Chapter 76 Disdain
Awesome, really awesome!
Pang Meir pursed her beautiful, thin pink lips, feeling a little depressed.
She has always had a high opinion of herself, and few women of her age can look up to her.
That is to say, she knew Yang Jinhua since childhood and became friends with her; and Yang Jinhua took Zhao Bilian out to play, and over time, she also regarded Zhao Bilian as a friend.
Moreover, when the three of them were getting along, she was always the dominant one and often helped the other two to make decisions.
She even had a feeling that one day, she would have to help choose the husbands of these two friends.
But they didn't expect that their two friends got married first, and their husbands were the same person.
Before getting married, neither of them even discussed it with her.
This estrangement made Pang Meir extremely depressed and worried.
Afraid that his two friends would be cheated, a Taoist who has achieved success in cultivation? It sounds unreliable.
At home, she always secretly inquired about the news of her two friends. Although she said tough words, she always hoped that her two friends could live a happy life after getting married.
However, she found that her two friends were indeed living happy lives, and she herself seemed a little lonely compared to them.
She looked at the excited faces of Yang Jinhua and Zhao Bilian, then at the huge golden floating object on the sea, and laughed dryly twice.
I lost... Even if I find a man who is both talented in literature and martial arts, what can he do? No matter how powerful he is, he is just a mortal.
Whether it was the wooden axe vision just now or the giant creature on the sea now, none of them could be done by ordinary people.
Now that I think about it, my two friends are good at judging people and acting decisively. Why did I always feel that I was better than them?
Neither Yang Jinhua nor Zhao Bilian noticed Pang Meir's dejected look. They were both looking at the huge wooden creature on the sea excitedly, which was still growing larger.
Keep growing bigger.
It did not stop until the outer hull was formed.
Seen from a distance, the huge wooden creature already looked like a ship, except that it had no sails or rudder, and looked incomplete.
Lu Sen returned to the shore in a small boat. Pan Zhihai came running over and asked anxiously, "Master Lu, is the boat ready?"
"Not yet." Lu Sen shook his head: "We only have a prototype and a shell. What really requires energy and time is the layout and cabins inside."
"Then I'll trouble Master Lu."
Lu Sen raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I just asked you to take over the position of ship owner. I didn't say I gave it to you. Why are you thanking me?"
"That's not what I meant." Pan Zhihai looked at the huge wooden boat on the sea not far away. "As a drifter on the sea, my greatest wish in life is to control the largest sea ship in the world, the strongest warship. Whether it's for a day or a year, as long as I can stand on it and give orders, I will have no regrets in my life."
"I can't give you a boat, but I'll let you steer it until you get older, maybe you can."
Pan Zhihai bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Master Lu."
Lu Sen waved his hand: "How's the logging going?"
"There is only one third left to be cut down."
Lu Sen walked over to the big wooden shed, looked for a while, and said, "Stop felling trees. We should have enough wood. It's noon now, let's take a break and have some food first."
"Brother-in-law is considerate." Zhao Zonghua popped up from the side and said with a smile, "Don't worry, my brother has asked someone to prepare for this matter, and the food will be delivered soon."
I have to say that the people sent by the Prince of Runan are all capable.
Lu Sen walked into the shed, sucked a pile of blocks into the system backpack, and prepared to "build" a boat again.
Zhao Zonghua trotted to Lu Sen and begged, "Brother-in-law, let me go with you and broaden my horizons. Okay?"
In fact, Pan Zhihai also wanted to go over and see how Lu Sen built the boat, but Zhao Zonghua was a member of the Zhao family after all, and the Prince of Runan was famous for his love for his descendants and would not give up even his illegitimate children.
He could only smile and say, "Master Lu and Young Master Zong Hua, please rest assured. I will control the situation here and will not let those servants do whatever they want."
"Thank you for your help, Uncle Zhihai." Zhao Zonghua clasped his fists and said with a smile.
Then he followed Lu Sen onto the small boat and soon reached the big ship.
In order to facilitate getting on and off, Lu Sen left an upward staircase on the side of the ship. When the time comes, Lu Sen will naturally fill this passage and turn it back into the shape of a ship's side.
The two men jumped to the side of the ship and walked up the wooden steps.
Because it is big enough, the boat is very stable, extremely stable, and ordinary waves can't cause it to rise and fall or sway at all.
As Zhao Zonghua walked on the stairs, he touched the wooden block beside him from time to time, with an expression of surprise and admiration.
