Chapter Seventy-Four: The Treasure Ship of China

In Wei Lingling's complaining eyes, Ji Wuwu pretended to be stupid and fooled over, and then took her to the West Coast. The guy www.biquge.info Li Ziheng is said to have finally come up with a lightning protection system in this resource-scarce place. I'm going to go to the Demon Eye today and test its effects.

During the twenty years of the Great Xia Dynasty, with the strong support of the Academy of Sciences, the surrounding sea areas were also explored. Within 200 kilometers of the island of God's Forsaken, the wind is generally calm. As soon as the sea area of 200 kilometers passed, without warning, there was a sudden storm, thunder and lightning, and there were huge whirlpools in the sea. According to Li Ziheng's observations and calculations over the years, there are more than 30 of these whirlpools, which are densely spread 200 kilometers away from the God's Forsaken Island, forming torrents that make it impossible for ships to sail at all. Even if you paddle, you will be sent back by the currents.

In the end, Li Ziheng and Liu Renliang came to the conclusion that, like William, unless the technological level of Great Xia could immediately break through the Bronze Age and advance to nuclear energy, the ship would have enough power to break through the strange ocean currents here and reach the normal sea. Otherwise, we can only wait, and the thirty-six years of heaven and earth changes mentioned in William's notes.

And even if there are changes in the heavens and the earth, there are many things to overcome if you want to get out. The first point is the waterway, you must know that there are more than 30 whirlpools in that generation, if there is no correct channel, even if it is a 10,000-ton cruise ship in the original time and space, it will be a ship that crashes and dies. Fortunately, it is recorded in the notes left by William, and with the verification of Liu Renliang over the past few days, it is basically certain that there is no problem with the channel left by the other party.

The second point is the sturdy hull. In the stormy and turbulent seas, if the hull of the ship is not solid, it is completely sent to death. Fortunately, on the island of God's Forsaken, there is a kind of iron driftwood, which is light and strong, which is very suitable for shipbuilding. The wood that William used to build ships was it, and after Li Ziheng saw it, he was very satisfied, and said that in the future earth, this kind of iron driftwood is also the top wood for shipbuilding.

The third point is to prevent lightning. Originally, in the sea, the ship's mast was easily struck by lightning, and in such a dense area as the Devil's Eye thunderstorm, this point needs to be paid attention to. When Li Ziheng took over this task, he thought it would be easy, but reality gave him a hard blow. The elements here are very different from the elements of the original universe, just like one is a lady and the other is a woman. Although the two are the same species, they are in completely different conditions.

Li Ziheng imitated the first experimental lightning boat made by the original universe, and as soon as he rowed less than fifty meters into the area of the Demon Eye, he was blasted into a piece of char by lightning. This situation completely angered Li Ziheng, and he immersed himself in all his spirit and began to study the differences between the two universes. Finally, a few years ago, he discovered the biggest difference between this universe and the original universe.

All the space of the original universe was densely covered with a layer of matter that many scientists had guessed - the ether. Due to the existence of the ether, a considerable part of the operation of all energy is offset by it. Therefore, it can be controlled and manipulated by human technology. There is no matter of ether in this universe, and all the elements have returned to their original appearance, so some of the means on earth have failed. Or rather, it's not that it's failing, it's that the carrying capacity needs to be recalculated. Materials science, physics, and energetics were half-abandoned at the same time.

Knowing this, Li Ziheng had a way, and under the current circumstances, he spent several years calculating the destructive power of lightning little by little according to the degree of damage to the hull. Then, using the existing materials on the island as the basic variables, continuous experiments, and finally found a material that can withstand the violence of lightning and has good electrical conductivity this year. Based on this, he also designed an oar that uses thunder and lightning in the sky as energy. If you can get a few more slashes in the Demon Eye, you may not have to wait thirty-six years to leave the God's Forsaken Island.

The only pity is that he has no way to control how to make thunder and lightning use the same energy to split a fixed speed. The consequence of this is that in normal times, it is very likely that the power of thunder and lightning is too strong, and the ship will directly drive into the eyes of the demons.

Today, what Ji Wuwu and Wei Lingling were invited to participate in was the boat designed by Li Ziheng to prepare for the fourteen years later, when Ji Wuwu and others rushed out of the Demon Eye. This type of ship is 180 meters long and 70 meters wide, has a displacement of 22,000 tons and a carrying capacity of up to 10,000 tons. (According to the biggest conjecture of the legendary Zheng He's treasure ship, expand it a little again.) )

This ship is tentatively named Huaxia Treasure Ship, which is a sail pulp dual-purpose ship, with a central part of the ship, installed with a lightning protection system, and connected to a wheeled oar at the stern. The ship has 600 sailors and can carry 90 days' rations and fresh water. If it is fully loaded, each ship can carry 1,000 troops. Ten miles per hour downwind and five miles per hour upwind.

This time it was just an experiment with the lightning protection system, so there were not many people on the Huaxia treasure ship, only fifty volunteer sailors, driving the treasure boat to the 200-kilometer Devil's Eye sea area, while Ji Wuwu and Wei Lingling and others followed behind on another Huaxia treasure ship, and set up a tow rope as an insurance with the one in front.

After the Huaxia treasure ship entered the edge of the thunderstorm area, it stopped there and waited for the thunder to attack. Fifty sailors prayed for the blessing of the god of China, and recounted their devotion and deeds to China, praying that they would enter the kingdom of God for eternal life even after death.

The more you wait, the slower time passes, and just when Ji Wuwu felt that a year had passed, a thunderbolt finally hit the lightning protection system on the treasure ship. The treasure ship swooped away, and the wheeled oars at the stern spun rapidly, pushing the treasure ship forward at a rapid pace, and only after a hundred meters did it stop. The treasure ship that Ji Wuwu and the others were riding was also dragged for a distance and was almost taken into the thunderstorm area.

Without waiting for others to express any opinions, the commander of the treasure ship, Liu Renliang, saw the danger and immediately issued an order, "Return at full speed!"

More than 300 sailors in the bilge rowed their oars at the same time, and the treasure ship slowly retreated, gradually increasing its speed.

"How's the situation!" Without disturbing Liu Renliang's command, Ji Wuwu asked Li Ziheng.

"It's the most rewarding piece of work for me, it's perfect. I can't wait to go to that Knight continent, I have a hunch that my research there will go further, maybe there is really a chance to complete the latitude weapon!"