Kai Fu Han

Chapter 43 Windfall and Ship Repair

It took half an hour to hand over all the corpses, captives and the borrowed boat to Luo Cheng.

Liu Xinqi just walked up to several clan elders.

"How was the harvest this time?" Liu Lisheng asked.

"There are no statistics yet, but this two thousand stone sand ship alone is worth at least 2000 taels. Sure enough, the first pot of gold was obtained quickly." Liu Xinqi sighed.

"Don't have this kind of thinking. A gentleman loves money, and he should get it in a proper way. Unjust wealth should not be taken. If he gets it without a proper way and uses it without restraint, he will eventually harm others and himself." Zhou Xinyuan said that as a teacher, Zhou Xinyuan is still very competent. , never let go of any opportunity to teach Liu Xinqi, fearing that his path will go astray.

"I understand, just sigh." Liu Xinqi replied. "Clan elders, follow me up to have a look, this is our first big ship in Liujiabao."

Everyone happily agreed, and Liu Xinqi boarded the captured Jurchen warship with everyone again.

The upper deck of the ship is ten feet long, three feet wide, and has three masts. The main mast is twelve feet high, and the front and rear auxiliary masts are nine feet high. It looks very spacious. It is much larger than the ferries and fishing boats used when crossing the Wei River before. .

"Clan leader, would you like to give this ship a name?" Li Cang came over and said.

"That's right, from now on it will be our Liujiabao's ship, and it should have a resounding name." Liu Xin'ang also agreed.

"Okay, this is our first ship in Liujiabao. We should give it a meaningful name." Liu Xinqi also agreed.

Later generations read a post saying that when naming a ship, you should avoid: "chen, fan, nan, dao, etc. are homophonic." This is a sailing custom formed by seafarers for a long time.

"Let's call him 'Chaoyang'." Liu Xinqi thought for a while and said, "It means that our Liujiabao is like the rising sun, full of hope and a bright future."

"This has a good meaning. The 'Chaoyang' also means that our Liujiabao will set sail starting from today." Zhou Xinyuan agreed.

"'Chaoyang' is good, let's call it Chaoyang."

Others agreed one after another, and the name of the ship was decided.

Taking advantage of this warm atmosphere, all the people in charge were basically present. Liu Xinqi took advantage of the situation and selected the captain of the "Chaoyang". The captain was undoubtedly identified as Li Cang.

Although the original villagers of Zhaojia Village all made a living by fishing and were more adapted to the livelihood at sea, they had been in the clan for too short a time and could not yet be trusted by Liu Xinqi.

"You need to choose the manpower needed on the ship among the Liujiabao clan. Remember, the villagers of the original Zhaojia Village cannot account for more than half. Those nineteen Jurchens will also be counted as the crew of the Chaoyang. If the manpower of the clan If there are not enough, you can go to Penglai City, Penglai Port and nearby fishing villages to hire, so that the 'Chaoyang' can form combat capabilities as soon as possible and can sail normally." After confirming the captain, Liu Xinqi arranged for Li Cang: "From now on, you will We need to cultivate the sailing skills of our young adults in Liujiabao. Now there is only one ship, and the young adults can take turns to board the boat to learn."

"I understand, and I will go all out to complete the clan leader's arrangement." Li Cang responded, and then continued: "The hole on the side of the ship needs to be repaired as soon as possible, otherwise if the watertight compartment leaks, the ship may sink."

"The clan is short of money. We'll ask Zhao Liang to come over later and see if any of the people from Zhaojia Village are good at repairing ships. We'll see if we can repair this level of damage ourselves." Liu Xinqi replied, then He told Liu Xinbao: "Go find Zhao Liang and come over."

"Okay." Liu Xinbao agreed, turned around, got off the boat, and ran towards the Liu family warehouse.

The few of them chatted about other things for a while, and then Liu Xinang walked up from the bottom cabin.

"All statistics are finished." Liu Xin'ang said to Liu Xinqi.

