Datang first village

"Report, I could vaguely hear shouts, very faintly. I also saw a little bit of light, only flickering a few times."

On the big ship, the person in charge of observation on the mast passed the news down, and then someone reported to the captain's room.

The captain turned out to be a woman, from Jeju Island, a woman of the Jiyi tribe.One of the most outstanding boat pilots in the clan, he can smell the storm from the sea breeze, and can sense whether there will be fish schools in a bucket of water from the sea.

As a foreigner, and she was also a woman, she defeated hundreds of competitors and became the captain of a sea ship.

Although it only has a tonnage of [-] tons, it is already the pride of the whole clan.

This ship is named Storm.

After receiving the order from Huating, go upstream, which is the fastest way. Half of the boatmen on board are women of the Jiyi nationality.There are also ten Mohe women and five Japanese female boatmen.

This one is not a battleship, it only has four cannons, and the one firing the cannon is also a woman of the Jiyi nationality.

Half of the [-] crew members were boatmen and half were fighters, and ten of them were Goguryeo female warriors.

There are only two Datang people on this boat.

One is the deputy captain, and the other is in charge of the telegraph.

Hearing the report from the people below, the captain named Su Shanhu nodded: "Whether it is or not, drive over to have a look, and order the boat to be prepared. The boat is moored, so don't dare to leave the boat." After finishing speaking in Chinese, I gave the order again in Jeju dialect, for fear that the order would not be clear.

The subordinates went down to deliver the order.

The deputy captain who was sitting in front of the map and drawing the coordinates slowly raised his head.

"Three years ago, Luoyang flooded. I never thought that someone would come to rescue me. When a sergeant dragged me out of the mud, I was even more scared. Do you know what I did then?"

Su Shanhu didn't understand, she just shook her head, what was she going to do at that time?

"I smeared mud on my face, I was afraid that the sergeant would harm me!"

"Ah, let him come, isn't he handsome!"

Su Shanhu said this very seriously, the vice-captain laughed almost badly at the moment, it really is a different custom.However, Su Shanhu had already learned etiquette in the Tang Dynasty, and said with a smile at the moment: "I know, women are very precious in the Tang Dynasty."

"En!" The deputy captain nodded.

The person who went out to report the news just now came in again: "It seems that someone is approaching at a slower speed."

"As long as there is one, you must go and see it."

A ship has three captains in total, divided into the captain, the first mate, and the second mate.Then came the boatswain, the charge captain, the fireman, the gunner, the medical chief, the telegraph chief, the chef, and the logistics chief.The second deputy captain is sleeping at this time, and it will be her turn to change shifts in a few hours. Each person is on duty for six hours, but they are on alternate duty to ensure that there are always two captains in charge of the ship.

A ship of [-] tons is too small for future generations.

But for Datang, it is already a very big ship.

There are many people on board, but even if it is twice as many, the income of the ship is enough to support these people, not to mention that the current ship is all overstaffed, in order to train the crew for future ships.

Putting on a special raincoat, the captain and deputy captain came to the deck.

Su Shanhu took a look through the binoculars, then handed it to the deputy captain.The deputy captain also looked at it: "The wind and rain are too heavy to see clearly. It looks like a torch, but even if it's a will-o'-the-wisp, you have to go and have a look. Use that light, it can be regarded as giving them hope. At this time, I'm afraid it's in my heart. I can't hold it anymore."

"You order, I can only sail!" Su Shanshan shouted loudly.

In the wind and rain, even if you stand in front of you, you might not be able to hear a small sound.

"Order, prepare hot porridge in the kitchen. Go to the storehouse to prepare ten spare rooms, prepare dry towels, and the chief medical officer prepares. The captain of the stormtrooper distributes weapons, everyone is on duty, and all the doors of the lounge are closed. No need to get up without an order."

Su Coral understood the order to take turns to rest, after all, she didn't know how long she would be busy.I understand the rest, but I don't know why the captain of the charge was assigned weapons, and they are not robbers.

"Don't be afraid of [-], just in case. What if the rescued person is a villain, or someone who doesn't obey the command. Or, it's just a bastard. Our boat is full of daughters' families, so we can't tolerate those troubles."

Su Shanshan nodded, thinking that the captain was careful, and immediately issued an order, and everyone hung short knives on their leg pockets.When it comes to fighting, it is natural that everyone is on the same boat.

"Turn on the lights!"

This light cannot be turned on casually. The light is a strong light made by Datang.It is made of pure silver plated on the glass to play the role of concentrating light.What's more, this headlight alone consumes almost half the power of a steam engine. When the light is turned on, one of the two steam engines basically serves the light.In addition, when rescuing people, most of the lights in the interior of the ship were turned on, and a steam engine was completely occupied.

The desperate villagers could only see a few very faint bright spots in the distance, and then a beam of light.

