Chapter 43 The Style of the Tang people (Part 1)

When going out to sea in winter, the wind is not smooth. This season is when Japanese ships drive towards China. Zhao Xing and others go out to sea against the wind. In order to take advantage of the wind, the ship does not take the usual route. Under Zhao Xing's command, it walks in a zigzag direction in the sea to take advantage of the crosswind. As the direction changes, the boss of the ship is a little dizzy and he is worried about the temporary direction, so he asked Zhao Xing to return.

He really couldn't determine where he was now, otherwise he would force the crew to return. Because Zhao Xing had been confident these days, he decided to coerce Zhao Xing to change his course. Now he confirmed that although Zhao Xing had not used any means to distinguish the direction, the other party had never lost his sense of direction. Moreover, he felt simple and clear about the methods, so he felt complacent and his tone of speaking was soft.

"We are not wrong in direction - now, we both confirm and identify each other," Zhao Xing smiled with a tooth: "Actually, if your needle is put in a box and is suspended in the air, we can also improve the pointing system.

For example, your box is made into a circle, and the disc is drawn on a scale, and then you try to follow the scale, such as the north is eastward, and a few scales are faster...

I'm here this time to find the fastest direction. Look, you don't dare to sail at night now because you are afraid of losing your direction. If we improve your direction system and have one person at the helm, you can sail day and night, and the speed can be doubled."

Zhao Xing still kept a smile and continued, "Sent to Japan in summer and Nanyang in winter. This kind of business practice is about half of the time every year to leave familiar businessmen. Liu Gaoshi, after I tell you this method, why don't you put down Nanyang and concentrate on running this all year round."

The boss of the boat hesitated for a moment: "Then you have to wait for this trip to finish... The sea is vast, Dalang is sure that you really have no trek."

Before Zhao Xing could answer, the lookout hand on the mast had already answered the ship boss.

"I saw land, and there was land on the port side."

The ship boss was ecstatic: "Turn the rudder and turn to the land."

Behind him, Zhao Xing shook his head quietly and shook a bead of sweat off his forehead.

Zhao Xing was actually not sure, but he knew some of the navigation knowledge of his descendants - all of them were from watching movies. For example, the ship was sailing in a row, and every time he folded, he made records on paper. Although the ship was folded back and forth, the general direction was heading north.

The speed of the ship was not high in the Song Dynasty. If you really sailed through the cutting-edge of the Shandong Peninsula, you might as well sail westward. Because the speed of the ship was not high, the ship was actually not far from the shore. If you couldn't walk for long, you would definitely see the land - either the island chain at the mouth of the Bohai Sea, or North Korea or Shandong.

In this era, most people don’t have a map concept in their minds. Collecting maps is a serious crime, which is an attempt to rebel. The boss of the ship sails according to experience, and he actually does not have a complete concept of the terrain of the Yellow Sea, so he feels confused. Zhao Xing is different. In the daily news broadcast, the first picture is the map. His sense of direction is very strong, so he is not afraid of the sea being lost.

Danluo Island ahead means that Zhao Xing’s direction is not wrong.

Danluo Island became a country in ancient times, sometimes turning to Silla and sometimes turning to Japan. Now is its last time, and it will not take long to completely submit to Goryeo and become the Danluo County of Goryeo (later deposed the king and renamed "Jeju Island").

Tara was a colonial country established by Japanese immigrants during the Three Kingdoms period in China. The king was appointed as the "star master" by the Japanese king of Japan, which means "the governor of the colony" - at that time, the Japanese had no words and tattoos on their bodies as clothes.

The Song Dynasty was the peak of Danluo Island's prosperity. Then the Mongols came and killed most of the men on the island, and regarded Danluo Island as their direct jurisdiction - because it was really convenient to go to Japan, and you could swim to Japan with a gourd on your waist, which could be used as a base for attacking Japan.

The prosperity of Danluo Island began after the Song Shenzong built the "Floating Sea Shenzhou" to visit Goryeo. Since it is independent of Goryeo and Japan, it is extremely convenient to go to these two countries. Danluo is both good at both sides, and sometimes he recognizes himself as a vassal state of Japan and sometimes he recognizes himself as a vassal state of Goryeo. This is cheaper for merchants on the island. Merchants can obtain certificates of Goryeo or Japanese envoys provided by the Lord of Danluo as needed, and openly pretends to be envoys of the two countries and go to various countries to do business.

As a result, Korean Japanese merchants, even Chinese merchants, quickly gathered on the island, while Danluo collected taxes and quickly prospered.

After Zhao Xing's ship replenished freshwater and food in Danluo, the sailors rested for a day. Zhao Xing also went to the dock and purposefully visited these merchants who also had the status of "envoys" of the Three Kingdoms. The next day he started to anchor and went out to sea.

In this year (1084 AD), the Song Dynasty purchased 500,000 kilograms of rhododendron from Japan at one time. When Zhao Xing bypassed Iki Island, the Song ship full of sulfur had just left the port.

When Zhao Xing first saw this fleet, he was stunned by the size of the fleet - how many ships it had, the masts on the ship covered the sky and the sun, the first ship had disappeared on the horizon, and the subsequent ships were still constantly emerging from the horizon in front.

In this era, is there a second fleet of such a size on the sea?
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