Zhao Xin and others in the driver's cab of the Thor looked at the approaching ship as if they were looking at antiques.
The tusk-like bow pillars were raised high on the bow. On the small bow deck, two samurai wearing kimonos were standing on it.
Behind them is a cabin completely covered with rafters and reaching a height of two meters. There are holes throughout the cabin on all four sides. On the top of the cabin, a sail with a family crest hung on a thick mast. Under the hull, dozens of oars protruded from the cabin and were rowing vigorously.
Zhao Xin took a telescope and looked at it for a long time, and said in surprise: "Are all the rafters made of bamboo?"
"That's the 'Soyakura'. Inside are the sailors and soldiers rowing. During the battle, you can shoot arrows or shoot with iron cannons." Shibata Kakuzo explained to Zhao Xin while holding up the telescope.
He could no longer care about being surprised by the double-cylinder clairvoyance in his hand. These strange things from Tang Yi appeared in an endless stream, which dazzled him, Katsuyama Densan and others.
"How can this thing be used in a boarding battle?" Zhao Xin translated the question raised by Liu Sheng.
"When fighting, Yagura must remove the sails, lower the mast, and then rely on the sailors' oars to move. Generally speaking, in long-distance battles, bows and arrows and iron cannons are used, while in close combat, fire bottles and iron cannons are used. .”
When Shibata Kakuzo said this, he pointed to the rafters on the side of Soyagura and said: "The rafters on both sides can be folded down, and you can jump from above to the enemy ship when you are docking."
"Is this crap called the Navy?" Ding Guofeng curled his lips and said disdainfully.
After listening to Pingtai's translation, the three islanders rolled their eyes and secretly cursed: "It depends on who you compare with. If you are driving a Tang Dynasty ship, you will definitely prostrate yourself under the power of the general."
But then I thought about it, it is not easy to fight two Guan ships against a thousand-stone Tang ship; unless like the Changzhou feudal clan, hundreds of early ships and Guan ships attacked together.
"Hi~~! Let's talk about the days of the Choshu Domain." Thinking of Zhao Xin's previous talk about the evil deeds committed by the Choshu Domain, Shibata Kakuzo felt chills all over his body.
"Everyone, get ready!" Zhao Xin gave an order to everyone on the ship on the radio, and then turned to Shibata Kakuzo and the others and said: "Shibata-kun, two bosses, you should go to the cabin and wait for a while. This If someone sees you, not only you three will be in trouble, but the Sendai clan will also be in big trouble."
After Shibata Kakuzo and the others left, Zhao Xin said to a sailor: "Just arrange it as I said before." The sailor bowed and took the order.
On the Kansai ship sent by the Nabeshima family, the two samurai looked at the hull of the Thor as high as a city wall in front of them, and they were completely helpless. How to get up here? Climb up with a hook? It would be too embarrassing if he fell into the water!
A samurai cleared his throat, raised his head and shouted loudly: "People on the ship, listen! You broke into Nagasaki Port without permission! Exit the port immediately and wait for us to board the ship for inspection!"
After a while, the samurai on the ship heard someone coughing twice on the ship, and a head emerged from the deck.
"Cough~~spit!" A mouthful of thick phlegm landed at the warrior's feet, and immediately there was a burst of laughter on the deck.
"You bastard! How dare you despise the majesty of the shogunate!" The samurai was furious. Just as he was about to order the soldiers in Yagura to board the boat with hooks, he was stopped by his companions.
"Don't be anxious yet, the people from the execution office will be here soon." After his companion said that, he pointed to the east and saw a customs ship approaching from the pier of Tomachi Military Camp.
The ship carrying several officials from the execution office and a dozen or so concentric and twenty people came to a stop fifty meters away from the Thor. The officials on the bow of the ship raised their heads and shouted: "People on the ship are listening. Come on! Please tell me the name of the country and the meaning of crossing over!"
