Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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At noon, a group of hundreds of them arrived at the edge of the Minjiang River.

Guo Ye obeyed Kang Bao's suggestion to take the water route, passing through the Minjiang River, passing through three counties and rushing back to Yizhou County in the fastest time.

Riding the wind and breaking the waves will eventually come to an end, and the future is blooming like a bright future.

Everyone boarded the boat one after another and sailed at anchor. Guo Ye looked at the shore that was drifting away, stood on the deck and looked towards the direction of Longxi.

Hundreds of people on this trip shared six "Silver Boats", which were carried by Kangbao when they set off from Yizhou County, and they were magnificent.

Guo Ye then turned his head and started silently admiring the six silver boats lined up in a line. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. From the tip of the iceberg of these silver boats, one can get a glimpse of why the Tang Dynasty was worshiped by all nations. Congratulations.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, China's shipbuilding technology led the world.

The ships built by Datang are not only advanced in technology, huge in shape and reasonable in structure, but most importantly, they are extremely stable.

Among Datang ships, the most representative ship is the Yinzhen ship in Quanzhou, Fujian, also known as the Anhai ship.

According to historical records: "Yinlang ship has fifteen grids on the side, which can store [-] to [-] shi of goods; Equipped with anti-wave boards, it can not only prevent tilting, but also cover waves, and protect the safety of people and objects on the deck.

At this time, European shipbuilding technology was still in the era of "wood is brittle, connected with coconut skins as cables, and filled with olive sugar". , Either it was smashed to pieces by the waves, or it was overturned by the hurricane and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Comparing the two, we can see why the Tang Dynasty can be worshiped by all nations, and it is a well-deserved "sea king" in terms of ships alone.

Guo Ye, Wu Xiuxiu, Kang Bao, Cheng Erniu and others were all on the first Yinlang ship, while the next five ships were loaded with [-] soldiers under Kang Bao's command.

Maybe it was because it was the first time to take a big boat, Wu Xiuxiu felt dizzy and her feet were erratic.Then quietly went down to the cabin to rest.

Cheng Erniu and Guan Jiujiu, on the other hand, split into two, carrying the mysterious object covered with linoleum brought out by Guo Ye from home, and wobbled down the cabin.

Kangbao has always been very interested in Guo Ye's mysterious thing that was kept secret at home. Although he asked Guo Ye many times what it was, Guo Ye shook his head and said "I can't say it" and stopped him.

At this time, seeing Guan Jiujiu and the two carrying things down the cabin, curiosity came to my heart again, scratching my heart and asking Guo Ye impatiently: "Brother, you can show my brother, you can bring it out." What is this mysterious and mysterious thing?"

"When you arrive in Yizhou County, you will know after meeting your father, Captain Kang. Anyway, this thing is definitely a good thing, and I believe your father will definitely like it."

Guo Ye still tactfully rejected Kang Bao's request to find out what happened. Good things are always precious until the answer is revealed at the end.

Kang Bao saw that Guo Ye started to pretend to be mysterious again, and couldn't help but look reconciled, and complained in a low voice: "Cut, you're not righteous. You kid even swears to my brother, you're not righteous. "

Guo Ye shrugged his shoulders and smiled, no matter how Kang Bao pretended to be crazy and cute, he froze and refused to let him see.

But he believed that when his father and son finished watching this thing, they would definitely feel the preciousness of this thing and praise it.

In order to divert Kang Bao's curiosity, Guo Ye deliberately changed the topic and asked: "If you want me to say, your six silver boats are really good things. The Zhechong Duwei's Mansion in ordinary states and counties may not be able to get such a majestic and magnificent ship. ship."

Guo Ye's little compliment really paid off immediately.

After hearing this, Kang Bao boasted complacently: "That is, if my father had a close friend in Quanzhou, it happened that his friend was in charge of shipbuilding in Quanzhou. Hehe, I really can't get it." There are so many treasures. Brother, you have to know that there are 43 states and counties in the entire Jiannan Road, and there are only ten silver boats in Yizhou County, not to mention the other forty states and counties, even our Jiannan County. Chengdu Mansion, the seat of the Southern Daoist Government, hehe, as far as I know, there are only five ships!"

