Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 562

Su Xing is a wooden sailboat enthusiast, and his dream is to sail around the world in a sailboat.

For Su Xing whose family background can only be regarded as well-off, this is an impossible fantasy.

But Su Xing never expected that one day he would be able to realize his dream in the world of Datang.

As a ship enthusiast, Su Xing is very familiar with sailing ships in the sailing age. In reality, he collected a large number of design drawings for sailing ships. Su Xing also collected a lot of shipbuilding books of the Ottoman Empire and shipbuilding in the age of sailing. manual.

The shipbuilding book that Li Daoyuan contributed to Gao Shi last time was also collected and uploaded to the forum by Su Xing.

According to Pang Ju's request, Su Xing only needs to build a fast boat that can sail in the offshore.

However, Su Xing is not satisfied with building an ordinary fast boat. What he wants to build is the fastest sailing boat in the world, a sailing boat that can sail in the ocean!

What Su Xing wanted to build was a clipper ship, a high-speed sailing ship born in the [-]th century.

This kind of sailboat is different from ordinary sailboats. The hull is very narrow, and the bow adopts a hollow design, which can make the center of gravity of the boat more rearward.

The clipper boat sails with the help of sails, almost sticking to the water surface, and the underwater part adopts the design of reducing resistance that is most suitable for sailing in water, which can minimize the resistance of sailing.

This kind of flying shear ship is very fast and can also sail in the deep sea, but it runs counter to Datang's traditional shipbuilding ideas.

In Pan's opinion, Su Xing's design can be said to be whimsical.

Since it is necessary to sail in the sea, the ship must have a deep draft and must sail stably.

As for the design of the flying shear ship, whether it can stop at sea is a problem, let alone sailing at sea.

From Pan Dajiang's point of view, this kind of design is nothing but nonsense of laymen who don't know how to do it, although Su Xing provided a full set of design drawings, and also marked the size and proportion.

After the debate, Su Xing, supported by Pang Ju, finally won, and Pan Dajiang reluctantly led his apprentices to start shipbuilding.

The flying shear boat is a sailing boat powered by sails. The main difficulty in making this kind of boat is two points, the hull and the sails.

There is a large area of ​​forest near Dahang City, and it is still an undeveloped area, where thousands of years old trees can be seen everywhere.

These are all high-quality wood for building sailboats, and they only need to be cut by hand.

If you want to make a ship for ocean voyages, the cut wood needs to be dried for more than six months.

However, Su Xing's clipper ship needs to sail in the coastal waters, so he ordered his craftsmen to use the fire drying method to urgently process the wood. Although the lifespan of such a sailboat is much shorter, it is enough for sailing in the Bohai Sea.

With today's textile technology in Longyou, although there is no carbon fiber super sail with high strength, lightness and waterproofness, it is easy to weave a strong sail out of linen, following the example of the era of great navigation.

Before Su Xing set off for Dahang City, he had already entrusted the textile workshop in Tongliao City to weave the sails needed for the flying shear boat.

An Shougui stayed in Dahang City for a few days, and he was wondering that Pang Ju was in a hurry, but he has not been allowed to leave until now.

At this time, Pang Ju had already seen the flying clipper boat gradually taking shape in the simple open-air dock.

Pang Ju looked at the clipper ship whose keel had been built and asked, "Isn't your ship too small?"

This boat was five meters long, with one mainsail and one sidesail. The hull was so narrow that it could only accommodate two people walking side by side, and it seemed that it could only accommodate ten crew members at most.

Su Xing said with a smile: "Small is a little small. The longest real clipper ship can reach 40 meters. This can only be regarded as a mini youth version!"

Youth version?
Pang Ju frowned.

Su Xing said: "Although it is the youth version, the speed is the same as the original version. Even because the hull is smaller, the sailing speed is even faster."

"What about the speed?"

"According to my calculations, it can reach almost ten nautical miles."

Pang Ju frowned: "It's almost [-] nautical miles from Dahang City to Nanpu Port, and it takes ten days to sail ten nautical miles a day. It's better to let An Shougui go by land a few days ago."

Su Xing shook his head and said, "It's not ten nautical miles a day, it's ten nautical miles an hour!"

"what!?"

Pang Ju opened his mouth wide, ten nautical miles in an hour, wouldn't it only take ten hours to reach Nanpu?
Even Pang Ju, a player, felt that this speed was unbelievable.

Su Xing said with a smile: "At this time, the north wind in Siberia has not completely subsided, and the wind direction is suitable for sailing."

When Pang Ju was talking with Su Xing, Old Boatman Pan couldn't help laughing out loud.

When Pang Ju looked at the old boat builder, the old boat builder said: "Joining the army, the old man can't bear it anymore. How can there be a boat that travels hundreds of miles a day in this world? Master Su's bragging is too much!"

Su Xing just looked at the old boatman with a smile, and said to Pang Ju, "It seems that neither Pang nor Master Pan believe that my clipper boat can travel hundreds of miles a day?"