Lu Shoushan followed Zhao Xin's instructions, walked to the side of the ship, exposed half of his body and said to the people below: "We are from Beihai, and we are here to find the Dutch and Qing people."
When the Tang interpreter accompanying the ship heard this, he immediately shouted in surprise: "Are you from the Qing Dynasty?"
"No, we are from Beihai."
The interpreter of the Tang Dynasty raised his hands and saluted: "Please come out from the bow of your boat and answer me!"
Lu Shoushan shook his head and said: "My master's status is very important, how can he show his face easily. If you want to see me, I can convey it on your behalf."
When several officials from the execution office heard this, they realized that their status was too valuable to be seen in public... Who were the people on this ship?
The interpreter from the Tang Dynasty asked again: "Since you can speak Tang dialect, can you tell me your last name?"
Lu Shoushan casually raised his hand to the Tang interpreter and replied: "My surname is Lu, which is just a cheap name and not worth mentioning. Let's wait until your envoy meets my master later."
The interpreter from Tang Dynasty almost got angry when he heard that the captain (captain) of the ship did not show up, but actually sent a servant to send us away!
"Put down the rope ladder, we want to board the ship for inspection!" The other shogunate officials and samurai listened to the explanation of the Tang interpreter, and immediately became tough when they saw an oriental face who could speak fluent Tang dialect coming out of the big ship.
This is when the person on the boat said loudly: "You can get on the boat. However, my master has a life and can only board three people. If you insist on boarding the boat by force, I might as well put my words first. The consequences are unpredictable. No responsibility is taken.”
When several officials heard that the other party was so tough, the Three Corpse Gods suddenly jumped out of anger. But after they were angry, the few of them looked at each other, and they had to complete the tasks assigned by the adults.
As soon as the leading official gritted his teeth, there were only three of them. No matter what, we have to go up to the deck and meet the captain first. As for the humiliation that the other party brought to several of us, let's settle the accounts later!
After listening to the Shangguan's instructions, the interpreter from the Tang Dynasty hurriedly raised his hands and shouted to Lu Shoushan: "As you requested. Please also lower the rope ladder so that we can go up."
Lu Shoushan said: "The ship is too high and it may be too dangerous to put up the rope ladder. Please move the ship to the stern of our ship."
The officials at the execution station had no choice but to order the boat to row according to the position pointed by the other party. When the boat arrived at its position, it heard sudden roars above its head, like the roar of a monster, which was frightening.
Everyone looked up and saw a black and yellow object slowly protruding from the ship. There were many rings on the object, and on one end of the ship, it seemed to be a pulley. , with a few ropes and a big iron hook hanging below, and what was hung on the iron hook was actually a rope net!
As the pulley rotated, the rope slowly dropped with the iron hook. The "suspected Qing man" standing next to the ship's side looked at the position of the rope net's descent, and turned around and shouted "keep to the left" and "backward". If so, it was obvious that someone was operating this thing on the ship.
When the rope net reached the bow deck of the Guan ship, the expressions on the faces of several officials gradually changed from stunned to ashen. asshole! Throw a broken net down, are you going to use this to carry us up? How is this different from fish and shrimp!
"Don't you even have a rope ladder?" the Tang interpreter shouted angrily at Lu Shoushan.
Lu Shoushan suppressed a smile and responded: "The ladder on our ship is broken and has not been repaired yet. Your Majesty, please make do with it first."
Several officials took a look and realized that there was no way to sit on this rope net. If they were to be hung up after a while, the three of them would have to squeeze together and mess up their clothes. When he was in trouble, a sailor on the ship came up with an idea and found a wooden racket to put things in the cabin. This thing is usually placed in the cabin to store supplies separated from the floor.
Two sailors carried the wooden racket and placed it in the center of the rope net, with three people standing on it barely holding on.
The two officials at the execution office and the interpreter from the Tang Dynasty blushed and stood on the wooden racket enduring the humiliation. Lu Shoushan looked at it, then turned around and gestured to Zhao Liang, who was operating the ship's crane, and then said to the three people in the rope net: "Please hold on and sit tight."
