Zhan Chen and Jiang Zhunsheng came out together, and walked directly to the dock, where more than a dozen large ships side by side were particularly conspicuous. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiang Zhunsheng pointed to those boats and said, "Chief War, have you seen them? Those boats are not just the ships of our Ning family. In fact, there are only five ships that really belong to our Ning family. ”

A strange color flashed in Zhan Chen's eyes, and he couldn't help asking, "How can there be other ships on our dock." ”

"Hehe, in fact, you can understand it if you think about it. Aren't these ships made for sailing? Some of those ships came from Minghai City, some from Heiwu City, and some from Wangri City. These cities are on the banks of the Yuan River, and they can communicate with us by water. ”

"Elder Jiang, since this waterway is so convenient, why don't everyone build ships and take the waterway? This can save a lot of time, and it can also avoid the countless demon beasts in the Black Forest. ”

"Commander Zhan, do you know, when the Yuanhe River reaches our side, it is not much safer than on land, there are countless trolls hidden in the water, seventh-order and eighth-order water beasts abound, they lurk in the water, and they will attack the passing ships at any time, and the people who ride the boat fall into the water, but their movements are not flexible, and they cannot effectively control the enemy as well as on land, and most of them will become water monsters. ”

"Therefore, those ships sailing on the Yuan River must be large and sturdy, at least able to withstand the attacks of the eighth-order demon beasts, so that they can move freely on the river and walk on the ground. And this kind of big ship can only be built by a big family like our Ning family with the financial resources and manpower. So the reason why ordinary people don't take the waterway is not because they don't want to, but because they don't have the ability. ”

"So what happened to the families in other cities to our city that never sleeps?"

"Most of them are doing some business, each city has its own special products, and these things will generate high profits between circulation, and with this river route, our Tongtian Shenzhou can be built, because many of the materials used to build Shenzhou are from other cities. ”

As soon as the two asked and answered, they came to the dock, where many boatmen were busy, and when they saw Jiang Zhunxian coming, they all stopped what they were doing and saluted him.

Jiang Zhunsheng summoned them all over, pointed to Zhan Chen beside him, and introduced: "Everyone, standing beside me is the new manager of our Ning family's dock, Zhan Chen, and we will all work under his leadership in the future." ”

When all the shipwrights heard that the young man in front of them was actually their future boss, they were all surprised, and hurriedly said in unison: "Meet the Chief!"

Zhan Chen said to them: "You don't need to be polite, I am new to the city, and there are still many things I don't understand, and I need a lot of help from everyone at the critical moment." Okay, I'm not going to disturb everyone's work, let's all disperse. ”

The shipwrights then dispersed to their respective work.

Jiang Zhuncheng saw that Zhan Chen did not play an official tone or play official power, and he had a lot of good feelings for this young man in his heart. At this time, he suddenly saw a towering lighthouse on one side, and proposed, "Commander, how about I take you to see the sea?"

"Where is the sea?" Zhan Chen said in surprise.

Jiang Zhuncheng smiled: "Please come with me." So he led Zhan Chen to the high lighthouse, which was nearly forty meters high, and the top of the lighthouse was lit with a raging flame, which was not extinguished for many years, pointing out the direction of the passing ships in the darkness.

Standing on the high platform, Zhan Chen looked into the distance, but what he saw was limited. Above the abyssal river, the mist met with the clouds in the sky, making everything seem to be shrouded in a gray cloud, through which he could only faintly see a few fires dancing in the distance.

At this time, he heard Jiang Zhunsheng beside him pointing to those lights and said, "Commander Zhan, have you seen those fires? That is where the docks of the City Lord Mansion of the Sleepless City and the other three families are located, and the docks of our four major families are distributed on the surface of the river fifty miles along the river, and they can all look at each other from a distance. ”

Zhan Chen looked at the other side of the river again, but found that the Yuan River here was particularly wide, with the eyesight of his Martial Emperor Great Perfection powerhouse and standing on a high place, he couldn't see the other side of the water, and couldn't help asking: "I don't know, when did the Yuan River become so wide?"

"Don't you know that this is the center of the Yuanhe River, and the distance between the two banks is a hundred miles, so at a glance, isn't it like the sea?"

Zhan Chen turned his head to look at him and asked, "Old Jiang, have you also seen the sea?"

Jiang Zhuncheng sighed: "Yes, I saw it when I was a child, but since I fell into this abyss, I have never seen it again." ”

The two of them didn't speak for a while, and after a while, Zhan Chen asked again: "Do you want to participate in this Tongtian ceremony?"

Jiang Zhunsheng shook his head silently and said, "My old bones can't stand the toss anymore, and that's your stage." ”

They stayed on top of the lighthouse for a little longer, and then they came down. Now the place they are going to is the most important destination of the trip, the shipyard, where the Tongtian Shenzhou is assembled and built.

The shipyard is right next to the pier and is a huge structure with a height of 50 meters. At a glance, Zhan Chen followed Jiang Zhun rope to get there, but when he saw the walls of the shipyard stained, he felt strange in his heart, so he asked: "Jiang Lao, why are the walls of this shipyard so dirty, as if they have been burned by fire." ”

When Jiang Zhuncheng heard him say this, he sighed: "You guessed it at all, it happened last month, a group of bandits broke into our dockyard, not only looted the material warehouse, but also broke into the shipyard and wantonly set fire to it, this is the 'masterpiece' they left behind, and the appearance you saw is quite good, it is the result of me sending people to repair it overnight." ”

"They attacked the shipyard for the sake of the Heavenly Boat?"

