Chapter 75 Let’s Build a Wooden Basin First
Lu Sen was surrounded by a group of people and brought to the beach.
From the stone embankment at the beach, walk west along the coast.
Looking back at the coast, there are ships with sails lowered and anchored. They are so densely packed that it is even more shocking to see them up close.
There were people all around and below the stone embankment. A large number of sailors, most of whom were Song people, with only a few Semites, stood on the beach below, talking a lot.
"That handsome young man, is he Master Lu?"
"He looks more like a scholar than a practitioner."
"His temperament seems very extraordinary, but he seems a little different from the impression of a cultivator."
Such discussions continued to be whispered.
After walking for about an incense stick's time, I saw a large construction site in front of me. Before I got closer, I saw a large amount of wood piled there.
Like a small hill.
There are also many small 'keels' around, which are the backbone of a ship.
However, these dragon bones are relatively small, with the largest being only ten feet long.
It’s not that Zhao Song’s shipbuilding technology could not allow them to build ships larger than ten meters in length, but it was simply not cost-effective.
The most cost-effective vessel now is the ten-meter-long sea vessel.
This place is a temporary construction supervision bureau, which is the result of the joint efforts of the Three Commissioners and the Prince of Runan.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to transport or collect so much wood.
In front of the Supervision Bureau, a group of people were waiting, and the one leading them was Ouyang Xiu.
Ouyang Xiu, wearing the vermilion official uniform, stood out among the crowd and was very conspicuous.
When he saw Xiansen, he took the initiative to walk up to him and said with a smile, "Master Lu, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
"Ouyang, the councillor!" Lu Sen clasped his fists and asked Xiu Dao, "Can you have breakfast?"
"Not in time." Ouyang Xiu stroked his white beard and smiled, "We can talk about filling our stomachs later. Now we just have to wait for Master Lu to show his skills. The wood you requested has been delivered."
As he said this, Ouyang Xiu moved aside.
Then a dark-faced man came forward, clasped his fists, bowed, and said, "Sir, I am Pan Zhihai."
After introducing himself, this person stopped talking. It seemed that he was a taciturn person.
In fact, Lu Sen knew him, and the Prince of Runan had specifically talked about him.
He said, "Pan Zhihai is a top-notch seaman in the south. I spent a lot of effort to subdue him."
And the large ship built by Lu Sen will also be steered by this person.
"General Pan, Taishan told me about you. Once the big ship is built, you will be in charge."
General is a military title, one that carries no real power.
As soon as these words came out, Pan Zhihai's eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly: "I heard that the son-in-law wants to build a fairy ship of about 50 meters, is it true?"
"It's not really a fairy ship, but fifty feet is real."
Pan Zhihai clenched his fists and his whole body was shaking with excitement.
Military generals love fine horses, and navy soldiers love large ships.
As soon as these words came out, the group of guards and soldiers nearby began to talk.
The largest ship they had seen so far was barely twenty meters long... They had no way of visualizing what a fifty-meter ship was like.
"Let's not waste our time on polite talk." Ouyang Xiu interrupted and said, "Please Master Lu cast a spell to build the big ship as soon as possible. I am fed up with the large number of sea merchants in Hangzhou who refuse to leave."
Pan Zhihai laughed dryly. In essence, he was also what Ouyang Xiu called a "sea merchant".
"Let's get started." Lu Sen looked at Pan Zhihai and said, "I need your help."
"But I will follow your orders."
Lu Sen took two steps back, and a large number of wooden axes popped out of the system backpack.
In the eyes of others, golden rays of light emanated from Lu Sen's body, and a large number of wooden axes quickly appeared on the ground.
Soon, hundreds of wooden axes appeared on the ground.
Everyone looked at each other, all at a loss.
"Take the axe and go chop wood. If the axe breaks, come back here and get it again."
Can a wooden axe chop things?
They all had this question in their minds, even Ouyang Xiu.
But since Lu Sen said so, Pan Zhihai was the first to step forward, picked up two axes and walked towards the lumber shed.
Others followed suit.
At this time, there were many people around watching.
Watching the fun is a human instinct, no matter in ancient or modern times, in China or abroad.
The discussion among the crowd became louder.
"It's a strange thing to chop wood with a wooden axe."
"It's not a random thing."
"Hu Lai? Didn't you see it just now? The golden light that appeared on Master Lu's body, the axe must have a mystery."
