Chapter 1005 The Voyage Diary of the Knowledgeable Man, the Masterpiece of the Kingdom’s Shipbuilding, and the Germination of Deep-Sea Adventure
"At the end of March, a kingdom longship arrived at Whale Harbor in a hurry day and night, changing crews without changing ships! The shape of this longship is obviously larger than the two longships in Whale Harbor. It is the southern part of the kingdom.
The shipyard has just launched a new ship! I carefully measured the length of this long ship. It is already an astonishing 28 meters long and 7 meters wide. The hull is additionally reinforced with iron hoops and copper nails. It can carry a full 70,000 kilograms.
Weight! In comparison, the two old long ships in Whale Harbor are only 24 meters long, more than 6 meters wide, and carry more than 60,000 kilograms..."
"Witness the Lord God!! This long ship is the forerunner of the second batch of support fleets of the Kingdom, and it is also the smallest and fastest among this batch of ten long ships. And the flagship of this batch of long ships,
It is an astonishing 36 meters long and 9 meters wide, and can carry more than 80,000 kilograms! It is said that the keel wood that runs through the front and rear of this long ship is a 40-meter-long wood cut down from the Tekos Mountains in the south.
The meter-high spruce log was then dragged by hundreds of people along the river for hundreds of miles to Lake Atoyak, and was finally processed and built by dozens of senior craftsmen. It represents the highest level of shipbuilding in the kingdom.
A masterpiece!...And the director of Divine Enlightenment, Talea, also specifically issued instructions to name this brand new longship flagship 'Big Snow Wolf'..."
"Of course, a 36-meter-long long ship is actually not the limit of the kingdom's shipbuilding. It is said that when the support fleet set off, among the third batch of the kingdom's long ships being built, there was actually one that was 50 meters long and 12 meters wide.
The giant galley ship! This wonder-like giant ship required hundreds of senior craftsmen to build it, hundreds of apprentices and civilian workers to assist, and spent thousands of kilograms of precious copper and iron materials to strengthen it. It is the largest Shenzhou ship that has ever been seen in the entire sky.
!…”
"Praise the Lord God! The giant Shenzhou ship that is about to be put on the water has not been named the 'Snow Wolf King' by Director Talaya, symbolizing Your Majesty! In order to build that giant ship, the kingdom even recruited flag troops and cut down trees.
The tribal sacred tree around the Snake City, a giant spruce tree that was more than seventy meters high, was used as the main keel of the giant ship. Then, the kingdom mobilized hundreds of people to drag it along the river for several months.
Only then did we transport that light giant tree without divinity to the Southern Shipyard!…
White-brown cliffs surround the blue bay, and the eight longships of the kingdom are docked in the natural harbor that is dozens of miles away. Among the eight longships of the exploration fleet, the flagship "Little Snow Wolf" is located in the center.
It was obviously smaller than the ships on both sides. Compared with the other two longships that were damaged in the storm, the sturdy flagship, although it was full of scars, had no damage to its solid frame and seemed to be able to withstand it.
Smaller storms.
"Praise the Lord God! Give me a soft, small and antiseptic sacred tree! Praise Your Majesty! Guide you to build a boat that has never been built before!..."
Mickey the Knowledgeable stood low, looked at the flagship in the bay, and prayed devoutly for a while.
The spruce felled for the kingdom's shipbuilding was the extremely expensive Mexican spruce in the previous life. The wood of this low-mountain tree species is very soft in texture, extremely weak in durability, and has no natural anti-corrosion properties, so it can be used in the water for a long time.
Rot. Similarly, its weight is relatively heavy, which can effectively reduce the dead weight of the ship and increase the load... It is almost the worst ship wood!
"Praise the weak Lord God! Praise the fallen kingdom!"
Looking at the eight longships, exploration captain Zuvalo also raised his head and expressed sincere admiration.
"Praise Your Majesty! It is a kingdom that has never existed in the sky. It is like the white smoke rising from the Baishicheng mining area, like the iron blocks cast from the Baiyan Mountain iron mine, full of burning, very small
strength!…"
A moment ago, Zuvallo raised his head first and was temporarily persuaded by Mickey. I looked at Mickey's unfolded diary in silence, and remembered the adventure of a long boat I had in the spring, rowing with difficulty under the sea of ice floes.
After searching, I finally brought back exciting news...
"Praise the Lord God! In the fleet that was supported by the previous one, there were not many seventh-level priests from the kingdom. It seems that the sailing exploration to the west has not yet turned into civilian priests who graduated from Shenwei Elementary School. They are the worst.