Jiannan Road is commonly known as the Central Shu area, and it can also be understood as the Sichuan area.

In the first year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin divided the world into ten paths, and Jiannan Road was one of them.

For example, there are 43 counties in Jiannan Road like Yizhou, and Chengdu is the seat of Jiannan Road, which is equivalent to the current provincial capital. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang, Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, and Harbin, the same reason.

Hearing what Kang Bao said, Guo Ye sighed in his heart. He didn't expect that Kang Bao's father was really capable.Even in a Dazhou county like Chengdu Mansion, the Zhechong Duwei Mansion under its jurisdiction only got five silver boats, but he was able to get ten, which is really amazing.

After Kang Bao finished speaking, he leaned on the side of the boat and leaned over to look at the turbulent Minjiang River. He stretched out his arms and greedily breathed in the freshness blown by the strong wind blowing across the river.

Suddenly, he found that the river was very quiet today. Normally, there should be a constant flow of merchant ships, but why didn't a merchant ship come up from the downstream today?

Not to mention merchant ships, there are not even private ships that carry people on weekdays.

This seems to be a bit wrong!

Guo Ye didn't understand this phenomenon, but Kang Bao, who often traveled on the Minjiang River, found something strange.

Could it be that something happened in the downstream direction they were sailing?

Immediately, he asked Guo Ye beside him, "Brother, we should be leaving the watershed under the jurisdiction of Longxi County soon, right?"

Guo Ye made a rough calculation, and according to the speed of the Yinlang boat, it has already passed the twenty-mile river under the jurisdiction of Longxi County.Immediately nodded yes.

Seeing Guo Ye nodding his head, Kang Bao couldn't help muttering, "It's not right!"

Guo Ye didn't know why Kang Bao asked this question, and then asked what was wrong.

Kang Bao shook his head, because he couldn't say what Zi Wu Yin was ugly, and sighed leisurely: "It's nothing, I just feel that the river is a bit too quiet today. It stands to reason that the Minjiang River Basin is the most restless place." As far as I know, in Longxi County, Bashu County, Wuzhong County, and Zheng County, there are at least seven or eight reported water bandits on the river in the past two hundred miles. How can there be a ghost today? Didn't you see it?"

Hearing Kang Bao's tone, Guo Ye immediately gave him a blank look. What kind of remarks are these?

Is it normal for us to encounter water bandits when we travel?Isn't this just looking for smoke without a disease?

Besides, six such mighty Yinlang boats sailed down the river, accompanied by six hundred government soldiers in a mighty manner. Which water bandit is so blind that they want to smash eggs on rocks?

Then he glanced at Kang Bao contemptuously, and said with a snort, "I think you are full and have nothing to do. Wouldn't it be nice to arrive in Yizhou County in peace?"

Listening to Guo Ye's muttering, Kang Bao also felt that he was a little unfounded and troubled, so he scratched his right cheek and laughed.

suddenly,

Kang Bao's laughter stopped abruptly, his eyes stared far downstream, and he couldn't laugh anymore.

Ignoring Guo Ye's complaints, he raised his right hand and pointed to the downstream direction, exclaiming: "Brother, brother, look!!!"

Guo Ye was slightly taken aback by Kang Bao's cry, and gave him the middle finger again, rolling his eyes.

Surprised at first glance, your sister!

But he still looked in the direction where Kang Bao raised his hand...

What's so beautiful?

The water surface of the Minjiang River is all in sight, the beach is dangerous and the water is fast, and there are towering reefs blocking the way from time to time!

but,

Looking further away, Guo Ye also suddenly became shocked, his eyes were as big as a bull's eye, and he didn't blink for a long time.

White sails dotted in the distance, vaguely more than a dozen ships of different sizes lay across the river, I don't know the number and origin of it.

However, more than a dozen white-sailed ships seemed to be arranged in a big circle, tightly enclosing a three-story ship with a hull painted in bright red and decorated with colorful lights.

The most terrible thing is that the third floor of this magnificent ship seems to be on fire, thick smoke is billowing, filling the sky, alerting Guo Ye, Kang Bao and others like igniting a beacon tower.