The mighty fleet went straight down the Yangtze River, and met at the outlet of the sea with the forty-eight Shuangyu Guard warships who were ordered to gather here, forming a huge fleet and turning towards the South China Sea. [ ]
The entire formation of this fleet is the outpost, the left and right front camps, the left and right outposts protruding from the entire fleet formation, and finally the rear outposts branching to the left and right in the shape of wild goose wings. In between are the largest treasure ships and countless merchant ships.
The formation resembles a giant turtle carrying a sacred mountain on its back.
Looking down from the sky, the entire fleet was covered in darkness and spread out over several square kilometers. This scene resembled the giant mixed fleet at sea during World War II, but at that time, the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and other countries all had such naval fleets.
, but now it is the only one with no semicolon.
"Walking through the vast ocean for more than a hundred thousand miles, I watched whale waves touching the sky. The vastness was boundless, like the haze of smoke, or the waves of wind and waves. Looking at the foreign lands, they were separated by the misty haze. And my cloud sails
High in altitude, stars gallop day and night, wading through wild waves..."
In the early morning, Zhang Xitong, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood on the bow of the ship, looking down at the sea. He couldn't help but become very poetic. Zheng He next to him couldn't help but smile lightly. This was the first time that Zhang Xitong, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was in such a mood when he sailed into the huge ship.
I have the same feeling when I'm in the sea. But the magnificence and beauty of the sea can only be experienced by those who have just set foot on the sea.
Zheng He smiled and thought to himself: "Just wait! When the waves are like mountains and the boat is like fallen leaves, when the sailing for several months becomes boring and blurry, Mr. Zhang will know that sailing is far from what he imagined.
It’s so poetic and picturesque.”
It was still dawn, but people who were going to sea for the first time got up early, waiting for the red sun to rise over the sea. The crew was busy nervously. The navigation methods currently used in Ming Dynasty navigation are mainly navigation compasses and
The method of crossing oceans and catching stars.
At this time, the helmsman is keeping the ship's stern facing the North Star, and the navigator uses a star board to measure the horizon latitude of the North Pole. After obtaining the initial data, they will be able to maintain a due south navigation for a whole day and night, and then conduct another Beidou.
At this time, they had not mastered the accurate method of measuring longitude, and the latitude was not determined based on the equator, but on stars such as Polaris, but this was enough for them to measure north of the equator with astonishing accuracy.
Sex gets where it wants to go.
When the waves come, the square bow is designed with seawater channels on both sides. When the waves come, it will pour into the channel. When the bow sinks and rises, the water will be discharged from both sides. This method is a good solution.
The bumping problem of the ship was eliminated, so the ship sailed very smoothly on the sea, so people like Zhao Zijin who took a big ship to sea for the first time rarely felt any discomfort.
Xia Xun was on another ship. Not all officials knew that Duke Fu was also on the voyage to the West. Apart from Zheng He, the envoy, Zhang Xitong, the deputy envoy, and Xu Hu, the commander of the Shuangyu Guards, there were only Zhou Man and Hong.
Bao, Zhou Wen, Yang Qing and other major eunuchs and officials.
There were many officials on the main ship, so in order to keep it secret, Xia Xun lived on Shuangyuwei's battleship, and Zhang Xitong also lived on another large ship, but he got up early to observe the situation, but in order to communicate with Zheng Envoy.
After Zheng He got closer, he happily ran to Zheng He's big ship.
His concubine Youmeng had just gotten up at this moment.
Youmeng has neither a surname nor a given name. He grew up in a brothel since he was a child. He was originally a famous singing girl in the capital. Zhang Xitong returned to Nanjing from Liaodong and was promoted to a minister of rites. His colleagues held a banquet to celebrate and invited him to go on a flower boat and drink. They met at first sight.
, and then he redeemed her life and became his concubine from then on. Zhang Xitong doted on Mrs. Ru very much. During this voyage to the West, she was the only concubine he took with him.
Youmeng opened his eyes, his eyes were a little confused, and it took him a while to wake up. Suddenly he realized that he was still on the boat, and at the sea. He couldn't help but lift up his thin quilt, jumped up happily, and ran to the window with bare feet.
, opened the window and looked outside.
A fresh sea breeze blew in her face, lifting her hair, and the sound of waves could not be heard. Youmeng sighed in admiration a few times, and then she turned around with unfinished thoughts. The window was on the side of the ship. Unexpectedly, someone saw her.
Meng turned around lazily, preparing to call the maid in to wait on her to wash and make up.
Last night, she and the master were lingering for half a night. At this time, her body was really attractive. She didn't have any hair on her lower body, but she was wearing an obscene garment. Unfortunately, the obscene garment was fat and hung down to her buttocks, so only a pair of beautiful legs were exposed underneath.
Her breasts are half lifted, and her long, shiny black hair is half-covered on her plump chest. The charming scent is amplified by this spring shirt.
Youmeng walked to the table and sat down, picked up the horn comb, and just combed his hair twice in front of the bronze mirror on the table. Suddenly he screamed, threw the comb, jumped up, covered his chest and huddled in the corner, exclaiming:
"Who are you?"
Tang Sai'er, dressed as a waiter in green clothes and a cap, sneaked into the room quietly and had been hiding for a while.
She found that it was harder to hide on this ship than when she was in the army. In addition, she was so frightened that time that she thought she had killed someone and wanted to run away. She could endure any hardship, but this time it was different. She had to wear clothes all day long.
