Qin Wei was sitting on the pavilion of a big fortune ship, admiring the blue sea. Under the bright sunshine, the endless sea surface was sparkling.
Seagulls flew in the blue sky, and the big ship sailed on the undulating sea, riding the wind and waves. The sea water made a gentle swishing sound, and the sea breeze blew in with freshness and coolness, making Qin Wei feel refreshed and relaxed.
In the past few days, he first went to Linhai Mansion and met with Gong Shuqiu. Gong Shuqiu prepared this great fortune ship for him, which was very different from the navy warships built before.
This great fortune ship is eighty-eight feet long and twenty-four feet wide. It is definitely a behemoth on the sea. It is more than two times larger than the fortune ship on Zhiyue Island.
There are three ten-foot-high wooden sails in the middle of the ship, which are the main power sails. There are more than ten large and small wooden sails at the bow and stern of the ship. A pavilion is also built between the wooden sails.
The building is four feet high and divided into four floors. Its exterior is mainly red and gold, making it look gorgeous and majestic.
The cabin inside the hull is also divided into three levels. The lowest level is the power cabin. Yes, it is the power cabin. This big ship is dual-powered. It has sails that can be used as power by the wind, and there are paddles, so you can row even if there is no wind.
It is not the people who row the boats, but the mechanism technique of Gongshuqiu. Don't ask how the mechanism technique is done, Qin Wei doesn't know anyway.
In short, this big ship can be sailed by means of mechanics.
The second floor of the cabin is the storage area for the machine beast. When Gong Shuqiu was designing this big ship, he abandoned the small boat and directly designed a machine beast that can sneak underwater, named Sea Beast No. 1. It looks similar to a scorpion, and not only can it
Diving and fighting underwater.
There are a total of fourteen Leviathan Ones equipped on this ship.
The third floor of the cabin is the accommodation area and warehouse for the soldiers.
In addition, the deck usually looks flat without anything, but once there is a war, as long as the mechanism is turned on, hundreds of crossbows will appear on the deck. They are all crossbows specially designed by Gongshuqiu. Compared with Dali's previous crossbows,
The crossbow fires faster, has a longer range, and is more powerful. It is an absolute war weapon.
On top of the three main masts, in addition to the observation tower, there are also twelve mechanical birds hanging.
In addition to those led by Qin Wei and the 300 Tianwu Guards, there were more than 300 naval elites and hundreds of mechanical masters trained by Gong Shuqiu on the entire ship.
The mechanics are responsible for controlling the big ship and the mechanics, the navy elites are responsible for controlling the crossbows on the ship, and the Tianwu guards are Qin Wei's guards.
In addition to them, there are dozens of service staff, such as doctors, chefs, etc.
Before Qin Wei even boarded the ship, everyone on the ship had been training for more than half a year.
It can be said that in order to allow Qin Wei to sail comfortably, Gongshu Qiu spent a lot of effort.
Of course, good ships also cost a lot of money. The warships built for the navy only cost 30,000 to 40,000 silver dollars each, but the large ship built for Qin Wei cost 800,000 silver dollars.
Such a large ship is suitable for Qin Wei to ride on, but it is not suitable for the navy to be used as a battleship, because it is too gorgeous and has too many facilities that have nothing to do with combat.
The ship was sailing slowly, and Qin Wei was sitting in the pavilion drinking tea.
Xiao Shunzi and two maids were waiting beside him, while Xiao Wu stood in front and softly described their next route.
In the past three years, Luo Wang has already figured out the route to the Qiongtian Sea. Not only did he figure it out, he also occupied five islands along the way as supply points.
Although this was the first time Qin Wei went to sea, Dali's power had already been established in the southeastern sea.
In order to open up this route, Luo Wang teamed up with the East China Sea Navy to overthrow almost all the obstructing forces on the route, and Lu Sheng's Royal Court was just the last one.
"Will we encounter danger?" Qin Wei asked curiously.
It was his first time to go to sea, but he had heard a lot about things in the sea.
The sea is not always calm, there are natural and man-made disasters.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we have always maintained this route. At present, more than ten warships of our expedition fleet have been patrolling. If there are dangerous forces, we will remove them as soon as possible!" Xiao Wu said with confidence.
The long-distance voyage fleet, that is, the fleet composed of Luo Wang and Donghai Navy, has more than ten large warships and more than thirty small and medium-sized warships. In the past three years, they have accumulated rich long-distance voyage experience.
Although Qin Wei is the only one sailing here now with a large ship, in fact the voyage fleet has eliminated all dangers ahead.
"I, no, I heard that there are giant beasts in the Qiongtian Sea. I wonder if it is true?" Qin Wei asked.