"The ancients said that the clothing of heaven is seamless..." Zhao Zonghua stroked the smooth wood and looked at the gaps. "But they were only half right. The clothing of heaven may be seamless, but this boat has gaps. It's just that the immortal power is so strong that even if there are gaps, the hull will not fall apart, nor will it sink into the water. It's really magical."
Lu Sen ignored him. He had heard a lot of such flattery in Bianjing City.
Every guest who visited his home for the first time would make similar remarks when seeing the square building.
When the two men walked onto the deck of the ship, they saw several servants lying on the smooth and cool wooden blocks, with intoxicated and happy expressions on their faces, and their bodies twisting back and forth.
The scene is a bit eye-catching.
Lu Sen and Zhao Zonghua were both confused and looked at each other.
After a while, Zhao Zonghua finally spoke up: "What are you doing?"
Several people lying on the deck were startled and jumped up, laughing embarrassedly.
"Tell me, what are you doing?" Zhao Zonghua glanced at several people.
Although Zhao Zonghua called himself Lu Sen's younger brother and was extremely enthusiastic, he was, after all, a member of the Zhao family, a descendant of the Prince of Runan. His status might be a little lower than that of the legitimate son, but he was not someone that these ordinary servants could look down upon.
A group of people's faces turned red, and even those with dark faces could be seen to be embarrassed. It was also conceivable how they felt at the moment.
Several people hesitated for a long time, and just when Zhao Zonghua was about to lose his patience, a man spoke.
"It's cool on the deck, and it's very comfortable to rub against your body."
Zhao Zonghua looked at the smooth wooden deck. There were faint squares on it that seemed to be flowing. It didn't look like an ordinary object at all.
It feels good when I rub it on my body... Is there some kind of spiritual energy attached to it?
Zhao Zonghua also wanted to take advantage of it, but thinking of his status, he held back.
He looked around and sighed, "This ship's deck is so spacious."
Lu Sen smiled when he heard this.
This ship is about fifty zhang (150 meters) long and twenty zhang (60 meters) wide. The actual actionable area on the deck is about 14 acres. How can it not be big?
Lu Sen's yard is only twelve acres.
It already feels too big.
This does not even include the area of the several levels of cabins below the deck!
To put it bluntly, at this point in time, this ship is a mobile sea fortress.
Zhao Zonghua casually ran around the deck and asked, "Brother-in-law, is this the warship in the heaven?"
"No, this is just a record in the manuscript of our master. I just reproduced it."
"Just like the Xianjia shadow play?" Zhao Zonghua sighed, "I've heard that my brother-in-law has been performing Xianjia shadow play in the capital. It's a great pleasure to see the scenery of a foreign country thousands of miles away. Unfortunately, I've never had the chance to go to the capital."
"It doesn't matter. There will be opportunities in the future." Lu Sen walked down the deck and entered the cabin . Next, he would begin to "decorate" the cabin, the mast on the deck, and the command torii at the stern.
Zhao Zonghua had been following Lu Sen, watching the golden light emerge from Lu Sen's palm, fall onto the deck, and form the wooden walls of the cabin, the stairs, and the mast.
It seemed like a long time, from noon to almost evening, before Lu Sen finished "building" the entire ship.
But Zhao Zonghua knew that this was already incredibly fast, a speed that he would never dare to imagine under normal circumstances.
To build such a large ship, even if the technology is up to standard, it will take a year from selecting the wood, to designing the shape, to building the 'keel'.
Not to mention the water-tightening paint on the rear cabin, the splicing of the cabins, and the layout on the deck, it would be impossible to build this hull without more than five or six years.
And now, with my brother-in-law's magic, it only takes a few hours to build such a large ship.
Lu Sen took Zhao Zonghua for a walk around the boat. Don’t underestimate this walk, it took almost an hour, after all, the boat was so big.
"There shouldn't be any problem."
Lu Sen nodded with satisfaction, then took Zhao Zonghua back to the shore in a small boat.
Pan Zhihai hurried over and asked, "Master Lu, has the immortal ship been built?"
"It's finished." Lu Sen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You can go and inspect it tomorrow morning."
"No need for tomorrow morning. I'll take people up there right now." Pan Zhihai rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "At the same time, install the sails and the long oars that Master Lu mentioned."
Zheng He's treasure ship had seventeen masts more than ten meters high and large sails. As long as there was no headwind, the ship could travel at a good speed.
Moreover, at the bottom of the stern, there are twenty large oars installed on both sides of the hull, which can also provide a certain amount of power.
Each of these large oars requires at least fifteen people to work together to turn it.
When there is no wind, you can still move forward by paddling, but the speed is a bit slow, probably only about five or six knots at most.