"Hehe, I think it's probably like this, maybe they broke into it and found that the Tongtian Shenzhou was so huge that they couldn't take it away at all, so as soon as they were angry, they set fire to it and destroyed it. ”

A trace of confusion flashed in Zhan Chen's eyes, he always felt that something was wrong here, but he didn't know anything about everything here when he first arrived, and it was not easy to speculate.

"Let's go inside. Jiang Zhun-rope said. So the two of them walked into the shipyard.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhan Chen was shocked by what he saw. I saw a huge ship more than 200 meters long, 40 meters wide, and 30 meters high lying in front of me, this ship was white all over, as shiny as ivory, as charming as the bright moon, and exuded a mysterious aura all over the body, so that people couldn't help but want to find out.

On the surface of the hull alone, Zhan Chen found many novel designs, such as the rows of square holes in the bed, the huge propellers at the stern, and the tall masts erected on the ship, all of which gave people infinite reverie.

Jiang Zhuncheng saw that he was fascinated, and said with a smile: "Commander Zhan, you are so obsessed, why don't we board the ship for a visit?"

At this moment, a voice came from a distance: "Oh, Manager Jiang, why are you here?" attracted the eyes of the two to follow the prestige.

But I saw an old man with the same gray hair coming towards them, and his appearance was also amiable and smiling, and the interesting thing was that his eyebrows were very thick and long, all hanging down to his chin, just like the long-eyebrow Arhat in the eighteen Arhats, covering a pair of eyes, but from the gap between the eyebrows, occasionally flashed a cunning light, and it was still possible to read that his resourcefulness was extraordinary.

Jiang Zhunsheng couldn't help but call out when he saw this person: "Director Wei, why are you here." ”

"Haha, you're here, can I not come?" "Changmei" smiled, looked at Zhan Chen beside Jiang Zhunsheng again, and asked, "Who is this?"

"Oh! You see I forgot to introduce him, he's our new head - Zhan Chen, Zhan Chen!"

"Zhan Chief?" "Chang Mei" was only stunned for a moment before reacting, and immediately saluted Zhan Chen, and said loudly: "Subordinate Wei Luo, meet Zhan Chief!"

Zhan Chen asked Wei Luo: "Who are you?"

"Please allow my subordinates to introduce themselves, I am the deputy director and deputy chief engineer of the former shipyard, and now I am temporarily acting as the director, but when Lao Jiang comes back, I can finally step down!hahaha!" Wei Luo smiled.

Jiang Zhunsheng began to praise him again: "Manager Zhan, Wei Luo is my right-hand man, he participated in the whole process from design to construction of Tongtian Shenzhou, guided the construction together, and sometimes did it himself, meticulously." You can't see it, many of the delicate parts of this ship are made by him!"

"I see, Elder Wei, you have really worked hard!" Zhan Chen praised.

"Hehe, Manager Zhan has an overreputation, the old man just did his job well, and it is Director Jiang who is working hard. ”

At this time, Jiang Zhuncheng said again: "Brother Wei, the war director wants to visit the Tongtian Shenzhou. ”

"Okay, please come with me. So Wei Luo turned around, jumped into the boat, and jumped onto the Shenzhou. And Zhan Chen and Jiang Zhun Cheng also followed him on board.

It's a different story on the ship, a five-story building with many compartments that can accommodate hundreds of people. Today, the main part of the ship has been completed, leaving only a few small details to be completed.

Above the deck, hundreds of boatmen are nervously putting the finishing touches on it. In the meantime, a big man in the shape of a man stood out in particular, he walked up and down the boat, correcting the workmanship from time to time, and when he talked about the excitement, he also rebuked loudly, and his tone was arrogant, so that the workers dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

Seeing him, Zhan Chen's heart couldn't help but have a bad impression, so he walked towards him.

At this time, Wei Luo shouted: "Xu Xiao, what are you still doing there? Why don't you come over to me quickly and meet the new war manager." ”

Xu Xiao heard Wei Luo's call, quickly put down the work in his hand, ran over, and found that only Zhan Chen was a new face among the three, thinking that he was probably the new Zhan Manager, so he hurriedly bowed down and said loudly: "Xu Xiao to meet Zhan Zong!"

Zhan Chen turned his head and asked Wei Luo, "Elder Wei, may I ask who this is?"

"He is the overseer of our ship, and he is usually responsible for patrolling and defending the various gates of the shipyard. ”

"I see. Zhan Chen nodded and said, "Supervisor Xu, you continue to work." ”

"Okay!" Xu Xiao agreed, and went to the side to supervise the work of the shipwrights.

Zhan Chen looked around, and saw that although the shipyard had been renovated, some traces of the fire were still obvious, presumably the fire at that time was very large, and many questions arose in his heart, and he said to Jiang Zhunji: "Jiang Lao, can you describe for me the specific situation of the fire and the entire bandit raid?"