Zhenjiang City, which was later in Runzhou, has to mention Jinshan Temple when it comes to Zhenjiang, which was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was originally known as Zexin Temple. With Putuo Temple, Wenshu Temple, Daming Temple and China's four famous temples, here is only more than forty or fifty miles away from Yangzhou, and came to Runzhou at dawn and evening.

Wang Tianxing had already come to Runzhou in advance, and the Qianshi sea ship that Lu Qiao had promised had docked on the dock a few days ago, and when Zhen Qian saw this not big sea ship in the twilight, he was still deeply shocked by its tall hull.

Zhen Qian, who was accustomed to seeing the 10,000-ton giant ship of later generations, realized how wrong his idea was when he saw the Japanese ship docked next to the Qianshi sea ship.

The ships of the Japanese people are all small boats of three or four hundred stones, no more than twenty or thirty meters long, no more than five or six meters wide, two floors below the board, and a low attic on the ship, and no more than 100 people on board. The two-masted sailing ship is compared with the thousand-stone sea ship, like a naughty boy standing beside the strong man, and the four tall masts on the thousand-stone sea ship go straight to the sky, like a giant beast lying on the river under the shroud of twilight.

Zhen Qian had no intention of entering Runzhou City, and went directly to the dock, although he was already the head of the Qing Officials Department of the Ministry of Rites, and he was also the deputy envoy sent to Tang Ying, and he would not be strictly interrogated when he entered the city, but the large number of war horses and weapons he carried were still too eye-catching, and he would never have more to do, and it would be better to get on the boat earlier and adapt to life on the water a day earlier.

There were still two days before the time of setting sail and leaving Datang, and the Tang envoy was sent into Runzhou City, and only Zhen Qian lived on the ship with his entourage, which made everyone else feel that Zhen Qian's behavior was unreasonable.

Fujiwara Shuxiong is monitoring himself, Zhen Qian thinks so, excessive enthusiasm is abnormal, although he knows it in his heart, he doesn't say it.

The length of the ship is about 50 meters, the width is about 8 meters, the hull is about 10 meters high, the ship is divided into three under the deck, divided into cargo compartment, water warehouse, crew compartment and pulp warehouse, two two-story attics are erected on the ship's board, respectively for the crew and entourage to use, the bow and stern erect two small eight-bull crossbows, the eight-ox crossbow is also called the three-bow bed crossbow, the arrow is made of hard wood as the arrow shaft, the iron piece is the feather, the world is known as "one gun and three sword arrows", the bed crossbow can also be fired "stepping arrow", when it is launched, it is magnificent, the arrow is like a javelin, Fired at close range, it can be driven directly into the walls, and when fired in a volley, rows of treadmill arrows are firmly driven into the walls, allowing siege soldiers to climb up.

Fujiwara Shuxiong saw that the eyes of the Eight Bull Crossbow were about to fall, and watched Zhen Qian's guards practicing how to operate the Eight Bull Crossbow over and over again, and his fingers gently stroked the Eight Bull Crossbow, like a pervert seeing a peerless beauty.

"The weapon of the country, with it, you can shoot big fish on the sea, what does Fujiwara-kun think?"

Zhen Qian inspected the cabin and found that the whole ship was arranged in an orderly manner, he didn't understand how to command the ship, the ship had its own set of rules, as long as he obeyed it, he pulled Ke Ming over and gave him a few words, and handed over the entire ship to him to manage, and he went on the deck with his sleeves to enjoy the night view of the river.

"Shooting a big fish at sea is a bad omen, Zhen Lang must not use it lightly?" Fujiwara Shuxiong was taken aback by Zhen Qian's words.

Seeing or catching a big fish was often not a good omen for the ancients.

In the "Records of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty", it is written that Ying Zheng traveled to the East China Sea, "to the end, see a giant fish, shoot a fish", and soon fell ill and died. It's just death, and worse still, death.

Gan Bao, a scholar of the Jin Dynasty, recorded in the famous Zhiwei notebook "Sou Shen Ji": In the spring of the first year of Emperor Yongshi of the Han Dynasty, "big fish came out of the North Sea, six zhang long and one zhang high", and a total of four were caught; Emperor Jianping of the Han Dynasty for three years, "Donglai Pingdu produces big fish, eight zhang long, one zhang and one foot high", a total of seven were caught, and they all died quickly. Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty favored the sisters of Zhao Feiyan, who was the starting point of the decline and fall of the Western Han Dynasty...... It is certainly not a good thing to catch these two to get a bumper fishery harvest.

The Western Han Dynasty is like this, the Eastern Han Dynasty is the same, "Emperor Ling Xiping two years, Donglai Sea out of two big fish, eight or nine zhang long, more than two zhang high", as we all know, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is an excellent representative of China's ancient "pro-villain, far virtuous ministers", these are verifying the theory put forward by the scholar Jingfang who is good at predicting disasters in the "Yi Chuan": "the sea sees the giant fish, the evil man enters, and the sage is sparse."

The ancients believed that the big fish was a sacred object, protected by heaven and earth, and could be spiritual. However, in Zhen Qian's opinion, this is because the ancients had no means to deal with big fish at all, and it is a joke for small fishing boats and fishing nets to meet big fish, and only with weapons such as eight-bull crossbows can they be shot, and after hunting, more sharks will be recruited, which will be rumored to be a bad thing.

Zhen Qian looked at the dark river in a daze, there was not a single fishing boat on the river, no one wanted to sail on the dark river, there was still a little fire on the land, but compared with the starry sky, the whole earth was extraordinarily silent, and only the "whooshing" sound of the river slapping on the boat and the shore could be heard.

"The bottom of the flower is full of wine, and the moonlight by the river is cast at night. Are you and I going to have a drink on the boat tonight? ”

In the middle of the night, the cold wind by the river, a light smoke wrapped in a light fur came out of Zhen Qian's cabin, this woman seemed to be very excited when she got on the boat, without the tension and despair of other singers, someone said to her: "The other country is too far away, life is difficult to survive, the sea is long, there is no one!" ”

This is not a panic word, Fujiwara Shuxiong himself said that every time the Tang envoy fleet is sent to the Tang Dynasty, it is actually the life and death of many relatives.

Today's people may not be able to understand, but as long as you think about it, it is not difficult to understand the hardships, if you send your children to study abroad, three-quarters of them will die halfway, it is estimated that no parent will let their children leave home. However, in order to learn the advanced technology and culture of the Central Plains, the Japanese people of that year did dare to break through the sword mountain and the sea of fire. Not to mention anything else, it is this kind of courage that is enough to make future generations ashamed.

It is definitely not a good thing to send an envoy to the Japanese State, and if it were not for the need to send an envoy to the Japanese State, Li Longji probably would not have easily granted it to Zhen Qian.

"The night on the river is cold and windy, and the concubine warmed a pot of wine for Zhen Lang to warm her body?"

Zhen Qian didn't know when Qingyan put himself in the position of a concubine, and he was very uncomfortable when he heard it for the first time, but after listening to it for a long time, the sweet and greasy voice made him irresistible.