"Medical Officer Chen, wake up! We have arrived at Licheng Port!" Dr. Ding shouted repeatedly.
In fact, there was no need to remind Chen Zixin that he was not asleep. He had already felt the soft bag he was lying on tilt sharply to one side. The row of soft bags he was in was dangling in the air, while the people in the opposite row all hit the wall, even if they were already asleep.
The people also screamed and were woken up.
When they first boarded the ship, this situation would surprise many people and make them think that something was about to happen.
Later, while sailing along the way, I gradually became familiar with the sailors on the ship and listened to them tell some legends about the sea. As time passed, everyone understood that this kind of steering was more drastic than sailing into the wind in the deep sea. It could only be caused by two situations, either.
It is about to engage in a fight with the pirates, or it is adjusting the angle of the ship's hull in preparation for entering the port.
Naturally, there would be no pirates. Even if there were, they would not appear near the largest port in Koryo.
Secondly, with the frequent maritime traffic, the number of well-trained boatmen has expanded, and town roads have become increasingly popular. The Laotieshan Waterway that originally ran along Liaodong has been largely out of use, and instead it is crossed directly from Dengzhou.
The shipping routes in the Yellow Sea are very busy.
The number of ships has more than five times increased, and the sea route distance is only one-third of the original, which makes it difficult for the pirates to find the margin to plunder calmly.
More importantly, what Chen Zixin and his party boarded was a lucky ship built by Zhou Dynasty and modeled on the specifications of the Southern Dynasties.
Recently, there have been more and more ships of this kind in the northern armies and caravans, and their appearance is very similar. Some unscrupulous merchants even have flags that look very similar to those of the Zhou navy. It is said that in the southeastern waters, there have been several ships
The pirates thought they were intimidating the merchant fleet, but they bumped into the Zhou navy that was out for training, and were killed indiscriminately.
After this happened several times, the security at sea has improved a lot. At least the legendary ferocious pirates, Chen Zixin and others have never been seen, and they were all safe along the way.
Since there are no pirates, we can only enter the port.
Chen Zixin lazily rolled out of his soft pocket and tucked his robe into his belt: "Yesterday when the boat passed Ziyan Island, I heard Wang Chuantou say that today we will pass through the Jishuimen Channel and enter Bilan, Licheng Port.
As the name of Pavilion Jishui Gate suggests, it is definitely not that easy to navigate. At this moment, the boats are continuously changing directions, probably just swaying in the waterway..."
Ding Langzhong raised his thumb: "It's yours!"
The two of them walked out of the cabin one after the other.
The two-thousand-material Fuchuan looks as big as a mountain from the ground. After living on the boat for a while, you will realize that the space is actually quite small. The cabins below the deck are divided into several compartments, and each room can barely fit into the waist. In this kind of
Falling into space, with the swaying hammock, it felt fresh for the first few days, but later it felt like torture.
When my companions in the same cabin were vomiting and having diarrhea due to seasickness, the results of vomiting and diarrhea could not be cleaned up for a while, and they all fermented in the cabin. The smell was really indescribable.
From this, Chen Zixin also had to admire the sailors on the ship.
It is said that when the sailors first went to sea, they used small boats like Tongzhou. They often took several months to ride the monsoon winds to Qingyuan Mansion in the Song Dynasty. The food they ate along the way was rotten, and they were not treated when they got sick.
, the sleeping cabin was dirtier and smaller than a pigsty. Once the ship hit strong winds and waves, it would capsize immediately, leaving no one with the slightest chance of survival.
But this group of guys started from Tianjin Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture in the north, and in just a few years moved from north to south, covering the long sea areas of the Zhou Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and now they have reached into the South China Sea.
Even if they have a bigger and better ship, they don't care to continue to huddle in a small cabin to save more space for carrying goods or food, water and weapons. Such tough men are really rare.
Most of the passengers were from the Song Dynasty, and they were full of thoughts of reading sages and becoming upper class people, and they respected them more and more.
After this journey, Chen Zixin also understood why there was such a huge demand for doctors in Zhou Dynasty. After all, the environment was harsh, and everyone had tied their heads to their belts to strive for wealth. It would be really unacceptable if they died of illness so often.
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Half a month ago, a crew member on this sea-going ship fell ill, and the ship's doctor was at a loss what to do. It happened that half of the entourage were good doctors from the Song Dynasty. Several doctors worked together to diagnose and treat the crew member, and finally rescued the crew member from the gate of hell.
