From Chief to Ball

Because of familiarity, the inspector just asked a casual question.

"Mr. Chen, what is on your ship?"

"Machine, a new weaving machine. I never heard that it is not allowed to transport machines to Qi."

"That's true, this is really not prohibited. It's just that this loom is so strange?"

The inspector looked at this completely different loom curiously, looked at the springs on it and its huge figure, and thought, "How long is the arm needed to catch the shuttle for such a wide loom? Besides, how can there be such a big loom?"

Chen Jian laughed and said, "There are a lot of strange things. It's weird if you don't see strange things in Mincheng."

The man also smiled and said: "That's right. The machine Mr. Chen made is really weird. The day before yesterday I went to take pictures with my family. Hey, it's really a good thing. Didn't you bring one with you when you went to trade in Qi State this time?"

"Of course I brought it. When I come back, I will send you a photo of the port of Qi State."

"Then thank you Mr. Chen. Then I wish you a safe journey."

After a general inspection, the men disembarked.

Standing on the bow of the Amethyst, Chen Jian looked at the line between the distant waves and the sea and sky, and moved his body a bit.

Wang Zhe came over behind him, reminding him, "It's best not to bring any explosives."

He spoke succinctly and told Chen Jian that although explosives had not been added to the contraband, it was because they hadn't been listed. No matter how powerful the explosives were, they were much stronger than black powder, and they would definitely not be allowed to trade in the future.

Chen Jian smiled and said, "Of course I know that. Besides, how dare I carry such dangerous things on board? I still want to live longer."

Wang Zhe turned around and looked at the sailors and crew members who were busy preparing on the deck, looked at their blue and white intersecting sea soul shirts and their busy and undisturbed figures performing their duties, thoughtfully.

These sailors wore uniform uniforms, except for the cloth strips on the shoulders to distinguish which were sailors and which were cadres.

Under the watchful eye of the so-called interns who brought the brochures, the sailors' words and deeds were meticulous. Although they were not swift, the sound of those whistles made Wang Zhe seem to see the shadow of the army.

He had seen some of the best armies in the country, but he didn't expect to feel that weird atmosphere on this ship, which didn't look like a cargo ship at all.

What made him even more surprised was that Chen Jian, who had been investigated from the beginning to the end, had no experience in the army at all, but many of the regulations gave off an army flavor, especially his words and deeds, which seemed to be Conducted like many others.

Sometimes some subconscious small movements that are inadvertently revealed are completely like people who have lived in the army for a period of time. There are also some matchlock guns on board. A veteran of the matchlock.

Sometimes when inspecting gunpowder, the action of gently twisting his hand is more like an officer who has been immersed in it for many years.

This is a question that he can't figure out at all. Together with the last time he went to the mine to ride a horse, he didn't believe that a person who grew up in Mincheng would have such riding skills.

The more contacts, the more weird things.People who usually seem to be laughing and joking, when faced with more than a hundred people in uniform with guns, they will inadvertently reveal some habits that have been in charge of thousands of people.

Such as the position when walking side by side, the attitude when talking to different people... It's not like a deliberate effort, but like a habit.

"An odd man."

Wang Zhe defined Chen Jian in this way in his heart, but this strangeness made him feel a little comfortable.This is not a kind of arrogance. I fought for half my life in the previous life. Even if I am as stupid as a pig, I can’t help but study in the war. I have enriched my experience. Habit, see more tends to numb.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Zhe, who didn't talk much, couldn't help asking: "Mr. Chen, did you really go to Qi to make money?"

Chen Jian was taken aback by this question, he laughed and said, "I said I'm going to seek refuge in Qi State, or train sailors to become pirates, do you believe me?"

After joking, seeing that it was getting late, he turned around and shouted: "All the interns handed over reports such as food, water, and rope tying. Everything is in place according to the schedule. Those who should climb the mast should climb the mast and go to sleep. Prepare to go to sleep at night, and the hourglass hand will record the current time of Mincheng again, and prepare to set sail."

The excess sailors went down to the cabin step by step to find their own hammocks, and the rest pulled up the hard sails, adjusted the angle, and used the winch to draw in the anchor.

A tabby cat slipped away from Chen Jian's feet, and now it is trapped on the boat with nowhere to go, walking through the small cabin to find possible mice.

Chen Jian is not the captain, but the captain of the fleet. He arranges the specific sailing route but does not operate it himself.

The unique smell of tung oil on a new ship will become damp and musty in a short time, but it is still very fragrant now, without any smell of sweat or fart or other disgusting smells.

The sailors enjoyed the light wine and fresh food when they set sail, and they were full of confidence in this long journey.

But the captains of several ships and some people in the fleet were not in such a relaxed mood. Chen Jian had already discussed with them before boarding the ship.

This time, he will take a sea route that no one else has traveled, and go directly to the port of Qi State, instead of taking the specific route that circled around like before.

As for the guidance and positioning, it all depends on the sun, stars, hourglass and some latitudes of several ports in Qi State that Mr. Benchu ​​gave him and calculated from the vast books. Some accidents with a high repetition rate come out.

Even if these people believed in Chen Jian, or for some other reasons, they still had some doubts about this adventure.

After the discussion, the condition reached was to follow Chen Jian's route, and there were only fifteen days.If you can't reach a familiar place within fifteen days, you have to turn back.

If Chen Jian disagrees, they will jointly mutiny with the sailors after fifteen days.But within fifteen days, no matter what route they took, they would comply with Chen Jian's request and absolutely support any decision Chen Jian made.

The untrodden road is always dangerous.

Chen Jian looked back at Mincheng for the last time, looked at the people who were seeing off on the pier, and listened to the families and children of the sailors singing the song he taught not long ago, and sang along softly.

"Small snail, blowing Didi."

"The seagulls spread their wings and fly."

"Small snail, blowing Didi."

"Lang Hua smiled slightly after hearing this."

……

In the singing, there was a conch whistle, and the sailors on the deck called out in unison.

"Let's go!"

134 Chapters Theory and Practice

The [-] degrees north latitude offshore in May is not a season suitable for sailing for soft sailboats, but it is only slightly troublesome for hard sailboats.

This is the season when the northeast trade wind belt moves northward. This lonely continent does not have the volume and mountains of the old continent. It does not have a formal monsoon, and it only has a certain influence in the coastal area.

May is not a season of frequent storms, but because of the wind direction, smugglers who go to Qi for trade or chaebol families who charter trade will not choose to sail in this month.

Under these influences, the wind direction in May is changeable, and the hard sail can sail with the help of the wind with the least number of sailors, and even against the wind when necessary.

On the mast, an intern was using a telescope to observe the sea in the distance. The one walking in the front was not the Amethyst, but two cargo ships with watertight cabins.

In order to prevent dangers such as hitting the rocks or storms, the amethyst with ribbed structure was in the middle of the fleet, lowered the jib on the bow, adjusted the windward direction of the main sail, and slowed down the speed of the ship.

At this time, the fleet was sailing north, and the wind direction was changeable, but the speed of the ship was not very slow.

Intern Wei Yuan is using a sounding hammer and a simple thermometer to measure the water temperature on the deck. The water temperature here is very strange, and the temperature is much higher than that in the sea.

Next to them, another intern was roughly measuring the speed of the ship with a rope. In the previous year of study, they had been indoctrinated into the saying that the earth is round, and they used a new unit of length.

The speed measuring rope is extremely long, and only a knot is tied at a long distance. The length of a knot is called one nautical mile in the school, and the number of knots is also used when roughly measuring the speed of a ship.