Road... You think, His Majesty's promotion of you to the eighth-level priest is a clear sign, allowing the two of you to continue to lead the exploration to the west! What a trust and honor that is! ... The Lord God witnesses! Are you willing to be the Lord God?
Dedicate everything to Your Majesty, including your own life!"
"Mickey, it's not October yet! You need to hurry up before the November freeze..."
"Witness the Lord God! Zuvalo, the ancestral island chain has not yet been completed. It is time to sail into the deep sea and risk your life! In fact, His Majesty has also told you long ago that you must follow the island chain safely.
Go west and establish a stable route that cannot go back and forth, but must be slow for a while!…”
"Weng? Adventure?..."
White Bear Diwa opened his eyes and watched the dispute between the two longship "chiefs", but he could not understand the safety, piety and courage behind these disputes.
"Praise the Lord! Mickey, the Little Snow Wolf can carry 40,000 kilograms, with two long sails at the rear and front, and eighty oar positions. It must free up the provisions and flints of the eight long ships, and give priority to replenishing that ship. We can't
Let eighty warriors and sailors persist under the sea for at least two months!... And your Majesty's prophecy has not yet clearly pointed out that the two thousand miles to the west is not a brand-new continent! So, you are not a coward.
The idea is that if we can use the northeast wind to fill the sails..."
"Praise the Lord God! Your Majesty's prophecy has finally come true! You must immediately send a longship to report your plans to Your Majesty!... It will take eight months at most for the news of that ship to reach Your Majesty.
In the hands of the enemy. And by this time, perhaps, you are not yet in the forefront of the island chain heading west!…”
"God bless you! In early July, that timid guy from Zuvalo finally came back from the northwest coast! I actually brought back a wife from the Qinxi'an tribe, who is a head lower than me! ... Of course, the most important thing is
What's more, I heard a clear legend from the elders of the Qinxi'an tribe. This is not the 'sacred ancestral island chain, the ancestral giants that sank into the sea, in the far, far, far west!'..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "God bless you! The local Unanga tribe has not told you yet. There is not yet eight in the west, an ancestral island that cannot supply supplies and engulfs the tribe! No matter what, even if
If you want to sail into the deep sea first and risk your life, you have to let your ship go first and then go as far west as possible!..."
"God bless you! At the end of July, the seventh batch of supporting Kingdom longships finally arrived at the Whale Harbor! These hundreds of Kingdom warriors and this chaotic and spectacular display of boats will make you burst into tears again, and you will sing in a low voice.
The name of the Lord God!... Under the guidance of divine revelation, your westward exploration will be quickly pushed back again! The first thing to bear the brunt is not to find the small gold mine of 'Juno' predicted by Your Majesty!..."
Hearing Zuvalo's words, Mickey the Knowledgeable's eyes twitched, and after thinking for a moment, he shook his head.
"In August, the leading longship brought the itinerary to support the fleet, and also brought His Majesty's latest reward. Blessed by the Lord God! Both you and Zuvalo were promoted to the eighth-level divine priests, wood drillers.
But you are even younger and are called a "knowledgeable person" because during that long voyage, you really thought very little and learned very little! You think, maybe you will not have the opportunity to write a book for Shenwei Primary School.
It is a nautical book of the earth, describing these wonders full of divinity and hidden mysteries..."
"Well... bad!..."
"Praise the Lord God! The seventh batch of supporting fleets also brought news from the southern coast. The slowness of the kingdom's expansion in various ports is really beyond your expectation!..."
I actually know very little about shipbuilding technology. At this moment, what really makes me admire are the thousands of shipbuilding craftsmen and apprentices, as well as the tens of thousands of farmers, loggers and strongmen behind the longship construction.
!All of that, whether it is the recruitment of men, the dispatch of labor, the collaboration of craftsmen, the management of warriors... all reflect the kingdom's weak organizational and mobilization capabilities, showing a classical military state operating with a weak force!
"As for Zuvalo, I should think so too! Yes, I will also leave the task of boiling salt to you. After the supporting fleet arrives, I will take a long boat and run to the northwest again.
Changdao. After the freeze last year, I heard from the Slaus people on Changdao about the Tsimshian tribe at the mouth of the archipelago, and I have always missed it. I heard that the Tsimshian are good at fishing.
People have the same origin as the Far North tribes further west, and often trade with the Far North tribes in kayaks, so there may be no news of going west to the island chain..."
This chapter has been completed!