But that's enough.
"Then I'll go back and rest first." Lu Sen said with a smile: "I haven't eaten anything since this morning."
"Farewell, Master Lu."
Pan Zhihai suddenly shouted, and the servants from the Prince of Runan's Mansion nearby immediately lined up, clasped their fists and bowed to Lu Sen, then bowed their heads.
At this moment, everyone saluted Lu Sen sincerely, not for his power, but for this miraculous magic.
The ordinary people watching the excitement around had not yet fully recovered from their shock.
Hearing such a loud roar, many people subconsciously clasped their fists and bowed their heads in salute.
At this time, Zheng He's treasure ship was not far from the coast. Even from hundreds of meters away, they could see what a terrifying behemoth it was.
There were also several ships from the port that sailed up close to the treasure ship and circled slowly. Comparing the two, it was like the difference between an elephant and a pug.
In fact, the ships coming over were not small, about ten meters in length.
Lu Sen left the coast, escorted by Zhao Zonghua and a dozen servants.
After Lu Sen left, an old man suddenly knelt down and started crying.
Soon, more than a dozen people nearby knelt down and cried bitterly.
Pan Zhihai was about to take a boat to the treasure ship to see what was going on, but when he heard the crying, he couldn't help but roared: "On such a good day, who is crying here?"
He cursed angrily, looked for the source of the crying, and was stunned when he looked again.
Several middle-aged and elderly people were kneeling on the shore, looking at the big ship on the sea and crying very sadly.
"Master Huang, Master Ye, Master Li, Master Wu...what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"
If an ordinary person cried and made a fuss here, he would definitely bring people to beat up the troublemaker.
This immortal ship has just been built and it's already howling. It's very unlucky.
But these few are great shipbuilding experts in the shipbuilding supervision bureau. With their joint efforts, a ten-meter-long ship can be built in about a year.
Excellent quality, not easy to leak water.
And these people have a very good relationship with him.
"I, I am in pain!" The oldest shipbuilder pointed at the big ship in the distance and cried, "I thought there were few people in the world who were better at shipbuilding than us Even if there were, they were only a fingertip away from us. But I never expected it, I never expected it!"
As the saying goes, the layman watches the excitement, while the expert watches the details!
Ordinary people came here and saw Lu Sen building a big ship. They were very surprised and shouted "wow", but that was all.
Only these shipbuilders know the horror of this!
For such a large ship, how do we solve the problem of hull splicing and waterproofing?
How to solve the problem of water pressure? After all, the bigger the ship, the heavier it is, and the more the hull sinks. The bigger the ship, the more attention must be paid to the water pressure defense of the underwater bottom cabin.
Otherwise, the water pressure will directly break the wooden planks of the hull.
The water pressure handling of a ten-meter-long ship is almost the limit for them.
They simply could not understand how this huge ship, which was fifty meters long and twenty meters wide, could handle the water pressure.
So, this is why they feel desperate and even painful.
Originally, they came here with the intention of stealing some skills.
As a result, after watching it all the way, I only saw "loneliness".
I felt so sad that I felt that all I had learned in my life was just a drop in the ocean, and I couldn't help but burst into tears.
Listening to the old shipbuilder's mumbling, Pan Zhihai sighed. He took the initiative to pull up a few shipbuilders and said, "No matter what, it's a good thing to see that there are always people better than you. How about we go up and take a look at the ship together? Are you willing?"
"willing!"
Upon hearing this, the shipbuilders jumped up and shouted while wiping their tears.
"Let me be frank with you. Once you're on board, you can only look at it. Don't think of hacking or touching it. I know you like to dismantle ships."
Several shipbuilding masters shook their heads vigorously: "We will never do that. We are not as skilled as others. We are too embarrassed to tear it down or touch it. We just want to go up and take a look!"
After saying that, Pan Zhihai took them on board the big ship.
These shipbuilders were so excited that they jumped up and down like children.
Seeing that the boat was built, a large number of onlookers left with satisfaction. They felt that they had indeed seen a good show today and their trip was worthwhile.
On the other side, when Lu Sen returned to the small courtyard, he saw a beautiful woman in black waiting at the door.
Zhao Zonghua was stunned for the moment, then his eyes sparkled and he said, "What a beautiful Jianghu girl, so heroic."
"He is a man."
"That would be even better..." Zhao Zonghua blurted out, then he coughed lightly and said, "It's just a joke, brother-in-law, can you just pretend you didn't hear it?"
Lu Sen turned his head to look at Zhao Zonghua with a look of disgust, and subconsciously took two steps away from the latter.