"There are no outsiders here, just tell me." Liu Xinqi said. "There are three hundred stones of grain on board, one hundred bolts of linen, 150 bolts of cotton, seventy bolts of silk, one thousand, seven hundred taels of silver, 700 taels of gold, and more than 230 taels of money."

"It's really like 'A horse won't get fat without night grass, and a man won't get rich without a windfall.'" Liu Xinqi couldn't help but muttered. He had spent too much money recently, and Liu Xinqi had been under a lot of pressure. With this unexpected fortune, he suddenly felt I feel a lot more relaxed: “I have the money to buy a boat.”

After Zhou Xinyuan heard Liu Xinqi's muttering, he looked at Liu Xinqi and rolled his eyes slightly, somewhat despising Liu Xinqi's temper when he saw money.However, he also understood that the family had nearly a thousand mouths, all of which were pressed on Liu Xinqi. It was normal for him to be under a lot of pressure.

Liu Xinang, who was interrupted by Liu Xinqi, agreed: "There is indeed a lot of money on board."

Then continue to report:

"In addition to these belongings, there are also some wood that can be used to simply repair the ship. The bottom warehouse of the ship is made of copper blocks. There are ten horses in the bottom warehouse, as well as hay, soybeans and more than a hundred stones to feed the horses. In addition to these , as well as some paper fans, Japanese knives and other sundries."

"It is estimated that this ship robbed a merchant ship going to Japan for trade before, otherwise there would not be so much property on an ordinary warship." Liu Xinqi guessed: "Let everyone keep their mouths shut and don't talk too much about this harvest outside. "

"I will explain everything one by one." Liu Lisheng replied.

"Wait for a while, then sell all these unused sundries for cash."

Having said this, Liu Xinbao took Zhao Liang aboard the ship.

"Clan leader." Zhao Liang greeted Liu Xinqi.

"Okay, please come and see the damage to this ship and see if the clan can repair it on its own." Liu Xinqi said to Zhao Liang.

"Yes, I'll check it out right now." He said and looked around a few times, then walked towards the entrance of the lower warehouse and went inside the ship to check it carefully.

Liu Xinqi also followed, insisting on his principle of seeing more and learning more.

Zhao Liang carefully checked inside the cabin, then went outside the boat to check again, and finally dived into the water to check.It took almost half an hour to report to Liu Xinqihui: "The problem is not serious. The main body and keel are basically not damaged, but the outer body of the ship is damaged. You can repair it yourself."

"That's great, just ask if you need anything." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Tools and materials can be made by yourself. If you can't make it, there should be some for sale in Penglai Port. It just needs a dock, and one part is damaged just below the surface of the water. You have to drain the water before you can repair it." Zhao Liang replied.

"I heard from Li Cang that this sand boat can sit on the beach. Can it be washed up on the beach and repaired after it runs aground?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Yes, it is possible, but if you rush to the beach to repair it, firstly, it will be troublesome to enter the water again later, and secondly, it may damage the bottom of the boat. But if you repair it in the dock, there will be no such problems. You can also clean up the attachments to the bottom of the boat. To maintain the entire hull of the ship, Zhao Liang replied: "I just saw a thick layer of barnacles, ascidians, seaweed, etc. attached to the bottom of the ship underwater. These attachments will seriously affect the quality of the ship. speed and normal carrying capacity.”

"Okay, let's repair it at the dock. I'll find a way to rent a dock as soon as possible. You can reinforce the damaged watertight cabin first. Don't let it sink before you get to the dock." Liu Xinqi said.

"Okay, I'll go back and bring the people and tools over now, and we'll reinforce it right away." Zhao Liang replied.

"Third Master, let's see what materials and tools Zhao Liang needs to buy for ship repair and how much they cost. Give them to him first. After buying all the tools and materials, he will definitely use them in the future." Liu Xinqi said to Liu Lisheng.

"Okay." Liu Lisheng replied.

(End of this chapter)