On the first day of March, the fleet of Jiangnan Shipping sailed from Sansha, Chongming, to Tianjinwei.

This trip has been specially reported to the Caojiang Yamen and the Southern Military Department, and the purpose is to escort Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who was trapped in Yangzhou back to Beijing.

Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department was naturally shocked when he heard the news, the eldest prince mainly had an accident at sea, and he couldn't eat and walked around.

But there is absolutely no way to stop it, because His Royal Highness is returning to the north by order - His Majesty ordered her to return to Beijing in March. Now that the canal is blocked, it is never too late to take the land route. Only by venturing by sea can it be possible to arrive on time.

In desperation, he had no choice but to report to the imperial court on the one hand, and on the other hand, he urgently ordered the coastal guard station to escort him along the way, and report the whereabouts of the princess's fleet at any time.

However, the coastal guard sent warships to look for it, but no one found out where the eldest princess's fleet was?

Because Jiangnan shipping did not go from the coast at all, after being released from Sansha, it sailed eastward and went straight to the black water ocean.

The Ming Dynasty called the Yellow Sea in later generations the Yellow Water Ocean, the Green Water Ocean and the Black Water Ocean respectively. The sea surface from the north of the Yangtze River estuary to the mouth of the Huai River contains more sand and the water is yellow, so it is called the 'Yellow Water Ocean'; the northern sea water of the Yellow Water Ocean is shallow, and the water is green, so it is called the 'Green Water Ocean'; the Yellow Water Ocean is deeper to the east of the sea and the water is blue, so it is called the 'Black Water Ocean'.

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At this time, this medium-sized fleet of 50 sand patrol ships was sailing on the vast blue water.

The sky was beautiful, the breeze was light, the warm sun shone on the sparkling sea, and white seagulls chased the fleet.

Li Mingyue and the others have seen it for the first time, and this magnificent and suffocating picture of the sea is extremely shocking. The girls stopped on the deck, unwilling to look away.

Especially Zhang Xiaojing, she looked at the boundless sea stupidly, only to feel that everything she looked up at before suddenly became so small. My own careful thoughts and troubles are not worth mentioning at all.

She felt that she suddenly understood why Zhao Gongzi was thinking about this blue sea.

It's another world at all, a place of extreme freedom without any constraints!

The so-called love at first sight, Xiaozhu fell in love with this sea.

And most importantly, I can finally be infatuated with it and declare my feelings for it. And there is no need to hide it, and you want to talk about it.

Obviously there was nothing sad, but Zhang Xiaojing couldn't hold back her tears. She opened her arms and closed her eyes, feeling the salty sea breeze on her face, as if she were embracing the all-encompassing sea.

It wasn't until Chen Huaixiu came to call them in that Zhang Xiaojing recovered from this unprecedented sense of happiness.

"The sun on the sea is very poisonous, don't look at the sun is very comfortable, and if you bask for a while, your skin will peel." Gang Leader Chen wore a straw hat, sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, wrapped his neck with a silk scarf, and his whole body skirt did not show a trace of skin, and was tightly wrapped.

The little girls were so frightened that they hurried into the cabin, no matter how beautiful the sea was, it was not as important as their own small appearance.

Only Zhang Xiaojing was still standing there reluctantly, and whispered to Chen Huaixiu: "Sister Huaixiu, you can teach me to drive the boat." ”

"Well, neither will I." Chen Huaixiu couldn't help but feel embarrassed, he might be the only leader of the Sand Boat Gang who couldn't operate a boat.

Well, definitely.

"But the gang leader can drive ......" Chen Huaixiu muttered in his heart, and said with a busy smile: "How can Xiaojing be interested in this kind of thing?" "Le

"Just curious, wondering how the ship works? The sea is so big, won't you get lost? Zhang Xiaojing's eyes flashed. The lethality of her beauty transcends gender, and together with the Chen gang leader who is a great beauty, she can't bear to brush off this little girl's little wish.

"It's simple, I'll take you to the helm tower to have a look." Chen Huaixiu smiled slightly.

"Really?" Zhang Xiaojing was pleasantly surprised, and suddenly a hundred flowers were lost.

"The weather is bad, or when you have to enter or leave the port. This kind of weather is okay. Chen Huaixiu said, leading Zhang Xiaojing to the stern of the boat and going up the gangway to the wheelhouse on the second floor.

This sand patrol ship named 'Pingjiang' is known as 400 materials, but in fact it is as large as 600 materials, and it has always been the car of the leader of the sand boat gang, and it is also the flagship of the entire sand boat gang, so it is naturally more spacious and bright than the ordinary wheelhouse.

And before sailing, it was also renovated in the shipyard. The most obvious is that the windows of the entire wheelhouse have been changed to interspersed glass windows...... The craftsmen used tic-tac-toe wooden strips to clamp the window panes tightly from both sides, so that they could not easily break and hurt people.

The biggest problem before was that people in the wheelhouse could not see the sea conditions and sails. The boss of the boat has to go in and out of the wheelhouse, which is troublesome and easy to delay.

Now that it has been changed to a glass window, the situation outside can be seen at a glance, so naturally there is no need to run back and forth. This makes Uncle Mi and Elder Niu Ma feel very convenient. But I also secretly feel distressed, how much does so much glass cost?

At their level, they don't know yet, it's all self-made by the research center on Xishan Island. I thought they were all bought from the Francophone man in Ho Jing O.

Glass is also a luxury in Europe, and because it is too fragile, large pieces of glass are rarely trafficked to the Ming Dynasty. It's more of a small mirror on the table, and that side costs hundreds of taels of silver. I'm afraid that this kind of glass with a large window doesn't have two or three thousand taels, so I can't buy one, right?

Therefore, on the day they installed the glass window, they had a lot of heart problems, lest any hairy boy not pay attention, or one day a strong wind and waves would kill the precious glass. That's going to hurt the dead.

To this day, Zhao Gongzi told them that it was produced by himself and did not cost money. A few old gentlemen dismissed the idea of arranging someone to protect the windows.

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In addition, the ship's water compass was also changed to a dry compass and was firmly fixed in front of the rudder.

The so-called dry compass is a compass that does not use the 'water float method' and places a compass magnetic needle. Instead, a small hole is cut at the center of gravity of the magnetic needle as a support point, and the bottom is supported by a shaft, and a round glass cover is also covered with a top. The rest of the parts are exactly the same as the water compass.

The dry compass reacts faster and more accurately than the water compass, which can be regarded as a small improvement.

In addition, Zhao Hao did not make any further changes, although he asked Zhang Jian to make a few gadgets. But all improvements must be tested in practice, not for the sake of change, to interfere with the normal operation of the ship bosses.

When Chen Huaixiu led Zhang Xiaojing into the wheelhouse, he was surprised to find that Zhao Hao and Zheng Ruozeng were also there.

"Childe and Mr. Kaiyang are busy?" She hurried to quit.

"No, we're chatting." Zhao Hao turned his head and saw the little bamboo behind Chen Huaixiu, and couldn't help laughing: "Xiaojing, something's wrong?" ”

"No, it's fine." Zhang Xiaojing was shy for a while.

"Xiaojing was curious about how the boat drove and why she didn't get lost, so I took her up to have a look." Chen Huaixiu covered her mouth and smiled: "Since the son is idle, I will explain it to you." I still have something to do. ”

"Ahem, the old man will go back first." Zheng Ruozeng stood up with the support of his eldest son.

Elder Niu also wanted to flash people, but he still had to steer, so he had to stay. I hope my son doesn't hold a grudge against me......

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