When sailing at sea, there are actually two things that I am most afraid of: 1. Losing my way; 2. Hurricane or tsunami.

Today's Li family sailors, Davis quadrants, Sinan and monoculars have long been standard.

The principle of the Davis quadrant is actually very simple, the sailor does not need to try to see the sun as required when using a astrolabe or a simple quadrant, but instead uses a shadow projected on the scale with a stick, the position of the shadow end indicates the height of the sun, so that the latitude can be calculated.

This method of calculating latitude can be accurate to the minute, and the error is still inevitable, but it is already very small.

The best results are achieved when using the Davis quadrant when the deck is stable on calm seas.

Since the newly built ships are all improvised transport ships, the timber has not yet dried, and it is cut into planks, and in the event of a hurricane, it is likely that the hull will fall apart.

If the fleet was transporting goods, it would be fine, and more importantly, the fleet was loaded with Li Zhongyi's hard work in the first half of his life, and no one dared to venture into the ocean too deep.

Therefore, the whole fleet kept about five miles from the coastline, and headed north.

Unlike Zhuge Liang, who has to be personally refereed when he fights ten military sticks, Li Zhongyi is not the kind of person who must bow down to everything. For professional things, he has always taken the attitude of letting the professionals do it, and let Zhao Laoqi take full command of the entire fleet under the command of the deputy commander of the naval division.

Zhao Laoqi, whose name is Zhijian, was originally the helmsman of a merchant near the mouth of the Yellow River in Dengzhou. Later, because of the family change, he took the whole family to the outside of Kaifeng City and became an ordinary fisherman. Coincidentally, most of the Yellow River carp in the supply palace were caught by him.

When Li Zhongyi led Zhou Daozhong on an expedition to Goryeo, Zhao Zhangang was requisitioned as a sailor and later turned into a helmsman.

On a ship, the helmsman is definitely a highly skilled trade, even more important than the captain.

In the process of Li Zhongyi's gradual insertion into the affairs of the water division, Zhao Laoqi stood out and was promoted to one of the deputy chief teachers of the Wutang Water Division Branch.

After so many years of running-in, Zhao Laoqi gained the trust of Li Zhongyi and was appointed as Zhou Daozhong's deputy.

In fact, Zhou Daozhong is also very knowledgeable, not only did not hinder Zhao Laoqi, but even gave strong support.

The reason is actually obvious, in the entire Li family's army, military discipline is extremely strict, not to mention corruption and bribery, even if it is eating a bully meal, it will be severely punished.

Only, the generals of the sailor division made a big deal out of it, but Li Zhongyi opened his eyes and closed his eyes, pretending not to know.

Objectively speaking, the generals of the sailors have long been fed. The reason for this is also very simple, so far, the sailor is only nominally fighting with the Li family's army, and is not Li Zhongyi's direct subordinates.

As the saying goes, the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, there is constant production and perseverance, and the proletarian has the most fearless spirit!

The generals of the Navy Division have ill-gotten gains in their pockets and a new way out, who is willing to carry their heads and fight against Li Zhongyi?

At first, everyone thought that Li Zhongyi was interesting enough and was reluctant to do it. Up to now, more than eighty percent of the officers and helmsmen of the Navy Division are from the Martial Arts Naval Division, who would dare to touch the stone with an egg?

On the yellow water of spring, there are no waves, only a gentle breeze blowing through the entire fleet.

In addition to the shortcomings of not being durable, the new three-masted ship sailed more than three times faster than the old dhow.

When the new ship was first built, Li Zhongyi put forward several requirements for the shipwrights of the Goryeo Kingdom: a pointed wave-breaking bow, three masts, a front sail, an oblique sail, and a sealed water trap, which should be completed within three years.

Li Zhongyi's requirements are very clear, and the punishment is also extremely severe, with only three words: punish the three clans!

Correspondingly, as long as Li Zhongyi's requirements are met, the officials, mansions, carriages, money, and the beautiful girls of the powerful families are not a problem at all.

Under the huge psychological pressure of extermination, as well as the temptation of generous rewards, even mortals will burst out with amazing creativity!

Professional personnel do professional things, and after the request was made, Li Zhongyi just arranged for the army to strictly "protect" these shipwrights and their families, and then ignored them.

As it turns out, as long as the above is paid attention to, and the direction is correct, the rest is a matter of time.

Due to the beautiful weather, the weather was always fine, and the fleet took advantage of the breeze to sail north day and night.

After nightfall, Li Zhongyi, who had already eaten dinner, stood at the top of the handsome ship with his hands in his hands, looking into the distance.

I saw that the night sky was full of stars, and the masts were full of all kinds of lanterns.

When sailing on the sea, it is easy to keep a safe distance between the ships during the day because of the wide field of vision, and it is not necessary to lose the guide.

Night flights are more than ten times more difficult than daytime. At this time, the signal light on the mast is particularly important.