Pang Ju hesitated, while Pan Chuanjiang nodded repeatedly, expressing his disbelief.

Su Xing said: "Seeing is believing, hearing is believing! Then I invite Master Pan to take a boat with me and see if this boat can travel hundreds of miles a day!"

Pang Ju looked at Su Xing and couldn't help reminding: "Old Su, sailing at sea is very dangerous, and it's your first time taking this route, you should think twice."

Although Su Xing had exchanged the resurrection book, the higher the level in "The Wind and Cloud of the Tang Dynasty", the higher the price of death, not only all the attribute points were cleared, but even the level and skills were cleared.

Unexpectedly, Su Xing said: "I dare not ride the boat I built myself, so who else would dare to drive it? Besides, a professional captain is needed to operate a clipper boat. Who else can steer this sailboat besides me?"

Seeing Su Xing's firm attitude, Pang Ju could only agree to him.

And the old boatman Pan also showed his stubborn temper, and insisted on taking the clipper boat to Nanpu Port with Pang Ju.

On the last day of the first lunar month, the sails jointly manufactured by several textile workshops in Tongliao City were sent to Dahang City.

This white sail was fixed to the clipper ship, and under the pull of all the staff in the shipyard, the clipper ship was finally pushed into the sea.

Su Xing, who was standing on the boat, was holding the sail, while the old shipwright Pan leaned on the deck, watching the ship's body swaying with the sea water, clasping his hands together and chanting scriptures continuously.

An Shougui directly slumped on the boat. Pang Ju told him to take the newest sea boat in Dahang City to Nanpu, but he didn't expect that this boat would not be able to stop at sea.

An Shougui even suspected that Pang Ju wanted to use this ship to kill himself.

No, if Pang Ju wanted to kill himself, why did he spend so much time building such a ship?Obviously his own life is in Pang Ju's hands.

Except for the captain Su Xing, old shipbuilder Pan and An Shougui, even the other players who participated in the shipbuilding dared not board the ship.

In the end, Duan Chong, an old soldier in Dahang City, volunteered and took six soldiers aboard.

At this time, the people on the shore saw off as if they were mourning, and the disciples of the old boatman knelt on the shore one after another.

Jin Zai also looked at An Shougui, as if looking at a dead person in his eyes.

The most confident person on board was Su Xing. He waved to Pang Ju on the shore. Pang Ju untied the rope with his own hands. Su Xing pulled up the sail and shouted to everyone: "Sail and set sail!"

As the sail was pulled up, Su Xing quickly calculated the angle suitable for sailing. After he adjusted the sail, a northerly wind suddenly blew.

The north wind blew on the sails and powered the sailboat. The boat accelerated suddenly and rushed straight out of the pier!
Everyone on the shore was taken aback by the speed of the clipper boat, and An Shougui, who was sitting on the boat, screamed in fright.

Old boatman Pan didn't scream, he stopped chanting sutras and stood up from the deck, looking suspiciously at the pier that was getting farther and farther and smaller. Is this boat really sailing?
However, although the clipper ship is different from the sea ships of Datang, it has the structure of the sails on the keel deck. Old shipbuilder Pan is not surprised that the ship can sail, but he is surprised that the ship is so stable! ?

The hull wobbles even when parked by the sea, but it is surprisingly stable when sailing at high speed. The old boatman can stand on the deck with his hands loose.

All I saw was that Su Xing was manipulating the sails a little strangely, and the clipper boat seemed to be flying on the sea.

When the old boatman raised his head again, the port of Dahang City was no longer visible. Could it be that Su Xing was really bragging when he said that he could travel hundreds of miles a day?
This is incredible too!
The ship was sailing steadily, and An Shougui finally stood up from the deck.

He watched as the white waves breaking through the bow were quickly cut by the hull, and the clipper boat was like a pair of sharp scissors cutting the sea surface, even the seagulls chasing the boat were left far behind.

Su Xing, who was driving the clipper boat, held the rudder excitedly. He was constantly adjusting the course according to the game map. This feeling of riding the wind and waves was really cool!
really!Sailing is a man's romance!

A dream that would have been impossible to achieve in the real world with millions of dollars is finally realized in the game!
Moreover, this flying shear boat was designed by Su Xing himself and participated in the whole process of manufacturing!

"Turn on the player and play "Pirates of the Caribbean"!"

The theme song of Pirates of the Caribbean rang in his ears, and Su Xing grabbed the rudder and caught up with a wave.

I only saw the clipper ship surpassing the waves, soaring into the air, the old shipbuilder Pan sat down holding the mast in shock, but the clipper ship fell into the sea steadily, the deck was still extremely stable, and the hull was even a little bit weaker. None tilted!

At this time, An Shougui was surprised to find that the coastline could no longer be seen in just a short time!

Can this ship really travel hundreds of miles a day?
(End of this chapter)