In 1633, one day in November, the weather was fine and the wind was suitable, and it was a good day to sail.

Hainan Lingao Red Plate Wharf is a lively scene, this long-tossed business negotiation group, blind date group and tour group is finally about to set off. The transportation they booked was the Grand Princess, because the Qiong navy had captured a number of large Western ships in the recent Luzon Campaign, which was considered to have relieved the crisis of ship shortage. Therefore, this Western galleon, which first fell into the hands of the Qiong Navy, has recently been refitted again, completely restoring its original appearance as a pleasure boat, and even more luxurious and magnificent than when it was originally named "Princess Anna" -- as long as the interior of the cabin can meet the conditions, it is configured as much as possible according to the living habits of modern people. The division of space, the sanitation facilities, and the ventilation and lighting have all been transformed with modern technology that has been mastered by the Travelers, or at least with modern concepts.

Around the hull and bulkheads, the delicate carvings, frescoes, wooden reliefs and other decorative structures damaged during previous voyages and battles have also been restored in accordance with the original style, which was difficult to achieve by the craftsmen of the Joan Navy alone, not that the local craftsmen were not good, but that they could not master the original Catholic and Italian Renaissance art styles on the Princess. Fortunately, however, the Joan Navy captured a number of carpenters and painters from the Spanish Navy, some of whom were highly skilled, and it was only after they joined in the renovation work that the designer's request was satisfied.

This is also the first time that the Princess has been exhibited to the outside world since it was renovated, so not only the members of the tour group who are going to take this ship, but also many other people who came to see it off have come on board to see it off. After looking at the frescoes, sculptures, and cabins on the ship, no matter what other thoughts, all of them had the same feeling: too much of a luxury!

Even the original owner of the Princess, Anastasia? Morality? The Medici was also "shocked" as soon as she stepped into the cabin. The large space at the stern of the ship, which was originally used as the owner's lounge, has been transformed into a large communal dining room and meeting room, and a series of imposing murals are painted on the walls around it.

"You ...... How did you find out about this painting? ”

Anna almost cried when she looked at the mural - it was from the walls of the famous Grand Chapel of the Medici Palace in the Medici family, and the huge masterpiece "Victory" by the master artist Michelangelo was on the wall of the famous Grand Chapel of the Medici family! It was completely copied by this group of Orientals!

"Ah, and this set of sculptures...... You even copied this? ”

When Anna turned around, she saw two groups of statues on the arches on the sides of the decorated hill flowers, beside the fireplace at the front of the hall, and they were actually the famous "Day", "Night", "Morning", and "Twilight"—the four marble-decorated figures that Michelangelo had also elaborately made for the Medici family. However, these are only imitations of wood on board. Of course, it is far less refined than the original, but the big appearance is at least about the same.

Anna leaned limply against the table, and almost fainted—as a woman thousands of miles away from home, she suddenly saw this again after many years, and her heart was stirred. Seeing her reaction, Wang Chen, the art director who was in charge of the art part of the decoration work, smiled secretly smugly - this shows that our cottage level is not bad! Brother, the sketches and models I sketched based on a few art pictures in the computer are still very reliable!

"Ah, Miss Anna, we think that this ship is from the Medici family after all, so we have considered using a little more elements related to the Medici family in the restoration...... If this causes you unpleasantness, please bear with me. ”

Wang Chen pretended to be sorry, and Anna replied calmly after the relationship calmed down a little:

"No, it's nothing, I'm glad to feel the charm of home here again."

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the cabin, Wang Jiaojiao and her personal assistant circled the rather dark corridor, finally finding the accommodation cabin assigned to her.

"Hey...... Room 12, Pisces Palace, has finally been found...... I'm exhausted! ”

Wang Jiaojiao took out the small copper key to open the door, and dragged her Hermes suitcase, which had not been used for many years, into the room with some difficulty. The darkness in the hallway is hard to solve, but the room is quite bright - there are many new portholes in the side bulkheads, and the double glazing on the guò inlays pours in a lot of sunlight, so that the cabin is no less lit than the average hotel room.

The interior of the room is as luxuriously decorated as the outside, with a large number of baroque reliefs and wood carvings filling every corner of the room. On the big bed in the center of the room, a royal blue tent with golden tassels was hanging like a waterfall, and Wang Jiaojiao jumped up with cheers and rolled on the bed a few times.

"Oh yes, this bed is so comfortable, I don't want to move when I lie down. Or the best bedding for our cute bears......"

