Chapter 131: Dhow
"Girl, you're really thinking too much. I don't know how many patches you should put in to make up for your brain hole!" Chu Nan finally couldn't help but complain.
"Do you want to plug my brain hole with your tentacles! It's terrible!" Avileda drew her dagger, "Come on, cut it in two, and see if this war is a victory for me as the representative of all women in the Roland Continent to defend women's rights, or if I will be reduced to a sad loser!"
What's the deal with this Shakespearean tragedy?
In such a playful play, Avileda and Chu Nan walked the entire street, and it turned out that what was said in the novel was indeed wrong, and Avileda and Chu Nan did not find the so-called undiscovered artifact. I don't know if it's because Avereda's eyesight is not good enough, or if Chu Nan doesn't have the luck of the protagonist.
In the end, Avileda simply selected a few eye-catching weapons and brought them back to the hotel, and the next morning, before it was dark, the group carried the goods in the wagon onto the cargo ship, leaving a few slave hunters to guard the carriage in the northern harbor. They are all trustworthy people, and they don't have to worry about someone running away with the wagon.
Two sail warships with a length of more than 40 meters and a width of about 15 meters stand in the harbor, which is a typical three-masted sailing ship, but the size is much larger than the ordinary three-masted sailing ship, and the sail uses a triangular sail from the Oriental pagans.
The triangular sail was first invented by the pagans of the East, usually with a diagonal spinnaker, the main sail of the dhow's sail was much larger than the backmast, the bow was pointed, and some of the stern had windows and decorations.
Originally, the Roland mainlanders had always used the "horizontal sail", that is, the square sail arranged horizontally. Hundreds of years ago, due to the Roland sailing ships in the pagan areas of the East, they saw that the pagan dhows used spinnakers, which were much more efficient in speed and maneuver than sails, so they used triangular sails on light multi-masted ships. Light multimasts usually have three masts, with the foremast and mainmast hanging crosssails and the trailmast hanging a spinnaker. Some also erected a fourth mast and hung a spinnaker.
Unlike the traditional sail, the dhowing can travel against the wind, and he can make a much larger turn in the transverse position of the boat until it forms a line with the long axis of the boat itself, or even with the long axis of the ship, which some call a schooner. When the schooner is headwinded, it turns to one side and then the other, winding its way up in a zigzag pattern like a winding mountain road. So some called him a schooner.
However, the appearance of sailing ships does not mean the end of oaring, and oars can still be seen on the Roland continent, but most of them are used in combination with sails and oars. Paddleing means a lot of manpower, and unfortunately the number of slave hunters is only in the triple digits, and there are less than 200 people in the early 100s, so it is impossible to use oaring boats.
In order to save manpower, both ships used full sails and no oars, but even so, the slave hunters were extremely understaffed, and this was based on the fact that the slave hunters had specially hired sailors.
It was too much for them to let these cheetahs on land drive the warship.
However, the warriors of the slave hunters were still able to shine in naval battles.
At this time, there was no ship-based artillery, and of course, there were already suspected artillery in the Valois, but it was still a long way to get artillery on ships. This involved not only changing the land artillery to also occupy, but also expanding the size of the hull and rearranging the hull layout to prevent accidents when the center of gravity was unstable and the gun was fired.
Therefore, in naval warfare, all the ships are close first and then engage in a continuous battle, jumping on each other's ships to fight for control. It is simply naïve and ridiculous to want to rely on the so-called ship crossbow to sink the opponent's battleship.
Moreover, even in the hundreds of years after the invention of the ship's artillery, few ships were sunk by artillery.
There are no dedicated trade ships yet, and all trade ships have some space to equip weapons. It can be regarded as half business and half martial arts.
According to the strength of the slave hunting group, it doesn't matter as long as it doesn't encounter an island that is too strong.
"Set sail!" As the sailors lifted the anchor, the two large ships sailed away from the northern harbor in the darkness of night.
The hull of the ship is filled with goods for sale, and it is hoped that it will be sold for a good price.
The ship had three decks, the first of which was for the crew and slave hunters, and the slaves below. Since many of these slaves were of good quality, the treatment they gave was quite favorable, at least not as impersonal as the slave trade.
The crew steered the rudder and slowly sailed away from land, and under a full moon hanging in the sky were the people who were busy on board.
According to experienced sailors, this trip to the sea can be reached in about 10 days if the wind is downwind, but if there is a headwind, it takes a lot of time and effort to sail even if there is a dhow.
It depends on the weather, but depending on the climate, these months are favorable for a tailwind from the Northern Harbor to the Viking Empire.
"Knock knock!!" the sound of people stepping on the splint sounded, reminiscent of the sound of drumming.
It's no different from on land, except that you have to be careful when lighting a fire to prevent a catastrophic fire. Only a very small number of slave hunters were not adapted to sailing, and some of them returned to their rooms first due to seasickness, and most of them were able to accept it well.
If you don't run into strong winds and waves, there will be no problem.
Chu Nan had also taken a boat before, but he had made a modern turbine-propelled boat, and he had never made a boat that moved with sails, which was also a novel experience.
Then the faint light looked at the northern harbor, which was already getting farther and farther away, and the faint light of the lighthouse was the only solace in this quiet night.
On the other side of the sea, the night and the water are connected together, and there is a faint mixture.
However, Chu Nan is not a poet, and he does not have such a delicate mood and literary level, so he feels bored after watching it for a few minutes. Sure enough, no matter how much people who have no sentiment force themselves, they still can't improve themselves.
"Vomit!!" Avereda was full of joy when she first boarded the ship, her eyes shining at the sea, but after a while, she turned into this kind of vomiting but resisting it.
"Let's go back to the house and sleep. Looking at the stubborn Avereda, Chu Nan said.
"Who sues sù...... I just want to see what this mysterious sea has to offer!"
"Gross!"