The Wei River, which flows through Chang'an City, is the largest tributary of the Yellow River.

Tang Yong led the way with his wife and children, and Yang Shuang, accompanied by Xiao, drove a carriage to the vicinity of Zhuzhu Prison.

Because the casting prison requires a lot of water, it stands here near the water.

And because of the large number of utensils built by the Zhu Casting Prison, to reach all places, since the Zhou State did not lack large ships, water transportation has become an important channel for the flow of domestic and foreign capital in Chang'an.

The Wei River leads to Qinzhou to the west, and then to the south to reach Dazhou, Liangzhou, Lizhou, Longzhou, Chuzhou, Luzhou and so on dozens of state cities.

All in all, the waterways in the Zhou State were accessible, and after the establishment of the capital water superintendent, many rivers were connected with manpower.

Earlier, Tang Yong was worried that he could only idle so many ships, but the result was very unexpected by Tang Yong-

The boats that have been built one after another were soon invited to be used by various places, and this matter was led by the water supervisor, and the water supervisor would inform Zu Wenyuan of how many boats were needed in various places.

In short, the domestic demand for ships is as much as possible.

Come to the vicinity of the Zhuzhujian on the side of the Wei River, here is the three forks of the waterway, to the west is still the Wei River, and to the northwest is another tributary of the Yellow River, also called Weishui, to the east is the main channel of the Yellow River.

Zu Wenyuan's thousand-mile ship has been anchored here for a long time.

When Xiao saw the tall mast from afar, he began to be amazed.

But I saw several sails hanging on the high mast, and the sails were blown by the wind, and there were few people in sight on the behemoth thousand-mile ship.

Xiao Shi couldn't understand for a while, how should such a big boat be driven if there is no one to support it?

"Wow! Such a big ship, such a big ship, it needs a lot of boatmen, right? Yang Shuang had seen the boatman rowing earlier.

It is nothing more than the wading line above the hull of the boat, chiseling one small window after another, and the boatman paddling at the small window.

But the big ship I see now doesn't have such a small window?

It also struck him as strange.

Tang Yong smiled and invited the two to get on the boat, only saying, "If you don't know, just ask the ancestor."

Xiao Shi was a little restrained, and his hand unconsciously clenched Yang Shuang's sleeves, as if in the huge Zhou Kingdom, the person she could rely on was only him.

Yang Shuang sensed Xiao's nervousness, and after boarding the boat, he stretched out his hand to Xiao, smiling and signaling, "I'll pull you up."

Looking at Yang Shuang's hand, Xiao Shi was cramped, but he still held it tightly, Yang Shuang made a little effort, and Xiao Shi was dragged onto the boat by him.

"I am a friend of life and death with General Tang, and you and I are also friends of life and death, so I don't have to be so restrained, relax." Yang Shuang opened his mouth and sighed with relief.

"Stand firm! It's time to go! ”

Zu Wenyuan, who was standing in the wooden cabin at the bow of the boat, poked his head out and saw that everyone had come up, so he shouted leisurely.

"Anchor!"

"Report the direction of the wind at the helm!"

"Tell your lord! The wind is northwest! ”

"Yo, it's still a tailwind," Zu Wenyuan smiled:

"Let's go!"

But seeing this behemoth, the sail quickly rotated half a circle under the operation of two people.

Immediately after that, the hull of the ship slowly moved.

The boat was like a living creature, and after slowly moving away from the river bank and reaching the middle of the river, it "automated" again, and the whole hull circled in the middle of the river.

Before long, the ship was slowly moving eastward, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

In the blink of an eye, the boat was running as fast as the horses, and even the speed was increasing, I am afraid that the horses would not be able to run so fast!

"Strange ......" Xiao stood at the edge of the deck, watching the scenery on the shore pass quickly, and she couldn't help but exclaim:

"Brother Yang, this boat is so powerful, it can run by itself!"

"Hey, hey." Zu Wenyuan, who had locked the direction of travel, temporarily walked over from the wooden cabin.

His temperament seemed to others to be sometimes eccentric, sometimes wooden, and sometimes like an old child.

At this moment, he is like an old child, with a bright smile on his face:

"The boat is not running on its own, it is just going down the river."

Yang Shuang looked at Xiao Shi with a surprised face, and inexplicably settled his mind, before he smiled and asked:

"Do you like it?"

Xiao nodded vigorously:

"This is my first ferry, and I haven't even ridden a donkey cart before I met you."

"This lord, can the little woman ask why this boat is other than going down the river...... Can you go so fast? ”

"There are also rivers in Yanzhou, but the little woman sees that they are all paddles, and the boat can move, and the water flow has no effect at all."

Zu Wenyuan smiled very kindly and said:

"Water has a role, it's just how you use it."

"If the girl is interested, shall I take you for a walk?"

"Master Zu!" At this time, Tang Yong on the side saw that he was leaving, so he immediately walked over and left a humane voice in his voice:

"This thousand-mile ship has been born for a long time, and I don't see you teaching some people to learn to make it, every time you encounter a thousand-mile boat, you have to bother Lord Zu to follow it personally, it's really tiring."

"It just so happens that Ben is very interested in this thousand-mile ship, can you please teach me Master Zu?"

At the mention of teaching people, Zu Wenyuan's brows furrowed.

It's not that he doesn't like to teach, but he lived for more than fifty years, and since he was a child, almost no one could understand what he was saying.

It is also because he is now old that he has "learned" to communicate with "ordinary people".

In his opinion, communicating with ordinary people is actually talking useless nonsense, nothing more.

"Master Zu, is this not willing to teach?" Tang Yong noticed that his face seemed to be embarrassed, and immediately did not talk in circles, but asked bluntly.

"No, no, no," Zu Wenyuan frowned as if his head hurt:

"I want to teach, but I'm afraid that others won't understand, and if I teach, it's a vain teaching."

Zu Wenyuan talked a lot about how to control the water flow, when the sail was raised and lowered, etc., and he said a lot of things unconsciously.

Indeed, as he said, not only did Tang Yong not understand, but Yang Shuang and Xiao Shi were stunned.

Tang Jian, who was eavesdropping with his ears pricked up on one side, also frowned.

"Master Zu, I seem to understand what you mean," At this time, Tang Jian, who had not spoken all this time, walked over while speaking, and after making a respectful salute to Zu Wenyuan, he said slowly:

"You're referring to the fact that there is a water blocking device in the cabin, and the thrust of the water is used as the power of the boat."

"The thrust of the water flow is not always downstream, and when the water is reversed, at least two sets of water-blocking devices should be used to borrow force from each other to indirectly reverse the thrust direction of the water flow."

"Yo! This posterity is smart! That's exactly what it means! Zu Wen praised from afar.

Tang Yong was still at a loss as a second monk, but when he saw Tang Jiandang, he bowed down and said sincerely to Zu Wenyuan:

"I wonder if the future generations can apprentice to the ancestor and learn to make this thousand-mile ship?"

"I have been interested in being a sailor for a long time, but I have never had this opportunity."

"If the adults can give them advice, the future generations will respect the master as the father!"