When the shipyard was established, Xiong Jing was just the prince, but now he was the king. Before he became the prince, he felt that he was a Chinese in the future and was calm about the Qin Dynasty's unification of the world, just like a spectator who was bored to read historical books, thinking that "we should not cry for the ancients." The most thought in his mind was to build a sailboat and then travel around the ancient world.

But now, he has integrated into this era. He is only a Chu man, and he is also a king of Chu. The blood of his ancestors, the fate of his father, the hopes of his ministers and subjects, and more importantly, he has seen the cruelty of war - killing people in the city, corpses are everywhere, regardless of gender, and height of more than five feet are all soldiers who can fight, and they are also people who can be killed - he vowed to continue the country of Chu and retain every Chu man.

Therefore, the previous dream of traveling around the world gradually became to find new species and conduct overseas trade. Otherwise, after retreating to Jiangdong, relying on those barren lands that could not support the war that was getting longer and longer and cruel. Xiong Jing had an increasingly premonition: the State of Chu would continue to hold on after the destruction of the other five countries, and the State of Qin would recruit people from all over the world, and at the same time, with the material resources of all over the world, the war at that time was not for three consecutive years, but for more than ten consecutive years.

There is no room for compromise, which is an obstacle that King Zhao Zheng of Qin must overcome to become Qin Shihuang Zhao Zheng. Otherwise, the Qin State, which is a county-based system, cannot gain a foothold in Guandong, because there is still a heresy in the world that is different from Qin State; otherwise, the nobles of the various countries will not surrender from the heart, and every victory of Chu State will make them excited from the bottom of their hearts.

"What are three years?" Xiong Jing breathed a sigh of relief and said in his heart.

"The villain pays homage to the king." Under the red tree next to the pier, a group of craftsmen bowed their heads and bowed to the pier.

"No gift." Xiong Jing did not answer, but waved his sleeves. He was already used to the worship of the common people. Only the soldiers in the army and the soldiers in the honor will make him feel uncomfortable, although they were pleased to surrender.

"Hongqing, Ouqing is here too?" The generals of the Zhou army, Hong Liu, and Ou Tuo are there. There is also Hong Liu's son next to him, who seems to be named Hong Mou. In addition, there are a lot of young people. These are the children of the princes who were selected to learn from Haizhou at Xiong Jing's request.

"I have seen the king." Hong Liu and others bowed again. In addition to them, Guan Yi, the new Taibu, also bowed.

"Guanqing is also here..." The sea boat is a novel thing. The children of the nobles and ministers in the Zhoushi hope that the king would teach the sea boat skills themselves, and then go to the sea boat to serve to see what the king had mentioned before (East, Middle, West, South, Waste, Bingzhou) and the four oceans (Blue Ocean, Green, Red and Ice Ocean, which is the name named after the color of the sea water of Xiongjing, which refers to the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Arctic Ocean in later generations).

"The sacred temple is set up on the stern building, and doctor Gongshu invites me here." Guan Yi smiled while speaking, and the little witch boy was still standing beside him. Seeing Xiong Jing's gaze, Guan Yi hurriedly said, "Zhu Qing hasn't seen the king yet."

"Zhu Qing pays homage to the king." Xiong Jing met this girl in the library two years ago. This is a spirit girl adopted by Taibu Mansion. According to the customs of this era, May is the poisonous month, poisonous insects and ghosts are all revealed. The babies born on the fifth day of this month are even more poisonous. Their ending, especially the girl's ending, is drowning, otherwise it will harm their family and neighbors when they grow up.

Ordinary people are afraid, but Taibu Mansion likes it because they are more likely to attract gods into their bodies than ordinary people. These girls will be trained to become spiritual women or wizards after adoption. The sage in front of them is a spiritual woman born on May 5th and adopted by Taibu Mansion.

"No gift." After not seeing you for more than two years, Xiong Jing was still a little unnatural when he saw Zhu Qing.

"Please go into the boat and watch it." It was too late, and Gongshu was afraid of affecting Xiong Jing's return to Ying, so he quickly asked Xiong Jing to see the sea boat.

"Okay." Xiong Jing did not look at Zhu Qing anymore, and under the guidance of Gongshujian, he stepped to the dock.

It feels different from looking at the sea boat from a distance and looking at the sea boat from a close distance. Although the boat, which is more than 20 meters long, is several meters shorter than the large-winged warship, the large-winged warship is not as tall as the sea boat. Although it is only a small boat worth more than 100 tons, the entire sea boat has four decks: the second lower deck, the lower deck, the upper deck (main deck), and the stern deck. Because the second lower deck is less than one meter away from the keel, the average height of the Chu people on each floor is set between 1.7-1.8 meters, so the height of the upper deck is close to four meters. With four meters plus the freeboard, the height is already five meters and five meters. If you include the stern, the height of the entire ship exceeds six meters.

The big-wing warship only has one deck, which is only three meters high. The big-wing warship is longer, but no matter how heavy and towering the sea boat is, it is not as thick and tall as the sea boat.

"Leave the crossbow door?" The dock was two meters deep. Because the main hull only had three decks, the gun door reserved for future modifications must be opened above 1.2-1.6 meters in the waterline (Shaosiming level draft is about 1.8 meters, and the lower deck is just near the waterline), so the gun door can only be placed on the main deck. Xiong Jing looked up at the square hole left on the freeboard and asked.

