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Yuan 1630, December 17, Ming Chongzhen three years Gengwu, t four, sunny.

On the wharf side of Baisha Port outside Qiongzhou Mansion, a large group of people are gathering here, all wearing yarns and hats, not officials or gentry, and there are opera troupes dancing dragons and lion dances next to them.

Xie Xi and Pang Yu, as representatives of the team that crossed Zhongqiongzhou, waited here to greet the large army from the main base. Originally, they didn't want to make a big show of the welcome ceremony, but after Yan Wenchang knew about it, he insisted on doing it in a big way, and he also said something:

"Since the people who come here are the top bosses of all the gentlemen, then we are the old lords, and we may be sent to work under which big man one day in the future...... You've got to give us a chance to stammer, don't you? ”

For very real reasons, Lao Xie and the others had no choice but to let them go. As a result, Yan Wenchang mobilized a large amount of manpower in the yamen of the state capital, and also found sponsorship from merchants such as Xu's Mo's, and after asking if it was from the waterway, they wrapped the entire Baisha Port wharf with silk ribbons; It also used reeds, paper, and silk and other materials to weave a large pavilion, known as the "official pavilion". There is also an archway, a color building...... It's all temporarily tied, and if it weren't for the red and purple colors full of festivity, it would almost make people think it was a funeral.

Standing on the pier full of flowers, the sound of gongs, drums and suona next to his ears made people dizzy, Pang Yu wanted to make them quiet several times, but they were all dismissed and dissuaded.

"Forget it, it's a good thing that people have a heart, and it is not a bad thing to be able to show the committee that we are friendly with the local community. And ......"

Xie Xi looked up at the sky, and since the watch was not used, the level of judgment of the altitude angle of the sun by a group of modern people has improved in a straight line.

"It's only about one o'clock now, and the main base says that it will leave at five o'clock in the morning, and it won't arrive until five or six o'clock in the afternoon at the latest.

"So what are we doing so early? We all have things in our hands, and we still came to the penalty station? ”

Pang Yu hated this kind of formalism the most before, and even if he came here, he never changed in the slightest. Xie Xi smiled bitterly:

"Because the main base can't figure out the exact time of arrival. I specifically asked Huang Xiaodong. All he said was that it was probably between two and six o'clock in the afternoon......"

"Didn't Xiaodong come by boat last time? Why are you still so confused? ”

"God knows. All I know is that Xiaodong is now a busy man. Just make a phone call. I heard four or five groups of people, Captain Huang, Captain Huang shouting. Go back and wait for him to come and ask him to treat us to seafood – what do you think of that idea? ”

"As a host. I think it's more likely that we'll be slaughtered......"

The two of them were bored. I had to chat to pass the time. The officials and gentlemen who came to greet them were also waiting. It is easy to shirt and pants than this. They're a lot bulkier. But these people are not at all. Stand there neatly and neatly. It made Pang Yu embarrassed to hide to the side and be lazy.

But the local officials stood in order. But it is inevitable to talk to each other. It is said that this time they are all short-haired big leaders. There are only two people in the Thirteen Taibao of Qiongzhou Mansion who are qualified to sit on an equal footing with them...... among the natives. Only Yan Wenchang has been to Lingao. I had contact with those people. Naturally, I was surrounded by a group of people to inquire.

And Yan Wenchang is also happy to help cross the crowd and stabilize people's hearts:

"It's okay, it's okay. Li Da is in charge...... Oh, their name is the chairman, and he is a well-mannered old man, who speaks and behaves in a manner that is quite Hanlin. A person with a large chest of hills and ravines is completely different from the ordinary king of the mountain...... In fact, if you look at all the gentlemen here, you can also know that they are all literati......"

Standing like this until about three o'clock in the afternoon, suddenly a lookout sentry with excellent eyesight pointed to the distance and shouted loudly, so everyone stretched their necks and tiptoed, but they could only see a faint black spot on the sea level outside the harbor.

Pang Yu's eyesight is not very good, although he usually does not use glasses, he is still a little myopic - this is a common problem of almost all modern people. However, with a high-quality Zeiss telescope, he was able to see the whole ship clearly before anyone else.

The moment he raised the telescope, Pang Yu let out an exclamation, and he finally understood why Huang Xiaodong couldn't give an accurate sailing time.

- The first thing that is shown in the shot is a huge sail shadow, with a large crosssail at four corners, the only power system that Western ships rely on to cross the ocean in this era. Underneath the sail is a towering and classical statue of a Western ship, although it is not clear to see, but Pang Yu remembers that it should be a statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

- After a lapse of half a year, the "Princess Anna", the largest and most perfect "EAS" class galleon of this era, captured by the traversers, finally sailed into the sea again.