He didn't care about danger. To be honest, with the combat power on this ship, not to mention the southeastern sea, even if it entered the western part of the Qiongtian Sea, it was not something that ordinary forces could provoke.
Yuehai Island and Jianxin Island are not powerful forces in the entire Qiongtian Sea Area, but in the western part of the Qiongtian Sea Area, they can also be regarded as influent forces.
The sea area is extremely vast, with countless islands and countless forces, large and small. The forces that can enter the current are already considered to be quite large.
"Well, there are giant beasts, but giant beasts mostly live in the deep sea and rarely appear on the surface. Moreover, most giant beasts have relatively gentle temperaments and will not attack ships." Xiao Wu said.
Giant beasts are a major feature of Qiongtian Sea Area. When talking about giant beasts, we have to talk about spiritual plants.
The reason why giant beasts exist in the Qiongtian Sea is because of spiritual plants.
In the vast sea area, the spiritual plants on the seabed far exceed those on land and islands. Humans can occupy the spiritual plants on land and islands, but they cannot occupy the spiritual plants on the seabed. Therefore, the spiritual plants on the seabed belong to giant beasts.
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In the Qiongtian Sea, there are more powerful behemoths than humans. In fact, humans are not the masters of the Qiongtian Sea. Humans are only the masters of the land. The sea belongs to the giant beasts.
"Have you seen it?" Qin Wei asked.
"minister!"
"Don't talk about me, I am your son now, you have to call yourself a subordinate." Qin Wei interrupted him.
At present, Luo Wang has been hiding his origin in the Qiongtian Sea. After Qin Wei goes there, he will also hide his identity to avoid trouble finding Dali.
There is nothing that can be done about this. There are too many powerful people in Qiongtian Sea Area. If he causes trouble in the future, someone will inevitably come to take revenge on Dali.
Before he has enough strength, he must first ensure that Dali is not in danger.
"Yes, I have seen it once. Two years ago, when I went to Qiongtian Sea for the first time, I encountered a giant beast, a giant beast that was hundreds of feet long!" Xiao Wu said.
Qin Wei nodded.
He knew about the giant beast, after all, the net had sent back a lot of information before.
In the Qiongtian Sea, giant beasts are also a very precious resource, and these big guys who have used spiritual plants are full of treasures.
Many powerful forces will organize the hunting of giant beasts. Every time the hunting is successful, there will be huge gains. Of course, if the hunting fails, it will be a disaster.
Xiao Wu said that most ocean giants have relatively gentle temperaments, that is, if they are not angered, they will become violent beasts if they are angered.
Qin Wei has a strong interest in ocean giants, and he also wants to see what they look like.
"How long until we enter Qiongtian Sea?"
Qin Wei asked.
"It will probably take another two days." Xiao Wu said.
"Yeah!" Qin Wei nodded slightly.
Sudden.
Just as the two were talking, a rapid whistle sounded outside.
A sharp whistle broke the peaceful atmosphere, followed by bursts of rapid footsteps and commotion on the ship.
Qin Wei frowned slightly when he heard the voice, "What's wrong?"
Whoosh~~
Two figures appeared in front of the attic door at extremely fast speeds. They were none other than Ye Gucheng and Huang Yaoshi.
"Sir, there is an enemy attack!"
Ye Gucheng Road.
Qin Wei was startled.
Enemy attack!
How could there be an enemy attack?
This was his first time going to sea, and he had not provoked anyone. Who would attack him?
As for Dali's enemies, that's even more impossible. This place is more than two thousand miles away from Dali. Besides, Dali's enemies have been cleared out long ago, and the remaining remnants are nothing to worry about.
More importantly, isn't there a long-distance fleet investigating ahead?
Why would anyone touch him?
Qin Wei looked at Xiao Wu strangely.
At this time, Xiao Wu was embarrassed and flustered.
He had just said that there was no danger, but only a quarter of an hour later there was an enemy attack.
The slap on his face made a snapping sound.
"Go and see what's going on!" Qin Wei said.
"Here!" Xiao Wu didn't dare to say any more, he responded and immediately turned around and walked out of the pavilion.
In fact, you don’t need to go out to see what’s going on.
Qin Wei came to the pavilion window and looked towards the south. He saw three large ships with strange shapes sailing towards them at extremely fast speeds.
The reason why these three large ships are strange is that they seem to be somewhat damaged. Many of the masts on the ships are broken. There is even a large ship that is tilted. Although it has not sunk, judging from the angle of tilt, it should not be far from sinking.
Already.
Qin Wei always felt a little strange when three large ships attacked him.