She didn't change, didn't take a bath for several days, didn't dress up, only ate leftover tea and food, and had to sleep in the corner of the bed. Of course she didn't want to.
But she had secretly heard from the sailors on the ship that she had not really gone out to sea yet, and would go to Guangzhou next. If Xia Xun discovered her at this time, she would inevitably be escorted ashore and sent back.
The end was inevitable, so it was not the time for her to let Xia Xun know about it yet. So she sneaked into Youmeng's room in a sneaky way, hoping to find something that she could use.
Unexpectedly, she was on guard against Youmeng's mother, but she was careless and didn't notice the angle reflected by the bronze mirror. The girl Youmeng was dressing up in the mirror, and she saw a figure sneaking behind her.
The earth passed by, and this shock was really extraordinary. For a moment, her beauty turned pale, and her heart was beating non-stop.
"Shh!"
Tang Sai'er was also startled by her. She quickly pointed to her lips and whispered: "Silence! Don't be afraid, I won't harm you."
The girl in the dream looked at her intently. She saw a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. Although he was dressed in a green robe and a small hat, he had red lips and white teeth, beautiful eyebrows and big eyes. He was clear and handsome, charming and beautiful. Such a rare and handsome boy had never been heard of or seen.
The dreamy girl looked her up and down for a few times, then her timidity disappeared, and an unspeakable feeling vaguely arose. She could not help but slightly puff up her plump and attractive breasts, pretending to be angry, and said coquettishly: "You little boy, you are
Who is from your residence, why are you so rude, breaking into your sister's dormitory? If I go out in public, why don't you have someone kill you?"
"me……"
Tang Saier laughed dryly, his eyes rolling around for a while, but he couldn't think of an excuse.
At this time, there was a knock on the cabin door, and the little maid called outside: "Madam, Madam, what's wrong with you?"
The dreaming girl glanced at Tang Sai'er and saw her helpless look, which made people fall in love with her at first sight. She couldn't help but feel protective of her and said hurriedly: "It's nothing, I had a nightmare and woke up with a fright."
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After sending the little maid away, Youmeng glanced at Tang Sai'er with a half-smile and said, "Tell me honestly, what are you doing sneaking into someone's room?"
The sea is flowing across the sea and the sun is rising in the east.
The red sun suddenly jumped out of the sea level, and thousands of red lights suddenly spread across the entire sea. Even the big ship was bathed in red light.
Xia Xun stood firmly on the deck of the bow with his bare feet, his legs slightly squatted, his hands in front of his dantian like a round wave, and he was breathing slowly. There was a long gap between his breaths and his breaths.
, but it will never give people a feeling.
The hull of the boat was bumping gently, and the sea breeze with a faint smell of sea blew his clothes gently, but his whole body was completely relaxed, as if he had blended into the world of heaven and earth.
Su Ying stood quietly on the side of the boat, watching her husband practice.
I believe that there are more than 30,000 people in the entire fleet, and there are few people who are more familiar with the sea than she is. Here, she is like a fish in water, integrating into it faster than anyone else, but Xia Xun can also adapt to the water so quickly.
She didn't even feel the slightest bit uncomfortable with the life she was living in, which she admired and found strange.
She can adapt to life in the ocean, but God knows how long it took her to adapt to life on land, to adapt to the rich life in Jinling? But what about Xia Xun? Whether it is land, ocean, desert, grassland, it seems that no matter where she goes, he
He can integrate into it as quickly as possible and adapt to the life there. He is as tough as a weed, and any environment will be conquered by him.
Slowly exhaling a breath of turbid air, Xia Xun slowly stood up straight. He stretched a few times, stepped on the deck, held the bow of the ship and looked forward. The blue water was broken by the bow of the ship, and white waves continued to rise.
The ground was disillusioned and resurrected. Several dolphins seemed to find this very interesting. They fearlessly chased the waves on the bow of the ship and ran tirelessly in front of the ship.
Above the bow of the ship, many seabirds were chirping and circling. It was not very far from the land. From a distance, the land could be seen looming. However, in such a morning with excellent visibility, it seemed as if it was foggy and unclear.
Su Ying walked gently to his side and stood with him.
Xia Xun didn't look back, but he knew that she was by his side. After a long time, Xia Xun finally said, "What are you thinking about?"
Su Ying said softly: "I like it here. Every time I come here, I feel relaxed physically and mentally. I don't need to worry about so many things..." Since I followed you, I have lived in the Duke's Mansion for many years, but I...
It’s better to adapt to days like this.”
Xia Xun laughed softly: "The nature of a savage is to regard a wealthy family as a vassal cage! In fact, it's not just you. Thank you, Zi Qi, Xiao Di, Xiao Ying and others. In fact... from the bottom of his heart, Ming'er is also like this.
Temperament, she doesn’t like that kind of restraint either, but...she has to shoulder a heavier burden than you. Our whole family is actually like this."
Su Ying couldn't help laughing: "That is, we are not a family. If we don't enter the same family, if we don't have the same unruly temperament as you, how can we get together!"
Xia Xun gently held her hand: "Don't worry, when we come back from the West, I will take you to that place, where we can live as we want."
"Yes!" Su Ying agreed softly, like a little girl who was new to love.
She was full of curiosity about the place her husband mentioned, but she didn't ask any more questions. No matter how unrestrained and unrestrained she was, she couldn't escape this era. She could just go wherever her husband told her to go.
Xia Xun held her hand, faced the sea, and chanted: "