"Yes, I think so too."
And further away, Yang Jinhua, Zhao Bilian and Pang Meir were mixed in with the female spectators.
Listening to the discussions around her, Yang Jinhua couldn't help but snort, "What a bunch of ignorant people. They don't know how useful my husband's wooden axes are. He used wooden axes because he was afraid of shocking the world. If he made an iron axe, haha."
Speaking of weapons, Yang Jinhua thought of her ruby longbow.
Originally, she wanted to take it with her when she got married, but her mother Mu Guiying said that her son-in-law could make as many weapons as he wanted, and that she could just ask him for them later. This longbow should stay in the Yang family.
Yang Jinhua couldn't stand her mother's nagging, so she had no choice but to agree.
Thinking about it now, she still felt quite regretful, because she couldn't even ask for the bow back. She felt that Lu Sen was very good to her. Not only did he not forbid her from practicing martial arts, he also built a martial arts training ground for her.
You know, the largest range of the official cave technique is only twelve acres, which means every inch of land is worth a lot of money.
It is actually a waste to use an acre of land as a martial arts training ground.
Pang Meir was standing next to her and turned to look at Yang Jinhua.
In her eyes, Yang Jinhua's eyes were staring at Lu Sen, and there was a light in them that seemed to be leaping.
There seemed to be a faint light on Yang Jinhua's body.
Even Zhao Bilian is similar.
Could it be that being able to marry the man of your choice would make you so delighted?
Pang Meir sighed in her heart. She didn’t know when her ideal match would appear.
After a moment of hesitation, she looked forward.
Then Pan Zhihai walked under the shed, found a piece of wood at the outermost edge, and asked, "Sir, how do you want to cut it?"
"Cut as you like!"
Pan Zhihai was stunned for a moment, then based on his own experience, he decided to make a watertight cabin first, which required dividing the wood into several sections and then slicing them.
Then he swung the axe and struck it hard... There was no movement in the wood underneath, no axe marks, but there were some white marks that looked like spider silk.
Um, what is this?
"Keep going!" Lu Sen came over and said, "Don't stop."
At this time, everyone around was looking at the two of them.
Pan Zhihai immediately calmed his mind and continued to chop the long piece of wood.
One axe, two axes...five axes.
The white spider silk spread rapidly on the wood, and many people around stared with their eyes wide open.
Someone shouted, "What is that?"
More people walked a few steps closer, wanting to see how the white marks appeared.
Pan Zhihai chopped very quickly. When the fifth axe fell, the wood suddenly flashed, as if a golden light exploded, and then turned into seven light golden wooden blocks lying on the ground.
"Well, this..." Pan Zhihai was shocked and pointed at the piece of wood on the ground: "Son-in-law, what's going on?"
"This is what I want." Lu Sen waved his hand, and the wooden blocks on the ground turned into golden streams of light and sank into his palm.
"I see." Pan Zhihai understood, and he shouted, "Boys, why are you still standing there? Pick up your axes and help me chop wood."
The people in the Prince of Runan's Mansion rushed forward with wooden axes.
Zhao Zonghua was also among them, holding an axe in each hand, and was eager to rush over to help, looking like a fake Bai Xuanfeng. But Lu Sen suddenly grabbed him and said, "Zonghua, help me keep an eye on these people and don't let them hide the wooden axes. Do you understand?"
"I understand. After all, this is something from the immortals. It certainly cannot fall into the mortal world." Zhao Zonghua had some conjectures in his mind and said them out loud.
Lu Sen shook his head: "This thing can not only be used to chop wood, but also to chop people."
Zhao Zonghua was shocked, and his young face showed some fear: "People who are chopped by it will also be turned into cubes?"
"What do you think?" Lu Sen smiled sinisterly.
Zhao Zonghua swallowed his saliva and nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, brother-in-law, I will never let a fairy wood axe flow into the market."
"sorry to bother you."
In fact, Lu Sen exaggerated the role of the axe.
With the help of the cheat code, the wooden axe has a special attack bonus against "wooden items". With just five axes, a tree can be chopped into blocks.
If used to chop people, it will have a 'negative' effect, and it will take at least twenty axes to break a person into cubes of flesh and blood.
Normally, this thing is actually not very practical.
Twenty axes... With an iron axe, you can cut a person into pieces in less than five strokes. Killing people with this thing is simply insane.
