Lu Yingying's exhaustion disappeared without a trace at the first moment she saw the wreck. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The big ship lay quietly in the depths of the untold swamp, ninety percent of its hull had been immersed in the mud of the swamp, and only the small half of the bow and the towering mast were still stubbornly exposed, announcing its existence. But just the scaly claws that were exposed were amazing enough. The cocked bow of the ship is only three to five meters high, and the dragon's head with ramming horns and coats of arms is wide and long, almost accommodating people. The deck is covered with all kinds of unknown vines and plants, like silk threads wrapped outside, merging the hull and the ground together, just looking at it from a distance, you can feel a sense of time and vicissitudes, and you can't help but think about how this ship once rode the wind and waves to reach the open ocean.

The girl jumped over the white north in the forefront, and galloped for dozens of meters, finally stopping at the root of the mast above the ground. The mast is about ten meters long and sticks diagonally into the sticky swamp, and although the thick mast base has been eroded over the centuries, it has unexpectedly retained the sturdy wood that the two of them hugged together. The rod was covered with moss, and the little scrivener's hands trembled and reached out, the moist and smooth realism that made the corners of her mouth raise a slight smile.

"Is this the thing? It's just a pile of broken wood, what's the big deal? Lu Xiu also chased after him, and was overjoyed to see the girl's footsteps around the mast, and said a little uncertainly.

"I don't know." The little scribe rolled his eyes widely, "It's a great miracle that this ship is still here." ”

Even the best Korean pines will rot in less than twenty years if they are soaked in the swamp by the wind and watered, eaten by insects and ants. If we add the hull anti-corrosion technology that is now prevalent on the mainland, at the latest, it will only persist for more than 100 years, and the large ships that can maintain 200 years without falling apart can only be done by the top navigation technology of the East and the South.

After the technology of large airships matured, the use of ships was greatly limited. Nowadays, the transportation of large quantities of goods in the ocean only relies on super-large airships, and most of the sea ships are only used for fishing and hunting sea dragon monsters in the offshore waters. However, these vessels focus on flexibility and high firepower, and do not have too many requirements for anti-corrosion technology, so in the past 100 years, such technologies have not developed significantly.

"And now it may have been seven or eight hundred years since the day of the sinking of this big ship, but any remaining wood chips are already precious, let alone preserved so completely." The girl's eyes looked greedily at the big ship in front of her, trying not to miss a single detail as much as possible.

"Are you sure this is the ship we're looking for?" Zhuang Du stood behind, his eyes almost spewing fire, but he still forcibly suppressed the restlessness in his heart.

"No," Lu Yingying slapped her face twice with both hands, and the excitement of the first meeting was instantly replaced by a professional attitude, "I have to investigate first before I can determine the identity and identity of this ship." ”

"A typical early medieval multi-masted ship is about fifty meters long," said the little scribe, as he probed back and forth over the exposed part of the ship's hull...... No, no, it is more than 60 meters long, more than 10 meters wide, and the head is high and stern, which is very different from the current flat-bottomed shipless ship. If it is a pointed bottom, the draft alone will be more than five meters, and I don't know what a majestic landscape it will be after the whole ship is excavated. She sighed, "It's amazing, such a big ship can only be seen in the era of legends." ”

"Is that a big deal?" Lu Xiu tilted his head, "It feels like it's only about the same as a small airship." ”

"The way a ship's airship is weighed is different, and the smaller the airship, the higher the specific gravity of the air tank required. Most of the space of the small airship is used for air shuttles, and there is not much weight that can really be carried. Zhuang Duan also knows a lot about airships, "But the ship is different, this sea ship dozens of meters long, I'm afraid it can carry things that weigh nearly 1,000 tons." ”

"So exaggerated?"

"Sail ships need a lot of ballast to stabilize the hull, and in other words, the real load is only a few hundred tons." The girl touched the exposed deck with her hand, "If it weren't for the fact that the airship was ten times faster than it, and the monsters in the sea were too terrifying, perhaps such a sailboat would still be the main force of ocean voyages today...... Brother Mu, please scratch this place open. ”

Zhuang Dusk used his sword to cut through the moss in one place, cleaning up the nearby plants, revealing the blackened planks inside. Lu Yingying wiped the board with her hand, picked a few leaves and wiped it vigorously, removing the filth, revealing the reddish enamel anti-corrosion layer inside.

"Strange, the port bow should be the place where the family emblem or the fleet flag is engraved, how can there be nothing?" The girl frowned.

"According to your words, in the past, the knights and royal children built ships privately and went to sea secretly, probably because they didn't want to be recognized and disgrace their fellow clans and colleagues on the battlefield." Bai Bei said.

"No...... It doesn't make sense. "When the ship is sailed, it is hidden behind coats of arms and ramming horns, unlike the mast flag, which is for others to see—the coat of arms is for the men of the ship." The bow is connected to the keel, and it is one of the most difficult parts of the whole ship, and if the sailboat is wrecked, as long as you find this thing, you can at least determine which ship it is. Even if they deliberately conceal their identities, the people of this ship don't want to die on the expedition without a name. ”

After all, Bai Bei is a combatant, and he doesn't have a deep perception of such historical details, so he kept silent after pondering for a long time, and let the little girl toss in front of him.

"And the rest of the ship isn't right." Walking around the ground part of the deck again, the girl's brow furrowed even more, "There is no bow gun, not even the base of the fixed battery...... It's a broadside, it's a warship! She muttered, suddenly raising her voice again, "like ......"

"Like a frigate transporting airships?" Lu Xiu answered.

"The frigate won't travel alone. Senior, let's explore around a little more, if you're lucky...... The wreckage of the flagship may be found. Lu Yingying clenched her fists.

Bai Bei didn't speak, but took out the glow stick that had been put away again, and the faint light dispelled the fog of dusk, and everyone's field of vision suddenly expanded from less than 100 meters to nearly 300 meters.

With this action, everyone's heartbeat missed half a beat.

With the ship's mast facing upwards, the hunters saw a second mast in the shadows.

Then there is the third, and then the fourth......

Zhuang Du was stunned for a moment, and pointed to an exceptionally large and deep black shadow in the depths of the field of vision where the mast and ship wrecks were lined up, and said, "The flagship you said, but that?" ”

"Oh my God, we're ...... Found a fleet? Lu Yingying felt that she was surrounded by great happiness, and asked in disbelief.