Chapter 767: Captain Jack

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Mrs. Yang rested in Qinzhou for three days, and then returned to the capital by sea.

But a day later, a merchant ship from Jiangnan rescued several of Yang Yi's guards.

According to them, after leaving Qinzhou, Yang Taifu's ship sailed for a day, and suddenly hit the reef in the middle of the night, and a large number of hulls sank.

After several guards were rescued on the merchant ship, they forced the merchant ship to search in the nearby waters, but did not find the whereabouts of Mrs. Yang, so they had to go back to Qinzhou for help.

According to what the guards said, although it was drizzling on the sea when they hit the reef in the middle of the night, the wind and waves were not too big, and they watched Mrs. Yang get on the lifeboat with their own eyes, and there should be nothing to do, but many ships searched the nearby sea area, just to find Mrs. Yang's whereabouts.

Ma Yingfang was shocked, and on the one hand, she asked people to increase the scope of the search, and on the other hand, she reported the matter to Tokyo.

It will take about a month for Tokyo to receive the Qinzhou report.

At this time, Mrs. Yang had already boarded the sea giant, the huge hull was four stories high, and it was as majestic as a mountain.

The first time I saw such a huge ship, the eyes of the three girls almost didn't fall out, and after boarding the boat, regardless of the dizziness caused by taking a small boat, they looked around excitedly.

The deck of the ship is the size of a football field, with huge rotatable masts reaching into the sky, and the sails can only be lifted by the winches of several people. The whole ship has nine masts and twelve sails; The wooden lattice at the front of the deck is covered with dirt for growing vegetables. The iron anchor in front weighs 2,000 catties, and it also has to be retracted by a winch.

The cabin was divided into twenty-eight small cabins. It is because of this design that such a large ship can be built. Because it is impossible to have a log of a hundred meters or so that can be used as a keel;

The design of this water trap is equivalent to firmly combining the cubes together. The longitudinal, transverse and broadside also cable-stayed plates, which reinforce the hull layer by layer, so that the ship can develop to a large scale, and it is also conducive to dividing the compartment to classify and carry goods to meet the requirements of different functions.

The cabin was full of cargo at this time, and the lowest layer was filled with porcelain, which was not heavy enough, and the bilge was pressed with many stones and iron, so that the ship was more stable when sailing at sea. Able to withstand greater wind and waves.

On the other hand, tea, silk, cotton, lacquerware, and a wide variety of goods are numerous.

In addition to this giant Mac, there are ten kinds of two thousand materials, thirty thousands of materials of sea ships lined up on the sea, looking around, the sails are like clouds, covering the sky and the sun, one after another giant ships chopping waves, facing the wind to the south, one after another white waves rolling on the stern. The sea is like a field ploughed by a great plough, and the seagulls fly in the sky, and the sound is clear, and the white clouds are flying with the wind. Draw everyone's thoughts straight to the clouds.

Looking at this huge and incomparable fleet, Yang Yi stood at the bow of the ship and couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl a few times. To vent the surging passion in the heart, such a fleet. It is not inferior to the invincible fleet when Zheng He went to the West, and taught him how not to be high-spirited. It's hard to get excited.

It is not too surprising to have today's achievements, most of the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty in history was inherited from the Song Dynasty, which can be inferred from some historical contexts;

The Yuan Dynasty did not develop much in shipbuilding technology, and the Ming Hongwu Dynasty implemented a ban on the sea, but the Yongle Dynasty was soon able to build huge treasure ships, if it was not for the inheritance of the Song Dynasty's shipbuilding technology, the Yongle Dynasty would be difficult to do.

Some people say that the shipbuilding of the Yongle Dynasty and Zheng He's seven trips to the West made the country poor, which Yang Yi laughed off.

Anyway, the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty is different from that of the Yongle Dynasty, the annual income of the Yongle Dynasty is not more than 30 million taels of silver, and now the annual income of the Great Song Dynasty has exceeded 300 million yuan.

Nowadays, the shipbuilding industry of the Great Song Dynasty is booming, not only did not cause any burden to the imperial court, but on the contrary, the shipbuilding industry also contributed more than 10 million yuan of income to the imperial court every year. This is completely different from Yongle Chao's use of the treasury money to build ships.

Calculated carefully, the silver invested by the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company in shipbuilding alone was no less than that of the Yongle Dynasty. The invincible armada in front of me was smashed out of silver, but this was with the money of the people, the silver of the rich merchants, not the silver of the treasury.

And this fleet is only one-third of the ships owned by the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company, and there are hundreds of ships of 2,000 materials and 1,000 materials to and fro at sea, frequently trading with various countries, and not all of them have joined in. There is no need, Yang Yi believes that with the fleet of forty-one ships in front of him, it is enough to run rampant all over the world.

"O sea! We are prostrate on your chest, and your chest is so soft, like the chest of an Oiran lady! ”

"O king and patriarch of the seashore! Here we go! We wield beautiful silk in one hand and flintlock pistols in the other, which one are you willing to accept? ”

The passionate Yang Taifu stood on the bow of the ship, looked at his invincible armada, and howled arrogantly.