's name.
During the diagnosis and treatment process, Chen Zixin was not of much help, but he accidentally mentioned that his brother Chen Ziming once worked in Dazhou's trading firm, which attracted the attention of several crew members. It turned out that this ship was the company that had hired
Chen Ziming was the ship's doctor on the ship that went south to Fuzhou. Chen Ziming treated many of the people on it.
Many people heard that Chen Zixin was Chen Ziming's younger brother and came to praise Chen Ziming's medical skills. Some people lamented with regret that if Dr. Chen could stay in Dazhou for a long time with his skills, he would have a bright future.
If you are in the military medical system in the army, you will soon be promoted to the same level as the commander-in-chief. Military doctors at this level are usually directly under the Marshal's Office. Those with this status are all famous doctors with unique skills.
, the treatment is extremely high.
In addition, if you become a senior ship's doctor in a caravan, your salary will not be bad.
Medical skills cannot be faked. Soldiers and sailors always count on doctors to save their lives and will only trust those with genuine skills. Therefore, the treatment given to doctors cannot be faked.
Several sailors said that the ship's doctor on some other ship was far inferior to Dr. Chen, but he had recently been rewarded with a luxurious house by Tianjin Prefecture, and the money on hand was enough to buy hundreds of acres of fertile land. Because he had a son in
After studying in Tianjin, he is now a native of Zhou Dynasty.
Chen Zixin has no regrets about this.
The Chen family in Linchuan is a well-known medical family. They are very popular in the circle and have great influence. Therefore, he knows very well that the reason why his brother returned to his hometown is because he is deeply influenced by this system, and he intends to bring more people from his hometown.
people to plunge into the vast new world. If this goal can be achieved, the status of one or two famous doctors will not be worth mentioning.
Chen Zixin, on the other hand, is the person responsible for exploring the way. What he wants to do is not to get promoted and make a fortune, but to try to find out the details of Dazhou and decide whether it is worth losing his status as a Song Dynasty.
However, Chen Zixin did not expect that after he was recruited and came to the north, he would be locked up for training for a long time. His brother did not have much time left to complete his mission, so he had to hurry up.
Because of this mission, although Chen Zixin's medical skills were not put to good use, he put a lot of effort into dealing with the sailors. As the two parties rekindled old friendships, Chen Zixin and several fellow doctors received special treatment on the ship.
For example, each person is assigned a soft pocket for lying down and resting, and other cabins are shared by two people, who take turns to rest.
Even so, when Chen Zixin walked out of the cabin, breathed in the fresh air, and thought that he was about to reach his destination and that he would be able to step on solid flat ground in the next few months, he felt that all the fatigue in his body was gone, and his mind was much refreshed.
"It's quite cool here..." Dr. Ding shook his robe: "Even if it's near the seaside in Shandong, it's as hot as a stove, but it's much more comfortable here."
Chen Zixin said with a smile: "No way, Shandong is much cooler than other places in the Song Dynasty. Across the sea and rivers, the climate and climate are very different. If Shandong is a stove, wouldn't it be so hot in the south that it will peel off your skin?"
A boatman was passing by them and laughed and said: "What Dr. Chen said is that the climate in Shandong in summer is similar to that in Goryeo, but in winter it is very different. You have to have days when the snow is several feet deep on the ground.
Passed!"
Along the way, more than one person mentioned the severe cold in Goryeo. Chen Zixin had already made up his mind that if he could move around freely after disembarking from the ship, he would first buy a fur to keep. It is said that the furs in Goryeo are not inferior to those from the northeastern mainland, and the price is also
Cheap……
Thinking of this, he walked a few steps to the side of the ship and looked out at the legendary Goryeo Yeseong Port. As soon as he left the aisle, footsteps thumped behind him, and several sailors filed past him and walked down the cabin.
The steps were heavy, and there was a clanking sound of metal colliding on the body.
Chen Zixin turned around quickly and saw several sailors, each holding four or five straight knives, as well as iron palladium, daggers, curved hooks and other special weapons suitable for use at sea.
It seemed that they wanted to store these weapons in a special storage area in the ship's cabin before entering the port, so as not to expose their whereabouts when officials from the Koryo Kingdom boarded the ship for inspection, which would cause embarrassment to everyone.
Someone walked down the hatch and muttered: "I was on guard all the way, but nothing happened? It was in vain that Old Man Yin let the news out, and we were also nervous in vain?"