Suddenly, as if the sun jumped out of the ground, a dazzling light cluster appeared, and then a dazzling beam of light shot towards them, and almost everyone subconsciously blocked their eyes with their hands.

After the strong spotlights shone, the people on the mast also shouted: "There are people, almost a hundred people."

"Slow down, be careful of the bottom of the boat." The deputy captain ordered loudly.

Now that it is clearly a village, if there is any taller object in the village that has just been submerged by water, even a wooden stake, it is extremely dangerous to touch the bottom of the boat.

Datang's [-]-ton ship has a load of [-] tons, not a displacement of [-] tons.

According to the calculation of Datang, the length is seventeen feet and five.That is, more than 50 meters in modern times.Compared with the early Spanish galleons with a displacement of [-] tons in Europe, it was similar to the Spanish galleons with a displacement of [-] tons in the later period, but because there were no sails, the weight was all used on the hull.

Such a large wooden boat has a draft of about one meter. As a sea boat, the bottom of the boat is not anti-collision, so the captain is extra careful. If their boat breaks down here, they may be laughed at by other boats when they go back. .

"Bypass the place where there are obvious trees, and stop the boat a hundred steps away."

There must be trees in the village. It is not surprising that such a flood breaks a tree. If a broken tree hits the bottom of the boat, there is no need to save people, but to call for help.

One hundred paces, you can see clearly even at night, the strong light has been turned off, only an ordinary light is still on.

Anchor was dropped, and the four boats were lowered.

When they saw that the people driving the boat were all women, the people in the village were stunned.

"Help people, there are fast-born babies here." An old woman shouted.

Immediately, several young men jumped into the water, took over the ropes from the boat and tied them to the beams of the house.The boat has steel rings, and right in the middle of this rope is another long rope that pulls the boat.Several people hurriedly carried the wounded and several pregnant women onto the boat, and the boat began to pull the rope.

All the young and strong people in the village were gathered together, pulling the other end of the rope, ready to pull the boat back at any time.

After the four boats went back and forth several times, those strong young men did not board the boat, but just pulled the rope and swam towards the big boat.

There are lights on the boat. When entering the cabin and seeing the female soldiers wearing the military uniforms of the Tang Dynasty, no matter whether the soldiers in front of them are male or female, the military uniforms make people feel warm. All the young and strong were sitting on the floor of the aisle, and they didn't even have the strength to wipe their faces with towels.

Does prayer work?

Prayer works if someone is answering that prayer.

After the catastrophe, all the strength seemed to be drained, there was no wind, rain, or cold, and it was still very bright here.The hunger is still there, even with an unreal feeling.

"Stand up!" After a coquettish shout, a female general in officer's uniform pointed at the person sitting on the ground with a sheathed dagger: "The young ones help the old ones up, and everyone goes to the room assigned to you." Go inside. This is a Datang ship, everyone must obey the rules, otherwise it will affect the safety of others."

"I, I..." The young man wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to speak out when he was pointed at by the handle of the knife.

"Go into the room, your woman is fine. The medical officer on the ship is using a needle." After finishing speaking, he placed a box in the young man's hand: "Go and distribute three pills to everyone, and prepare porridge after swallowing. Great strength, the next time you save someone, let's go together!"

This is the tone of order, a female school lieutenant is giving orders to a group of big men.

She was also scared and nervous.No woman has ever dared to yell at a man, let alone give orders to a man.So her voice raised a lot, trying to make herself as mighty as possible.

man, or woman.At this time, there are only victims and rescuers.

After getting weak from drinking, a few young men in good health marked the map in the captain's room and analyzed how many villages there were in the surrounding area. It is possible that the village can be rescued, but the big ship will definitely not be able to pass through that village.But it shouldn't be too dangerous, just need detailed information such as food.

As for where these people were sent, the captain didn't pay attention. This Dongting Lake was full of water, and the lake was about [-]% larger than before.Some piers were also submerged in water.You can only take one step at a time, and when you reach the limit, turn around and go back to Huating.

During the night, people from two other villages were rescued.No one cried, and no one complained.The people in the village behind saw that the men were also listening to the orders of the women in Tang military uniforms, and they were also obedient.

Afterwards, someone asked these people why they listened to women.Many people replied: What they saw in their eyes was not a woman, but only the military uniform of the Tang Dynasty and the badge of the Tang Army.

Because when I saw the military uniform, saw the military emblem, and saw Datang's army.There is an indescribable sense of security in my heart, as if that military uniform can block the flood of Taotian.If there is a metaphor, the military uniform is the idol at home.Prayers can be heard!

It was dawn... A loud cry of a baby came from the cabin, causing the busy people to stop what they were doing, and they all turned their sights to the direction of the sound.

A female sailor with blood on her hands came to the deck: "Boy, mother and child are safe!" (To be continued.)