On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Hailong was officially launched at Lucheng Port. Amid the cheers of thousands of craftsmen and nearly 10,000 coastal defense battalion soldiers, the 750-ton Hailong slowly sailed along the rolling logs into the sea. Suddenly, cheers arose.
It resounded through the sky. In fact, in the eyes of later generations, the Hailong was just a large wooden fishing boat at most, but in the eyes of people in this world, the Hailong with a displacement of three thousand stones was a behemoth.
Zhang Xiaowu also boarded the Hailong for the first time. Standing on the Hailong and looking down, he felt that the world seemed much smaller, and he also felt dizzy.
"This is what it feels like to stand on the boat and look down." Zhang Xiaowu held on to the side of the boat and adjusted his slightly uncomfortable stomach. Only then did he realize that he was seasick because of his omnipotence. This was a large-tonnage Sea Dragon.
No., if it were smaller... He laughed at himself that he was not omnipotent, but why didn't he feel this way when riding a horse in the past? No matter how fast the horse ran, he would not get sick. This ship had not had time to leave the port, but was just swept by the waves.
His body reacted to some bumps caused by the beating. What if he went out to sea?
What a terrible feeling!
"Sir, are you... okay?" Lei Wenqian asked with concern.
The captain of the Hailong is Lei Wenqian, who was once one of Zhang Xiaowu's ten guards and was the backbone of his direct lineage. As veterans such as Hu Li, Hu Sanwan, Xun Bu, and Jia Si also grew older, Wang Jing,
Zhao Fu, Lei Wenqian, Yi Sheng, Gong Jian, Sikong Ming, Qi Yuanshan, Xingminglou and others also grew up through training and became the backbone of the army. The most regrettable thing is the former guard Kuang Yi.
Half a month ago, Kuang Yi was invited to drink in a brothel. After getting drunk, he fell into his old habit and boasted to everyone. He threatened that the court's time was running out and that the person who could revive the country in the future must be the military marshal Zhang Xiaowu. Someone
He also asked, if the young master fails to protect the country and loses his country and the country, who can become the new king? Kuang Yi blurted out, saying that Zhang Xiaowu will definitely become a wise king.
As a result, someone immediately reported Kuang Yi. This man usually liked drinking and bragging, especially his loose mouth. Although he accompanied Zhang Xiaowu in the Longdu City palace and killed many people, he still provoked people to blatantly promote treason.
Everyone was angry.
Many scholars and literati rushed to the Marshal's Mansion to petition for Kuang Yi's death to silence the world.
Zhang Xiaowu was in trouble. Kuang Yi was loyal to him and had many minor flaws, especially his slip of the tongue. His remarks immediately alerted the students who went to Youzhou from all over the world and caused a lot of trouble for the Northern Army. Zhang Xiaowu
Kuang Yi had never thought about proclaiming himself emperor and treason, but pushed him to the forefront. In order to calm down the public anger and silence the public, Zhang Xiaowu had to reluctantly order his beheading in public.
"It's okay, it's just that I have never been on a boat and I am very uncomfortable with the bumps on the ground." Zhang Xiaowu said.
Lei Wenqian said: "It's like this. When I came into contact with the sea ban, I was also very uncomfortable. After all, I am from Sizhou and not from someone close to the Long River, so it took me half a year to adapt to not get seasick."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "It took half a year to adapt?"
Lei Wenqian said: "It won't take so long to get used to not getting seasick, but I have to command the ships of the coastal defense battalion, so I have very high requirements for myself, such as standing guard on the guard tower for a day without vomiting."
Zhang Xiaowu nodded with satisfaction and said: "That's real skill. Not bad, not bad. It seems that you really put your thoughts into the coastal defense camp."
"Thank you for the compliment, sir. I will definitely do my best to train the navy well." Lei Wenqian said hurriedly.
"General Lei, how long will it take for the battleship Hailong to be trained before it can be put into battle?" Zhang Xiaowu asked again.
"Half a year."
"Will we be able to fight across the sea in half a year?"
"Yes, but it will be the windy season in half a year. All ships will hide in Lucheng Port to avoid the monsoon and waves, and will not be able to go to sea again until November. So in general, it will take ten months for formal cross-sea operations.
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Zhang Xiaowu smiled bitterly. Lei Wenqian was an honest man. Although he would not brag, he was practical and serious in his work. He said that ten months must be ten months. But he didn't know how long Wanqiu could persist. The Gaoshan Kingdom of the Fusang Islands repeatedly sent envoys
Zhang Xiaowu came to apologize. Zhang Xiaowu also knew their difficulties. After all, the goddess fruit tree is rare and cannot be found by humans.
After the launching ceremony of the Hailong was completed, Zhang Xiaowu privately told Lei Wenqian about his difficulties. After careful consideration, Lei Wenqian said: "If it is not a naval battle, three months will be enough, and only mature sailors are needed."
"That's three months." Zhang Xiaowu went back with satisfaction, but it left Lei Wenqian with a problem. After all, no one, whether it was a Han sailor or a Fuso sailor, had ever sailed a ship worth three thousand stones.
Lei Wenqian practiced day and night at the beach. It happened that the wind and waves were light when spring came, which was most suitable for training. In less than March, the Hailong could sail offshore. Many fishermen and foreign merchant ships saw the three thousand stone Hailong and saw this.
The huge ship was immediately impressed by the power of the Holy Han Empire.
Zhang Xiaowu boarded the ship again and headed south from Lujia Town, Canghai County to Qingzhou Yadao, and then returned north from Yadao to Canghai County. The journey was calm and the ship sailed smoothly. Zhang Xiaowu greatly appreciated the Hailong and officially allowed the Haiphong Camp to build it at the same time.
Two three-thousand-stone ships, the Seahorse and the Sea Serpent.
"Can this ship sail to Fusang?" Zhang Xiaowu asked.
Lei Wenqian said: "If your Excellency gives the order, we can leave tomorrow."
Zhang Xiaowu was very satisfied, especially after this sailing training, his body gradually adapted to sailing and no longer seasick. Then Zhao Suo suddenly came to report that Hu Sanwan had found Prince Ning's treasure in Wumi Mountain. Zhang Xiaowu
I was surprised and delighted. The Jianghu people had been searching for Prince Ning’s treasure for nearly 30 years. How come Hu Sanwan found it?
Hu Sanwan found King Ning's treasure because he had the powerful northern power behind him and was widely used by martial arts heroes all over the world. It took him three years to finally find clues, and then he followed the clues and finally found the treasure deep in Wumi Mountain.
location.
Back then, Zhang Xiaowu's father was poisoned and died while escorting escorts in Wumi Mountain. So when Hu Sanwan mentioned Wumi Mountain, Zhang Xiaowu was stunned at first, and then nodded lightly.
Wumi Mountain is at the junction of Lingnan and Jiangnan. Lingnan is the territory of the Shi family, while Jiangnan is the territory of the Lin family and is not within Zhang Xiaowu's sphere of influence. Hu Sanwan used various methods and finally hid it by sea in the merchant ships of the South China Sea island nation.
, secretly transported it northward along the coastline, and finally emptied King Ning's treasure and transported it back to the north.
"Two million cars of silver, one hundred thousand taels of gold, countless jade articles, calligraphy and paintings, but the armor was damaged due to moisture." Hu Sanwan presented the detailed bill.
"So many? There are more than I thought. Prince Ning really wanted to rebel back then." Zhang Xiaowu laughed endlessly. As the saying goes, good things happened one after another. First, the Hailong was launched, and then Prince Ning's treasure was found.