The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

The moment they saw Tianjin Port, the Spaniards, British, Arabs, Mughals, and Japanese gasped at the same time.

Their eyes froze for a while.

Even the helmsman who steered the ship lost his mind for a while, opened his mouth wide, looked at the miracle in front of him in astonishment, and even forgot his own duties.

The Arabian dhow and the Spanish galleon collided violently, and the ships on both sides rammed into each other, making it difficult to separate for the time being.

But Sinbad, Shakespeare, and the Spanish captain didn't complain.

They weren't even interested in looking at each other more than once.

Their gazes at this moment were all firmly attracted by the scene in front of them, and they couldn't move an inch!

"what is this?"

"Giant? Is it a giant?"

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Chapter 581 Giant Sculpture - Kuafu Chasing the Sun [5]

"What kind of giant is this? How can it be so tall?"

In front of their eyes, at this time is a magnificent building that can be called a miracle in this era!

In the twilight morning mist, Tianjin Port is like a noble oriental lady, slowly unveiling the mysterious veil in the eyes of navigators from the West, East and South Asia.

"My God!" exclaimed Shakespeare.

In front of their eyes, first of all, is a giant lighthouse!

A big lighthouse with a giant sculpture theme!

Shakespeare knew that in ancient Egypt, there was the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, which was hundreds of meters high and could shine on the sea tens of miles away.

But compared with this lighthouse in Tianjin, Shakespeare thinks that the seven wonders of the world are all scum!

Because this Tianjin Lighthouse is really too tall.

It stands quietly in the sea off Tianjin, on an island, with a height of one hundred and eighty feet!

Converted to modern heights, this 16th-century lighthouse is about 350 meters high!

This height is equivalent to a height of 100 in a 650-storey building!

Before that, the tallest man-made buildings that Shakespeare had seen were Notre Dame Cathedral in France and Cologne Cathedral.The height can reach more than 100 meters.

Shakespeare had already determined at that time that this is a miracle that can only be achieved by God's blessing!

But now, when he stood on the Spanish ship and looked up at the giant lighthouse whose top could not be seen at a glance, he sighed deeply!

"Da Ming, it's really scary! It's amazing!"

The Spaniards, Mughals, Arabs, and Japanese were all stunned!

This 350-meter-high lighthouse is definitely an undoubted symbol of strength!

Because no one can build such a tall human miracle.

At this time, most of the buildings in the world are just big stones, wood or even mud.Marble at most, all natural materials.

The highest building supported by these materials is the 100-meter height of Cologne Cathedral.

But in Daming, they were shocked to see such a tall lighthouse, the base alone was 500 meters wide!

Regardless of the amount of work, materials used, and construction techniques, they have all reached heights unimaginable by humans at this time!

"Master, how did you do it?"

What is even more amazing is its design!

This 350-meter-high lighthouse actually presents a majestic sculpture of a giant chasing the sun!

The giant's legs spanned two islands, standing on the sea off Tianjin.

Between his legs is the only entrance to Tianjin Port.

The distance between these legs is hundreds of meters wide!

His hands stretched out, chasing a huge and fiery sun!

"What kind of sculpture is this? Such an impact? The perfection of the sculpture is comparable to Michelangelo's David Coffey Belle!" Shakespeare cried out.

"This is an oriental myth! Kuafu chasing the sun!" The Spanish captain, who has been to Daming many times and is proficient in oriental culture, cried out: "They actually turned Kuafu chasing the sun into a lighthouse! That Kuafu chasing The sun is the light of the Great Lighthouse!"

"Such a bright fire?" Shakespeare looked obsessively at the sculpture of Kuafu chasing the sun full of power and beauty, full of oriental spiritual pursuit, and at the "sun" in Kuafu's hand. Is it actually the light of a lighthouse?

"That's right." The Spanish captain murmured dumbly: "Actually, we are still more than 20 nautical miles away from the lighthouse. But we can see clearly from here. Because the lighthouse is too high and the lights are too big Only then will there be this (bfea) feeling!"

"More than 20 nautical miles? Even in foggy conditions, you can see so clearly?" Shakespeare was surprised: "Then how far can it illuminate the sea at night?"

The function of a large lighthouse is to guide lost ships in the dark and in storms, so that they know the direction of the port so that they will not get lost.

The Spanish captain said with emotion: "I have been to so many ports in the world, but I have never seen such a majestic miracle. Perhaps only the Seven Wonders of the World - the Colossus of Closso on Ross Island, can be compared with it. According to my experience, this lighthouse of Kuafu chasing the sun can illuminate hundreds of nautical miles at night and guide ships into port!"

"Hundreds of nautical miles!" Shakespeare exclaimed.

As the ship gradually approached the lighthouse of "Kua Fu Chasing the Sun", Shakespeare gradually became more shocked.