Chapter 216 Swinging Thousands of Miles to View Yujing (2)
Nanhai Ship Bing 46 was parked steadily at the C-9 berth. John stood on the deck of the ship and looked up. It was still early, and the sun was hovering motionless on the top of the mountain in the west.
I heard Duda say that it is Qingyuan Mountain, and there is a statue of Taishang Laojun on it. He is one of the most noble gods in the Eastern world. Sailors who go in and out of the sea will worship there.
Quanzhou Port is very large, a semicircle. On one side of the periphery, there are more than a dozen big-bellied ships parked, queuing up, waiting for berths to transport copper ore.
Further inside, there is half a breakwater. Inside are dozens of berths, densely packed with ships, and the towering masts are like the forests of Thrace. The sailors greeted each other on the ship, in addition to various dialects of the Song Dynasty, there were also
There are Saracen and Persian.
Most of them were asking if they had encountered the ship where their relatives were on somewhere, and whether everything was okay. The waves were rough and treacherous, so they could only get information about their relatives in this way to gain temporary inner comfort.
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Sometimes I talk about other places.
For example, the Saracen sailor was telling his relatives and friends that the sea in Korea was not calm, and dozens of pirates were running rampant. But fortunately, the pirates were frightened by the navy of the Song Dynasty and did not dare to attack the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty.
trouble.
However, the merchant ships of Goryeo and Dongwa were in dire straits. As long as they dared to come out or come in, they would most likely be robbed.
The sailor who spoke Hokkien was telling an elder on a ship next to him that the imperial court was planning to set up a South China Sea Economic and Strategy Office in Lion Harbor, and it seemed that he had an intention to fall out with the indigenous people there, the Kingdom of Lives.
The sailor told the elders that this might be a good opportunity for him to return to his hometown to rest and mobilize more young people to practice on merchant ships and fishing boats for a few years. Once the court and Srivijaya start a war, the navy will definitely have to
Recruiting sailors, hurry up and sign up when the time comes.
According to the rules of the imperial court, wherever they conquer, the soldiers who have made meritorious deeds will allocate fields on the spot. If you work hard and perform more meritorious deeds, you will request that the military meritorious fields be divided together when the time comes. Everyone will be taken care of, and the landowners will work together, and indigenous people will be hired to farm...
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John's Chinese proficiency allowed him to guess such a general meaning even through listening and guessing.
John quietly said these words to Yin Sak, and both of them understood a little bit that all the forces in the Southern Ocean were beaten by the Song people, and they all had some reasons for being afraid of being beaten.
The roots of the Song people's martial virtues are here - if you achieve military exploits, the country - here called the imperial court - will distribute a lot of benefits. Even if you die in battle, the benefits will still fall on your family, and your death is not considered in vain.
"John, I was born in poverty. I know the sufferings of the lower class and how hard they work to get rid of this fate of generational poverty. So I can imagine how those poor Song people would fight bravely for the fate of their families and descendants.
Fight hard.”
John was silent for a while and replied: "Yin Sak, as well as those Saracen and Persian sailors hired by the Song people, must be for this reason. We have seen these hired Saracens on the Tianzhu Sea.
Sun and the Persian sailors were so brave, they shed blood and sacrificed together with their Song comrades."
"But, Yinsak, have you ever thought about that the most critical issue here is the Song Dynasty's court. Everyone believes in it and their sacrifices will be rewarded. Even the Saracens and Persians who are not from their own country
Everyone believes it. It’s not easy.”
Yin Sak also fell into deep thought, "Yes, this is really not easy. Fear is easy to arise, but trust is difficult to possess."
"Mr. Yue, Mr. Yi, we are ready to disembark." Duda said from the side.
"Okay, get off the boat!" John replied suddenly energetically. He needed to take another look at this legendary Eastern country.
After getting off the ship along the plank, John and Yinsak saw the first mate and the warehouse manager talking to someone under a tall shelf, as if they were talking about something.
A few people on the shore took a look at the list handed over by the warehouse manager, and then said a few words to a few people gathered behind the high shelf.
John saw from a distance that someone was raising a whip and driving four mules and horses to rotate around a large disk. A tooth-breaking crunching sound was heard, and the disk, which was the size of a house, began to rotate. Then he saw
There is a rope in the high shelf that slides up and down under the influence of the disc.
A horizontal bar above the high shelf slowly rotated to the top of the boat Bing 46, and then a rope with a hook slowly descended.
There were two people under the shelf, wearing rattan hats and yellow vests, holding red and green flags and whistling, as if they were commanding and coordinating the machine.
After the hook was lowered to the deck of the ship, one of the commanders ran to the ship and stood at the unloading port of No. B46. Using a whistle and a green flag, he directed the hook rope to pass through the unloading port and lower it into the cabin.
After waiting for a while, the conductor blew a sharp whistle, then raised the green flag and pointed upward. Slowly, he saw the rope coming out of the unloading port, and soon he saw a net rope hanging on the hook.
Gradually, the entire net rope appeared, and there was a big bag of things in it. There were wooden barrels on top, and wooden boxes below, all neatly packed, wrapped in thick net ropes, and hung horizontally by a high shelf.
It was lifted out of the cabin.
John and Yinsak spent some time on the ship and knew that the standard parts of all the cargo in the ship's cabin were either round barrels or wooden boxes, all of the same size. Depending on the cargo, they were packed in wooden barrels or wooden boxes.
After it was hoisted to a certain height in the air, the commander on the ship blew a rhythmic whistle, waved the green flag, and moved a total of fifteen barrels, twenty-two wooden boxes, and a net bag out of the ship, and slowly turned to the shore.
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Finally, the goods in the net bag were gently placed on the ground. The two workers quickly climbed up the goods pile, removed the hook from the top of the net rope, and carefully peeled the net rope away from the goods pile.
At this time, two carriages pulled by four horses came slowly over. As they got closer, John and the two discovered that the two carriages were actually flat carriages, connected together and running along two parallel tracks on the ground.
, drove over slowly.
Several workers skillfully pushed over two sloped wooden frames and placed them next to the flatbed carriage. Then they worked together to push the barrels along the sloped planks onto the front carriage. Then two or four people worked together to lift the wooden box.
The carriage at the back.
At this time, the driver had already turned the four horses to the other end and re-harnessed them. John saw the warehouse manager and first mate of No. B-46, chatting a few words with the people on the shore, and then took a few pictures respectively.
The paper was signed.
Someone on the shore made a gesture to the coachman, who whipped his whip, and the two carriages drove back along the track from the original direction without turning around.
All this shocked John and Yinsak.
They wanted to get closer to the elevated structure to see clearly, and especially wanted to enter a room above the big disk to see what was going on. Because they saw someone in the room, who seemed to be manipulating the rotation of the elevated crane arm, the lifting and lowering of ropes, and so on.
Once you enter there, you should be able to know all the truth.
But John and Yinsak were stopped by Duda.
"Two gentlemen, this is an important port area and no one is allowed to go near it."
John did not give up and had an idea: "Dago, don't you know that fan? We are willing to pay him to let us go in and have a look."
"Haha, if I dare to tell him this, he will ask someone to throw me and you into the sea water." Duda sneered a few times, "Let's go, hurry up and do things before it gets dark.
The cargo to be loaded later, the additional food and water will be shipped in. As you can see, it only takes a cup of tea to load it in."
"Didn't you hear what Fan Tou said? There are many ships in Quanzhou Port these days, and the berths must be tight. They might drive us away after dark. So come back to the ship early, just in case."
With Duda's persuasion, John and Yinsak reluctantly left the berth and rushed to the port area. This chapter has been completed!