But there are some curious people who like to see bloody cubes.
This is what Lu Sen was guarding against.
Seeing that Lu Sen was serious, Zhao Zonghua immediately sent people to form a human wall to guard the area, and then he personally stood guard at the wooden axe to prevent outsiders from coming over and touching it.
Ouyang Xiu stood aside, watching the number of wood pieces under the wooden shed quickly decrease, and then the number of light golden blocks increased.
He couldn't help but shook his head: "It's worthy of being a fairy technique. If you don't see it with your own eyes, you will never believe it."
Then he put his hands behind his back and paced towards Hangzhou city.
As the powerful governor of Hangzhou, he has a lot of official business to deal with and doesn't have much time to watch the fun.
On the other hand, at the Construction Supervision Bureau, the scene was bustling with activity.
About a hundred men, shirtless, chopped the wood into small cubes with axes.
The people watching the show around were also itching to try it out. They had never seen a tool that could automatically turn wood into blocks, and they all wanted to try it out.
At that moment, many people shouted: "Sir, give me an axe. I am willing to help you for free."
If the working men heard this in the past, they would definitely be delighted.
But now... no one is willing to let others do this.
Not only is the work easy, but chopping wood can make it glow golden and turn into cubes. How fun!
What fun.
Basically, it feels like setting off some really fun fireworks.
Novel and interesting.
The less they paid, the more impatient the people outside became, and some even offered to pay a penny in exchange for a chance to work.
They shouted, jumped up and waved the copper coins in their hands.
A rare spectacle that is rarely seen in a thousand years.
The hundred or so men following Pan Zhihai were the most capable ones under the command of the Prince of Runan.
In a short while, one third of the wood in the big wooden shed was cleared.
Lu Sen walked over and put the pile of wooden blocks into the system backpack, then walked to Pan Zhihai and said, "General Hai, I'm going to build a boat. You bring some people with me and bring ropes to fix the boat and prevent it from drifting away with the waves."
Pan Zhihai immediately handed the wooden axe to someone else, wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, and then followed Lu Sen personally.
Zhao Zonghua, the boy, immediately led the guards of the Prince of Runan's Mansion and began to "clear" a small passage leading to the coast.
A dozen people walked through the passage, and outside the guards was an excited crowd.
Some people even began to pay homage to Lu Sen when they saw him.
When they reached the beach, Pan Zhihai asked, "Sir, a fifty-meter-long ship should be very heavy, right? How about we first build the keel and the bottom cabin on the shore, and then we can find a way to push it into the water?"
"unnecessary."
Lu Sen smiled, stood on the edge of the waves, golden light gushed out from his hands, and soon he created a concave wooden "basin" on the beach. It was quite large, at least two meters long.
"Push it into the sea first."
After saying that, a dozen or so men nearby immediately stepped forward and pushed the "basin" into the waves.
Lu Sen took this opportunity to jump on board, and Zhao Zonghua was quick to follow him on board.
Afterwards, the wooden basin slowly floated away from the shore under the influence of the waves. At the same time, Lu Sen continued to stack wood blocks on top. Amidst the flashing golden light, the wooden basin became bigger and bigger.
From half a zhang to ten zhang, to three zhang... Under Pan Zhihai's astonished gaze, in less than an incense stick of time, it grew to ten zhang long and more than three zhang wide.
Then he suddenly realized what was happening and shouted, "Quick, quick, quick, drive piles on the shore, put on hemp ropes and use the boat to rush over to secure the boat, quick, quick, quick!"
Even as he spoke, the experienced sailors were already taking action.
Soon, more than a dozen large wooden stakes were driven into the shore, and hemp ropes followed the small boat out to sea and were tied to the "big ship" in front that had not yet been fully formed.
At this time, the previous "wooden basin" has now turned into a huge monster that is nearly 15 meters long and 16 meters wide.
And it already has the shape of a keel and a bottom cabin.
“It’s incredible.”
Pan Zhihai couldn't take his eyes off the huge wooden basin.
He couldn't imagine that the ship was so terrible even though it was not even half built.
What if it is actually built?
On the shore, nearly tens of thousands of people watched this scene with their mouths wide open.
Only Yang Jinhua and Bilian had smug expressions on their faces.
"See? This is my husband." Yang Jinhua looked at Pang Mei'er, put her hands on her hips and asked, "Isn't it amazing?"
