Even if Zhu Jixi committed the serious crime of treason, the fact that his surname was Zhu cannot be changed.
So we still have to have the proper arrangement.
It is also reasonable to deploy a few warships to escort.
When Chen Kan and his party arrived outside Dinghuai Gate, the Yangtze River Pier had already been cleared by naval officers.
Three treasure ships worth two thousand materials and dozens of cruising blessing ships were parked quietly at the edge of the pier.
A treasure ship can accommodate 450 sergeants. Including cooks, sailors, helmsmen, oars, etc., the maximum ship size can reach 600 people.
A cruising blessing ship can accommodate more than 60 sergeants, and the maximum shipboard size can reach 100 people.
Since Zhu Jixi was escorted by Jin Yiwei throughout the journey, the navy only sent more than a hundred sergeants to escort him, and the rest were cooks and sailors. Therefore, these three treasure ships plus more than ten lucky ships were more than enough to transport Chen Kan and more than a thousand people.
As the prison car escorting Zhu Jixi slowly drove towards the dock, the naval officers also slowly lowered the hanging plank of the treasure ship.
Chen Kan walked up to the treasure ship, waved the tooth plaque in his hand, and said: "I, the official of Bei Town, Fu Siwei Town, Fu Chen Kan, have been ordered to escort the deposed King of Jin to Taiyuan Mansion."
A sergeant dressed as a general jumped off the deck, came to Chen Kan and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty Navy Guanhaiwei Qianhu Song Qing has seen you. The navy warships escorting the deposed King of Jin are ready. Please review them." "
After a handover, the officers and soldiers of Jinyiwei escorted Zhu Jixi's prison car onto the warship.
After all the soldiers of the Imperial Guard were arranged on each warship, Song Qing nodded to the sailor on the pilot treasure ship, and the sailor took out the command flag and ran to the command platform of the treasure ship to wave it.
After a while, the treasure ship slowly sailed away from the pier and into the center of the river, which was as far as the eye could see.
"Sir, the distance between the capital and Yangzhou is only two hundred miles. With the speed of our Ming Navy treasure ship, we can get there in less than a day. Please come into the cabin and take a rest."
Chen Kan can be said to be a man of good deeds. As the saying goes, he worships whatever Buddha he enters in the temple.
After boarding the navy's warship, everything will naturally be subject to the arrangements of the navy general.
The room on the treasure ship is not big, and can only accommodate a bed and a small table.
The bed, table, and the benches on both sides of the table are all tightly fixed to the floor with mortise and tenon joints to prevent things in the room from moving around when the wind and waves are strong.
This alone is the largest and best room on the ship.
The water surface of the river was wide and the current was gentle. In addition, the treasure ship was large, so the room was relatively stable. Chen Kan sat down against the window and carefully admired the scenery along the coast.
In midsummer, the weeping willows on both sides of the river are so green that it makes people anxious. There are so many water networks in the south of the Yangtze River that it is sometimes difficult for Chen Kan to tell which one is the main river.
There are countless ships on the river, fishing boats, merchant ships, cargo ships, coming and going. It is really a scene of thousands of sails competing against each other.
As the navy fleet led by the treasure ship sailed into the center of the river, the ships gradually diverted to both sides, leaving a river channel hundreds of meters wide for the navy fleet. The navy warships were not polite and gradually began to Accelerating, dragging out a long wave tail on the gentle river surface.
The scenery along the coast keeps passing behind the head, making it difficult to tell whether the people are moving or the scenery along the coast is moving.
In the afternoon, as the water became more and more open, a majestic city came into view.
"Sir, do you need to rest in Yangzhou City?"
After looking at the scenery all afternoon, Chen Kan felt a little sleepy.
Song Qing's voice sounded, and Chen Kan woke up immediately.
After rubbing his eyes and walking out of the room, Chen Kan asked, "Can I go boating at night?"
"Sir, if we turn into the canal, we can sail at night, but we can't when we enter the Huaihe River."
"Then let's enter the canal while it's still dark."
Chen Kan yawned. Anyway, there was no hassle in traveling by boat. He would try to get to Taiyuan as quickly as possible. He had to come back for the exam.
The county examination only happens once a year. If you miss it, you have to wait until next year, and Chen Kan is now eighteen years old.
time is money!
"yes."
Song Qing bowed and responded,
Then Chen Kan felt a strong sense of weightlessness, and the treasure ship turned around and sailed into the canal, which was much narrower and gentler than the river.
There are three factors that enable night navigation in the canal. One is that the river channel is straight enough, the other is that the water flow is gentle enough, and the last one is that the naval warships are naturally fearless.
If it were an ordinary merchant ship or cargo ship, sailing at night would be asking for death.
As the treasure ship turned, a group of naval officers dropped a large fishing net at the intersection of the canal and the river.
Not only the navy officers were doing this, Chen Kan also found that other passing ships were also casting nets.
Seeing Chen Kan's curiosity, Song Qing took the initiative to explain: "Sir, there are the most big fish at the intersection of the river and the canal, and the fish cooked there is also the most delicious. When the soldiers fish them out later, you can have a taste. .”
Jiangnan people love to eat fish, especially raw fish.
The freshly caught big fish is cut into internal organs and sliced, and served with wasabi sauce. It tastes extremely delicious. Jiangnan people have made Yusheng one of the most delicious dishes in the world.
"Then I want to have a good taste!"
Chen Kan came to the edge of the deck with great interest and watched the soldiers spread the fishing net like a big bag, use the drag force of the ship's hull to drag the fishing net from the river to the canal, and then slowly close the net.
After a while, the fishing net was slowly pulled onto the deck.
There weren't many fish caught in the net, but they were really big. Chen Kan found that there were even three-foot-long sturgeons among them. In later generations, it was illegal to even touch them, let alone eat them.
But in this ecologically primitive era, fish like this is just an ordinary dish in the homes of fishermen along the Yangtze River.
"Send this fish to the kitchen, make half the fish breast and half the soup, and steam the fish belly for me."
Chen Kan pointed to the largest sturgeon. Whether it was out of revenge against society or curiosity, he always felt that it would not be worthwhile to walk on this river if he didn't eat this fish.
Seeing with his own eyes a navy soldier bringing the fresh and lively big fish into the kitchen, Chen Kan returned to the room with satisfaction to prepare for the meal.
In less than a stick of incense, a plate of extremely delicately arranged fish was sent to Chen Kan's room by Captain Jinyi. Looking at the crystal clear sashimi as thin as cicada wings, Chen Kan moved his index fingers. After a while, a large plate of fish was reduced by more than half.
Thinking that there would be fish soup and steamed fish belly later, Chen Kan asked Captain Jinyi who was guarding the door to remove the sashimi.
While waiting for the sturgeon soup, Chen Kan looked out the window in a daze.
This is the canal.
Unfortunately, most of the Yongji Canal in Beijing has been blocked by siltation, and only a few can be used for navigation.
The Tongji Canal that Chen Kan took was also because Taizu planned to move the capital to Kaifeng when he was in power, so he recruited civilian craftsmen to dredge most of the river channels.
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