After this profound lesson, Xiao Chen never dared to play with fire easily again.
But he also deeply understands the power of Flame Palm. He is currently in various crises. If he can learn this awesome martial arts, his life can be saved at critical moments!
So even though he didn't really want to learn, he had to learn.
It feels like he has already mastered the Qi Movement Gong, and said it has been practiced.
What you need to practice now are the martial arts moves in the booklet. These moves may seem simple, but are actually extremely complex.
For example, for the Fire Tree Star Bridge move, there are only three changes drawn on the map, but the annotation says that there are three, three, nine, nine, nine, and eighty-one variations!
Why do you make this move so complicated?
So every morning, everyone could see Xiao Chen boxing in the yard. No one could tell what kind of punches he was throwing, but he felt pretty awesome.
If you want to ask why you say this, everyone will know.
If he wasn't so awesome, then why did Mr. Xiao Chen look so solemn when he stretched out his arms and legs?
In fact, they just didn't know that Xiao Chen was worried.
After all, he has a very high level of education and has read a lot of books, but his physical coordination is not very good. It is said that when he was in college, he failed many physical education subjects!
Now if you ask him to practice the peerless martial arts of Flame Palm, it's like trying to catch a duck...it's hard for someone to do it.
But then again, he has a smart mind. After practicing hard for a period of time, although he has not made any breakthrough progress in essence, he has memorized all the eighteen flame palm techniques in his heart.
According to Wu Fatian's dying instructions, the pamphlet was burned.
From then on, he was the only successor of Flame Palm.
The spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, and the auspicious day for Concubine Liu's wedding had arrived. She said goodbye to the Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the Queen early in the morning. The mammoth motorcade left the palace from Ende Gate, passing through the loess paved road along the way, with clear water and dust, and finally arrived at around Chen time.
Finally left the capital.
After walking eastward for two days, we arrived at Haining Bay, which is the closest seaport to the capital. All passenger ships, merchant ships and grain ships entering Beijing must pass through here.
Xiao Chen and his party will take a boat here to go south.
After discussion, they decided to take the water route. Of course, the water route also has advantages and disadvantages.
The waterway is relatively safe. At least you don't have to worry about being harassed by bandits and soldiers along the way, and you don't have to worry about where to stop and stay every day.
Also, it is relatively comfortable, at least without the bumps and bumps of riding a horse.
This is profit.
There are also disadvantages. When sailing on the sea, you may encounter natural disasters such as strong winds and waves, and you may also encounter man-made disasters such as pirate attacks.
On the sea, there are no reinforcements that can arrive in time, so we can only deal with it ourselves.
The ship they were traveling on was the Royal Phoenix, which could accommodate seven to eight hundred people and was considered the largest ocean-going ship at present.
The escort was the Shenlong, one of the most powerful warships of the Great Zhou Navy. This was a three-story armored ship with more than 400 soldiers and more than 100 oarsmen on board.
There is a red cannon at the bow and stern of the ship that fires large-caliber iron egg pellets, and there are more than a dozen small squatting tiger cannons on both sides of the ship.
The ship building is densely covered with archery holes, and the roof is surrounded by a parapet. There are also dozens of mobile archers behind the parapet.
The commander of the Shenlong is called Lin Zirui. He is a dark-faced man in his thirties. He is extremely confident in his warship. When he invited Xiao Chen to come on board for inspection, his face was full of arrogance.
"Brother, I am not bragging to you. As long as I am with the Shenlong, no pirates dare to come close to harass you. Please rest assured, my dear concubine!" she vowed, patting her chest.
The firepower is there.
"How far can your cannon shoot?" Xiao Chen asked with interest.
"Sixty feet!" Lin Zirui shouted loudly, "before the enemy ship comes forward, let's bomb it first!"
Sixty feet, which is 200 meters, is not as far as a modern rifle.
"Are your projectiles solid?" Xiao Chen's face began to look less good when he saw those big iron balls.
"Yes, what else?" Lin Zirui asked, thinking that Xiao Chen was a layman who knew nothing.
"Isn't there any gunpowder in it?" Even if Xiao Chen is a layman, he still knows the difference between an iron egg and a fried egg!
"Oh, no, that thing is not stable. It is used to fire projectiles and it is afraid of exploding the barrel. How can it be loaded inside? Besides, if there is a fire on our ship, won't it explode first? Boom boom boom!" Lin Zirui imitated.
's lifelike.
This left Xiao Chen speechless.
In fact, this is not to blame for Lin Zirui's ignorance. After all, the concept of naval warfare in this era is simply incomparable with that of Xiao Chen's era. The difference is not between one generation or two.
It doesn’t matter that the weapon system is extremely backward, but the power system is even more impressive. How can you use human oars to maneuver such a large ship?
But for now, this is already quite remarkable.
Because many warships can only rely on sails for maneuvering, the wind direction and location are very important when the two armies are fighting.
If you turn your back to the wind, you have the upper hand; if you face the wind, you have the upper hand.
This is the advantage of location in a water war.
There are three hard conditions for a decisive victory in a naval battle: the weapon system, the maneuvering system, and the other is the protection system.
Although the Shenlong is known as an ironclad ship, it is actually just covered with a thin layer of iron on the hull. It seems that it can only protect against rockets and the like, but it is too fragile.
However, it cannot be thickened, because if it is too thick, the water draft will be deep, and the maneuverability will be much worse.
All in all, all three hardwares are very backward.
In Lin Zirui's opinion, this ship was outstanding, but in Xiao Chen's eyes, it was just miserable.
But at least this Lin Zirui seems to be a fierce general, and the soldiers on the ship are also mighty and majestic. It is estimated that it should be more than enough to deal with a pirate.
Young Master, I am not the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Zhou Navy, so I can’t meddle in so many other things!
As long as we can ensure a safe journey to Jiangnan.
After leaving the palace, Concubine Liu was the oldest.
And Xiao Chen's mission is to protect the imperial concubine, so it's okay to have him by her side at all times, right?
Including evenings.
After Liu Ruyun finished taking a bath, she was leaning on the comfortable and soft bed like a hibiscus, looking at Xiao Chen sitting aside in a daze.
"Why don't you say anything? What are you thinking about?" I thought he would take the initiative to throw himself into my arms, but instead he just sat there like a wooden man.
Humph, I probably just miss that little witch Murong Danqiu!
"I'm wondering if there is anything missing in our security measures." Xiao Chen really didn't think about the Queen at this moment.
"Aren't you very courageous? Why are you still afraid of death?" Liu Ruyun giggled.
"This slave is very timid." Xiao Chen said modestly.
"You are cowardly. There will be no bold people in the world!" Liu Ruyun meant that you even slept with the emperor's concubine. Is this what you call cowardly?
You are so audacious!
"It's true that my slave is not very courageous, but he is quite brave in other aspects."
It depends on how you interpret Xiao Chen's words. Maybe he doesn't mean what he said?