At the wharf of Ningbo Port, a large flying scissor passenger ship is moored on the wharf. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis is a regular boat from Shanghai to Myanmar. The passenger ship docked at the port of Ningbo to transport a group of people who were willing to go to Nanyang to leave.

Fifteen-year-old Zhang Yuanyuan took her personal maid daylily on the passenger boat, and after boarding the ship, she looked at Ningbo City on the shore with nostalgia. Zhang Yuanyuan was originally a wealthy businesswoman in the Jinhua area. The father has never had children, and he only had this only daughter when he was over half a hundred years old, and he was very fond of him. She originally lived a worry-free life, but more than half a year ago, the Ming army attacked Jinhua, and the Qing army looted on the eve of the loss, and her father hid her and the maid in the cellar to survive, but her father and mother suffered misfortune, and the family's property was also looted by the defeated Qing soldiers.

Later, the Qing soldiers who plundered Zhang Yuanyuan's house were killed, and she registered with the Ming army and received a little compensation, although it was not much, but the food distributed every month was still enough for her and daylilies to eat.

Two months ago, the Ming army organized the people to retreat, and Zhang Yuanyuan left Jinhua with daylilies and came to Ningbo.

At this time, some people came to lobby and persuade the people to live in Nanyang. Zhang Yuanyuan is a woman, if she does not want to go to Nanyang, she can go to a weaving factory in Shanghai to get a job and support herself.

Home is gone, Zhang Yuanyuan felt that there was nothing to be nostalgic about in the mainland, so she resolutely chose to go to Nanyang.

"There are more men and fewer women in Nanyang, your girl's family is very popular in Nanyang or Qiongzhou, and many of our naval officers over there have not married, you can find a wishful husband over there, girl, you will be blessed in the future." The official media woman said to Zhang Yuanyuan with a smile.

The official media woman also told her: "The military salaries of the officers of the naval division in Nanyang are very high, and the overall life of a general is better than that of the county master!" There are few Han women over there, and many people can only find local native women. If the Han woman goes, she will be favored. ”

The ship of this flying shear passenger ship is called Kunxing, which is used to commemorate Chongzhen's daughter.

Princess Zhu Yujiao of Kunxing, had a miserable background, and Chongzhen cut off one of her arms before going to the coal mountain. Later, she was abandoned by Zhou Shixian's father, so she was disheartened, and originally planned to become a nun, but Shunzhi was not allowed, so she was named Princess Changping and married Zhou Shixian. Because of the permission of the Qing court, Zhou Shixian's father dared to accept her.

The following year, the princess died of depression due to missing her parents.

Complain: I read a book a while ago, Chongzhen actually called her daughter Changping, and I gave up the book directly. Changping was sealed by the Qing court, and it was impossible for Chongzhen to call his daughter Changping, either Kun Xing or Yu Jiao.

It was a very beautiful ship, with a white hull and flawless sails, like a slim princess, and it looked very noble.

The Kunxing passenger ship is an enlarged version of the clipper ship, with a displacement of 800 tons and a capacity of 500 passengers. On the bow of the boat are written two big characters Kunxing.

With the prosperity of the port of Shanghai and the rise of commercial trade, the trade between Shanghai and Qiongzhou, Taiwan and Nanyang became closer and closer, merchants came and went frequently, and the volume of cargo transportation increased dramatically.

Zhang Yuanyuan boarded the ship, the ship has five floors, the upper deck is the helm tower and the stateroom, the lower three decks are the guest cabins, and the lowest level is the cargo hold. The upper cabins are first and second class, with large independent windows, which are well ventilated and have fresh air. At the stern of the boat is the captain's cabin, and in front of the captain's cabin is the fine dining room. The lower cabin is third-class, a room for eight people, with windows and a general dining room at the back. The lower level is the fourth-class cabin, which has no windows, and the fourth-class cabin is the unified cabin, and the cabins of the sailors and crew are also on the fourth-class deck. Fourth-class cabins rely on vents for ventilation.

The fourth-class cabin of this passenger ship is free of charge, and it is used to transport people who go to Nanyang to work for free. Tickets for the third class and above are generally taken by maritime merchants, officials, gentry and employees of the Nanyang Company, and there are also female dependents who generally take the third class and above, and the rooms where the female dependents live are all women.

The ship has complete life-saving equipment, including lifeboats and wooden lifebuoys, and the name of the ship is written on the lifesaving equipment.

Because Zhang Yuanyuan is a woman, she ruthlessly bought a second-class ticket. The second-class ticket price is not cheap, the ticket she bought is from Shanghai to Hongji City, and the two of them spent sixty taels of silver.

Inside the second class are two bunk beds that can accommodate up to four people. The other two in the cabin were a pair of little sisters, the elder sister was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the younger sister was about twelve or thirteen years old.

Although the second-class cabin is a bunk bed, the cabin interior is luxuriously decorated, the wooden bunk is pale yellow, and the bed is covered with a soft rattan mattress, which is soft to lie on, and because it is winter, there is a cotton mattress on top. It is said that in the summer, the cotton mattress is removed and replaced with a bamboo mattress. Glass oil lamps hung in the cabin, lit with whale oil, emitting a faint fragrance. The windows of the cabin are also inlaid with glass, and when the glass windows are closed in winter, the cabin is still bright and not airy.

The walls and roof of the cabin are a pale goose yellow, the window frames and doors are painted in a noble mahogany color, and the floor of the cabin is covered with wool carpets. Grandroom and First Class are said to be more luxurious, but the ticket price is very expensive.

