"What's the wrong direction?" Seeing her expression, Yue Guanchao probably discovered something else.
"We have been focusing on finding the switch to the treasure ship. What if the treasure ship can come here on its own?" Song Siyuan's words were so confusing that even Yue Guanchao didn't know what he meant: "This is an entire fleet, how could it come here on its own initiative? ?No one is sailing the boat?”
"I have a hunch that these boats can actually move." After finishing speaking, Song Siyuan returned to the pillar, pointed at the lamps and said: "Since they are lamps, let's continue to light them and see what use these lamps are. ?" After that, he picked up the match and lit the lamp. As the lamps around the steering wheel were lit, the steering wheel began to change.
"This is it!" When everyone saw this scene, they gathered around in curiosity. The light of the lamp was very warm, and it completely illuminated the surroundings of the two pillars. They were afraid that the corpse moths in the stone corridor would react. I had to close the copper door.
As the lamp was heated by the flames, the steering wheel seemed to begin to loosen, like something that had been wound up. It clicked and protruded upward, protruding at least half an inch from being completely sunk into the stone groove.
"Look, I knew there wouldn't be lamps placed here for no reason." She twisted her hand for a moment, and immediately knew that it was turning counterclockwise. She looked at Yue Guanchao: "If these two things are really mechanisms, they will probably rotate together. It works. Let's turn it counterclockwise at the same time to see what the effect is." Yue Guanchao nodded and stood in front of the pillar together with Song Siyuan. The two of them exerted force in the opposite direction at the same time. Every time the steering wheel turned once, it would I heard a clicking sound coming from inside the stone platform. When it reached the bottom, the sound of water began to flow under the stone platform. The black iron chain that was originally stationary in the water tightened in their direction amidst the rumbling sound, along with the lake water. It also became rippling and the sound of water was endless.
"Look, those boats seem to be moving." The fleet on the lake was hundreds of meters away from them, and they looked like toy boats. In this case, the treasure ship was indeed gliding in their direction, and as it The treasure ship is getting closer and closer to them, and the details of the fleet are becoming more and more abundant.
They were surprised because the leading treasure ship had exceeded their expectations. In their opinion, a Republic of China shipping ship was only about 100 meters long at most. The Southern Song Dynasty treasure ship in front of them was actually longer than a modern ship.
If you look carefully, you can see that the hull is about fifty feet long and thirty feet wide. It is in the shape of a crescent lying flat. The two ends are slightly tilted. The arc below the deck is gentle, and it finally falls into the water at half the draft. The streamlines are even and the deck is flat. dense.
Above the deck, there are four or five-story high cabins built in the middle of the hull, with carved railings and colorful decorations. They are extremely luxurious and magnificent, just like a royal rowboat, and they completely occupy the full and wide belly deck. There are also symmetrical multi-layer cabins on both sides of the bow, shaped like an ingot with two raised ends and a protruding middle.
There are twelve masts and fifteen sails distributed on the hull from beginning to end. Each sail is completely unfolded at this moment, as if the hull has opened countless wings. There are scale railings distributed on the middle hull railing. Compared with the bow and stern, it is just right. It's the dragon's body wrapped around it.
The overall appearance of these fleets is yellowish brown, with clear tung oil on the surface and no cracks. If coupled with the rebel flag hanging on the leading mast, it will add a sense of heroism. If not for the dust and debris on the deck, They really thought that these ships had just docked in the water.
Behind this ship, there are still 20-meter small boats following closely behind. There are about ten boats with fluttering flags and rippling sails. They are all connected by black iron chains on the left and right. They are shaped like the tail of a giant dragon and look majestic. Awesome and domineering.
After drifting for hundreds of meters, this fleet finally stopped in front of them, and the black iron chain also rolled to the end at this time.
"During the Southern Song Dynasty, were there already such big ships?" When Luo Shiniang saw these ships, she couldn't help but pick up her pocket and put on her gold-rimmed glasses to take a closer look. Her family made a living by building ships, but most of the ships they built were in Fifty or sixty meters, this is already the length of the sky. If it were longer, either there would be no technology or no materials. The current length of the giant ship is nearly two hundred meters, which is really surprising.
Sun Daqiao stroked his beard and explained: "Sister, you are ill-informed. Ancient shipbuilding technology was more advanced than we imagined. The shipbuilding technology of the Song Dynasty people has reached its peak. The longest ship is more than 150 meters long, about 100 meters long." It has nine masts and twelve sails. Its tents, sails, anchors, and rudders cannot be moved without two or three hundred people. This is still the most ordinary giant ship."
"If it can be considered a truly giant ship, it must be the palace ship of Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty." He paused and explained in a mysterious tone: "Back then, people in the Jin Kingdom saw Zhao Gou going deep into the military camp, with his majestic and extraordinary demeanor, and thought that the Song royal family was not There would be such a prince who was not afraid of danger, so he deliberately released Zhao Gou. It was not until he got the portrait of Zhao Gou after conquering Bianjing that he realized that he had mistakenly released the dragon son and grandson..." The Emperor of Jin understood that since Zhao Gou could not be afraid of danger, Luan, there was already a True Dragon Elephant at that time. If he was allowed to wander outside and if he really pulled up a team, then his plan to exterminate the Song Kingdom would be completely in vain.
After that, the Kingdom of Jin began to send generals southward, intending to search the mountains and seas to capture Zhao Gou. At this time, Zhao Gou had just ascended the throne in the palace. After experiencing the intimidation from the Jin army camp, Zhao Gou was frightened out of his courage. Before he could stabilize his butt, he heard that the Emperor of Jin was going to send Jin soldiers to arrest him. Of course. Not daring to face the enemy directly, in order to avoid its sharp edge, he could only take the palace and family members to escape to the sea by boat.
Zhao Gou had an extremely headache at this time. The legal system of the Song Dynasty established by him all belonged to him. If he abandoned all the officials at this moment, then he would have no face as an emperor in the future. In order to maintain the legal system and take care of the officials, he transferred all the officials of the court to him. And they took all their families on board and built a large ship hundreds of feet long.
This ship is one hundred feet long and half a hundred feet wide. It is covered with cabins from beginning to end. It is like building a high-rise palace on the deck. All the imperial centers and bureaucracies are moved on the ship. At the same time, their All the family members were placed on other fleets and fled to sea to avoid the Jin soldiers.
The ship was so big that it couldn't even be shaken by the rough waves. When the Jin soldiers' ships chased them to the distant sea, they wanted to pursue the victory and capture Zhao Gou. When they saw the strong wind and waves, they wanted to tear the ship into pieces. They felt that few ships could survive in such storms. , and went home.
It was the negligence of the Jin soldiers that saved Zhao Gou's life. After that, when the Southern Song Dynasty rebels established a defense line along the river, it became difficult for the Jin Kingdom to sail down by boat. Zhao Gou then settled down and began to build the Imperial City Palace in Lin'an. Garden.
After this incident, the people of the Southern Song Dynasty always felt that there was no end to the raging Jin soldiers, and they began to pay special attention to the innovation of shipbuilding technology. Many technologically advanced giant ships were created during the Southern Song Dynasty.
The prosperity of the shipping industry also indirectly made the foreign trade of the Southern Song Dynasty extremely developed. The commercial taxes collected in the Southern Song Dynasty far exceeded the agricultural taxes. This was an era of rejuvenating the country through commerce with genuine goods.
