Great Zhou Empress

Xue Zhijing stayed at Yuanjiadi in Quanzhou.

Quanzhou is a seaport for the outside world, theoretically people from all over Southeast Asia and the West can come here for trade.Therefore, there are many Fanbang people living in the mansion here. Judging by the skin color, most of them are Nanyang people. Some people even greet Xue Zhijing in Chinese with an accent.

Xue Zhijing's plan was to go to the local tea official in Quanzhou first, and then follow Su Mingcha to their private tea garden.

In the Dacheng Dynasty, some tea gardens were directly managed by the government, called tribute tea, and the other part were private tea gardens owned by tea merchants. In addition, some monasteries also owned tea gardens, which were also considered private tea gardens.

The local tea official in Quanzhou is surnamed Chen, who is the supervisor of picking.His family's mansion is located on the outskirts of the city. I don't know if it is because the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it occupies a large area.

The servant welcomed Xue Zhijing into the living room and offered her the best tribute tea.

Chen Jiancai has a round face, and when he smiles, his eyes are gone. When chatting with Xue Zhijing, he makes people feel very comfortable. He seems to have the ability to reconcile the two of them in a mellow and soft way.

Xue Zhijing secretly thought, this buddy is really good at handling interpersonal relationships.

But the business still needs to be done. Xue Zhijing wanted to see the original data such as the accounts and the amount of entry and exit. Chen Jiancai smiled and said that he would go to the warehouse in the backyard to get it, and let Xue Zhijing sit first.

The servant brought up local snacks for Xue Zhijing to eat first.

After waiting for a long time, Xue Zhijing heard what seemed to be a dispute in the yard, she came out of the living room, and when she stood on the corridor, she saw a man and a woman arguing at the moon door on the side.

The woman was covering her face, but it was Ayla whom she had seen at the ship repair yard that day. Although she had changed clothes, she was still covering her face with a light gauze, and she was holding a ship model in her hand. items.

The man she was pulling with was a little fat, wearing high-end silk clothing, and his round face looked oily. He should eat a lot of meat on weekdays.

Their voices reached Xue Zhijing's ears.

"Why are you so hypocritical? I, Young Master Chen, want to see your face. It's for your face. Pick it off soon."

"I never take off my veil, get out of the way, I want to send something to your father."

As he said that, Young Master Chen was about to pull the veil on Ayila's face, but Ayila avoided it, and Young Master Chen kept saying, "What are you afraid of, I will send my father to Guangzhou to ask your father soon Propose marriage."

"Bah~ who wants you to propose marriage, did I say I want to marry you?"

Ayila's tone irritated Young Master Chen, and Young Master Chen pressed Ayila's slender shoulders with his fat hand, and tore off Ayila's veil with the other hand.

The veil was torn off, and Ayla's face was completely exposed to the eyes of the two of them.

Young Master Chen was shocked!

Xue Zhijing was also shocked!

How could there be such a beautiful woman in the world!

Ayla has high brows and deep eyes, fair skin, and blue eyeballs as clear as the sea. It's hard to say what the facial features are, but the combination of the facial features on her face has a magical power that makes people unable to move their eyes away.

If it is said that Ting Lan can only show this kind of magical power when performing, then Ayila can have such an ability to attract thousands of sentient beings purely by virtue of her appearance.

No wonder she needs to wear a veil. Walking in the world with such a face will cause chaos.

Xue Zhijing was stunned, while the chubby Young Master Chen remained completely motionless as if someone had tapped his acupuncture points.

Xue Zhijing pulled off the hand that was holding the other person's shoulder, and shoved him backwards. He fell to the ground with a thud, and then he came to his senses completely.

At this time, Ayla hurried to the ground to pick up her veil, and hurriedly put it back on.

"Are you okay?" Xue Zhijing asked.

Ayla ignored her, and checked the model of the ship in her hand, it seemed that it was a bit broken, her brows were wrinkled, and she was a little unhappy, trying to fix it.

The young master Chen who just fell to the ground started to show his presence again, as if he was stimulated by Ayila's appearance just now, he started to stutter, "That, that, I, I want to marry you~ "

Ayla glanced at him coldly, "I don't want to marry you."

She continued to tinker with her ship model, Xue Zhijing stepped forward to help her support the bottom of the ship, and finally received a faint "Thank you~" from the other party

When Ayila put on the veil, Xue Zhijing's mind also came back, and her attention was attracted by the ship model in Ayila's hand.The sharp bottom looks like a sea ship. Judging by the size and number of sails, it should be larger than the sea ship they took when they came.

Young Master Chen next to him was still trying to make sense of his presence, babbling nonsense, blushing with excitement, seeing Ayila ignoring him at all, and wanting to gossip again.

This kind of behavior really made Xue Zhijing feel a little disdainful, she grabbed the other's wrist and pushed him back.

Dealing with such a little fat man who doesn't work hard, Xue Zhijing can be regarded as easy.

By the way, I added a sentence, "Do you understand what is polite?"

At this time, Chen Jiancai, who had gone to fetch the things, also came back. Seeing a few people here, he hurried over and said to Xue Zhijing first, "Aunt Xue, the things are all ready."

Then he turned to Ayla and said, "Please wait for me in the side hall."

At this time, that Young Master Chen suddenly got up again, grabbed Chen Jiancai's arm and said, "Father, I want to marry Ayla, can you go propose marriage for me? I'm gone, you have to decide for me."

Ayila gave him a cold look, and said to Chen Jiancai, "Chen Jiancai, I don't mean that, I'll wait for you in the side hall."

Then she left.

