Great time travel

Chapter 186, Nansha Journey
In the South China Sea, the comprehensive supply ship Bailu

A ray of morning sunlight shines on Captain Rong Shiqi's face through the porthole, but the captain is still half asleep and half awake, and seems not to notice.

Although several years have passed since the time travel, Captain Rong Shiqi is still dreaming that philosophical dream over and over again—dreams of his modern urban life before time travel.Did the self after time-traveling dream about the past before time-traveling, or did the self in reality dream about time-traveling to the end of the Ming Dynasty?
From a rational point of view, it is more realistic to dream of time travel, but the wooden ceiling of the cabin in front of me is so real... Rong Shiqi, who finally woke up, shook his head and rang the copper bell beside the bed .Outside the door, the Hainan Island Li ethnic orderly with black lines on his face immediately opened the door and came in to dress and groom him. He looked at himself reflected in the three-sided full-length mirror: he was handsome and handsome in his appearance as a martial artist. There is a bit of literati elegance.Rong Shiqi, who was wearing the navy saber, couldn't help but smile: It seems that it would be better to travel through time!

When Captain Rong Shiqi felt good about himself, his comprehensive supply ship Bailu was mooring on the reinforced concrete trestle of Taiping Island, the largest island in the Nansha Islands.The task that this supply ship is currently performing is to transport supplies to the garrison and immigrants on various islands and reefs in the South China Sea.

Today, with the establishment of the Chinese Alliance and the influx of huge investments from the modern Chinese government, the South China Sea has initially truly become the "Chinese Sea". On several of the largest islands and reefs, weather stations and naval facilities have been built. Outposts and struvite quarries, and the southernmost frontier colonial stronghold has expanded to Borneo (Kalimantan Island).The long-term goal is to penetrate Nanyang all the way from mainland China to the Australian headquarters of the Chinese League.

For this reason, the Dutch East India Company currently entrenched in Batavia, as well as the Spanish colonies in the Philippines, as well as several sultanates on Java and Sumatra, all belong to the "relocation targets" of the Chinese League in the long run. list.

Of course, in the short term, it will be very, very difficult just to push the colonial stronghold to Borneo on the other side of the South China Sea.The many coral islands in the South China Sea are not only the traffic relay station between the base camp of Hainan Island and Borneo, but also an important source of fertilizer for the Borneo reclamation movement. Therefore, in just two years, the islands in the South China Sea have been managed quite well. Prosperity, but because of this, it was peeped by pirates.

After private merchant ships delivering supplies and ore to the islands and reefs of the South China Sea were plundered by pirates twice in a row, the navy had to allocate the comprehensive supply ship Bailu, which was newly launched and served for a long time, to be responsible for the long-term responsibility for these coral island strongholds in the South China Sea. Logistics delivery tasks.

Since the steel output of traversers in this time and space is still relatively limited, the comprehensive supply ship Bailu still adopts an iron-ribbed wooden shell structure, with a standard displacement of [-] tons, and uses a hybrid power of steam propellers and sails.The anti-piracy self-defense armament is six [-]mm cannons, but they are changed from manual to steam-driven.This can reduce the jamming situation caused by uneven shaking speed of manpower, and also save the physical strength of the gunners.The hull is covered with copper skin under the waterline, and [-]mm forged steel is also used for armor defense in key areas such as the engine room and bridge command room.

Although the name of the comprehensive supply ship Bailu, like the "Lichun", was originally drawn from the solar terms of the lunar calendar.However, some literary youths can't help but think of the peerless socialite Miss Chen Bailu in "Sunrise".Therefore, its figurehead was changed from the original Mazu empress to a traversing officer full of literary and artistic temperament, and replaced by a Chen Shu version of Chen Bailu cheongsam statue that he ordered for the navy at his own expense.

At that time, the traversers in charge of the shipyard generally felt that it was not auspicious to put a statue of a prostitute on the bow of the ship. A statue of Chen Bailu was installed.

(Chen Bailu, the heroine of Cao Yu's drama "Sunrise", is set as a famous courtesan in Tianjin during the Republic of China. Born in the countryside, she was once innocent and pure, but fell into prostitution. Bai Lu met a literary youth again, fell in love, and wanted to get out of the quagmire, but she was betrayed by her lover, and finally died lonely, which can be roughly compared to Margaret in the Republic of China version of "La Traviata".)
The native sailors on the comprehensive supply ship Bailu naturally didn't know who this female statue with cheongsam and wavy hair was.So in the end, in the mouth of the crew, it was rumored that she became the goddess of Bailu in Australia.From time to time, people secretly offered fruit and cakes to this statue at night, praying for Miss Chen Bailu to realize a series of different wishes from safe sailing, promotion and fortune to early birth of a baby, etc.When the traveler officer found out, he didn't take it seriously, and some people even suggested that a female drama student be seconded to play Chen Bailu to accept the blessings of the sailors.