And the most important point - it is now controlled by the traversal crowd!

As the galleon approached, more and more people were able to see it clearly, and the exclamations on the pier grew. The Ming Empire once had a larger and grander treasure ship than this, but unfortunately that was a long time ago. At present, the naval strength of the Ming Dynasty is even inferior to the Zheng family's private army, and the so-called big ships in the Zheng fleet are only 400 materials.

More than 100 tons, in the face of 11 thousand tons of "EAS" can only ])

"Hah! Ha! Ha...... No wonder Huang Xiaodong is talking in a rambling manner, it turns out that he is fighting this ambush with us. The gang of people in the committee are too, they don't show their tone at all, it seems that they are united, and they have to suppress us all at once. ”

Lao Xie was also holding his binoculars and watching, still laughing while watching:

"Yes, yes, with this big guy, it will be much more convenient to transport people and goods in the future, and you will no longer have to be constrained by oil...... Cool. ”

"It's not going to be easy to get this ship moving...... We've been working hard here, and it seems that everyone at the main base isn't idle. ”

Pang Yu still remembers that it was precisely because of the disposal plan for the ship and its crew that his ideas were questioned and even fiercely opposed by many people, so he had to go out and retreat.

Now, however, it seems that the committee finally adopted his idea, at least partially—Pang Yu had no doubt that there must have been a foreign crew in the service of that sailing ship, otherwise a group of modern lads, plus a few Ming fishermen, would not have been able to operate a seventeenth-century galleon.

It's not a game, if you don't know where to go, if you don't know where to go.

Since foreign sailors can be retained to continue working on the ship, the negotiations with Miss Anna must have made great progress - this Pang Yu judged by the new livery name on the bow - in the bow part, the largest and most striking position, the original Italian name of the ship has now been replaced by Chinese:

"Princess"

- The name of the ship has not changed much, and the original Italian name of the ship is even written underneath, only slightly smaller, Pang Yu does not feel that this is just to show respect to the original owner, but more like the handwriting of the two sides after negotiation and compromise with each other.

Of course, this is just his personal conjecture, and the specific situation should be mentioned by Professor Li after the meeting. After all, as a member of the Committee of Fifteen, he also has the right to participate in the policy discussions of the main base.

If it was the former Baisha port, such a large ship would really not be able to dock. Fortunately, after they captured Qiongzhou Mansion, the first construction project they made was to expand the wharf of Baisha Water Village and extend it further into the deep water area, which was to facilitate the docking of the Qionghai in the future, and now it is used to dock a wooden sailing ship, which is of course more than enough.

However, although the conditions of the pier were met, the level of the sailors on board was not complimentary—it was about three o'clock when the Princess sailed into Baisha Harbor, and by the time the galleon finally docked at the edge of the pier, the hull was firmly fastened to the pier pile by an arm-thick brown rope, and the gangplank was set up to allow passengers to get on and off the ship, but it was already nearly seven o'clock in the evening.

…… For more than four hours, Xie Xi and Pang Yu, together with Ao Sayang and Lin Feng, who came later, and the Qiongzhou officials and gentry who came to greet them were all looking at this beautiful sailing ship in amazement, but they were using the most clumsy posture, slowly, and cautiously...... Again and again I tried to get to the shore.

The chaotic appearance of the crew made Pang Yu, a layman, feel embarrassed - there were indeed many foreigners among these crews, but more were Chinese, looking like freshly recruited fishermen, all clumsy. And those foreign sailors who obviously had the duty of teaching did not dare to beat them according to their former habits, and the most hilarious thing for Pang Yu and others was: they had to give instructions in Chinese, and all navigation terms and dogmatic passwords could only be in Chinese! This can make those foreigners sweat profusely, and the wolf bèi is very.

Even the troupes that were hired to juggle the lion dance, who were still beating gongs and drums at the beginning, stopped to look at the Western scenery, and laughed happily one by one, and changed from actors to audiences.

There should be a lot of people on such a large ship, but except for those sailors, the main owner is embarrassed to show his face. In the end, Huang Xiaodong, who was still wearing a captain's hat, couldn't shirk his responsibility, and poked his head out of the deck with a small horn and shouted at the dock:

"I'm sorry, there are too many novices among the seafarers, this kind of ship has never been played before, and I have only practiced docking once or twice now, and I am afraid that I will damage the hull again, so I have to take it easy."

So the old Xie here also raised the electric horn:

"It's okay, it's better to take your time - and be careful not to crash our docks."

After listening to Yan Wenchang's report, Xie Xi smiled and raised the horn again:

"The banquet is ready, and you will have food when you get off the boat, so you can rest assured that you can practice slowly......"

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