The South China Sea Returns to the Ruins Chapter 9 Navigation Taboo (II)
Over time, it has become a deep-rooted habit, whether it is at sea, even if you return home, you don't mention these words, simply when there are never these words in the world, and when you sail, you also avoid whistling, which is a common taboo for fishermen and egg people, and fishermen and salvage teams are also taboo on the deck with their hands behind their backs, because the back hand portents "hit the back net", is a sign of no harvest, the "big master" on the ship can not sit, the bow can not sit, in short, there are many names and rules to count.
When I was in Fujian, the fat man and I also went out to sea with the boat a few times, and expressed full understanding and respect for these rules, but I didn't pay much attention to it, while the boss of the boat did not pay attention, I and the fat man deliberately sat on the big master, the big lord was the stake on the nail board, and there was no accident, but there were no rules, it was difficult to make a square circle, these nautical taboos, probably similar to the "rooster cries and lights do not touch gold" rules, in order to increase the safety factor, not deliberately harm people.
Shirley Young also has a set of superstitious rules that she learned in the United States Navy, all of which say that the United States is advanced in science and technology, but in fact, when it comes to superstition, it is no more vague than that of fishermen and egg people, and their rules are even more bizarre, and even how to place the bucket for washing the deck is famous.
Because of the different cultural backgrounds of the seas, the rules of similar maritime sailing are also very different, which really corresponds to that sentence, the seven of us are from all over the world, for a common goal to come together, for this common purpose, we have to make compromises with each other, otherwise the customs and taboos in the southeast and northwest are put in the same boat, this operation will have to be restricted by these many rules and regulations.
But there are some things that don't believe in evil, and some taboos that have been stored on the ship for so many years, there must be a reason and value for it, and you can't care about nothing, and in the end, after negotiation, you can only give in one step. Agree not to say overturned, poured, buckle a kind of unlucky words, respect the dragon lord, worship "mom rent" as a god, the rest of the taboos can be avoided, this is already very difficult, especially we are used to saying inverted buckets, to the sea can only be used to move mountains and reclaim the rules.
Under Shirley Yang's construction, I made Ruan Hei the captain of the boat, and he and Uncle Ming replaced each other to take charge of the boat, and this part of the voyage before approaching the Coral Spiral Sea. Will take the traditional and reliable way of sailing, the use of charts, compasses, dodolites, speedometers and other ancient tools, try to avoid the use of modern electronic equipment that is easily disturbed, Uncle Ming and Ruan Hei can judge the general route according to the direction of the current, experienced sea wolves know that the current in the sea is naturally divided into several strands due to different terrain, and the underwater aquarium also occupies its own environment to which it adapts, bounded by the direction of the deep and shallow current. It is not difficult to observe the direction of the ocean current by throwing buoys, and the weather at sea is very ideal, the wind and waves are not alarmed, and there should be nothing to worry about the voyage in the first few days, after the compass begins to fail, and after the sun, moon and stars are lost, it is the use of Shirley Yang's technique of moving mountains and reclamation.
Everyone has the experience of going to sea, the wind and waves have seen a lot, even if the waves are turbulent, there are no signs of seasickness and vomiting, but the sea is boundless, after entering the deep sea, there are endless blue waters all around, even a seabird is rare to see, although the sea willow boat Trident is not big, it is also divided into three layers, in the middle of the deck of the ship is divided into five cabins, the rear cabin is the largest, filled with the whole box of various supplies and clean water, the front cabin of the middle cabin is divided into two cabins, One of the largest cabins is used as a dining restaurant, usually everyone in addition to breathing on the armor, most of the time is here to spend time, the two sides of the Jin Pilu water cannon is also located in this cabin, this old-fashioned cloud boat cannon is not used to deal with the deep sea bandits, but can be used to bombard and drive away the big fish that suddenly emerge in the sea, so as not to be swallowed by the boat fish top overturned on the boat, there are clairvoyant microphones between the cabins on the third floor, which is a kind of copper pipe connecting all ships, you can use it to quickly communicate with each other, The rest of the cabins are filled with no space except fuel and supplies, and it is inevitable that it will feel boring after spending a long time in the cramped decks and cabins of the ship.
The only solution is to drink, there are few sea wolves who run away from drinking, Uncle Ming does not drink, but when it is his turn to take the helm, he must hold a bottle of liquor in his hand, which is a habit developed over the years, and he is high when he drinks, and he talks a lot after he is high, as if he has changed a person, throughout the success and failure of the world, the words are quite impassioned, from the sky to the bottom of the sea, but every time he comes to the end, he has to boast about how many times he escaped death in the wind and waves when he went to the South Seas, saying that he himself could not die. The "old Hagan" who can't afford to lose.
On this day, I was really impatient to listen to Uncle Ming's boasting, but I didn't want to go back to the boat to sleep, and saw the fat man holding a telescope in the bow of the boat, looking at the place where the sky and the sea meet, I thought there was a lively thing to see, and asked him if he had found anything new, but the fat man was stunned, and he didn't care about answering, I also picked up my own binoculars and looked in the direction he was looking at, I wanted to see if there was a fucking mermaid bathing in the sea?
I adjusted the focus of the telescope, the vision in the lens gradually changed from blur to clear, it turned out that the sea surface in the extreme distance was rolling in the waves, and the huge whale salamanders were emerging from the sea in groups, far away from each other, and they were all only barebacked, like black reefs in the sea, I had heard fishermen say that the bottom of the sea is big, not less than 100 meters, and the big coral trees are more than dozens of meters high, but that is all heard, we are the first time to see the rare whale salamander out of the water, we can't help but see God.
First, the hill-like fish were far away from us, and secondly, the Trident was not only fast, but also equipped with a water cannon that would swallow the boat, so we didn't have to worry about the giant whale drumming and capsizing, and it didn't take long for the fish ridge that was exposed to the sea to disappear.
The sea area we are sailing now, the sea is blue, it is said that there is an unfathomable rift valley in the sea at the bottom, the position is almost close to the coral spiral, one end of the trench is the "Sixteen Characters Yin and Yang Secret Technique" described in the "Southern Dragon" into the sea vein, this trench is where the sea air breeds, how deep it is, with the current science and technology can not be explored at all, now can be detected Cheng dรน is only a few thousand meters or so, some people speculate that its deepest depth is not less than 10,000 meters, so far has not been confirmed, However, the world is still recognized as one of the "underwater abyss", there are often mysterious phenomena that are difficult to understand, the monster of the aquarium form that can live under the deep seabed, the body is so large, if you don't see it with your own eyes, it is absolutely unimaginable, those really vicious sea monsters in the sea are lurking in the area of thousands of meters below the deep sea, and sometimes they occasionally surface to prey, but they will immediately dive into the deep sea after a short time, otherwise they will be besieged by evil fish close to the surface of the sea.