The roar sounded again, the rope net was retracted upward, and the three island officials on the wooden racket slowly ascended.
On the third floor of the Tin Hau Temple in Tang Ren Yashiki, a group of businessmen were stunned.
"Who are these people on this boat! How can we let go after humiliating Japanese officials like this?"
"Looking at the name of the ship, it seems to be me, a Chinese. Have any of you heard of this ship?"
All the merchants on the bow shook their heads. If such a large ship were built in China, it would have caused a sensation in the world. Besides, let alone starting construction, the court's system would not allow it. This boat is bigger than the emperor's royal boat. Anyone who dares to secretly build such a boat will be easily confiscated.
"Could this be the imperial court's ship?" Someone finally had the courage to ask.
"Definitely not." After hearing this, Shen Jingdan shook his head and shook his head. "The color of this hull is blue at the bottom and white at the top. It is completely different from the black and white color regulations of imperial warships."
In this era, the largest maritime warship of the Qing Dynasty was the "rice boat" built in Guangdong, and the longest one was only ninety-five feet (30.4 meters). As for the various sea trade sand ships that traveled between the Qing Dynasty and Nagasaki, the largest ones were only seven feet long.
"Who has clairvoyance?" A businessman crowded in front of the window suddenly asked.
"I have it, I have it. I put it in the dormitory. I'll get it!"
When Shen Jingdan heard this, he suddenly remembered that there was one in his house. Although the third floor of Tin Hau Temple is in a good location, the area inside the building is too small. More than a dozen people squeezed in at once. Not to mention the big ship, all that was visible was the back of their heads.
So he turned around and went downstairs, ready to go back and get his clairvoyance to look again.
After a cup of tea, Shen Jingdan returned to his residence, opened the door and said: "Ah Quan, help daddy get the pair of clairvoyants from the cabinet. Ah Quan? Ah Quan?"
Seeing that no one in the room agreed, he felt strange and quickly shouted twice more. I took off my shoes and walked to the back room to take a look. The window in the back room was open, and a book "Jin Yunqiao's Biography" was spread out on the mat, with the pages blown by the wind.
Shen Jingdan felt strange in his heart, but he was still thinking about the big ship at this time. He quickly walked to the cabinet and opened it to see that there was nothing in the box where he kept his clairvoyant.
"Ah Quan? Ah Quan?" Shen Jingdan was worried about Shen Xuan, so he shouted a few more times.
"Father, come and take a look. That big boat is really interesting."
Shen Jingdan was shocked when his daughter's voice came from above his head. He asked hurriedly and loudly, and then followed the guidance of Shen Xuan's voice and walked outside the house. He saw a ladder leaning against the wall under the corridor, which was the entrance to the top attic of the long house, so he hurriedly climbed up.
"Ah Quan, why did you come here? Go back quickly."
Shen Xuan didn't even look back at this time. She waved with her clairvoyance and said, "Dad, come and see, the officials of the Japanese country have boarded that big ship."
Shen Jingdan couldn't laugh or cry at this time. This was the consequence of not binding his feet. A fifteen-year-old girl is still jumping up and down like a boy. Who would dare to marry her after this?
He ducked down to avoid the spider silk and dust on the beams, and came close to his daughter. He saw that a few tiles on the roof had been lifted. When I looked around, I could just see the big ship.
At this time, Shen Xuan was sitting on a small stool, placing the front part of the clairvoyant eye on the tiles, and holding the tail part in front of her eyes with her right hand.
"let me see."
When Shen Xuan heard this, she quickly handed the clairvoyance in her hand to her father's hand, and then moved the small penis under her body to Shen Jingdan's body.
"Dad, please watch first, and I'll go get a spoon for you." After saying that, like a kitten, he reached the ladder in a few steps and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
(End of chapter)