The toilet on the passenger ship is also a new type of toilet, the special class and the first class are independent toilets, and there is a toilet in their own cabin, which has the latest ceramic flush toilet, which is very clean and convenient, and has its own bathing equipment. The second-class cabin uses a public toilet, which is divided into men and women, and uses a squatting toilet type.

The second-class room has a ceramic washbasin and a faucet switch, which can be turned on to produce water, which is very convenient to use.

After Zhang Yuanyuan got on the ship, she was still nostalgic for her homeland at first, but the equipment on the ship made her feel very curious, and the little girl of this age was very curious, so she ran around the ship, except for the bilge and the sailor's cabin that did not allow passengers to enter, and the captain's room, the rest of the cabins were all visited.

With four twelve-pounder guns on board and a crew armed with muskets, it was not a problem to deal with the average petty pirate. If you encounter a big pirate, you can escape with the speed of the Kunxing, and there are fireworks flares on board, even if the speed of the pirate ship is fast, it can send a signal for nearby sailors to come to the rescue.

The bell rang for the start of the ship, and the sailors began to get busy, putting away the cables and anchor chains.

The sails were slowly raised, and the Kunxing flying shear passenger ship left the dock, left Ningbo Port along the Yongjiang River, and sailed to Zhoushan outside. When the ship arrives at Zhoushan Island, it will dock, and a group of people will board the boat in Zhoushan.

The Kunxing passenger ship makes a short stop in Zhoushan, after which it will dock in Xiamen to pick up and drop off passengers, and then dock at Haikou to pick up and drop off passengers.

The passenger ship sailed at a speed of 12 knots, although there was no typhoon in winter, but the wind and waves were large, and the passenger ship shook very much, and the ship shook very strongly before leaving the Yongjiang estuary and arriving at Zhoushan Island.

Zhang Yuanyuan may not be prone to seasickness by nature, although she is uncomfortable, she does not vomit, but she can't move while lying on the bed. Her maid daylily and a pair of little sisters in the same cabin vomited so much that they were about to vomit out the bitter gall.

When it was time to eat, the smell of food wafted from the high-end restaurant behind the second class, but none of the four girls wanted to go to the restaurant, and they all lay on the bed and didn't want to move.

The ship sailed for three days and three nights, and when it arrived in the waters of Xiamen, the wind and waves were a little lighter.

To dock at Xiamen Port, the Kunxing needs to be filled with fresh water. Passenger ships consume a lot of fresh water, and the people on board use water for food, as well as for the new toilets. There is a fresh water tank at the high head of the ship, which does not store a lot of water, most of the fresh water is mainly stored in the bilge, which is pumped up by the crew with a hand-cranked pump and poured into the bow fresh water tank. Inside the fresh water tank there are pipes connected to the dining room, captain's cabin and toilets, which are available for the people on board.

After sailing for four days and four nights from Shanghai to Xiamen, the fresh water on the ship could not support Qiongzhou, so it had to stop at Xiamen to add water.

After passing the sea area of Kinmen, the wind and waves were less, and Zhang Yuanyuan and the three girls in the same cabin also had the spirit, and they got up one after another, wanting to go to the upper deck to see the scenery.

"Don't go to the outside deck! The sea is not safe here! The crew stopped them.

"Boom" came the sound of artillery on the distant sea.

"Where is the fight?" Zhang Yuanyuan's face was pale, and she screamed.

"Miss, don't worry, it's our army crossing the Kowloon River! Get ready for a decisive battle with the Tartars! Said the crew.

The mouth of the Jiulong River is just outside Xiamen Island, and at this time, hundreds of ships are gathered at the mouth of the river, and the masts are like forests, and countless Chinese warships are fiercely shelling the Qing army on the opposite bank.

Zhangzhou is located on the south bank of the Jiulong River, and it is precisely because of the natural danger of the Jiulong River that the Qing army chose the decisive battlefield in Fujian in the area of Zhangzhou. Moreover, the terrain of Zhangzhou is flat, which is conducive to the play of the cavalry of the Qing army.

Five days ago, the Ming army that conquered Quanzhou went straight to Tong'an, and after arriving at Tong'an City, the Ming army captured Tong'an City, which was not garrisoned by many Qing troops, in one day. Next, after a short rest, the Ming army advanced in the direction of Zhangzhou, preparing to end the decisive battle in Fujian as soon as possible and advance to Guangdong.

The "boom" cannon roared, the warships on the surface of the water spit out balls of fireballs, and the white smoke rose from the mouth of the Jiulong River, and the white mist curled around the river.

On the shore, the artillery of the Ming army's land division also roared, and the overwhelming shells smashed into the Qing army's positions on the opposite bank, shattering the Qing army's positions to pieces.

The Ming army must first cross the Jiulong River and go ashore before attacking Zhangzhou. The attacking Ming army attacked by land and water, attacking from Xiamen Island and Tong'an respectively.

Although Wu Liuqi, the commander of the Guangdong Navy Division of the Qing Army, also came to Zhangzhou, this Guangdong Navy Division was actually an inland water division for a long time, and the ships of the Qing Army could not go to sea at all. Except for the small sampans transported by land, Wu Liuqi only had a few small cannons in his hands that could be used, and the warships of the Qing army's Guangdong naval division were all lost in the Dongjiang River.

Speaking of which, the Guangdong sailors are also pitiful, as long as a boat appears on the sea, it will be sunk immediately. In the past, there were also ships of the Guangdong Navy Division disguised as fishing boats to intercept the merchant ships of the Nanyang Company, but the warships of the Guangdong Navy Division could not even defeat the armed merchant ships of the Nanyang Company, and after suffering several losses, Wu Liuqi no longer dared to let a ship go to sea. (To be continued.) )