Xue Zhijing even smiled to see the giant baby crying in front of his father, and then met Chen Jiancai with a terrified expression, Chen Jiancai scolded, "Shut up and go back to your room to study."

"I don't, Dad, you promise me, I want to marry Ayla, I don't want anyone, I want Ayla."

Xue Zhijing's eyebrows ached a little from his quarrel, and after pinching, he said to Chen Jiancai, "Chen Jiancai, your son seems to need more education."

Chen Jiancai finally called his servants to take away his son who might not be able to think very well, and then the two returned to the living room, Xue Zhijing began to look through various materials.

For a while, I really couldn't see anything.

"Aunt Xue, please take a seat. I'll go and see the other guests first, and I'll be back in a while."

"it is good."

Halfway through the flip, Xue Zhijing suddenly remembered the model of the sea ship that Ayila was holding just now, which was a bit weird.

Chen Jiancai is an official in charge of tea. He has nothing to do with shipbuilding. Even if he does, it has a little relationship with the tank boats in the inland river. Sea ships?

What does he want a model of a sea ship, as a toy for his son?But his son is [-]% like that, can he play and understand such delicate things?And looking at the interaction of the few people just now, it is definitely not a toy for him, it must be used by Chen Jiancai himself.

Could it be that Chen Jiancai is a ship model enthusiast?

No, that's certainly not the case.

Soon, Chen Jiancai came back, Xue Zhijing also finished reading the materials very quickly, stayed for a light meal, and then went back to the mansion.

She asked Yuan's Cabinet to find out about Chen Jiancai's family property. Besides his salary, how many fields and shops did his family have.If there is some huge amount of property from unknown sources, report it to her in time.

In addition, after she wandered around Quanzhou City for a few days, she turned to the ship repair yard.

Perhaps it was because Xue Zhijing helped her that day, Ayila's temper became better when facing Xue Zhijing, and she asked calmly, "Is there something wrong?"

Xue Zhijing saw that several structural drawings were placed on her desk, using wide-open white paper with lines drawn in charcoal, which looked a bit like engineering drawings of later generations.

"Did you draw these?" Xue Zhijing didn't get straight to the point, but started chatting with her about it.

Ayla nodded, "The structure of the hull is complicated, so it is natural to draw a picture to ensure that there are no mistakes."

Xue Zhijing exclaimed, "Sea ships are really the most exquisite objects in this era. They require so many parts and have so many complicated structures. Did you learn how to build ships from your family when you were young?"

Ayla shook her head, and irritability flashed in her eyes, "My father is a businessman, so he would not expect me to learn this, he just wants to marry me to a wealthy noble. It’s a big boat of three thousand materials, I grew up on it, and I’ll get used to it after seeing too much.”

"If you look at it too much, you will know it?" Xue Zhijing was a little surprised. If Ayila is a painter, she will be nothing if you look at it too much, but she is an engineer who repairs ships, and she can repair ships wherever she looks.

It's like in later generations, you know how to use a computer, but you may not be able to repair it for the rest of your life.

"It's not that difficult~" Ayila glanced at Xue Zhijing like a fool, "I can learn a lot of things after reading it a few times. I can not only repair boats, but also watch stars, measure distances, and identify ocean currents. And the direction of the wind, and the earth is round."

The earth is round?

Xue Zhijing seemed to have been hit on the head with a heavy hammer. Could it be that this Ayila also traveled through time?

She hurriedly asked, "Aren't you from this era?"

Ayila gave her a strange look, "What is not a person of this era? Do you think I am Peng Zu who has lived for hundreds of years? I can't know so much because I am studious and smart. What logic do you have?"

"Can?"

"But what's the matter?" Ayila said fiercely, "This knowledge is not difficult. I have measured the sun's shadow and angle in Guangzhou, and measured it in Quanzhou at the same season. The shadow and angle are different. Except for the earth It's round, I can't think of any other reason. Are you so ignorant? This is beyond comprehension."

It was the first time that Xue Zhijing was ridiculed for being unlearned and incompetent, and it made her laugh a little bit.

In this part of science, Xue Zhijing really doesn't understand the details. In later generations, such knowledge has become the basic knowledge, and non-professionals only know the conclusions, so they often mistakenly think that ancient people did not understand it this way.

"Sorry, I don't know this part of the knowledge. My name is Xue Zhijing, and I am good at business. If the girl is willing, can you tell me about the knowledge of ships."

Xue Zhijing spoke sincerely, so Ayila would naturally not be rude.

She is not an arrogant person. The reason why she speaks fiercely is because she has been bullied too much because of her appearance since she was a child, and she doesn't even have a friend.After all, in this era, men and women still play separately, and most girls will still dislike her for being too beautiful.

So she armed herself with such a fierce appearance, it was better to be fierce than to be bullied.

"Ocean-going ships generally have a sharp bottom and a small bow, which is convenient for sailing through the wind and waves. The most important thing about the hull is safety, so it is generally built with a flat and wide hull, a tall hull, and a solid and reasonable structure. Because most ocean-going voyages need to be Sailing at sea for several months, anything can happen on the sea, so in order to ensure safety, sea ships often have multiple masts, sails, anchors, and sealed compartments."

Xue Zhijing nodded, "So there was a water leak in one of the cabins of the boat I was on before I came here, but it doesn't matter."

"Yes, small-scale damage to the hull is the easiest thing to encounter. Different numbers of watertight compartments will be made according to the size of the hull. The compartment is damaged, as long as the partition is closed, water will not leak to other compartments."

Ayila talked about the knowledge she liked, and slowly began to chatter, and her language expression ability was very good, making Xue Zhijing seem to have returned to the previous campus, listening to a somewhat indifferent but knowledgeable The teacher is teaching the same.