The sailors around looked at each other, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, and they all held back so hard.

"Alas, Brother Yang is crazy!" Qing Niang sighed and reluctantly handed over a medical appraisal.

"He's not crazy, he's crazy, look at his appearance, as if he wants to take the sea into his arms, this sea is so big!" Adella had a different opinion, she saw the sea for the first time, looked at the boundless sea, and finally couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"It doesn't matter if he's crazy or crazy, if he's crazy, I'll be crazy with him, and if he's crazy, I'll be crazy with him." The eldest princess of the Qin Kingdom remembered the scene of being forced into the Hetao Desert by an army of 100,000 with Yang Yi's two hundred horsemen, her eyes were a little hazy, but her tone was very firm.

"Qingniang, Adella, Ying'er, come here, I'll take you fly!" Mrs. Yang shouted again.

The three girls glanced at each other, and finally did not want to spoil his interest, and walked to the bow of the boat together, the bow of the boat was raised high on the sea, and the split waves were swept up by the sea breeze, forming a beautiful water mist, and the sun shone down, colorful.

The wind was very strong, swaying the dresses of the three Qing Niang, and the hunting sound made people feel as if they were about to fly away in the wind.

"Qing Niang. You come first, come first. Standing on the bow of the boat, "Yang Yi induced earnestly.

"Brother Yang. What are you going to do, it's scary to stand here. ”

"Qing Niang, don't be afraid, I'm here, come, obedient, close your eyes, open your arms, right. Just like that, close your eyes, relax your body and let go of all distractions, and imagine yourself flying in the wind. ”

Qing Niang did as he said one by one, took a few deep breaths, exhaled, and then closed her eyes, let her whole body relax, and felt the oncoming sea breeze. Imagining the white clouds passing briskly past him, he heard Brother Yang's soft humming in his ears.

“Everynightinmydreams,IseeyouIfeelyou,ThatishowIknowyougoon。 Faracrossthedistance,Andspacesbetweenus,Youhavecometoshowyougoon”

"Brother Yang. I flew, I really felt like I was flying. ”

"Ruth. Don't talk, fly a little longer"

"Ruth? Brother Yang. What is Ruth? ”

"No, now you should call me Jack."

"Jack?"

"That's right, I'm Captain Jack! How did you become a Pirate of the Caribbean hahaha, that's right, remember, you will all call me Jack in the future, I am Captain Jack, hahaha"

"Oh my God, Brother Yang is really crazy!"

"No, no, no, Brother Yang is not crazy." Mrs. Yang leaned into Qing Niang's ear and whispered, "Qing Niang, we have to keep it secret when we go to sea this time, so Brother Yang can't use his real name, I think Jack is more suitable for me, what about you, you are also a world-famous talented girl, so you can't use your real name, just call Ruth, Qing Niang understand?" ”

"Oh, understood, okay then, in the future, you will be Jack Yang, and I will be Luth Lee, hehe"

"No, no, no, there's no Yang, there's no Lee, it's just Jack and Ruth."

"Okay, Jack."

"That's right, my dear Ruth."

Captain Kejie didn't favor one over the other this time, so that Zhao Qian and Adella also came to feel the feeling of flying, but Zhao Qian was okay, but Adella didn't dare to try, the bow of the ship was very high from the sea, and although the hull was large, there was still a little sense of undulation;

Adella has never even been on a boat in Gaochang. Although it is suitable to go down to Jiangnan this time, navigating on inland rivers is different from sailing at sea, when she came by boat before, she was seasick, and now she dare not try.

Captain Jack didn't force her, and everything was waiting for her to get used to it.

A few people stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the vast and boundless sea in the past, majestic and vast, throwing the narrow, crowded, and noisy city into the clouds. The refreshing and damp sea breeze with the smell of the sea, blowing on people's hair, cheeks, and every part of the body, makes people feel a kind of pleasure floating out of the dust.

When they returned to the cabin, Liu Er and Wan Er had already set up a hearty lunch, which was the cabin on the top floor, spacious and comfortable, and richly decorated. There are even some trays of flowers and plants, and the halls and bedrooms are not smaller than those on the shore, and there is no sense of narrowness of ordinary boats.

Lunch has chicken, bacon, whitebait, lobster, eggs, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, greens, etc., the supply is very rich, the chicken is a ship dedicated to raising chickens, vegetables are also planted on the ship, when sailing, there is a boat special trawl, there is no pollution in this year, the seafood is extremely rich, a net can drag up thousands of catties of seafood, almost enough for all the personnel of the fleet to eat a meal.

At the same time, there is also an ice storage on the ship, which was specially designed by Yang Yi, which is definitely a great innovation for storing all kinds of fresh fruits, and the effect is very good.

In addition, the fleet of fruits and vegetables that can be kept fresh for a long time, such as coconut and cabbage, also has a large reserve for the daily needs of the crew.

Whether it's lobster or whitebait, the three of Qing Niang are disdainful, but they can eat bamboo shoots, vegetables and other fruits and vegetables on the boat, which makes them very surprised.

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