued a prohibition order, but there are still very few people who go to the sea. Maritime trade flourished through the tributary trade of the Arabs. The private power of the Tang people is really small. This is also where Li Chen regrets and wants to make up for it, Tang Ship obviously has a considerable ability to sail, why are all outsiders sailing at sea?

'Okay, let's get the Persian boat aside. Xin's bow bow, you have gradually passed the contemptible ship, what do you think, the original intention of the contemptible design is to imitate the Persian Hu merchants, although the ship is small, but it is really fast. ’

'There is a condition for foolishness. ''Excuse me?' ''Salaries should be paid in advance, at least eighty percent. Li Chen raised his eyebrows, this seemed to be out of order, but Li Chen quickly reacted and nodded in agreement, "There are other crew members who also have to pay in advance." ’

'Bow of the Ship, this is not a ship that is optimistic about so-and-so. Li Chen laughed at himself and replied, "I agreed, and everyone from the bow to the sailor will pay eighty percent in advance." Li Chen knew this captain Xin, he just didn't like such a strange-looking ship, so he asked for an advance.

That's true, that's right, Xin Bow went through some psychological struggle. I decided to take it anyway. In normal times, he would not have considered going to sea on this ship at all, it would be too dangerous.

It's just that he really needs money, and the price given by Li Chen is more than twice the level of the general bow of the ship, and after thinking about it again, he still decided to take it. As for the question of the strange ship, he convinced himself that the ship was to blame, but it was not completely unreasonable, and he had seen many strange Arab ships at sea. People are also like this, straight and flat.

However, out of prudence, he offered to pay eighty percent of his salary in advance, so that even if the ship sank, his descendants would have something to rely on.

Although it is said that if the ship has an accident, theoretically, the owner is liable to pay. However, the old and sophisticated Xin Shipbow will not completely count on the owner's compensation, and the owner may be too busy to take care of himself at that time. You can't expect every owner to be as stupid as Wei Xuan.

'Bow of Sin, ask a question. Seeing that the matter was negotiated, although the contract had not yet been signed, it was almost over, Li Chen planned to ask a question that had been bothering him for a long time.

'Boss, please. Maybe it's because the matter has been settled, Li Chen is currently his owner, and the head of the Xin ship has more words, "Have you seen such a Persian Hu ship at sea?" ''Seen. ''Excuse me, have you paid attention to their sails?'' ''Sails?'' Hearing Li Chen ask about this, Xin Shipwone began to think.

'If I want to change the sails to those sails, do you think that's okay?' At the moment when he was thinking, Li Chen finally threw out his own question. (To be continued.) )