When he was humming comfortably, there was two knocks at the door, and then Li Qihan pushed the door and came in:

"Eh, Jiaojiao, have you all brought your luggage in? I'm thinking about coming over here. ”

"You're busy, you don't know when."

Wang Jiaojiao said coldly, she is a relatively strong party in the relationship between husband and wife, and Li Qihan has long been accustomed to this attitude, laughed twice, took out a key and turned her head to the woman next to her:

"Wu Shanggong, I am responsible for the acceptance of the equipment on the ship this time, but I really can't take care of it alone, can you help me see if the equipment in the bathrooms of several nearby guest rooms is damaged?" If so, notify the equipment team immediately and repair it before sailing. And take a look at your room - it's next to the Sixteenth. ”

Although she knew that the other party wanted to keep herself alone with her wife, the female assistant was also full of curiosity and wanted to look around, so she immediately agreed, took the general key and went to the next room to walk around, and pushed open the small door next to it to try out the equipment of the bathroom one by one - the transformation of this cruise ship is mainly focused on function. Each room is equipped with a bathroom, and although some of the capacity is lost, the quality of life is definitely much improved.

This female assistant surnamed Wu is not an ordinary background, she was originally an over-age palace maid released from the Ming Palace, and was sent to Hainan Island by Empress Zhou as a "return gift" when the Qiong Navy paid tribute to the emperor. Now she has a position as a teacher at Lingao Girls' School, and is hired as a personal assistant by Wang Jiaojiao, who has a close relationship with her, - both jobs are easy anyway.

She has lived in the palace for many years, and even once served as a female official of the Shanggong Bureau, her vision is extremely high, and she has always been very proud of it. However, since she came to Hainan, this arrogance has been hit many times, especially with Wang Jiaojiao, and she has seen many novelties that she could not even dream of in the first half of her life.

“…… Even if it is the queen's dormitory, I am afraid it is not as good as a guest room on this ship. ”

After looking around for a while, this female official Wu couldn't help but have this idea in her mind, this is not an exaggeration, as a former old man in the palace, she has been in the emperor's bedroom. Whether it was Empress Zhang during the Apocalypse or Empress Zhou of Emperor Chongzhen later, her life was quite simple. The palace is the supreme in the world, and it looks magnificent on the outside, but in the eyes of those who live in it, after all, it is a centuries-old house, and it is still wooden.

In contrast, these shorthairs don't seem to care much about their appearance, but they have unimaginably high requirements for the actual quality of life. The houses they built, both in their homes and in their work areas, do not seem luxurious on the outside, but are simple and elegant, but on the inside, the layout of the premises, the furniture and utensils are all extremely ingenious, and everything is practical.

And today, after seeing the twelve first-class cabins on this princess called "Zodiac", this female officer Wu decided to delete the previous judgment that "short hair is not luxurious" from the comment - these people usually do not pursue luxury, but if they really want to be luxurious, they will definitely reach a peak like they do other things!

After a few more rooms, I found the sixteenth room where I lived, which belonged to the standard cabin, which was smaller in size than the first class cabin named after the zodiac signs, and the decoration was much simpler, which was a return to the utilitarianism of short-haired habits. It's just that after looking around, the face of this female official Wu is still slightly red.

――I don't know which yin worm-colored beetle is the bad idea (Wang Chen, a top student of the Academy of Fine Arts outside, sneezed a few times), many of the men and women painted on the wall are bare-chested and exposed, and most of the portrait sculptures in front of the wall shelf are not even inch! It is also thanks to the fact that Lady Wu has spent a lot of time in Luzon, Hainan, and has had a lot of dealings with the hired Western nuns at the girls' school. If you occasionally close the door and enjoy it alone, it's okay - there are actually a lot of ** circulated privately by the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, but how can there be such a grandiose display in the public? If this is in the native countryside of the Ming Dynasty, it would have been immersed in a pig cage a long time ago!

It's just that since the short-haired people don't care, she doesn't have much to say as a guest, at most, just like when she came in with the Wang family girl just now, she always lowered her head and ignored it. But for this house where she will live for more than ten days, she always has to decorate one or two......

Lady Wu took out a few pieces of clothing from her baggage and covered up everything in the room that she felt was an eyesore. Fortunately, this standard cabin is relatively simple, and it is not full of sculptures and murals like the first-class cabin next door. With the clothes she brought this time, she could still cover it.

After covering the sculpture of the boy at the head of the bed with a bow and arrows, with wings, and a cute but bare-bottomed child, Lady Wu finally lay down on the bed and breathed a long sigh of relief. RS