"Yes." Gongshujian didn't understand that the current crossbow door was the future gun door. According to the design, Shaosiming will be equipped with twenty-six Jing crossbows, ten left and right freeboards, two boat bows, and four stern towers.

"Go up and take a look." After getting close, Xiong Jing could smell the smell of coal tar and wood. He wished the sound of the seam workers knocking the hemp rope into the gap.

"Please, King." Gong Shujian hurriedly led Xiong Jing up the ladder.

The upper deck was basically laid, and the deck was flat and greased, leaving only a few hatches and mast holes. Looking at the empty mast holes, Xiong Jing couldn't help but ask: "How to hang the mast in?"

The mast of the sea boat is no longer than the short mast added by the large-wing warship, and its length is more than fifteen meters. I really didn't think of a good way to hang it in for such a length. Squirrel cage cranes usually lift heavy objects vertically, and cannot move three meters horizontally to the center of the ship.

"I am trying to..." Gongshu was in a dilemma. The mast was not only heavy, but also long, and it also needed to be placed vertically in the hole, which was really difficult to deal with.

"Yeah." Xiong Jing had already gone down from the hatch to the lower deck as he spoke, which was the crew cabin. His height was unhindered, and Hong Liu and others were a little depressed, especially the beam supporting the upper deck was more than ten centimeters thick, and they would bow their heads whenever they touched the beam.

There is also a deck under the lower deck, that is, the second lower deck, which is the cargo hold and storage hold; the second lower deck goes down to the entire ship and the keel. This position will be loaded with some ballast, about thirty tons of pig iron or other heavy objects.

The cargo hold has been fully completed, and some craftsmen are painting the cabin in the passenger compartment. There are also some craftsmen in the boat chief room and the witch room in the stern building. Gongshujian said: "The king said that there are countries overseas, and the sea boats should not be too simple to go to other countries."

"There are barbarians overseas. If you decorate like this, what should they do when they see it?" Xiong Jing smiled. After nailing the copper skin and hanging it into the mast, the boat can be put into the water, but it will take some time to install the cumbersome rigging of the sails.

"This..." Gongshujian was a little disbelief.

"Nothing happened." Xiong Jing just said casually. "As long as it is not an enemy of the Dayi warship, the sea boat will definitely be fine."

"King, the barbarians also have big winged warships?" Hong Liu couldn't believe it.

"There are barbarians and civilizations." How can Xiong Jing explain this world in this world? "There are also large-winged warships in the Mediterranean. However, large-winged warships cannot enter the deep sea. Most countries with large-winged warships are civilized countries, so there is no need to worry too much."

"The Red Ocean has a canal leading to the Mediterranean Sea. It is said that there is a state called Egypt. The king called Pharaoh. He once built a canal called Suez, but the canal may be deserted now. If the Red Ocean does not lead to the Mediterranean Sea, it can only bypass the entire South continent and enter from the narrow strait connecting the green ocean at the other end of the Mediterranean."

Thinking of the Cape of Good Hope, Xiong Jing had to remind him, "Around Nanzhou, you need to travel back and forth through the roaring sea before entering the green ocean. Fortunately, the sea boat is strong enough and there are only some bumps. The southernmost part of Nanzhou is a fertile land, with gold and stone everywhere, and it is suitable for herds and agriculture. It is the opposite of our Chu State. Chu State is spring, and there is autumn; Chu State is winter, and there is summer."

"I dare to ask the king, how many miles away from my Chu State?" The young men of the prince stood behind the ministers of the Red Valley and heard that the fertile land was full of gold and stone, and they were all itchy. It was not that they were greedy, but that they wanted to search for treasures for the king.

"Nine thousand nautical miles, about 40,000 Chuli." Xiong Jing could only estimate one number.

"Forty thousand-Chuli" Forty thousand Chuli exceeded everyone's imagination, and everyone was too restless for a while.

"If you receive the blessing of God, you can arrive in a hundred days." Xiong Jing was a little displeased when he heard the sound. "The people of our Chu State are spread all over the world in the future. You will only complain that they are too close, that the continents are too narrow, and that their fiefs are too small. Remember! It is the Chu State's boats that first connect to each continent, and whoever controls the oceans controls the world."

This was already a command from the king. When everyone heard this, they immediately bowed and accepted it seriously. However, the Chu State, which was 5,000 miles in the past, was already very large, and it was unimaginable to face the Chu State which was 100,000 miles in the future.

The old man was amazed and then calmed down. They probably wouldn't see that day, and the young man was secretly happy after being shocked. They had not experienced life at sea yet and were full of curiosity about the whole world.

"How about canned tinsel?" Xiong Jing understood the hardships of the sailing completely, so he asked about canned tinsels again. With canned tinsels, plant bean sprouts to ensure that vitamin C intake may not be that bitter.

"Reported to the king, I have tried several of them last year, and the iron sheets have been plated with tin." Gong Yin Dao said.

"Can tin be plated?" Without pickling, Xiong Jing was very suspicious of the effect of tin plating.

"Yes," said Gong Yin. "The rust area can be polished and can be plated."
Chapter completed!