However, the traversers themselves know exactly what kind of character this seemingly holy Miss Chen Bailu is. Most of the old navies in China shy away from this ship.Newcomers who don't pay attention to superstition are more fond of all kinds of majestic warships, and they are not too happy to spend time on a supply ship.

Therefore, Rong Shiqi, who was far from qualified, unexpectedly became the first captain of the comprehensive supply ship Bailu.

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Captain Rong Shiqi is only 27 years old this year, and he belongs to the standard soy-sauce maker who lacks professional knowledge and is exhausted in labor.After many reincarnations of migrant workers, farmers, stevedores, and cadres sent to the countryside, he resolutely chose to join the army in order to change the fate of being at the bottom.As we all know, the so-called "army soil, navy ocean, and air force are big hooligans."Since there are no big gangsters to be for the time being, let's join the foreign-style navy.

With this in mind, Rong Shiqi, a landlubber, boarded a navy ship and suffered a lot. For rookies who have never been on a sea ship, going to sea for training is really a nightmare. nightmare.The first is the side-to-side swing in the offshore, then the pitch and heave, and finally the ocean-going turmoil.The naval cadets vomited, vomited, and even vomited out the water they drank. Even the delicious fried pork cutlets became uninterested: after all, wooden sailboats of hundreds of tons and luxury cruise ships of tens of thousands of tons, for For the riders, the feeling is really a world.

Those Landlubber trainees who couldn't stand the turbulent waves left soon, and the rest also asked to serve as ashore navy in the Naval Harbor Fortress.Although Rong Shiqi was vomited to death at that time, he insisted on coming up with a fierce force, thinking that he must become a master, and actually gritted his teeth and persisted.

After another three months, Rong Shiqi overcame his seasickness and finally became a qualified ocean-going officer of the navy.First, he worked as the captain of a patrol boat for more than a year. It is said that he has defeated two groups of pirates and performed very well.Afterwards, he was overjoyed and became the first captain of the comprehensive supply ship Bailu in one step. It can be said that he has initially become a winner in life.

After changing into a short-sleeved summer navy dress and combing his hair carefully, Captain Rong Shiqi calmly left the captain's room and walked into the officer's dining room.At this time, in the officer's dining room at the stern of the Bailu, the smell of breakfast had already begun to permeate.

Because the White Dew was at anchor, and the weather was calm and the sea was good, the small kitchen of the officer's dining room was rarely lit.From far away, you can hear the iron pan bumping up and down in the chef's hands, accompanied by the sizzling sound of hot oil heating in the iron pan, the crisp sound of the spatula colliding with the iron pan, and the pleasant smell of oily smoke , which together form a simple yet dynamic symphony.

The staple food for breakfast today is white rice mixed with miscellaneous grains. The side dishes are fish steaks fried with all kinds of miscellaneous fish, fried potato balls made by kneading mashed potatoes into balls and deep-fried in a frying pan, and freshly taken from Taiping Island. Stir-fried water spinach and tomato salad with sugar in the vegetable garden, and a pot of seaweed and shrimp skin soup.The officers who had just woken up sat at the table and chatted in low voices, while eating delicious fish fillets and drinking delicious hot soup.

As soon as Captain Rong Shiqi took his seat at the head of the table, the sailor serving as the waiter brought him a breakfast. The hot fish steak and fried potato balls were crispy and delicious, while the crispy stir-fried water spinach and cold salad Tomatoes are even more refreshing.Just as Rong Shiqi was enjoying the hearty breakfast contentedly, while looking up at the coconut grove and beach of Taiping Island outside the window, he suddenly found that there seemed to be no one beside the dining table.

"...Eh? Why didn't that Mr. Xu Xiake come to eat? Could it be that he hasn't gotten up yet?"

"...Captain, that Mr. Xu disembarked as soon as he landed last night, and even his luggage has been moved to the island!" An officer replied.

However, Captain Rong Shiqi's reaction did not show any regrets or pity, but he let out a sigh of relief, "... Phew, thank God, I finally sent this difficult old ancestor away... ..."

——Before leaving the port this time, I took over the task of taking Xu Xiake to Taiping Island in Nansha, and after spending two weeks on the same boat with the number one donkey traveler in the late Ming Dynasty, the previous longing for ancient celebrities and Worship has long since dissipated from Captain Rong Shiqi's heart.Instead, it's a headache of seeing someone who is not ashamed, and the annoyance and embarrassment of facing a super stingy miser...

To be honest, although Xu Xiake was a famous traveler in the late Ming Dynasty, it does not mean that this old man has a good character.If Xu Xiake is really the kind of guy who is very charismatic, has leadership skills, or is able to consider others, then almost every time he travels far away, the servants he brings with him will not escape on the road. More than half, or even all of them escaped, leaving Xu Xiake to go home alone.