Chapter 407 Sailing to the sea...
When you get on the deck, you can see everything is neat and uniform at first glance. Some of them are tightly tied to the ship with ropes, and all the sharp corners are polished and rounded.
This is what Ji Song emphatically explained at the beginning, because sailing on the sea is different from sailing on the river. The wind and waves on the sea make the boat always rocking!
If these moving objects are not fixed, slightly larger winds and waves will cause these objects to bump around, and even hit people if they are not careful!
Neatly coiled cables are laid layer by layer on the windlass to prevent them from getting knotted in an emergency.
The sailors, sailors, cooks, guards, etc. on the ship were all in their places, looking orderly and without any confusion!
At this time, they are making final preparations, which is debugging!
Calculation of routes, measurement of wind direction, wind speed, sea water temperature and more!
Every item must be calculated without leakage, which also results in the overall quality of the personnel on the ship being extremely high.
The people who work here are all from Ji's school, and there were hundreds of people here that year.
Some people quit midway due to various reasons, and there are also people who are sick and unable to adapt to sea voyages.
These people will be taken back to Chang'an, and now there are only 53 people left.
But these 53 people, Ji Ming dared to say, they were the best group of people in navigation in the entire Tang Dynasty.
They possess the most professional knowledge of this period, and with Ji Song's training at all costs, their knowledge of astronomy, geography, and arithmetic is second to none.
Especially his knowledge of this world can definitely overwhelm everyone.
After a group of enthusiastic teenagers have seen a map of the world, do you still expect them to want to read the Four Books and Five Classics like other traditional students? Once a person's horizons are broadened, don't expect them to settle down, especially after knowing that they have the most advanced knowledge in the world.
That kind of pride and sense of mission will definitely make them the pioneers of this era.
This is also the reason why Ji Song did not expand the school at the beginning! What he implemented in the early stage was elite education, using a large amount of resources to cultivate a small number of elite students! Only in this way can we cultivate some usable talents in the shortest possible time.
Facts have proved that Ji Song's idea is right. If he spread his energy to too many people from the beginning, it is absolutely impossible to produce this group of outstanding talents so quickly! "It's really not easy!"
Ji Ming followed Ji Qing to a boat, which was a wooden sailboat six feet wide and fifteen feet long.
But the difference is that there is a strange thing under the bow of the ship. It has a spherical shape and can well disperse the force in front of the ship.
"It's really not easy. In three years, exactly three years, we started from scratch and completed the layout of the entire industry chain of shipbuilding. And if it weren't for the support of my husband, even His Majesty would not have been able to complete such a huge layout so quickly. !" Ji Qing sighed.
Speaking of which, he didn't expect that a group of teenagers like him, who were all underage, could actually accomplish such a feat! He still remembers what his husband said to them.
"This mission is not only your graduation examination, but it is also an expectation for you.
When you successfully complete the task, it no longer matters what task it is, because it is the result of what you have learned over the years. Isn't this the best gift you can give yourself? "
That's right, these three ships are not only their graduation exams, but also gifts sent back to themselves by themselves! Graduation is no longer important. From the moment these three super-era ships were launched, they have already represented a certain aspect that has reached the pinnacle of the world!
"Brother Ji, the ship is ready. Will it set sail when the time comes?"
A dark-faced young man came to Ji Qing, clasped his fists and said.
"Everything continues as usual. When the auspicious time comes, we will immediately open the floodgates and release the water to let our sea dragons return to the sea!"
"No!" The young man turned and left, as if Ji Ming didn't exist.
Ji Ming just looked at it without saying a word. This was the rule!
When he came, Ji Song made it very clear that the three of them would take the lead in everything. Only when the three of them disagreed, Ji Ming would make the decision! As for who among the three of them should be the leader, Ji Song didn't say anything and let them decide for themselves!
Because Ji Song knows very well that instead of appointing a leader himself, it is better to let them choose by themselves during the running-in, so that they can be convinced.
They are all arrogant people. No one thinks that he is inferior to others. Only if he is completely convinced! After several years of getting along, Ji Qing was recognized by the other two with her overall outlook and charisma.
Although he doesn't say anything for the sake of face, whether it's something Ji Qing tells him or when he encounters a major issue that requires a decision, Ji Qing's opinion will take priority! "The auspicious time has come, open the gate!"
With a loud shout, the craftsmen below began to open the gate and release water.
wow…
There is a large pond not far from the dock, where a large amount of seawater is stored, which is left over every time the tide rises.
When the water slowly flows into the dock, the huge hull also slowly rises.
The same is true for the ship where Liu Xiancheng and Wang Xuance are on! The three ships have no names. This is intentional, because in their opinion, only the gentleman is qualified to name these three giant ships! Now it's just named after numbers [-], [-], and [-].
As the water level rose, the dock was connected to the pool outside. The people who had been prepared pulled the ropes tied to the hull, and the ship moved slowly.
Soon, all three boats arrived at the outer pool. Repeating the previous operation, the boats arrived at the outermost pool.
This time I don’t need anyone to pull me, so I take off the rope because the sea is outside.
"Raise the sails!"
"Raise the sails!"
"Raise the sails!"
The three ships began to raise their sails at the same time. The wind on the seaside was already strong, and today's wind direction happened to be blowing towards the sea. This was what they had predicted.
As the soft sails rose, the sailors began to adjust the direction of the sails. The soft sails hanging on the mast were soon inflated by the wind, and the hull also made a "creak, creak" sound.
"Look, the ship is moving, the ship is moving..."
"It's really... it's really moving..."
"It's moving, it's really moving!"
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Everyone burst into tears. No one knew how much effort they had spent for this moment. Now looking at the three giant ships slowly moving towards the sea, they were more excited than anyone else.
When Gu Yanzhi, the governor of Mingzhou, arrived, he was dumbfounded as he watched the huge ship sailing toward the sea close to the sails, and he was very excited! "Really?"
Next to him, Mingzhou Lord Bo murmured: "Is this the ship built by these children? It's incredible!"
Who would have thought that in just three years, a group of teenagers would accomplish a feat that they could not even imagine! Gu Yanzhi looked at the giant ship that was getting faster and faster, with its graceful hull and huge body. No one knew better than him what this meant...
(End of this chapter)