In addition, in order to ensure that they do not get lost, several lookouts on the mast have to repeat an action every two quarters of an hour: three torches are tied together and lit, waved eight times, and at the same time, using a bronze mirror, the light source is directed at the bow or stern of the ship.

On a sunny night, this method is very spiritually verified, not only will you not lose course, but the distance between the front and rear ships is relatively safe. Of course, if it's a heavy rainstorm, this trick is obviously not very good.

Li Zhongyi held the monocular in his hand, carefully observed the vast lineup of the fleet, and was greatly satisfied, full of pride and ambition, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar, "Count the heroes of the world, and look at the present day!" ”

Who would have thought that as soon as the words fell, a muffled thunder suddenly exploded in mid-air, followed by a violent wind and torrential rain.

Li Zhongyi, who was still complacent, was drenched up and down in the blink of an eye, and turned into a soup chicken!

is obviously a comedy, but suddenly it has become a cup, not to mention how depressed Li Zhongyi's heart is!

Back in the cabin, Li Zhongyi let Li Qiniang change into dry clothes for him, and his originally peaceful mood became restless.

With such heavy rain and darkness at night, can the entire fleet safely avoid the wind and rain and smoothly dock to rest?

The more Li Zhongyi thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, Huo stood up and wanted to order someone to find Zhao Laoqi for questioning. However, when the words came to his lips, he had to swallow them back.

Professional people and professional things have always been Li Zhongyi's principle of employing people. Under the premise that it does not involve rebellion and power is checked and balanced, Li Zhongyi dared to delegate power compared to any feudal town of his time.

In the midst of the storm, even a handsome ship of 5,000 materials was still as small as a flat boat, shaking very much.

Li Zhongyi sat at the desk, although he covered it up well, he was still seen by the bamboo lady who knew him very well. She held the desk with one hand, grabbed Li Zhongyi's right wrist with the other, and cautiously persuaded: "Master, the people of the water master are all well-trained old men, even if there is a big storm, it will be fine." ”

"Alas, the power of nature is beyond the power of man."

Although Li Zhongyi had been mentally prepared, the sudden storm still disrupted his mood.

You must know that this time when he went north, the fleet was loaded with the elite of the elite and the heart and heart that he had worked hard to cultivate.

Once a major accident occurs, resulting in too many shipwrecks, the entire Li Jiajun will definitely be greatly injured. Whether it is advancing into the Central Plains or leaving Yuguan in the west, it will be postponed for at least three years.

In three years, when Li Zhongyi rebuilt the big boat and crossed the sea to the west, Zhao Lao Er had already added a yellow robe and sat firmly on the throne.

At that time, Li Zhongyi is not unable to rob the country, but when the two strong meet in a narrow way, the Central Plains region is afraid that it will be full of devastation and corpses all over the field!

Zhu Niang's persuasion, Li Zhongyi listened to it a little, he held Zhu Niang's little hand, and said with a smile: "I'm thirsty." Zhu Niang immediately turned around and went to serve tea to Li Zhongyi.

Looking at Zhu Niang's back, Li Zhongyi couldn't help but purse his lips and secretly clenched his fists. Li Zhongyi knew that it was his own woman's words of comfort, but Zhu Niang's words also woke him up, everything, care is chaos!

The time that Zhao Laoqi controlled the entire fleet was not a day or two, whether it was transporting materials north to Yuguan, or leading the fleet to smuggle goods back to Dengzhou, no one knew the details of several routes better than him!

Since Li Zhongyi chose to believe in Zhao Laoyi, it is better to remain silent than to give random orders to add to the chaos, and let Zhao Laoqi use his rich sailing experience to lead the entire fleet out of danger in time.

The so-called century-old sailors, in addition to the continuous investment, more importantly, the heads of the sailors and officers and sailors at all levels must have rich sailing experience.

The sailor, in fact, is a team under Li Zhongyi that pays the most attention to tradition and experience.

Li Zhongyi is good at political strategy, proficient in people's hearts, familiar with the training and combat of the infantry army, and has a grasp of the direction of the development of weapons.

However, Li Zhongyi's shortcomings are also very obvious, he is not omnipotent, and he seriously lacks the experience of leading sailors to sail.

After Li Zhongyi drank a cup of hot tea and calmed down a little, he immediately discovered a new situation, the golden drum on the handsome ship was loud, and it was beating very rhythmically.

Li Zhongyi listened carefully, and made another amazing discovery, a gong, a drum, very regular.

"Well, the lantern on the mast must have changed as well, right?" As soon as Li Zhongyi thought of this, his originally impetuous mood gradually calmed down.

Since it's useless to be in a hurry, why bother? It is better to wait quietly, lest the layman command the insider, which will cause a catastrophe.

When Zhu Niang served tea for the second time, Li Zhongyi drank the warm tea soup in one gulp, wiped the tea stains on his lips, and opened his arms to hold Zhu Niang horizontally into his arms.

Zhu Niang couldn't help but scream, and Li Zhongyi immediately smiled proudly: "The couch is much more stable than the desk, lady, why don't we hug the heartfelt people?" ”